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48 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Why does everybody treat them like they are the Soviet Red Army team of the 1970s?

I am not treating them like they are the Soviet Red Army of the 70s.  It is the eye test and UND despite winning a bunch of games has sleep walked through big portions of these games.   It is the eye test.  I truly hope I am wrong and UND hangs number 9.  Outside of Friday night at home against Miami and Friday at Western they have been meh.

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5 minutes ago, siouxweet said:

I am not treating them like they are the Soviet Red Army of the 70s.  It is the eye test and UND despite winning a bunch of games has sleep walked through big portions of these games.   It is the eye test.  I truly hope I am wrong and UND hangs number 9.  Outside of Friday night at home against Miami and Friday at Western they have been meh.

I picked Western Michigan to repeat. I didn't want to jinx the boys.

And the truth is, we are in THE toughest conference in the country. If it looks like we struggled more than we should, it's because even teams in the lower half of the NCHC aren't all that bad and they make you earn it. Which helps prepare you for March and April. And I don't think you win 27 games by being "meh".

My biggest concerns are:

1) Have we flushed out the virus that has been plaguing the team? It was obvious in the NCHC semifinal that something was wrong with the team and I think it was whatever sickness they were fighting. We cannot have that happen again or our season will be over.

2) How will the freshmen handle playoff hockey? This is their first taste of playoff hockey, which is very different from a standard two game series during the regular season. How they handle the pressure, intensity and speed of playoff hockey will determine how far we can go, considering we lean on freshmen more than some other teams.

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10 hours ago, fightingsioux4life said:

I picked Western Michigan to repeat. I didn't want to jinx the boys.

And the truth is, we are in THE toughest conference in the country. If it looks like we struggled more than we should, it's because even teams in the lower half of the NCHC aren't all that bad and they make you earn it. Which helps prepare you for March and April. And I don't think you win 27 games by being "meh".

My biggest concerns are:

1) Have we flushed out the virus that has been plaguing the team? It was obvious in the NCHC semifinal that something was wrong with the team and I think it was whatever sickness they were fighting. We cannot have that happen again or our season will be over.

2) How will the freshmen handle playoff hockey? This is their first taste of playoff hockey, which is very different from a standard two game series during the regular season. How they handle the pressure, intensity and speed of playoff hockey will determine how far we can go, considering we lean on freshmen more than some other teams.

I think the freshmen are going to thrive tomorrow. Feeling 3 goals tomorrow and it’ll be freshmen getting at least 2 of the 3. 

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20 hours ago, fightingsioux4life said:

1) Have we flushed out the virus that has been plaguing the team? It was obvious in the NCHC semifinal that something was wrong with the team and I think it was whatever sickness they were fighting. We cannot have that happen again or our season will be over.

 

Looks like they were still taking precautions during the selection show

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22 hours ago, siouxweet said:

I got DU:(

 

22 hours ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Why does everybody treat them like they are the Soviet Red Army team of the 1970s?

NYET!  NYET!  SOVIET!

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23 hours ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Why does everybody treat them like they are the Soviet Red Army team of the 1970s?

Who is saying this? You've said this on multiple threads. They are a great program and it's absolutely not a wild thing to predict them to have them do well in this tournament. They are hot and are playing at home for the regional. 

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6 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:

Who is saying this? You've said this on multiple threads. They are a great program and it's absolutely not a wild thing to predict them to have them do well in this tournament. They are hot and are playing at home for the regional. 

Yes I have. But some people are talking like they are invincible and can't be beat. I think it was back in the mid 2000's Denver got beat by RIT in the first round. The Denver media said that "The stars were aligned" for that team to win it all. RIT knocked those stars out of alignment. :D

As we all know, anybody can be beat in this tournament. Especially if it's Holy Cross vs. Minnesota! :p

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On 3/22/2026 at 3:42 PM, jimdahl said:

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The second M is capitalized.  Just wanted to correct that for when you update the list for 2026 and have to list me a second time.  😉

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