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It's not final until late March but that doesn't mean it's useless. Jim Dahl gives calculations on where UND will end up depending on the amount of wins starting January and is usually spot on. I find that useful.

Pretty sure you are joking, but so other people aren't confused, pairwise doesn't mean anything until January.

I could watch this hit over and over again. I remember going to a Michigan Tech game where he knocked a guy out cold from a check a few minutes into the first period. He was a man amongst boys his Junior year and it was pretty obvious he would have no problem succeeding at the next level.

Yup, I was a freshman too at the time. I'm just curious as to what their size was then to show they really did put on size like you're saying.

I guess I don't know firsthand that Toews did or did not add a lot of muscle over the summer. Do you have his weight when he came into UND? I couldn't find it and I can't imagine he weighed a whole lot less than 195 lbs. I mean, I'd be surprised if he put on 20 lbs of muscle over the summer.

Completely agree, it's out of hand and it plays a part in the atmosphere being neutered in the arena. I want to see Jim Montgomery doing his best Gwoz impression come February!

FYI just because I was curious on your size argument, Toews was 6'2", 202 lbs starting his sophomore year of college so the size/strength argument is out. Also, Toews had insane foot speed too. I remember him absolutely walking around an oppossing defender and scoring before the guy could turn around. http://www.undsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=749631

If it's guaranteed will you give me 100-1 odds on $5? If you win, you can buy a beer at The Ralph(almost) and in the crazy chance I win, I can buy another seat to add to my season tickets. Deal?

Don't you think people thought the same thing about Johnny Toews in college though? He played 2 years of college... Also, Oshie had no business playing 3 years but he did. I remember Michigan Tech's coach saying that Oshie was a pro playing with college players, a man amongst boys and that he essentially had no business playing college hockey. He was one guy I remember going to games his Junior year and saying "Oshie took over that entire game and won it for us". Will Eichel most likely leave after this year? Yes, but I don't think it's guaranteed.

I really hope Matthews is considering UND strongly because it would be really exciting to get to watch him play at The Ralph, even if only for a year or two. However, do you think Eichel could stay at BU for another year because I'd have to imagine that being a strong factor in his decision too with their history together. That would be a scary first line to play against for the Terriers.

Don't get me excited...

I vote he plays for Mattson.

Selling a couple pairs of lower bowl tickets for Saturday's game. Section 104, Row I & Section 103, Row R Asking $80/pair PM me if interested

I know it was at least one of the Miami games but can't remember the others... it said FCS agrees to contract for 5 UND Men's and 4 UND Women's home games.

Well that's weird, I wonder if the contract wasn't quite finalized and someone got in trouble for posting too quickly...

http://www.undsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=6405&DB_OEM_ID=13500&ATCLID=209739090 5 Men's hockey games to be on FCS

Yeah, people are definitely getting carried away. It does suck that not everyone can get tickets but this shouldn't be a surprise with a 6,000 person arena 70 miles from Grand Forks. When they announced that Fargo won, my first thought was that I hope I can manage to get tickets. Also, if you want tickets badly enough you can still buy them, just might not be at the price you want.

http://www.stadiumjourney.com/stadiums/scheels-arena-s1515/images Wow, after looking at pictures of the arena my initial reaction is "where's the rest?", place looks tiny!

3 months still puts him in line for the stretch run. I would be happy getting him back by January.

I think, in general, a lot of blue chip players have been going to Canadian Major Juniors. i.e. Gropp, Miller, Jones etc.

That was my thought too.

I will be going dependent on outcome in Fargo... so yeah I'm going

Yes! This seems flexible, yet still shows we mean business. Those shootouts in NCHC play could be even more exciting if we know that Hak's gone after losing 2 of them. The real question is, do we rename REA to 'Dean Blais Arena' before or after he accepts the job as replacement?

http://m.undsports.com/mobile/ViewArticle.dbml?atclid=209734901&DB_OEM_ID=13500& Mark MacMillan out indefinitely after wrist surgery. Terrible timing as he was starting to take his game to the next level. That cut must've been really serious.

I was one number off for the Bemidji game, I believe the pot was over $10k. The number was a 4 and we had a 9 so for a split second I got pretty excited then really sad