InHeavenThereIsNoBeer

Right there with ya, excited to see the old rivalries back at The Alerus/Betty But what do I know? I'm just a hockey fan...or so I'm told

What am I missing? Why the doom and gloom?

Let's call up UNO and SCSU to see if we can move those series to their barns. I'm only sort of kidding...

Wow... I think we'll sweep but I'd even throw $5-10 on that. Crazy good odds.

Just in case anyone missed Jim Dahl's new look to his PWR site it's pretty handy. http://collegehockeyranked.com/forecast/pwrbywins/ Looks like winning 5 of out of the last 10 games would put UND on the bubble needing to win the 1st round series to make the field. However, 7+ wins would make me feel much more comfortable going into NCHC tournament play.

I think I'm the only person who thinks Ausmus has gotten better from the beginning of this yr to right now. IMO he's not holding onto the puck as long when exiting the zone and is making more level-headed plays when making the first pass. Not saying he's immune from a bad play now and then but I think he has improved in taking care of the puck for the most part.

That's way too level-headed for this board 'tnt'. Bring your reasonable attitude elsewhere please

Got 4 tickets in section 116, row EE Holding off on hotel for now... I hear Vegas has a few of 'em

For a team to lose 9-1 and 7-3 they obviously didn't play their best. That being said, it was still a dominant performance.

You're a better person than I.

I hope you repaid the favor in April

If that wasn't dominant, I don't know what is. And Omaha isn't a doormat, they're right on the bubble of NCAAs right now.

Don't question Starman's motives... I believe it's a bullet point in the rules Stone.

Seems like he's an offensive defenseman looking at his stats. 6' 180lbs

UMD is one of the best teams in the nation right now so I don't think there are many teams that actually want to play them.

Interesting that both BC's missed NCAAs were after national title years. I feel like I've seen it before but does anyone have the statistic on-hand for teams making/missing the NCAAs a year after a title? You'd think there could possibly be a letdown after getting to the top of the mountain while all the other teams are hungry/using the previous year's failure as motivation.

This is a fantastic post to put it all into perspective. While BU may have gotten great "one and dones" to play for them Hakstol and Berry have found a good mix of high end & role players to fit into their system for a consistent chance at making the FF/being in league championship races. The above looks similar to Wisconsin's issue with balancing classes.

No matter their recent success vs a Duluth team that thought they could just show up, they're 0-9-0 at home this year, they have about a -1.4 goal margin and we have a 0.9 goal margin/game. They are 10% on the power play, we are 20%. They're 56th in ncaas in gpg, 52nd in goals against per game. We have more than a "slight shot" at a sweep.

We have the same amount of 1st rounders as we did last yr... if you really think that's the only way to determine successful teams.

Agree 100%

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Points aren't the only way to play desperate hockey, Brock couldn't find space and Duluth keyed in on him and succeeded. If you watched the small plays or some of the battles he had, he wasn't coasting. In contrast, I watched Olson glide by a player with the puck towards the 2nd half of the game last night as if he didn't exist.

Duluth is the best team we've seen this yr by a decent margin. They're veteran and deep top to bottom with Peterson joining them and Tufte starting to play to his potential. Anything less than a Frozen Four will be a big letdown for them IMO. We need to start playing desperate hockey(Boeser & Gornall showed it). Our goal has shifted from the 3rd straight Penrose to home ice & NCAAs. Oh and to the people NOW saying they miss Hak who were silent in all the yrs he got crucified on this board...GTFO

4-3 UND

Nope, typed blindfolded with my feet. Good smartass response tho bud, cheers