Esoteric

Another bad play! Question: How many teams know how to stop UND by being patient and track the passes, get between the passes, and go score? Answer: 212 teams, which includes all the D1 teams and a lot of Bantam teams.

Great play to get in zone then stops and gets two defenders on UND skater and needs to pass out of our offensive zone.

Right away a pass to slot.

Less axe throwing and more teamwork. They are second guessing their passes, they are second guessing their decisions as to when to challenge, they are second guessing their skill to be unpredictable. To much formula and to little trust in their skill.

Who the heck taught this type of clear in the defensive zone. That goal did not have to happen.

The Portz shot was unpredictable. No two or three passes to get to net. It almost worked.

After the goal. We try to breakout with a very short square pass and it turns into a 2 v 1 for Denver Why? UND has to be less predictable.

The team captain talks about playing a full 60 minutes. Really, this gets mentioned a lot. And it is true. However as Jake, mentioned tonight the passing that gets cutoff. It is easy for an opponents coaches to identify how many passes UND makes. They expect this and prepare a game plan to intercept the passes and transition the play. UND has to be less predictable. So many passes blocked by the opponents.

Great start to tonight’s game. UND’s team has the make-up to run the table in the National Tournament. However, they likely may not make it to the national tournament based on “Pairwise” if they do not quickly start turning their games into wins.

Anyone having problem getting UND on NCHCTV?

This looks good for tonight. Maybe a few more shots to keep Omaha off balance.

Lets go Sioux - Let it go fans and out cheer ASU.

Nice looking shoe. Is it for the tennis team.

Just saying: TV game can be watched near the bench by fans on their iPhone (Android). I heard a linesman said no goal. A challenge was made. Does anyone know how the challenge decision was made? Strange things happen.

Excited for Drake Caggiula and tonight's game. Two games and two points, will tonight bring his first goal?

The protesters are not exclusively Sioux tribal members but many are from all the tribes that have been affected over the years. You mention what I believe was a language tie to the Sioux called the Siouan Language which is spoken by the Mandan, Hidatsa, not sure of the Arikara, and a number of other tribes. I first was introduced to this by a professor at the University of North Dakota named Art Raymond who I believe at the time was writing a dictionary of the language. I do not know the exact make-up and number of the protesters as to which tribes they belong to, however the water involved potentially affects a large amount of the United States. The question I have for my home state is… how has the oil cleanup of the Williston Basin progressed and are we relying on the similar type of government rules and government oversight to move the oil without additional damage to North Dakota and to the water that flows from North Dakota to other parts of the country?

To understand these protests, one area to focus on is understanding the history of what has been happening over water rights and movement of the tribes. Under Lake Sakakawea you will find lost tribal land and lost tribal communities. You will also find broken promises from the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program. It is also important to understand the decisions that were made to the benefit of farmers who now are being inconvenienced. There is still angry about how inconvenient it was for the tribes to be moved. Those moves led to a breakdown in their income, their community support structure, and other things that helped destroy their family life. I would encourage anyone who is truly wanting to have a better understanding of this protest to read or at least review the book, “Coyote Warrior: One Man, Three Tribes, and the Trial That Forged a Nation” by Paul Van Develder.

Oh Ray Richards. Got my first and only hole-in-one on the putting course at the Ray Richards. Also played on the course (1972), when the foliage and the trees were so young and small, that someone would yell "fore" and everyone on the Ray Richard course would duck.

Wentz or Grump. Allow me to offer a bigger story of sports and hero. Woodrow Wilson Keeble an American Sioux who gave up a pro contract to play baseball with Chicago and went on to fight both in World War II and Korea. Woodrow Wilson Keeble earned 2 Silver Stars, 2 Bronze Stars with Valor, 4 Purple Hearts, and the Congressional Medal of Honor. Saved many lives and yes an outstanding athlete in more than one sport. Also an honorable member of the North Dakota Roughriders. There is also a few others in the Roughriders who were outstanding athletes. When you think of hero and sports, think of one who gave up sports for his country.

Oops I did not count the game he came in for. Things happen when you want to congratulate this young man for his effort.

Congratulations to Matt Hrynkiw. He has now tied the same number of hockey games another UND Sioux played in his entire time at UND. He has one game. But great things can come of this. That other player went on to play 7 years in the NHL and has his name on the 1991-1992 Stanley Cup.

Rudy - Rudy - Rudy

Why not just give a full ride scholarship to a student who creates the best logo for the new nickname. Let students and sports teams vote on the logo.

I like the Fighting ... (ok Hawks). Roughriders bother me, do we really want opposing teams to throw empty roughrider condom boxes on the ice. Maybe it will never happen but it has a potential to be a rotten situation.

Previous quote Yes, they are so at this point, I see no purpose for UND Insider unless your card had been charged for this season, in which UND and Neulion have already upgraded it to the NCHC.tv package. So really you have to buy both.