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I vilified Johnson more the year before, when he whiffed on every other shot. Last year he was pretty solid. Thompson was kind of a whipping boy. Probably had more to do with not being as good as the elite talent around him. Could definitely use his veteran leadership this year. I miss Stecher.

Some tournament spots are lost though.

Schmaltz is at least getting NHL time and has played well. The other two could be very valuable for us.

Soooooo, quality loss?

100 %

Agreed, this should be the focus. Then make the tourney. It's a good year to host in Fargo.

Start Tomek. Maybe it sends a message to Cam. Records are worthless, unless you're playing like a guy who deserves them; right now he is not. Isn't getting defensive help, but playing poor as well.

Denver lost and UND loses another chance to make movement in the standings. It's always possible, but without a sweep this weekend, another Penrose looks doubtful.

Well, apparently the Ralph isn't a tough place to play this year. Granted their are high expectations after such a great season last year, and UMD is a great team, but there have been too many games like tonight. No passing ... just throwing the puck to areas rather than players. No flow to the game. Poor defense. It's tough hockey to watch.

Ran into the net hard in the first. Elbow?

Positivity! Though playing like tonight and we could miss the tourney ... hope not though.

I told my wife after the 1st, this will be a game of too little too late. Score to make it look within reach, but too late. Someone said it a week ago, this is a team that needs to just make the tourney, and then look to win 4, regardless of seed.

Hope so

Glass half full: when the team plays like this, we don't have to worry about early departures!

I won't turn the game off, cuz I'm not THAT guy, but Netflix sounds pretty appealing right now.

THIS ... we're down a few goals (after disallowed goals, which the refs got right) our team is the problem, not the refs.

Ha, no worries. I was just joking around.

Ausmus has been very underwhelming this year.

Thanks for making me look like the a- hole with what was supposed to be harmless humor.

Can Boeser have another wrist surgery this week? That seemed to help his game last time.

Truth now .... is this Cam's dad, or Tomek's?

All we can do right now is put on our Miami jerseys and give it a shot.

Don't hate on biddco, he's been more than tolerable, when he could be obnoxious. UND vs UMD had been just pathetic this year. Not competitive at all. Hate on the kids playin like crap.

Boys looks like !@#$ tonight, all around

Good to know. Hopefully they see some good stuff this weekend too. They probably don't care much about a win or a loss, but seeing the energy of the crowd, during a good game, in that building ... had to leave a bit of an impression.