Maybe there is hope?
Counting the exhibition games
UND is 8-3-1 against teams that roll their lines and try and out talent their opponent and play wide open up and down hockey
and UND is 1-7 against teams that like to counterpunch and clutch and grab and wait for mistakes to cash in(which is why our mistakes are magnified so greatly).
Just speculation on my part, but throw me a bone here!!!
If this holds true, the Sioux could have some success against teams like Minnesota, SCSU(a recent convert to this type of game), Mankato, CC, and UMD and will probably struggle against UAA, Bucky, Tech, and may struggle out East?