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1 hour ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:
Realistically we weren't beating Duluth the next game in 2017. But by the end of the the 5OT I wanted the game to be over.
We have some demons to exorcise in Fargo next March. Crazy how that's the case, it should be a free pass to the Frozen Four.
Just curious, what makes you think Duluth had the next game? They took two overtimes to squeak out a win against a BU team that was recovering from the previous 2OT and often looked overmatched by UND - plus a pretty raucous home advantage in play. That was right after UND beat Denver and lost by one to Duluth in the frozen face off. I know they had a rough regular season against Duluth, but we all know how that goes when it gets to the playoffs.
Then Duluth moved on with a one goal game over Harvard and a one goal loss to Denver for everything. If anything, that year seemed wide open to me, for anyone who could advance even if it was a low talent year for UND. Made it sting even worse, the way it all shook out and watching Duluth in Denver and the championship.
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This all seems pretty typical to me. Get a rules committee together, spend loads of money, and they come out with new solutions to problems that don’t exist.
I’d personally love to see non-impacting offsides and high sticking challenges largely taken out of the game somehow. Takes away far too much excitement from the game when you can’t celebrate a goal, because you have to wait to see if a puck came into the zone a millimeter off sides. Unless the linesman didn’t have a clear look at it, just let the play go. The concept that an inch or two of difference that needs to be brought down to slow motion replay to decide, inherently means there wasn’t enough of an advantage that you should be counting or discounting goals. Especially drives me crazy when the offensive team doesn’t even score on the rush, but 30 seconds later after a long cycle. Several actual (non-major) penalties could be missed in that same amount of time that directly lead to the goal, but that can’t be reviewed.
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36 minutes ago, scpa0305 said:
DuPont Mich or maybe MN like other noted, that makes sense. No idea on Rudolph but again, probably Big10. They’ll get some $
Would make sense. Wherever it is, I enjoyed the subtle call out from Bryn that out of the four WHL D chippers, they honed in on Carels as the one they wanted most. Got their guy.
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10 hours ago, Sioux90 said:Having standards, is a wild concept.
Right? The concept is right up there with not being an @$$ for no reason…then doubling down on it when people react.
Taylor was always incredibly prepared and professional, no background in hockey AFAIK but she obviously challenged herself to learn and got better and better over time. She ran her segments efficiently, even when her guests were generally all over the place. What, are you expecting Dave Starman to show up every home weekend, doing live intermission updates for peanuts? Taylor IS the bar here, let’s hope they find someone who can grow to do it as well as she did.
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9 minutes ago, Und Princess said:
Good Morning! I hope you're having a fantastic Friday so far! I did a Feature on EJ Emery yesterday! Feel free to share it with your friends and family! Check it out:
https://ftstspotlight.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-gridiron-ice-thursday-sports.html?m=1
Go UND!
Und Princess
Love your positivity, Shayla! Wish more of us on the board (myself included) consistently brought good energy like you do. Thanks for your contributions around here.
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1 hour ago, brianvf said:
Reid is heading to MSU.
But I would take Carels and then one of DuPont/Rudolph in a heartbeat.
Oops, that’s right. Meant Rudolph, but got them twisted with the talk of Reid possibly sneaking into top 5. Guess we’ll just have to settle for Rudolph and DuPont then, after Carels commits.
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53 minutes ago, brianvf said:
Great news. Not totally unexpected, but always nice to confirm.
Now we just need a couple more D commits, and we're set.
I'm hoping for one after the WHL playoffs (or Memorial Cup, depending on who advances) and then another after the NHL draft.Just being greedy here, but I think there’s a reason to be optimistic. Who had Keaton as potentially the second highest drafted defenseman on our team from this draft class? Carels or Reid would be great.
But really, it’s not like I’m suggesting all three of them or anything crazy. Right, Bryn??
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19 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:
The Hutsons (Quinn, Cole, Lane) each played at least 2 at BU. Forget which play D.
All good comps, but all indications are Carels is at a similar level of development heading into next year as Verhoeff (based on scouts and international performance), and I don’t think anyone here’s expecting two more years from Keaton(?). Honestly, I’m not even as sure as most seem to be that we should confidently expect one more year…
Takeaway for me is this fan base is believing (and expecting) big things out of this team and talent again, after a year of Jax. And that’s a great feeling.
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3 hours ago, krustyklown said:
Why is this guy not a regular in the AHL?
My thought exactly…how can you be the best in the ECHL this long and not uplevel? Unless he likes being the best and where he is?
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6 hours ago, brianvf said:Really hope Chyz snags at least one of the remaining Big 3 dmen. If not, it'll seem like a slightly "disappointing" offseason without landing a single big whale from the CHL. As I mentioned in another thread, I like all the additions so far. But after the wave of excitement when Cole and Keaton committed last year at this time, it would be a little crazy to not ride that momentum and land some more CHL studs.
Agreed…This would probably feel different for me if so many “in-the-know” folks weren’t confidently sharing the equivalent of a silent commit all the way back to Brad when Keaton and Cole first committed. Now time’s ticking and suddenly everybody is tempering expectations instead and Jax is filling the roster with solid transfers. I’m sure the team will be fine either way, but hard not to feel some letdown if Chyz doesn’t make at least one splash.
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12 minutes ago, Sioux90 said:
Verheoff came to UND to get better. He’s not interested in blowing up the stat sheet in weaker hockey. Draft position is irrelevant l, when you’re projected top 5
Tough to be sure about this. Verhoeff had several interviews where he was talking about how driven he was to become the number one overall pick. Making statements like it’s irrelevant is too simple, they all care about where they get picked to various extents and the teams definitely distinguish and have different expectations between a number one and number five overall. I’m not saying I agree with it, but if Gavin had fallen out of the top five, there’d be a lot of kids and advisors thinking twice about exposing weaknesses in the NCAA in their draft year.
Net-net, the projected number one is still expected to go first and Keaton was generally expected to go in the top five, and still is. So it would seem to be a generally positive outcome for the NCAA as it didn’t significantly alter their path - while I think it is broadly recognized that both players will be more ready for the next level than they would be if they stayed in the CHL.
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I’m trusting in Chyzyk to make a splash with the remaining roster spots. Will definitely be disappointed if they don’t fill the need for some elite/game changers this team needs to be a true contender, and replace some high-end senior & pro departures.
This is Chyzyk’s only job all year, and takes away an on-ice coaching and skill development spot (dedicated goalie coach, etc). So far, the roster management feels solid but achievable without him being on-the-road all year - how he finishes here feels like it’s where he earns his keep. Can he beat out other schools with bigger budgets for the best of the best CHLers?
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8 minutes ago, brianvf said:
No.
The WHL champs won't be over until mid-May. Everything goes so much longer since they are all best of 7 series instead of single-elim.Definitely makes the game of recruit-dominoes interesting when you have the CHL on a completely different timeline - at least, as long as the kids don’t/feel comfortable announcing until their CHL season and career is over.
Just waiting on the CHL commissioner to announce they’re extending their season into July as the next attempt to slow down CHL -> NCAA pathway. 🤣
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2 hours ago, nascar99 said:
Rickwood signs in the A with the Texas Stars
Have to say, I’m here for Tyler Young jumping into breaking this news and scooping Schloss. Good stuff, can’t help but like this dude.
Too bad we only had him for one year - while I don’t love the new transfer era, strikes me the staff’s continued to bring in some good character guys through it, at least.
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17 hours ago, .357 said:Maybe you could have asked them if Bryn was privy to why UND pulled a disappearing act in the first period. Baffles me to no end how these players have all this love for UND & such great chemistry with each other, then proceed to go out & play with no urgency & passion in the most important game of their careers. Nerves, bad preparation, underestimating Wisconsin..it had to be something. Interesting that Carle has never had these team-wide implosions when they get to the playoffs, but it's common for UND, regardless of the coach.
As always, this aged well. Standing by this take still?
Good thing Carle had his team ready to go and would never let his team look flat, unlike Jax and the UND players who just didn’t even bother, right?
No way Wisco was just a legitimate contender that was good enough to beat Mich St, UND, and put a historical domination on DU for 2 1/2 periods. 🤫
Of course the players and staff are disappointed, but this “they don’t care/didn’t try” take is trash.
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11 minutes ago, nascar99 said:
The only doubt would be them coming out in the 1st period a bit complacent/flat like North Dakota did
Who knows. They completely knocked UND off their game (#2 in the country and steamrolling through the regional..even if we’re frustrated they didn’t have their best game) and forechecked and took away space better than I saw DU or UM in the following game. They beat Mich. St. and had success regular season against the best in their conference. Hastings almost got it done a couple times with the resources/talent at MANKATO. Sure they’ve been inconsistent, but I’m not considering this a gimme, even if it seems like Carle always just finds a way.
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2 hours ago, cowboys5xsbs said:
It's not out the the realm of realism for other schools? Why the heck can we not have that standard?
Every coach out there is trying to figure out how Carle does it. Yes, he puts his team in positions to win. But anyone paying attention knows that Denver got badly outplayed both overtimes and almost lost in regulation. Yet most of us expected they would somehow find a way to win (Carle gonna Carle) - and they did. Their players weren’t better prepared, more poised, more confident, more talented, more conditioned, or out chancing Michigan. They didn’t get better goaltending, and systems and coaching didn’t win them that game. They should have lost. It’s frustrating, but short of a deal with the devil it’s hard to define what he’s doing that others aren’t.
Acknowledging that isn’t being a defeatist, or making excuses for UND. Hopefully Jax figures out some new secret sauce that nobody else can match for a time, but for now it is what it is, and those of us being realistic about this being a highly successful year are not just losers accepting it. UND had a bad period and didn’t have it for the night, but were still just a bounce away from winning that game. Denver had at least three bad periods where they looked totally outclassed, and somehow still managed to win against a better team.
Onward and forward, excited for next year!
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Definitely took some stones for Chavez to make the change. I was ready for it, but still surprised when he made the call. Seems even more obvious in hindsight than I thought at the time that it was needed - but if Jax struggles this year, Bill’s taking some serious heat. He made a gutsy call - good on him (and us) that it’s paying off.
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2 minutes ago, Blackheart said:
He's not really going to stay is he?
Yeah, I’m sure he’s gone. But for me, the growing biz/accounting angle of roster management is going to be interesting to see when things settle, with some of these top guys already pulling in big NIL money their first year and expected to be 1-and-done - how will the blue blood teams prioritize big offers to keep them a second year when they can, while still trying to land the next crop of big stars and keeping things somewhat equitable for the rest of the players? Even a Reschny and Verhoeff return for sophomore seasons no doubt warrants a nice chunk of change. I really hope it doesn’t all trickle down to create bad student athlete commitment experiences, while they’re stuck waiting for the dominoes to fall from the big fish.
It will be interesting to see how it evolves - while we get to armchair quarterback Bryn/Jax’s roster choices in the future. As well as what’s transparent (NIL announcements for retaining players, etc.) vs. left to speculation.
I’m glad that Jax seems to have a team full of players who are fully bought in. Hopefully that culture helps protect against a mercenary team full of players just looking for the biggest payout.
Buckle up?
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45 minutes ago, nascar99 said:
Yes, if the NHL team that drafts him doesn't think he's ready for the league yet. But I would only put that at 20%, I think there's an 80% chance he's in the NHL
Also have to wonder if Penn St. will cough up another big bag of cash for his sophomore year…I’m sure he won’t stick around for free, and the ROI on a big NIL payout is way down after he’s already had the spotlight on PSU all year.
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2 hours ago, Sioux90 said:
Losing great players will do that.
Exactly - just refer to all the “so and so never should have left / they’ll regret it if they leave!” posts around here instead of celebrating their advancement.
It’s a tough pill to swallow or see things objectively when it’s your team. Great news is with Bryn and the CHL, we’re one of the teams that will benefit from constant reloading - so hopefully less sour grapes from the fans every time a player here earns a chance to go pro and makes that decision for themselves. Plus it’s likely freeing up cash to land the next man up.
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7 hours ago, Goon said:
You're going to love this response from Woden.
I’m offended he thinks only 1% of Sioux fans would be classified as crazy. He really is showing his pro-UND bias.
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14 minutes ago, TwamleyShuffle said:
Not to get ahead of ourselves, but who do we want to see in the F4 on the other side of the bracket? Part of me would rather see Michigan instead of Duluth based one the last matchup we had with the dogs and I’d rather see Western given DU is a wagon rn. All four teams could give whoever wins the Wisconsin/UND a run for their money, but I just think this is slightly the easier route. It’s still a tough route, just slightly easier in comparison.
Tend to agree, would take Western out of the remaining teams. But also something to be said that whichever of the four makes it, is the best team…even if we match up better with some.
I’m not putting a ton of stock in the last loss to Duluth, though - whether I’m coping or half the team was recovering from the flu or it was just a one off, I don’t hate our odds against them in a rematch after seeing the good guys bounce back in a big way this week.
Also, man was it nice seeing KV have a good game with plenty of ice time. Now let’s get Ollie back and win two more!
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29 minutes ago, cberkas said:
I didn't realize this was a Hobey hype video lol
Maybe we should collectively send some updates to the marketing team, they can fill in the important gaps they missed with the aggravated assault charges, being on the ice for every goal against tonight, and that he picked Penn St for the obscene bag of cash, not to be a hero for the “little guys” who are doing their best to position themselves as underdogs. Hopefully even the east coast circle jerk voters can see beyond the hype machine.
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I’m fine with the latter, even if I wish they had unlimited resources. I trust Bryn and staff to judge character independently from going-price if it comes to that. But nothing wrong with a player knowing their value either.
That said, if Denver really is in the mix, I don’t see the race for DuPont being a pure bidding war. Hopefully rumors that these players are going to the highest bidder doesn’t become the new “we didn’t want him anyway”, because winning and player development alongside relationships and trust with family, advisor and drafting team will still outweigh NIL in most cases.