Goon

I am sure ready for the up-coming hockey season, I think about all of the possibilities that the Young UND hockey team can accomplish. I can hardly wait. Watching the NHL playoffs has really got me excited for watching a few games this winter. The 64,000.00 question is going to be who is going to score this season? I am sure that Blaiser is going to be a sleep at the switch.

I have looked all over the Internet for the schedule for next season which today is only

Yesterday when I saw Palmo, I told him I expected a break out year from him some where in the 20 goal 40 assits season.

The NCAA is heavy handed organization. Better known as the NC$$. Just my feeling...

25-10-2 would be a good record. I'll take it. I'd love to see a 30 win season but I am a realist. I am sure that would proabably be good enough to make the playoffs too... Blais will tinker with the line up, that is for sure. Anyone notice though he ussally keep Spiewak and Noterman together, I hope he does this season too. Well you can bet Blais will have those two guys killing penalties.

I like those offensive line pairing. I am sure that Practice this fall will be very spirited like throwing a piece of meat on the ice with a bunch of rabid dogs going for what ever scraps they can get. As far as talent I think UND will be just a talented as any other team on the ice this fall... Only about 5 months left till the puck drops so its really not that long till hockey season starts again.

I talked to someone that said the ice at REA is going to be in all summer long. I hope that means the boys are practicing and lifting some serious weights. Maybe Speez can elaborate on this for us?

Noterman and Speedwack are going to be stellar on checking the oppositions top lines Ryan Hale is going to score 20+ goals if he stays healthy and Bochenski is going to light the lamp. The defense is going to smash the opposition into the boards and UND is going to be a surprise in the WCHA.

I would say that UND would need 8 defenseman, for injuries and if one isn't playing good you can motivate him by going to the bench. My guess is lienweber better be ready to play and play better or Blais will have him sitting in the stands like this past season.

I guess UND is not the only team that loses players. Good luck Jeff. Gopher hockey standout Taffe opts for NHL, will sign with Phoenix today Sid Hartman Star Tribune Published Apr 24, 2002 Junior Jeff Taffe will sign today with the NHL Phoenix Coyotes, according to Gophers coaches. Taffe, 21, led the Gophers hockey team in goals (34) and was second to John Pohl in points (79 for Pohl, 58 for Taffe). The 6-foot-1, 177-pound center was also second to Matt DeMarchi in penalty minutes. Gophers coach Don Lucia was hoping that Taffe would stay for his senior season, as Hobey Baker winner and teammate Jordan Leopold did. Leopold grew immeasurably by serving as a captain, which Taffe likely would do in 2002-03. Taffe starred at Hastings in high school, winning the state's Mr. Hockey honor in 1999.

DAGIES, If you watch the Boston Bruins and their defense I think this is what Blais is going to try to accomplish next season and into the future. The current defense man are good sized and have the temperment of being rough and tumble. Ala David Hale and Andy Schnider. I personally would like too see the defense core of UND get big so we stack them up on the blue line and in front of the net, make the oppostion fear coming in front of our net. I believe this will counter act the speed the opponets will try to through at us. Michigan has played this type of defense with much sucess... I don't know about you guys but I miss number 8 back there intimidating the opposition and making them think twice about cheaping one of our smaller goaltenders.

Well good point Sprig we are in the upper deck section 311 and donate no money to the fighting sioux club.

My buddy was over the other night after getting the refund for the unused tickets from the home series UND did not get this past year. My buddy informed me that the price UND of season tickets will be 325.00 (no big deal here) there is going to be like 6 more games this season, I was actually happy about that. I am sure that 4 games from the X-Mas tourney brought this number up...

I PREDICT that UND defensive core is going to be a bunch of guys that can rip teh opponets head off, and pound the offensive players. Screw finese. Just give us one that can get the puck into the offensive zone. IN defense of Hale he really got better as the season went along.

if you go over to http://www.UND-fraud.com you can see basically that the people that showed up were losers. The same cry babies that no one listens to but the Grand Forks Heraldo. One clown claimed it was a great sucess because 24 people showed up. This really shows how concerned the people are about REA and changing the name. Its a mute fricken point. But no the clowns that write for the herald think its a legitimate story...

Ok Sica, You got my attention. Any guess on who? My guess is that he wears number 22.