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PP make it count

Dang nice shift from the Perron line.

Half of them are back in GF for this series.

Not a great start for Gajan. 2 goals on 3 shots.

I didn't even see the penalty? Nice kill for UND though.

Yeah that was a bit iffy. Beaut of a pass, looked like Berg to Kunz

KUNZ! 2-0

1st SOG for UND

MAC

GOAL!!! 1-0

Geez a breakaway save in the first 30 sec.

Yale didn't have any troubles scoring on the PP against Cornell. They scored 20sec into their first PP attempt.

Dressing every single available skater. Kunz needs a good game to get rolling again after a rough weekend in NY. That 2nd line is skilled...glad they were kept together. TJ needs a redemption game. Hopefully Hobie gets a shot tomorrow too.

Yes for sure. If it's just Zmolek that is out long-term, maybe they just stick with the crew we have now and hope that no other D longterm injuries come along during the rest of the season. We just seem to get into this scenario every year now with dmen. Even if it's not Laurila, I could see them bringing in another D at semester break if these injuries keep piling up.

Barely. That's no good, for sure...especially if he can't even skate at all. Thinking we bring in Laurila at semester break then? Or another body?

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/college-hockey-opens-its-doors-to-canadian-major-junior-players?fbclid=IwY2xjawGaUSFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHQ8S7doSILIcqDbxyONGDE3o5yxWSW3T9FWbH6R7XA0I1g2vPH4yItRYEQ_aem_7uy9NanRrIyGbhsfxiQ4-w

Seems reasonable to me. This is a reoccurring problem, seems easy enough to carry an extra D to help. Next season if no D leave, we’re at 9 anyway.

Article on Monty moving back to D: https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/dane-montgomery-picking-up-tips-on-defense-on-the-fly Maybe reading too much into that, but wonder if that has anything to do with the length of time that other injured Dmen will be out.

https://www.collegehockeynews.com/players/career/Bennett-Zmolek/58028 Looks like he played 28 of 44 games his 1st season at Mankato (not sure how many of those missed games were due to injury though). Then missed his entire Soph season. Last season at UND he played 33 of 40 games. This season he's played one of 7. I love the way the kid plays the game, but it sure leads to him sustaining a ton of injuries.

The team could add another player, but they would have to enroll in school by a certain date in order to be eligible this semester. That's why the new goalie from the club team is eligible, because he was already enrolled at UND. If they added a player before semester break, then that player could start playing during the 2nd half of the season. UND has done that before (Siembida, etc).

Yep, good to hear that Berg is back but sucks for the d-corps having three out still. Monty dressing as a dman again. No timetables on returns for Zmolek, Strathmann, Croal, or Komzak in this article...that's probably not a good sign. https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/cameron-berg-expected-to-return-to-lineup?fbclid=IwY2xjawGYvk1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHZrcXezQr7-aKMPkVid-H4Eeep5xh8r2MkHracHI3HAVWMoXPxKOPoEJ9Q_aem_nT2XArcMa7htbMvsIaF9dw Right?! He got in one game and then has been out the rest of the season. Need him back sooner rather than later...

Guessing we'll hear a bit more today about the injured players...hopefully a few of them are able to make the trip to UMD.

And on cue:

Updated as of 11/3 removed McInnis from the recruit list Bumgarner with his first USHL goal Laurila with a great start...leads the USHL in points for a D and is 9th in scoring among all players Heil off to a good start as well, much improved from last season so far USHL (Forwards) Klee (Muskegon) - '05: 12gp - 5g/3a Pilgrim (Tri-City) - '06: 12gp - 1g/7a Schultz (Chicago) - '06: 11gp - 3g/2a Zellers (Green Bay) - '06: 8gp - 6g/2a O'Neill (NTDP U18) - '07: 14gp - 2g/5a Sanderson (Muskegon) - '07: 6gp - 1g/0a Bumgarner (Fargo) - '08: 13gp - 1g/0a USHL (Defensemen) Laurila (Fargo) - '06: 13gp - 1g/12a Lindberg (NTDP U18) - '07: 13gp - 0g/2a USHL (Goalies) Heil (Madison) - '06: 7gp - .917 / 2.12 (6-0-1) Other Simpson - MN HS - '07: 0gp - 0g/0a McKamey - BCHL - '09: 14gp - 4g/3a