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10 hours ago, hockeytherapy13 said:


Well it’s time to start guessing lineups again because I want the season to be here.  What do you all think of this?

Boisvert-Berg-Kunz 
Swanson-Omac-Perron
James-Wilkie-Strinden
Croal-Jammer-Schmaltz

Andrew-Monty-Littler

Livanavage-Zmolek
Wiebe-Emery 
Strathmann-Macdonald  

Jubenvill-Komzak

Semptimphelter
Hedquist
Johnson

 

Seems like Kunz will be playing top 6 (or top 9) mins this year for sure based on what Bubs said in the Captain’s article from the Herald. Every forward line has 2 separate guys that can play center. I could maybe see Wiebe playing with Strathmann to start the year since Wiebe can play on the right side well.  

Lineup looks good. I’d try Boisvert at C out of the gate and like someone else posted. May want to get some size on that 2nd line.Top nine looks solid though and that 4th is nasty. 

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38 minutes ago, Sweethockey said:

8%- Frozen 4 appearance What the asst. coaches get? Not a clue.

10%-National championship game appearance

20%- National champions

The way things are going he’s going to need a, win a game in the NCAA tournament bonus ;):D

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Boisvert-Berg-Kunz 
Swanson-Omac-Perron
James-Wilkie-Strinden
Croal-Jammer-Schmaltz
Andrew-Monty-Littler

My critique: 

That won't be Game 1. Come second half, maybe. Why? 

First two lines do not have enough "defensive responsibility". Swanson and Perron are not big and will be taken advantage of. Kunz can forget to backcheck at times, so can OMac, and Boisvert is a freshman. If OMac and Kunz prove me wrong I'll accept it. 

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7 hours ago, scpa0305 said:

Lineup looks good. I’d try Boisvert at C out of the gate and like someone else posted. May want to get some size on that 2nd line.Top nine looks solid though and that 4th is nasty. 

Yeah we seem to be set up for better depth this year. Our top end is lower initially without Blake and gaber but we have the guys that can grow into it very well. If the 3rd line ends up being some semblance of what I had, that would be a top 6 on most teams.

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15 hours ago, brianvf said:

Tons of offensive potential on that 2nd line, but they might get tossed around a bit since they're all small/slight. 
So I just put Berg with two of them and had OMac with Boisvert.
The rest of my lineup ended up the exact same as yours.

Perron - Berg - Swanson
OMac - Boisvert - Kunz

I actually had that same setup for top 6 in my first 3 drafts (except Omac starting at center) and I just couldn’t decide haha. I knew I wanted a playmaker like Swanson with a shooter like Perron but I had a hard time deciding where the rest of the top 6 would fall 

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On 8/21/2024 at 1:40 PM, omahasioux1 said:

I plan on going to Oxford this year, Anybody give me any tips on where to stay and restaurants? 

We went last year and stayed at the Elm's.  Nice hotel downtown close to restaurants and bars. The authentic german restaurant and speakeasy's were my favorite, but had a great time everywhere we went.  The Arena is an easy walk through campus from the downtown area. Had a lot of fun with both the ND and Redhawk fans, highly recommend the visit.

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1 hour ago, cberkas said:

 

I see they say upgrades to the Arena will be announced at a later date.   I assume they are going to have new concessions and what not.  Anyone know any of the plans?

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17 hours ago, Bleedn Green said:

We went last year and stayed at the Elm's.  Nice hotel downtown close to restaurants and bars. The authentic german restaurant and speakeasy's were my favorite, but had a great time everywhere we went.  The Arena is an easy walk through campus from the downtown area. Had a lot of fun with both the ND and Redhawk fans, highly recommend the visit.

Thank you for the info.

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Just did a quick look over the roster, and can't remember a year in recent memory that we had so much size.  There are 12 guys on the roster 6'2 or above.  Did some research and last year there were 9 guys that tall, and the years before we averaged about 6 to 7 kids that size.

Eleven new faces this year, 6 of the 11 are 6'2 plus.  Heavy hockey a priority? 

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Sigh....the tallest team since 10-11......and I don't want to talk about that one......     

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4 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

Just did a quick look over the roster, and can't remember a year in recent memory that we had so much size.  There are 12 guys on the roster 6'2 or above.  Did some research and last year there were 9 guys that tall, and the years before we averaged about 6 to 7 kids that size.

Eleven new faces this year, 6 of the 11 are 6'2 plus.  Heavy hockey a priority?       

I think they made an effort last summer to get more guys with some size because it was pretty obvious in the 2022-23 season that our smaller defensemen in particular were getting pushed around. 

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16 minutes ago, brianvf said:

Some upcoming season highlights.
Two guests for One More Shift are Dixon Ward on 10/25 and Dennis Hextall on 2/8.

 

Ward IMO is top 5 all time to put on a UND jersey.  Was a treat to watch.

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1 hour ago, Oxbow6 said:

Ward IMO is top 5 all time to put on a UND jersey.  Was a treat to watch.

Those teams he was on with Greg Johnson et. al didn't win a banner, but they sure could put the puck in the net.  

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5 hours ago, Oxbow6 said:

Ward IMO is top 5 all time to put on a UND jersey.  Was a treat to watch.

Agreed! He was one of my favorite players growing up. :)
My son and I are planning our annual trip to ND again…I know it’s early but please let me know if you might have a pair of extra tickets laying around…it’d be fun to join your group again! Thinking either WMU in mid Jan or CC in early Feb. Thank you!

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On 8/28/2024 at 4:29 PM, Wilbur said:

Just did a quick look over the roster, and can't remember a year in recent memory that we had so much size.  There are 12 guys on the roster 6'2 or above.  Did some research and last year there were 9 guys that tall, and the years before we averaged about 6 to 7 kids that size.

Eleven new faces this year, 6 of the 11 are 6'2 plus.  Heavy hockey a priority? 

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Sigh....the tallest team since 10-11......and I don't want to talk about that one......     

We just need some of them to eat a few protein bars and hang out with Pooly. Emery is a string bean (172 lbs won’t cut it even if it’s all lean muscle) and will need to be bulking up big time over the next 2 years. He and Boisvert can hit the weights and dining centers together. Still excited to see how Emery uses that long reach to kill plays, though. 

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41 minutes ago, hockeytherapy13 said:

We just need some of them to eat a few protein bars and hang out with Pooly. Emery is a string bean (172 lbs won’t cut it even if it’s all lean muscle) and will need to be bulking up big time over the next 2 years. He and Boisvert can hit the weights and dining centers together. Still excited to see how Emery uses that long reach to kill plays, though. 

Agreed on Emery’s size (at 6’3”), but hard for most of us to even comprehend how freakishly lean he is. Most competitive bodybuilders at show weight won’t ever achieve the 3.64% bf he registered at the combine. Even pushing him up to an average 12-15% bf of a solid college athlete, he’d be pushing close to 200# and we wouldn’t think anything of it. Adding 10# + of muscle (and even 10#) of fat, and he’ll be an absolute unit. Combined with his elite athleticism, it’ll be fun to see what he can do. 

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Some more info on the One More Shift duo:

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/dennis-hextall-dixon-ward-to-skate-one-more-shift-at-und

This is super cool...at 81 years old!  Nice.

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On April 4, 1968, Dennis Hextall took the ice for the New York Rangers.

In doing so, he became the first UND player to suit up in an NHL game.

Hextall, who started that trend more than 50 years ago, will be back on campus this season. He is scheduled to participate in UND's 'One More Shift' event, where former UND greats suit up in full uniform, are introduced during pregame starting lineups and skate a couple of laps around the zone.

Hextall, age 81, is planning to suit up in full gear and skate.

 

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8 hours ago, brianvf said:

Agreed! He was one of my favorite players growing up. :)
My son and I are planning our annual trip to ND again…I know it’s early but please let me know if you might have a pair of extra tickets laying around…it’d be fun to join your group again! Thinking either WMU in mid Jan or CC in early Feb. Thank you!

You pick the series and I'll have two tickets for both nights for you. I'll be down for the ASU series....sun, golf and hockey.

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