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Was at a Seattle Thunderbirds game over the weekend. Mathew Barzal, #1 pick of Islanders and slick skill player got ran along the end boards- he was vulnerable, and the hit was vicious- certainly charging or boarding with contact up high. Without an instant of hesitation, his linemate Keegan Kolesar had lost his gloves and was feeding the Moose Jaw player responsible. You stick up for your teammates...especially when they are skill guys... I seem to recall Dino ordering the code red and sending Matt Greene out to protect Zach Parise in a similar situation...

Especially as we've been struggling to score goals outside of the CBS line...I think Bubba needs to mix things up a little...shake it up. JJ and Gersich could be interesting catalysts.

Happy Thanksgiving folks- Lots to be thankful for. I wish you all peace and enjoyment with family and friends over this and the upcoming holidays. Go Sioux, Go Hawks. Pound some bird and stuffing, then pound the Spartans.

we were due for a bad showing...St Cloud is a very good team. No way that we were going to sweep them in their barn

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agree- a guy put some time into a concept. Like it or not, a person should abide by common courtesy...even if hidden behind a computer. I was raised that you could tell a lot about s person by how they acted when no one was watching. no need to lay into somebody.

Under the subject of not on the national radar...let alone anyone's radar...

It is a University and a place for higher learning, I'll give you that. Merit Scholars in Boston aren't exactly applying in droves...

I don't disagree that there are much bigger sports and much bigger conferences. However, if ANYTHING, then hockey it must be.

Wow! The inadequacy complex of the non-hockey crowd. Look- I will unabashedly state that I am a hockey only fan for UND. The other poster was correct, it is the singular item that places UND on the national scene. You can argue otherwise and get your Fighting Hawk feathers ruffled, but it isn't like world class Texas high school footballers have UND on their short list. After a day to digest, I will support the Fighting Hawks and really hope we get a native roots logo aka the Seattle Thunderbirds- not proposing that logo, but stating that their logo is a native inspired totem of a Thnderbird

and posts are a measure of what? free time?

As someone who grew up in GF, loved the Sioux, watches 90% of hockey games, has traveled to see them many times, was a staple at the FInal Five, but otherwise has no affiliation to UND, having attended Minnesota for undergrad and business school, and not having lived a full year in GF since 1993...well, its really a lame, generic nickname. You can argue that it keeps the tradition of "FIghting" and that there will be no controversy whatsoever, so it is expediant and safe, but in the end, it is completely undifferentiated. I'm surprised I care this much this morning, but whatever. Going forward, I hope they do as much as possible to incorporate the four feathers from the old logo into the new one.

when does this gong show end? Truthfully, I am asking the timeline of when we will know the results of the voting- obviously I am not very close to this-

In all fairness, my wrister wasn't the problem...it was my edge work.

Out wait a butterfly goalie and they will go down, thus giving you upstairs. Make a goalie move laterally, and they have to give you five hole- they physically can't move without opening it up a little. You shoot to where there's an opening. Playing against a higher end goalie, who knows angles and comes out to challenge you results in it looking like there is no opening, unless you force him to make a decision. Its always a good idea to get a shot, so the following principles apply: If you're the shooter and you see a good opening, shoot for it If you're the shooter and don't see an opening, try and create one (while keeping head up for teammate with better scoring chance) If you're a shooter and you have a teammate crashing the far wing, shoot far-side, low, and hard off the pad to try and get a rebound in a better scoring position If there isn't anything available, throw it on net, preferably through traffic If you throw it on net, follow your shot and try get your own rebound Dicta Yzer

or maybe that's a height issue : )

giving me short side upper...he should be further out of his crease : )

I think we saw what a difference Drake and Tucker make to the lineup this weekend...pretty clear to me anyway

and the originals at the heart of every solid 80's childhood : )

Aren't those like bowling alley machine doobs? Has anyone on this site ever actually purchased or used a rough rider rubber??? I hope not- that question was rhetorical by the way, I don't want to hear some internet enabled machismo.

Everyone has an opinion. Everyone's opinion is valid from their point of view...there is a reason why a few guys named Franklin, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, etc painstakingly avoided a straight democracy and rather created a democratic representative republic. A simple majority should never be able to invoke their will over a large minority. Higher Ed, however, is a business. Businesses are definitely NOT republics and even further from a democracy. This is an exercise in manufactured outcome with an orchestrated democratic process as its artificial justification. I happen to personally like RoughRiders better than Hawks. I actually liked a number of names better than either option, but none of those names made the original voting list. I really kinda liked the "roosters"- pheasant reference with ties back to old Foghorn Leghorn, but hey, what can you do : )

who did what kind of study on what? The neutral zone trap? The left wing lock forecheck? I know these forechecking schemes exist...

bad game, poor effort...we don't stack up well against Sconny...its a bad nc opponent for that reason. Their style gives our style fits, always has in the Eaves era. We looked bad. It was not entertaining to watch. You CANT fall behind to Wisconsin. They then grind you to pulp. You need to score and put them down and make them play up-tempo. Awful game. Waste of my friday evening

I wouldn't be upset if he had gotten 2 minutes...upset if he'd gotten five...really upset on a misconduct...a DQ?? REALLY...for that???