Friday....the Clowns....St. Paul. YES!

[stoneySIOUX]

11 minutes ago, Dustin said:

Personally, I am flushed with excitement to see UND come out guns a-blazin' on Friday night.  Get a goal in the first five minutes of the game, and that place will explode.

Yep. Just let it all go, baby. Can't friggin' wait.

[siouxweet]

1 hour ago, Dustin said:

One year we won the third place game, which gave us an at-large berth, IIRC.

2014 won third place game and needed some help and got in when Wisconsin beat OSU in OT for Big 10 title.

[tnt]

21 minutes ago, Dustin said:

Personally, I am flushed with excitement to see UND come out guns a-blazin' on Friday night.  Get a goal in the first five minutes of the game, and that place will explode.

Hope that is the case, but that has been my biggest disappointment this season, when backs have been to the wall they still came out flat and didn't find their game until the second period.  If they come out buzzing, I like their chances, if they sit back and let St. Cloud take it to them early with their season on the line, I will be even more disappointed.  Hopefully they start like they did against Omaha in game three, only capitalize early. 

[stoneySIOUX]

4 minutes ago, tnt said:

Hope that is the case, but that has been my biggest disappointment this season, when backs have been to the wall they still came out flat and didn't find their game until the second period.  If they come out buzzing, I like their chances, if they sit back and let St. Cloud take it to them early with their season on the line, I will be even more disappointed.  Hopefully they start like they did against Omaha in game three, only capitalize early. 

Yep, I'm nervous about an early jittery/slow start, too. Just bring the energy throughout and let the chips fall. This team seems to have found the ability to fire out the gates here recently, in most cases. It has to happen again because Clown will be fired up to shut the crowd down early. 

[stoneySIOUX]

7 minutes ago, siouxweet said:

2014 won third place game and needed some help and got in when Wisconsin beat OSU in OT for Big 10 title.

I'll never forget that. Went to a buddy's place downtown to watch Sconnie get us into the tourney instead of going to the championship game lol. And then we smoked them in the first round hahaha. 

[Sweethockey]

1 hour ago, johnsowe said:

Would home sites be better for the nchc? Is the Xcel too big? 

Probably better at home sites, the NCHC seems to do just fine having at the X. No, the X isn't too big. It isn't like the Final 5 of old, but it is nice having it all in one spot. There are a lot of alumni down in the cities and they will gather at the X among other places this weekend.

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

54 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:

Yep. Just let it all go, baby. Can't friggin' wait.

[UNDColorado]

2 hours ago, Dustin said:

One year we won the third place game, which gave us an at-large berth, IIRC.

Correct, that win snuck us in the tournament. Then I think they did away with the 3rd place game the next year.

[petey23]

2 hours ago, Dustin said:

One year we won the third place game, which gave us an at-large berth, IIRC.

We beat Western Michigan 5-0 for 3rd in 2014 and then made the bar turn off NCAA basketball so we could watch Wisconsin come from down 4-2 with 7 minutes left to beat Ohio State. An Ohio State win would have eliminated us. The we went to Cincinnati and thanked Bucky for getting us in the tournament by sending them packing in the first round.....we won't talk about what happened 2 weeks later.

[siouxforce19]

18 minutes ago, UNDColorado said:

Correct, that win snuck us in the tournament. Then I think they did away with the 3rd place game the next year.

Third place game remained until Covid I think. They just recently eliminated it. 

[stoneySIOUX]

15 minutes ago, petey23 said:

We beat Western Michigan 5-0 for 3rd in 2014 and then made the bar turn off NCAA basketball so we could watch Wisconsin come from down 4-2 with 7 minutes left to beat Ohio State. An Ohio State win would have eliminated us. The we went to Cincinnati and thanked Bucky for getting us in the tournament by sending them packing in the first round.....we won't talk about what happened 2 weeks later.

Nope. Nothing happened. We all went on our merry way.

[GDPritch]

1 hour ago, johnsowe said:

Would home sites be better for the nchc? Is the Xcel too big? 

Not too big IMO but it would be if UND didn’t make it to St Paul. 

[Pump It Up]

Can a SCSU fan chime in?

I think it's pathetic that the Big 10 tried to do a conference tourney at the X and it was an utter failure compared to the NCHC at Target Center.  I hope we never go to home sites.  That said, without UND it would be pretty ugly attendance wise.

See you guys Friday.

[Sweethockey]

27 minutes ago, Pump It Up said:

Can a SCSU fan chime in?

I think it's pathetic that the Big 10 tried to do a conference tourney at the X and it was an utter failure compared to the NCHC at Target Center.  I hope we never go to home sites.  That said, without UND it would be pretty ugly attendance wise.

See you guys Friday.

Yes you will!

[Blackheart]

4 hours ago, GDPritch said:

Not too big IMO but it would be if UND didn’t make it to St Paul. 

Mariucci would be a good size but it would take too long to get the Gofer stank out of the place.

[The Sicatoka]

2 minutes ago, Blackheart said:

Mariucci would be a good size but it would take too long to get the Gofer stank out of the place.

Not with non NHL ice. 

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

40 minutes ago, Pump It Up said:

Can a SCSU fan chime in?

I think it's pathetic that the Big 10 tried to do a conference tourney at the X and it was an utter failure compared to the NCHC at Target Center.  I hope we never go to home sites.  That said, without UND it would be pretty ugly attendance wise.

See you guys Friday.

Hopefully you guys get placed in Fargo for your regional, every time a regional on I-29 is a success is good for everyone nearby.

[Blackheart]

11 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

Not with non NHL ice. 

That’s part of the stank.

[SiouxFan100]

Now we have a storm advisory 

ugh

[farce poobah]

19 minutes ago, SiouxFan100 said:

Now we have a storm advisory 

ugh

Yes heads up for anyone coming down Thursday. Friday forecast is just light snow. 

[brianvf]

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/und-set-to-play-on-st-patricks-day-in-st-paul-again

UND on St. Patrick's Day

2023 — UND vs. St. Cloud State, NCHC semifinal
2018 — 4-1 win over Minnesota Duluth, NCHC third place (green), St. Paul
2017 — 1-0 win over Denver, NCHC semifinal (black), Minneapolis
2013 — 6-0 win over Michigan Tech, WCHA first round (white), Grand Forks
2012 — 4-0 win over Denver, WCHA championship (green), St. Paul
2007 — 3-2 OT loss to Minnesota, WCHA championship (green), St. Paul
2006 — 4-3 win over Wisconsin, WCHA semifinal (green), St. Paul
2005 — 3-2 win over Wisconsin, WCHA quarterfinal (green), St. Paul
2001 — 6-5 OT loss to St. Cloud State, WCHA final (white), St. Paul
2000 — 7-3 win over St. Cloud State, WCHA semifinal (white), Minneapolis
1990 — 5-3 loss to Boston University, NCAA first round, Boston
1984 — 4-2 win over RPI, NCAA quarterfinal, Troy, N.Y.

[cowboys5xsbs]

1 hour ago, brianvf said:

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/und-set-to-play-on-st-patricks-day-in-st-paul-again

UND on St. Patrick's Day

2023 — UND vs. St. Cloud State, NCHC semifinal
2018 — 4-1 win over Minnesota Duluth, NCHC third place (green), St. Paul
2017 — 1-0 win over Denver, NCHC semifinal (black), Minneapolis
2013 — 6-0 win over Michigan Tech, WCHA first round (white), Grand Forks
2012 — 4-0 win over Denver, WCHA championship (green), St. Paul
2007 — 3-2 OT loss to Minnesota, WCHA championship (green), St. Paul
2006 — 4-3 win over Wisconsin, WCHA semifinal (green), St. Paul
2005 — 3-2 win over Wisconsin, WCHA quarterfinal (green), St. Paul
2001 — 6-5 OT loss to St. Cloud State, WCHA final (white), St. Paul
2000 — 7-3 win over St. Cloud State, WCHA semifinal (white), Minneapolis
1990 — 5-3 loss to Boston University, NCAA first round, Boston
1984 — 4-2 win over RPI, NCAA quarterfinal, Troy, N.Y.

Seems like a good day for us 

[burd]

On 3/14/2023 at 2:41 PM, siouxfan512 said:

I'm not so sure they would have experience a loss during that covid year. Nothing is guaranteed, but that was a dominant team that was playing really really well.

Didn't somebody wonder aloud at the beginning of the season whether the current team would go undefeated?

[brianvf]

4 hours ago, burd said:

Didn't somebody wonder aloud at the beginning of the season whether the current team would go undefeated?

I think he does that every season though. 

[Kevin G]

Some stats to prep for Friday night's game:

SCSU (22-12-3, PWR 7):

• 3.3 G/G, 2.41 GAA, +0.9 G/G margin
• PP: 25.5% (5th nationally); PK: 76.1% (56th nationally)
• Leading scorers (G-A-Pts): Jami Krannila (19-18-37), Zach Okabe (16-16-32), Grant Cruikshank (21-11-32), Veeti Miettinen (10-21-31)
• +/- leaders: Krannila (+19), Josh Luedtke (+17), Brendan Bushy (+16)
• +/- laggards: Brady Ziemer (-6), Jack Rogers (-2)
• Most commonly-used FO guys: Cruikshank (56.7%), Mason Salquist (56.0%), Krannila (49.3%)
• Team Sv% and GAA: .909% (19th nationally), 2.41 GAA (12th nationally)

UND (18-14-6, PWR 18)

• 3.3 G/G, 2.82 GAA, +0.5 G/G margin
• PP: 27.2% (2nd nationally); PK: 83.9% (13th nationally)
• Leading scorers (G-A-Pts): Jackson Blake (16-25-41), Riese Gaber (20-17-37), Chris Jandric (4-29-33)
• +/- leaders: Jandric (+17), Judd Caulfield (+7), Dylan James and Ben Strinden (+6)
• +/- laggards: Cooper Moore (-12), Gavin Hain (-11), Luke Bast (-10)
• Most commonly-used FO guys: Jake Schmaltz (55.7%), King Louie V (52.0%), Owen McLaughlin (50.1%)
• Team Sv% and GAA: .886% (57th nationally, now tied with LIU!), 2.82 GAA (32nd nationally)