yzerman19

Good interview by Danny- no bulletin board material. Loved that he called out the "let's go sioux" chant at the X...that was awesome

We need Rocco to "go off" this weekend...he is so overdue its crazy.

I think we played good enough to win vs a hungry CC team. We certainly looked better than the Goofs... Sunday against MTU was pure dominance. 5 of the 7 series we played pre-WCHA playoffs were against NCAA tourney teams. We essentially played .500 (going 3-4-3). I guess what I am saying is that we are battle tested. We are not coming in on a monster run. We are not a dominant force. However, we can skate with anybody on any given night.

I also like the idea of "Mo" and I don't mean Mike Modano (although he would also be useful for us). If we have a big offensive zone face-off or need to up the energy, it is a boost to move Rocco up to the first line. Maybe that is the method to the madness. I just don't think that we can continue with O'Donnell on that line...it isn't working.

I guarantee you that if we are down in the third, Rocco and Danny will be double shifted, meaning Drake will log ice time with the first and second units when Kristo and Grimaldi are gassed.

I don't think you lose much offense trading Gaarder and Pattyn, but Pattyn is much, much stronger. I like that between St. Clair and Drake. I really liked the forecheck, and both Colten (and especially) Drake can score you a goal.

We're 6-6-5 against the field and playing .500 in our last 4 games...its that time of year where every team is good...

I keep wondering about these lines...we stacked a line of elite talent (DOT) and failed to win it. The NCAA tournament will be about 3 lines, with a fourth line maybe getting 5 minutes TOI to spell the other boys...think 20 minutes, 20 minutes, 15 minutes, and 5 minutes. I think we're nuts to split up the Pattyn line that played so well vs CC. So Pattyn, Cags and St. Clair will log 15 minutes of ice and hopefully play +1 hockey. Do we play Rocco with Danny and Corban? I keep waffling on this. IMO for playoff hockey we really have 3 choices: Knight with Kristo and Rocco Rowney with Parks and Easy Mac or Knight with Kristo and Easy Mac Rowney with Parks and Rocco or Knight with Kristo and Parks Rowney with Easy Mac and Rocco I almost like that third combo best. In that scenario, we have Parks working down low to free up time and space for Danny and Corban and maybe get a wraparound himself...we also need to get him going. Then we have Rowney doing the same in order to free up time and space for Easy Mac and Rocco. Easy Mac and Rocco can both fly when turned loose, so maybe they can turn it up a notch in transition... I think Gaarder, Rodwell, and Mitch Mac anchor a fourth line and simply look to forecheck and not get caught up ice. No goals for, no goals against.

If I recall, a similar conversation occurred between Toewser and Hak...

NCAA hockey is notorious for killing flow with TV timeouts, and the refs will likely call the game tight. We need to play smart, but not get off our game as a result.

Someone should torture Han Solo in effigy, that would make Chewy uncomfortable...

Enough of the conspiracy and injustice talk...let's make it happen on the ice. Niagara is probably a pretty good team. I am guessing that they will be quick and not very physical. They will try and use their speed to exploit our dmen. We need to establish a strong forecheck, and establish a net front presence. Their goalie can't stop what he can't see. We need to up our compete and win puck battles on both ends of the ice. Score first and turn it into racehorse hockey- I think our stable is deeper, especially up front. They will focus on shutting down Danny and Corban, so Rocco, Easy Mac, Parks, Rowney, and Cags need to bring that secondary scoring. This would be an ideal time for Rocco to blast out of his goal scoring slump. Easy Mac too.

It isn't one factor alone, but the synergy of all- supposed to play #8, end up drawing #6 (actually tied for #5), and then on top of that, having it be played close to that team's home...and on top of that, have that #6 be the defending champ with a very strong tradition.

No word on Jacob Trouba yet? That kid is a stud.

I think Danny has done a ton of maturing at UND. He always had sick puck skills, but he is now much better on the boards and much better in our end. I actually think that he will do well at the NHL level due primarily to who he will play with. I think he is the kind of player that plays up to the level of those around him. I don't think he will be a Parise or a Toews at the next level, but I could definitely see him becoming like a Stafford. A regular second line winger who pumps 15-25 goals in per year. Hopefully he can do that for a decade, after he lights it up in Pittsburgh in two weeks

As a resident of s. minneapolis, it is really true...most of the time that river might as well be the Berlin Wall

sadly, I agree. That was the likely motivation.

Agree, and posted as such in another thread. The number one seed should earn the right to play the weakest two seed tn their region- the #8. Apparently the committee believes there is no difference between BC and UND. Quinnipiac as the one seed now likely faces defending champ and power BC in an arena an hour train ride from Chestnut Hill.

Niagara was great at home and .500 on road, lost the one neutral site game. If I'm reading the card right, they only won one game against nonconference in clarkson One common opponent in Holy Cross. By the stats looks like a decent top line and then a great goalie

Mel rose picked Sconny Other guy picked Lowell Melrose with the comment regarding UNDs 11 tourney streak "and they've failed to win it, even with the talent some of those teams had" Goes on to give props for UND always having one of the most talented rosters

I'll guess Zane as well Knight with Kristo and Rocco Rowney with easy Mac and Parks Pattyn with St Clair and Cagguila Gaarder with Rodwell and Mitch Mac Lots of stops with TV- essentially a 3 line game

UND vs Niagara Minnesota vs Yale

What a joke

Looks like rapids and the goofs

Junk