iramurphy
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On 4/22/2026 at 6:55 PM, gfhockey said:
To be fair Jack had Berrys playas and it was an easy hire from with win
schmidt only has one year and I believe we got spanked in 2nd round of playoffs and was 7-5 which I consider a bubbaisk season
Are you also saying “to be fair”, Eric had Bubba’s players? Some claimed Berry had Hakstol’s players.
Both Jackson and Schmidt benefited from players that were already here. Both new head coaches revamped their staffs, were able to keep key players and add some excellent recruits.
Both of these guys had very good first years. Their predecessors left them with a number of very good players.
I believe our VB program and new staff faces a bigger challenge to get this program turned around.
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21 hours ago, undwbbdeservesbetter said:
I cant wait to laugh when your wrong
First of all, I wish good luck to Ava Miller and for that matter, to the other girls graduating, transferring or otherwise moving on. Regardless of the struggles this past year, they earned scholarships to play Div 1 WBB and hopefully will graduate or have graduated with a degree that prepares them for future success in their chosen professions.
I have a couple questions for you before you start yucking it up.
Would you happen to know what the Packers and Livestock Act is? Can you tell me what it means when the USDA reaches a “consent decision” for failing to pay for livestock or paying with NSF checks?
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Teagan Livesay no-hits the Bison for another win today 2-0.
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Nice 2-0 win over NDSU yesterday at Albrecht. Go Hawks!
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10 hours ago, undwbbdeservesbetter said:Gayner and Todd left, Im pretty sure I was the first to announce that more than one assistant was leaving and why and received alot of your just disgruntled and don't know what your talking about, hmmmm looks like I knew exactly after all, also was the first to say multiple players would be entering the portal, also got your just disgruntled you don't know anything, looks like I knew after all
Crap, I thought you would have been smart enough to move on. If you know so much about the program, can you tell us which perverted parent of a former player is sending emails/text messages to high school girls bad mouthing the program? I’m not saying that’s you, but your bizarre posts would make you a prime suspect. I find it despicable that an adult would want to do anything to cause unhappiness or stress in the life of a young woman excited for prom, graduation, and a future college career.
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2 hours ago, Und Princess said:
Good Evening Hawk Fans! I hope you're having a fantastic day! I did a Feature on Evan Kludt! Check it out in the link! I hope you enjoy reading it!
https://ftstspotlight.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-thursday-tailgate-thursday-sports.html?m=1
Go Hawks!
Und Princess
Nice story.
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1 hour ago, CMSioux said:
we are kindred spirits I was a student and knew Zaz and Pinky.
A number of us football players ran track for Zaz. Mike Deutsch and George Lange ran hurdles. Mark Blake and Ron Gustafson ran sprints and relays, I ran middle distance and relays. I think Jerry Skogmo and Doug Schindler did shot putt. Spring FB interfered with track practice so I only ran Fr and Soph yrs. Lots of Zaz stories. Zaz remains a legend.
Pinky Kraft suffered severe burns when his unit was hit by artillery in WW2. He wasn’t expected to survive his burns so his cot was left in hallway of the hospital they took him to. After a few days they noticed he refused to die. He told some great story’s about his recovery. His baseball team had a number of FB players who were also good BB players. Bruce Daucsavage, Scott Hewitt, Jamie Grownowski ( our punter/kicker who came to UND on a baseball scholarship).
Pinky’s son Brian and I refereed some early WBB games including a UND-NDSU game when Shirlan Mosley was coaching against Amy Ruley.
Great memories of UND legends and the beginnings of WBB under Dee Watson.
We would need a few pitchers of beer to reminisce not just about athletics but life on campus during the early Clifford years.-
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On 4/22/2026 at 2:55 PM, UND92,96 said:
Must be Gayner. Kladis and Canahuate both have very recent tweets about UND women’s basketball.
Gayner is an attorney and I believe is moving to a job in the legal profession. She was well liked by recruits.
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On 4/22/2026 at 8:48 AM, Siouxperman8 said:You are correct again.
Great addition to the program. He has multiple recruiting contacts in addition to extensive coaching experience. I believe this will turn out be a key piece in turning the program around.
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54 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:
Eric Schmidt is waiting in your office for you; he ain't smiling.
Dane Jackson says he'll be stoping by later with Matt Smaby.I think they would have better luck waiting at Judy’s.
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1 hour ago, petey23 said:
Rinse and repeat in Kansas City last weekend?
My friends daughter isn't allowed to be officially contacted yet but "most" coaches can get around that a little bit by personalizing camp invite letters and letting the athlete know they have seen her tape and maybe bring up how well she or her team played in a recent tournament. She has received many of these invites from Summit league an other midwest schools. My friend showed me the invite she received from UND and lets just say it was generic and underwhelming.
I hope I am wrong and maybe he is recruiting for the next couple season for a quci turnaround but you do need to think about 2028 as well and establish some local connections.
I have found that when there is a promising athlete in any sport (friend, relative, neighbor, someone in your community, it’s worth sending that coach an email and let them know that in the event they weren’t aware, there is a prospective athlete whom you think would be worth getting to their camps so they might evaluate.
Previous VB coaches, BB coaches, FB coaches all responded within 24h with a note of thanks. Send the new coach a note and mention that a couple kids had hoped to see UND staff and are interested and UND was a school they were hoping to hear from. Every once in awhile they might get a kid who they hadn’t been aware of.-
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On 4/15/2026 at 5:16 PM, cberkas said:
Would it help to start our own “church” so we can assign select young converts to a one or two year mission preaching to USHL hockey players? Maybe during that year or 2 of mission work they could be more effective missionaries if they played USHL hockey during their mission assignment. What a coincidence if they matured enough to be NCAA ready.
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On 4/18/2026 at 10:40 PM, undwbbdeservesbetter said:interim head coach who has yet to be offered a contract to sign, had he signed said contract it would be immediately released by the schools media, no release no contract
Hutter has a contract and he has the support of this administration. I made a point of having a discussion at the Frozen 4 with the gentleman who would know. Hutter has a good group of recruits coming in. He will be given time and the resources to improve this program
Your daughter could have been a key piece in turning things around, but only if you stayed away from her, her teammates, the coaches, other parents, fans, the Red Pepper, and slithered back under your rock.
After a little research, it seems that one of the parents at your daughter’s high school created so much turmoil for players, other parents, and school officials, that the school’s administrator (Superintendent?) resigned.
I wonder who that sick, perfidious, sorry excuse of a parent could have been???
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1 hour ago, Siouxdaddy said:
Well some of the players were out party on Wednesday. That is a fact.
I didn’t say it wasn’t, but your post didn’t say that. When people post something that is unclear, some others will read that and claim that the night before the semifinals the “hockey team” was out partying all night regardless of what the facts are.
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54 minutes ago, Siouxdaddy said:
I have don’t know as much on the Sandy situation, but the players partying was confirmed
You repeated a rumor someone posted regarding a handful of players (“the scratches”) who allegedly learned they weren’t going to play.
You posted: “the players partying was confirmed“ which is different, and not accurate.
Another guy (who makes lots of assumptions) posts: “2016 business trip” “2026 let’s party”. For those who follow opposing team’s fan forums, it will be interesting to see if those posts generate some excitement for opposing fans to gossip about.
That should be pretty special.
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11 hours ago, Ilvund said:
Wasn’t the point of hiring him to recruit locally because the Tupacs brought in too many out of region players? Now the whole team will be foreign and have zero connection to America even. Seems weird.
The point of hiring him was to get this program turned around and win the conference and get into the playoffs. Recruit the best players, regardless of where they are from, but hopefully get the best kids from the region that are capable of accomplishing those goals.
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13 hours ago, undwbbdeservesbetter said:
I've answered this.. even a blind squirrel finds a nut
I’m not a blind squirrel but I believe I have found the nut.
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On 4/5/2026 at 8:21 PM, YeahhhSiouxSioux said:
I see Kiera Pemberton has hit the portal again after her season at Baylor. Looks like she barely played while there, mostly only in garbage time. Wondering if she will go to a different power 4 school or drop back down to mid-major. I think her skill set translates better to the mid-major level if she wants lots of playing time.
Although I would be surprised if she was interested, I would reach out to her to gauge interest.
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11 hours ago, undwbbdeservesbetter said:I think we went over this, d1 players don't want to play for a lame duck coaching staff, it's a glaring red flag that if the school administration doesn't think the coach deserves a vote of confidence from them by offering a multi-year contract why should they have confidence UND is a good choice to come and play, everyone gets their undies in a bunch about me saying it but it really matters to recruits, imigine you had a daughter with multiple offers, it's highly likely every other offer except UND comes from a coach with a multi-year contract, your lieing to yourself if you think that wouldn't effect your daughters decision, Noone is coming to UND unless their isn't a second option, in the same respect no one is entering the portal and risk losing a full d1 scholarship if they feel they may not be offered somewhere better and or sitting on someones bench if they do find a home when they think they can at least play here, even if it is a toxic environment
Ok pal enough is enough. You seem to be president of the toxic environment club. From your previous posts it seemed you and your daughter were disgruntled and were leaving the program. Now it seems that isn’t the case. Players are staying because they don’t want to give up their scholarship and don’t seem to have other options?
From my experiences I have learned a number of things. At the top of the list is you need to understand that you are part of the problem. I would bet a lot of money that the other players, the coaches and other team’s coaches with potential offers are well aware of a player with a problem parent as baggage. You should be grateful that they think enough of your daughter to keep her at UND on scholarship and help her develop and reach her full potential. If she is unhappy, and doesn’t trust her coaches or teammates, no scholarship is worth sacrificing her happiness.
Athletes at the college level need to deal with coaches and teammates. Parents need to be there for their kids and support them by listening and making sure their athlete is communicating with the coaching staff to develop an improvement plan as an individual and for the team and program. I doubt part of that plan is to have parents bash the coaches, administrators and support staff on a fan forum.
I have been around UND WBB since the beginning. I’m not going to get into the nonsense about chartered flights, and what other schools offer, other than I have been on regular commercial flights with NDSU basketball teams. UND has the resources for our WBB to be successful. There is room for improvement and there are people in the Alumni office and Athletic Administration who are working to make that happen. If our players aren’t in the weight room and working with our training staff to get physically stronger and quicker then that’s on them. The staff and administrators are working to improve practice facilities but before bricks and mortar we need funds. Too many fans are waiting for someone else to step up.
As far as recruiting, I believe we have 3 very good HS players coming in this fall. I’ve watched one on TV and one in person. The Arkansas girl is having a very good year and at 6’2” fills a need. They all chose UND despite other options. I didn’t know Hutter but I sent him an email about a 6’ 3-4” 8th grader. I received a response less than 2h later. (He was already aware and had invited her to their summer camp). I met him briefly when he was at the Sonnenberg girl’s playoff game. He thanked me for the email and was very gracious to other fans. He is our coach so you can choose continue to be part of the problem or part of the solution.
As a former player, coach and parent of athletes at HS level and beyond I would recommend letting your daughter deal with her coach and you stop being the source of embarrassment for her by being her father instead of behaving like a disgruntled fan airing your frustration on a fan forum.
Good luck. Go Hawks.
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7 hours ago, forksandspoons said:Champions Club usually sends out a list via email when they’re all known.
Guessing they’re still getting them lined up as I saw them post asking people to host just the other day.
There’s a small brewery in SLP called Ullsperger Brewing that shows almost all UND hockey and football games
Good brews. Ullsperger played FB at UND.
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8 hours ago, Goon said:
Thank you for your service. I was stationed at UCOM HQ in Stuttgart-Vaihingen. I was there from October 1985-January 1987.
I spent 4 1/2 yrs there (interrupted by 4 mos in the Desert for Desert Storm with 1st AD). Great duty in Germany.
Thanks for your service. I hope you were able to travel Europe while you were stationed there. If we cross paths, drinks on me.-
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On 4/1/2026 at 5:26 PM, Oxbow6 said:
Per the Champions Club, UND got an allotment of 500 tickets for the F4. Arena holds 18K. UND is the host school.
Tickets were allotted based on Champions Club level and level of financial support to UND athletics. The tickets were gone before they got to whomever was at #100!
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5 hours ago, Goon said:
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to see the 1987 team win it all, I was in Germany serving in the US Army and AFN didn't have college hockey on it at the time.
Where were you in Germany? I was at Giebelstadt Army Airfield outside of Wurzburg. I filled in for Dr. Jim Leigh a few times as one of team physicians early that season before leaving for Germany at the end of November 86.
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17 hours ago, iramurphy said:
My sister in law has 2 tix for Thursdays games, Section 204 row R. She’s asking $300 ea.
Sold them
2026/2027 Recruiting
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I believe that person may be done. I don’t believe they wish to answer the questions I posed. This link can hopefully get back on subject.