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I click on prospective recruits to read about prospective recruits. Keep the rest off the board.

It seems impressive for a small 16 year old. If I were a skeptic, I'd note that playing with Fantilli probably helps. But I've never seen him play. And it is good that he's doing it while being undersized, as opposed to dominating kids physically, which levels out later.

It's an interesting exercise because it shows how little we know. I remember anxiously awaiting the arrival of Blaisdell, Rizzo and Tychonich. Boy were we internet fans excited when the coaches got those commitments. And now none of them are here. Likewise Costantini seemed like an afterthought, penciled into the fourth or fifth line, and he passed the eye test on his first game. I will say the staff, going back to Hak, has been good at backfilling for guys who don't pan out, and the portal has given them another avenue to pursue. And some classes just take a while. Last year's seniors were overall a bit of a disappointment through year two, then Adams found another gear, they all matured and we got a couple years of dominance.

1. 7 goals on 22 shots. 2. It only counts as one loss.

Video is on p. 7 of the mn Saturday GDT thread.

If MN's leading scorer was out after a UND slash, would it be the crime of the century?

The flu is running through the MSUM team.

I thought the last two periods were pretty even from a possession and chances standpoint. Then hockey happened, with the strange Driscoll whiff and some bounces. I don't mind Kleven defending the goalie, just cross-check him a little lower so it's two, not five. Given who these teams lost, this is how this was supposed to go. UND has just been a pleasant surprise, and MN has disappointed so far. But maybe things are leveling out.

I highly doubt it was as simple as them thinking Johnson was more ready than Morrow. They evaluate talent professionally, and are obviously very good at it. The latter had an interesting journey through juniors, with a few programs left hanging. It could be they and he just thought UND wasn't a good cultural fit any longer. If that's it, I respect their desire to protect the culture.

Actually evened out in the second. MN got a weird goalie play and a bounce that period.

As for hockey, that team is still loaded, but they just haven't put it all together yet. They have three defensemen from last year's US WJC team and added a top freshman forward. Oddly enough the biggest weakness has been their returning stud goalie. UND should benefit from having just seen a quick, tight-checking team like Duluth. They'll need to play like they did last Saturday. Given each team's off-season losses and additions, this was supposed to be the year MN turned the tables on UND. We'll see this weekend if that is the case, or if UND's recent diet of NCHC opponents has them prepared to put up a fight.

Didn't Penn State split with mn this weekend?

I have a feeling we're gonna hate the James/Biondi combo for a while.

Pretty good couple periods for UND. Not perfect, a couple rough shifts, but pretty even overall. Jandric seems to be taking a step. It is understandable that it took a while as he did not play last year. Caulfield also seems close to breaking out.

You can definitely tell which team brought back a bunch of seniors and which has 14 new guys. Outmatched pretty bad at times.

Biggest concern is someone running Sanderson. UMD has been known to do that. Although maybe they'll wait until the NCHC playoffs, as they did with Poolman. Think he might have helped against BU the next week?

Not sure this year's heavy line will be taking a back seat to any recent versions, all of which are lightweights compared to Canady, Massen and Fabian, who changed the momentum back in UND's favor repeatedly in every game down the stretch.

On the bright side UND dominated basically from start to finish, and didn't let up in the third. Need to clean some things up, but the team moves well and shares the puck well. The new guys, portal and freshmen both, look like they are on board with the style of play.

Well, they were in the national title game.

Maybe this was exactly the time and place for it.

Seriously, stfu. Not here.

It's a bummer because my uninformed understanding is that he wasn't ready to come in due to injuries, and he wasn't happy with that, so he left. And ended up arriving at Denver when he would have gotten here.

UND often struggles early even with more talent. It's just gonna take a while. I imagine the unexpected hole at 1C is having a big effect as well. (Not blaming him for the decision, but he was going to be leaned on a lot.)

Oh golly y'all are funny. Sanderson had a few moments that didn't work out today, but he touches the puck more in a game than anyone else, and he gets it right 99% of the time. He could step into a top 4 role in the NHL tomorrow.

After trailing 5 zip. All six goals even strength. Wow, must have been something.