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2 hours ago, Kevin G said:
I’ll take any kind of win tonight, but I’d love to see a repeat of February 13, 2010. I got to see it in person, and the second period of that game remains one of the most amazing periods of hockey I’ve ever witnessed. The puck just kept going in the net. It was surreal.
I was there, too, and it was insane. Once the game got to 7-1 a couple of St. Cloud fans probably in their 60s started flipping us off and were telling “eff the Sioux”. It was comical and sad at the same time haha but man, what a road game to be at while in college.
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12 hours ago, brianvf said:
Berry says that Zmolek is healthy and will play and that Persson is back to 100%.
The next two weekends could make or break UND's chances at lifting the Penrose...hopefully they come ready to play on Friday night!
We haven't played on the road in a really long time so hopefully we can shake off the road rust quickly. Might be especially tough since we will be on the Olympic sheet but our team speed should make up for that as long as the forwards go hard through the neutral zone both directions. Seems like a weekend where James and Strinden are both going to shine.
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On 1/16/2024 at 2:56 PM, stoneySIOUX said:
It's kind of weird, but we've lost one time in 2024 and it was in OT. Remove that three-game OT loss streak, UND is 15-2-1 with wins over Minnesota, DU, BU and Wisconsin.
I understand the four OT losses don't feel great, but I feel like we're almost ignoring what they've already done based on that three-game streak, and four OT losses.
Just feels so weird.
I actually don't mind losing. But losing games where we have 2-goal leads is frustrating, especially in our own barn. The Friday game against Omaha we lost 3 separate leads and one of them was a 2-goal lead. On home ice. Also having a 2-goal lead go down our legs against CC at home is a tough way to lead to a loss. I thought Saturday against Omaha we did an excellent job of locking things down defensively (with the exception of maybe 1 of the forwards
). We were able to lock it down with Zmolek out of the lineup, which made it even more impressive. So if we can consistently play that well defensively with a lead, then we can do some good things. But if we show flashes of last year where we lose leads repeatedly, then the hopes for this team go down drastically.
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58 minutes ago, burd said:
Blake unquestionably is a defensive liability, but they have to be careful not to neutralize what he brings to the offense, which is critical to their ultimate success.
I agree but he’s playing himself into a spot where he shouldn’t be on the ice in a later 1-goal game and should be mostly utilized when on the power play or when scraping our way back into a game. I was terrified with his line on the ice with a little over 2 mins to go because he hasn’t shown ability to change yet. If Blake hadn’t played last night or if he and Perron were switched on lines we night have gotten a shutout because yet again, one of his mistakes led to a goal.
I really do want him on our team, badly. But for having played 1.5 years, he should be better on both ends of the puck now. Bumping him to a line with Jammer and Johannes would still be enough fire to get him going but also give him 2 line mates who play the game the right way.
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21 hours ago, Oxbow6 said:
Based on what I saw this series I'd go these forward line vs the Clowns
18 14 17
26 22 9
28 21 27
29 8 11
I like this a lot. But I would be nit picky and have jammer at center and strinden on the wing because Jammer is more consistent on faceoffs and Strinden can use his speed and size well on the wing.
Other than that I like this. Although I’m still in favor of something changing with Blake to get him with 2 guys that are really good defensively because he’s got a loooong ways to go
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1 minute ago, Sweethockey said:Nope
Can we at least get a stick tap for Hedquist? The confidence we have in him has to be notably higher than 2 weeks ago. Win or lose tonight he has done his job
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2 minutes ago, Goon said:
Are firing Brad Berry again?
No way but if he can’t see that Blake is more of a problem than a solution then he needs a strong cup of coffee
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1 hour ago, Oxbow6 said:
Perron and James need to be on a line together
I’d like to see Perron and James swap for a while. At least they are both right handed shots but getting Perron’s speed together with James’ speed could be fun. Plus then Blake gets a little demotion and would be playing with 2 very defensively reliable guys in Jammer and schmaltz.
As an aside, it seems like Jammer has been really good this weekend, love the leadership he’s bringing when he’s on the ice.
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2 minutes ago, cowboys5xsbs said:
Blake bad turnover
Time for a serious demotion for Blake. He’s been more of a liability than an asset. Strinden or even Kunz would be better on that line where he’s at.
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2 hours ago, hockeytherapy13 said:
This is a much better D pairing for our top 4 with Zmolek out sick. Would like to see Ness getting more ice than the usual extra skater because he brings more to the table than what his ice time shows. Plays 200 feet really well and knows when to push the offensive side. Sorry to say it but he’s a better all-around player than Albrecht, and I’m in no way trashing Albrecht. Ness just has a more rounded game.
Giving this a self bump. Ness needs more reps on that 4th line
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2 minutes ago, Wilbur said:
How many times have we iced the puck this period?
Get back in the room and make some adjustments.
It’s at least 4, maybe 5
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2 minutes ago, GDPritch said:
Thought very same thing. I just don’t effin get it.
It’s not an energy thing. We are getting outsmarted with structure. They figured out how to kill us in the neutral zone and how to trap us in our own zone
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42 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:
Fixed my post lol
This is a much better D pairing for our top 4 with Zmolek out sick. Would like to see Ness getting more ice than the usual extra skater because he brings more to the table than what his ice time shows. Plays 200 feet really well and knows when to push the offensive side. Sorry to say it but he’s a better all-around player than Albrecht, and I’m in no way trashing Albrecht. Ness just has a more rounded game.
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12 hours ago, brianvf said:
Also, UND was CHN's team of the week this week:
https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2024/01/09_Team-of-the-Week-North-Dakota.php
Guessing it was somewhat painful for Adam Wodon to do that
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This team has started to defend the same ways we did last year. Blown coverage left and right. Hedquist has gotten the Drew DeRidder treatment this weekend in that he hasn’t gotten the proper D zone assistance that we were providing in October and November
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1 SOG during 3 power plays. Thank goodness it went in
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4 minutes ago, I Ranger said:
I don't hate these lines. My other option for James was putting him with OMC and Blake so I like that and I like the look of the 1st line. Just think Perron and Strinden are under utilized with this lineup. Hope I'm wrong!
With Perron on the 3rd line it’s almost like having a guy with a killer shot out there 3/4 of the game. Love that gaber is away from Omac and Blake and I love that James is in the top 6 where he belongs.
Consider me concerned with us not having Persson in. This is bound to be a tight game and every save and shot will count . Let’s commit to some super strong D in our own end please
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4 hours ago, Oxbow6 said:
Gaber and Blake will get split or get a new center is my guess to start although I like everything you have here. Thing I agree with most is giving James and Strinden a shot with Perron. What absolutely won't think will happen is Schmaltz. He seems to get a little of the Hain/Senden treatment. He'll play top line tomorrow before he centers 4th line.
Yeah we have to get Gaber on a different line altogether because his offensive weapons are not getting properly utilized. We all know what he's capable of and if he gets on a line where he can be popping as a senior, this team could be scary.
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Big props to Berry in his press conference today. He sounds like he's holding guys accountable and is making sure that the boys don't take this series lightly. You can tell he's fired up and really wants to make a run in the 2nd half. He also alluded to there being some changes to lines this coming weekend now that all bodies are ready to go. Going to be a heck of a physical series.
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On 1/2/2024 at 11:29 AM, Oxbow6 said:
I'm going to suggest there's a good probability one game will go to OT...
Yeah with how tight and physical Alaska plays, it seems very likely that one game gets to OT. I'm guessing we struggle to score in at least one of these games if we haven't made some tweaks.
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10 hours ago, Goon said:
I think Gage said it best.
I actually thought of that season last night after the game. Lost to a couple of nobodies in exhibition, Adam Tambellini left halfway through and then a 4-seed UND team beats Sconnie in Wisconsin and then Ferris double OT. Outplayed the gophs who were more talented in the frozen 4 and still lost on the flukey 0.6 goal. Weird season but man it displayed how incredible of a coach Hakstol was. This years team will be good if we can get offense at tough times in the 2nd half
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18 minutes ago, Benny Baker said:
I’m not much for positive spin, but…
… this team will never play 3x3 OT during NCHC or NCAA playoffs …
These 3x3 in overtime loses are meaningless when it comes to 5x5 hockey.
The bad news is that 5x5 we aren’t generating offense much at all in our last 4 games (being 3 and the exhibition). One of our 2 5x5 goals tonight was an absolute fluke. Worried about playing Alaska next week, I don’t see a sweep coming for us unless we tweak the forward lines a bit to get Gaber going with someone else.
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Time to make some changes to these forward libes. We have regressed since november. Looking past the guys who were out tonight doesn’t matter because our Top 6 isn’t creating much at even strength. Trying the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results is insanity.
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2 hours ago, brianvf said:
Lineup for tonight:
Dang, quite the list of injured players...hopefully they can all go against Alaska next weekend.
I know we had illness and injuries but it seems like making some slight changes to the top 9 would have been wise after losing 3 in a row. We have to find a way to get Gaber rolling and James deserves a more offensive role.
I realize Berry wanted to allow chemistry to build and didn’t want to flip flop as often as last year, but if we keep those top 2 lines intact, they will continue to struggle.
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Road trip to the Herb. #1 vs. #2
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Yeah he made about 3 passes that ended up on the tape of someone wearing whine but anytime that happened he was in good position to prevent a major breakout or scoring chance. Definitely the best game he’s played defensively this year. I think the bigger rink plays to his advantage but of he keeps trending the way he played last night, this team will be scary.
I’m also in the camp that Schmaltz needs to bump down to 4th line so we can get strinden with Jammer and Perron because even though they are all right handed shots, that trio could make up a top line on many teams.