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Pinto also led Ottawa forwards in ice time. Sanderson out hurt.

CC and Western would seem to have the most control over their chances, simply because they could sweep UND and pick up two of those games in one weekend.

Who had Kunz beats out an icing on their bingo card?

Talking about winning the league and going far in the national tournament this early feels jinxy to me, but ... I do appreciate the nice little spreadsheet.

I had noticed Kunz did not celebrate his goal either, which I liked, and was going to note at the time, but then Miami scored and the moment passed.

Agree they carried it good to start the third, but the ten minutes after the delay were the worst of the night. Could barely get it in the zone.

The worst and best of Blake ot. Got walked then sniped one. Also, his ot shot looked less in than the second period no goal.

The glass thing definitely stalled the momentum.

I'm glad we got #3 with 11 minutes left. There's time to just keep playing.

So maybe Blake's not making the best choice every time, but he's been on a mission in the third. All over the place.

Clock is running double time.

Plus had a few great chances to make it 3-1.

Yeah they've scored on pretty much every decent chance they've had.

The 23-13 is more how it felt.

That's especially nice since the PP that bridges the period break usually fails. (Not scientifically demonstrated.)

There's the aggressive PK we've been wondering about. Worked pretty well.

I have to give credit to Kunz, not because he scored and not because he's a billboard in front of the goalie. He seems to have caught up to the game. I don't know whether he's using his frame and reach better or what it is exactly, but he's coming away with the puck more often. He obviously doesn't have the quickest first step on the team, but he seems faster as well. A memory of Goren flashed through my head at one point Friday.

Pretty amazing that Denver has 10 freshmen and is the second youngest team in the country. Man was I ever looking forward to them slipping when Monty left, but looks like I'm going to have to wait for Carle to go to the bigs for my next shot. I imagine his WJC gold got some attention up there.

Noah Laba is having himself a season. He scored an OT goal to beat UND last month, and he had the OT goal in both games this weekend, at Western.

I think he'll have a long career in the bottom six, which is not an insult. He's built for a role there with his explosive speed, and potentially being able to eat up PK minutes makes him even more valuable.

Pinto and Sanderson both with goals tonight.

Who would bid? Even in a sport such as men's hockey, the NCAA likes money.

The CCHA is in the same boat with AHA this year, so 15 and 16 are out for sure.

Zmolek was engaged in mortal combat with a guy in front of the net. TWO guys going at it. Not his fault they were looking for a makeup. Many times this year I've been thinking of the need for a Greene, Jones, Smaby presence in front of the net. This is just me, I pat him on the back and say good job.

Best part about this game is they finally looked like they did a couple months ago, like they can play with anyone. Even when they swept Alaska, they didn't look that great. Tonight wasn't perfect, but it seemed like everyone was fully engaged. They won more battles in the first period than they did in 6+ periods against CC. Also, SC is among the teams that were just clearly better than UND last year, and it sucked to watch those games. So it was nice to not get run over again.