2023-24 University of North Dakota Hockey Season

[Frozen4sioux]

7 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

Don’t know to feel good for him or terrible for Miami.

Beyond feeling bad or terrible for Miami...

Time for some tough love, get it together or move it along.

[The Sicatoka]

Benoit got valuable minutes in a pressure game with Zmolek out. That'll pay off down the road. 

[brianvf]

Congrats to Ludvig and OMac!

 

[SIOUXELEVENS]

10 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

Benoit got valuable minutes in a pressure game with Zmolek out. That'll pay off down the road. 

Benoit , didn’t notice him which is perfect for a D man . 

[Dustin]

1 hour ago, SIOUXELEVENS said:

Benoit , didn’t notice him which is perfect for a D man . 

I didn’t either. Not sure if I even heard his name called on the broadcast.

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

Would love to jump BU as we seem to have been much better this year when we’re able to match lines. And it’d be critical to match with Celebrini and Hutson as they change games. It’d be nice if the only team we have to worry about is BC, if we even have to play them in the title game potentially. 

[fightingsioux4life]

3 hours ago, SIOUXELEVENS said:

Benoit , didn’t notice him which is perfect for a D man . 

Kind of like officiating.

[Sweethockey]

11 hours ago, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said:

Would love to jump BU as we seem to have been much better this year when we’re able to match lines. And it’d be critical to match with Celebrini and Hutson as they change games. It’d be nice if the only team we have to worry about is BC, if we even have to play them in the title game potentially. 

This year, probably more so than past years, last change will be crucial.

[tnt]

13 hours ago, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said:

Would love to jump BU as we seem to have been much better this year when we’re able to match lines. And it’d be critical to match with Celebrini and Hutson as they change games. It’d be nice if the only team we have to worry about is BC, if we even have to play them in the title game potentially. 

Hopefully BC keeps rolling and feels invincible, then has their "Colorado College" moment early in the NCAA tournament.  

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

47 minutes ago, tnt said:

Hopefully BC keeps rolling and feels invincible, then has their "Colorado College" moment early in the NCAA tournament.  

I've seen enough of Bemidji under Serratore to know they are built for upsets.

[Blackheart]

3 hours ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:

I've seen enough of Bemidji under Serratore to know they are built for upsets.

Yeah, they like to sit back and defend and then counterpunch when they get numbers.

[Dustin]

If UND is a 1 seed and Denver a 2 seed, are they put in the same regional due to geography?  Or since Denver would fly to whatever regional they go to, the committee is at ease to put them wherever?

[fargosioux]

39 minutes ago, Dustin said:

If UND is a 1 seed and Denver a 2 seed, are they put in the same regional due to geography?  Or since Denver would fly to whatever regional they go to, the committee is at ease to put them wherever?

They tend to keep bracket integrity if they can, so they wouldn't necessarily put them with UND unless the layout of the brackets had them matched up naturally. (Example - UND is #4 & Denver is #5).

[dustnyou]

Nice little nugget from College Hockey Inc. today… If Jackson Blake registers a point this weekend, he will set an NCHC record for most conference points in a season. 

[brianvf]

1 minute ago, dustnyou said:

Nice little nugget from College Hockey Inc. today… If Jackson Blake registers a point this weekend, he will set an NCHC record for most conference points in a season. 

Yeah he’s currently tied with Boeser and Brink. 

[brianvf]

Gaber listed as one of the top undrafted college players:

https://www.flohockey.tv/articles/12212785-top-undrafted-college-free-agents-for-the-nhl-collin-graf-tops-list?utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_source=facebook&utm_term=thumbnail.top-undrafted-college-free-agents-for-the-nhl-collin-graf-tops-list&utm_content=article&utm_campaign=aha&contract_id=0061n00000vcyv4qan&fbclid=IwAR3aCxU8W4y99UfM4XpOrmDAiXWUC6QzBrOji97MP9kTzSqdDMR6RegYQFI

[TwamleyShuffle]

It’s gameday! Let’s stomp Omaha out of the NCAAs 

[RedFrog]

I count 12 goals (out of 130 total) scored by Dmen this year ... even given some of offensive talent we have had on the blue line the last decade or so, this seems like it is a low number.  Just an observation.  

I think it is indicative of the depth of talent in the forward group as we don't rely as heavily on the shot from the point and lean on the skill of our forward group to create opportunities and shots.

I haven't researched to see what our % of goals scored by Dmen has been and may do that this weekend.

 

[tnt]

5 minutes ago, RedFrog said:

I count 12 goals (out of 130 total) scored by Dmen this year ... even given some of offensive talent we have had on the blue line the last decade or so, this seems like it is a low number.  Just an observation.  

I think it is indicative of the depth of talent in the forward group as we don't rely as heavily on the shot from the point and lean on the skill of our forward group to create opportunities and shots.

I haven't researched to see what our % of goals scored by Dmen has been and may do that this weekend.

 

Personally, I think it is indicative of the type of defenseman that Berry went after when he did the defensive reboot.   We needed guys that were going to be defensively responsible first and foremost, and then worry about adding to the point totals. 

It seems that both Livanavage and Wiebe have some nice upside offensively, and they both seem to realize they can be offensive when the situation dictates.  With that in mind, it is very nice that Livanavage has the most points at UND as a rookie defenseman since Brian Lee.   

In college hockey today, you need some offense from your defensemen, but like you said, with our forwards, you don't have to sell out for that offense.  I think we move more to the offensive defense in the future, and just make sure they do so responsibly and when the situation dictates.  That said, you are always going to need guys like Bennett Zmolek and Keaton Pehrson, who are just plain hard to play against.   A good balance is always desirable. 

[Dustin]

3 hours ago, tnt said:

Berry went after when he did the defensive reboot

This should net Berry at least one COY honor.  Brilliant job handling that situation.

[fightingsioux4life]

1 minute ago, Dustin said:

This should net Berry at least one COY honor.  Brilliant job handling that situation.

He couldn't have done it any better. This staff had a lot of things to fix and questions to answer and they have hit home runs on all of them. Kudos to Berry and his staff.

[brianvf]

Welcome to the NIL world, UND:

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/college/an-nil-collective-to-benefit-und-athletes-will-soon-be-announced?fbclid=IwAR0YB1LoX1USLC59Lrsf5R9mGRkV4lqXsXu1bs4AY6MqxPSvTOjYvOXMTkg

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There will soon be a collective to benefit UND athletes through name, image and likeness (NIL).

An official announcement is expected by the end of the month that multiple leaders from the Grand Forks business community are partnering to launch a collective.

The collective will be designed to benefit athletes from any sport on campus.

Contributors will be able to specify where their money is going.

Details will be revealed in the official announcement, which could come as early as next week.

 

[brianvf]

Congrats to Jake on making the NCHC All-Rookie Team:

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NCHC all-rookie team

F - Miko Matikka, DU
F - Alex Bump, WMU
F - Tanner Ludtke, Omaha
D - Zeev Buium, DU
D - Jake Livanavage, NoDak
G - Isak Posch, SCSU

 

[Sodbuster]

3 hours ago, brianvf said:

Congrats to Jake on making the NCHC All-Rookie Team:

 

Well deserved.

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

Will there someday be an all conference transfer team? We'd place some on there for sure.