Benny Baker
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One game this weekend may not be a bad thing if you have to take a flight to play a Thursday afternoon regional in Albany next week.
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18 minutes ago, Sweethockey said:
2012, wasn’t that the “timeout” game at the Final 5 and we got our butts handed to us at Regionals the following week in St. Paul?
Indeed it was.
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1 hour ago, The Sicatoka said:
You assume a great deal, such as UND being interested (the president removed him) and the player wanting to go back to where he was booted.
Right. Especially the latter point. Would Miller want to come anywhere close to UND after they cut bait and hung him out to dry? I wouldn’t.
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1 hour ago, The Sicatoka said:
Say UND and DU meet at the X: would UND still be sent to Loveland a week later?
Would probably increase the likelihood.
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So did Jonny Tychonick’s decision to head to Omaha to increase his offensive production work out? Stats say no.
Speaking of familiar names with poor stats, Ryder Donovan … Yikes.
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42 minutes ago, SIOUXELEVENS said:
You dont remember when we played the gophers in the final five and then the regionals at least twice.
Yup. 2007 and 2012, at least. Frankly, happens too much to UND.
And in 2011, UND won the final five in double OT against Denver only to have to beat Denver again a week later in the regionals to get to the frozen four.
***2017 too, FWIW. UND lost to Duluth in frozen face off final. NCAA sends UND and Duluth to the same regional the very next week.
*****2015 too, as I come to think of it. UND lost to St Cloud in the frozen faceoff. UND beat St Cloud the next week in regionals.
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On 3/2/2022 at 10:46 AM, Username Taken said:
What is this flip you speak of? Don’t think I’ve heard of it.
Not a technical term. I just meant flip/change/switch/reverse UND’s comparison with Cornell that the pairwise rankings are based off of.
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Does anyone know what, if anything, UND can do to flip the comparison with Cornell? Or are we just out of luck on that one ...
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58 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:
Blais never seemed to get "thee best" recruit off any team, but he always seemed to get the second best from every team. Those second best guys always seemed to have something to prove on the ice.
He seemed to get "'thee best' recruit" in the league.
One of the reasons the 1997-98 and 1998-99 teams were so dominate is because Blaiser had three USHL players of the year on the team--Jeff Panzer, Karl Goehring, and Jason Blake*.
Guys like Drew Stafford, Zach Parise, and Matt Greene were okay recruits too.
*Yes, Blake transferred.
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14 minutes ago, scpa0305 said:
TBH, a tier 1 program is needed in the worst way. Playing juniors at 17-18 is getting really tough as the local (USHL and NAHL) leagues are getting very very competitive. A tier 1 program would help the higher end kids stay closer to home and play much better hockey. The parity in the state is getting really bad.
Karl tried to start an AAA/midget team at the hockey academy a few years ago. Idea was to provide a team for best ND kids to play against better competition.
Outside of that, I think ND high school hockey should considering going to two classes perhaps with relegation and promotion. Top 10 teams in AA; bottom 10 teams in A.
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26 minutes ago, Frozen4sioux said:
Still the best story in ND hockey is the people keeping a program going in Hazen Beulah....
Its an absolute testament to the sport and dedication that they can keep the kids engaged and willing to keep coming out year after year.
They are proof time and again that with a 2 class system that would offer a glimmer of hope for some competitive contests.... more schools could play in a high school league and offer the Varsity experience, and a chance to legit compete for a title to more kids.
For sure, big props to Coach Dan Frei.
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1 hour ago, Oxbow6 said:
How did Mandan make it to state? Don't understand how that became a thing??
They gutted out heroic performances against hockey powerhouses: #5 Williston; and #7 Bottineau/Rugby en route to Fargo.
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Despite 2 seasons, disappointing that we’ll only get to see Sanderson in a UND jersey for 40-50 games total.
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1 minute ago, gfhockey said:
Yes theybhave twice
Ahh, good to know. Must have been recent years?
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9 minutes ago, siouxweet said:
Highly doubtful it will happen but when was the last time both GF schools missed the state tournament?
I don't believe Red River has ever missed state.
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4 hours ago, gfhockey said:
Only the beginning. Big time colleges will start to pony up
Too bad Ralph’s still not around to fund NIL contracts …
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30 minutes ago, Godsmack said:
I went to the Tool concert last night so I missed the game and wouldn’t you know, UND hands SCSU a big loss. I guess I should try to find another concert to go to tonight for good luck. Glad everyone here got to see the good guys in green win!
How were Maynard’s vocals on The Pot?
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2 minutes ago, FightingSU said:
Driscoll
Yeah, did I see that right? Rather than directing the puck into the corner, he redirected it right to the middle of the slot.
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16 hours ago, fueledbyramen said:
Yep, new pickup, base is more than that.
The young guys you see driving brand new pickups paid 65k+.
How? Well, it's simple, they live in a 1 bed apartment, and own nothing else other than their $850/month truck payment.They're owned/leased by the young guys' employer, and the business writes off the payments.
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On 1/13/2022 at 10:18 PM, siouxnatty#8 said:
In a one and done scenario the best team is not always the champion.
I don’t know if I’d always agree with you, Brendan Morrison circa 1997. I’ll put my money on the smurfs over your Wolverines any day of the week.
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5 hours ago, stoneySIOUX said:
Ok, so, we have qualifiers now... Cool. How about Perron?
Sorry, you were responding to a comment about winning "major recruiting battles" against other "blue bloods", and I presumed that was the context of your response.
So it was pretty concerning if Jason Blake's son was the second person that came to mind when discussing winning major recruiting battles.
Perron's a great recruit no doubt, but he always wanted to be at UND, so not sure how much of a battle it was to get him to UND either.
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48 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:
Thank you.
Perron, Jackson 100% got recruited from Minnesota and Michigan.
Jackson Blake? If Brad Berry can't win battles for legacy recruits, then maybe he should be canned.
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58 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:
He's probably going to Michigan or Denver, if current trends are any indication.
He’s a 7th round pick, though, not a top-10 selection. No room for him at Michigan.
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