2022-23 University of North Dakota Hockey Season

[R_Schneider_4]

54 minutes ago, GDPritch said:

Believe the poster was referring to the NCHC conference? Believe we have never won that. It’s looking like will  need to do that this season if any hope of making the NCAA tourney.

Umm

[burd]

14 hours ago, MafiaMan said:

2001…any team from about 1991-1994.

They were pretty bad during my undergrad years (71-75).   Fans stuck with them, though.

[Oxbow6]

You don't even see athletes at private HS who's parents "donate" have longer leashes than some on this team.

[Sioux>Bison]

2 hours ago, siouxforce19 said:

If you’re suggesting we’ve never won the Frozen Faceoff you’d be wrong. 

 

46 minutes ago, siouxweet said:

We won it in 2021.

We lost so many times in the past it’s hard to remember we won one. My memories of the frozen face off haven’t been the best experience! Granted I did go in 2021

[petey23]

Assuming everyone is healthy I think the next 6 games should involve these players in the lineup and then evaluate which players have held their spots for the playoff series.

F-Blake, Gaber, Strinden, James, Schmaltz, Constantini, Jamernik, Kunz, Ness, Albrecht, Portz, McLaughlin, Caufield

D-Frisch, Jandric, Kleven, Sidorski, Bast, Moore

G-Split between DeRidder and Hellsten

[nodakgirl93]

1 hour ago, R_Schneider_4 said:

Umm

We won on home ice but in the cities we've never had a good time. Berry for some reason hasn't done very well in that area. Hakstol on the other hand seemed to win it every other year.

[SiouxScore]

16 hours ago, scpa0305 said:

Honestly trying to remember a worse Und team than this. 

This squad is very reminiscent of a couple other of Berrys teams like the one that got swept by Canisius. I don't have a lot of faith in Berry to get this program back to where it should be which is consistently top of the conference, top of the 5-10 nationally, and winning NCAA tournament games while getting to Frozen Fours. 

Yes Berry has led us to some conference championships and won a national title taking over that 2016 team but counting this season and not counting the covid year he will have also missed the NCAA Tournament 3 out of his 7 seasons including 3 of the last 5, only been to 1 Frozen Four, lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament twice, and been on the road in the NCHC playoffs twice. To go along with that a number of our teams including this year have no clear identity, defensively we have gotten worse in his tenure, recruiting has taken a big step back and in my mind a big part of that is on the the lack of energy/effort from the head man. We have had multiple embarrassing loses in the non-conference both at home and on the road like Canisius, Arizona State, Cornell, Penn State, U18 team, Bemidji, Union, and Michigan State. Along with bad conference losses to Miami, Omaha, and Colorado College now I'm not saying those non-con or conference losses were embarrassing because of each of the programs although some are I'm saying it because when the losses happened they happened to bad teams in that given year. 

I'm at the point where whatever is gonna bring change is what I hope happens. If that means we need to get embarrassed a couple times down the stretch here then so be it because the best thing for North Dakota Hockey right now would be making a change. This program has and should have championship expectations year in and year out and right now we are nowhere close to that being realistic.

[Frozen4sioux]

4 hours ago, burd said:

They were pretty bad during my undergrad years (71-75).   Fans stuck with them, though.

Didn't have the Tweeter and forums to amplify it all.

[fightingsioux4life]

3 minutes ago, Frozen4sioux said:

Didn't have the Tweeter and forums to amplify it all.

Are you suggesting the program isn't in as bad of shape as it looks?

[brianvf]

1 hour ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Are you suggesting the program isn't in as bad of shape as it looks?

Certainly not as bad as mid-70s or early-90s.
Not yet, at least.   

[dden3]

I think they’ve probably learned some lessons about overusing the portal. I hope so anyway. 

[brianvf]

Just now, dden3 said:

I think they’ve probably learned some lessons about overusing the portal. I hope so anyway. 

Unfortunately they're gonna be forced to go portal for a goalie and dmen next season regardless unless they pick up some late bloomer recruits this summer.
 

[MafiaMan]

7 hours ago, R_Schneider_4 said:

Umm

Pretty much the LA Lakers “bubble” title then, right?

[siouxweet]

21 minutes ago, MafiaMan said:

Pretty much the LA Lakers “bubble” title then, right?

*

[Frozen4sioux]

3 hours ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Are you suggesting the program isn't in as bad of shape as it looks?

It ain't awesome, that's assured.

But no it's nowhere near the impending nuclear explosion reverberating in this echo chamber..

Nor is it duckys and bunnies  "just about" to mmake the second half run to a title that the facebook Gaberbutlickers are assuring us of.

[MafiaMan]

1 minute ago, Frozen4sioux said:

It ain't awesome, that's assured.

But no it's nowhere near the impending nuclear explosion reverberating in this echo chamber..

Nor is it duckys and bunnies  "just about" to mmake the second half run to a title that the facebook Gaberbutlickers are assuring us of.

Nobody over there is suggesting the second half surge is starting next Friday…they’re too busy b*tching and moaning about this past weekend’s officiating for that. 

[Wilbur]

1 hour ago, brianvf said:

Unfortunately they're gonna be forced to go portal for a goalie and dmen next season regardless unless they pick up some late bloomer recruits this summer.
 

Two goalies....two.  

[brianvf]

Just now, Wilbur said:

Two goalies....two.  

You think they'll carry four goalies again or that Hellsten is also going to leave?

[Wilbur]

8 minutes ago, brianvf said:

You think they'll carry four goalies again or that Hellsten is also going to leave?

My sources say....ja...that two new portal goalies enter the fold.  Haven't heard anything on the Swede leaving though. 

 

[brianvf]

Just now, Wilbur said:

My sources say....ja...that two new portal goalies enter the fold.  Haven't heard anything on the Swede leaving though.

I could see them keeping four goalies on roster again...Johnson, Hellsten, and two new goalies. 
And then Hedquist plays one more year of juniors?

[MafiaMan]

On 12/4/2022 at 4:42 AM, MafiaMan said:

Follow-up to that:

Quinnipiac Friday:  3 

Quinnipiac Saturday:  5

Arizona State Saturday:  3

Denver Saturday:  3 

Miami Saturday:  3 

St. Cloud Friday:  6 

St. Cloud Saturday:  6 

Western Michigan Friday:  4

Western Michigan Saturday:  4 

Denver Saturday:  3 

Updated stat:  10 times this season, North Dakota has given up 3 or more goals in a stretch of a hockey game.  Quinnipiac was a long time ago…you think the situation would have been discussed by now with the team, but maybe that’s just me.

[Wilbur]

5 hours ago, brianvf said:

I could see them keeping four goalies on roster again...Johnson, Hellsten, and two new goalies. 
And then Hedquist plays one more year of juniors?

Hedquist turns 20 on Tuesday of this week so he could play another year in the BCHL if the coaches so desire.  

[FightingSU]

18 hours ago, gfhockey said:

Whose married

 

 

Senden.  The captain of the team. 

[The Sicatoka]

25 minutes ago, FightingSU said:

Senden.  The captain of the team. 

He's engaged, not yet married. (I could prove it but I got in trouble providing a link last time.) 

And we've had married players before (e.g. Malcolm Parks); so what. 

[Frozen4sioux]

4 hours ago, Wilbur said:

Hedquist turns 20 on Tuesday of this week so he could play another year in the BCHL if the coaches so desire.  

I can't imagine he wouldn't need at this point.