It's a long season. You lose games. You can't afford to lose games to bad teams or get swept. Neither happened last night.
This team is potentially a frozen four team, but they aren't going to beat the world on talent alone.
Schmaltz out indefinitely with an arm injury? WTF...what kind of arm injury is indefinite? indefinite sounds like nerve, tendon, or ligament damage...a break is definite...
And please, all remember that this is NOT a democracy...it is a representative republic...intentionally...as designed by some of the most brilliant people- with some conflicting ideals- in the history of mankind
It was a huge part of the Gopher championship teams back in the day too. I do think it is a result of Bubba's players and his coaching.
On a side note, what impressed me the most last night was the tenacity of the forecheck and the sticking up for each other...that is Sioux hockey.
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.
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...
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.