fightingsioux4life

I thought the MSHSL changed the rules so kids had to sit out a year after transferring?

You can only count on yourself. Just keep winning and it won't matter what anyone else does or doesn't do.

In that case, I suggest UND start working to hook up athletes with businesses to get some NIL deals done.

Can't say I blame him. This forum would be on fire if the results had been reversed.

After last weekend's debacle, seeing us come out with a purpose was encouraging. Going to be tougher tomorrow night. Need to come out the same.

Amen on all four points.

Hopefully he's not out for the year. We will need him for the playoffs if we want to make a run.

Northern Michigan and Lake Superior State University have been irrelevant for three decades. They used to be national powers. It can happen to anyone. Even UND.

Those were Transfer Portal additions. When I hear "backfilling with over-agers", I think of settling for kids who have aged out of junior hockey and are still available because they aren't considered top recruits. That would mean fewer postseason trips and even fewer Frozen Four appearances. That is what we cannot afford to have happen.

Let's not bring this out of the closet please:

I don't bring it up because I believe it. I think it's hogwash. I bring it up ALL THE TIME because @scpa0305 keeps insisting that the B1G and the big media market schools out east are going to rule the College Hockey world and that UND and other similar programs will have to settle for "backfilling with over-agers" (that's a direct quote from sometime last season, I am not making it up). Go tell @scpa0305 that he is wrong, because I think he is too. I keep bringing it up because that erroneous notion needs to be challenged whenever and wherever it is propagated. Anyway, you make good points. I am enjoying this season, especially after the past few seasons, which were not as much fun to watch. @krustyklown is right, I will not bring up the topic of championships as long as UND is alive in the postseason.

There are no easy games in the postseason. All the teams are good, that's why they are in the playoffs.

One can enjoy the experience and have certain expectations simultaneously. This season is way more fun than last season.

I can get on board with all of that.

"Parity" didn't stop two fellow NCHC schools from winning two NCAA titles each since 2016. But nobody wants to talk about that around here. I wonder why? The Michigan teams you mentioned were freshman heavy and no matter how talented they are, freshmen are still freshmen and sometimes struggle in the crucible of the playoffs. Finally, no one is saying hanging banners is easy. All I have ever said is that NCAA titles are what people remember and are what distinguish great programs from merely good ones.

I agree with you.

I think the fact that both Duluth and Denver have won two nattys each since we won #8 is what bothers people. We are falling behind in the all-time NCAA title race. With the talent we have had over the past 20 years, we should have passed Michigan in total nattys by now. That has real world consequences for our program. The very notion of North Dakota devolving into a forgotten, also-ran program like both Northern Michigan and Lake Superior State have is nauseating to someone who has been following this team since I was 6 years old. Whatever changes come to the sport of college hockey, our program must adapt.

Shhhh, we aren't supposed to talk about that here.

That is because we have built a fantastic resume with wins over quality teams. That gives you wiggle room for bad weekends like this one.

This team also misses the net way too much. You have a ZERO percent chance of scoring if the puck is wide of the net.

I think we bounce back this weekend with a TCoS on Saturday night.

It sure doesn't. Otherwise, Trey Feeney would have chosen NDSU FB over UND.

Mainly students will live at The Boden. Something I haven't been for almost 24 years.

And if they can't fill them at these prices, I won't feel sorry for them.

I pay $800/month for 1100 Square Feet. And no, it isn't a rat-infested crap hole either.