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For the heck of it I went on the College Hockey news site and changed all the OT Wins to Ties to see what would have been different. Only 2 changes. Dartmouth and Providence would have flipped. Providence moving up to 6 and Dartmouth down to 7. The other one is much more significate. Augustana would be in the tournament at 14 instead of UConn. So you could either argue it would not change much, or kept a team out that would have been in.

Please no 5X5 OT. They have already played 60 minutes of 5x5 and the game is tied. Either leave as it is or call it a tie after 60 minutes and each team gets a point. OT in the payoffs is different, as it is win or go home. My preference would be leave it the way it is. 3x3 is fun. You have a lot more open ice, I love the strategy of it, and most of the time the game ends before the shoot out. Maybe change the shoot out to have a defender start on the far blue line to chase the shooter. That would prevent the shooter from slowly skating in.

The Conference season has been a disappointment. After the Non-conference season I expected them to do much better in the conference. Crazy that they set the record for wins in a season, but are going to finish last in the conference. I had no Idea the conference was the 11 best in the country, that is pretty impressive for a bunch of northern team. At least they took 2 of 3 from NDSU. Looks like a bunch of young talent and something to build on.

Boeaer, N Scmaltz, and Blake Sanderson and Stecher Dell? No Idea if he dressed

Maybe I'm just overly Optimistic, but I fully expected them to compete for a National Championship. With the Portal and facilities we can rebuild/reload very fast. IMO we had the talent last year, but the chemistry was off. That was fixed with new coaching hire and a couple players no longer on the team. One of the best team in the last Decade (2020) came after a disappointing season. I guess I'm surprised so many are surprised about the season. Had we fallen so far that a Frozen four appearance is that much of a surprise?

We will see how the Spitfires do attendance wise this year. IMO even though there is not much to do in GF in the Summer, residents don't care. Once Friday Afternoon rolls around they are all off to the lake. The town is dead on the weekends.

I'm confused because if a team has Gopher players on it I'm guessing there are Gopher fans cheering for that team. If Gopher fans cheer for a team we must dislike them. Cheer for whoever you want, but disliking a team based on what college hockey team they cheer for is odd to me.

Seems like an odd take. As a graduate of E. Grand forks I grew up hating Warroad, but sure enjoyed watching Oshie and Nelson while they were at UND. I'm wondering, do you take a poll of fans of all teams you cheer for to see who there favorite College hockey team is. Can someone cheer on the Vikings or Twins, as a good chunk of there fans are Gopher fans. As someone that can't stand NDSU, I can't imaging not cheering for UND hockey because there are a lot of NDSU Football fans that cheer for UND Hockey. How do you handle when a former UND players is playing on the same team as a former gopher player? I'm assuming the 1980 USA gold medal winning team was/is devastating for you with all the gopher players on that team. I'm guessing it was a tough time for you when Blais was the coach, former Gopher and all.

I'd trade those guys for another NC. It's all about building a National Championship team, not about bringing in guys we can watch in the NHL after they leave. It would be nice to do both, but the ultimate goal is plan and simple build a national championship team. As a MN Wild fan I care much more about Brock Faber's success than Sanderson's.

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We already have Lincoln for that.

Agree As much as I liked our Depth, it was nice having a CBS Line that you can rely upon in the National Tournament. Depth is great in the Regular season, but come Playoff time when there are more breaks its nice to have a high power line to double shift if needed.

I've been to 3. I would rank them 1.Vegas 2.Tampa 3. St Paul I don't care to go to St Paul again. It might be because i've been to St Paul way to many time to count and there is nothing new about it. Vegas was by far the best.

I wonder what percent of DU fans will be rooting of UND if it is a UND v. Michigan final. I know for me I can't get myself to root for DU vs the Big Ten.

Fixed it for you. Once Minnesota's asst. coach took the Head coaching job at OSU it seems to be Ohio st and Wisconsin.