Godsmack

https://gazette.com/sports/cc-hockey/goals-are-the-goal-for-colorado-college-as-school-year-begins-mayotte-seeks-20-wins/article_2b1169b2-37d5-11ee-9980-8b422b4152c0.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share&fbclid=IwAR3muTs-EtdvzBYK1RJoBPEmP6KNq-HUWjn7y_jeYeSHGL92bRA9tNKeqCE

Not sure if this belongs in this thread or not but interesting take from our friends at letsgodu….They’re speculating the possibility of NDSU and SDSU leaving to joint the Mountain West conference. https://letsgodu.com/2023/07/27/colorados-pac-12-exit-dominoes-could-hit-university-of-denver-summit-league/

Did he toss his twig into the stands like he did when he scored the OT winner in Colorado Springs? That cracked me up even though I could understand why some Tigers fans were pissed. I recall Cc radio guy and big time jocksniffer Ken Landeau referring to Blake as, “a punk.”

His dad was such an amazing player and probably one of the greatest CC Tigers in program history. It’ll be fun watching Mac as a UND player.

Sounds like a good recruiting win for UND. Curious if he was recruited by Mayotte at CC given his dad’s legacy as a Tiger.

I’m not sure I’d wanna be on the receiving end of a Dutch oven from Meredith Baxter-Birney! Wow, this conversation sure went in the tank! Lol

Someone on USCHO comment board suggested the Union Dutch Ovens. I kinda like that!

https://dailygazette.com/2023/08/03/union-college-drops-dutchmen-rebrands-as-garnet-chargers/?fbclid=IwAR2VtRse5fLeWMc8MaBVYoQ2jxRC-kZgxBXg8zfWbD0v-C0yM2fY3bb46Cw

CU bragged a decade ago that the academic profile with the PAC was a better “fit” with their higher academic standards than that of the lowly Big 12 (and all those fly over state schools; KU, KSU, Iowa State, Texas Tech, etc). At the end of the day, they’re coming back home. It’s all about the $.

I listened to Jess Myers’ and Mick Hatton’s interview today with Commissioner Weems. The interview can be found on TheRinkLive. The one question they didn’t ask her was her thoughts on adding a tenth member school to the NCHC. I would’ve thought that would be a very relevant question. They did touch on the three team mini pods as well as potential league post season scenarios (no decisions have yet to be made in that regard). However, would’ve loved to hear her thoughts and opinions on making it an even number of member schools.

https://www.therinklive.com/mens-college/nchc/heather-weems-discusses-adding-arizona-state-to-the-nchc-the-landscape-of-college-sports Recent interview with the league commissioner.

At CC, I barely passed The Splendor of the Baroque. I naively assumed it was going to be an easy elective. It was proof to me that the only culture I have is between my toes.

Fans on GPL are doing the same thing we are and have started talking about UND fans in their offseason forum.

“If he leaves, his legacy will be a season full of jaw-dropping moments, rivaling anyone who's ever worn the M. It will also include losing his "cool" in a national title game by giving an incompetent ref the opportunity to ring him up on a penalty he could have skated away from -- and one that helped change the outcome of the game. That was his one memorable moment in the biggest game of the year. Oh well, next!” -quote from Gopher fan. Honestly, I can’t blame Gopher fans for being disappointed if he signs, I would be too if it were a stud UND player.

I trolled GPL and a Gopher fan posted this timeline

I wonder what the chatter is/going to be over there on GPL.

CC coach Kris Mayotte’s comments on the 9 incoming freshmen and 1 transfer….Including a Grand Forks native, Drew Montgomery… https://cctigers.com/news/2023/7/22/mens-ice-hockey-mayotte-announces-2023-24-newcomers.aspx

I took a 1 year hiatus from attending the UND at DU series last season (and it turned out to be a wise decision) but I plan on resuming one of my favorite road series. Something about Maggot Arena when UND comes to town, it’s electric. DU fans are kinda annoyed that the UND series will happen while the students are on break. Can sell more seats now to UND fans.

Anyone got any UND hockey road trips planned for this upcoming season? -My wife and I are kicking around the idea of going to Boston for the BU series and perhaps the CC road series at Mariucci and of course, the UND series at CC and DU.

No regerts

I’d be interested to hear more from the conference as to why not attempt to go for an even number of teams (10) for the conference. I’m also curious how post season format will look like with 9 teams.

There are both older and newer interviews. Commie doesn’t miss an opportunity to talk about his experience playing for Babcock.

If anyone wants some hysterical laughs, search out some interviews with Mike Commodore where he gives his VERY honest thoughts of Babcock! Hilarious stuff. Commodore does not mince words.

I can’t answer your question but what I can say is, Schlossman was on a recent podcast on College Hockey Today and he said this upcoming season, it’s not going to be a season where Michigan’s name is in lights with regards to all the high flying 1st rounders but rather Boston College. I didn’t watch the draft but I think Bc landed some pretty high draft picks.