2022-23 University of North Dakota Hockey Season

[The Sicatoka]

16 hours ago, 90siouxfan said:

Isn't Chrona like 38 years old by now?

His teenaged daughter is destroying you on TikTok for that comment.  

[FightingSU]

Just so excited for this season to get started! I’m done with the off-season, let’s get to the action! We’re gonna have a good run this year! Looking forward to enjoying it all with you on here once again. We have a fun and engaged community/fan base here.
 

Let’s Go Sioux! 

[stoneySIOUX]

Good news from Judd. Take that step, buddy. We need ya.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/judd-caulfield-wins-unds-iron-man-competition

1) Juddy
2) Costantini
3) Sendo
4) Schmaltz
5) James

Sounds like Hain nor Frisch did the entire Ironman. 

[I Ranger]

4 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:

Good news from Judd. Take that step, buddy. We need ya.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/judd-caulfield-wins-unds-iron-man-competition

1) Juddy
2) Costantini
3) Sendo
4) Schmaltz
5) James

Sounds like Hain nor Frisch did the entire Ironman. 

I like to see that one. Hopefully with 10-15 lbs more on his frame! Also nice to see James name on there. 

[FightingSU]

25 minutes ago, I Ranger said:

I like to see that one. Hopefully with 10-15 lbs more on his frame! Also nice to see James name on there. 

I thought it was interesting to see James on here as well. Good sign.

[The Sicatoka]

58 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:

Good news from Judd. Take that step, buddy. We need ya.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/judd-caulfield-wins-unds-iron-man-competition

1) Juddy
2) Costantini
3) Sendo
4) Schmaltz
5) James

Sounds like Hain nor Frisch did the entire Ironman. 

... and I had Frisch winning it.  

[stoneySIOUX]

Preseason media poll:

https://nchchockey.com/news/2022/9/21/mens-ice-hockey-denver-tops-2022-23-nchc-preseason-media-poll.aspx

Again seems about what I expected and pretty spot on.

1) DU (19 first-place votes)
2) UND (4)
3) UMD
4) St. Cloud
5) Western
6) CC
7) Omaha
8) Miami

[siouxforce19]

3 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:

Preseason media poll:

https://nchchockey.com/news/2022/9/21/mens-ice-hockey-denver-tops-2022-23-nchc-preseason-media-poll.aspx

Again seems about what I expected and pretty spot on.

1) DU (19 first-place votes)
2) UND (4)
3) UMD
4) St. Cloud
5) Western
6) CC
7) Omaha
8) Miami

I hope Denver falls flat on their faces in completely embarrassing fashion. 

[The Sicatoka]

With votes ...

Denver – 180 points 
North Dakota – 160 
Minnesota Duluth – 136
St. Cloud State – 115
Western Michigan – 86
Colorado College – 64
Omaha – 59
Miami - 28

The gaps are 20, 24, 21, 29, 22, 5, 31. 
That tells me most ballots looked about the same with the exception of CC/UNO 6/7 (smallest gap) and that most see a top four/bottom four (the 29 gap between SCSU/WMU). Oh, and with that 31 gap, Miami is hurtin' and everyone sees it. 

[The Sicatoka]

1 minute ago, siouxforce19 said:

I hope Denver falls flat on their faces in completely embarrassing fashion. 

That's every day that ends in "y". 

[stoneySIOUX]

3 minutes ago, siouxforce19 said:

I hope Denver falls flat on their faces in completely embarrassing fashion. 

We all do . I'm sure they feel the same way about us.

[FightingSU]

21 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:

We all do . I'm sure they feel the same way about us.

They are just salty we swept them last year.

[siouxforce19]

3 minutes ago, FightingSU said:

They are just salty we swept them last year.

That and they’ve in general had limited success against us in the last 3 seasons.   0-2 last season. 2-5 the year before,  0-3-1 the year before that. 

Hopefully this pattern continues for us. 

[Siouxperfan7]

On 9/19/2022 at 2:35 PM, Siouxperfan7 said:

Wonder if the NCHC poll will follow suit with this poll.  That should be out soon (Came out Sep 15th last year). If that's true, the top hald would look oike this.  Seems pretty accurate.  We shall see

1.  DU

2.  UND

3.  UMD

4.  St Cloud

5.  Western Michigan

Nailed it!

[siouxfaninseattle]

2 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

... and I had Frisch winning it.  

Is Frisch injured or recovering from injury?

[stoneySIOUX]

1 hour ago, siouxfaninseattle said:

Is Frisch injured or recovering from injury?

Schlossman said in his article it was precautionary and he'll be fine for Manitoba.

[SiouxFan100]

We will win the conference 

we are better than Denver 

[gfhockey]

I’m more curious about hain come back 

[FightingSU]

1 minute ago, gfhockey said:

I’m more curious about hain come back 

Me too. Barely got to see him at all last year. Curious how he will be this year. Man. If evergijr can stay healthy, we have a stacked roster!

[Frozen4sioux]

11 hours ago, stoneySIOUX said:

We all do . I'm sure they feel the same way about us.

Wouldn't have it any other way

[Frozen4sioux]

10 hours ago, siouxfaninseattle said:

Is Frisch injured or recovering from injury?

Refer to the Has Beens podcast and Gage/Olson stories of certain.... ah-hem.....injuries.... prior to the Ironman and recoveries surprisingly quickly once completed.

[The Sicatoka]

11 hours ago, gfhockey said:

I’m more curious about hain come back 

We're carrying 16 forwards this year (normal: 15).
I'd guess everyone is curious, so much so that the coaches made the 16F move: insurance policy. 

[Wilbur]

I try to never pick us for the league title, but lets break down who Denver lost.  Brink (57 points), Savoie (45 points), Guttman (45 points), Stapely (43 points), Wright (34 points), Barrow (21 Points).

My wife will tell you I'm not a smart individual, but that is replacing 245 points, roughly half of their scoring last season, and six of their top ten scorers.  And I didn't look further down the list for other lower point departures, so they likely lost over half their scoring.  Their D-core is salty, Chrona is the man, but he stands in one place and can only prevent teams from scoring.     

UND lost Sanderson, Ford, and Calder.  They accounted for 75 total points, which is about 23 percent of the scoring.  I think we got at least an even swap in the goaltending department with DeRidder replacing Driscoll.  You can't replace a Sanderson, but the core leadership is still very much there with Senden, Hain, Frisch, etc, and I'm not sure I would trade our D-Core for another in the country at the moment.   

Call me crazy, or only seeing through my green tinted glasses, but I believe UND will finish higher in the standings than the Pioneers this year.  

[siouxforce19]

Just now, Wilbur said:

I try to never pick us for the league title, but lets break down who Denver lost.  Brink (57 points), Savoie (45 points), Guttman (45 points), Stapely (43 points), Wright (34 points), Barrow (21 Points).

My wife will tell you I'm not a smart individual, but that is replacing 245 points, roughly half of their scoring last season, and six of their top ten scorers.  And I didn't look further down the list for other lower point departures, so they likely lost over half their scoring.  Their D-core is salty, Chrona is the man, but he stands in one place and can only prevent teams from scoring.     

UND lost Sanderson, Ford, and Calder.  They accounted for 75 total points, which is about 23 percent of the scoring.  I think we got at least an even swap in the goaltending department with DeRidder replacing Driscoll.  You can't replace a Sanderson, but the core leadership is still very much there with Senden, Hain, Frisch, etc, and I'm not sure I would trade our D-Core for another in the country at the moment.   

Call me crazy, or only seeing through my green tinted glasses, but I believe UND will finish higher in the standings than the Pioneers this year.  

I also looked at Denver’s returning players and I think they seem top heavy up front. They return 3 players who scored more than 19 points last season. But everyone else back from last season didn’t seem to produce a ton. They’ll definitely need production from their new players or they might have some issues. Their d-core has a lot of returners though, so I’m thinking that’s where their strength will be. 

But in general I think UND is a deeper team, at least on paper. 

[FightingSU]

15 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

I try to never pick us for the league title, but lets break down who Denver lost.  Brink (57 points), Savoie (45 points), Guttman (45 points), Stapely (43 points), Wright (34 points), Barrow (21 Points).

My wife will tell you I'm not a smart individual, but that is replacing 245 points, roughly half of their scoring last season, and six of their top ten scorers.  And I didn't look further down the list for other lower point departures, so they likely lost over half their scoring.  Their D-core is salty, Chrona is the man, but he stands in one place and can only prevent teams from scoring.     

UND lost Sanderson, Ford, and Calder.  They accounted for 75 total points, which is about 23 percent of the scoring.  I think we got at least an even swap in the goaltending department with DeRidder replacing Driscoll.  You can't replace a Sanderson, but the core leadership is still very much there with Senden, Hain, Frisch, etc, and I'm not sure I would trade our D-Core for another in the country at the moment.   

Call me crazy, or only seeing through my green tinted glasses, but I believe UND will finish higher in the standings than the Pioneers this year.  

I agree, also losing Sanderson is almost a non factor in regards to comparing points and talent lost because we barely used him at all last year. So, I think losing Sanderson sounds like a bigger deal than it is. Look how far we got last year without him.