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Good point. Montgomery is proving that you don’t need to be a big, bruising defender to be effective. Play smart, be responsible with the puck in your end, and help make plays in transition. I’m so proud of him and the success he’s having. Sadly, many kids like him would’ve already transferred by now in search of more playing time. He has paid his dues and stuck with it and is now being rewarded because of his sound play.

The Tigers are 7-0 for the first time since the 1998-1999 season (Don Lucia’s final year). CC went 29-12-1 that season, reaching the regional finals. IMG_3063.mov

He reiterated that the effort was there. His words not mine.

Berry stating that the effort was there. Execution obviously to the observer, not so much.

Only thing that’ll make this even more painful is if Cornell loses at home next weekend to Yale and Brown.

It’ll be interesting to hear what Hennessy’s reasons for UND’s loss tonight will be. Bad ice? Hot goalie?

Defensive break downs led to what, 3 of their goals on us tonight? Our D zone play reminds me of two seasons ago.

You know it’s bad when even Hennessy is commenting how UND needs to get these good looks on net.

Boarding penalty on James.

I see Emery out on the ice.

Dumb penalty by us.

Turnover in our own zone that led to the goal? If so, the glass is your friend. Not sexy but effective.

Laba got hurt in the first period but came back but not so sure how much ice time he had the rest of the way. Looked like some sort of ankle injury.

AF had no business there in the 3x3 overtime and they knew it. They played extremely cautious and ultimately got scored on.

CC and AF going to overtime. AF really came back with a much better effort in the third despite giving up the tying goal early.

So BSU will be no gimmie later here when UND plays them?

CC absolutely suffocating Air Force the entire second period but a defensive lapse had the Tigers down two before getting one back on the power play. AF goalie standing tall and bailing out his very tired teammates in front of him.

There’s an interesting video on YouTube, an interview with Coach Schafer with Pierre McGuire that aired about 22 hours ago. I’d recommend listening to it. Much respect for Coach Schafer. Had the pleasure of listening to him speak at Sioux boosters roughly a decade or more ago. My takeaway from his speech was how much he respected programs like North Dakota because they’re willing to travel to his barn, not just expecting his team to travel to ours. He didn’t name names but there were some big school programs that popped in my head as to who he might be referring to. He said he would gladly travel to places like UND because he knows we’re always willing and able to return the favor.

Schloss and Feldman give a good scouting report on their weekly UND hockey podcast. Cornell returns nearly their entire lineup this year and 88% goals scored. Only lost two players. One of those was a third string goalie. The one major departure was Gabriel Seger who put up 44 points last year.

I agree. I’ll take a 3-2 start against some of the best college hockey has to offer over say, CC’s 4-0 start. So far, home against NMU and two on the road at Anchorage. No disrespect to those programs and credit CC-you play who’s on your schedule but given their non-conference opponents this year, they better hope to win most if not all their games against some very low ranked teams or it could hurt them down the stretch if they find themselves on the bubble. UND’s schedule is as we know just absolutely brutal but hopefully it is preparing them well and setting them up for success as they enter difficult league play.

Kristo’s penalty shot goal at Magness was a fond memory as well.

CC learned that the hard way last season. Despite several quality wins against teams ranked #1 at one point or another, against Minnesota, DU, and UND, losing-at home-to Augustana hurt and likely is what cost them a tournament spot.

So despite a 3-2 record, I would imagine a high Pairwise still given the strength of our opponents? A loss tonight shouldn’t penalize us too much, right? No offense to CC but they are poised to start out 4-0 but against UAA and NMU. Can’t think that that merits more reward than our first three opponents.

Does anyone have video of Dixon Ward doing his one more shift? I’d love to see it.

Was either Schmaltz or Kuntz who commented in the post game interviews that they’re a high skill team who tried baiting UND after whistles in order to play 4x4 hockey, open up the ice a bit for them and their style of play.