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...
SuhakiYeahYeah Posted November 15 Share Posted November 15 Luckily Providence hasn't lost a game since they came to the Ralph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InHeavenThereIsNoBeer Posted November 15 Share Posted November 15 15 hours ago, .357 said: 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. 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. Cornell is leagues above Miami, RMU, BSU. Cornell is a team that was a goal away from the Frozen Four and lost ONE single player and replaced him with a stud freshman. Cornell is a Frozen Four team, none of the aforementioned teams will make the tourney save a conference tournament championship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeytherapy13 Posted Friday at 03:54 PM Share Posted Friday at 03:54 PM We are lucky that our 2 most challenging series through the calendar year (Denver and St Cloud) are at home so that we can dictate some of the matchups. Of course the other side of that is it hurts the pairwise more to lose home games so it may bite us hard. I'm concerned that we will drop at least one, maybe 2 games during the sequence of RMU, BSU, and Miami. It almost seems like a given that Bemidji will snag one due to them always playing us hard. They aren't that good but they are good enough to grind out a win against us and worsen our pairwise problem against the CCHA. RMU and Miami scare me because I'm not sure how mentally tough we are so those games will be a test of how well we can get dialed in and not have moments of complacency. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnt Posted Friday at 04:17 PM Share Posted Friday at 04:17 PM 15 minutes ago, hockeytherapy13 said: We are lucky that our 2 most challenging series through the calendar year (Denver and St Cloud) are at home so that we can dictate some of the matchups. Of course the other side of that is it hurts the pairwise more to lose home games so it may bite us hard. I'm concerned that we will drop at least one, maybe 2 games during the sequence of RMU, BSU, and Miami. It almost seems like a given that Bemidji will snag one due to them always playing us hard. They aren't that good but they are good enough to grind out a win against us and worsen our pairwise problem against the CCHA. RMU and Miami scare me because I'm not sure how mentally tough we are so those games will be a test of how well we can get dialed in and not have moments of complacency. Actually, I think we are unlucky to have those games at home while we are having injury issues. I would rather we have the ability to make up ground if we need to later in the season by having those higher ranked teams at home. I share your concerns that we may drop a game or two to those teams we need to be beating. My concern is that we haven't taken advantage of the regionals we host and that if we do drop some of those games we will be behind the eight ball again in that regard. Not getting to regionals is one thing, but then when you do get there not even making a dent is a combination they definitely need to break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianvf Posted Friday at 05:18 PM Share Posted Friday at 05:18 PM 3 hours ago, scpa0305 said: No…these are flukey. Yes, for sure. Just ridiculous the injury issues this team is already facing a month into the season. You hope that they are using up all their injuries now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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