A few notes from the media day from the men's side:
"The Ralph Engelstad Arena Hockey Academy crew with UND ties (Brad Berry and Erik Fabian) was there, making probably their first appearance at media day in three years. Hakstol took a crack at Fabian for elbowin his way to front of the lunch buffet line. Hakstol said most years there's some varied voting for captains. Not this year, he said, calling the voting of Chay Genoway, Chris VandeVelde and Darcy Zajac "absolute." The big questions for Hakstol is how is UND going to replace it's scoring, role players and leadership from the last senior class. One thing he said he does know, is the the coaching staff feels strongly about the centers. "That's a good place to start. The rest of the puzzle will have to come together." Hakstol noted that Ben Blood has continued to improve since he first stepped on campus 12 months ago. Brad Eidsness comes into the goalie spot at No. 1, but will need to work hard every game and practice to keep it. Despite the tasty chicken sandwiches and soup, Genoway and VandeVelde opted to share a sandwich. Best quote from Hakstol: "If we can build chemisty, we have the ability. We just need to put things together to build a single minded machine. "