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UND 20-21 Season - There Might Be A Tournament in March

SJHovey said:
I haven't seen anything. Was hoping Brad would have an update. The fact that they're bringing in an additional forward for the second semester didn't make me feel any better about it though. Hoping the move was because they were a forward down to start the year, and with Blaisdell's injury they realized they are one or two injuries away from being pretty shorthanded.
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Should be ok from what the Herald article is saying:

Berry said the extra week off should help injured forwards Harrison Blaisdell and Shane Pinto, the team's leading scorer.

Blaisdell missed the last seven games of the NCHC Pod due to an injury he suffered in Game 3 against Western Michigan, while Pinto suffered an upper-body injury during UND's final game of the Pod against Miami on Dec. 20.

There's a chance they could have played Thursday and Friday.

"Those guys are day-to-day here," Berry said. "A week from now they'll be ready to go, absolutely."
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omahasioux1 said:
3-0 win, looked sluggish tonight.
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Agreed. It almost looked like nearly the whole team hadn't played in 3 weeks. : - p

Hopefully they come out tonight a bit crisper and pick up the sweep.

And SFIS, yeah, hopefully the NCHC.tv issue is a quick fix...although the game is on DirecTV tonight (ch. 683).
 
Nice sweep by the boys! Helped by the absence of Cruikshank, but I didn't think CC had any answer for the Adams, Budy, and Mismash line all weekend. There was a point early in the second where I thought the team looked like their legs were a little heavy but they were terrific in the third.

Sure be fun to come back next weekend and pick up two more wins in Colorado.
 
SJHovey said:
Nice sweep by the boys! Helped by the absence of Cruikshank, but I didn't think CC had any answer for the Adams, Budy, and Mismash line all weekend. There was a point early in the second where I thought the team looked like their legs were a little heavy but they were terrific in the third.

Sure be fun to come back next weekend and pick up two more wins in Colorado.
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Agreed. Going into the Springs and coming out with 2 wins is a great result...regardless of how strong CC is. That is a difficult place to play, whether it be the altitude, Olympic-size ice, or CC always coming out strong against North Dakota.

Also agreed as to the struggles in the second. A lot of sloppy play, and I can't say I was terribly optimistic that they were going to come away with the full 6 points heading into the third. Fortunately, they picked up their play in the final stanza, and managed to get the sweep. CC only had 3 shots on net in the third period...great defensive effort. Kudos to the CC netminder though...he played tremendous, particularly in the first and portions of the third to really keep CC in the game.

If UND manages to sweep DU this weekend (presuming the games actually get played), I like our chances to win another Penrose. Currently 1 point behind St. Cloud with a game in hand.
 
Looking for some advice for a tourist. Planning on attending the Colorado College games next week (if they happen). Never been to ND. Be there for the weekend. Planning on some ice fishing at Devil's Lake. Any other points of interest to hit? Things with beer preferred! Thanks.
 
Rightnut said:
Looking for some advice for a tourist. Planning on attending the Colorado College games next week (if they happen). Never been to ND. Be there for the weekend. Planning on some ice fishing at Devil's Lake. Any other points of interest to hit? Things with beer preferred! Thanks.
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Good choice on the ice fishing at Devils Lake. Great spot.

There are a couple of small breweries in the area that aren't bad. One of my favorites is Drekker Brewing in Fargo. Great facility and a lot of beers that I like. The only problem is if you're staying in Grand Forks you have an hours drive back from the brewery.

Probably not going to be a lot else going on. It is January, and it is Grand Forks.

Enjoy your trip!
 
Rightnut said:
Looking for some advice for a tourist. Planning on attending the Colorado College games next week (if they happen). Never been to ND. Be there for the weekend. Planning on some ice fishing at Devil's Lake. Any other points of interest to hit? Things with beer preferred! Thanks.
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Bring layers of clothes to adjust to the weather. Most of the fun bars are downtown, by the river & across to the other river bank in East Grand Forks. If you have time you can go to a Fargo Force game in Fargo if they are playing there that weekend.
 
Nice sweep over an undermanned CC team. I think they will be a pretty good team when the freshmen (12) get more experience. UND has a good chance to solidify their chance of taking the Penrose with another sweep at Omaha next weekend. Omaha is not going to be an easy out - they are playing good hockey. A split would not be all bad.
 
Siouxfaninseattle said:
Penne Rosa! Fourth conference championship in the eight year history of the league. Now about that elusive playoff championship.....
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They are playing really good hockey right now. I hope they can continue for another month-and-a-half, but it has been very enjoyable to watch this team of late. Also, big congratulations to Brad Berry. The team this weekend was laser focused on the task at hand, and they absolutely destroyed a good Omaha squad. We will see how well they can keep focus these next two games.

As for the NCHC Tournament title, while obviously the bigger prize lies a bit beyond that, the setup this year is about as tailormade as it could get for UND to win. They've won 13 in a row at home (and 27 of their last 28). Here's to hoping they can capture that first NCHC Tournament title, and then complete the trifecta for the first time since 1997!
 
Fighting Sioux 23 said:
They are playing really good hockey right now. I hope they can continue for another month-and-a-half, but it has been very enjoyable to watch this team of late. Also, big congratulations to Brad Berry. The team this weekend was laser focused on the task at hand, and they absolutely destroyed a good Omaha squad. We will see how well they can keep focus these next two games.

As for the NCHC Tournament title, while obviously the bigger prize lies a bit beyond that, the setup this year is about as tailormade as it could get for UND to win. They've won 13 in a row at home (and 27 of their last 28). Here's to hoping they can capture that first NCHC Tournament title, and then complete the trifecta for the first time since 1997!
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I thought the Saturday game was their most complete game of the season. They will be very hard to beat if they can continue at that level. BTW, what is the CC rule?
 
Siouxfaninseattle said:
I thought the Saturday game was their most complete game of the season. They will be very hard to beat if they can continue at that level. BTW, what is the CC rule?
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The CC Rule was that any regular season champion from the big 4 conferences at the time (CCHA, ECAC, Hockey East, and WCHA) would receive an auto bid into the NCAA tournament. I forget exactly what year it was (maybe 1994?), but CC won the MacNaughton, but lost in the first round of the WCHA tournament. They weren't selected for the NCAAs, and the CC Rule was born.
 
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