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I think this series has split written all over it. history says so. under hak's tenure und squads do not go on the road and sweep good teams. I can think of only two in his time here(minny '07 and cc in 2010). however, I can name a few more instances of being swept at home by good teams. und 5-4 friday and omaha 4-3 sat. with a side note of hoping for a split with cc and denver.

unfortunately that is the downside of outdoor hockey games like this, is the sight lines are usually very poor.

that's fine, but he never should have committed in the first place if he thought that he might want to play in major juniors. doesn't the old saying go nobody is bigger than the program, well his decision to decommitt hurt this program last year.

hope the POS is a flop in the show.

blizzard? you must be from down south or out west . this is just flurries and a light breeze.

until this team puts together a 120 minute weekend against an opponent other than tech or holy cross I can't even fathom a sweep and when does a blais team get swept at home(almost never). split, 3 points at best.

one night of solid play doesn't earn a nickname. let's see if they stick together for both nights this weekend and see if they play deserves one then.

I'm not trying to be an ass or anything but what is the purpose of this outdoor game? these teams have zero history between each other. it is one thing to have a showcase like what will happen in chicago in a few weeks in front of 59,000 or at the Big House bewteen mich and mich state in front of 100,000 or even at lambeau a few years ago. but I just don't get this other than blais is on the other bench.

this doesn't cure all ills but is sure a step in the right direction as long as they continue to take those steps. we said the same thing after the sat night gopher tie and saw what happened the following friday against scsu.

the mental toughness on this team is severely lacking as for the umteenth time this year we score a goal and then give one up within like two minutes. this squad has way tooo many chinks in their armor to be a serious title contender come march/april. it remains to be seen if they can fix them. I am begininng to question that as we continue to see the same crappy mistakes made time and time again. even if we are fortunate to make the tourney we have one and done written all over us.

I thought listening to the team all week they were supposed to come out and play with tanastaty(sp) this this be redemption weekend. guess not.

and I thought I was negative.

yep.

2-1 UND. pattyn and parks

I prefer to follow you and schloss on the chat instead of watching the game and I have no buffering issues with that, only being called too negative sometimes

I think he is smarter than that.

unless it has changed in recent years, it used to not be that hard to get credentialed. although being an inside beat reporter for ss.com probably won't get you that far.

somebody asked Hak today at the press conference about the physicality of this years team, Hak basically dismissed it and questioned if the guy was getting his info from the message boards and moved on to the next question. I found it quite funny, although I would question if he was getting the ideas for his questions from here as he asked that question and proceeded to ask averyone at the podium if they were frustrated they haven't gone on the pattented second half run yet. how some people get credentials is beyond me.

there have been a number of people who thought friday night minny game they played well.

let's wait and hope the team can right the ship and be playing that sat night in april instead of hoping for a consolation prize of winning the hobey and being disappointed.

what happens if it is too warm for the game, will they move it indoors?

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look to see westen michigan and minnesota in grad rapids. michigan is the host but western michigan will be the best that region will draw as far as attendance goes. miami should be a lock to somehow end up in toledo as well. but this is what the ncaa wants, neutral sites but have to try and hope certain teams end up there. I know there is a different thread for this but have the top eight schools a irst round series kind of like it used to be 20-30 years ago.

something isn't right. you have zero wins in the last fours games and yet have supposedly played well in three of them. that doesn't add up. if you play well and all you can do is get a tie, that isn't good. where are we going to turn it on in the next month? realistically split,split,split, sweep, split and that leaves you in a must win situation going into the wcha tournament. this team is doing itself no favors right now. you might not win titles in january, but you sure as hell can put yourself ina positon to not win one.

the course of this season has to change and hopefully this weekend is as good as any to start that change. I've heard and read many people over the past two weeks say we played well in both minny games and on sat night against scsu. so in three of the last four games against the top two teams in league we have supposedly played well and have a combined zero wins in those games, so either we aren't as good as some think or we've been very unlucky.