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We should have scrounged up some money and sent @Teeder11 to Vikings rookie camp for updates!

Agreed. If given the option, I'd take Kennedy again for the past 3 years. Made some tough decisions but made the University better for it.

Definitely should have kept the interlocking ND because that was original and never got confused with another team...

That's completely backwards thinking though. Many players feel fighting should be part of the game because it allows them to police dangerous hits themselves. But how many times is there a great open-ice check where two seconds later, the guy who laid a great hit now has to defend himself against punches. How does that make any sense? The league needs to start penalizing and suspending both dangerous plays and fighting. A punch to the back of the head like Marchand did could easily cause a concussion, yet he gets no punishment. That's a non defendable move (although Bruins fans are trying their hardest) that should have earned at least 5 games in a new NHL that actually protects its players.

Once the NHL admits there is a direct connection to CTE and fighting, they'll be opening up to a lot of problems because they haven't done enough to stop players from fighting. You rarely see punches thrown in football, basketball and baseball yet it's still too common in hockey. Suspend guys for intentionally hitting someone in the head would be a good start. In every other sport, Marchand would be sitting it out for a while, but clearly the NHL is once again showing it doesn't care about a players brain.

I'd love to see a VGK style as the new Nike swift style.

Would love to see CU and CSU both go D1. That would put 5 D1 schools in Colorado. Unfortunately, they don't both have a place to go. CU and ASU would be good adds to the NCHC after a few years but I don't think that conference should go above 10 or you risk DU and CC leaving for a western conference. That would actually be really good for college hockey but not so great for the NCHC. Miami and Western aren't leaving, otherwise you could drop those two, add CU, CSU, ASU and another southwest school. AF would never join because they'll get pounded due to lack of resources.

The clock is ticking...

So once again, you have no proof.

Proof?

Like I said, I disagreed with the call however the process was correct.

It's actually easy to explain and while I disagree with the call, the process was handled correctly. On ice official sees Rigsby come out of crease and trip Finn forward, arm goes up, goal is scored, ref signals good goal. Then, the goal goes to review, where a person upstairs makes the call with input by the ref. Upstairs says Rigsby was still in the crease, was interfered with in trying to cover the puck, and was taken out of the play illegally. At that point, it's a no goal. However, the penalty call cannot be reviewed, so we end up with the situation that occurred. While not to this scale, I had a similar situation happen with AF hockey. Guy comes in offside but it wasn't called, puck stays in the zone and offensive team draws a penalty. They score on the delayed penalty but the refs overturn the goal due to being offside. Penalty still stands, clock stays the same, no goal.

Raise your hand if you would give up your current job for 6 months at a new one with no guarantee you'll be hired and you're unlikely to go back to your previous one.

Is that you SiouxVolley?

Any cadet can leave prior to the start of their junior year for any reason without having to repay the equivalent of their tuition. The Academy does not have to approve it.

So the presidents of the other MIAC schools decided they were ok with the bad press that makes them look petty in order to help St. Thomas raise money to move up? Any source for this information? As someone who thinks like a president, how did you not see this coming?

The move has more to do with being closer to family with a second child on the way.

There has to be a curling rink nearby they can use for practice and games

I agree it would be nice to see curling sponsored as an NCAA sport but you idea of using the Olympic rink as a curling sheet won't work. You either need an off-site facility like NDSU does in the Fargo Curling Club, or you need a rink dedicated to curling. It's not as simple as changing the Olympic Arena to a curling arena whenever there might be a match. Hockey ice is not curling ice. There are big differences and for it to make sense you need dedicated curling ice. Surely, there are many northern cities that have curling clubs and it would just be a matter of finding an agreement similar to what many university club teams already have. It would be a good sport to sponsor but other than every 4 years, I don't see it being a big draw that would be worth the investment in scholarships.

A quick look at their roster shows it's pretty balanced throughout the years but they definitely have a lot of overseas guys. Would be interesting to see a map of all their players, from Cali and Florida to Norway and Ljubljana.

This reminds me of someone, but I just can't put my finger on it.

What happened to the WAC doing a favor for the Big Sky?

If someone in the NCHC deserved to win it, I'd have to give a nod to David Carle, even if I don't really like DU. The number of interactions I've had with him have all been great and it's sometimes tough to cheer against a team when you get to know some of the staff around it.

I agree but why even chime in the first time?

I think if UND had a better coach, they could have had more success which would have saved the program. There was definitely talent but they never seemed to put it all together.