MoSiouxFan

Don't know anything about him and don't know where he came from, but I'm also suspecting that they must have a very good coach to parlay young, inexperienced talent into a competitive squad. And they've seemed to be very competitive ever since he took over.

I'm pleasantly shocked at how DL is staying with the big boys (e.g., GFC and RR), despite having four freshmen and an 8th grader on defense, a first-year goalie, and only one scoring line. 22 secs. away from pulling off a big one last night. Haven't seen any of their games, but I have a hunch that their first-year goalie is a gem and is keeping them competitive in every game. Hard to believe that they've given up more than 3 goals just once, despite playing the top teams.

You're right, and I think we potentially have the personnel inhouse for that piece of the puzzle.

I think you hit the bottomline nail on the head. With substantial improvement in our Oline, our offense will be hard to stop; we have too many weapons. Not sure our young hogs will provide that kind of improvement or not; may need to bring in at least one dropdown or JC.

Agree. A good second half gets them a fifth place seed and a winnable game against, undoubtedly, Grafton in the first round of the EDC.

Surprised that they played Central so tough after losing to West Fargo? Did you see the game? Their young defense and inexperienced goalie seem to be playing surprisingly well; they've only given up more than 3 goals twice all season.

Davies by 4 goals.

FIFY!!

Win moves us up two spots in the pairwise to no. 6., jumping over Western and Minny.

Don't know anything about him, but a soph. LB just announced that he's leaving the Gophers and transferring. Not that we need LB's or anything..........

Looks like DL's young D-corp and inexperienced goalie are holding up pretty well so far. No scoring, though.

73-70 UND. Final. "Only" 9 TO's and 2 fouls in the 2nd half.

That would make sense.

Don't know anything about Sheyenne, but we should get a pretty good idea fairly quickly, as they play Red River next week. They've got a boatload of seniors, so maybe they'll be a surprise, though they shouldn't have much experience since they're a startup team. As far as I know, they didn't coop with West Fargo last year, and, even if they did, they would have roughly half of what was a weak West Fargo team from last season.

Would like to see them overachieve and finish no. 4 in order to get home ice in the first round of the EDC Tourn., but 5 or 6 may be more realistic. Depends on the development of their freshmen and sophs.

I saw that; 4 freshmen and an 8th grader on the blue line, plus a first -year goaltender. I guess the good news is that they only gave up one goal last night. Should bode well for the future, though. I think they've got some kids on their top line that can score.

Amen. Thank you.

DL only beat a West bottom feeder by a goal last night. Yikes!

Hope you're right about Devils Lake, but 4 of their 6 defensemen being freshmen (and one an 8th grader) is pretty scary. Fortunately, their first three games are nonconference. I could see them finishing as low as 6-8.

$5.

LOL!

The Game Notes are imbedded in the game preview. Just click on it (Game Notes) and scroll down to the 2-deep toward the end.

Flowers not on the 2-deep or the injury list.

If he has matured, I think he can, too; but I think that's a big if. He's certainly had a great role model to learn what it means to be a leader the last two seasons.

Totally agree. Lots of new faces that I have no idea what or how much they'll bring to the table.