Goon

I agree with you. I know this affects people's lives, but we need a house cleaning (starting at the top) and a restart. UND needs to develop a culture where teams don't want to play UND in the playoffs. I am tired of first round exits and getting beat in the first round at the Alerus Center. This program oozes mediocrity. Good enough isn't good enough anymore. This mindset that it takes time to build a winning program is a loser's limp. How many years do we need to do the same thing over and over again?

I would guess that it means one less bye week.

You are correct sir.

Just a point of order, St Paul is where the Xcel Energy Center is located.

I'll be honest with you; I'd like to have a team as goes that deep into the playoffs as NDSU does and plays for a chance to make it to Frisco.

I was impressed with the Hawks last night. I don't know how good or bad UT was, but UND is starting the season on the right track.

Helix is awesome, too.

Did Hockey East go light on the BC player because he's going to the World Junior Championship?

I refuse to go negative on a bunch of college kids. This team is good. Maybe we should give CC some credit.

Apparently, you missed that I just got done filleting NCHC.TV, but whatever lets you sleep at night. I just said there’s needs to be changes with UND football. It was one weekend. UND is going to lose a game here and there. Did you expect them to 24-0 in conference play. This is the toughest conference in college hockey. Based on how Berry sounded in Saturday, it appears that an illness is going through the locker room. Also, some of the guys looked a bit banged up.

You know this how?

Exactly, that's horrendous logic. So, I am getting this vibe that some are happy with the status quo? Things are okay since we won in Division II. That mindset is the reason NDSU is marching along in the FCS playoffs while our favorite team is in the offseason. We're satisfied with being better than 75 percent of the teams. Doesn't anyone want to be the champion instead of the bridesmaid? The Fighting Hawks are the laughingstock in ND. People know that the Bison are the benchmark in North Dakota and laugh at us. As an Alum, I want us to be better. I am tired of first round exits and coaching contract extensions after 5-6 seasons. We should be pissed.

Honestly, what does that have to do now? I mean seriously, most of those great memories were 30 years ago. Or 5-10 years ago. Yep, Big Sky Championship, that was awesome, and then our favorite team went out and lost to the Richmond Spiders in the first round. SDSU might have never won an NCC title, but they're quickly leaving UND in the dust, in football and in Men's and Women's basketball. Do we want to continue to accept mediocrity? We had fans that wanted to fire Berry because he hasn't won a second round NCAA hockey game since 2016. Why can't we have the same standards for the other sports? The UND football program is oozing mediocrity, and has been for along time.

So, If am reading you right: 75% of the FCS fans would trade with UND, meaning they'd accept a 7-5 season and a traditional first round exits every year?

Where was UND last year at this time? Heck, a lot worse off.

Jackson Blake

I talked about this with Virg Foss last night, too many passes. Just shot the F'N puck.

Just for the record, the sky is not falling. This isn’t last year. Today is a new day and UND 12-4-1, 5-2-0 in the NCHC and I predict a turn around tonight. By the way Schlossman predicted it would be a 3-2 CC win last night. When the score hit 2-2, I was taking pictures and mumbled F-Bomb!

In the post-game press conference, he wasn't a happy camper. He was pissed. He basically said there were a few passengers tonight and didn't come out ready to play or something along those lines.

Dude, why are you chirping me? I don't recall me, the goon, defending anything tonight. It's one E'F game and some are ready to go full freak out.

Or, possible entry into the Summit?

I gave my thoughts on NCHC.TV

Anything less than a sweep this weekend is UNACCEPTABLE!

I don't believe that is true. Ludvig Persson is one of the top goalies in the conference.

Again, UND played the top offense in the country. They're number one for a reason. We might want to give DU some credit. I also think the Mile High City wore them down in the third period. I thought both teams had trouble at times. This was No. 2 vs. No. 3. I thought it was a good weekend of hockey. -- I think we thought anything less than a split was unacceptable.