University of North Dakota Hockey 2015-16 season

[Sioux_Hab-it]

Caggiula was featured in the Snickers Worst Play of the Week.

http://www.tsn.ca/worst-play/video/snickers-worst-play-of-the-week~841264

[hrkac]

Elliotte Friedman #3.  Vancouver GM won't stand in the way of Boeser if he wants to turn pro.  also, Van in on Stetcher and Cagguila...

 

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/30-thoughts-concussion-case-will-get-worse-better/

[snova4]

1 hour ago, hrkac said:

Elliotte Friedman #3.  Vancouver GM won't stand in the way of Boeser if he wants to turn pro.  also, Van in on Stetcher and Cagguila...

 

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/30-thoughts-concussion-case-will-get-worse-better/

I liked it better when they wanted him to stay another year.

[Goon]

3 hours ago, hrkac said:

Elliotte Friedman #3.  Vancouver GM won't stand in the way of Boeser if he wants to turn pro.  also, Van in on Stetcher and Cagguila...

 

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/30-thoughts-concussion-case-will-get-worse-better/

Marvelous.

[Vegas_Sioux]

On 3/29/2016 at 10:06 AM, stoneySIOUX said:

I think I could see Patts.... Pogo, no way. There's a reason he's a fourth round draft pick. I think Gornall can carve a role by the time he's done here, though. Hard workers often find spots on our teams.

hard workers often find leadership spots on our teams brad just had an article about that

[brianvf]

A couple more articles on Boeser:

http://thecanuckway.com/2016/04/05/vancouver-canucks-brock-boeser-turn-pro/

http://thecanuckway.com/2016/04/05/vancouver-canucks-brock-boeser-fit/

[hrkac]

6 hours ago, brianvf said:

A couple more articles on Boeser:

http://thecanuckway.com/2016/04/05/vancouver-canucks-brock-boeser-turn-pro/

http://thecanuckway.com/2016/04/05/vancouver-canucks-brock-boeser-fit/

We need Oshie and Kristo to talk to Boeser. 

[brianvf]

1 hour ago, hrkac said:

We need Oshie and Kristo to talk to Boeser. 

And, while they're at it, Schmaltz and Stecher too. 

[Emerald joker]

14 hours ago, brianvf said:

A couple more articles on Boeser:

http://thecanuckway.com/2016/04/05/vancouver-canucks-brock-boeser-turn-pro/

http://thecanuckway.com/2016/04/05/vancouver-canucks-brock-boeser-fit/

Well this gives me another reason to hate the Canucks. Never believe anything anyone says, can't believe I fell for their word the first time

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

http://mcfeely.areavoices.com/2016/04/05/und-hockey-ndsu-football-more-similar-than-different/

McFeely must think this is our year if he is trying to inspire togetherness rather than his usual dichotomous drivel.

Key points he fails to make/is flat out wrong about:

1) hockey is regional?  Youth hockey enrollment is up everywhere, especially non traditional markets.  In the meanwhile, small towns are combining football teams to field enough players if not folding entirely.  Also, I take it he doesn't have a passport.  Hockey is played all over the world, football is only played here.  Football isn't played at the Olympics, nor is there any sort of world championship.  North Dakota has more in common with Canada than Cali/Florida, two of the biggest producers of football talent.  

2) No mention of the accessibility of hockey.  North Dakota's oil boom allowed people unable to afford to put their kids through hockey the chance.  Socio-economics play a big role in who plays hockey.  See: JJ Watt.  Also, LeBron James could be a pro football player.  Hockey?  Maybe after a few years of skating lessons he could play high level beer league. 

3) NDSU has recent success, but no long term tradition.  Also, NDSU players in the NFL are the exception, not the rule.  Anyone touting the NDSU stepping stone to the NFL will get laughed at (at best).  UND has alum that are marquee players on multiple NHL teams.  Wentz has the potential to be one, but so did Ryan Leaf and Johnny Football.

[Frozen4sioux]

GFhockey  has more rational thoughts on hockey than McFeely.

 

[The Sicatoka]

I just realized how this season started (Cam giving up two goals on his first two shots). 

" ... It's how you finish." -- Cam Johnson when asked about this at the press conference. 

[iluvdebbies]

There is a lot that this season will be remembered for....but what Coltyn Sanderson brought to this team is immeasurable.

[tjl_48]

I was really hoping he would have buried that chance he had late in the 3rd. He diserved it.

[sioux24/7]

11 hours ago, iluvdebbies said:

There is a lot that this season will be remembered for....but what Coltyn Sanderson brought to this team is immeasurable.

We need someone to step up and wear the bubble next year. 

[brianvf]

Weird that all the "all-HEA frozen four" comments on NCAA Hockey facebook disappeared rather quickly once the tourney started.
Good to see some other NCHC teams rooting for UND as well against QU to bring the title back West.

From what I saw of QU...it seems like they are a 4th place or so finisher this year in the NCHC.  And Duluth might have gotten by them too.
The games I watched, it seemed like the top 3 teams in the nation were all in the NCHC, but one got upset in the 1st round, as seems to happen each year.

UND: Went from "probably would finish 6th in the HEA" to dominant National Champs in two short weeks. 

[burd]

There probably isn't much that has not already been said about this team, now that they won their last game.   But watching off-ice video of Cam Johnson, it is a little ironic to me that so many of us were worried that he would not be able to stand up to the pressure of the big game.  We saw him let in weak goals his first time on the ice and figured he probably had a confidence or nerves problem.  Maybe he did--then.  But you see the footage of him in various situations and at various times this year, especially late, and he seems so calm and pleasant.  The cliché" about goalies is that they are a little bit weird, and they have to be a little bit that way to do what they do.   But this guy just seems to be at peace with himself and enjoying his teammates.   At least from my narrow perspective.    I'm a little conflicted, because I'd really like to see what Tomek can do, but now I want to see how much Cam can accomplish in his career at UND as well.  

[Siouxman]

On ‎4‎/‎11‎/‎2016 at 8:29 PM, brianvf said:

Weird that all the "all-HEA frozen four" comments on NCAA Hockey facebook disappeared rather quickly once the tourney started.
Good to see some other NCHC teams rooting for UND as well against QU to bring the title back West.

From what I saw of QU...it seems like they are a 4th place or so finisher this year in the NCHC.  And Duluth might have gotten by them too.
The games I watched, it seemed like the top 3 teams in the nation were all in the NCHC, but one got upset in the 1st round, as seems to happen each year.

UND: Went from "probably would finish 6th in the HEA" to dominant National Champs in two short weeks. 

I've wondered about QU a bit myself after that championship game.  I keep thinking that it is possible they had an off game (UND has had a couple of those at the Frozen Four) but it is also possible they didn't and UND just had an awesome game.  I don't think a healthy Anas could have turned that game around completely for QU.  I will not overly judge QU based on seeing them just two games, because if someone judged UND based on the Denver FF game they would have come away with some doubts.  However, when looking at the NCAA tournament in total, UND was clearly the best team around, at that time.  And I am still enjoying it.

[dagies]

On the other hand, if QU misses a couple of posts just a bit more inside, and 1-2 pucks don't bounce over stick blades on cross-ice passes and this would have been a real clencher of a game.

People might rip me for saying this, but UND had a lot of the good fortunate that has eluded them in several past NCAA tournaments paid off in this game.    Don't get me wrong....I think UND played a very very good game and they deserved to win the game based on how they played.  I think QU had a little of the bad luck that has so often bitten UND.   

For me, you play that game again the next night and it could have gone the other way.   I do recall the TV guys saying after the 1st period that the QU coach said it may have been their worst period of the year.    I'll go back to Siouxman's question....was that on QU, or was that because of UND's play.   Probably some of both.

That final score was lopsided, but I think QU showed they were a very dangerous team and didn't have a few things go their way that really would have tighted this up.  They DID have the benefit of the officiating, IMO.  So they had THAT going for them.

[dagies]

1 hour ago, Siouxman said:

.....However, when looking at the NCAA tournament in total, UND was clearly the best team around, at that time.  And I am still enjoying it.

I agree with you for the most part.  UND earned their wins.  They peaked at the right time, and showed they were as good or better than the competition.

[Oxbow6]

The game vs QU was as lopsided as the score. QU had minimal chance to compete 5 on 5 from the drop of the puck. The 5 on 3 showed that was their best chance to score all game long. 

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

18 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:

The game vs QU was as lopsided as the score. QU had minimal chance to compete 5 on 5 from the drop of the puck. The 5 on 3 showed that was their best chance to score all game long. 

Agreed, at least from the upper deck of Amalie Arena it appeared to me that QU was a tier below and a step behind UND.  The only sustained pressure they could muster for the most part was on the powerplays. Sure they hit 2 or 3 posts but we did too. Could we have lost? Sure(See: 2011 Michigan game) but we were absolutely the best team in the country this year and had some stone cold finishers to make sure we didn't.

[fargosioux]

3 minutes ago, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said:

Agreed, at least from the upper deck of Amalie Arena it appeared to me that QU was a tier below and a step behind UND.  The only sustained pressure they could muster for the most part was on the powerplays. Sure they hit 2 or 3 posts but we did too. Could we have lost? Sure(See: 2011 Michigan game) but we were absolutely the best team in the country this year and had some stone cold finishers to make sure we didn't.

They had the last change, which meant they could match up however they wanted against the CBS line.  It looked like men amongst boys every time that line was on the ice.

[Fetch]

 I love teams that have Finishers

[nodakgirl93]

Und made qu look silly especially on the shorty. That 5on 3 goal was hard to take. I was just waiting for the floodgates to open and it finally did in the third.