AJS
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34 minutes ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:
Senden and Keane have to pick it up if they are ever going to make it to campus.
We've had some duds and de-commits among our recruits that are NHLer's kids. Obviously not all, but not as solid as you'd expect.
Add Mattson to the group, as we all know recruiting is the life blood of a program, right now the two you mentioned and Mattson need to show something this year. All three have yet to do it in their junior careers. If you add Frisch and Donovan (00's) that are playing HS, the 00's & 01's (02's too far out) look to be outstanding.
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On 10/8/2017 at 9:15 PM, AJS said:
BCHL Stats:
Blaisdell '01 (F): 2-7-9 10GP (Team leader in points)
Keane '97 (F): 1-4-5 7GP
Tychonick '00 (D): 1-3-4 7GP
Reid '01 (D): 0-5-5 7GP
Scheel '99 (G): 4-0-0-1 1.45 GAA .952 SV% (2nd in the league in both GAA and SV%)
USHL Stats:
Senden '98 (F): 0-0-0 2GP
Mattson '98 (F): 0-0-0 2GP
Mancinelli '01 (F): 0-0-0 2GP
Costello '00 (F): 1-0-1 2GP
AJHL Stats:
Bernard-Docker (D): 1-2-3 9GP
NTDP -18:
Hain '00 (F): 1-5-6 5GP
NTDP -17:
Caulfield '01 (F): 2-3-5 4GP
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http://kfgo.com/blogs/und-football-360/30670/360-notebook-just-what-the-doctor-ordered/
"Senior A.J. Stockwell started at left guard and freshman Noah Mortel started at left tackle. This is a move to get Mortel valuable reps the rest of the season and have him ready to go for 2018. Both Mortel and Ryan Tobin have been consistent performers up front for UND so far this season"
It's exciting anytime you see freshman start and perform well. I'm excited to watch these two players along with Nguon get a lot of reps the rest of the year. Others I'll be watching closely the rest of the year will be Shannon, Canady and Hunt.
With so many underclassman playing key roles now because of injuries that wouldn't have originally, if they can be competitive in their upcoming games it's a great sign for years to come. Injuries derailed the team this year, but they could be stronger next season because of it.
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19 hours ago, Frozen4sioux said:
sometimes you play up or down to the competition, last weekend may have been that.
This weekend they fix the glitch and right the ship, play to their skill and win both:
Fri 5-2
Sat 3-1 w/ENT
Playing down to your competition definitely happens, but it didn't happen last weekend. UND skated circles around UAA dominating them the entire weekend everywhere except the most important place, the score board. Combination of great goaltending for UAA and missing open nets made the scores much, much closer than it should have been.
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BCHL Stats:
Blaisdell '01 (F): 2-7-9 10GP (Team leader in points)
Keane '97 (F): 1-4-5 7GP
Tychonick '00 (D): 1-3-4 7GP
Reid '01 (D): 0-5-5 7GP
Scheel '99 (G): 4-0-0-1 1.45 GAA .952 SV% (2nd in the league in both GAA and SV%)
USHL Stats:
Senden '98 (F): 0-0-0 2GP
Mattson '98 (F): 0-0-0 2GP
Mancinelli '01 (F): 0-0-0 2GP
Caulfield '01 (F): 1-2-3 1GP
Costello '00 (F): 1-0-1 2GP
AJHL Stats:
Bernard-Docker (D): 1-2-3 9GP
NTDP:
Hain '00 (F): 1-5-6 5GP
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Need a sweep.
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On the backend, Wolanin is a stud, he'll be dominant this year. What was a nice surprise is Peski / Johnson seemed to outplay Shaw / Poolman. We know what UND has in Shaw / Poolman and they'll be steady / solid defenders this year, who specifically Shaw had an off weekend. If Peski / Johnson can continue to play well, this will be a very good defensive unit this year and for years to come.
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This was as close to a must win as their is two games into the season, absolutely crucial. Anchorage is terrible and will not win many games this year, but good to get out of their 1-0-1. At the end of the year this win counts just as much as if they won 5-0. Positives were they looked good, outside of actually putting the puck in the net, but Mantha had a lot to do with that. I thought Cam looked good, a couple bad turnovers yesterday by the defense ended up in the back of the net, but overall he was solid on the weekend.
This team is deep on the forward front, I do think though that Yon will be the odd man out more times than he'll be in. Would much rather see #16 or #29 in the lineup. Adams has locked himself into the starting lineup.
On to St. Lawrence, hopefully they'll find the net more next week. These non-conference games against weaker opponents are so important, can't afford a loss.
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7 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:
If St. Lawrence has a "hot goalie" next weekend, then I will start making comments like this. But this is a young team that will get better and better with more experience playing together.
I'm with you, there are some trends (I'll continue to harp on the PP), that are concerns after seeing it year after year, since that's on the scheme. "Hot goalies" or lack of finishers, I'll need more of a sample size to judge. Last nights game, wouldn't have followed the trend last year, where more times than not, UND made the goalies look better. Mantha was just an animal.
One type of advanced stat I'd love to see is compare a goalies Save % at the end of the year and if their games against UND they were better or worse than their average.
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From the GF Herald:
“That’s something we’re going to have to continually work on to get better,” Berry said. “When you lose a couple of key players from last year, you have to fill those voids and find the strengths of your team. We’re getting some information now. Hopefully, if we can have success -- get one or two power-play goals -- we can get some momentum with those units.”
I have a huge problem with this, UND's PP was at 18.5% last year, which is not good. The 18.5% looks better than it actually is, where you'll see two or three games where they really click (4-7 type nights) that bring the average way up. Do you have to go back to the early 2000s, late 90s, where they actually had a good PP? It's so frustrating, because I haven't heard once over 15+ years that it might just be the PP scheme they run. What they've tried over the years isn't working. You have two first round picks and it's only at 18.5%? It's completely unacceptable. For a team that has made 15 straight tournaments, night in and night out, teams that have less talent seem to look better on the power play. This is on the coaching staff. It won't get fixed and it'll be another frustrating special teams year. I just want to for once hear some accountability.
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Bubba and the coaching staff have a real opportunity here going forward. Injuries helped get the train off the track, but with what's come to light with Poole, Taylor and Randolph, it obviously went much deeper than just injuries. With the season shot, it's no longer about wins and losses. I know this is a really talented football, so the cupboard is far from bare. They wouldn't be starting from the ground up, like they did when they originally got here. What needs to happen is they have to flush out the bad apples. I'm all for drug testing everyone, giving one warning for those that fail, if they fail again, they are off the team. It's simple, what's more important, playing college football, getting FCOA and an education or smoking weed. I don't care how many players have to go, as long as the ones that are here are here for the right reasons. If I was a player doing the right things (I believe to be the mass majority), I would be pissed about this and would hope the coaching staff would put their foot down. Clean it up now!
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2 hours ago, SiouxTupa said:
A tie is like the game not being played, where pairwise is concerned. Do-over tonight, get it right, and the tie won't matter. Seemed like a typical early season game to me. Guys played tentative, but moved the puck well.
I tried to look into tie's and pairwise, but couldn't find anything. If that's the case, that's great, basically just a mulligan when you tie a really bad team.
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44 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:
Listening to TH sounds like Wolanin was really really good last night
I thought he was clearly the best player on the ice.
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15 minutes ago, Frozen4sioux said:
I really think your overlooking how bad of a hockey team UAA put on the ice tonight. Mantha played well but i thought more positioning. His jersey crest will need to be replaced in the morning before game 2. Other than that, that was a bad bad college hockey team UND played.
And i shudder to think what UMD DU and goofs will do to them if they play lile that.
I thought it before the game and UAA reaffirmed they are terrible, I'll strongly disagree with you though about how UND played. I get the frustration with the lack of goal scoring, but they had great chances and dominated about as badly as one team could another. This is a new year and until this becomes a trend again, I'll write this up as 1) Bad puck luck 2) Goalie standing on their head. It's annoying I know to use those same excuses that it seemed we used a lot last year, but it's a new year.
Question: I tried to look it up, but how do ties effect a teams pairwise? UAA clearly will be a terrible team this year and a loss would be devastating, but does a tie have even close to the same effect?
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13 minutes ago, SlowHand said:
Back to the subject at hand: Drug test every UND football player tomorrow. Those that fail get their one and only warning. Fail twice and you are gone. I think the weed issue is more rampant in UND football than we want to believe.
I'm all for this.
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Clearly many more positives than negatives, the biggest being last year this is a game they lose. It was a completely dominating performance where between missed open nets and Mantha stopping absolutely everything, you just knew they wouldn't score. Reading @SiouxFanatic post, I agree, this wasn't a game where they had a bunch of shots, but not quality chances, Mantha was on fire. Play this game over 100 times with the same chances though and no way Gersich gets held without a goal.
The only worry I have is the power play, of course they won't go 0% on the season, but it was a continuation of the last decade where it always looks worse than the opponents, regardless of who they play. It's so incredibly frustrating. UND had momentum the entire 2nd and 3rd, then they'd go on the power play and look terrible.
Tomorrow is huge, you can live with a tie and a win coming out of this weekend, but nothing less.
Start the count: Games UND dominates, but doesn't win is currently at 1
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I just don't see anyway UND loses a game this weekend, UAA was one of the worst teams in the NCAA last year (I get it so was Michigan State). I feel great about this weekends games, one blow out, one closer game than we'd like.
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If they were just caught with it, I wouldn't be calling them to get kicked off the team. It's the cops raiding their place and getting an intent to deliver that makes me hope they are gone today. No second chances in this case.
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Kick them both off the team.
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9 minutes ago, NoiseInsideMyHead said:
Young team, first road trip, and a long one at that. Smells like a trap kind of weekend (hope I'm wrong).
This teams not that young, it is a tough road trip, but UAA is pretty terrible, I'd be shocked if they lost a game this weekend.
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Need two wins, can't have Michigan State like killers of the PWR this year.
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UND will lose by at least 17 and give up more than 35.
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45 minutes ago, shep said:
Can we take away the Jr High drama and just talk about things that are real. And if whatever THIS is, just tell it.
38 minutes ago, Ozzie82 said:There are good reasons not to be public about it.
If that's the case, then I'm with @shep, it's one of two situations, either it's 1) Going to come out, then why not say it 2) If they want to keep it in house, why even say anything at all.
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7 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:
I always have a hypothetical cliff that teams can fall off based on who graduates and who leaves early. Last year, I felt it was the combination of Thompson / Johnson that really hurt UND. For Duluth, it was Pionk / Johnson. That's two first team all NCHC candidates. UMD lost 5 defeseman and their goalie along with their top 3 forwards, good luck. Still have a good looking forward group, but no way they finish ahead of UND.
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Wasn't able to watch the UNC game, how did Shannon / Canady look?