COMMITTED UND Recruits

[tnt]

On 4/29/2026 at 1:12 PM, sioux rube said:

 

Does it again tonight winning 2-1, stopping 39 of 40 shots.  Wish UND could benefit from a long string of postseason strong performances like Denver has.  Love that he is gaining confidence, so hopefully the future holds that kind of postseason success for UND too.  Can’t complain about Spunar’s play though, as UND needed to support him better at the Frozen Four with a better power play.

 

[Big A HG]

34 minutes ago, tnt said:

Does it again tonight winning 2-1, stopping 39 of 40 shots.  Wish UND could benefit from a long string of postseason strong performances like Denver has.  Love that he is gaining confidence, so hopefully the future holds that kind of postseason success for UND too.  Can’t complain about Spunar’s play though, as UND needed to support him better at the Frozen Four with a better power play.

 

 

Our PP stats every year seem okay...never horrible...but always feels like we score all our PPG's when already up by 3 or 4 goals.  Need some timely ones which never seem to happen.

[tnt]

8 minutes ago, Big A HG said:

 

Our PP stats every year seem okay...never horrible...but always feels like we score all our PPG's when already up by 3 or 4 goals.  Need some timely ones which never seem to happen.

Yeah, I can see how every team plays good defense in the postseason, but it isn’t like UND only had a chance or two, and Wisconsin wasn’t exactly a great penalty kill team.  Need to impress upon the team that in playoffs you need to assume you may only get one power play, so you better bear down and have a sense of urgency on every one you manage to get.  

[brianvf]

 

[cberkas]

After getting lit up and being eliminated for the Clark Cup playoffs, Heil was taking out by the net. I had to laugh at the video

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1A8QrPusqv/?mibextid=wwXIfr

 

[SIOUXpucks]

17 hours ago, cberkas said:

After getting lit up and being eliminated for the Clark Cup playoffs, Heil was taking out by the net. I had to laugh at the video

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1A8QrPusqv/?mibextid=wwXIfr

 

Half reminds me of Gopher Tyler Hirsch at the Final Five who lined up the net from center ice after the game and barreled into it at full speed.  

 

[Sioux90]

3 hours ago, SIOUXpucks said:

Half reminds me of Gopher Tyler Hirsch at the Final Five who lined up the net from center ice after the game and barreled into it at full speed.  

 

What was the story behind that?

[tnt]

9 minutes ago, Sioux90 said:

What was the story behind that?

The guy had some issues that he needed to deal with.  I think he took some time off after that to deal with his issues.

[burd]

11 hours ago, tnt said:

The guy had some issues that he needed to deal with.  I think he took some time off after that to deal with his issues.

It was a little funny and a lot scary sad.  

[dustnyou]

Coach told him to crash the net and leave it all on the ice. 

[SIOUXpucks]

4 hours ago, burd said:

It was a little funny and a lot scary sad.  

That sums it up quite well.  As a UND fan in attendance it was hilarious in the moment and fun to laugh about after the game at McGovern's, Reids, Alary's () or wherever we went, but then to hear the backstory and realize it was mental health related indeed made it sad.  It was a moment to remember but hopefully things came around for him.  Checking hockeydb I see that he did have a brief career after college so that at least wasn't his last on-ice memory.

[scpa0305]

18 hours ago, tnt said:

The guy had some issues that he needed to deal with.  I think he took some time off after that to deal with his issues.

He actually was diagnosed bipolar later in life. Actually kind of a sad story. I guess he’s got that all figured out now which is great.