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Didn't specifically mean you it just seems like there is always someone after a game and especially after a loss that posts Jordan looks slow or lazy and should sit when in reality it may look that way to some people because he has such an easy smooth stride. Jordan is a very important player for this team and might be the best puck moving defenseman on this team and needs to play every game as long as he is healthy.

5-1 Sioux with goals from Caggiula, MacMillan, Stecher, J. Schmaltz, and N. Schmaltz.

I agree with you I don't get the hate for Jordan some people seem to have. He had great jump last night moving the puck very well and it seemed like he really played a lot of minutes. Over the past couple weekends it seems he has been even more aggressive in the offensive zone and has created some chances through jumping into the play and pinching to keep the puck in. He is never gonna be the type of defenseman who is gonna be a physical defenseman who is gonna be in a lot of board battles. He is a highly skilled finesse type player that can provide offense and move the puck well. There is no way they will sit him and there is no reason he should be sitting.

Yeah they lost a number of guys but many programs have lost even more talent and not been as bad as they have this year. Going into last season Minnesota lost 5 players early to the pros and they still reloaded and ended up in the National Championship and we lost 6 Seniors plus Forbort early that year and still ended up in the Frozen Four. Going into the 2011-2012 season we lost 7 Seniors, 2 guys that would have been Juniors transferred plus Gregoire and Hextall went pro early but we still ended up 26-13-3 and won the Final 5. I have no sympathy for Eaves and Wisco a lot of teams have dealt with the same type of situation and not been as bad as they are.

I think we will see a very pissed off Sioux team that will roll to a victory tomorrow night and I hope in the process that someone puts Ortega through the boards.

Blais better just worry about trying to get Omaha a NCAA Tournament win first.

Agreed if Olson is ready to go if he isn't then Poolman is still our best option up front. I thought the place where he struggled the most was on the powerplay especially early with the way Omaha pressured high.

I didn't think Jordan was bad at all tonight he had some good jump and was very involved on the offensive end. He is a puck moving defenseman with offensive skill and that is what he did tonight. He is never gonna be a real physical player who gets in a lot of board battles.

Officials completely handed UNO the game in OT I never saw the roughing call but the MacMillan cross check was pathetic and something UNO had got away with on every PK. I thought the Sioux were the better team tonight and liked the way we played tonight for the most part just gotta be able to finish on more really good chances. I don't care who their coach is Omaha is a borderline dirty team and they were lucky they didn't get called for more penalties with the constant slashing and cross checking in front as well as getting away with interference on almost every dump in.

He was very good and came up with some real big saves in the 3rd. Wild actually generated some real good chances last night too but still have trouble finishing them.

Gotta get traffic to the net and can't be as sloppy coming out of our zone as we have been the past couple weeks if we do both those things well I think we will have success and get a sweep this weekend.

I'd be surprised if EGF and Bemidji aren't the two section 8 reps in St. Paul.

I wouldn't read too much into it a lot of initial interest letters get sent out and never develop into anything past that it is just that most players don't post it every time they get a letter.

http://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/3663833-stipends-und-more-questions-answers I know it had been mentioned before that this was likely but good to see it again now that the vote has officially been passed to allow stipends.

Rocco and Nick really aren't the same type of player at all but if forced to pick one to be in the lineup I would still pick Nick even with the way he has been struggling a little lately. Nick is much more of a setup guy and playmaker while Rocco was basically able to create with his speed and had trouble finishing. Nick is much better along the walls and doesn't turn the puck over near as much as Rocco did I also think Nick is better in the defensive zone than Rocco ever was. I thought Nick looked more involved and had better jump this weekend but it just seemed like he couldn't really get the puck to settle on his stick this weekend even though he did have an assist last night.

Only difference is at home the 3rd goalie dresses and on the road he doesn't. Having Poolman up at forward and being able to move him back to D in certain situations makes it easier to limit some minutes but I'm sure they will make sure Stecher is 100% before he gets in the lineup again.

Kind of a sloppy game but sometimes you have to win that way. St. Clair looked really solid especially with how much time he has missed and I thought the move of Johnson worked pretty well tonight seemed like he had a little more jump and was more involved. Need to cut down on the turnovers going forward some of them were created by CC's trap but some were just careless errors and need to win more individual battles. Good matchup in Omaha next weekend hoping Olson and Stecher will be healthy and ready to go Friday.

I don't know how some people thought that just because it was Bemidji especially when they usually play UND pretty tough. Even watching that game you could see Bemidji had a lot more speed and better goaltending than some previous years their problem this year has been consistency. I'm still trying to figure out how bad they must have played last weekend to get swept by Lake Superior State.

Pretty weak game winning goal that Wilcox gave up he doesn't look near as solid as he did last season. Kinda seemed like Duluth stole the win with the way the 3rd was played. Gophers best chance to get into the NCAA's now is probably to win the B1G tourney.

North Dakota MHockey ‏@UNDmhockey 3m3 minutes ago Colten St. Clair will play RW on a line with Stephane Pattyn and Nick Schmaltz. St. Clair had missed previous eight games due to injury. Murphy comes out of the lineup and Johnson moves to play RW with Chyzk and Caggiula my guess is this move is just to try to get some guys jump started again.

I'm not a huge fan of Panz back on D but until we get some guys healthy I think our best option is him on D and Poolman up front. When everyone is back healthy I think it will be interesting to see if Hak keeps Poolman up front because I would expect both Olson and St.Clair to be in the lineup regularly probably comes down to whether you would rather have Johnson or Mattson stay in the lineup.

I'd still probably take Nick over Rocco right now Nick just seems to be in much better position defensively most of the time and I like the way he can play along the boards while also not turning the puck over near as much as Rocco did.

I thought he had pretty good jump making some nice plays last night and thought he looked a lot better than last weekend.

Williams actually said after the game he didn't know they could take a penalty shot and thought it would just be a penalty. Either way probably not a bad move to get the whistle since it was basically a 6-on-3 at the time and the Mankato players looked absolutely gassed as well.

It was very evident CC came in with the strategy to not let the Sioux speed really take over and they really did a pretty good job of clogging the neutral zone up. Zane was good again coming up very big a couple times late in the 3rd. I don't know how the refs called Caggiula for the trip but somehow missed the holding call on the guy with a bear hug on him. Need to win more individual battles tomorrow night especially if CC is effective clogging up the neutral zone forcing us to dump the puck a lot again. Really hope to see some changes on that 2nd PP unit tomorrow maybe Chyzk and OD on it instead of Johnson and Murphy.