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In 5 years UND will either be like the 1997 team that won with a bunch of skilled midgets or else they will have two forward lines filled with Dixen Bowen clones.

Only one of the Panzer kids so far......need to get Jay's kid committed too. Then there is an Ulmer kid a few years younger yet....gotta lock him up too. Then the only other thing needed is hope that college hockey bans any players over 5'10" and 175 lbs. Then UND will be set for success in 5-6 years.

UMD lost 2 non conference games all year....UND lost two to Canisius .....the gap is larger than people want to believe.

Once again, to be objective one should really look at Sandelins record since the Amsoil opened up. Since then he has been lights out. The old DECC was a horribly outdated facility. Sandelin proves that a good coach should be able to win with nice facilities.

Hey, at least UND played the national champion close in a regular season game two years in a row.........

My condolences to Jdub and Teeder.

Sandelin building up quite the resume since the program got a decent facility. Has done so while dealing with some early departures.....so maybe early departures aren't the excuse that some on this board would have you to believe.

Kennedy and his baseless claims of sexism and racism did way more harm to UND than this silly forum. Try again

Was wondering who would get pushed back another year with Michaud coming in. Isn't Rizzo high end enough where that might not be something he wants to do?

Senden came in good, now let's see if he continues to develop. Kierstad is a defenseman so don't change the subject, by most accounts the Dmen on this team have not been the issue. Guch has performed as expected. He came in expected to score some but 10 goals as an older sophomore is solid but not setting the world on fire. That being said I like Guch as a 2nd line scorer type option.

The biggest question with Kennedy's 3 year ND taxpayer subsidized job search being complete, is which of the couple of Kennedy yes men on this thread that regularly defend everything that he does will get their lips to Dilorenzo's rear end first to start the process anew?

Wilkie's not really a miss IMO, just a guy that probbaly needed another year. Though I think it would be fair to put him in a similar category to Mismash. Not bad, but not where people thought they'd be

Are you serious? Colin Adams scored consistently in a very tough league (USHL).....nothing since then. As UNDBiz pointed out the same could be said about Hoff (step below Adams IMO).....Mismash has been ok but I would argue he has performed below expectations given the hoopla he came in with. These were high end recruits (not elite, but high end) that have done nothing. Say what you want about St Cloud but they do good taking middle of the road players and getting them to exceed expectations. If only Jost hadn't left early.......none of this would have happened right?

So just making the tournament every year isn't good enough? I think the point made with Lizotte and Benson is that they were nice players in high school but not high end recruits. St Cloud took two non-descript ND players and made them into solid 4 year contributors. If St Cloud can do that, then UND should be able to take their higher end recruits and have them produce even more, but that hasn't happened lately.

It will take several years (if being objective) to determine how good or bad Kennedy actually was for UND. The one certainty is that he was pompous and lacking in people skills. His complete lack of awareness when it came to the timing/perception of some of his decisions was absolutely uncanny.

If true that UND is raising a parking pass to $650 a year that is purely outrageous. Not sure how that compares to other institutions but this is still Grand Forks.

Now that's a lofty goal for what is supposed to be a premier hockey program.

Unless Berry cuts some guys loose, this team will already be fully loaded with Seniors that can't score. JJ would only add to that.

I can't recall the last time that a high end hockey player picked or didn't pick UND because they were truly worried about the quality of their education. For the next rung of players (non-elite), if they truly care about education first they will go Ivy league and they should if that's an option. Short of going to an Ivy league school.......or having an MBA from Stanford, there really isn't much of a difference between most schools. UND is fine for 90% of the country.

If he has 0 goals then I'd have to say yes.

You nailed it with the Canad Inn being great in principle. The customer service has always been a couple notches below horrible (especially the Tavern and Playmakers). However, there traditionally has been a steady stream of Canadians that will stop there anyways because they are hypnotized by the big red maple leaf. I've always been curious what would happen if a couple decent restaurants (maybe like an Old Chicago or another BWW) would open up nearby. Would Canad Inn be forced to get their act together with competition nearby?

Yes, but for the low price they paid to do it and the 2-3 days total it took to do it they should do it every couple years until they have money to do a complete redo

So basically just be happy with the participation ribbons that come out in the multi thousand $$$ season renewal packets that are being mailed out a little over a month from now? The championship club loves Kool aid drinkers like yourself. Does UND have a chance to rebound next year? Yes. Was last year below par? Yes. Was this season even worse? Yes. Not saying the world is ending tomorrow but don't pretend that this year was even close to where UND hockey needs to be.

I'm glad you were able to take time away from your MENSA meeting and English Comp class to call people names mixed in with big words that only serve to try and deflect attention from the team. Losing two to Canisius hurt in the pairwise? Say that out loud. It's not even a resurgent (not that I'm sure that they were ever good) Canisius team. That is where UND hockey is at right now. The crown jewel of the school is dangerously close to sliding into mediocrity and will need 2-3 Freshmen to come in next year and produce right away like Kristo, Spirko, etc, to avoid that fate. Not impossible but a tall order.

Ridiculous to have standards that low for a premier program like UND, but UND is shaking your hand for it (while their other hand is pick pocketing your wallet). UND hockey should have standards like Duke basketball, Alabama football, etc, not be happy with participation ribbons like Michigan Tech and Canisius get for trying hard each year.........well let's just stick with Michigan Tech