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Miami ties it at 1.

If Montgomery goes -1 at any point tonight, hopefully we see Komzak taking his shifts from then on.

Yep. Exactly what happened. All three players that were a "maybe" for UNO are starting.

Taking warmups...wonder if someone is a gametime decision?

Yeah he played in 33 of 40 games last year. Still the vast majority at least.

Yeah it'll be interesting to see how some of these WHL players pan out in the NCAA. Most of the NCAA commits so far have been players aging out of WHL, so the the NCAA route is the natural progression for them now that they are allowed to go that route. Still waiting for some of these uber-high-end talents to move from WHL --> NCAA. Might be interesting for schools like Bowling Green that are going really heavy into WHL players...could work out or it might not.

This week's Through These Doors episode has a nice feature on Tim Hennessy's 45-yr career of calling UND games. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMVuPUMELgo

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/get-to-know-und-goaltender-t-j-semptimphelter

BU wins 8-2 over Providence despite being outshot 40-19. Dang. Prov goalie with the atrocious save % and BU's mid-season FR goalie Yegorov with another big win. Yegorov has a 1.89 GAA and a .935 save % in his 11 games. Pretty crazy.

Berry needs to put the press on to get him to swap commitments.

BU crushing Providence 7-1 in the 3rd. BU only has 18 shots but 7 have gone in.

Oh duh. I just looked at the line chart from last game where he was out injured. So...yeah. 9 D already in place unless someone signs or goes portal.

Add Zmolek and Laurila to the group of Livanavage, Wiebe, MacDonald, Strathmann, Jubenvill, and Komzak. The article mentions that they'd probably carry 9 D, so potentially only need one more dman unless anyone departs. Either way, that's a very good d-corps right there to build a team around.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/bennett-zmolek-to-return-to-und-for-2025-26-season Fantastic news for next season already. He still has 2 seasons of eligibility remaining too.

Agreed on Komzak. Forgetting about the senior weekend warm fuzzies...I'd rather see Monty or Kunz sitting, have Komzak as 6th D, keep Croal with Littler...maybe put Monty as extra skater so he can fill in at D or F if needed. It won't happen though on SR weekend. I'd stack that first line and keep the FR line together. Perron-Berg-James Croal-Boisvert-Littler Swanson-Wilkie-OMac Strinden-Schmaltz-Jammer I hate putting Strinden on 4th, as he's been playing really well the last few weeks IMO. Getting Perron back will require some line shuffling, but it'll be good if he can return with the same play from before he got injured.

Nice firsthand scouting! Net front on PP1...he could take Kunz's spot and maybe add a bit more offense.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/jayden-perron-dane-montgomery-expected-to-return-to-lineup-for-und Omaha also has a few questionable players with injuries:

Schloss got his article up on Zakreski's commitment: https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/josh-zakreski-is-first-chl-player-to-commit-to-und-hockey-since-rule-change Spittin' Chiclets video paying dividends again.

Mostly good news on the injury front at least. Perron & Monty can both play. Emery still out though.

Yep! Have we won a game all season on National TV? Maybe the Friday BU game? I don’t remember if that one was on NCHC TV or not.

Updated as of 3/2 Added Zakreski to the list! Klee has 101 PM this season. Zellers is 1st in goals in USHL, 11 goals ahead of 2nd despite playing 7 less games. Zellers also leads the USHL in shots with 189...next closest has 165. Kid likes to shoot...and score. USHL (Forwards) Klee (Muskegon) - '05: 45gp - 16g/18a Pilgrim (Tri-City) - '06: 43gp - 6g/17a Schultz (Chicago) - '06: 44gp - 12g/17a Zellers (Green Bay) - '06: 40gp - 37g/21a O'Neill (NTDP U18) - '07: 47gp - 5g/7a Sanderson (Muskegon) - '07: 35gp - 3g/5a Bumgarner (Fargo) - '08: 47gp - 5g/6a USHL (Defensemen) Laurila (Fargo) - '06: 45gp - 7g/24a Lindberg (NTDP U18) - '07: 42gp - 0g/7a USHL (Goalies) Heil (Madison) - '06: 27gp - .894 / 2.74 (19-6-2) Other Zakreski - WHL - '05: 57gp - 32g/27a Simpson - MN HS - '07: 28gp - 47g/30a Jundt - SF Power 16U - '08: 34gp - 20g/25a McKamey - BCHL - '09: 45gp - 10g/15a

Yes. This. 100% If Senden and Hain were still on this team, they'd be getting 1st line minutes and PP/PK.

Yes for sure. They've put themselves into those situations far too many times this year. Berry mentions that at the end: