2022-23 University of North Dakota Hockey Season

[stoneySIOUX]

23 minutes ago, BusinessSoot said:

1)Yep, three weeks after UND season had ended. Kid was lucky to end up where he ended up based on the timing of the decision.  

2)Ferner is not in Europe. His decision was based off of Farmer coming and  from what I was told, his role would diminish. So yes, he made his own decision.

Both examples (1&2)  of how this has turned into a cut throat business with the portal and telling two guys (from the portal a year ago) with eligibility left, that plans have changed. Reasonable to assume both players had planned to be in Grand Forks for their last two years of eligibility. 

3) Your opinion, you are entitled to that. My opinion is the 7 eligible dmen coming back had a chance to have another solid year together, without Farmer. We'll never know what could have been, and maybe by years end, everything works out where these current 8 dmen have a solid year overall as does the team and it is a moot point. If coaching staff feels Farmer gives team a better chance to win and make a deeper run than last year, so be it. They are the ones getting paid to make those decisions.

4) I'm taking grizzled vets on fourth line all day long........

Ferner was absolutely looking at Europe for pro hockey. I guess I haven't followed him since he left. With your overall point of players taking other players spots and loyalty, I guess I just want the best player on the ice. I absolutely think Farmer is a better player than Ferner and that's not a knock on Ferner. 

Yes, it's pretty clear the coaching staff thinks Farmer is a better player/the right player as he's here and Ferner is not. 

Calder got pushed out due to the rookies, not the portal. We needed to give his scholarship to an incoming freshman. I guess I just don't see a problem there.

Lastly, apparently Portz and/or Albrecht aren't earning their spot during the week. So, I don't know what to tell ya.

[stoneySIOUX]

4 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

Farmer used to cover for some UMass player named Makar before Makar figured out you have to play both ends of the ice. 

And another UMASS player who hasn't 

[brianvf]

11 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:

I absolutely think Farmer is a better player than Ferner and that's not a knock on Ferner.

Calder got pushed out due to the rookies, not the portal. We needed to give his scholarship to an incoming freshman. I guess I just don't see a problem there.

Yes agreed.  Farmer > Ferner based on what I've seen so far.

My understanding of the Calder situation was that since the NCAA put the limits back on scholarship money after the temporary lift during COVID, that he was going to be left with very minimal or no scholarship...which wouldn't be ideal for any student athlete.  I don't blame him one bit for looking elsewhere for a team that had scholarship money to spare. 

[brianvf]

10 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:

And another UMASS player who hasn't 

I'd still take him here!  Heck, pair him back up with Farmer.   

[stoneySIOUX]

2 minutes ago, brianvf said:

I'd still take him here!  Heck, pair him back up with Farmer.   

Oh, I know I'm in the minority on the opinion of that player hahaha.

[stoneySIOUX]

4 minutes ago, brianvf said:

Yes agreed.  Farmer > Ferner based on what I've seen so far.

My understanding of the Calder situation was that since the NCAA put the limits back on scholarship money after the temporary lift during COVID, that he was going to be left with very minimal or no scholarship...which wouldn't be ideal for any student athlete.  I don't blame him one bit for looking elsewhere for a team that had scholarship money to spare. 

Yep. No scholarship. He definitely made a smart decision, IMO. 

[1972]

all of the talk of who should be in, who is in, ect...leaves me wondering what james is doing wrong in practice to earn a seat in the stands in vegas( and a couple other games).  kid is pretty solid come game time, from what i have seen.  dont believe we have lost with him in the lineup.

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

5 hours ago, stoneySIOUX said:

Just to clarify a couple things... Calder was actually not asked to come back. He was told he didn't have a scholarship because we wanted to bring in our recruits -- James, being the most timely after his junior performance last season. So, we had A LOT of consternation of losing Spicer because we kept older guys... can you imagine if that would have happened with Calder?

Ferner got married and went to play pro hockey in Europe. He made his own decision.

Farmer has been absolutely everything that was expected, so I am not sure what you're seeing, sorry.

As far as Portz and Albrecht go... earn your spot, homie. You guys want all of our young studs on the ice or some grizzled vets? Pick your poison. 

That’s the great thing about this board. We push James back to retain Calder and James decided to go elsewhere this board would be on fire. Dammed if you do, damned if you don’t.  

[brianvf]

From what I’ve seen, James need to be on the ice if he’s healthy. 

[siouxforce19]

3 hours ago, stoneySIOUX said:

Oh, I know I'm in the minority on the opinion of that player hahaha.

I just think he’s a brat. 

[Goon]

This is a pretty good podcast. I think you find that the players are reading the things people post about them online on Sioux Sports and Twitter. You can hear it about the 40 minutes mark IRC. 

 

 

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

13 hours ago, Goon said:

This is a pretty good podcast. I think you find that the players are reading the things people post about them online on Sioux Sports and Twitter. You can hear it about the 40 minutes mark IRC. 

 

 

[Oxbow6]

13 hours ago, Goon said:

This is a pretty good podcast. I think you find that the players are reading the things people post about them online on Sioux Sports and Twitter. You can hear it about the 40 minutes mark IRC. 

 

 

Good thing their fishbowl isn't that of Bama or Michigan football.......

[Langster019]

Ferner not playing hockey.

[burd]

Who do you think will emerge as the locker room leader(s) on this team?   Gaber is putting pucks in the net now, he hustles, and he appears willing to take on the burden of offensive leadership.  Still, for some reason, I don't feel like he will be the catalyst on the O side of things.  But I don't know any of these players and have no connections to the program and therefore have ZERO feel for that kind of thing.  I know they have elected their captains, but as each season progresses, players tend to develop into those roles.  

[brianvf]

Gonna have to try to contain that top line of DU's next weekend, and that will be tough.
Dornbach/Rizzo/Mazur have combined for 19 of DU's 31 goals this season.
Control them as much as possible and that'll give us a much better shot at winning a game or two.
Berry has last line change against them, which will help.

[Kevin G]

DROP EVERYTHING AND LISTEN! VEHICLE CRASHES INTO RED PEPPER! THE HUMANITY!

 

[Green Banner]

1 hour ago, Kevin G said:

DROP EVERYTHING AND LISTEN! VEHICLE CRASHES INTO RED PEPPER! THE HUMANITY!

 

My first thought was I hope the building is ok lol

[The Sicatoka]

2 hours ago, Kevin G said:

DROP EVERYTHING AND LISTEN! VEHICLE CRASHES INTO RED PEPPER! THE HUMANITY!

 

Two words: Domestic. Terrorism. 

[Goon]

2 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

Two words: Domestic. Terrorism. 

Three Words: Incredibly Drunk Driver. 

[The Sicatoka]

14 minutes ago, Goon said:

Three Words: Incredibly Drunk Driver. 

No, Goon, attacking the Red Pepper is a flagrant act of domestic terrorism.  

[Goon]

1 hour ago, The Sicatoka said:

No, Goon, attacking the Red Pepper is a flagrant act of domestic terrorism.  

Oh... I see where you're going with this.   

 

[Snake]

Did he at least stop in for some hard shell Schneiders?

[Frozen4sioux]

8 hours ago, Kevin G said:

DROP EVERYTHING AND LISTEN! VEHICLE CRASHES INTO RED PEPPER! THE HUMANITY!

 

"The Red Pepper reports they will be closed for the day as all their inventory and ingredients on hand where ruin in the accident..... A  claim of $16 has been made with Noadk Insurance"....

[brianvf]

https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2022/11/10_This-Week-in-College-Hockey.php

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CHN editor Adam Wodon took to Twitter earlier this week with an interesting nugget involving the Pairwise.

In summary — most of the teams that will make the NCAA Tournament are already in the top 15.

Wodon looked at last year's Pairwise on the same date (Nov. 7) and noticed that 11 of the eventual final top 15 were already in the top 15 on Nov. 7 of last year. In addition, 13 of the final top 15 were already in the top 20.

This means we already have a very good understanding of what most of the final Pairwise will look like in March.

Nothing is set in stone, but most of the non-conference games are complete. The last few weeks have featured mostly league games across the board and while there are still non-conference games remaining in December and January, the bulk of them are done.

UND is currently #24 in the PWR. 
The loss to ASU and the tie against UNO are certainly not helping right now.