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They've been up and down, but we need to play Duluth. They've been hard to play against for a long time, and that's what we need to see before the NCAAs.

Crazy thing is if Omaha had won the last three games, they'd be leading the NCHC by three points. It was right there for them.

Gotta say the Omaha color guy is pretty good, not much of a homer at all.

carbon copy from last week

Right after a failed clear too.

Whole team struggling down the stretch here. Need to simplify.

The Kleven/Moore pair has had a few dodgy shifts.

The cool part of watching with the Omaha cameramen is you get to use your imagination a lot.

The lineup tonight is a bit of a preview of next year's forward group. I've been fairly worried about it, but they've played pretty well.

The junior line is generating a lot tonight. Also Jamernik has a chance to be a pretty good freshman next year. Everything you want in a bottom six energy center.

So Pinto, Guch and Mismash were apparently the problem on the PP.

Rieger almost had one.

Pretty nice start.

I got to school right after Patrick left, but I think Sanderson might be the best I have seen since about 1984, which floors me because we're talking about an 18-year old. He erases opposing possessions so often and seemingly easily. That said, I hope he decides to stick around for one more year to smooth out those remaining edges.

The secret weapon for NCHC teams has been the incredible grind of the regular season. You won't see anything in the NCAA tournament better or tougher or tighter checking than you get multiple times each year. However, has the East/West split in the NCHC diluted UND's preparation this year? CC's not good, Denver seems good but doesn't win much, and we just don't know about Omaha. A tough game or two against SCSU or Duluth, or even a grinding WMU, in the NCHC playoffs, even if it doesn't go well, might be a helpful reminder for UND of what it's like to play a tight-checking game before the NCAA tournament.

Goals coming a little too easy tonight. It can mess with your head.

Including from the forwards. Omaha had a few rushes that looked dangerous until a backchecking forward stole it and headed the other way.

Senden is playing well. Flying around, he looks like Scott Dub.

That might be the worst icing call I've ever seen.

Although Weatherby scored at the end of it, not sure what has happened to UND's #1 PP unit. They were so crisp earlier in the year, and that seems to have left the ice sheet. Omaha has succeeded by pressuring them, but you might expect that to make them vulnerable. Not yet.

Per the CHN write-up Denver had 0 even strength SOG in the last 23 minutes Saturday.

Denver had 5 and 2 shots in the second and third, respectively.

Not sure why they didn't go 6-on-3 on the PP.

Just about embarrassing to score after that fairly miserable PP. But we'll take it.

While Thome wasn't great on the goal, arguably UND's two best defensemen let the guy get behind them.