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B Schultz traded from Waterloo to Sioux Falls. Hopefully that will jump start his offense a bit?

MacKenzie is just crushing it. Hope he keeps it up!

Zakreski had surgery yesterday on his injury, expected to be out "a couple months". Hopefully back for the January series. https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/und-forward-josh-zakreski-undergoes-surgery-following-injury

#5 Quinnipiac tied 2-win Alaska tonight despite outshooting them 41-16. Also hadn't noticed this before, but it looks like the CHN box scores now show shot charts at the bottom: https://www.collegehockeynews.com/box/final/20251104/akf/qui/

Yes for sure. Looking at this, it's hard to argue about not starting Spunar at this point until he gives the staff a reason to start Homer: Jan Špunar, Fr 2 2 0 0 1 120 0.50 1 36 .973 3.3 Gibson Homer, Sr 6 3 3 0 18 356 3.03 0 120 .870 1.7

If the UND team from the Fri Night UMN or Sat Night UMD games shows up, I like our chances. Can they do that for two games though? That remains to be seen.

MavPuck on X was going off about why they aren't ranked this week. Ha, who cares about USCHO polls in Oct/Nov.

I had to go back and look as I was curious too. 2016/17 was the last time UND swept BSU outright, and even those were both 1 goal games. Last year loss/tie, year before win/ot win, year before tie/win, year before win/ot loss, win/ot win, loss/tie, win/tie. Didn't realize it had been that long. Hate playing BSU.

I don't mind where we're ranked during the season...but if we start the next season #1, that's usually a good sign.

Updated Commit Stats as of Nov 2: Pilgrim continues to pick up points each game after starting a bit slow. Really slow start for BSchultz, especially for a kid potentially coming to UND next season. MacKenzie crushing it...0-8-8 line in his last 5 games. Really liking this pickup for UND. Heil's numbers creeping up a bit (not in a good way) after a really solid start for him. Forwards B. Schultz (USHL Waterloo) - '05: 12gp - 1g/3a Pilgrim (USHL Tri-City) - '06: 16gp - 5g/8a A. Schultz (USHL Chicago) - '06: 8gp - 2g/3a O'Neill (WHL Edmonton) - '07: 18gp - 7g/5a Sanderson (USHL Muskegon) - '07: 13gp - 5g/5a Simpson (USHL Youngstown) - '07: 15gp - 6g/12a Jundt (WHL Calgary) - '08: 12gp - 1g/1a Williams (WHL Saskatoon) - '08: 16gp - 5g/8a DeMars (WHL Penticton) - '09: 14gp - 0g/2a Grubb (SSM 18U Prep) - '09: 11gp - 3g/6a McKamey (WHL Victoria) - '09: 3gp - 0g/0a Defensemen MacKenzie (WHL Edmonton) - '06: 18gp - 4g/13a Lindberg (USHL Fargo) - '07: 12gp - 2g/4a Penner (USHL Fargo) - '08: 5gp - 0g/0a Goalies Heil (USHL Madison) - '06: 10gp - 3.03 / .877 (6-4-0)

Love this overhead angle on Zellers PPG.

Sounds like Ollie's line was matched up against them as much as possible. https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/und-freshman-ollie-josephson-scores-first-goal-stands-out-in-ot-loss-to-bulldogs

UND hits the road to Nebraska after taking 4 of 6 from Duluth. UNO just completed a weekend sweep of CC in the Springs despite getting heavily outshot in the series. They even started their backup goalie, Cowan, in the Sat game. Four of their top five scorers are their USports/CHL guys, led by Pellerin. So far this season, they've split with Mankato (home), split with UMass (home), and swept CC (away). From what I watched of their CC series, they didn't seem flashy or super skilled...but they took advantage of their chances, were hard skating, and managed to score a few odd bounce goals. PP: UND 23.5% / UNO 27.3% PK: UND 81.3% / UNO 72.0%

Same with SCSU and UMD. Beat them 5x5 and hope to contain them during their PP chances.

I have a feeling that there are gonna be a lot of splits this year in the NCHC. Not sure if any team looks noticeably "weaker" than the others. That single point that we got last night forcing OT might loom large as the season progresses.

Just not next weekend hopefully.

I imagine Detroit will try to sign Max this offseason, but the allure of playing with both of his bros will keep him at UMD. That line would be crazy good. But UMD will remain a one line team once again. Shut down the Plante's, win the game.

Maybe a couple blind passes into the slot for each of them. To be fair, Perron has had a nice start for Michigan with 10pts in 10 games. Of course, Michigan has only played one team all season with a record better than .500, so we'll see.

Backup goalie in for UNO? Or just rotating?

BU gets swept by Maine, now at 3-5-1 on the season. <cue Seinfeld voice> That's a shame. Boisvert with no points and 2-9 in the dot. OMac slightly better with no points but 4-5 in the dot. Shucks.