NCHC Hockey: Frozen Faceoff Logo revealed

Here's the faceoff logo for the inaugural NCHC Frozen Faceoff. Let the NCHC haters pick it to part. s/t to Joe Paisley.

UND Hockey: Paisley Nails it.

Joe Paisley from the Colorado Springs Gazette has an interesting post in his blog this week. Check it out.  Stay tuned for our previously scheduled meltdown.

1. North Dakota's decline unfounded

If it's the holidays, it must be time for concerned North Dakota fans to air their angst on message broads and article comments through the upper Midwest. The red flags are waving a bit with North Dakota (9-7-2, 5-5 NCHC) entering this league series unranked and coming off a 1-1 weekend after two road exhibition games.

"They are really exaggerated," said CBS Sports Network analyst Dave Starman, who has worked several UND games this season. "The injury factor to (senior forward Mark) MacMillan and (junior Brendan) O'Donnell is a big deal and the fact that they have so many freshman defensemen. It took a while for those guys to assimilate to college hockey and learning what playing college hockey in North Dakota is all about."

Tuesday Links

There's quite a few newsworthy items in the college hockey world.

The crest for the soon-to-be christened USS North Dakota nuclear attack submarine is outstanding: pic.twitter.com/sMFS0pAI0T
— Sioux Tradition (@SiouxTradition) October 22, 2013

@TheNCHC pk numbers pretty good minimum 10 kills. NoDak-4th, UMD 6th, DEN 7th, CC 9th, Miami 21st.
— Dave Starman (@DStarmanHockey) October 22, 2013

DU assistant will leave Pioneers: http://t.co/GWQaIczaeE #NCHCHockey #cawlidgehawkey #collegehockey
— Joe Paisley (@Paisleyhockey) October 22, 2013

Congrats to our #NCHCFan of the Week @saraj323, who drove 16 hours to see @UNDMHockey play at Miami in NCHC opener! pic.twitter.com/GcTCfPgy4t
— The NCHC (@TheNCHC) October 21, 2013

Read: The Danny Kristo Season So Far http://t.co/p6abtjpJAH
— Adam Rotter (@AdamRotter) October 22, 2013

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