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I was watching on the computer in Minneapolis...I remember throwing the ice out of my whiskey with such frustration that my wife (girlfriend at the time) started yelling at me to chill out.

There was a game against SCSU last year or the year before that was just awful

Think about when Jr Schmaltz gets a dozen or so NCAA games under his belt and starts making even more plays... crazy to think that two younger recruits as highly regarded as Poganski and Murphy can't crack this lineup...

Any word on Mark Mac?

What happened to Mark Mac?

I'm sure they could be convinced...or maybe Nancy could be...

I personally do not like the nickname Nokota at all... In fairness, Noke could be our mascot and could be a Nokota and our logo could have a Nokota on it to honor our history. Mustang is a generic term for a wild horse...we could be the Mustangs with a logo that is a mean Nokota and a mascot who is Noke

I think the Schmaltz-Jewels-LJ line will be our top scoring line. I can't remember the last time we had a first round forward, slotted to be a top 6 NHLer who was coming in from junior hockey...was it Zajac? My point is that his skill set and experience combo gives me confidence that he will put up rookie numbers more similar to a Toews or Oshie than to say a Nelson.

Nobody will know what a Nokota is... We do have wild horses and could keep the theme- Mustangs?

There is never going to be a new nickname that people agree on. The old one was the pinnacle. At this point I've reverted to simple and bland, because what is the point?! The gimicky names are just a little too contrived, and will not resonate with the next generation of UND fans. The spirit and the green and white do not even fit the general description of a nickname. We could steal a name from rugby...be "the all blacks" I'd say we could be the crows, but that is also a tribe's name... I like the idea of a horseshoe logo somehow...

Remember, the politicians on both sides of the aisle need to cater to their special interests...someone probably built a kicker into student loan funding for funding that position. Also, most lower level administrators in academia don't earn 6 figures. I interpreted the original comments not against the academics, but against over administration. College has changed- it is sooooo expensive, and nobody wants to tell their kid that they can't go to that private school they watch play hoops on TV. The only way to consider under grad affordable these days is to treat it as a 4 year prep program of self-discovery prior to going to trade school: Medicine, Law, Business, etc If you're going to incur six figure student loan debt, the result better be a $200k salary. Otherwise, you should've honestly skipped college.

Our cowboy could wear a black hat...would go with our image as well as our uniforms. Secondary nickname of the black hats Student body section opportunity...

How about real simple- The University of North Dakota Cowboys

This might be the "saddest" thread in the history of the internet

Has there ever been a more talented top dpairing in college hockey than James Patrick and Craig Ludwig??? Think about the NHL careers of those two

Archie...Archie...Archie... Entertainment off the chart...scored big goals...got in big fights...taunted the officials and the other team's bench...got the crowd going. He played 4 years at UND and won a title in 1982, logging a regular shift as a freshman. In the 84-85 season he averaged almost a goal a game and almost 5 PIMs per game This thread is not the most skilled player in UND history, nor is it the greatest single season. For my dollar, Archie was the man.

Michel Leveille of Maine was 26 when he played his last game in the Frozen Four in 2007.

You are correct, but if you give Dan Woog a break for his redshirt season, you have to give Blake a break for having to sit a season due to a transfer...

Brad Fedorenko of the UMD Bulldogs in the mid-nineties turned 25 in April of his senior season too

I can't see Stecher sitting either. He was really solid in a number of situations last year

Thanks for the compliment. My use of "alright" regarding LaDue wasn't meant analogous to "mediocre" it was meant as a real positive. Sorta like saying Toews turned out alright...not comparing him to Toews, just my use of "alright". My bias against older players is probably due to living in rodentville...I don't like hearing the 25 year old Canadian reference. Even though I know it is ignorant, anything that points towards older players just grates a little.

I don't know much about Poolman, but he is older than Jordan Schmaltz, Keaton Thompson, Troy Stecher, and Gage Ausmus...so is LaDue, and he worked out alright...although he did make some freshman mistakes, even as an old man freshman. Not knocking him, as I think he is very solid. I have a bit of a prejudice against these old players coming in, but it is what it is. Not everyone is Zack Parise, TJ Oshie, Drew Stafford, Jonathan Toews.... I would love to see that skill level on the ice again...17/18 year olds that are the best in NCAA...

I like OD on that "energy" line to put at least one slightly higher offensive skill guy on the ice- I could see Pattyn punishing, Gaarder scrapping, and OD picking up some real nice looks from yje high slot. I am counting on him burying a dozen of them this year...agree on Schmaltz...

Here are my thoughts for today- Scoring 1: Easy Mac between LJohnson and Parks (most complete line) Scoring 2: Jewels between Poganski and Schmaltz (most raw talent line) Energy 1: Pattyn between Gaarder and OD (line that will be very difficult to play against) Energy 2: St Clair between whomever earns it ( I think St Clair gets in because of his pk ability) D1: Schmaltz and LaDue D2: Mattson and Stecher D3: Thompson and Ausmus G1: Zane

just imagine one of those dresses next to a guy in the canadian tuxedo (jeans, jean shirt, and jean jacket)... a two-four of Labatt's in the day time watching the world juniors... then some awkward, horrific sex in a pick-up in the parking lot of a Timmy's or Robin's donuts