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46 minutes ago, ChadR said:
David Klee will be returning to Muskegon to captain that squad. Will come to UND 2025.
Nice. Another year to improve and gain experience. Will help him be ready to make an immediate impact in 2025 at UND.
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15 minutes ago, SIOUXELEVENS said:
When do they normally release the roster for next year ?
Like in another 4 months.
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I can't imagine Michigan throwing Werner a ton of NIL money to get him to leave CC.
I'd guess that something else is going on that had him enter the portal.-
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2 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:
Evan Werner (CC) in portal. Three seasons left, 19 pts as freshie.
https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/512365/evan-wernerPretty late to be entering the portal at this point.
Assuming he knows where's he going then.-
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Pinto and Sanderson on the US Men's National team roster:
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Emery, Laurila, and Heil on the U18 World team.
Berry should try to flip Hensler with all the draft picks bolting UW lately.-
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21 minutes ago, tnt said:
It's scary that the Regional is in Fargo. Not a good track record recently of taking advantage of the "Home" regional. Looking at our schedule early, we could definitely be behind the eight ball after the first month and a half of the season. Maybe a good thing the HOF game isn't a destination game.
Yeah that is a tough start to the season. We'll see how we measure up against some quality Eastern teams right away with Prov, BU, and Cornell.
Would immensely help out the PWR if we can get a winning record out of those 5 games.-
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UND hockey 2024-25 schedule
Oct. 5 — AUGUSTANA (exhibition)
Oct. 12 — PROVIDENCE (U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game)
Oct. 18-19 — at Minnesota State
Oct. 25-26 — BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Nov. 1-2 — at Cornell
Nov. 8-9 — at Minnesota Duluth
Nov. 15-16 — DENVER
Nov. 22-23 — ROBERT MORRIS
Nov. 29-30 — at Bemidji State/BEMIDJI STATE
Dec. 6-7 — at Miami
Dec. 13-14 — ST. CLOUD STATE
Jan. 4 — MANITOBA (exhibition)
Jan. 10-11 — at Arizona State
Jan. 17-18 — WESTERN MICHIGAN
Jan. 31-Feb. 1 — at St. Cloud State
Feb. 7-8 — COLORADO COLLEGE
Feb. 14-15 — at Denver
Feb. 21-22 — MINNESOTA DULUTH
Feb. 28-March 1 — at Western Michigan
March 7-8 — OMAHA
March 12 — NCHC play-in game (at site of No. 1 seed)
March 14-16 — NCHC quarterfinals (site of higher seed)
March 21-22 — NCHC Frozen Faceoff (Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, Minn.)
March 27-30 — NCAA regionals (Fargo, Toledo, Allentown, Manchester)
April 10-12 — NCAA Frozen Four (St. Louis)Some good, tough non-conf games in there with Providence, MSUM, BU, Cornell, Robert Morris, BSU (home & home), and then two exhibitions against Augustana & Manitoba.
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Looks like I'll be trying to get some ASU tickets in January.
Haven't been to Mullett arena before, but it's only about 20min from my house.If anyone road trips down, let's grab some drinks!
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League game schedule gets released tomorrow:
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Devine returning is big for DU after they just lost Broz, S Buium, Behrens, and Rizzo early to the pros.
I would guess that Z Buium would return as well since he's still so young, but who knows...maybe whoever drafts him will want him in their program right away. -
23 minutes ago, scpa0305 said:
Whitlaw to Michigan
Good get for them.
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16 minutes ago, .357 said:
How did Benoit look in the regional against MI?
Forgot to answer this question.
I think it was said that he played like 3-4 minutes in the game against MI, so even with Pyke out injured, he wasn't on the ice much at all. -
8 minutes ago, .357 said:
Wasn't to the level of the other transfer portal D players who had 4 or more years of college hockey experience compared to Benoit; so obviously he wasn't going to be to their level ..yet, anyway. I don't think that's a fair comparison to players who have substantially more game experience than him.
How did Benoit look in the regional against MI?
He wasn't to their level yet, for sure. And definitely a big part of that was because they all had substantially more NCAA playing time compared to him.
It's a difficult path either way. If you play Benoit over a portal player, and he keeps making mistakes...does he become the scapegoat on here like so many before him? Remember Moore last year? Or Johnson the year before? I know these young players will make mistakes, it's part of the process...heck, even the experienced guys still made mistakes, especially down the stretch this year. But if a guy keeps repeatedly getting burned, at some point you have to get someone on the ice that isn't making (as many) mistakes. Like what happened with Johnson the second half of his year. For these decisions, ya have to trust the coaches. They know a heck of a lot more than all of us, and see these players every practice and every game to know which players to put on the ice to maximize our chances of winning.4 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:Once the extra Covid years have been exhausted, you won't have as many portal guys to choose from.
For sure. Schloss said that 40% of the 300+ players in the portal this year were 5th year COVID guys.
Portal numbers should go down drastically in upcoming off-seasons. -
18 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:
Is UND a program where player development is barely on the radar anymore?
Blake seemed to do alright in his development the last couple years.
5 minutes ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:Do we risk having a liability on the ice hoping he will develop, or do we cut our losses on the Wade Murphys and Harrison Blaisdells of the world? Roster management is very different than it was a few years ago, clearing room for proven commodities is part of the game.
Agreed. Benoit wasn't to the level of the other players. No knock on him, he could have stuck with it and attempted to improve or go elsewhere. Look at Komzak...he barely played but he's sticking with it (from the current looks of things), and hopefully he develops into a good upperclassmen for us.
People are forgetting how much of a liability Moore was last season...it was pretty brutal at times. And then this year I only watched two QU games (NCAA tourney), and he had a horrible turnover in the defensive zone...passed it directly to a UW player for a goal. So it appears even the great Pecknold didn't magically turned him around.I would rather Berry put the lineup on the ice that has the best chance of success (both in that game and for the season development). I agree that he missed the mark two seasons ago playing Hain and Senden so much. And that might have directly led to Costantini leaving, which I feel was a decent size loss. But I didn't see anything this year in Benoit or Emerson that would warrant keeping them on the ice in place of other older/5th year/portal players.
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Former UND dman Nate Benoit is transferring to QU to join former UND dman Cooper Moore.
We're like a feeder program for QU to take on our dman projects.
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1 hour ago, tnt said:
I still think we could use a high end offensive defenseman like the younger Buium, but I really like that we appear to have defensemen that can play that shutdown game.
I think Livanavage is getting there. He took major steps this season. I bet he’s gonna be fun to watch progress the next couple seasons.
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6 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:
Berry is satisfied with the results of the 2023-2024 season? Or did you mean he was not satisfied?
Yeah I could see him being satisfied with the regular season. Certainly not any of the postseason.
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1 hour ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:
Emerson to Merrimack
Well that’s certainly…a step.
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New NIL rules adopted by the NCAA:
https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2024/04/17_NCAA-Adopts-New-NIL-Rules.php
QuoteUnder new legislation, schools can officially assist players with NIL opportunities, so long as those players disclose to the school NIL activities valuing more than $600.
The decision must be ratified by the Division I Board of Governors next week.
Moving forward, schools can:
- Identify NIL opportunities and facilitate deals between student-athletes and third parties
- Provide a reasonable grace period to student-athletes who do not report NIL information within 30 days -
1 hour ago, burd said:
They have a serious problem though--can't win when it counts, despite all that talent. There must be a goat curse or something in there somewhere. That or they just refuse to play a full 60.
Too busy making predictions that the other team will be crying by the end of the game.
#nomoretears
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4 hours ago, AJS said:
- Boston College: 2 more early signings
- Boston University: Celibrini to sign after he's drafted
Word on the 'net is that both Leonard and Perreault will be returning to BC for their SO years. That's 120 pts right there.
Gauthier signed and no word yet on #4 pick Smith, their leading scorer. Wonder if Smith will sign or keep their big line intact.If Celebrini doesn't sign, a line with him and Eiserman would be insane next season.
Both BC and BU look to be very very good again next year.-
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For as much crap as UMN fans like to poke at UND for hitting the portal for goalies, this has good comedic value.
They picked up Souliere from PSU out of the portal to join Airey as their goalie tandem.
That move pushed out Owen Bartoszkiewicz, who has now entered the portal as well.As a further twist to this....
Souliere is 25 years old already and will turn 26 years old during the 24/25 season.
And he is Canadian.
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Swanson is the leading scorer in the USHL playoffs thus far. Nice.