The Sicatoka Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 We're all expecting the defense to tend to the business at hand until the forwards acclimate and the goaltending establishes itself (see: 43:19). This means we'll have freshman scoring in droves, lights-out goaltending, and shaky defense, to start the season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigskyvikes Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 The first half of the season is going to be brutal. 20 games before Christmas of which 13 are on the road. We start with 6 non-conference games, 5 on the road. Then play the Number 11 (Miami- at home) , Number 17 (St Cloud- away), Number 5 (Denver- at home) and Number 2 (Duluth- away). Throw in away games at CC and Michigan State and home games against Wisconsin and you have an extremely tough schedule. Along with a new coach, new goalie, and 10 freshmen what are the odds we come out of the first 20 games above .500?Being realistic, I'm expecting us to be at a 9-11 record before Jan. 1. With enough non-conference losses to keep us out of the NCAAs unless we win the NCHC tourney or are unbeatable the second half of the season. How USCHO could rank us at Number 4 in the country when bringing in 10 freshmen is beyond me. We need to hope for an Omaha like season like they had last year where their freshmen led them in scoring and they got great goaltending from a returning player that was so-so earlier. I am still really looking forward to this season with so many unknowns besides our D.Wait....what? We have an absolute opposite prediction of this season, can't wait to see who is more accurate. Have you done any reading on the talent coming in? The studs with experience on D. Goalie is a ? But what I have read about Tomek, no worries...I cant wait for this to start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fetch Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 We're all expecting the defense to tend to the business at hand until the forwards acclimate and the goaltending establishes itself (see: 43:19). This means we'll have freshman scoring in droves, lights-out goaltending, and shaky defense, to start the season. i don't doubt thatI just hope we don't let the Beavers take one from us early again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InHeavenThereIsNoBeer Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 i don't doubt thatI just hope we don't let the Beavers take one from us early againThose damn dirty beavers will take it all if you're not careful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fetch Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Never completely trust a beaver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiSioux Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Just an FYI, I believe tickets for the Michigan State games go on sale at midnight tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneySIOUX Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 DDC's Preseason Top 20, NCHC picks http://bit.ly/1N8jrl3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxFanatic Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 So St. Clair out for the first half of the season. Always crappy to get that kind of news before the season even officially starts. He's gotta be bummed. Always liked the energy St. Clair brought when he is on the ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianvf Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Ouch, they made it sound like it wasn't too long-term.I guess not.So St. Clair out for the first half of the season. Always crappy to get that kind of news before the season even officially starts. He's gotta be bummed. Always liked the energy St. Clair brought when he is on the ice.13 Mike Gornall16 Brock Boeser18 Chris Wilkie19 Shane Gersich21 Danys Chartrand22 Rhett Gardner24 Christian Wolanin25 Joel Janatuinen28 Hayden Shaw31 Matej TomekA few notes about the numbers:None of the returning players changed numbers.Goalies continue to stay away from No. 1. The last to wear it was Jean-Philippe Lamoureux in 2007-08.Now that Wade Murphy has left, No. 7 is blank. Murphy was the first player to wear No. 7 and not be an All-American since the mid-90s. Travis Roche, Brandon Bochenski, T.J. Oshie and Danny Kristo wore it consecutively.The only players who will be wearing the same number as they did last season are Gardner and Shaw. Many of the others wore 30 or higher, which UND doesn’t do.- See more at: http://undhockey.areavoices.com/#sthash.EYpNUWtu.dpuf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozen4sioux Posted October 4, 2015 Author Share Posted October 4, 2015 I'm begining to wonder about the actual start date of Tomek, I'd guess it comes down to when he had the surgery, and where he has been doing rehab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 (edited) I'm begining to wonder about the actual start date of Tomek, I'd guess it comes down to when he had the surgery, and where he has been doing rehab. "He's doing rehab every day, coach Berry said." "He's doing some on-ice stuff by himself with Karl G. He's doing the things that he needs to do. Hopefully, he will be back in the next few weeks." Edited October 8, 2015 by Goon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald joker Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 I just watched Through These Doors, great episode talking about Brad Berry. I know we say this pretty much every year but I have a good feeling about this team. Something feels different about them. Maybe it's the fact that I thought the fresh looked really good last Saturday and we might have a player that was hyped up about in Boeser and can maybe actually deliver. This team just feels good to me! GO SIOUX!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yzerman19 Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 I just watched Through These Doors, great episode talking about Brad Berry. I know we say this pretty much every year but I have a good feeling about this team. Something feels different about them. Maybe it's the fact that I thought the fresh looked really good last Saturday and we might have a player that was hyped up about in Boeser and can maybe actually deliver. This team just feels good to me! GO SIOUX!!!He'll deliver...name the last #1 pick forward for us that didn't deliver...you can't count JT Miller who didn't show up...Oshie, Toews, Parise, Stafford, Zajac...all had pretty solid individual and team performances Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 (edited) Edited October 9, 2015 by Goon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
90siouxfan Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 (edited) He'll deliver...name the last #1 pick forward for us that didn't deliver...you can't count JT Miller who didn't show up...Oshie, Toews, Parise, Stafford, Zajac...all had pretty solid individual and team performances Joe Finley, ooops just noticed you are looking at forwards Edited October 9, 2015 by 90siouxfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southpaw Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 why a pic of drake when talking about freshman? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 why a pic of drake when talking about freshman? There's not a lot of images of the new players, yet. Only given two of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 (edited) why a pic of drake when talking about freshman? Thanks for the question. He was the one commenting on the freshman players. Edited October 13, 2015 by Goon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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brianvf Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 So let me get this straight. We have St. Clair, Tomek, Gersich, Janatuinen, and C Johnson all injured right now?We're three games into the season!Let's hope that the everyone gets their injuries out of the way now so that the rest of the season is ok... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianvf Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Oh yeah, forgot about Wolanin being injured too.And Brad said that Chartrand is as well, but he hasn't played yet so not as big of a blow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxforce19 Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Oh yeah, forgot about Wolanin being injured too.And Brad said that Chartrand is as well, but he hasn't played yet so not as big of a blow.technically Gersich has an illness, not an injury so he could be back at any time. Not sure the extent of his illness though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fetch Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 #1http://www.collegemagazine.com/top-10-hockey-schools-fulfill-puck-obsession/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnt Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 #1http://www.collegemagazine.com/top-10-hockey-schools-fulfill-puck-obsession/Half full at Mariucci against Duluth, compared with packed house against Bemidji at the Ralph. State of hockey, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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