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Good win… and it’s not culture or Sioux pride…it’s what every hockey player does…whether you play at MN or BC or Denver or Holly Cross…you play the game with pride and put your best effort forward…I don’t want to see any arms broken from patting each other on the back and I don’t want to hear about unbelievable efforts and how UND did it with x amount of players and x amout of points missing from the lineup…it’s what you do as a hockey player, not just at UND…now put it in the can and do it again next time without any fan fair.

UND should be just fine, no excuses, they have a full line up of 20 playing tonight that were all recruited here for a purpose. They are all D1 hockey players that were highly recruited and have nothing but the best at UND to get better and get the job done. Next Man Up - no excuses…win or lose, I don’t want to hear it.

Always two sides to a story - funny how both sides seen it differently...take the emotion and bias out and the truth usually lies in the middle somewhere.

l He skates are exactly perpendicular to the goalie (the skates show you the path he was going - no arguing that) - he is reaching left to right from the goalie...he is not going into the goalie at all until bumped from UND #4... the photo proves me right and so does the statements from St Cloud...they thought TJ sold it too.

I didn’t think his skate contacted him and I am still not sure after watching it again, but if it did you have a valid point for sure.

No intent to injure…coming left to right (not directly at the goaltender) and playing puck…no contact to head…contact caused by our #4. Now if he gets his ass kicked in for that I have no problem with that but calling it dirty and begging for a major and video review is what I have a problem with. Refs obviously agreed as no major was accessed.

There’s nothing wrong with that play…it’s bang bang…Cloud guy going for the puck and TJ covers it up in a split second before Cloud guy gets there, in fact so split second that he actually dislodges it because TJ didn’t have time to secure it…another split second later Livenavage clips him racing back and that actually causes the contact…TJ over sells it to the point he damn near injures himself. If this play happens at any level but college it’s dealt with on the ice but you have goalies and coaches trying to sell it because of instant replay…begging for a major…it’s a farce and it’s ruining college hockey. Any other level of hockey and it’s a non issue; but after a great game and effort by the home team this will be the focus and talk of the town…a nothing play that wouldn’t even be a blip on the radar at any other game at any other level.

Split?…I think it’s united…everyone on same wrong page

I am sure there are others from around the state as well…Bob Gillian used to list ND high school hockey alumni and where they are playing now on his website but I don’t think he does that anymore. I wish he would, It was cool to follow their careers.

From just GF Central, missing Kanta - Army Holt - Maine Hodgson - Bentley Grant Johnson - Northern Michigan A few in the pipeline that will/may as well… Coleman RR - UMass commit Carter Sproule RR NAHL Bydal RR NAHL Dillon Kuntz GFC - UNLV (rumored to go D1 very soon). Of all those names, I believe all stayed through senior year of high school except Bydal, who left after Jr year.

Only room for so many blue chippers…not enough pucks to feed and satisfy 9 of them…Denver finds them…and they score and more importantly, block shots, support the other blue chippers, and are used to not being “the guy” on their team…can’t have 14 “the guys” on your team.

No, I mean get a few guys that are late bloomers that have worked their tail off to get a chance nobody gave them when they were 16 and the blue chippers we covet were being recruited…Blaise and Gino and Hak were great at finding and plugging those guys in. Get them when they are 19/20 not 5th year seniors.

Got too many blue chippers…get some guys that are heart and soul and have been through the wars of Jr hockey and clawed their way to get where they are now…not guys that coasted since they were anointed at age 15.

And a month into the season, per usual, UND cannot dress a full roster. I don’t think 26 is enough for NCAA hockey. Just about every NCAA team has a larger roster than 26.

UND might too…