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4-1 Sioux.

Does Bryn move down to 4th line and sit the General?? Or does Bryn sit? I like what Bryn brings in all 3 zones.

Saunders>Dell>BE Saunders is the real deal. Zane reminds me alot of BE with his style and play. If the 18 guys play decent in front of Saunders tonight, if he starts, a shut out is likely IMO.

Last 3 years, '09-'11, it's been roughly .500 on Saturdays prior to the Christmas break.

If UMD is down as some suggest, this would be the weekend IMO to put Rocco up on the top line. Rowney IMO needs to center the 2nd line with Easy Mac going back to wing. It's not like this squad is lighting it up offensively. Rocco can fly and so can Kristo. That is just a total mismatch for anyone.

Split it is. No way Dogs get swept 2 weekends in a row. Again has anyone seen this UND team play the last 4 Saturdays???

Gona go out on a limb....split. UND wins Friday. Until they can show they can put together a full weekend I don't think one can expect anything else.

They looked better this past weekend IMO than the BU squad I watched play the Gpohers at the X during last year's regional.

Last 10 years in St. Cloud per Schloss, UND is winless (0-6-4) on Fridays and undefeated (10-0-0) on Saturdays. Goes against this year's trend. I think a split is a given though. Knight, Rowney and Easy Mac need to step up offensively. Kristo has been dynamic as has Rocco. Been getting good minutes from Gaarder and some freshman, but Knight and Rowney specifically need to start burying their grade A chances.

Those in our section were saying the same thing this weekend. Substitute Brock for Carter and Brock gets at least 2 goals if not 3 in this past series.

It is tough to watch Hak's teams play the trap style. Basically they have a history of stinking at it. It's like the vaunted prevent D in FB...prevents you from winning. Let em skate, be aggressive and take our chance that way.

This...^^^^^^^^^^

Under...SUU had 520 UND only 308 2 plays were key to the win IMO: Hardin's KO TD return and roughing the punter on SUU in 3rd that keep UND socoring drive alive. Was nice to see old UND FB...running it up between the tackles with success. With a marginal D, and that's being generous, running the ball and keeping the D off the field is paramount to success moving forward into next season.

Agree...was a great series to watch. It's the way college hockey should be played. Would love to see more top end east teams come to Ralph down the road. Parker said the team that played better won both nights...hard to argue with that.

Couple other notes: Overall I thought Zane was solid, but I know he isn't happy about the 1st goal. Even without his stick, it was glove side...soft IMO. Hit up off the top of his shoulder. I'm a huge Gleason fan, but as many have mentioned, he really had a brutal series. Ouch... Defensively, I'd say Schmaltz is our steadiest Dman to date. This team needs consistancy on the back end before games like UAA and last night stop occuring. Bottom line, Carter buries one of 2 point blank goal mouth chances in the early 3rd and we are all rejoicing a sweep. No way BU comes back from 3-1 with the big Mo on UND's side at that point. Our top guys have to finish and they will...at some point. It is terribly frustrating to watch early season games year after year...at worse this squad should be 4-2. Really should be 5-1. Loss to Alaska and tie to UAA are typical results for an early season Hak team. What 1st halves of seasons under Hak do is make the 2nd half really fun to watch as all those games become sooooo much more important because of games wasted early on. Making the NCAA tourney won't be an issue, but getting sent into someone else's barn (or close to it) as a #2 seed is always a possibility and tall order. I know...it's "early" and in Hak, we trust. Going to be tough series at SCSU...need 2 points for sure.

3-0 Fridays 4.33 goals/game 0-2-1 Saturdays 2.00 goals/game Twice...coincidence? 3 times...trend?

I sat there watching thinking the same thing. Haks teams struggle to play w leads when they strictly switch to a defensive mode. My gut was uneasy when we blew the PP to start 3rd and went into the D shell. Didn't think it was going to hold a 2-1 lead.

If today's game would've been outdoors, you maybe would have had 3k returning to watch 2nd half after that messy 1st half. My buddy even commented at least we were indoor to watch this game as tough as much of it was to watch.

Took in UND FB win. Moon buffet soon to celebrate win and to get primed for drop of puck. 4-3...UND gets one late to win it. Ralph will be rocking tonight!

Exactly...UND made a couple more big plays.

Good win!

That is UND FB!

SUU had 373 yards thru 3 quarters. UND 253

No chance if it's true butts in seats.

Nicely played!