GDPritch

Agree but that doesn't explain why AZ St is ranked as high as it is in the PW. Sure, they beat avg/poor tams but they've hardly beaten anybody good. Hell, the Goofs ain't nothing special and they slaughtered (swept) them a few weeks ago and I'm not sure AZ St even dropped in the PW, did they?. They must have something on somebody.

Exactly, my first thought. Pretty small sample size/misleading even though it's been like 24 seasons as at least 2/3 of UND's conf playoff series' have been at home during that time.

Big UND hockey fan and cautiously optimistic about our chances in Denver but I just hope we can score 2 - 3 goals a game, let alone win by 2 - 3 goals each game.

I'm not so sure about that? Didn't we jump out to a nice lead and then of course played in safe mode to stay ahead for the win? Yah, not a great number of shots on goal for us (don't believe Denver did either) but rather see that with good goaltending on our part than we get 45 shots on goal and only nab 1 - 2 goals.

Yah, I thought the exact same thing.

Great point. 50/50 chance maybe?

No offense or nothing at you (we are who we are) but, man (hey. it's all relative), my, my how standards have slipped these last few seasons.

I'll have what he's having bartender! Seriously, I do see better things next season ((my God, it better be better) but unless goal scoring/finishing skills take a big jump we'll probably be looking at 3rd or 4th place in conf play/hopefully make top 12 ranking in Pairwise but certainly not top-tier as like in the Haks days most seasons. I sure do hope I'm proved wrong but standards/expectations here lately have dropped just a tad for obvious reasons.

Amen to that. Thoughts are with him.

Uhh, he did not play "well" (maybe he's a great face-off guy or whatever, I'm judging strictly based on points-production) even when he was "well" these last few season. Again, offensive production aside, maybe he does other small things well (I'm no great hockey mind).

Uhh, more like undisclosed injury/illness (somebody knows what it is, surely).

2 effing minutes on Weininger for embellishment!

Yoy, it makes no effin sense. Give me another beer.

Yup. He simply came out so he could try to grab the 5 min penalty (perfect timing for it). Yoy. So typical nowadays.

Yah, but finally got benched when it didn't matter though. Do it 2 - 3 weeks ago (bench him) when it mattered and perhaps we win a game or two extra. When he got benched tonight it didn't matter either way really as W Mich had all but officially won their game and whether we win or lose Fri or Sat we know we have to go on the road next week and then go on to win the Frozen Face-off in St Paul to make the ncaa.

I agree 100%. They might not quite be as defensively sound as we are but (and I'm stating the obvious) their offense is certainly superior to ours (like 2/3 of college hockey teams I'm guessing).

Piss-poor puck luck...(but not when Neb-O hit's one off the post)

Wednesday's Fargo Herald 3 days later: "Minnesota Eliminates Men's Hockey Program".

Agree. I'll be the last to defend Gardner and his propensity for taking stupid/costly penalties but on that play the goalie is behind his net and Gardner tries to squeeze between him ant the net to pursue the puck and somehow gets a goalie interference call against him. Huh? It was plainly the refs looking at reputation only and trying (which they did) evening the penalty calls at two apiece.

Groundhog Day. Second verse, sing it again, I'm Henry the 8th I am,.....

Are you freaking serious? Nobody does that. Wow, spot on, very disingenuous/misleading. Cheap.

Yup, spot on. Tonight's game a microcosm of the whole season. Tons of shots on goal but only like 1 goal after 30 shots while UNO ties it up on like only 12 shots (luckily that one shot they had 1st period went off the post). How does this proud hockey program with it's recruiting, facilities, etc. have a team with such lack-luster finishing/goal scoring/offensive creativity that equates to a Yugo? So sick of it when programs such as Mia, Neb-O, CC, W. MIch, etc. have more offensively skilled players than we do? It boggles my mind. Just so frustrated after these last 2 - 3 seasons.

Count me in! I heard from a pretty reliable source linked with REA that the deal (UND vs Penn St in Nashville) is all but signed so surely gotta be something coming out soon on it.

Exactly. My guess is you're likely in more danger odds-wise while driving approx 700 miles to/fro GF - Chicago than you are actually being in Chicago assuming one uses common sense when/where you're in the Windy City.

To be honest, although Ariz St has beaten some good teams (and so has UND), I really can't comprehend how they're so high up in the PW ranking. Their strength of schedule is nothing special.