Benny Baker
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1 minute ago, stoneySIOUX said:
This one ended with a really fun memory that I re-watch on bad days, however
100%
I was in the pit at a Red Hot Chili Peppers concert at US Bank stadium while this game was being played. Capella tower downtown was lit up in maroon and gold. I occasionally followed along on my phone during the show, but put it away with a few minutes left expecting the Gophers would win #6
About 20 minutes later, a ripple of audible groans started permeating around the pit. No, it couldn’t be, I thought to myself. I checked my phone again, which confirmed what I was hearing: the collective groans of Gophers fans after they just sh!t the national championship away!
It was music to my ears.
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35 minutes ago, burd said:
A little ironic that this really should be a great FF we don’t want anyone to win.
I don't know about you guys, but this is quickly becoming the norm for me. I've been through a lot of butt puckering the last 3 frozen fours.
- 3rd year in a row for Michigan to get to #10;
- Watched Minnesota play the last two years, and they were only a few minutes from winning last year; and
- Watched Denver win #9 just two years ago (but it was better than seeing Minnesota and Michigan win, right?), but now they're gunning for #10 as well.
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5 minutes ago, Kevin G said:There's no one to pull for. Pulling against all of them.
Pulling hardest against Michigan and Denver.
Feel the same way. Don’t want Michigan and Denver at 10 before UND gets 9. Don’t like Boston schools at all either.
Hopefully whoever wins has their title vacated due to some NCAA recruiting violation.
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Gosh, pulled up my work calendar earlier this week, and it said “out of office” today and tomorrow. Was I supposed to be somewhere … ?
Let’s go (gulp) BU.
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4 hours ago, Rick said:
No, I get the impression you’re disappointed that we didn’t have a 1st rounder like some other teams did. But we did have Jackson Blake. Blake went in the 4th round as the 109th pick so I’m wondering if you would have rather had 1st rounder Snuggerud or some other college 1st rounder instead of Blake?
Brad Berry would even tell you he’s disappointed he didn’t land Cooley, Fantilli, and a number of other first round recruits. Kind of weird you though took my post as a knock on Blake considering I had just said (see below) about him…
I guess if we’re entertaining the hypothetical of trading college players, and assuming Blake still played college hockey, I would try to trade someone else first. If you’re telling me I had to trade Blake, I’ll give you the answer 90%+ people will tell you: Celebrini or Gauthier. Some big on leadership qualities might say McGroarty. To the extent they return, others might try to argue for BC’s Smith, Leonard, or Perreault.
15 hours ago, Benny Baker said:I look forward to watching how his NHL career progresses. Hope he can become another Sioux legend in the pros.
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1 hour ago, Rick said:
Jackson Blake wasn’t a 1st rounder but I’m curious which of the 1st rounders you would have traded for him?
Huh? What first rounder should Carolina trade him for?
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1 hour ago, UND1981 said:
Rodents have a nice advantage with 1st Rounder Snuggy coming back for a 3rd year. Wish we could same the same.
Wish we had a first round forward. Who was our last: Jost?
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487 points would put Jackson Blake in the top 10 all time for points for UND players in the NHL (although Boeser and Schmaltz will beat him there) and one more ahead of the current #10 player, Jason Blake.
I look forward to watching how his NHL career progresses. Hope he can become another Sioux legend in the pros.
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486 career points. Does Jackson Blake end his NHL career with over/under that amount?
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1 hour ago, .357 said:
Come now, Mr. Agnew, good vibes only.
Asking for a definition of what a great college hockey coach is was an innocent enough question, or so I thought, & I was genuinely curious in reading people's opinions. It had the opposite effect of triggering some into thinking their coach was being attacked. Funny how the mind works sometimes.
Lol. I 've been chuckling at some of the responses to your question. It did, indeed, seem to trigger some folks. They refuse to answer because they don't want to "go in circles" only to go in circles with you about why they don't need to answer.
If you can't answer the question, why such urgency to respond and go in the circles you wanted to avoid in the first place? Repeatedly. Lol. Yes, funny how their minds' work.
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2 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:
Gino/Blais/Hak: 37 seasons, 5 titles, 13.5%
Berry: 9 seasons, 1 title, 11.1%2 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:If you're going to complain in the TRANSFER PORTAL thread at least let it be about roster make-up/shape/design.
UND needs to keep moving from "top 6, bottom 6" to "top 9 plus grind line" design. If the other team has no fear of offense from the bottom six they'll focus all the more on the top six defensively.
Rules for thee, but not for me.
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1 hour ago, Benny Baker said:
1997-2016: 20 seasons, 11 frozen four appearances, and 3 titles
2017-2024: 8 seasons, 0 frozen four appearances, and 0 titles
Is North Dakota’s national tournament performances trending in the right or wrong direction here?
Hell, for two consecutive decades between ‘97-16, UND would more often than not being playing in the frozen four. Now, we’re closing in a decade without even making it.
1 hour ago, 90siouxfan said:interesting choice of years, why 97? why not 88?
29 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:Always spin the narrative to your favor.
Why not 88? When things started trending in the wrong direction?? And UND replaced a 3-time national champion coach during a run a no NCAA tournament success??? Thanks for helping make my point, gentlemen!
The question was always whether UND's national tournament performance is trending in the right or wrong direction here? For two decades, the program had success in the national tournament. That trend of success started during the 1996-1997 season. Has that trend of success in the national tournament from 97-16 continued during 17-24? No, it hasn't. And your efforts to avoid the question only confirm that you agree.
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1997-2016: 20 seasons, 11 frozen four appearances, and 3 titles
2017-2024: 8 seasons, 0 frozen four appearances, and 0 titles
Is North Dakota’s national tournament performances trending in the right or wrong direction here?
Hell, for two consecutive decades between ‘97-16, UND would more often than not being playing in the frozen four. Now, we’re closing in a decade without even making it.
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1 hour ago, stoneySIOUX said:
But neither were goals? I get what you're saying, but both were not goals and both calls were changed correctly.
Of course they weren’t goals, lol. Obviously Duluth and Notre Dame didn’t beat UND 4-2 and 3-1 those games. But Duluth and Notre Dame still won, right?
The topic was luck, fortune, or “bounces” (as you put it). Duluth was offsides, but it was immaterial to the goal that was waived off. And the Irish player put the puck in the net, but it fortunately went in less than a second after the final horn blew.
Luck, fortune, and “bounces” (as some people put it) for UND.
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5 minutes ago, siouxforce19 said:
From what I understand the deal is done and sounds like has been signed. They will announce it tomorrow.
You’re probably right.
Wishful thinking on my part for the next 12 hours …
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1 minute ago, siouxforce19 said:
It’ll be tomorrow.
What, the Canes need to sleep on it another night, lol? Genuinely curious—with the Canes officially announcing multiple other college signings—just wondering why Blake hasn’t been announced yet. Especially as a Hobey Hat Trick finalist with the last year for the Canes to sign him before he hits FA.
Should have been a done deal by now, right?
Hope he rejects the full court press like LaDue after the 2015 season.
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Does anyone know why it hasn’t been reported that Blake has signed? Morrow signed. Nadeau signed. Why hasn’t Blake yet?
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4 hours ago, Walsh Hall said:
The same folks complaining now did the same for Hak. He apparently couldn’t win the big game and needed to go.
Which makes 100% perfect sense, because if you’re going to complain about a semi-final loss in the national tournament, you’re no doubt going to complain about a regional semi-final loss in the national tournament.
UND’s post season performances are trending in the wrong direction. They are not getting closer to a national title, they are getting farther away.
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2 minutes ago, Irish said:
And even less happy now - absolutely no tourney success.
Correct. Look at where things are trending for the program.
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35 minutes ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:
Either Wood or Wilkie. They are both down to us and Bucky. Snuggerud coming back means Gophs don't have a scholarship for Wood.
Good point. But can’t a program push a current player to the portal? Thought I saw someone on here implying Hastings was pushing Lucius to the portal. Wasn’t Collin Adams’ scholarship pulled for a year?
In other words, if Minnesota wants to find a way to get Wood scholarship money, they can. Or maybe their NIL pays his tuition.
But yeah, would be great for UND to land Wood and/or Wilkie.
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Lol. Duluth and Notre Dame’s first game winning goals were waived off against UND in 2021 and 2022, respectively. Both teams literally had to score 2 game winning goals each to beat UND in the NCAAs.
In back-to-back seasons.
If UND only got more favorable bounces in the NCAAs!
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8 minutes ago, tnt said:
Don’t forget, that once they experienced the absolute pain of losing a game like the Duluth game to a rival, they had a reprieve like BU did against us with an offsides call.
I remember thinking to myself that this was the positive karma going our way from the BU loss. Not many teams get that second chance after your season has ended. We basically also got that second chance again against Notre Dame. The thing is, good teams take advantage of unbelievable luck like that, and don’t let it happen again.
For those suggesting we are only losing because we don’t get the luck, at some point when you get the luck you have to take advantage of it.100% agree.
I also remember having the same karma-related line of thinking, haha. When they scored 2 goals in the last 100 seconds to tie AND then Duluth’s first over time goal was waived off, I said the Hockey Gods were rewriting a wrong (BU game) and ensuring UND beat Duluth. Once that goal was waived off, I was all but certain UND was going to the frozen four.
But alas, unlike BU who capitalized on the additional chance, UND didn’t.
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Cameron Rowe was a goalie commit at one time, FWIW.
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16 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:
I agree with you except for the NHL part. I imagine a lot of coaches have lost their jobs because a few millionaire players complained loudly enough.
Agreed, that’s a fair point, but I think the distinction is that where college coaches yield most of the power over the hockey team, the GM and front office have much more control in NHL. So I’d agree some star players could wield more power than some NHL head coaches, but management and ownership will always run the day.
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Not sure which thread this fits best in (do mods feel free to move), but whatever happened to Cole Spicer this Spring?
Thought Youngstown had his rights, but I can't find that he actually played for them or anywhere else, for that matter. Curious to know where things are headed for him.