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General thoughts about college hockey with a focus on Omaha Hockey. Obviously, the opinions here don't reflect upon any current or former employers.
Do you know if there’s been any push to discuss how funds are distributed from the NHL to USHL/USNTDP?

I have to imagine the importance of the USNTDP will decrease if more players are free to play major junior and the USHL needs more $ to be competitive, but that’s my own assumption.
December 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Some more details on the new building:
December 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The open question is what happens to the space currently used by WBB/MBB/WVB at Baxter.

The ops crew needed more general space when I was there.

I also hope that MIH is able to repurpose the space. We were already out of space when we moved in 10 years ago (offices, film, and training space).
December 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Some version of this has been in the works since before Baxter was built. The fact it took this long just shows how hard it is to get buy-in on the vision. Huge props to the coaches and admins to get it done.
December 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
4) Gabs in the presser said two goals against went off Mavs. Clearly the last one, but not sure on the others.

5) UMass is huge - 6 dudes listed over 6'4" on the roster. Net front battles were huge. Let's see if Mavs tweak things a bit to make it easier for UNO30 to see pucks.
October 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Sir, it’s beer league. 😂
October 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Yeah, and I think your point about not letting UNO off the hook in areas is spot on. I don’t want to give the impression the officials lost the game for UNO.

I’m frustrated that they (1) prevented Omaha from being able to try to play a 5v5 game and (2) created a inconsistent standard of play.
October 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I've obviously been out of "the game" for a while, but Instat used to be manually tracked by people. The quality wasn't great. Again, that may be different now.

Either way, the 7.5 xG number is way off.
October 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Does CHN use InStat for their xG?
October 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM