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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.

Reported Tufte signs with Dallas.

Just for something different, i am going to throw "The General's" name into the mix. Not that I know that he would be interested, but he sure seemed to have the utmost respect of his teammates and was relentless. Whatever we wind up doing, i would strongly advise against hiring one of the players Dads. Don't know if that was a problem for the past couple of years but it sure could lead to some serious locker room issues.

A big key for UMD is Sheperd. I believe he is older so now might be the time to make the jump while he is a hot commodity.

Did Chartrand ever dress for any regular season games? Sounds like Albrecht is a high energy player. Hopefully has some skill to go with that effort.

Is Carson Albrecht still expected to come in this fall and has anybody seen him play? Have not heard anything since earlier announcement of his commitment.

In addition, the D should be elite with the added experience and talent. With Shaw the only deletion from the team and hopefully Scheel returning healthy, we should be exceptional on the back end.

I totally agree with this. We have been pretty weak on our top line center since Jost left.

Scoring is also contagious. It is one of those things that once you start struggling if becomes more difficult as you start thinking about it too much. Too many times the passes that were received by the shooter were not in an ideal spot which goes back to play-making. Not that he is the savior, but if somebody like Michaud or the incoming freshmen can deliver passes a little more accurately, I think you will see Mismash's and Gooch's number improve significantly. I would also not be

The signing of Michaud has a benefit all the way down the team. The experience with him centering one of the lines will be a benefit to the other lines. The team won't be as dependent on having to have one of the incoming freshmen centering the top line, although if they can live up to that, makes for pretty solid 2nd and 3rd and 4th lines. Gardner was a solid player but to have him centering our top line was a weakness as his playmaking skills were somewhat lacking for a top line center. I really can't see how our power play can get any worse than this past year.

I agree with the excitement. Wi

With Sandy's record of late, you would think some team in the NHL would come calling.

A big reason for the dropoff in power play production was the loss of Wolanin as he had 8 of our 37 PP goals and to a lesser extent, Gersich who had 5. This past year, we had nobody that scored more than 3 PP goals of our total of 21. If Mismash can stay healthy at the same time as getting more accuracy on his shots he should certainly improve on his numbers. Same for Gooch.

Talk about a player that has not developed. I was more impressed with him as a freshman than I am now. He looks to be regressing.

I don't think our entire hopes rest with the freshman class. Hain and Senden's futures look promising. Same goes for Gooch as he goes into his 3rd year. Hopefully Mismash stays healthy and he has the type of year that I believe he is capable of. Adams and Weatherby are question marks. We have had players in the past that didn't really figure it out until their later years. With the amount of time that Jones was hurt this past year and Gardner, in my opinion not a first line center, we hopefully see improvement in that position.