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I thought Wilkie played pretty well last night too and seemed to be a little quicker and on the puck more so I'm surprised to see him out tonight. Kinda figured St. Clair would be out tonight and that they will try to bring him along slowly.

Sioux just really weren't sharp tonight more missed passes and miscommunications than we have seen in a long time. Still had chances to win I'm not quite sure how Gardner missed the wide open net and hit the crossbar on the nice setup from Boeser. Cam didn't look on top of his game tonight either. Omaha really thrives on the opponent making mistakes pretty much all their offense tonight happened off of Sioux miscues. Even though they had 7 penalties Omaha got away with a ton of hooking and holding especially in the first 2 periods was a little surprised how much quicker we were throughout the lineup as usually Omaha has a ton of speed. Would expect a crisper performance tomorrow night from the Sioux to get the split.

I really think they get it wherever they can and really does depend on the year as they seem to have very specific requirements they look for at certain positions. The last few years the DBs they have gotten from the Midwest have been from Illinois and Michigan and You are right the only in-state DBs they have were preferred walk-ons outta high school although 1 of them has been put on scholarship now. This year is a great in-state class and they have 3 WRs from Minnesota committed in Howard(Robbinsdale), Johnson(Minneapolis), and Hmielewski(Marshall). The Gophers have 18 commits right now 8 MN, 2 TX(both played some HS in MN), and 1 each from AR, FL, GA, IA, IL, KS, LA, and MS. In recent years only Johannesson and Jones come to my mind at the RB spots as MN and ND kids. I can see Holm getting a PWO offer but I don't think the Gophers will offer him just seeing who they have visited this week as backup DB options and think he will end up at UND.

As a Gopher fan in everything but hockey I will say the basketball is hard to watch this year and its more fun to look forward to next season. They are very young with only 3 upperclassmen and those 3 probably playing the worst of anyone who gets any playing time. Pitino does have a very good recruiting class and a couple solid transfers sitting out and will need to produce next season. Everyone knew this year would be a struggle but maybe didn't expect it to be quite this bad. As for football I like Claeys and think he is a good fit. He made a couple of tough calls getting rid of the QB coach and OL/OC after the regular season who had worked with a long time and that was probably the right call but had to be tough with the longtime relationship. They have had some turnover on recruits but most of that is differences in philosophy between some of the coaches who had made the call to take the guy and who is in charge now. Really the only one that wasn't a "mutal" parting was losing a juco DE to Oklahoma State as he was a very solid pass rusher and that is something they lacked. I really can't see the Gophers offering Holm anything other than a PWO spot so if he wants a scholarship I would think he will end up at UND.

Sounds like they will still add a DB or 2 but I have seen a few names of guys that they will target at DB and can't say I've seen Holm's name at all.The Daniels were planning to visit Maryland and it sounded like the staff told them go ahead and visit if you want but if you do that than were gonna move on. The other DB they lost was a juco kid who didn't graduate at semester like he was supposed to and they decided to move on rather than wait until the spring.

I think that was more to do with Terrance Newman playing much better than they expected for most of the season. They were able to bring Waynes along slowly because Newman was so good for most of the season but I thought they were better off towards the end of the season when Waynes was in rather than Newman. I liked the pick of Waynes at 11 and I still like him and think he will have a very nice career in the NFL.

The defense is very solid but we need a safety to start opposite Smith and I would put that as one of our bigger needs behind OL/WR. Sendejo shouldn't be a starting safety and there really aren't any good options on the team to fill a spot that has been a weakness for about 3-4 years now.

Walsh has to make that field goal but you're right Peterson had another costly turnover in another playoff game at a time when you needed a drive to take some of the momentum back from Seattle. I would've liked to see more of McKinnon today as Seattle was having a tough time matching up with him and let Teddy throw it a few more times but Norv stuck with the run even with 8-9 in the box. At times Peterson can be very frustrating as sometimes he gets caught trying to look for a TD on every touch and ends up losing yards instead of taking the 3-4 yard gain that was there.

I was saying to go for the TD on 1st down there too rather than just running to set up a FG just because I didn't trust Walsh but would have kicked the FG when it got to 4th down. It was a short kick that Walsh gets paid to make and has to make no excuses. Game changed with the scramble play and then Wilson being able to pick on Robinson who is a horrible CB because Newman and Waynes were both hurt. You follow that up with Peterson fumbling on the next drive and all the momentum is gone from the Vikes. Vikings had lots of other plays that coulda have been made too like the weird play when Wilson missed the snap and then hit the guy downfield to give them life, Peterson fumble, Sendejo not coming up with the interception when he got the chance, letting Wilson escape 3-4 guys a couple times to throw the ball away rather than get him for a 10 yd sack. Couple other tougher plays that they had a chance at to with McKinnon not being able to make the grab in the 1st half down the seam after being held by Chancellor and Diggs not coming up with the jump ball deep shot. This team should have won today and who knows how far they would have went but it definitely wasn't a perfect team. Lots of areas that need to be improved in the offseason like a safety to pair with Smith, the OL, and a good WR that you can pair with Diggs.

I thought Lindgren the Gopher commit was there best defenseman. He did get muscled off the puck by Poganski that led to the Caggiula goal but he was real smooth skater with lots of skill and actually reminded me of our own defensemen, he's definitely a guy I would have liked to have coming to UND.

You are correct Perra wasn't on scholarship but did work his way up to 3rd on the depth chart. It sounds like he will end up at D3 St.Thomas.

Mattson scored the 1st goal of the game on the powerplay in a 4-3 Grand Rapids win over Duluth East. Mattson played well and showed a lot of skill and it was a great game to watch between the longtime rivals.

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Here is a roster http://www.usahockeyntdp.com/roster/show/1941138?subseason=231692 Looks like the only two uncommitted are defenseman JD Greenway and forward Patrick Khodorenko.

Yeah I think Schloss has said that in the live chats before.

They tried to throw a couple to Pruitt Teddy just missed him on a fade that would have been a TD. Also know Ellison caught at least 1 because he got hurt on the tackle and is now out for the rest of the season. Vikings defense was solid last night but they weren't real great in other areas. They have to be better offensively and on special teams to beat Seattle and the defense needs to get pressure but also not give Wilson lanes to scramble. Norv needs to not be scared to take shots with Teddy even if he misses 1 right away, he can't get into the predictable run on 1st down calls every time like is sometimes the case.

Completely agree in the 2 losses the US scored I believe 1 goal sure could have used some of the talented pure scorers that are on that list. The coaching choice also may have ended up being a poor one as Wilson basically said postgame he didn't prepare for Russia at all and knew nothing about their team or their players.

Looked pretty good got robbed after a turnover from the Swiss on a nice setup from Schmaltz.

Anyone else lose sound after the 1st period or is it just my computer to tv connection? Never mind got the sound figured out good clear feed.

Those top guys had nothing left in the tank to make a charge in the 3rd because they had played so many minutes with all the special teams time especially with DeBrincat being out after the 1st period. With how many penalties seem to always be called in international play its just another reason they should have took guys like Connor, Tuch, and others over Easnor, Bjork, Donato, Hitchcock and MacInnis and not too many of their 4th line guys play the PK either.

Always nice to beat Canada! Really dumb play by DeBrincat with the spear even if the Canada player did sell it quite a bit. The U.S. defensemen were kind of shaky I thought Belpedio and Borgen were the best of the bunch. Still wish they would have taken at least a couple of the guys like Connor, Tuch, Garland, Roslovic, Bracco, and Keller as I thought a couple of those 4th liners really struggled today.

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When Teddy gets a little time he is very good and definitely a starting caliber NFL QB. The problem is he has been playing behind a OL that has been pretty bad in pass protection sending him running for his life quite a bit this year and Diggs is the only WR you can count on to win 1-on-1 battles consistently. I like Teddy a lot right now and he will continue to get better with better protection and better weapons. I also think at times Turner gets too conservative with Teddy and could open it up a little more but a pretty big part of that is probably on the struggling OL.

Can add Michigan to the list they offered last night. He said last night his top 3 are Minnesota, Michigan, and Iowa State.

Real solid game tonight to finish off the sweep. Duluth really throws everything to the net and Cam was good all weekend but great job of team defense as well keeping UMD out of prime scoring areas, getting in shooting lanes, and tying up sticks. Good to see a couple power play goals tonight. Officials let them play physical and let most of the after the whistle stuff go and I was okay with that but the dirty cross check from Soucy on Boeser when he was already on the ground definitely should have been called. Loved the loud Lets Go Sioux chants all weekend and the Sioux Forever chant at the end.