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With the buzz being generated by the CBS line this season, it got me to thinking about the other great forward lines in the history of this storied program. With the help of USCHO.com and the 2013-14 Men's Hockey Media Guide, I have compiled the statistics of the CBS line, along with four other potent lines from previous teams: Line/Player GP Goals Assists Points PPG Hrkac Circus (1986-87) Tony Hrkac 48 46 70 116 2.42 Bob Joyce 48 52 37 89 1.85 Steve Johnson 48 26 44 70 1.46 Totals 48 124 151 275 1.91 Line of Fire (2000-01) Jeff Panzer 46 26 55 81 1.76 Bryan Lundbohm 46 32 37 69 1.50 Ryan Bayda 46 25 34 59 1.28 Totals 46 83 126 209 1.51 The Money Line (2003-04) Brandon Bochenski 41 27 33 60 1.46 Zach Parise 37 23 32 55 1.49 Brady Murray 37 19 27 46 1.24 Totals 38 69 92 161 1.40 DOT Line (2006-07) Ryan Duncan 43 31 26 57 1.33 T.J. Oshie 43 17 35 52 1.21 Jonathan Toews 34 18 28 46 1.35 Totals 40 66 89 155 1.30 Pony Express (2010-11) Matt Frattin 44 36 24 60 1.36 Evan Trupp 44 17 24 41 0.93 Brad Malone 43 16 24 40 0.93 Totals 44 69 72 141 1.07 CBS Line (2015-16) Drake Caggiula 19 13 14 27 1.42 Nick Schmaltz 20 3 23 26 1.30 Brock Boeser 20 13 8 21 1.05 Totals 20 29 45 74 1.26 Most of the stats here are pretty self-explanatory, but I will elaborate on a couple of points: The “Totals PPG” figure represents the average PPG of all three members of that particular line. This gives us an overall picture of how potent each line was/is based on overall production per game. The “Games Played Totals” figure is uniform for the Hrkac Circus and Line of Fire, but the other three lines had one player that didn’t play as many games as the other two players on that line. So this number represents the average number of games played for that line. I did not know how else to treat that column. Through 20 games (including tonight), the CBS line is on track to rank amongst the best lines in program history. They are approaching the productivity of the DOT line and may even make a run at The Money Line and the Line of Fire before the season is over.

Great way to finish off the first half. No hockey again until the New Year.

Geez, that's a picture I don't want in my head before I go to sleep tonight!

Yeah, I've done that myself a time or two.

He is stirring the pot and you are taking the bait. In other words, you are doing what he wants.

#chokejob (and since I am not Paul Ralston, I won't get into trouble for saying it)

How much is Bisonville paying you to come on here and make a total jacka$$ out of yourself day after day?

Too late, I already did! Nice road win. Now we have the chance at the sweep.

The scorekeeper?

Technically, yes. But there are clearly haves and have-nots within the G5. Which means it would make sense to have a fourth tier of Division I teams (P5, upper-level G5, lower-level G5 & upper level FCS and lower level FCS). That would make more sense from both a competitiveness standpoint and in terms of having similar institutions with the same resources and philosophies affiliated with each other.

And you really think UND and/or NDSU will ever reach the level of a Utah, TCU or Hawaii? And Hawaii was a one-year thing, they are back to being below-average again.

Love your enthusiasm, can't agree with your conclusion.

The only way to make money in bowl games is to be good enough to get into a New Year's Day bowl (not necessarily the playoff bowls). And do you think either UND or NDSU would ever be able to do that? I say highly unlikely.

I can't speak for anyone else, but I don't watch those worthless mid-December bowl games, they are meaningless if you aren't a fan of one of the teams. And most of these bowl games lose money for the schools involved, they are not money-makers. We are better off staying FCS and playing FBS schools in money games.

Don't tell Bison fans this, they'll just plug their ears and yell RPI over and over again.

Well, we know how to deal with trolls, don't we?

I think this guy needs to go to Vegas for his next vacation! This is as close to an exact prediction as you can get.

In recruiting, I have always felt that you should start locally and then build outward from there. It just makes sense to fill needs with local kids if they are there; then you branch out into adjacent states (Minnesota, South Dakota) and other states in the region (Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin) and even north of the border (Manitoba).

So I'm not the only one?

The goal of UND athletics should be to attain success at ALL sports. That means MBB making the NCAA tournament. That means WBB making the NCAA tournament (already happened once) That means FB winning conference and national championships. That means MH winning conference and national championships. That means WH winning conference and national championships. Notice what I did there? I didn't pit one sport against another and turn this into a game of false choices and further perpetuating the myth that this is all a zero-sum game. I want UND to succeed in all it's endeavors (academics, athletics and research). That should be our focus, not this petty debate of football vs. hockey vs. basketball vs. whatever else.

Shhhh, don't ask questions like that. Don't you know it is inappropriate to question anything connected to REA, the BESC or the Engelstads?

I think it was started as a joke and people turned it into a serious discussion of the merits of FCS FB vs. DI Hockey.

That would mean an increase in the number of Bison trolls on here trying to convince us to join the MVFC/Slummit League. Grab the popcorn!

It should be pointed out that a lot of hockey-playing kids don't play on high school teams.