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It's WILD in there. I have an unhealthy addiction to that place. I can't resist going on there lolol

Not according to the Fighting Sioux FB group

I actually don't mind Michelletti. Big time homer, but he typically gives UND it's deserved roses when applicable. The duo, however, really believe Clown is the favorite to win a national championship every season lol.

After last season, a split, like the past 10 games, would be welcome. Man, we need to win tonight. Would be a confidence boost. I bet we'll see Ness.

I'll give it a shot. I agree with Wilbur, this has been a bugaboo of ours a bit at times this year and with how quick St. Cloud seems to be, we'll see a lot of back cutting and players moving in with speed, so our back side wingers need to be responsible for the backdoor and cuts. Especially with the bigger ice at the Herb, we gotta stay responsible.

Watched this game last night Swanson, Boisvert, and Emery showed out. Emery is just so solid. Great skater, super smart, physical. Not gonna score a lot, but he'll contribute right away. Swanson is just a water bug. Non-stop motor, always creating. Could have had three or four assists in the game had the receiving end buried the chance. He's small, but so quick and so smart. Boisvert is big, strong, but fast. He was all over the puck in the game and had a couple good chances. Heil looked shaky a couple times, but made a few really big saves. He looked.... uncomposed?... a little bit at times, but he's pretty athletic. Laurila didn't flash a lot, but had a couple nice touches. All-in-all, a great showing from our future boys, IMO.

Fri - Gaber Sat - OMac

It's kind of weird, but we've lost one time in 2024 and it was in OT. Remove that three-game OT loss streak, UND is 15-2-1 with wins over Minnesota, DU, BU and Wisconsin. I understand the four OT losses don't feel great, but I feel like we're almost ignoring what they've already done based on that three-game streak, and four OT losses. Just feels so weird.

He's done it several times this year and last. Again, not saying he doesn't need to become much more reliable defensively, but he has absolutely done this in his 1.5 years here. He's a gamebreaker

Because Strinden plays that kind of game well. Blake played plenty down the stretch on Saturday, too

Danny Kristo didn't learn how to play in the defensive zone until his junior year. Suggesting Blake needs to have a lesser role essentially ignores his game breaking ability. This isn't an excuse as I know for a fact that he's conscious of play defensively as the coaching staff is reminding him. Diminishing his role in any way, IMO, is not the right choice. He's gotta learn and learning comes with continual reps in big situations.

There's also something to be said about the level of play and experience. Hobie has three career starts against Alaska and Omaha. Persson has obviously seen more of NCHC play, against all teams in all situations. I'm not against a split and giving Hobie the shot, but I'm not close to saying Persson isn't our No. 1.

I know you're kind of kidding here, but there's a 0% chance this is true. This area is, crazy enough, an improvement from last year, but yes, it happens way too much.

Fixed my post lol

Move on, get the win, and beat the Red Cows because frankly, UND is the better team. Persson, with the rust shaken off, gets back to his early-season form, the D settles down, and the forwards continue to rip as they have the past three games, and UND walks 6-1 Berg, Blake, Gaber, Jammer, Johannes x2

Spot on. It was so weird. We'd go through stretches just dominating that game and UNO didn't touch the puck for 4 minutes, then they'd come down the ice, we'd have a breakdown, and boom, back of the net. Offense looked very good last night. So many little silly mistakes on D. Luddy needs to get back to early-season form.

Just to clarify, I was kidding. Are you suggesting Sandy should have played in that game?

Sanderson?!? No way. Kid was a bum! Got hurt and couldn't even tough it out for a playoff game

Schlossy said he can return to UND, but likely won't. We'll be down one player, but we still have a full lineup. Could add a player, but I doubt we would.

Persson was the one that was out due to illness last week. Zmolek played. Persson is back this week and in net tonight.

Morrow, I totally get. Rizzo, he's the one who bailed! Such a weird situation. Halliday's situation was weird, too. He was recruited as a true blue chippa, fell off the face of the earth during junior, and then became a very good hockey player at OSU.

Stephen Halliday

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Totally agree, @scpa0305. I've heard he is planning for a year in junior. Morrow's "issue" wasn't his play.

Central Scouting sent out their list today -- 7 recruits on it, which is awesome No. 17 skater -- Sasha Boisvert No. 39 -- E.J. Emery No. 48 -- Will Zellers No. 102 -- Sam Laurila No. 130 -- Mac Swanson No. 137 -- Carson Pilgrim No. 8 goalie -- Caleb Heil Uncommitted: No. 204 skater - Bauer Berry