Benny Baker

The current Supreme Court does not care what the NCAA thinks or will come up with.

Kansas State played Sugar Bowl just last season. Not bad.

Geminis where approximately 1995-1996 through 2001-2002. 95-96 was first year with the geometric logo. In 96-97, the ND shoulder patches were added and the same design used until 2000-2001. I believe Gemini did the first jersey with the Brien logo when new Engelstad opened in 2001. Nike took over the following season, 2002-2003, but I don’t think there was really any difference between the two.

100% These same damn things happened last week in Denver. Blake had a brutal offensive zone turnover last Friday in the 1st that could have easily made it 5-1 Denver by the end of the first. HJ took an offensive zone penalty 30 seconds into UNDs first power play last Friday too. It’s as if Bubs and staff got back from Denver and decided to do absolutely zero coaching and film watching this week …

How many years do we think Livanavage plays in a UND jersey? Given his play, and not having been drafted, I wonder if and when an NHL club makes him an offer to leave early.

I hear ya. There’s been a few—98, 99, 21 NCAAs—but 2011 FF has always been the toughest loss for me to swallow as a Sioux fan. I think Sioux were riding something like a 16 game winning streak and outshot Michigan 40 to 20.

… and then 4.5 months later Duluth wins its first of 3 national championships that decade …

Maybe Worcester doesn't count as Boston, but: https://fightinghawks.com/news/2005/3/24/769232.aspx was still a helluva Sioux win out east against BU.

Ditto. ESPN+ is the best bang for your buck for any sports fan out there.

Senden or Hain for one more year or get Spicer into your program? We know how Senden and Hain worked out, and Spicer’s had a really nice start to just his second season.

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Not sure which thread is best to post this question, but... Does anyone have a list of the top 20ish 06 and 07 recruits? (I know there is Schlossman's list, but I understand that to be a mix a high-end talent, players UND will be pursuing, and more local names. I am wondering if there is more objective (to the extent possible) list of the top recruits out there).

Lol. Exactly.

Very well could be the case. And there was not a lot of returning players on defense this year, if I recall correctly.

Correct. Ford got an "A" in January. I guess the way I see it, if an underclassmen was not going to wear an "A", then the options were either a Transfer or Ness/Kunz--two players who struggled for ice time and actually played less games last year than the season before. You want your captains on the ice. A Transfer "A" just makes a whole lot of sense to me in this scenario.

That’s what caught my eye. I think Ford wore an A, so there’s precedent. But would have assumed it would have been Pyke.

Hope so. But it’s not like there was a wealth of players to choose from. With the roster turnover, Ness and Kunz were the only other 2 returning upperclassman. Everyone else is freshman, sophomore, or transfer.

2016 team had 11 players spend time in the NHL. Not bad.

100% Some blue chips on those teams at the time that’s for sure. 2005-2006 had six first rounders: stafford; zajac; lee; oshie; finley; and toews, and chorney (36th overall) and smaby (41st) weren’t too far behind.

My understanding is Olimb coached one season, which resulted in a 24-4-4 record and a state title game appearance. I’m not in the know, so serious question, what exactly did he do wrong or why is he not considered a good enough coach?

Hobey Blaker

Nice. They’ve lost their top 3 1st rounders—Fantilli, Hughes, and Samoskevich— but still have McGroarty and Nazar. Are they bringing in another arsenal of 1st rounders or is Michigan’s window on their insane recruiting pulls over the last few years starting to close?

Thank you! So more along the lines of a higher tier team relocating to new city and using that new city’s current name.

Wow. Weren’t they NAHL just a decade ago?

BHB still under the microscope? It’s embarrassing to see how much charitable money they raise that goes towards perhaps members’ pet projects instead of hockey.