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2023-24 University of North Dakota Hockey Season


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59 minutes ago, SiouxFanSince1990 said:

Delusions of grandeur over there, lol. Sad really. Oh well….

Well, with that attitude, you are right. FB won't ever amount to anything. Which is why some people are very passionate about changing the trajectory of that program. Just like we don't want hockey to fade into the darkness of irrelevancy.

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3 hours ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Well, with that attitude, you are right. FB won't ever amount to anything. Which is why some people are very passionate about changing the trajectory of that program. Just like we don't want hockey to fade into the darkness of irrelevancy.

Sure, but when the AD and head coach is stifling the potential for that trajectory, it’s hard to take things seriously. NIL and the portal is only going to make things worse. I’m not trying to be a Nancy. I’ll leave it at that.

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The Pehrson addition last week took my trepidation and consternation about 2023-24 down a notch. Between Pehrson, Pyke, and Zmolek, it has become needing one of four freshmen to be "game ready" in October. I like those odds (guessing it'll be Wiebe). And it buys a little more time to decide what to do with the eighth defender slot. (One year rental, or something mid-range, or a fifth freshman; personally I'd do one more rental and be done with the portal after this season.) 

It also makes me more open to the idea of 16F instead of 9D for this season also. Of course the perfect "27th" guy would be a Brad Miller clone who could play either D or F. 

 

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22 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

The Pehrson addition last week took my trepidation and consternation about 2023-24 down a notch. Between Pehrson, Pyke, and Zmolek, it has become needing one of four freshmen to be "game ready" in October. I like those odds (guessing it'll be Wiebe). And it buys a little more time to decide what to do with the eighth defender slot. (One year rental, or something mid-range, or a fifth freshman; personally I'd do one more rental and be done with the portal after this season.

It also makes me more open to the idea of 16F instead of 9D for this season also. Of course the perfect "27th" guy would be a Brad Miller clone who could play either D or F. 

 

Agreed. With Zmolek coming off an injury, I'm hoping for a 5th year RH shot for that last slot.

Pyke - Pehrson

Wiebe - Zmolek

Livanavage / Benoit - _______

Livanavage / Benoit (7th spot)

Komazk (8th spot)

In my ideal situation, you have the extra skater as one of the FR d-man. 

Next off-season you replace the three 5th year guys with Freshman (Strathmann, McInnis and hopefully Hensler). 

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3 minutes ago, AJS said:

Agreed. With Zmolek coming off an injury, I'm hoping for a 5th year RH shot for that last slot.

Pyke - Pehrson

Wiebe - Zmolek

Livanavage / Benoit - _______

Livanavage / Benoit (7th spot)

Komazk (8th spot)

In my ideal situation, you have the extra skater as one of the FR d-man. 

Next off-season you replace the three 5th year guys with Freshman (Strathmann, McInnis and hopefully Hensler). 

McInnis has played 9 junior hockey games so I wouldn’t pencil him in with that group yet. Probably depends on how next season goes for him. 

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30 minutes ago, AJS said:

Agreed. With Zmolek coming off an injury, I'm hoping for a 5th year RH shot for that last slot.

I threw out a random portal name (Klee, RPI) but I have no idea if either party has any interest. What Klee was was a name that fit the demographic I'd look for: one-year, RH D, with experience to step in if needed, be it Zmolek's hip isn't right or all the freshmen struggle. 

 

OK, OK, I picked Klee for a couple other reasons. First, his brother is a pipeline forward recruit. Next, he's an RPI guy, and RPI guys are just handsome, and intelligent, and gosh-darn it people just like them. Brady Ferner and I just prove the point. :D 

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43 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

I threw out a random portal name (Klee, RPI) but I have no idea if either party has any interest. What Klee was was a name that fit the demographic I'd look for: one-year, RH D, with experience to step in if needed, be it Zmolek's hip isn't right or all the freshmen struggle. 

 

OK, OK, I picked Klee for a couple other reasons. First, his brother is a pipeline forward recruit. Next, he's an RPI guy, and RPI guys are just handsome, and intelligent, and gosh-darn it people just like them. Brady Ferner and I just prove the point. :D 

Wait a sec.  Who were you cheering for when RPI brought their powerhouse into the WSC over Thanksgiving weekend in 1984 for a titanic series?  The one with Chris Jensen's OT game-winner. 

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