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NCAA Hockey - 2023/24 **Insert Witty Tagline**

North Dakota defeats Minnesota, 2-1, to get the split.

Script flipped from last night. Hawks outclassed the Gophers, but stellar goaltending kept it "close." Could have easily been 8-1 with the number of chances UND had. Oh well.

On to Minnesota State.
 
Like I said I'd love to see the actual rosters to validate the age difference wasn't that glaring, and the "nationality" thing was more fun fan rivalry smack talk than anything serious.
 
Slap Shot said:
Like I said I'd love to see the actual rosters to validate the age difference wasn't that glaring, and the "nationality" thing was more fun fan rivalry smack talk than anything serious.
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If the information was readily available ~15 years ago, I'm sure it is still readily available (if not more so) today. Have a blast! Although, you'll probably be disappointed. ; )

Two quick examples:

1986-1987

North Dakota average age: 20 years 4 months
Minnesota average age: 19 years 10 months

1978-1979

North Dakota average age: 20 years 0 months
Minnesota average age: 19 years 9 months
 
From HockeyDB in 86-87 there were 14 players on Minnesota that were 18 and 19 as well as 4 that were 22 or older, for ND it was 8 and 6 respectively. I didn't care to dig any deeper and anyway those days are over.

UND played the better game on Saturday, and the Gophers didn't really wake up until the 3rd and didn't give themselves enough of a chance to tie the game.
 
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Slap Shot said:
From HockeyDB in 86-87 there were 14 players on Minnesota that were 18 and 19 as well as 4 that were 22 or older, for ND it was 8 and 6 respectively. I didn't care to dig any deeper and anyway those days are over.
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Which probably accounts for why North Dakota's average age was about 6 months older than Minnesota that season. As I said originally, the difference then isn't all that different than the difference now (North Dakota is about 5 months older than Minnesota this season). The bigger schools tended to be slightly younger than the smaller schools.

Slap Shot said:
UND played the better game on Saturday, and the Gophers didn't really wake up until the 3rd and didn't give themselves enough of a chance to tie the game.
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Yeah, it was really just a complete 180 from Friday when Minnesota outplayed North Dakota, but goaltending kept it tight. A split was probably the "correct" result in relation to how the teams played over the entirety of the weekend.

Anyway, good luck to the Gophers the rest of the way, unless we happen to meet again in March/April. : )
 
That was a good weekend. A split on the road against a top 5 team while missing the two captains (one of whom is your best dman).

the fact that the refs, twice, couldn’t identify which player committed a supposed infraction was hilarious

now side eying the wisco games this week. Thursday and Friday with 8pm starts
 
UAA is perfectly .500. A win, a loss, an OT win and an OT loss. Part of me hopes for a .500 season but I don't want to get carried away...
 
Hah we were SO bad

on another note, it’s more fun when Wisconsin isn’t a terrible basement dwelling team

Also how much fun is Hastings having when he doesn’t have to bore everyone to death with the trap
 
I think they do if Cooley signed right away, or at least changed his mind earlier. Pretty clear they need another defenseman too, though.

Could be Motzko is letting these inexperienced defensemen take their lumps early in hopes they figure things out. Only way you justify some of these guys being out there late in a rivalry game. It’s happened before, we’ll have to wait and see.
 
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Jimjamesak said:
UAA scored six goals.

On the road.

Against a B1G team.

And won.

I don't really know what to think.
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The independent teams are good this year. They really are. I watched Augie in the 3rd period against DU and they gave DU everything they could handle and more.
 
So far on the weekend:

#1 Minnesota got swept at home by #14 Wisconsin.
#2 Denver tied at home against start-up Augustana. The Pios play at home against Air Force tonight.
#3 Boston College swept #8 Michigan State.
#4 North Dakota beat Minnesota State 6-2. The teams skate again tonight.
#5 Quinnipiac lost in overtime to Maine. Bobcats host the BlackBears again this evening.
#6 Michigan snuck by Lindenwood 9-1 in the first game of the series.
#7 Providence beat Vermont 4-1. The Friars will look for the sweep tonight.
#9 BU knocked off #19 Massachusetts 5-2 at home. The Minutemen host the Terriers tonight.
 
I'm preparing to pull a seat and a bottle up to the F* Hockey table... Just once I'd like NMU to hit the ground running.

Being a team that historically peaks late season is nice, but I'd like to occasionally cash in on preseason hype...
 
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