Godsmack

It’ll be interesting to see which UND players land in the portal. Or is that being discussed already in another chat?

I wonder what is in David Carle’s secret sauce that UND seems to be lacking? Anything Berry & Co. can learn from Denver? Opening Pandora’s box to replies with this one…

Yes. Picking someone to root for is like picking the least dirty pair of underwear out of the hamper.

That Quinnipiac forward who missed a gaping net that would’ve put them up by two in the third is going to have nightmares.

I seem to recall Jake Brandt raving about UAF D man Caleb MacDonald a lot when they played UND in January. I see he’s in the portal now.

Duluth?

Yah, exactly-CC only offers 1 graduate level degree, in education so that limits a guy’s academic options should he want to play a fifth year. Bryan Yoon did that last season for CC.

Yah, he’s got some high end recruits coming in this fall and I’m sure there simply isn’t room for some of these seniors. There’s some solid upperclassmen for CC in the portal that shouldn’t have any problems finding new homes and I wouldn’t be surprised if Mayotte does everything he can to help these guys land someplace. Logan Will comes to mind as a really good faceoff guy who could really help a team in that regard.

Basse appears to have lost his starting job at some point in the second half of the season to freshman Isak Posch.

Mavpuck?

Curtains for the Tigers of CC.

Here’s the latest on CC’s chances if I got this right… Because RIT just won their tournament, it now doesn’t matter what happens in the Michigan/Mich State game, so long as Omaha wins. If Omaha wins, CC’s in. If Omaha loses, CC’s out and UMass is in.

Is it on tv anywhere? -It sounds like it’s a great game!

Yes! Lol. I could’ve worded that better. Let me edit…

2-1, Cornell. St. Lawrence kills a penalty with former Miami goalie Ben Kraws making a game saving save and killing off a Cornell PP and then the Saints coming back down the ice and scoring to cut the Big Red’s lead to one.

Last night, Dave Starman threw out the name of the St. Lawrence coach, Brent Brekke, as being a possible candidate for the Miami job. He’s a former Miami assistant where he helped the RedHawks to those back to back frozen fours and spent several of his ten years as assistant under Blasi in the NCHC. He’s a Western Michigan hockey alum and has obviously done good things for the Saints program. Interestingly, he’s from Minot. For the record, Starman said he has no inside knowledge if Brekke would be or is a candidate, just highlighting the connection to Miami hockey and the NCHC.

Guessing attendance tonight will be pretty poor as well.

It sounds like CC owns the majority of the 32 different scenarios to get in but it also sounds like UMass gets in if the favorites like Cornell and Denver win. Does this sound about accurate?

Last I checked, the game is played on ice with boards and plexiglass, regardless of location. Sounds like whining to me.

I agree. UNO has earned their way into the tournament. The run they’ve had this second half of the season is truly impressive. I think Schloss said at one point, they were 24th in the Pairwise a few months back and here they sit at what, 11th? I’m definitely buying into what Gabinet is doing and I’ve been one of his biggest critics the past handful of years.

So is CC in with the St. Cloud loss? Or is there a chance CC still won’t make it?

DU isn’t doing diddly poo on this five minute PP.

Every team is different but I’m hoping UND can stew on this for a short while and then flush it and get back to work for the national tournament. I remember DU losing at home in the first round to CC about twenty years ago and then going on to win 4 straight in the national tournament.

I just threw up in my mouth a little bit saying that.

I wouldn’t put it past the Huskies from winning the Frozen Faceoff. They seem to rise to the occasion in this tournament. I can’t believe I’m going to say this but, go Pios.