Dustin

I see. I think also has family ties to northern Minnesota, like Iron Range area.

Are you sure? Unless he's moved in the last few years, he lives in Grand Forks.

Learned something new last night. I was watching Australian Open tennis and Jessica Pegula was playing, so I read her bio. Her dad is Terry Pegula, a billionaire who made his money in oil and natural gas. He owns the Buffalo Sabres and Buffalo Bills. He also was the guy who donated to Penn State to accelerate their hockey program's transition into D-I status, thus causing the domino effect that shook up the college hockey landscape. Penn State's arena is named for him (which I didn't know, but many of you probably did.) Anyway, just thought was interesting.

This year's team definitely seems to have that sought-after mix of upper-class defensemen, dynamic scoring youth, and rock solid goaltending. I can't think of a game situation where I wouldn't trust the players to either win a big faceoff, make a big save, or provide relentless sustained pressure.

I would say it's somewhat likely to have a game against WMU in Grand Forks in March.

Agree, we will be net positive in '26 vs. '25.

I think the post was made tongue-in-cheek, knowing that "benching" a player for a weekend with no games was inconsequential.

Current NPI would have a regional (presumably Sioux Falls) look like this: (3) UND vs. (14) BC (6) UMD vs (11) Dartmouth

I can’t claim to know anything about coaching hockey, but that seemed to be Hakstol’s biggest plague - he didn’t/couldn’t/wouldn’t adjust from his 4 line rotation. While Hak certainly had some great teams, the 4 line depth of this year’s team seems capable enough to just be rolled one after the other.

Glad it worked out for Homer to start against his old team in his old arena and get the win. Also glad we don’t have think about it anymore. On to Špunar.

"He's got nicknames!"

I agree with this. Would be a good (and the right) opportunity to keep any rust from forming.

Great win.

Providence wins it in OT on another BC turnover.

Two brutal defensive zone turnovers by BC led directly to Providence's goals. They lead now 2-1, despite being outshot something like 15-5.