fightingsioux4life

No NCHC refs, remember?

Thank God we have some skill coming in next year. This is some butt-ugly hockey.

Sure hope you are sandbagging.

Tech isn't the team I would pick to end the shutout streak.

But I thought everything was luck or lack thereof.

If we can't win it, I would love to have a program like Mankato win it for the first time. That is good for the game.

It did convince the coaching staff to change the type of defensemen they recruit, which helped make the 2016 title possible.

That should have an asterisk beside it, since there were no playoffs at all.

Hakstol and his staff changed their philosophy on recruiting defensemen based on what happened in 2011. They realized they needed defensemen with more offensive ability to take pressure off the forwards. The Heraldo had a article about it after the 2016 title.

Don't forget the 1997-98 and 1998-99 teams. They both belong in the Top 5.

Btw, this is a very negative topic to post days before the NCAA tournament begins. I thought we weren't going to talk about 2011 anymore after winning it all in 2016.

I was there (unfortunately) and most of our shots were from the outside (easy to see and stop). We didn't adjust to Michigan packing it in around the net, which makes those long shots useless. Thank God Michigan lost to Duluth in the title game, that made it a little easier to swallow.

But both the conference and national tournaments have "one and done" formats, so we shouldn't expect those results here. (sarcasm)

St. Thomas has tremendous upside. They have the resources to build a great Division I athletic department across the board. I would take them over Miami every day and twice on Sundays.

Give up WMU and Miami. Add St.Thomas and ASU. A great league gets even better.

I used Uber so I didn't have to deal with parking. I did not see anything like that.

Next. Team. Up.

Michigan will struggle against teams like Duluth (and UND when healthy, which we haven't been for a couple of weeks).

And people who don't think Duluth winning Natty's hurts us in recruiting are living in denial. Want to win a Natty? Go to Duluth. Want to have a couple of developmental years until the contract offers come rolling in? Go to UND. And some of our fans seem to think "UND in the NHL" is an acceptable alternative to hanging green banners. I am not one of them.

Sure wish you would learn proper spelling and grammar.

Every team in St. Paul this weekend is good.

2nd period doomed us.

Our refs will be from a neutral conference.