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If he says yes, he can't be serious. And the answer.....

A much more important question though is if you fire Haks who do you replace him with? Who's that better coach out there who's available/likely available that will get better results than Haks? I want to know.

The 11 year resume above for UND to that of Duluth is clearly superior, without a doubt. For anyone to argue otherwise based solely on the merit of Duluth's one natty would be simply ludicrous and I could not take them serious. You have to look at the whole body of work and UND's is superior to Duluth's in that timespan, no natty be damned!. Frustrating as hell Haks can't get that natty but fire him for his coaching? It's his fault that for the most part although we outplayed BU (NCAA stat, we had 8 qlty chances v BU's 3) we hit 2 pipes, Zane picked the worst time to arguably play his worst game of the season,... I don't know how could Haks have "coached" that differently? Should he have given a better pre-game "pep talk" so UND played better the first 10 minutes of the game, maybe, but this ain't Hoosiers. If you want to blame him for his recruiting (maybe those 2 pipes go in last night if they were two other players we lost out on) then go ahead but time and time again I've seen the chief criticism being that he brings in all these great recruits but can't win a natty. You can't have it both ways. Although we are one of the recognized top college hockey programs with great facilities this is still Grand Forks ND (that's not a slam, I live in this area by choice) and not Denver, Boston, Twin Cities, Madison, Ann Arbor,...

Wasn't Gino struggling for a few years in the early 90s?

Wow. Not probably, it is.

Hah, LOL! Seriously though, thx for the tip. Will be on the lookout.

Please clarify, who uses a racist mascot?

According to a Ralph employee insider I know (not high up the ladder hockey team-wise but a very trustworthy/decent person), Zane stays next season, Disclaimer, that info was prior to the NCAA tourney run but I don't think that changes anything.

Tampa Bay I think?

What?! That wasn't Haks at the helm with that talented squad?! Blow me away man! Know what, blame the new Ralph. I might be wrong, but believe the ftbl team won it's first natty in 2001 in its first year in the Al (or was that the 2nd year?) but Sioux hockey aint' won a natty since 2000, a year before (I think?) it moved into the new Ralph. Ironic.

A few more facts please. DU ain't won one for like 10 yrs (and in 05 we' toally beat them/blame one and done), Goofs for like 12 yrs, UMD even you gotta admit won one 4 yrs ago on a spirited/fortunate run (WTF have they done otherwise???). Agree, enuff of that talk.

Oh, I got it figured out guy. If a ref doesn't make a call in order not to "effect the outcome of the game" on an incident like that, then he's effected the outcome of the game by not making the call. Terrible unofficial protocol/"rule" in hockey.

Hey, bring in Mike Eaves! He won a natty in 06 believe but is usually bad every 3 or 4 years and historically bad this past season. We dont' care, we just want a natyy! Can't make it up.

I hope you're right nhockey30.

I want to support you on that statement but when was the last time we had freshmen get big point totals? It just doesn't happen at UND anymore. Why?

Not that I disagree but we seem to have been saying that now for the last 15 years (and that includes part of the Blias era you Haks bashers). Bad karma, no doubt, but for a decade and a half.....

A damn crosscheck to the neck and not 5 minutes. Blame Hakstol, it's his fault. Can't make it up.

Agree. Blimey, get a life handsome rob.

Agree. I know it's the natty and final game win or lose but maybe 2 or 3 min early I think.

I've actually come to the conclusion, based on his great coaching during the reg season and getting the team to the ncaa tourney, that Haks would be a better pro coach than a college coach. It simply suits his coaching style, expertise,.....

Agree, we don't seem to get those players anymore. Cags, Parks and McMillian (like R Duncan) are nice college players but certainly are not going to be notable NHL players--unlike Parise, Toews, B Nelson, Oshie, Stafford,.....

Agree. W/o Zane we're not here this year. Upper classmen forwards need to put pucks in net, such as Cags, Parks, etc and that aint' happening. Is that poor performance or poor recruiting on Haks part...?

I'm convinced even though the east teams don't play more like NHL teams they seem to get more high-end, skill talent anymore. How else do you explain how their freshmen can rack up respectable point totals (and as young freshmen) yet the high end skill players we seem to get anymore have played juniors and don't seem to start racking up points until soph or jr years (with a few exceptions) even after scoring lots of pts in juniors prior to playing at UND?

Used to be.