2023-24 University of North Dakota Hockey Season

[The Sicatoka]

Mentioning D sizes ...

Roster's up.
https://fightinghawks.com/sports/mens-ice-hockey/roster?view=2 

 

Keaton Pehrson wins best major. 

[The Sicatoka]

Team grew an inch and two pounds compared to last season's posted roster. (Note my 2022-23 roster is from early August also and they made some in-season updates last year.) 

[Wilbur]

Nodak bantam team was at the Herb in Stearns County this weekend.  Hopefully no feelings got hurt....

[siouxfaninseattle]

3 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

Nodak bantam team was at the Herb in Stearns County this weekend.  Hopefully some feelings got hurt....

FYP

[Green Banner]

5 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

Mentioning D sizes ...

Roster's up.
https://fightinghawks.com/sports/mens-ice-hockey/roster?view=2 

 

Keaton Pehrson wins best major. 

I noticed that Ulmer is still listed on the 23-24 roster as a volunteer coach. The new NCAA rule states that a volunteer coach would count towards 3 coaching positions 

[brianvf]

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/karl-goehring-returns-from-europe-with-a-bronze-medal-and-fresh-knowledge

[Scratch]

Pretty detailed review of this year's squad, especially the dearth of top end talent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wx0735Sijo&ab_channel=HuskiesWarmingHousePodcast

[tnt]

1 hour ago, Scratch said:

Pretty detailed review of this year's squad, especially the dearth of top end talent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wx0735Sijo&ab_channel=HuskiesWarmingHousePodcast

Blake, Gaber, James, Perron, Berg, McLaughlin etc., is hardly a dearth of top end talent.   

[burd]

8 minutes ago, tnt said:

Blake, Gaber, James, Perron, Berg, McLaughlin etc., is hardly a dearth of top end talent.   

Enough top end talent to go the distance.  

Goaltending

[WiSioux]

On 7/21/2023 at 8:32 PM, SiouxHawkGuy said:

Anyone going to Boston?

I want to go but for the life of me cannot figure out when tickets go on sale

[brianvf]

27 minutes ago, burd said:

Enough top end talent to go the distance.  

Goaltending

Agreed.

They don't have a super high end "blue chippah" like Celebrini but they have a great grouping of forwards to make a top 9 that will definitely put up points.
A proven goalie that will now have a much better group in front of him.
And while the d-corps is starting fresh, it's a good mix of proven vets and high end rookies.

[stoneySIOUX]

3 hours ago, Scratch said:

Pretty detailed review of this year's squad, especially the dearth of top end talent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wx0735Sijo&ab_channel=HuskiesWarmingHousePodcast

 

1 hour ago, tnt said:

Blake, Gaber, James, Perron, Berg, McLaughlin etc., is hardly a dearth of top end talent.   

Just to clarify ... @Scratch you're saying we do or we DO NOT have a lot of top-end talent?

[Scratch]

I would say dearth. Though at forward we have some good guys, there's a big difference in my mind between bringing in round 2-4 talent and top half of round 1 star power, which apparently now only goes to BC BU Mich and Minn. That trend continues with the signings we've seen since Aug 1. 

On D, bringing in guys from mid/bottom tier programs, with no star freshmen, leads me to believe something like last year is the most likely outcome. But I could easily be wrong. 

[jk]

It's the most wonderful time of the year, when we only think of the best the players have to offer.  I'm chronically guilty of it, including this year.  I guess the SC guys have objectivity that I don't, but I'm not nearly so worried as they are.  Sounds like they're expecting a train wreck, while I'm thinking big bounce back year.

[Scratch]

My guess is maybe sneak into the tournament and lose but most likely end in the 20s in pairwise. Total wildcard with the new D

[jk]

A specific thing I disagree with them on is Zmolek, who they seem to think couldn't crack Mankato's lineup, but I expect to be a significant part of the team for the next few years.  (He was hurt last year.)

[fightingsioux4life]

15 minutes ago, Scratch said:

I would say dearth. Though at forward we have some good guys, there's a big difference in my mind between bringing in round 2-4 talent and top half of round 1 star power, which apparently now only goes to BC BU Mich and Minn. That trend continues with the signings we've seen since Aug 1. 

On D, bringing in guys from mid/bottom tier programs, with no star freshmen, leads me to believe something like last year is the most likely outcome. But I could easily be wrong. 

Dearth my butt. Having a team full of early first round picks sounds great, until they start signing contracts after one or two years. A mix of 1-2 year guys and 3-4 year guys is best to maintain continuity from year to year. I think the recent dip in recruiting is starting to turn around.

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

I've expected Simpson to coach in some capacity at UND ever since his last game. 

 

[fightingsioux4life]

3 hours ago, tnt said:

Blake, Gaber, James, Perron, Berg, McLaughlin etc., is hardly a dearth of top end talent.   

Remember, if they aren't picked in first half of the first round, they aren't "high end". (sarcasm) 

[UNDMOORHEAD]

3 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Remember, if they aren't picked in first half of the first round, they aren't "high end". (sarcasm) 

Quinnipiac never would of won the title without all those first round picks.

[fightingsioux4life]

1 minute ago, UNDMOORHEAD said:

Quinnipiac never would of won the title without all those first round picks.

No, FIRST HALF of the first round. The "blue chipper" standard is a high one, one our program apparently is not capable of reaching anymore. (sarcasm) 

[I Ranger]

12 minutes ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:

I've expected Simpson to coach in some capacity at UND ever since his last game. 

 

If those names are accurate and Smaby wants the job, I don't know how he doesn't get it. He almost got the position when Karl was hired. It sure seems like the position was written for him. 

[fightingsioux4life]

34 minutes ago, jk said:

It's the most wonderful time of the year, when we only think of the best the players have to offer.  I'm chronically guilty of it, including this year.  I guess the SC guys have objectivity that I don't, but I'm not nearly so worried as they are.  Sounds like they're expecting a train wreck, while I'm thinking big bounce back year.

I am with you on the bounce back year.

[brianvf]

1 hour ago, jk said:

A specific thing I disagree with them on is Zmolek, who they seem to think couldn't crack Mankato's lineup, but I expect to be a significant part of the team for the next few years.  (He was hurt last year.)

Yeah they made a few comments like that which made me think that they didn't have great knowledge of many of the guys (shocker, from a couple podcast guys??).

From looking at this team on paper, I would guess that both our offense and goaltending will be improved.
The d-corps will be a wait-and-see, hopefully the coaches can have them playing up to their potential earlier in the season than what we saw from last year's group.

[siouxforce19]

15 minutes ago, brianvf said:

Yeah they made a few comments like that which made me think that they didn't have great knowledge of many of the guys (shocker, from a couple podcast guys??).

From looking at this team on paper, I would guess that both our offense and goaltending will be improved.
The d-corps will be a wait-and-see, hopefully the coaches can have them playing up to their potential earlier in the season than what we saw from last year's group.

I didn’t listen to this podcast because I listened to their preview last year and it was obvious they didn’t do much relevant research in certain areas which is an annoyance of mine.