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That was Geno's downfall.

Are there any options out there to fill Zmolek's roster spot?

Will they be bringing anyone in to fill that roster spot?

Really missing Zmolek and MacDonald.

Why are you thinking that? Normally players leave ND because they aren't fitting in or they are dissatisfied with the amount of ice time they are getting. The latter certainly should not be the case this year with all of the injuries.

The coaches see these guys in practice too. There are a number of factors, including attitude. Some players take coaching to heart, others think they know better than their coaches. It is like that in everyday life. We don't know, for the most part, what went on behind the scenes.

Not even in the same ballpark comparing Rube to Brad. Rube's teams were horrible at the end often getting blown out. We were pretty much the doormat of the WCHA.

Didn't help when Brock Nelson got knocked out of the game early. Also screwed up our lines in addition to losing a player of his caliber.

There are a few of those. Gersich was so anxious to get to the bigs, played 3 games after he signed and that was it for the NHL. Gregoire was one of my favorites to watch and he didn't get any games. Hard to turn the money down and I wish Blake all the best. Have to think he would have been one of the favorites to win the Hobey next year which would put a big stamp on his legacy. Hoping it works out, I am sure he has had a stressful couple of weeks deciding.

I would think Blake would want to wait and see how the Hobie voting goes. If he does not win it, he would have to be one of the favorites for next season. That is an honor and recognition that can not be taken away and his legacy through future history. I am sure Carolina is putting a full court press on so they at least get something for that draft pick.

Costantini is a head scratcher. Maybe he is banged up and no one is saying anything, but to sit out both games this weekend if he is healthy is bothersome. With the underperformance of a number of players on this team, you have to start wondering if Berry has lost control of the lockerroom.

If St. Cloud loses, they will remain in 4th place and that will mean that Duluth will have won, insuring that Duluth stay in 5th place and thus the matchup between them again next week. If St. Cloud wins and Omaha loses then things get cloudier as potentially there could be a three way tie for second and not sure how the tiebreakers work there, if Miami should somehow pull off an upset of W. Mich. If there is a 2 way tie between the Clowns and Omaha, that means we will have jumped Duluth into 5th place, so maybe St. Cloud owns the tiebreaker against Omaha? Clear as mud.

What is the status with Budy?

Very big, especially after many thought we had NO chance of winning tonight.

After reading last nights posts, it sounded like UND had the worst team in all of college hockey and that maybe we should look to drop a couple of levels because our play was so bad. I have read these same posts and comments in previous years and some times when I didn't know the score of the game I thought we must be behind by 5 goals, instead sometimes we were even leading. It is going to take a bit with this many new players to come together. We are not even to the end of October and the doom and gloom last night was ridiculous. Good game tonight and let's get ready for Nashville!!

Thome seemed to get better and get into the flow of the game as it progressed. He needs to get more game action down the stretch so he can stay sharp. Hopefully whatever is bothering Scheel is behind him next weekend. Huge series with the Bulldogs.

A little dilemma for the goalie situation. With Duluth coming up next week would like Scheel playing with some confidence going into that series. On the other hand, I think he needs to sit tonight to clear his head. Thome is no slouch but Scheel can dominate when on his game. If Scheel doesn't play tonight going to be interesting next Friday night for the opening period if Brad goes back to him.

Agreed. He has been doing very well defensively is good on the PK. Also has shown some spark on offense.

We will get a 5 min. major.

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who scored this 5th goal?

Didn't see the game but sounds like we really struggled with faceoffs. That is concerning going forward.

time?

Would think Sheperd would be under consideration to also leave early.

Sounds like Mikey Anderson close to signing with Kings.