SJHovey

My desire is for us to pack the place, and rock downtown Nashville like we did in Vegas. I'd rather have them require the covid card and let us fill the arena than reduce capacity, or eliminate the crowd altogether. If this let's the arena people, the City of Nashville or the State of Tennessee feel better about letting us fill the barn, then I can make due.

I'm not looking to pick any fights on the vaccine or anything else, but in my opinion we are asked, and willingly provide, lots more sensitive information all the time, for legitimate and maybe less legitimate reasons. For instance, someone asked what you'd do when asked to produce your Real ID or passport to get on the plane, and I think it was Sic who said he'd give them non-medical information. I don't know what anyone else's vaccine card looks like, but mine has my name, my D.O.B., the brand of the vaccine I received, the dates I received the shots, and the location where I received them. That's it. Until you're about 30, every time you go into a bar you give them your name and D.O.B. I can do a heck of a lot more damage to you with your Real ID or passport than I can with the Covid card. I got my shots at Walmart, of all places, right next to the check out aisles, with a steady stream of the refuse that is the Walmart customer base walking past me as I sat and waited. It doesn't get much less confidential than that. I don't know if they still do this, but when I registered at UND I had to turn over all kinds of vaccination records, for them to keep on file (again, they didn't ask to just glance at them). I've had to turn over my social security card and passport or other id every time I've gotten a job. I had to give a copy of my birth certificate and passport to the clown at the DMV that gave me my enhanced drivers license. Is any of that ideal? No, but we have to do it, and we do. Whoever posted that all they're going to do is glance at the card and let you go is 100% right. They won't remember any of your information ten seconds later.

I guess I get bailing out on attending the game if you've made the personal choice not to get vaccinated, and don't wish to get tested in the days before. Not sure I track on the idea of bailing on a trip, that should be a blast, just because I don't want to tell anyone that I'm vaccinated. It's not like I'm telling Bridgestone (or anyone else for that matter) anything that they can use to harm me.

It's not a North Dakota hockey jersey. It's one of my "miscellaneous" jerseys I've had laying around. Back when the World Juniors were in Grand Forks, one of my purchases was a Canadian team jersey. No number or name, but it's a sweet jersey that I've just had laying around now for more than 15 years. I wanted to give EPS a chance so I thought that would be a good one to send since it wouldn't kill me if something happened to it. I'll try to post photos, although I am severely technologically challenged, so we'll see.

I just wanted to post here that I followed suggestions of other posters and sent a jersey to EPS to have a number and name added. Just received it back today. Very satisfied with the result. I thought they did a great job. Seems to be very professionally stitched. They received the jersey from me on January 11 so it was almost exactly a three month process. Thanks for the tip.

I'm ok with St. Clown winning. Keeps the NCHC streak alive, and that chaps the azzes of B1G and HE fans. I guess Duluth found out it's different playing bonus hockey against a team that didn't have to play the night before. Probably caught them by surprise.

I was listening to a podcast somewhere and they were talking about him, and his NHL future. I think the person who was interviewed was a scout. I was sort of surprised by the comments. He basically said that if he gets the right NHL coach, he should be able to stick in the NHL. If he ends up with someone who expects him to play a 200' game, he's going to score a million goals in the AHL.

My guess is this. ESPN probably has "real" sports they want to put on ESPN2 and ESPNU on Friday night. However, the afternoon is a different matter. They elected to go with the Wisconsin and Michigan games in the afternoon, rather than UND, probably for tv ratings. We might have a better "in person" following, but we aren't going to match schools like the B1G schools or a team like BC for a television audience. Now, admittedly, even the B1G schools and BC draw pathetic viewership for hockey. Thus, they'll broadcast the "cream" of the hockey games, but only during the afternoon.

Can you say first round bye for UND? Those cancellations remove any chance for a DU at large bid. Have to win the tourney.

Is Ciskie leaving as Duluth’s broadcaster? He had a strange tweet about going to Amsoil for the last time, in who knows how long, and it’s “bittersweet”.

That was UND telling Omaha, “we’re going to win this game, not because we need to, not because we want to, but because we can.”

I watched both of those games last night, and a couple of things occurred to me. First, in the DU-CC game, in the first period, I believe, Chrona got hammered in his own goal again, but this time it was by his own teammate. What was really strange was that Chrona gave no signs that he'd been shot, had been run over by a train, or any of the typical symptoms. Then, in the BSU-Mankato game, the BSU goalie got leveled in what I would describe as a standard Gavin Hain move. Guy was going to the net with the puck, a defenseman was sort of riding him, and their was a collision with the goaltender. For those of you who didn't watch the game, you may be surprised to learn that a 5 minute major was not called on the offending Mankato player. However, the goalie did get two minutes for tripping.

Selective memory is one of the finest tools you can develop.

Oh yeah, although I think the pucks may have been gutta percha. Or maybe that was what the golf team used then? I can't remember. Long time ago.

I have to go all the way back to my college days to recall the finest defenseman I've ever seen play for UND -- James Patrick. Sanderson is the first defenseman I've seen at UND that reminds me of Patrick.

I would at least like to see the opponent score the first goal or two in a couple of the upcoming games. That's only happened a handful of times this year, and honestly we've chased the game a bit (unsuccessfully), when it's happened. UND came back from a two goal deficit against Omaha a couple of weeks ago, but quickly coughed up the lead again.

Yeah, maybe, but I'm not changing my picks just yet. If UND can take care of business this weekend and clinch the Penrose on home ice, UMD will still be in third, somewhere between 1 and 4 points behind SCSU, with their final two games against the Huskies. UMD is struggling for wins right now, but it's not like they are playing bad. They are dominating possession time, and are still a dangerous team.

It was about the no goal. I was watching the game, and UMD may have gotten jobbed on that one. The puck is clearly in the net. I just don't know if the officials believe they blew the whistle before it was in or not. But the play still seemed to be going on when it ended up over the line.

You had it right the first time. Magnuson played D that year. In fact, if you add up the games missed by Stone, Whitsitt, Ludwig, Patrick, Fester and Zombo that year, you will see that those six defensemen missed 22 games, which is exactly the number played by Magnuson. CHN also has Magnuson on the roster as a D-man that year.

It would be fun to see, but I'm not sure it'll happen. UMD will likely finish anywhere between 2 and 4 in the standings, but I think it's much more likely they finish higher rather than lower. UMD has three games left, two of them against SCSU, which seems to give them problems. I still see UMD winning the CC game, and probably getting some points out of at least one of the two SCSU games. That'll put them somewhere between 43-45 points. Omaha has 38 points, but 4 games against us. Even if they split, that's only 44 points. I think with 44 they end up behind, or possibly tied with UMD. I think UMD finishes at least as high as third this year, maybe even second if they can handle SCSU who they are only one point behind. On the other hand, Denver seems pretty locked into that five spot. They can't catch any of the top four teams. WMU could finish ahead of DU (they are up two points right now) but WMU will likely finish with 33 points at best if they sweep Miami. DU can get to 34 if they take 3 of 4 from CC. CC can move up to five if they basically run the table, or go 5-1 in their last six, but with two games at DU, plus one each at SCSU and UMD, that seems like a tall order. My predicted order of finish: UND, UMD, SCSU, Omaha, DU, WMU, CC and Miami

Minnesota played three goalies. The announcers said Wisconsin scored on the first shot against all three. If that’s not a first for college hockey, it’s certainly a rarity.

It's going to be interesting. There will probably be 10-11 selections that will be a piece of cake for the committee, it'll just be a matter of ranking them. Teams like UND, BC, Minnesota, UMD, the best ECAC team, the best AHA team, and a couple of others like SCSU or Omaha, Bowling Green, UMASS, will be in with no problem. The crazy part will be those last 3-4 teams, and Denver figures to fall into that discussion. Is a 13-11 DU team better or worse than say BSU or Lowell or someone? I think so, but what will the committee think.

Can't lose what you never had.