2022-23 University of North Dakota Hockey Season

[The Sicatoka]

If I have a concern this fall, it's in the net. 

Hellsten has talent but the net was not his last season; will he step up.
DeRidder has resume but can he adjust from seeing almost 35 shots per game at MSU to seeing just 25? He won't be as "involved"; can he make the transition. 

 

*That's what UND goalies saw on average last season. 

[tnt]

2 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

If I have a concern this fall, it's in the net. 

Hellsten has talent but the net was not his last season; will he step up.
DeRidder has resume but can he adjust from seeing almost 35 shots per game at MSU to seeing just 25? He won't be as "involved"; can he make the transition. 

 

*That's what UND goalies saw on average last season. 

I would say another concern would be someone to be the big draw guy Connor Ford was.  Hoping Jamernik can fulfill that role, as it would be nice to have that whole line for big situations should they put him back with Senden and Hain. Another concern for me is did they put in as much time connecting and working with each other like they did last year knowing that would make or break the season with so many new guys last year? Hopefully they aren’t taking for granted with so many pieces back on a league champion that they will be one of the top teams again.  We saw how that played out for St. Cloud. Still need guys to take a step forward and a few freshmen to make an impact.  Hopefully the competition for playing time has been a motivating factor to prevent complacency.

[hockeytherapy13]

5 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

Given the mix of sizes, speed, skating skills, puck skills, PK ability, PP ability, and experience, UND just might have the best defensive group in toto in college hockey this season. 

And that's without a guy named Jake Sanderson who would be a junior. 

 

That'll surely draw the Faber-lovin' Goophies out of the woodwork.

Fully Agree. I think we may have the best defensive depth in all the land. Maybe we don't have a high end offensive D unless Moore or Johnson blossom, but we are well-rounded. If we can keep Gaber going, have him on a line with other offensive threats  with some actual top-6 scoring talent (which ended up lacking at the end of the season last year), this team is going to be hard to play against. 

[KSSioux]

19 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

ROSTERS!
Got your fresh hot UND 2022-23 Men's Hockey roster, he-ah!
Get ya rosters! 

https://fightinghawks.com/sports/mens-ice-hockey/roster 

If you compare their height/weight from last year on the guys returning, it is amazing to see how most of the returnees are 1-2 inches shorter than last year's measurements.  What in the world is Pooly doing to have these guys shrink?

[The Sicatoka]

10 hours ago, tnt said:

I would say another concern would be someone to be the big draw guy Connor Ford was.  Hoping Jamernik can fulfill that role, ... 

Jam and Schmaltz each need to put about 5% onto their faceoff win percentages of 2021-22. 

[The Sicatoka]

1 hour ago, KSSioux said:

If you compare their height/weight from last year on the guys returning, it is amazing to see how most of the returnees are 1-2 inches shorter than last year's measurements.  What in the world is Pooly doing to have these guys shrink?

OK, I broke into REA and got the tailor's cloth tape Pooly uses.
I stretched it out about 2 inches so 6 foot reads 5 foot 10. 
It was so Kleven stays 6'4" and not 6'6" and gets stolen by MBB. 
Riese Gaber is really upset with me for that. 

[KSSioux]

6 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

OK, I broke into REA and got the tailor's cloth tape Pooly uses.
I stretched it out about 2 inches so 6 foot reads 5 foot 10. 
It was so Kleven stays 6'4" and not 6'6" and gets stolen by MBB. 
Riese Gaber is really upset with me for that. 

I just think it is pretty funny to look at some of the height/weight numbers and there are obvious games that are being played by teams on how they represent that information.  I doubt other teams look at this info too closely, and I just wait to see how the players actually perform and have progressed season to season.  Pooly no doubt does a great job with these kids, and I am not sure he is the one that actually does the data gathering, but I had to reference someone.

[The Sicatoka]

All joking aside, I compared last year's roster (from 2021-22 prospectus) to 2022-23 roster web page. 

Of the 20 guys on both lists, the average went from 6' 186 to 5'11" 189. 

Eight guys "shrunk" two inches: both Johnsons, Ness, Albrecht, Senden, Portz, Bast, Jamernik. 

Montgomery, Jandric, Frisch, Gaber, Hellsten all "shrunk" one inch. 

No one "grew" taller. 

[Frozen4sioux]

12 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

All joking aside, I compared last year's roster (from 2021-22 prospectus) to 2022-23 roster web page. 

Of the 20 guys on both lists, the average went from 6' 186 to 5'11" 189. 

Eight guys "shrunk" two inches: both Johnsons, Ness, Albrecht, Senden, Portz, Bast, Jamernik. 

Montgomery, Jandric, Frisch, Gaber, Hellsten all "shrunk" one inch. 

No one "grew" taller. 

Inflation... dollars just don't buy as much tape anymore.

[Blackheart]

13 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

All joking aside, I compared last year's roster (from 2021-22 prospectus) to 2022-23 roster web page. 

Of the 20 guys on both lists, the average went from 6' 186 to 5'11" 189. 

Eight guys "shrunk" two inches: both Johnsons, Ness, Albrecht, Senden, Portz, Bast, Jamernik. 

Montgomery, Jandric, Frisch, Gaber, Hellsten all "shrunk" one inch. 

No one "grew" taller. 

So the measurements went from skates on to skates off?

[stoneySIOUX]

Was told today that we'll get captains next week. They haven't voted yet.

[ChadR]

2 hours ago, stoneySIOUX said:

Was told today that we'll get captains next week. They haven't voted yet.

Stoney - what are the early lines in practice so far?

[stoneySIOUX]

8 minutes ago, ChadR said:

Stoney - what are the early lines in practice so far?

I know they just got their whole team there this week. Well, about 10 days ago, so it's still a lot of juggling. I'll see what I can find out.

EDIT: Apparently not a lot of on ice this week as they are doing off-ice testing, Ironman stuff this week.

[burd]

Is it an elite group?  If not, wtf we gonna do?

[The Sicatoka]

3 minutes ago, burd said:

Is it an elite group?  If not, wtf we gonna do?

Not enough; too many? 

[burd]

1 minute ago, The Sicatoka said:

Not enough; too many? 

Well done, Sic.  

[stoneySIOUX]

57 minutes ago, burd said:

Is it an elite group?  If not, wtf we gonna do?

Bitch about it on the internet and feel sorry for ourselves because our lives have not turned out the way we expected and UND hockey is the only thing in the world we base our happiness on??????

[yzerman19]

31 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:

Bitch about it on the internet and feel sorry for ourselves because our lives have not turned out the way we expected and UND hockey is the only thing in the world we base our happiness on??????

LOL...I also base my happiness on living vicariously through my children, and if they lose and UND loses...there's always alcohol

[The Sicatoka]

33 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:

Bitch about it on the internet and feel sorry for ourselves because our lives have not turned out the way we expected and UND hockey is the only thing in the world we base our happiness on??????

You'd better not be psychiatrist for @gfhockey or you just committed an ethical violation by transcribing session notes here. 

[stoneySIOUX]

4 minutes ago, yzerman19 said:

LOL...I also base my happiness on living vicariously through my children, and if they lose and UND loses...there's always alcohol

I choose black tar heroin, myself 

[stoneySIOUX]

2 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

You'd better not be psychiatrist for @gfhockey or you just committed an ethical violation by transcribing session notes here. 

Client/doctor protected. You'll never know.

LOL definitely not a doctor, but I did stay at Holiday Inn Express last night.

[Kevin G]

What I want to see this year:

• Caulfield and Kunz to use their size and be more aggressive.
• Lots of scorers. Gaber can't be the only offensive threat, and he's better when he's not pressing.
• Blue-line missiles from Kleven. Don't care where they go.
• Freshmen and new guys get up to speed quickly.
• No no-look passes/passes to no one.
• Four lines of relentless forecheck.
• Number NINE.

So excited...let's GO!

[brianvf]

16 minutes ago, Kevin G said:

What I want to see this year:

• Caulfield and Kunz to use their size and be more aggressive.
• Lots of scorers. Gaber can't be the only offensive threat, and he's better when he's not pressing.
• Blue-line missiles from Kleven. Don't care where they go.
• Freshmen and new guys get up to speed quickly.
• No no-look passes/passes to no one.
• Four lines of relentless forecheck.
• Number NINE.

So excited...let's GO!

[The Sicatoka]

On 8/27/2022 at 9:34 PM, Kevin G said:

• Blue-line missiles from Kleven. Don't care where they go.

Every spot on my body where I've ever taken a puck just started to ache sympathetically. 

"Uh coach, you can let someone else play the screen and bumper when Klev's at the umbrella point ... I'll set up for the one-timer over at one of the dots." 

[The Sicatoka]

On 8/26/2022 at 11:49 AM, stoneySIOUX said:

Was told today that we'll get captains next week. They haven't voted yet.

Oldest joke in the book ... 

Q: How do you keep a bunch of hockey bobos in suspense?
A: They'll tell us next week.