tnt Posted November 13 Share Posted November 13 Looks like we might be looking just to keep our heads above water until after Christmas. Need to keep getting contributions from guys like Montgomery, whether that be at defense or forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfhockey Posted November 13 Share Posted November 13 Our last win in tourney dropping to d2 https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2024/11/12_AIC-Dropping-Program-Back.php?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1pElfU0SSlefLU4diwW_zOeKIjw02wgg-Gl2SlhnfOIq0FDMDcDfT6Qw8_aem_9-1PqghHi3CgqXwb1xBf-Q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InHeavenThereIsNoBeer Posted November 13 Share Posted November 13 With Zmolek being long term, do they bring a d-man in at the break? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJS Posted November 13 Share Posted November 13 On 11/7/2024 at 1:32 PM, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said: Time to carry a 9th dman for future rosters. I feel like we run into this EVERY SINGLE SEASON I could be misremembering, but has this really been an issue recently? This is completely different than losing someone right before the NCAA's (i.e. Pyke last year). I'm a broken record, but keep it at 8, always. Moving forward though, I'd look at having that 15F being able to play D if needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxforce19 Posted November 13 Share Posted November 13 43 minutes ago, AJS said: I could be misremembering, but has this really been an issue recently? This is completely different than losing someone right before the NCAA's (i.e. Pyke last year). I'm a broken record, but keep it at 8, always. Moving forward though, I'd look at having that 15F being able to play D if needed. It’s been an issue, yes. It happened last year, but it was more of a short term issue than it has been this year. It also happened in the Covid Pod, and the following season after that also. Basically every season in recent memory has had this issue. However like I mentioned this is the first time the injury concerns were not minor, short term injuries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AJS Posted November 13 Popular Post Share Posted November 13 2 hours ago, siouxforce19 said: It’s been an issue, yes. It happened last year, but it was more of a short term issue than it has been this year. It also happened in the Covid Pod, and the following season after that also. Basically every season in recent memory has had this issue. However like I mentioned this is the first time the injury concerns were not minor, short term injuries. Pre-portal, I might have a different opinion. Even with all the injuries, they can fill out a line-up sheet. Everyone is contributing. What I don't want to see is two defenseman who are expecting to play, sitting up in the stands as healthy scratches (along with the 9D). I would always choose the potential for being short of players > talent sitting in the stands. IMO, it goes so much further than the player leaving via portal after the year, I think it poisons the locker room that year as well. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuhakiYeahYeah Posted November 14 Share Posted November 14 :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.357 Posted November 14 Share Posted November 14 6 minutes ago, SuhakiYeahYeah said: :/ Berry said nothing of the sort during his presser yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxForever Posted November 14 Share Posted November 14 Not that I expected the team to win a Natty, but if Berg is out long term, there goes the season. Team doesn’t have enough veteran punch with him out of the lineup. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwamleyShuffle Posted November 14 Share Posted November 14 6 minutes ago, SiouxForever said: Not that I expected the team to win a Natty, but if Berg is out long term, there goes the season. Team doesn’t have enough veteran punch with him out of the lineup. They say he will be back around Christmas time. Just enough time for a late season run. Moreover with him being out, someone is going to step up which could progress a younger players skill set. It sucks he won’t be playing but not all is lost 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.357 Posted November 14 Share Posted November 14 1 minute ago, TwamleyShuffle said: They say he will be back around Christmas time. Just enough time for a late season run. Moreover with him being out, someone is going to step up which could progress a younger players skill set. It sucks he won’t be playing but not all is lost Where are you hearing this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted November 14 Share Posted November 14 Zmolek Berg Buy used; lasts a year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianvf Posted November 14 Share Posted November 14 1 minute ago, .357 said: Where are you hearing this? https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/cameron-berg-to-miss-this-weekends-series-against-top-ranked-denver Quote Berg is listed as week-to-week. His targeted return is somewhere around Christmas break time. UND's final series before the three-week break is Dec. 13-14 against St. Cloud State. The Fighting Hawks resume regular-season play after break against Arizona State on Jan. 10-11. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodakgirl93 Posted November 14 Share Posted November 14 Ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianvf Posted November 14 Share Posted November 14 Quote Komzak has returned to practice. Croal and Strathmann have skated. All three are listed as week-to-week. Zmolek and Johnson are out indefinitely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianvf Posted November 14 Share Posted November 14 If ever there was a team that could really use a bye week, it's this team right now. Unfortunately they won't get one until after the SCSU series in mid-Dec. Berg will miss the crucial stretch of RMU/BSU/Miami where this team really needs to go 6-0...5-1 at absolute worst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InHeavenThereIsNoBeer Posted November 14 Share Posted November 14 30 minutes ago, brianvf said: If ever there was a team that could really use a bye week, it's this team right now. Unfortunately they won't get one until after the SCSU series in mid-Dec. Berg will miss the crucial stretch of RMU/BSU/Miami where this team really needs to go 6-0...5-1 at absolute worst. Feel like this is a good stretch for him to miss tbh. I think we can go 5-1 minimum without him during this stretch. We SHOULD have plenty of firepower to get past those teams without him. Especially with how battle tested this team is and knowing they can't take a shift off with the top line center out. This week against DU however, I'll take a split and run. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.357 Posted November 14 Share Posted November 14 59 minutes ago, TwamleyShuffle said: They say he will be back around Christmas time. Just enough time for a late season run. Moreover with him being out, someone is going to step up which could progress a younger players skill set. It sucks he won’t be playing but not all is lost For sure it'll progress someone else's skill set, but probably at a cost. He's a difference-maker in most games he plays. Other forwards will need to go above & beyond to compensate for his absence (especially Wilke, just 1 g, 2a in 9 games so far..need more production from him pronto). If they can somehow gut out a split with DU & manage to go 6-0 against the PWR-killer teams before break ... Glass half-full for now. 14 minutes ago, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said: Especially with how battle tested this team is and knowing they can't take a shift off with the top line center out. You would think, but they were missing Berg at Cornell also, & they looked rather disjointed on Friday & made quite a few fundamental mistakes in that series. We shall see if they've learned anything since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxFan100 Posted November 15 Share Posted November 15 What’s with all the injuries? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianvf Posted November 15 Share Posted November 15 Just now, SiouxFan100 said: What’s with all the injuries? Evidently Berry recruited a bunch of guys similar to Mr. Glass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxbow6 Posted November 15 Share Posted November 15 Good thing I snatched up my West Regional ticket allotment earlier this week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scpa0305 Posted November 15 Share Posted November 15 15 hours ago, SuhakiYeahYeah said: :/ Well…I suppose we have an excuse now. I haven’t seen injury issues like this before…all at once, right away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scpa0305 Posted November 15 Share Posted November 15 13 hours ago, brianvf said: Evidently Berry recruited a bunch of guys similar to Mr. Glass. No…these are flukey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scpa0305 Posted November 15 Share Posted November 15 15 hours ago, SiouxForever said: Not that I expected the team to win a Natty, but if Berg is out long term, there goes the season. Team doesn’t have enough veteran punch with him out of the lineup. Not only Berg but zmolek. No team can withstand all those losses. Tough sledding from here on out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnt Posted November 15 Share Posted November 15 Before the season, I would say that Berg and Zmolek were two of the key guys on the team, and ones we could ill afford to lose for any extended length of time. We seem to have bad luck in losing guys like Sanderson and Pyke at the wrong time. Like I said before, hopefully we can keep our head above water and we get those guys back at the right time to make a run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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