2012-2013 Season

[Walsh Hall]

okay so Hajdu wasn't there...was Derek Koenen?

in terms of priority of the games this past week most und fans would have them as

1. und womens hockey game against um

2. und mens bball games against suu/wsu

3. und mens hockey games against mtu

in terms of the und athletics department they would have them as

1. und mens hockey game 1 on friday

2. und mens hockey game 2 on saturday

2. und ments hockey game 3 on sunday

4. everything else

if hajdu is the assitant ad he should have been in minny for the womens game from most people i spoke to about this weekend of und sports?

I'm guessing that your priority is as listed. For better or for worse UND Hockey is FAR more popular than Bball or women's hockey.

[SiouxScore]

okay so Hajdu wasn't there...was Derek Koenen?

in terms of priority of the games this past week most und fans would have them as

1. und womens hockey game against um

2. und mens bball games against suu/wsu

3. und mens hockey games against mtu

in terms of the und athletics department they would have them as

1. und mens hockey game 1 on friday

2. und mens hockey game 2 on saturday

2. und ments hockey game 3 on sunday

4. everything else

if hajdu is the assitant ad he should have been in minny for the womens game from most people i spoke to about this weekend of und sports?

I really don't think thats right but I'll be honest for me my priority was:

1. UND mens hockey game 1, 2, and 3

2. UND womens hockey

3. Everything else

[SIOUXFAN97]

I'm guessing that your priority is as listed. For better or for worse UND Hockey is FAR more popular than Bball or women's hockey.

for better or worse i undertand that und mens hockey is FAR more popular (and revenue generator) than any other sport on campus but any NCAA national tournament game whether its swimming and diving or tennis those games should get more attention/coverage from the athletic department....

[mizzou/sioux]

You know this how? It's not like the shots were 50-25 in favor of UND and the Gophers won simply because they have a better goalie. The Gophers are better than UND at every position. I can't believe I'm even posting on womens hockey.

Perhaps on paper the Gophers are better than UND at every position. All I can say as a Sioux fan is that both goalies played extremely well under pressurized conditions; so, for that matter, did players on both rosters. As it is, the game was a minute and change from being two complete hockey games. What an outstanding performance by both teams; give credit where credit is due. I hope the Gophers go on to win it all. I am a UND graduate but live in Minnesota. Still, the loss stings, much in the same manner the 1979 men's loss to Minnesota in the national championship game still stings. Nevertheless, two of the best college hockey games (men's and/or women's) ever played in my book. I will forever think of them as companion games, and for the moment consider them separately as the best men's game as well as the best women's game ever played. Just my two cents worth. These were two games truly for the ages.

[207Sioux]

if hajdu is the assitant ad he should have been in minny for the womens game from most people i spoke to about this weekend of und sports?

Why? To replicate the excellent tweeting that was already being done? Even when I wasn't watching the game on the web, I still knew exactly what was happening; I was also able to see the post game press conference. What do you feel was lacking?

[SIOUXFAN97]

Why? To replicate the excellent tweeting that was already being done? Even when I wasn't watching the game on the web, I still knew exactly what was happening; I was also able to see the post game press conference. What do you feel was lacking?

what was lacking??? respect i guess

[sioux7]

You know this how? It's not like the shots were 50-25 in favor of UND and the Gophers won simply because they have a better goalie. The Gophers are better than UND at every position. I can't believe I'm even posting on womens hockey.

Sorry the Twins are the best players on the planet....period. Bozek is nice player as is Kessel and so are some of the other women players on the other college womens hockey powers. That being said Minnesota is not better at every positon than UND but the deciding factor is DEPTH. That is where Minnesota won the game.

[scpa0305]

Sorry the Twins are the best players on the planet....period. Bozek is nice player as is Kessel and so are some of the other women players on the other college womens hockey powers. That being said Minnesota is not better at every positon than UND but the deciding factor is DEPTH. That is where Minnesota won the game.

Kessel is very good....just as good as the Twins. But you are correct, MN was way deeper than UND. But not better at every position. That Mariucci guy is an absolute nut, still confused why he hangs out on this site so much (@getalife).

[talksalot83]

Derek Koenen was at Ridder for the game as he is the women's hockey SID. Outside of posting tweets he has a lot of other duties that need to be done, especially when they're on the road. When the women's team is at home he has more assistance and interns to help tweet and contribute to the live chat when he's away from his computer (intermissions, etc...). In an overtime game, especially one like this, he is likely on the edge of his seat waiting for the moment he will have to run to ice level.

I'm not excusing what some might think is poor coverage, I just don't necessarily agree. Follow @UND_WIH on Twitter. Idalski always has someone tweeting some play-by-play action.

I will be the first person to admit that I was incredibly peeved when The Ralph took the game off with 50 seconds left and UND going on the PK. I sat in the stands of the men's game refreshing my Twitter feed like crazy waiting for something form either UNDWhockey or UND_WIH to the point that my battery was dead by the end of the night -- and I had a backup battery source. There are ways to get the information.

I wish, like most other people here, that UND had won the game. Even though they played extremely well and statistics can tell the story, the game goes down as a loss and that's unfortunate.

I look forward to seeing what happens next year, bumps in the ride and all. I also look forward to knowing that Raty is graduating.

[Blackheart]

... I can't believe I'm even posting on womens hockey.

I'm not surprised. You seem to have an opinion on everything...gpl

[siouxforeverbaby]

okay so Hajdu wasn't there...was Derek Koenen?

in terms of priority of the games this past week most und fans would have them as

1. und womens hockey game against um

2. und mens bball games against suu/wsu

3. und mens hockey games against mtu

in terms of the und athletics department they would have them as

1. und mens hockey game 1 on friday

2. und mens hockey game 2 on saturday

2. und ments hockey game 3 on sunday

4. everything else

if hajdu is the assitant ad he should have been in minny for the womens game from most people i spoke to about this weekend of und sports?

Someone already posted about Koenen being there, so I won't continue with that. Jayson was most likely not there, because part of his job is to be at the men's hockey games. He is the one that the media talks to about which players they want to talk to in the press conference. Also, Derek's job is to cover women's sports. If someone is an assistant director at a company, are they at everyone's desk 24/7 to make sure that they are doing their job? That is why you have staff members to cover everything else.

I don't think you seem to realize that the UNDWHockey twitter thread is from the UND Women's hockey team (part of the Athletic Department). I am not sure what the lack of coverage was? The Herald couldn't make it, yet they still had information on it. A part of the athletic department (the hockey team) was tweeting at a good pace throughout the game and all three OTs. Looking at Derek's twitter...he is probably not a person who likes using that venue of letting people know. The article on undsports.com was updated as soon as possible on Saturday night.

[Wilbur]

You know this how? It's not like the shots were 50-25 in favor of UND and the Gophers won simply because they have a better goalie. The Gophers are better than UND at every position. I can't believe I'm even posting on womens hockey.

UND got great goaltending too, but Nora Raty is just sensational. Minnesota isn't undefeated this year without her. She's just tremendous Look at the chances UND had to end the game in some situations and Raty didn't kick out any rebounds, and gave UND no second chance hope whatsoever.

I'm not trying to argue with you. Why you feel the need to come in here and try and be a pompous @ss all the time befuddles me. I don't hate Minnesota fans, I'll have conversation with you. But every thread you come into you stick out like a pompous idiot. Which I hope you're trying to be, because if you're not then you are doing a disservice to the Minnesota fan base.

[SIOUXFAN97]

Someone already posted about Koenen being there, so I won't continue with that. Jayson was most likely not there, because part of his job is to be at the men's hockey games. He is the one that the media talks to about which players they want to talk to in the press conference. Also, Derek's job is to cover women's sports. If someone is an assistant director at a company, are they at everyone's desk 24/7 to make sure that they are doing their job? That is why you have staff members to cover everything else.

I don't think you seem to realize that the UNDWHockey twitter thread is from the UND Women's hockey team (part of the Athletic Department). I am not sure what the lack of coverage was? The Herald couldn't make it, yet they still had information on it. A part of the athletic department (the hockey team) was tweeting at a good pace throughout the game and all three OTs. Looking at Derek's twitter...he is probably not a person who likes using that venue of letting people know. The article on undsports.com was updated as soon as possible on Saturday night.

i'm sure hajdu is a busy guy...he was busy posing with the mens hockey team for their team photo and didn't have the time to make it over to hyslop for the womens cross country team photo???

[FSSD]

UND's powerplay is good enough or at least is supposed to be good enough to get the job done. The same goes for penalty killing. They didn't get the job done. Rationalizations about which circumstance is "exponetially more difficult" than the other or "is nothing compared to"? If it's what you have to do then so be it.

UND's powerplay was 1/2. UM powerplay was 2/7. I am not sure what you are arguing. Is your point, if UND can not score on a 5 min major that they should get the opportunity again even if UM commits a penalty.

[82SiouxGuy]

i'm sure hajdu is a busy guy...he was busy posing with the mens hockey team for their team photo and didn't have the time to make it over to hyslop for the womens cross country team photo???

I'm not sure what your problem is with Media Relations. They all have specific roles, and they do them well. Jayson was doing his job, working the Men's Hockey game. It isn't his fault that you didn't realize that someone else was taking care of things for the Women's Hockey game.

[Jayson Hajdu]

i'm sure hajdu is a busy guy...he was busy posing with the mens hockey team for their team photo and didn't have the time to make it over to hyslop for the womens cross country team photo???

If you, or any fan for that matter, has any concerns or issues related to athletics media relations, you are more than welcome to address me directly either on this board or via email at jayson.hajdu@athletics.und.edu. I'm not hard to find.

[The Sicatoka]

If you, or any fan for that matter, has any concerns or issues related to athletics media relations, you are more than welcome to address me directly either on this board or via email at jayson.hajdu@athletics.und.edu. I'm not hard to find.

... unless you're jonesing for a Diet Coke in a building where all the machines are out of Diet Coke.

[Jayson Hajdu]

... unless you're jonesing for a Diet Coke in a building where all the machines are out of Diet Coke.

Seriously, that was the maybe worst day possible (in my world) for that to happen. Ended up curled up in the fetal position under my desk until some co-workers came to the rescue.

[The Sicatoka]

Seriously, that was the maybe worst day possible (in my world) for that to happen. Ended up curled up in the fetal position under my desk until some co-workers came to the rescue.

I've heard of delirium tremens from coke withdrawal, but never from Diet coke withdrawal.  

[The Sicatoka]

Final Massey Ratings for the season are out.

http://masseyratings.com/rate.php?lg=chw&sub=NCAA I

1 Minnesota

2 North Dakota

3 BU

4 Wisconsin

5 BC

The 3 OT game should've been a NC game and not a quarterfinal.

[SIOUXFAN97]

If you, or any fan for that matter, has any concerns or issues related to athletics media relations, you are more than welcome to address me directly either on this board or via email at jayson.hajdu@athletics.und.edu. I'm not hard to find.

Don't get me wrong, the coverage of und sports since the move to D1 has been like night day...my only problem (and others too) is that one sport seems to be getting the lions share of coverage and all the others seem to be ignored for the most part. For a NCAA tournament game played about five hours away I would have thought there would been a little more coverage of the biggest game in the history of womens hockey?? In my opinion (and others too) Pres. Kelley, AD Faison, and you the UND SID/ Asso. AD should have been at that game to show the women that the Ath. Dept and the University as a whole has your back. So lets compare that game to this coming game in Michigan tomorrow....were Kelley, Faison, (we know you weren't there) at the Gophers game a couple of weeks ago and then are they planning on being at the mens game tomorrow? If the final score of attendance for the womens game is 0-3 and the attendance for the men is 2-3 or 3-3 you might have to admit that percpetion is reality?

[Five-HoleFrenzy]

Final Massey Ratings for the season are out.

http://masseyratings...lg=chw&sub=NCAA I

1 Minnesota

2 North Dakota

3 BU

4 Wisconsin

5 BC

The 3 OT game should've been a NC game and not a quarterfinal.

Agreed. At the least, UND should have had the matchup out east with Cornell and Mercyhurst should have been Minnesota's quarterfinel opponent.

[Jayson Hajdu]

Don't get me wrong, the coverage of und sports since the move to D1 has been like night day...my only problem (and others too) is that one sport seems to be getting the lions share of coverage and all the others seem to be ignored for the most part. For a NCAA tournament game played about five hours away I would have thought there would been a little more coverage of the biggest game in the history of womens hockey?? In my opinion (and others too) Pres. Kelley, AD Faison, and you the UND SID/ Asso. AD should have been at that game to show the women that the Ath. Dept and the University as a whole has your back. So lets compare that game to this coming game in Michigan tomorrow....were Kelley, Faison, (we know you weren't there) at the Gophers game a couple of weeks ago and then are they planning on being at the mens game tomorrow? If the final score of attendance for the womens game is 0-3 and the attendance for the men is 2-3 or 3-3 you might have to admit that percpetion is reality?

Let me begin by saying I admire and appreciate your passion for our women's hockey program. I cannot argue your opinion that the program does not receive adequate coverage because, well, it's your opinion. I can, however, address a number of inaccuracies that may be driving your opinion.

Regarding media relations coverage, we sent the exact same* coverage team to the women's hockey regionals as we did to the men's hockey regionals: the SID assigned to that sport, as well as new media director Matt Schill. They provided pre-game, in-game and post-game coverage as we would for a men's game. Additionally, we provided live radio coverage of both the women's regional and conference tournaments, the only visiting team to do so at either tournament.

*We did have an intern at the men's regionals to assist us, but he paid his own way, on his own accord, to Grand Rapids.

Now, regarding administrative support. Athletics director Brian Faison attended both women's tournaments. Faculty athletics representative Sue Jeno attended both women's tournaments. President Kelley attended the WCHA tournament, but was not able to attend the regional tournament because he needed to be in Bismarck in order to attend the legislative hearings. I'm sure you can appreciate that the president of a University has considerable obligations besides athletics.

As for me, I also had other obligations that prevented me from attending either women's tournament. I am the primary media relations contact for our men's hockey program. As such, my job was to staff the men's hockey games during both of those weekends, including a conference playoff series. We can't all be everywhere, so we must assign various responsibilities to other members of our department. Media relations duties for women's hockey are in the very capable hands of assistant media relations director Derek Koenen, and have been for five years now.

You seem to be rather preoccupied with me in particular, and with my support (or lack thereof) of the women's hockey program, which is curious considering we've never met (I can only assume we've never met, because you've never attempted to voice your concerns under your real name). But I'll humor you anyway:

*My first full-time job in the UND Athletics department was as the women's hockey program's first media relations director. I was the program's primary media relations contact from its inception in 2002-03 through the 2007-08 season. Because there were only two full-time SIDs on staff from 2005-08, I did have to delegate many day-to-day responsibilities to a graduate assistant during those years, but I still stayed as heavily involved as possible.

*When I was appointed director of media relations in 2008-09, I lobbied Mr. Faison to add a full-time position to the media relations staff. My primary reason? So both the men's and women's hockey programs could have a full-time SID assigned to them. This would allow for more balanced coverage, plus we could also send an SID on the road for every women's hockey road trip. Mr. Faison agreed, and we've had Derek Koenen on board ever since.

*Since 2008-09, we have made two other significant changes allowing for greater women's hockey exposure. First, we began including the women's hockey program in our annual preseason media luncheon. What used to be the annual UND Men's Hockey Media Day Luncheon is now the UND Hockey Media Day Luncheon. Additionally, we began including women's hockey in our weekly Wednesday press conferences. In the past, these weekly press conferences had featured only men's hockey. These have since grown to also include men's and women's basketball on a regular basis.

Again, your passion for our women's hockey program is admirable, and I take no issue with you wanting the absolute best for the program. In that regard, I wish there were more like you.

What I do take issue with is you (incorrectly) throwing my co-workers under the bus. Please, have your facts straight before doing so. To a far lesser extent, I take issue with you questioning my own professional and personal commitment to our women's hockey program. I addressed the professional earlier in this post; from a personal standpoint, I have had great attachment to the program since the very day it was born. I go to as many home games as I can. Unfortunately, these opportunities are few and far between. During their WCHA tournament, I was glued to the webcast in the press box in Mankato, while half a dozen men's players huddled around me. During their regional game, I was again preoccupied by the webcast while trying to prepare the REA press box for a men's home playoff game.

To this day, I keep in regular contact with many alums of the women's program, including several who were on that very first 2002-03 team. A former member of the coaching staff was in my wedding. The fact that my own job responsibilities prevent me from attending more women's hockey games does not diminish my affection for that program.

Make no mistake: men's hockey is the engine that drives UND Athletics. This is true in terms of revenue, web hits, media coverage, newspaper readership, ticket sales and just about any other indicator or measure available. Virtually every college athletic department has a signature program and ours is no different. We do not have unlimited resources, so we do have to take this into consideration when strategizing coverage for our sports. That is a reality of college athletics. That being said, I'm tremendously proud of our women's hockey coverage and the gains we have been able to make over the past decade.

Coach Idalski and his staff and players have provided us with an elite program. We will continue to strive to provide them with the best possible coverage.

[gfhockey]

Amen!

[Jeremy_und2004]

^^^ Well Said.

Jayson for the win.