hockeytherapy13
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1 hour ago, Oxbow6 said:
Nope.....can't keep burying Perron in favor of Kunz. Kunz has 30 total points so far in his career at UND. Again DU had 11 guys with 30+ points this past season. Just for one season I'd like to see this coaching staff let their top talent roll. Let them develop together.
I said this in an overly long post above, but Kunz is primed to go 25-35 points this year if he’s with the right guys. He went from 5 points as a sophomore to 19 points as a junior and really only played top 6 minutes half the year. Put him in a top 9 role and have him play with skilled guys. Then we are looking at a guy that could be similar to Malone or Vandevelde in regards to point production in his senior year
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On 4/14/2024 at 4:41 PM, SiouxScore said:
As of now I'd go
Swanson-Berg-Perron
James-Boisvert-McLaughlin
Kunz-Wilkie-Strinden
Schmaltz-Jamernik-Croal
Livanavage-Zmolek
Wiebe-Emery
Strathmann-MacDonald
Jubenvil
Hedquist
I think if we are going top 6 and bottom 6 this looks really good. But like some have said, this team has the chance to have a top 9 and go for goals with 3 lines rolling a lot. With that in mind, I’d flip Kunz and James around so that Kunz can add some size to the line with Boisvert and OMac, and then James can add more speed to the Wilkie and Strinden line.
This year Kunz is primed to be a 25-35 point guy if he’s with the right players. He took a big jump from his soph to junior years and he seems like he’ll make another jump this year. But I agree with others in that we HAVE to keep Boisvert in a top 6 role so that he can develop and hit his ceiling faster. But since he’s still a string bean (as is OMac) then having a guy like Kunz can really help give that line some strength.All things considered, if this team goes with a top-9 approach and plays like they are down a goal all the time, they will be able to wear teams down.
Plus our 4th line, if it looks the way you have it above, will make it even more frustrating to play against as they could really shut things down. -
5 hours ago, scpa0305 said:
We shall see, age is on his side for sure. His production from juniors to college is odd. I do know the AHA schedule is really bad and RIT has been a heavy hitter lately. But again, age is on his side, hopefully he can come close to those numbers in the NCHC.
Yeah RIT's strength of schedule was rated 53rd this past season (as per CHN) so I'd be happy if he ends up being a 20-30 point guy in the NCHC. Let's just hope he can win some D-zone draws unlike the rest of our team the last month of the season.
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5 hours ago, AJS said:
My optimistic look at next year's F group is there are absolutely areas where they can improve over last year. Ultimately, last year's team had really bad depth scoring. Before some get overly excited, I'm not saying these players don't have positive attributes, what I am saying is they have little offensive ability. For arguments sake, let's consider Emerson a "miss". From my point of view, here's the list of the players who have little offensive ability.
- Schmaltz
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Albrecht - Montgomery
That list ideally, should be 2 or 3 deep (3rd being a FR that needs time to adjust). Schmaltz being on the PP / 3rd line compounded the issue. 1/3 of last year's roster essentially couldn't score.
IF, Berry goes down the middle like this, they are in a considerably better spot than last year.
1C - Berg
2C - Wilkie
3C - Jamernik
4C - Schmaltz
Guessing Boisvert will get some reps at center too. Interested to see how he’ll be in the faceoff dot
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2 hours ago, SiouxFanSince1990 said:
Would be the biggest mistake of his life. I just don’t see his game translating well to the NHL. Has a year to prove me wrong.
I actually think he may be a better fit for pro hockey than Blake is at this current point due to his physical capabilities
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7 minutes ago, Sioux>Bison said:
Not putting that goal on Pehrson. Such a weird situation to be in. I’m not one to blame goaltending for either tournament loss this year. We should have responded instead of fading away.
I'm not putting it on Pehrson either. I'd say Persson had a big deal to do with it, though. I almost never blame a goal on a goalie because there are almost always 5 other guys on the ice that could have been around to help out. But that tying goal at the beginning of the 3rd could have been very avoidable if Ludvig either covers it or pushes at a different angle. I'm still not giving the goalie 100% but that was the only goal in the game and maybe only one of the few the entire month that the goalie botched the play.
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19 minutes ago, Sioux>Bison said:
Just because he didn’t turn the puck over in the worst places doesn’t mean he improved his 200’ game. Coasting back on those Michigan goals proves my point.
Ludvig shoveling the puck into Pehrson's skate which deflected it into our own goal didn't help either.
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1 minute ago, brianvf said:
Emerson has been out of sight, out of mind for so long now, didn't even consider him a player on our team.
Wait, who? lol
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4 minutes ago, Sioux>Bison said:
Maybe Carolina didn’t like the way Blake was developing. Wanted to get him within the program to get him on track
Blake's turnaround from December to March was impressive. He went from being a constant defensive liability to becoming reliable almost all of the time. Sure he was easy to knock off the puck if someone got contact. But his 200 foot game improved big time this season.
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1 hour ago, SiouxFanatic said:
I really like the recruiting class coming in and while Wood would have been a very nice addition, I still like UND’s chances to contend next season. Could really use a FO guy like Wilkie from the portal though.
Yeah I’d rather have a faceoff specialist like Wilkie. We have guys coming in that can score and make plays. We badly need a reliable winner in the dot.
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44 minutes ago, brianvf said:
The Wood loss hurts a bit, will hurt even more once Blake signs.
Some UMN fans are already proclaiming the Wood/Moore/Snuggerud line to be as good as the Knies/Cooley/Snuggerud line, which is laughable. UMN still won’t have very good forward depth next season, even with the Wood pickup.I wish I could agree with you but I’ll argue that if Pitlick stays, the gophers might have one of the deepest forward groups in the country, if not the deepest.
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12 hours ago, SiouxFanSince1990 said:
I say get him on an intense weight program, and bring him in this fall.
If he gives the coaching staff an ultimatum that it’s college this fall or he’s going to a different team, you can bet the house they will bring him in. I think our freshman class coming in this year is crazy good and if he came too it would be unreal. The youth and size might be a problem but you have to think they’d be cooking strong by the end of the season.
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1 hour ago, scpa0305 said:
At times he passes the eye test and he did have that nice frosh year. But…I’m a big numbers guy, especially for those players getting offensive looks. This guy has had the longest leash of all time. I honestly think I would have quadrupled his goal total assuming I could drop 10-15 or so. In all seriousness, hopefully he bounces back next year. We’ll need him.
I think it’s important that he stays 4th line center because he really is a reliable defensive forward. Let him kill penalties too but there is no excuse for him being on the power play as late in the season as he was. It took until the 2nd to last home game (thankfully we were at home for the playoffs) for him to get a goal. That type of impotence has no business being on the power play of a team with hopes to go deep in the NCAAs.
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1 hour ago, scpa0305 said:
If he stays…I have a hunch Komzak will be ready. Big athletic kid. Lat bloomer. Put him in the right spots and see how it goes.
If I remember correctly, he ended up playing in that game against the gophers this year because Pehrson was hurt . And although he had limited minutes, he did well with the time he had. Kept it simple and physical and didn’t have any glaring gaffes
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3 hours ago, brianvf said:
Projection based on current info:
Forward (15):
GR - Jamernik
SR - Berg, Kunz, Schmaltz, Montgomery
JR - Blake, McLaughlin, James, Strinden
SO - Perron
FR - Swanson, Boisvert, Croal, Littler
X - PortalDefense (9):
JR - Zmolek
SO - Livanavage, Wiebe, Komzak, MacDonald
FR - Jubenvill, Strathmann, Emery
X - PortalGoalie (3):
SR - Semptimphelter
JR - Johnson
SO - HedquistBenoit enters portal...wouldn't be surprised if another Dman enters as well.
So still room for another RHD to come in via portal, maybe a JR/SR to balance the classes a little.I remember Schloss saying that Wiebe actually likes playing on the right side. He did do it quite a bit this year too so I’m guessing he will be one of the right-sided guys next season. He’s a guy who really developed well defensively this year and I’m excited to see how his offensive side develops
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1 hour ago, I Ranger said:
I don't know if I have ever seen a UND team get so manhandled physically by a team not remotely known for that type of play. Not sure if anyone has mentioned this, but I think Michigan's physical play was one of the reasons we looked totally gassed in the third. Other than Johannes, every forward seemed to take a beating and I think that won the game for Michigan.
We were also only playing with 5 defenseman who were getting tons of reps
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1 hour ago, 90siouxfan said:
Our culture is "entitled"...
Sorry to say it but we are the new gophers that we all used to pick on. It’s painful to think and idk that it really soaked in until last night.
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7 hours ago, UNDMOORHEAD said:
I think that's what sucks so bad. We lost a winnable game. It would be different if they just couldn't hang, but that didn't seem to be the case.
This is 100% why that loss ended up being so painful. We were there and we were the better team for a larger portion of the game.
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2 minutes ago, rochsioux said:
This loss doesn’t hurt as much as some for me. Going into tourney this year I didn’t think we had much of shot at winning it all. To me they just didn’t pass the eye test as a team that could win four straight.
It would have hurt less if we wouldn’t have gone into the 3rd with the lead and then allow 3 straight goals
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6 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:
At the end of the day Ludvig can't make a mistake on a simple play to make it 2-2 early in the 3rd. Just can't. Completely changed the direction of the game.
Oh well......
This was a huge turning point. Awful play
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1 minute ago, nodakgirl93 said:
Why do they look exhausted? No fight in this team?
They are playing with only 4-5 defensemen and they burned their energy the first 2 periods. Benoit is there but he’s not getting any reps.
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Just now, cowboys5xsbs said:
0 sog isn't going to do it
Don’t worry, we got one in the goalie’s logo
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Just now, sioux rube said:
Delete now
Yeah that’s when we have Pyke in the lineup
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3 minutes ago, tnt said:
Looked like Berry was trying to call the ref over to argue that Kunz was hooked. Can’t believe they don’t replay that on tv when it was a golden opportunity.
Yeah I almost woke up my toddler yelling at the TV after that non-Call
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2024-25 University of North Dakota Hockey Season
in Men's Hockey
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I'm actually glad to not see the gophs on the schedule this year. I may be in the minority on that but I like a variety of non-conference teams. I'd like to see BC or some other big-name Big 10 teams like Wisconsin. But I think a year off from UMN makes the years we play them even more fun.