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Woulda made the d@mn tourney last year lol

Oh, Oxbow. Why are numbers so scary to you, man?!? Makes sense this year, doesn't it? Seems like we possess the puck a lot and we're pretty good at potting so far this year lol

Fun stat for analytic haters: Our favorite xG says UND should be 13-3 this season. We are 12-3-1.

That's fair to think and honestly that helps reinforce my initial premise that we're a better team. Top to bottom, I think our forward depth is better, our top end forward talent is better, and we defend better. This includes all three zones. I'd give them the nod on offense from the d-corps.

No, read my first post. The second paragraph. It's about our players being better. I'm saying the result only proved me right/reinforced. Had we lost that game, I would have said the same thing. Our players are better. It's also not based on one game. I've watched UND all season and watched DU now, I think, 5 times. Last night only reinforced.

Nope. Goodness, did you not read what I said? I'm talking about their players. Then, the players played and showed UND was the better team and result proved it. Unless there's a dramatic change tonight, I think UND showed last night they are the better team.

It is an incredibly douchey celly and that's clearly why we kept doing it as a response. Loved it so much.

Denver is good. Very fast, talented, and skilled. However, my goodness 3 of those 4 first period goals were garbage. Very few grade As all night and kept them wholly to the outside. I'd love to see the shot chart. Persson wants a couple back, but made some big saves, too. Overall, our forward depth is better than DUs and outside of Rizzo and maybe Devine, our top end forward talent is better, too. Those two could likely find a top 6 spot, but whom would you take Rizzo or Devine over on our top 6? We are definitely better on the backend. Goaltending isn't close. That tendy was outmatched by our skill. I'll say it... UND is better than Denver and the final result only proved that. .

I have no inside info on this one. My guess... probably correct. Remember... "didn't want" and "didn't press for" are very different.

Beat me to it. Was gonna say.... yep, that's kind of what we do lol.

Just because you were there, doesn't mean you'd remember it

I think a couple of them were funny, but the dog bowl? C'mon. That one is stupid and lazy. HA, those UND fans sure are dogs. Lame and lazy. The beer shooter one was amusing.

This, and we just got a commitment from the No. 1 rated NA goalie in Caleb Heil. So.... I get what you're saying, but is it really that a big deal?

I've watched a few of their games so far. Honestly, I don't think they are as good as they were last year simply based off the games I watched. Digging into their 14 games, they've allowed 4+ goals 6 times and 3+ goals 8 times. On the other end, they've scored the most goals in the country with 77, scoring 5.5 per game, but have only faced two teams in the Top 20 of goals allowed per game. Simply put, they haven't seen a defense like ours. Their defense looks a step worse than last year and the goaltending is obviously a question mark. Get a win on Friday to give us a chance to see if we can walk out of Denver with A LOT of swagger.

In statistics, that's called an outlier lol.

I'll never understand why people get so bothered by this statistic. It's analytics. Just a way of look at the game. Expected DOES NOT mean it will happen. It's really that easy.

The newly-minted No. 1 team faces their Hwy 2 rival, the Feisty Bemidji State Beavers. Four non-con games left and we're 5-2-1 thus far. Not must haves, losses would not be good for the PWR. Prove we're the dang No. 1 team in the country.

Kid has been really solid for us thus far. Great transfer.

Played better versus actually being better is kind of where I am going on that one. I left that weekend saying we're as good or better than that team. I've felt that with every team we've played.

THIS is the thing I love seeing the most. Well, kind of, because of the logo... you get it lol

https://www.uscho.com/rankings/d-i-mens-poll/

I saw it intentionally. Miami isn't a heavy forechecking team, so they worked to get the puck out in transition through the middle a lot and were a bit more deliberate. That caused us to make a few stupid passes, but it worked out fine for most of the weekend, IMO.

I mean, I wouldn't go THAT far haha. I said it earlier and I'll say it again, being No. 1 in the country at any point in the season in any season is nothing but a positive for the program.