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Yah the article didn’t dive that deep nor do I believe that the school and athletic department would disclose actual financial numbers. In that same article, Kris Mayotte acknowledged some coaching mistakes he says he made last season. He said he designed his team’s offense around the premise of the bigger stronger power forward types like Gleb Veremyev and Noah Laba. Problem was, most of his forwards weren’t that type of player profile and he says he needs to emphasize better net front presence this year. They ranked at or near the bottom for expected goals.

Just read an article in the Colorado Springs Gazette that CC’s going to have a corporate sponsor jersey patch this season. Toyota is going to be the college’s inaugural jersey patch sponsor for men’s ice hockey and women’s soccer (the two lone D-I programs at CC).

Heard on the news yesterday that the SEC had filed a lawsuit against Lane Kiffen and LSU for bringing in guys who’d played in the NFL. It seems like the NCAA has no one else to blame but themselves for this mess they’ve created.

Any insight to the goalie situation and what prompted this late roster addition?

New UND hockey podcast up on grandforksherald.com. “A New Recruiting Cycle Opens”. https://www.grandforksherald.com/podcasts/und-hockey-podcast

No worries. Johan Franzen publicly called Babcock the worst human being he’s ever met. Years of manipulation and mind games he says led to having PTSD. Benching Jason Spezza in the Maple Leafs home opener with several of Spezza’s family in attendance to see his return home to Toronto. Healthy scratching Mike Modano in what would’ve been his 1,500th NHL game. He retired at 1,499 games. A hall of famer. Going through players’ phones in Columbus. Babs got sacked before ever getting through training camp. Benching Chris Chelios at an outdoor game in Chicago. Mitch Marner situation his rookie year. Being forced to rank his teammates and then Babs reading the list out loud in the locker room. To Marner’s credit, he ranked himself last. Mike Commodore has been on record many times of the treatment he claims he received from Babcock in Anaheim and Detroit. Not as serious as some of the examples listed above but just more examples of Babs’ behavior. Paul Bissonette and Ryan Whitney have also publicly called Babcock out for his treatment of players over the years.

100% agreed. I don’t have any sympathy for the Miller kid but I totally get your point on the complete double standard with how the NHL treats people based on their standing and position. Babs is a certifiable scumbag and there’s a litany of examples out there on the internet to prove it.

Anyone hear about Mike Commodore’s Twitter post regarding the Oilers development camp and the organization’s subsequent cease and desist order email (email, not formal hard copy letter) they sent him? Some say Commie lets Babcock live rent free in his brain but it seems the Oilers organization is letting Commie live rent free in theirs.

Now that was a match a casual soccer fan like myself can get into!

Lindberg is persona non grata with CC fans. I kinda understand what they’re going through. Hate to see one of your key pieces leave, and go to a conference team to boot.

In an otherwise disappointing season, it sure was fun watching him skate over to the Lawson lunatics with his hand held up to his ear after scoring the OT winner that final road series of the season.

I remember my only option for catching Sioux games remotely was listening to UND beating Wisconsin in the Badger holiday classic via dial up audio! Circa 1999/2000.

Last year was the first season I could recall where every team in the league was solid, even the last place team ASU. Miami seems to be on the rise and the other bottom half finishers were no pushovers. Cliche for coaches of their respective conferences to talk about how tough their leagues are from top to bottom but the NCHC really demonstrated that last year.

Penn State commit Alexander Karmanov is 7 foot, 1 inch, 280 pounds. Taken by the Sharks in this year’s draft. He’d be the tallest player on the Penn State men’s basketball team.

Weren’t they saying at last year’s draft that they were stopping doing it live in person? Old news? The league have a change of heart?