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So I'm curious - do you know how MSUM stood on the issue of putting more resources into the hockey program and the league? I don't know the answer and I'd like to know if you do.

They do what they are asked to do very well. Maybe Portz, Albrecht, Ness, Kunz can fulfill those roles, although maybe not quite as well but they don't plug up the pipeline. I will be happy to get beyond the #%*$ caused by Covid!

I think this situation happens when they decided to ask Hain and Sneden to come back. Much as I like them both, and they certainly fit the UND culture, neither are great at putting the puck in the net. And the team needs scorers. Certainly Spicer was not likely to be a top player right away but the upside looks strong. I don't like keeping a fifth year guy around, or bringing in a one year guy from the portal, when you risk losing a potential 3 year top 6 guy.

Well, you know, his mom.....

Only 7 non-conf games. Must be a few more to be scheduled.

So here's what we have. Scholarships (full ride for some), full cost of attendance, NIL and now change teams at will. OK, slight exaggeration on the last one. Is the death of amateur athletics at the college level imminent, or has it already happened and I missed it?

Welcome back. We won a natty while you were gone.

Good questions. I don't see an NCHC team not named UND or DU winning it next year. DU will lose a bunch of players but they are young and there is the portal. UND will have a mix of experience and new guys with a lot of potential. And didn't Illinois announce they were going D1 about 57 years ago? Ironically, I have seen exactly two club games in my life. One was a couple years ago. Care to guess ^ what team I saw in about 1975?

Well I do like to point out that 35 year gap in NCs for DU. I do have some DU friends that don't like to hear about that.

And they will still be good. They have a young team.

I think the coaching staff wanted him to play another year of juniors so he bailed and went to Denver

A Mavs PP would be nice right now.

And now a PP for DU

And we have a tie game

Mavs penalty

Mavs look tentative so far this period

Not a great PP by DU

Penalty on the Mavs

1-0 MSUM!

DU tripping

Pretty even so far

Gotta agree. The whole tournament has been very entertaining games (I can think of one I didn't like a lot though).

Eff'ing lacrosse!

That was bad

Game - DU