2023-24 University of North Dakota Hockey Season

[The Sicatoka]

1 minute ago, scpa0305 said:

All these guys work on skating. 

I'm sure they do, but with what coaching? 

Livanavage works with this "Boris" fellow that works with Austin Matthews. 

[petey23]

1 hour ago, N of GF said:

Does anyone here know for a fact that UND doesn't have skating instructors? Unless I've missed something, all I see are a couple of people saying they don't know if they do.

I would be shocked if they don't have skating instructors come in once or twice a year and have all the training, drills and video instruction that go with it and several players also may do it on their own over the summer as well.

[scpa0305]

46 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

I'm sure they do, but with what coaching? 

Livanavage works with this "Boris" fellow that works with Austin Matthews. 

Oh absolutely they all do.

I know Boris, he’s really good 

[The Sicatoka]

15 minutes ago, scpa0305 said:

Oh absolutely they all do.

I know Boris, he’s really good 

So bring him in as a consultant for the first week of fall camp or during summer.   

[Goon]

1 hour ago, scpa0305 said:

Completely agree here. Passing was an issue the past two years I think. Especially watching some other teams play. Much more crisp.

This isn't just a UND thing, the Boston Bruins were passing to the opposition all series long.  Ugh!

[Goon]

6 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

Hedquist hasn't played since April 19 when he left a game with an injury. I'm cringing. 

I heard he had a lower-body Injury. 

[siouxforce19]

23 minutes ago, Goon said:

I heard he had a lower-body Injury. 

Correct. He’s listed as day-to-day.,

[N of GF]

On 5/1/2023 at 1:00 PM, The Sicatoka said:

I don't know what they have, but I've called for skating to return to focus just like "Ironman" training. 

Yeah, I get where you're coming from. You made it clear that you don't know either way.

A few people were making assumptions about an unanswered question, and they were starting to roll that snowball downhill. Just wanted to point out that no one here has any direct knowledge that they DON'T do these things. 

[The Sicatoka]

 

[The Sicatoka]

 

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

Interesting quotes...

https://www.therinklive.com/mens-college/nchc/bulldogs-walk-the-walk-when-it-comes-to-culture-five-things-to-know-about-incoming-transfer-luke-bast

[brianvf]

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“I really enjoyed my time here in North Dakota. It was a great group of guys here,” Luke Bast said. “I really did enjoy my time here, but at the same time, for me, going into my sophomore year, I was expecting to hopefully get a little bit more opportunity and that wasn't the case. And that's fine, that's all part of the business and I get it.”

I think a lot of that had to do with his injury.  An injury that was even stated earlier in the article, that it lingered for the whole season.

[dustnyou]

2 hours ago, brianvf said:

I think a lot of that had to do with his injury.  An injury that was even stated earlier in the article, that it lingered for the whole season.

Agreed. And in Luke’s mind, he expected more ice time but it was taken up by transfers.  

[The Sicatoka]

If he wasn't healthy, if he had the effects of a lingering injury, the alternative to sit him is play him and risk worse injury and longer recovery.

Damned if ya do, ... 

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

Am I being overly sensitive or was there some veiled shots in those quotes?

[petey23]

12 hours ago, dustnyou said:

Agreed. And in Luke’s mind, he expected more ice time but it was taken up by transfers.  

Him starting the year injured was unfortunate but even so he was starting the year as our 4th Left handed D in the pecking order as Sidorski was brought in to be our 8th defenseman and Farmer was going to be our #2 or 3 right handed D man.

If Bast had been healthy he could have supplanted Cooper Moore who held the job by default early in the year because Bast was inured. 

I was far more comfortable with Bast being in the lineup over Moore at the end of the season but maybe his injuries were holding him back a bit.

[siouxforce19]

44 minutes ago, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said:

Am I being overly sensitive or was there some veiled shots in those quotes?

There were. 
 

Also the writer of the article takes shots at UND at every opportunity so nothing new there. 

[N of GF]

53 minutes ago, siouxforce19 said:

There were. 
 

Also the writer of the article takes shots at UND at every opportunity so nothing new there. 

Which article did you read?

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

The ones that stuck out to me, didn't realize Matt Wellens didn't quote Bast in the 1st one(wonder why):

Bast said he respects that UMD took him out of the transfer portal to fill a void on the roster this season, not to push out any other current players or recruits. He also respect how protective the staff is of the program’s culture.

“Everyone talks about culture, like literally every program,” Bast said. “There’s some programs that actually walk the walk and other programs that talk the talk. What I’ve heard from Duluth is they walk the walk when it comes to culture. That was very appealing to me.”

[N of GF]

2 hours ago, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said:

The ones that stuck out to me, didn't realize Matt Wellens didn't quote Bast in the 1st one(wonder why):

Bast said he respects that UMD took him out of the transfer portal to fill a void on the roster this season, not to push out any other current players or recruits. He also respect how protective the staff is of the program’s culture.

“Everyone talks about culture, like literally every program,” Bast said. “There’s some programs that actually walk the walk and other programs that talk the talk. What I’ve heard from Duluth is they walk the walk when it comes to culture. That was very appealing to me.”

I think you're being oversensitive.

And I'm really confused about all the shots the writer apparently took.

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

8 minutes ago, N of GF said:

I think you're being oversensitive.

And I'm really confused about all the shots the writer apparently took.

So you don't think Bast was talking about UND in those quotes?

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

Nobody makes me appreciate Schloss more than Wellens. Hatten and Myers are both good at their jobs, as was Shane Frederick. Wellens is not.

[The Sicatoka]

Bast, Wellens, Duluth. Meh. 

Rather talk about an 8th D and a 16th F if that's the route Bubs et al plans. 

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

7 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

Bast, Wellens, Duluth. Meh. 

Rather talk about an 8th D and a 16th F if that's the route Bubs et al plans. 

Poaching Pohlkamp?

[SIOUXELEVENS]

8 hours ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:

Poaching Pohlkamp?

We can only hope.