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this one is more interesting though.

sounds like more than just the guys we know about could be flight risks. Heard a rumor last night that pogo could sign. Again its a rumor but its from someone relatively close to the boys. And I agree, pogo signing doesn't make a ton of sense. Hopefully he thinks it through and stays two more years like he should.

not liking what's happening right now. Need some luck.

blue line a bunch of finleys? I would not classify Werenski as a Finley.

Da boys!

I was in the "absolutely not" crowd until ND joined. From a pure hockey standpoint we are a big school. Other teams in the NCHC build good team by selecting over-agers, kids who peaked later and didn't receive an offer from a bigger school (MN, Mich, ND, UND, etc.). I am afraid that we get left out of this conference (filled with the bigger schools and in our recruiting territory) that we would be forced to eventually change our recruiting strategy to older players. What happens when they do lower the age? This is all pure speculation I simply don't like where all this is going.

I do like the UNO, WMU and Miami series' but you are correct. To see the goofs, MICH, WIS, and ND on a regular basis would be intriguing. One would have to think that the Big10 would be interested in UND being an affiliate simply due to the type of quality program we have the fan base. The NCHC would be gutted however.

I never thought I would ever say this (even as recently as two days ago) however I would hope that if the Big10 came calling to UND they would accept.

Absolutely! The focus here seems to be on Cam....I was simply trying to point out that we should focus on our offense. Our D is great.

I'll probably be there with 3 friends.

We're going to have to score goals on Friday....like 4 or 5.

http://www.bcinterruption.com/2016/3/23/11289772/notre-dames-exit-a-chance-for-hockey-east-to-fix-mistakes-and-get-it I guess the NCHC was missing the "name brand" aspect. Ha.

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I don't know if this has been posted previously but the rumor has it that the 8th team in the Big10 could be ASU, Miami, UConn, and UNO.

You're thinking very short term. In the long run (if hockey continues to grow throughout the Midwest) I can see this conference being very good. Teams like Penn State and OSU have some nice recruits in the pipeline currently, so does Notre Dame. MSU needs a new coach and ASU simply needs 5 years or so. The Big10, INMHO, will probably be a very good conference in 10 years. ND pretty much just solidified that. Now I know why Jackson came out and agreed with the B10's proposal to reduce the age of incoming freshman.....because he knew they would going to join. I think college hockey is going to go through a transformation over the next 10-15 years....hopefully our conference will keep afloat.

In the short term this conference will be mediocre, long term I can actually see it succeeding. Just my 2 cents. We'll see what happens in the next 20 years.

I'm not sure where all this is going but all the big schools to one conference doesn't bode well (long term) for recruiting in our area.

I think everyone here is referring to the Hockey East writers...go check Twitter and you'll see what everyone is talking about. I know NE (haha) is a good squad...obviously. But I still think if we can stay out of the box and our goalie shows up we should do just fine. If we can contain Roy we should come out on top.

Sure it is a risk but the puck should always cycle to our best players....and that is our D. UND plays a pro game which an outlet back to the D is used a lot. That's my favorite way to play. If you watch NHL hockey you'll see that a ton. The game is played on the walls, once you get space one of your best options (if no one is open in the slot, D or F) is to throw it back to the D. From there they try to get something on net and hopefully the tendy is being screened. IMO, using the Dman in the O-zone is under-utilized in many levels of hockey. Cleary the NHL uses it given their awareness and vision, but even at the college level I see forwards trying to bull rush to the net and turning it over rather then keeping possession and passing to their open Dman. UND does not have this problem whatsoever. We go to our D a ton.

I agree, I think we'll score 4 or 5 too.

Looks like Guentzel signed a tryout deal.

Haha. Anyways, I think he did fine. Prior to going to MN Wilkie had more productive years than him at the NTDP. He'll graduate in May and also get some NHL games this year most likely. I think he did it right.

I've noticed that a lot of their top players have played with some of our boys. Odd how their guys are doing well statistically whereas ours (LJ, Gersich) have had slightly sub par years. LJ and Ladue played with Roy and Zach Aston-Reese. It appears Reese was a lower line player while playing with LJ at Lincoln. Also, Nolan Stevens played with Gersich on the NTDP squad. Again, Gersich appears to have had a bigger role. Funny how things play out.

I agree. Their D didn't look very strong at all. They have Roy and a couple other forwards but that's it. As I noted previously, Roy can take over a game so stay out of the box and shadow him. We should have this.

With NCHC.tv gaining popularity the numbers have decreased. I have been there 3-4 times this year for Sioux games. If there are more than 10 fans I believe they would designate that room close to the patio as a Sioux room.