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Yep, you can.

I use ESPN+ dang near daily as they offer a huge amount of NHL games and I've always had good luck with any game on there

I took Baseball and Hockey. Baseball was us playing wiffle ball each session. Hockey, we just messed around. My wife took advanced walking 1 credit classes haha.

That's why I said "a little" deeper lol.

I told a buddy of mine that after game 1, the exact opposite in game 2 would happen, and I nailed it. Overall, I think Minnesota is a little deeper and their back end has more "talent", but I think our defensemen know how to play the game a bit more, namely because of seasoning. That's not discounting our freshmen because goodness Wiebe was good on Saturday. Livanvage was good, too. Lots and lots of plusses this weekend.

Ugh, it's not 7 yet

Boy, do I love this series. Once our roster started to take shape, I felt like we'd have a great shot at something special. Let's find out where we stand. UND uses the crowd and comes out flying. 5-2 win good guys. Blake, Gaber, Perron x2, Jammer

Ugly colors?

Fair enough, I'm thinking more about the guys they lost. Lots of big time players with experience in big time games. Plus, none of their D-corps played here. I'd say we have the experience factor, but it's not a massive difference, I can agree with that.

GREAT stuff.

Expanding upon that, looking forward to see how a guy like Persson handles this crowd. He's well seasoned, but this will be a different atmosphere than he's seen at the Ralph before. He's shown to be very calm and collected in nature and we need that big time. Need to lean on a guy like Pehrson on the backend to keep the boys calm and poised in the d-corps. Big minutes from him. As far as the forward group goes... absolute balls to the walls. I wanna see Johannes or Jammer blow someone up on the first shift. I bet the Triple J line starts the game.

I think this is a great point. We are more senior in terms of games played, with Minny being rather young. I'd bet this will be the loudest and most raucous atmosphere a majority of their kids have ever played (I guess the same could be said for some of our transfers, too). Gotta come out hard. Man, if we pot one early...

Lol in his defense, a lot of our opinions are based on anecdotal evidence, and so are his. All good. I get his point.

While certainly anecdotal, being a UND grad and living in the Minneapolis area, every hockey fan in my circle who cheers for Minnesota still considers it a major, major rivalry, and most in that same circle hate UND more than any other. Are you considering the casual fan who doesn't really follow college hockey vigorously? Just listen to the crowd on Friday. That's all the questions that need be answered.

Holy eff... is this gonna happen?!

Didn't play our best and a lot to work on, but still rolled 7-2. Clean it up and start 2-0. Gladly to see Bucky back in the REA. Should be a fun one. UND 5-3 Perron, Gaber, Strinden, Berg, Pyke

If you didn't call it out, I was gonna

You guys are so old LOL But man, do I love this place

We're playing real life, big boy hockey today! So pumped. I think UND sets the tone for the season starting tonight. Use the adrenaline from the building and get out quick. 6-1 UND Gaber, McLaughlin, Livanavage, Perron, James, Jammer

Lots of local-ish flavor on the Army squad, including a Grand Forks native: Lucas Kanta (Grand Forks, N.D) Easton Zueger (Sioux Falls, S.D.) Jon Bell (St. Cloud, Minn.) Nik Hong (Minneapolis, Minn.) Ricky Lyle (Duluth, Minn.) Joey Dosan (Bloomington, Minn) Jake Felker (Omaha, Neb.)

With a couple of small exceptions, throughout the lineup on the backend I noticed two things... poise and correct and fast transitions up the ice to our forwards. Saw very little of those two things last season. With how quick and skilled our forwards are, these two things are so important and will bear fruit all season long.

Definitely agree all around.

Yes, that's exactly what I mean lol

In all fairness, those two are likely in suits on Friday.