2022-23 University of North Dakota Hockey Season

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

3 hours ago, iluvdebbies said:

There's a better chance of James playing goalie for the Goofers this year.....than him going to MJ.

Huge if true

[stoneySIOUX]

2 minutes ago, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said:

Huge if true

Hahaha

[brianvf]

I wouldn't understand the logic of James going MJ at this point, especially when all signs show that he will be coming in this fall to UND anyway.
Maybe if UND wanted him to wait a year as well, but that doesn't appear to be the case.

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

1 hour ago, brianvf said:

I wouldn't understand the logic of James going MJ at this point, especially when all signs show that he will be coming in this fall to UND anyway.
Maybe if UND wanted him to wait a year as well, but that doesn't appear to be the case.

[The Sicatoka]

Feeney and Budy in the portal. James looking like yes.

I'd say they are setting up for a 16F/8D/3G, 27 slot roster this year, like 27 last year but that was 15/8/4. 

16F makes sense given the unknown status of Hain's leg injury (it's unknown until it gets into a game). 

[brianvf]

On 4/21/2022 at 12:35 PM, The Sicatoka said:

Someone must've heard me. @UNDmhockey just tweeted a "Louie Louie". 

They also did tweets for Bast and Hellsten recently now as well. 

[tnt]

7 hours ago, brianvf said:

They also did tweets for Bast and Hellsten recently now as well. 

Remember when it was just the stars that had to say they were coming back or not!

[Green Banner]

1 hour ago, tnt said:

Remember when it was just the stars that had to say they were coming back or not!

Ya I was thinking about that as well. Portal really changed the landscape

[AJS]

2022 roster appears to be set. Per Schlossman's Daily Skate article, 

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The Fighting Hawks have 16 forwards penciled in for next season: Mark Senden (fifth-year senior), Gavin Hain (fifth-year senior), Judd Caulfield (senior), Carson Albrecht (senior), Riese Gaber (junior), Louis Jamernik V (junior), Griffin Ness (junior), Matteo Costantini (sophomore), Jackson Kunz (sophomore), Jake Schmaltz (sophomore), Nick Portz (sophomore), Dane Montgomery (sophomore), Jackson Blake (freshman), Owen McLaughlin (freshman), Ben Strinden (freshman) and Dylan James (freshman).

 

[AJS]

This team should be one of the #1 seeds in next years tournament. 

[stoneySIOUX]

10 minutes ago, AJS said:

This team should be one of the #1 seeds in next years tournament. 

Absolutely. Gonna be a fun run.

[farce poobah]

36 minutes ago, AJS said:

This team should be one of the #1 seeds in next years tournament. 

The unproven spot is goaltending.  But we have an excellent goalie coach. 
 

and most of the NCHC is going with unproven goaltending too. 

[tnt]

1 hour ago, AJS said:

This team should be one of the #1 seeds in next years tournament. 

St. Cloud was supposed to be as well this year, but they need to approach this off-season like last year, in getting the newcomers up to speed, and the returning players need to bring it this summer to make the next step.

[AJS]

2 hours ago, farce poobah said:

The unproven spot is goaltending.  But we have an excellent goalie coach. 
 

and most of the NCHC is going with unproven goaltending too. 

DeRidder has played in 70 NCAA games.

[farce poobah]

17 minutes ago, AJS said:

DeRidder has played in 70 NCAA games.

Yup, and his 2.94 GAA puts him right in the middle of the Big Ten goalie stats, and the .918 save percentage is solid.  Clearly, UND coaches saw something, and I'm not going to second guess that, for sure.  But proven against NCHC competition?  Not yet.

 

[brianvf]

1 minute ago, farce poobah said:

Yup, and his 2.94 GAA puts him right in the middle of the Big Ten goalie stats, and the .918 save percentage is solid.  Clearly, UND coaches saw something, and I'm not going to second guess that, for sure.  But proven against NCHC competition?  Not yet.

 

Those numbers are pretty darn impressive when you consider the team that was playing in front of him. 

[siouxforce19]

6 minutes ago, farce poobah said:

Yup, and his 2.94 GAA puts him right in the middle of the Big Ten goalie stats, and the .918 save percentage is solid.  Clearly, UND coaches saw something, and I'm not going to second guess that, for sure.  But proven against NCHC competition?  Not yet.

 

UND also beat out 18 other schools for him. 

[Godsmack]

19 minutes ago, siouxforce19 said:

UND also beat out 18 other schools for him. 

18?!?! Holy moly, didn’t realize he was that high in demand! 

[Benny Baker]

We beat out more than 20 schools for Matej Tomek. 

Glad DeRidder has experience at this level though. 

[The Sicatoka]

If DeRidder can hold his save percentage (0.920) his goals against will drop about a goal because he saw 35 pucks per game in the B1G and will see just 25 based on what UND gave up last year. 

[Kevin G]

The sum total of my goalie knowledge: Goalies are weird. 

[burd]

2 hours ago, Kevin G said:

The sum total of my goalie knowledge: Goalies are weird. 

All you need to know.  

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

With UND's history of shot suppression, all I've ever asked of a UND goalie is above .910 throughout the year.

Anything above .920 and we're at least a top 5 team in the country.

[Wilbur]

7 hours ago, Kevin G said:

The sum total of my goalie knowledge: Goalies are weird. 

 

5 hours ago, burd said:

All you need to know.  

Guys guys.......come on....

[The Sicatoka]

24-52-76 <-- That's the offense the team loses this year: Ford, Sanderson, Calder, Budy. 

24 of 119 goals (20%). That can be made up.

But can they make up for Ford winning so many draws? If there's a "draws machine" (like a baseball pitching machine) Jamernik, Schmaltz, Ness, and McLaughlin had better wear the motor out this summer.