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21 hours ago, scpa0305 said:
Big time…I just read this on X, boys are 8-9 against ncaa tourney teams, 17-1-2 against everyone else.
Take out CC and Omaha, and North Dakota is 25-3-2 against the field. Not bad.
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On 3/15/2024 at 9:01 AM, The Sicatoka said:
Put him and Kristo on an analyst panel and it'd be a foreign language.
“Berg chin-tucked comes into the circle low and slow—the true veteran that he is—wins the draw back to Livanavage who claps an absolute bomb that goes bar down for the 1-0 lead.”
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Midco needs to splurge on about 10-round trip Allegiant tickets a year and fly in Jordan Schmaltz from Scottsdale as the new analyst.
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Sometimes it looked like the CBS line played cat-and-mouse with other teams. They would lose the puck only to see how quickly they could take it back from the other team. For all their scoring accolades, their back checking is what set them apart, in my opinion.
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Jost played his first NHL game a few days after his 19th birthday. Blake will at least be 21 by the end of this summer. Hoping he comes back too.
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Too much Penna Rosa last weekend?
Ask Michael Scott, last night is what ends up happening when you carbo-load on pasta.
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2 minutes ago, hockeytherapy13 said:
He was a scout for the Montreal Canadiens. The NHL is the top league in the world, in case you were wondering. The guy knows hockey
Of course he does! After all, I think I pointed out he scouted for Hak—in the same NHL you’re talking about.
I just disagree that a winner in hockey is 95% determined by talent on the ice. I think it is much more a combination of talent, luck, mentality and determination, teamwork, goal-setting, leadership, coaching, physical endurance, etc. than any one predominant factor. Some nights, some factors play a larger role in who wins a hockey game. And that’s what makes hockey fun, and that’s why they play the game instead of deciding the winner based upon roster talent alone, or at least just for 95% of the games.
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4 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:
He's a professional scout too.
Well, former scout—even for Hak! Hey, I like the guy but I disagree with that comment.
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25 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:
Dave Starman always says the team with the most talent wins 95% of the time. But according to people here, it's mostly luck.
My comment was tongue-in-cheek, Brendan Morrison. ‘97 Sioux deserved their title just as much as the Bulldogs deserved theirs, but certainly more than your Wolverines did, even if you were “the best team” out there that year!
Hey, I like listening to Starman, too. But I also believe he’s a goalie coach for an NA3HL team, so I’m not granting him the word of gospel when it comes to hockey just quite yet.
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9 hours ago, tnt said:
Don’t forget St. Cloud choking to Air Force paving the way to the Frozen Four where they had to beat Ohio State and Notre Dame before the Big Ten became more viable.
Nevermind getting into the tourney by .001, and Bowling Green choking away a late lead another year. Like we said, you need good fortune along the way as well, like not having to play a well rested team like we did because of Michigan’s Covid forfeit.
Don’t get me wrong, they did what they had to do in those circumstances, but you can’t deny the good fortune, and that going against us against BU and Duluth. Who knows what happens if those circumstances flip in our favor, along with the Covid cancelled year.
And let’s not forget 1997, when (6) Cornell knocked off (3) Miami, giving UND an easier route to the frozen four to play (5) Colorado College who knocked off (1) Clarkson, before UND played (2) BU who knocked off (1) Michigan.
Yes, upsets happen. North Dakota did what they had to do in those circumstances, but you can’t deny the good fortune UND had that led to their 1997 national championship.
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10 hours ago, rochsioux said:
Not sure I understand the fascination with Sandelin. In 24 seasons with Duluth he has a grand total of zero regular season conference championships and five second place finishes. He has made eight NC$$ tournaments. Not saying he is a bad coach but I just don't understand why anyone would think he should be the next coach at UND.
All valid points. Unlike the on-ramp Gasparini, Blais, and Hakstol provided Berry, Mike Sertich’s lack of any success his last 15 years makes Sandelin’s 5 trips to the last 13 frozen fours fairly impressive.
Sandelin had to build his tracks and steam engine from the ground up; Berry just needs to keep his from going off the rails.
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10 minutes ago, nodakgirl93 said:
There's multiple parts to a comparison. Cc has 4 wins on us. That comparison is lost. Bu is only winning the comparison with us with the higher rpi. Head to head is tied and no record for common opponents.
Just curious. How is head to head tied when they beat us in regulation and we beat them in OT? Isn’t an OT win technically .55 is a win (or whatever) in college’s weird hockey rules?
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Just now, nodakgirl93 said:
A greater rpi over bu would put both bu and und at 61 comparisons won. Und would then get the rpi tiebreaker and get 2nd is my understanding??
Hey, I’m game with that.
However, thought RPI was only part of the calculation for PWR comparison. In other words, you can have a higher RPI but still lose the comparison. (UND and CC, for example).
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2 minutes ago, siouxfaninseattle said:
BU's RPI is .6050, UND is .6042.
Right, but pairwise is based on how many comparisons you win against every other team. Right now, UND wins 60 comparisons, BU wins 62.
Hey, I’m hoping for #2 overall too, but those CC loses could really come back to bite.
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1 hour ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:
Don't look now, but that win puts us neck and neck with BU for the #2 pw spot.
Are they though?
Isnt UND (60) 2 comparisons back of BU (62)? I fear the comparison loss to CC will prevent UND from reaching #2 in PWR. The 0-4 record against them is a pairwise killer.
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12 minutes ago, TwamleyShuffle said:
Wasn't Cameron Rowe a UND Commit at one point?
Yes, after he was committed to Omaha, but before he played at Wisconsin.
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2 hours ago, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said:
Not sure if you're being dense or deliberately obtuse to not understand how much more pressure is on you playing for UND vs Quinnipiac.
Neither. But boy, I wonder how he’ll handle Detroit/NHL where beat reporters actually offer critical takes about the teams they follow; maybe he transfers to the Grand Rapids Griffins?
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On 2/23/2024 at 8:47 AM, Goon said:
Cooper Moore said that I've heard it from a couple of different people, but Schloss had it in his Twitter feed last spring.
“It’s too much pressure playing for this team that can’t win an NCAA tournament game, if we even make it, so I’ll just transfer to the reigning national champions.”
Weird.
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9 hours ago, tnt said:
Didn’t get to play with one of our best teams, outplayed both BU and Duluth in regional games, so in a one and done it is sometimes a crapshoot. Ask Minnesota with guys like Nies, Cooley, Snuggerud, Faber, LaCombe and Johnson. That said, they need to realize that in those situations they absolutely can’t get behind the eight ball and think that they will win in the end, as we’ve seen teams hanging around are dangerous. Sometimes though, you can’t control how your goalie or the other goalie plays, and that could be the difference. Need four games where your goalie and special teams are clicking.
I don’t get the Minnesota comparison?
They’ve won 5 NCAA games the last 2 seasons; those players got their team to overtime of the national championship last season.
North Dakota, on the other hand, in the last 7 seasons, has only beat AIC in the national tournament. That’s it.
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Bismarck High will be fine.
Southport, South Bay, and Fox Island (all BHS) are the highest taxed properties in Bismarck. Lots of families with young hockey players and plenty of literal bays for them to play hockey on during the winter.
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56 minutes ago, cberkas said:
They have a whole section closed off in the arena.
Travesty if true.
World’s oldest hockey arena, I believe, and original home of the Boston Bruins.
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18 minutes ago, cberkas said:
Interesting. But I wonder how many collective minutes Celebrini, Hutson, and Willander played for BU tonight?
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2 minutes ago, 108498 said:
This is the first I am seeing anything about the game. It was said in the blog that 4 top players were absent. Who was missing?
Those are excuses. One of those “top” players has only played 12 of 19 games this year anyway.
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38 minutes ago, Goon said:
I think Gage said it best.
Lol.
Just look to the last time Bubs lost an exhibition game—two years ago to the same US 18 team—and UND got bounced in the first round of playoffs.
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Miami @ UND - Hawks vs Hawks to go to the Frozen Faceoff
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Yes. They can’t hang in the NCHC. They’re a pairwise killer. Let them leave without the exit fee. NCHC will be better as an 8 team league with ASU anyway.
