Woot. It’s Bridget, not Jason!

Positive result on the weekend.

Let’s talk about the LIU broadcaster.

Discipline will be important. We don’t have the guns to overcome falling behind because of penalties and PPGA.

No matter the level of competition, don’t ever expect to win by 4 or 5 goals… or even 2 or 3. Always expect a close game.

At this point, Randl still on two goals for Saturday.

Pivonka. This year’s Nogard/Sundberg.

Has anyone been consistent for Omaha in both nights of a weekend? Randl is about it. I think Guevin has been solid. He and Lemay are fun to watch – but we’ll see if they can do that against NCHC foes.

Pivonka has been steady.

My only issue with NIL is that it allows big schools to provide better opportunities. The rich get richer.

AD needs to get those alumni and their families to come out of the woodwork. Get us ahead of Creighton in the public eye.

All scholarships should be full cost of attendance. All sports. All levels. All athletes.

Conference play. Reality. The true test.

Glad to get Green Week out of the way early.

What? Media are allowed to cover college hockey?

All teams are beatable. On any given day…

I would expect UND to continue to be upperclassman-heavy. Transfer Portal will make it easier for them to reload every offseason, pick off top end talent from lesser schools.

I encourage UND to spend money at our arena. Just don’t destroy the people or the place.

Safe bet: lots of beer sold at Baxter Arena.

That’s it? It’s over?

Generic post…

the green meanies piss and moan about our non cons, but Quinnipiac had their way with the after TYING Long Island University. The ‘French Connection’ does intrigue, hopefully they stay healthy long enough to learn the ropes. Has anyone notice that Weiss hasn’t been ‘pushed over’ this year? A ‘banger’ he’s become (sorry Yoda!). Where did Miller go, did he transfer? We need more Miller Time!

Would love to see the team move their feet more, at times they are getting real ‘Blazie’ in the D zone. UND will light them up if the start relaxing.

this weekend looks to be a long one. Need to get up early to have a chance. No penalties. Zone time, offensive is preferred. Big Jake for game one. If he manages them well, he should get the weekend.

throw a blanket on Gaber and Blake. Shoot the puck shoot-shoot the puck…

To be honest, I'm not sure coverage in the OWH and on local newscasts is something that will improve the fortunes of UNO Hockey (or any of the UNO athletic teams). 

First of all, the demos that watch the local news and read the newspaper aren't exactly the people likely to attend a sporting event — and they certainly aren't the future-forward demographics you are looking for down the road. 

Entities like Omaha need to build out their own internal media departments to create content and distribute it to the masses via their website, and various social media platforms. 

They should have the ability to do weekly shows with their coaches, special segments and series with their teams, and live coverage of special events. 

They do webcast (for free) sports like volleyball and basketball on the omavs website. Unfortunately, it is not well publicized. 

But there needs to be an entire apparatus in place pushing out content on a consistent basis. 

It's the sort of thing that takes time and money to build out. Obviously, they have a TV production unit within the university, but I've never been quite sure how the financials work out on that. I know that journalism profs (who Bridget serves with on the Omaha Press Club board) suggested money was an issue. 

I know that Trev (during his latter years at UNO) was trying to develop the "Maverick Digital Network," but I'm not sure it ever came to fruition in the intended manner. 

But they really need to become their own media company. In the long run, it will pay dividends (as we've seen at St. Cloud State). 

Reliance on "legacy media" isn't a long term plan for success.

I'd love to see UNO come out and double down on the notion that they were going to embrace online platforms (like YouTube) over all others — telling the world that they are going to be the "new media" athletic department.  

It's not likely that a mid major conference like The Summit League will ever have a major media deal like the Power 5 football schools. 

But the fact remains that despite major TV deals we see with SEC football (as an example), the "main" reason those media deals are happening is because live sports are the "last gasp of breath" for legacy media operations like CBS, ABC/ESPN, Fox, and NBC. 

Viewership is down year-over-year on legacy media outlets as it regards sports. Younger generations aren't subscribing to linear cable or satellite TV packages. 

Content creation needs to be led by individual athletic departments (especially among mid major institutions). 

Not only is that content a marketing vehicle for athletics, it is a marketing tool for the university. 

What happens is that they try posting a couple videos — no one watches — and they give up. 

Efforts like that will take years to implement and grow. They have to give people time to find them, become subscribers, and interact with the content. 

Those that start now will be way ahead of the game down the road. Because "content marketing" — and developing your own online media apparatus — is the future in collegiate athletics.