Here comes the purple cows.

[Wilbur]

An old WCHA foe comes calling.  They just got swept by UMASS, we split with the rightful #1 team.

Thoughts?  @Goon wants a sweep, I just want everyone to have fun.

Hedquist on Saturday after we win 5-1 on Friday?  Ja?  

[Brett0909]

Normally I’m focused on UND, but I think this week will be a really interesting tell for Mankato’s season. I expected it to be a dumpster fire after the offseason exodus, but sweeping St. Cloud and being swept by a likely pretty good UMass team isn’t too bad of a start. Of course, St. Cloud is looking so far like they may be pretty bad, definitely the outlier dragging down the NCHC’s OOC record. Have to think it would be pretty huge for the Purple Cows confidence to have a good showing.

I’m actually rooting for Mankato to find success this year after how Hastings handled things…just not this weekend. Sweep! 

[fightingsioux4life]

Maybe @Wilbur just wants everybody to have fun, but these are two non-conference games that will have PWR implications come March.

As @Goon likes to say: Anything less than a sweep is unacceptable. 

[Goon]

14 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Maybe @Wilbur just wants everybody to have fun, but these are two non-conference games that will have PWR implications come March.

As @Goon likes to say: Anything less than a sweep is unacceptable. 

Yep, 100 percent; "anything less than a sweep is unacceptable." 

[Goon]

1 hour ago, Wilbur said:

An old WCHA foe comes calling.  They just got swept by UMASS, we split with the rightful #1 team.

Thoughts?  @Goon wants a sweep, I just want everyone to have fun.

Hedquist on Saturday after we win 5-1 on Friday?  Ja?  

@Wilbur I agree with you; everyone please have fun and enjoy the season. 

[brianvf]

Gaber looking to join the century club against the Cows:

 

[Wilbur]

1 hour ago, brianvf said:

Gaber looking to join the century club against the Cows:

 

Man I miss Gooch.  You wish you could keep a kid like that forever. 

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

29 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

Man I miss Gooch.  You wish you could keep a kid like that forever. 

I’m still a little sour he or Adam’s wasn’t offered a 5th year(or so I was told).

Hopefully Zmolek is healthy to play against his old team this wkd

[burd]

6 hours ago, Wilbur said:

An old WCHA foe comes calling.  They just got swept by UMASS, we split with the rightful #1 team.Thoughts?  @Goon wants a sweep,

I just want everyone to have fun.

Hedquist on Saturday after we win 5-1 on Friday?  Ja?  

Cyndi Wilbur Lauper.  

Just a girl having fun, Wilbur.  

[brianvf]

3 hours ago, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said:

I’m still a little sour he or Adam’s wasn’t offered a 5th year(or so I was told).

If that's true, that's crazy.  Both would have been absolutely dominant 5th year players.

[SJHovey]

A little bit of potential for a "trap" series here.  Coming off the emotion of two games against Minnesota, and right ahead of a weekend playing BU, everyone's preseason darling.

Hopefully Brad has the boys going hard and they come away with two wins.

[The Sicatoka]

[The Sicatoka]

The only acceptable purple cow: 
https://www.travelsouthdakota.com/waubay/food-drink/ice-creamcandydessert/purple-cow-ice-cream-parlor 

Jorgenson's Meats is right there also ... the double smoked bacon is "pork crack". 

And another 10 miles down the road is the home of Buzz and Prince Johnson, UND hockey players in first days of the program. 
https://www.hockeyarchives.info/register/JohnsonBuzz.htm
https://www.hockeyarchives.info/register/JohnsonPrince.htm

[FightingSU]

2 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

The only acceptable purple cow: 
https://www.travelsouthdakota.com/waubay/food-drink/ice-creamcandydessert/purple-cow-ice-cream-parlor 

Jorgenson's Meats is right there also ... the double smoked bacon is "pork crack". 

And another 10 miles down the road is the home of Buzz and Prince Johnson, UND hockey players in first days of the program. 
https://www.hockeyarchives.info/register/JohnsonBuzz.htm
https://www.hockeyarchives.info/register/JohnsonPrince.htm

You're forgetting one.

[MafiaMan]

On 10/22/2023 at 12:45 PM, fightingsioux4life said:

As @Goon likes to say: Anything less than a sweep is unacceptable. 

Knowing @Goon’s spelling issues, it’s usually, “anything less than a sweep is unexceptable.” 

[fightingsioux4life]

Just now, MafiaMan said:

Knowing @Goon’s spelling issues, it’s usually, “anything less than a sweep is unexceptable.” 

I decided to be nice. 

[The Sicatoka]

2 hours ago, FightingSU said:

You're forgetting one.

This answer is acceptable. 

[bale31]

Strangely enough, I thought msu played better this last weekend than against scsu. Defense was very good Saturday, Friday got away from them when they were taking risks to get tied back up. That UMass team will be top 5 by the end of the year. They are super talented, but Carvel is going to need to cut them down on the needless clutching and grabbing. They are so talented, they don't need to do that stuff.

That being said, they gave us chances with a ton of penalties. our pp was just awful though. You will likely see a more uptempo team than msu had under hastings. Msu skated well with UMass, but the chemistry.just wasn't there. Lots of passes behind guys, a ton of missed one-timers, and no one crashing the net. The goalie was leaving juicy rebounds, but no one there to put it home. You can tell it's a team that is still growing together. It's a team that lost the top 11 scorers, it's going to take some time.

it should be a fun series. I'm not sure how fast a team can pull together.

[burd]

Do cowboys and girls pack their cowbells when they go on the road?

[bale31]

2 hours ago, burd said:

Do cowboys and girls pack their cowbells when they go on the road?

Why wouldn't you?

[burd]

11 minutes ago, bale31 said:

Why wouldn't you?

I would if it was a fan tradition, home or away.   It was a real question, btw.  I saw MSU play at the Ralph many years ago, and I don't remember bells, but they may have used them.   I do remember Ole'   It might have been a tie game.   

[bale31]

There are a few that have them, but not many. I've always thought it would be awesome to have a stadium full of  cowbell ringing at once.  I can only imagine how annoying it would be.

[Kevin G]

7 hours ago, bale31 said:

...our pp was just awful though.

Awful PP?

[siouxforce19]

43 minutes ago, Kevin G said:

Awful PP?

Statistically, for the record,  UND has a slightly better power play percentage by a couple tenths or so lol. I looked up some national stats the other day to see if there was anything interesting. 

[Blackheart]

5 hours ago, bale31 said:

There are a few that have them, but not many. I've always thought it would be awesome to have a stadium full of  cowbell ringing at once.  I can only imagine how annoying it would be.

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