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The UND Hockey Facebook account responded to a comment asking about TV that we may have news in a couple days. I’m guessing they are working on getting it, but that’s just my interpretation of that. No guarantee it’ll happen but sounds like they are trying.

The inconsistent offensive production heightens these bad bounces and other in-game errors significantly. The margin for error for this team is so small because we don’t score much. If we scored more goals per game, these bad luck bounces might not warrant attention because we’d probably have won some games we lost.

He’s referring to the three games we carried play in that we didn’t win. We actually didn’t play all that well in the game we won.

I believe what I heard was if we win in 2 (not 3) next weekend it’s possible....( and of course 1 at the X)

Denver has been rotating goalies. Devin Cooley played tonight so who knows who they will play in net really..,

Likely UND is also monitoring several players playing high school hockey. Early recruiting has burned UND in the past, so they have to do their due diligence on these players.

Um, well none of our committed recruits are playing high school hockey this season so... maybe that’s why...

The question is how many of the forwards you listed are actually going to play all that much next year though? Unless Berry is an idiot, I created a fake line chart, and only one of the forwards you listed would be on my “everyone is healthy” line chart. I’d say most of the forwards you listed will bounce in and out of the lineup on the 4th line.

You included Peski, a defenseman in this post. A defenseman who is not an offensive defenseman. I will laugh hysterically if he can’t outscore Peski next year.

His name is Ryder and he’s dead to me.

Funny enough, I’ve been using this jokingly all season. “Who can we call up from our minor league affiliate?”

Yeah I did not expect him to be benched, no matter how deserved it would have been.

To me, not benching Gardner for his continued on ice idiocy shows what little faith Berry has in his other centers. I realize we’re thin at center but still. At some point there should have been some accountability.

I want to know what 7 and 9 did to get top line time. Also, 2 d-men on the 4th line. Gross.

Well, I’m excited. Not based on draft status, but because I’ve seen them play and believe they will help. I get the hesitation to be optimistic for others, but just because some forwards has underperformed doesn’t mean every forward is going to from here on out. So I will maintain my optimism.

Trust me I get it. But some seem to be obsessed with high draft picks (not me)

Late round draft picks are not polished players. They generally have blatant weaknesses, it’s up to the player to develop and address weaknesses. Where a player is drafted is often based on perceived potential at the next level. Several late round picks have been good college players.

He definitely cooled off, but still never went more than 2 games all season without a point.

Just a difference in perception. I guess I would perceive talking about “former recruits” that got away as complaining, based on some of the context. I can understand why not everyone has the same perception as I do though.

If you’re bored of discussion on how UND sucks at recruiting, here are a couple recent articles on Harrison Blaisdell. https://www.eprinkside.com/2019/03/01/all-he-does-is-win-blaisdell-keeps-adding-to-impressive-trophy-case https://www.draftgeek.ca/2019/02/26/prospect-profile-harrison-blaisdell/ ...if not, carry on...

Also, found it interesting that Mismash was the top forward in shot attempts when he hasn’t played in a while...

Jack isn’t going to BU.

The only real consistency issue I see is the inconsistent offensive production. We just never know when it’s coming...

Not to my knowledge. He initially was just filling in as a practice goalie while Tomek was injured and when Tomek returned, let him stay on the team. I don’t even remember the last third goalie we have had that was on scholarship.

Why is Bob Anderson part of this discussion? Bob is a walk on. He tried out for his spot. If the coaching staff wanted to bring in a scholarship goalie for our third goalie, Bob isn’t going to prevent that. He’d become our 4th goalie. We haven’t had a third goalie on scholarship for a long time.