Business as Usual

The hockey team departs to St. Louis today for their 7th Frozen Four in 10 years. It looks like the real national championship game could be played on Thursday night, as North Dakota is the second hottest team in the country after BC, coming into the game at 15-2-3 in its last 20 games (the only losses coming to Minnesota in the WCHA Championship game and at Denver). I'll have a more extensive game preview up tomorrow, but until then, Goon's World and Brad Schlossman run a pair of pretty good blogs covering UND.

Some links:

InsideCollegeHockey Game Preview
BC's Gerbe Plays it Big (Herald)
BC's Motherwell Returns to Roots (Globe)
Sioux Secrets Scarce - BC's Bertram Knows Foe (Herald)
Excitement's Sky High for Eagles (Herald)
Teams at Even Strength (Herald)
In a Class By Themselves (Globe)
UND's Top Line is One Tough Trio (Grand Forks Herald)

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Nice article in the Herald today on Matt Ryan's foot recovery adjustment to Jags' offense. He even gets a Heisman mention at the end of the article....I've been saying it for the last year and a half, this kid is legit, and we need to start building the Heisman hype now. This is as good a place to start as any.

Additionally, it appears that transferring freshman QB Ross Applegate will be continuing his career at Alabama. Best of luck in Tuscaloosa.