2024-25 University of North Dakota Hockey Season

[Big A HG]

6 hours ago, Goon said:

Do you ever contribute anything that is positive? Just asking for a friend. UND's is ranked 5th in the nation for power play. But, but, but. Let Fire Berry, the PK is ranked 43rd in the nation. For the ones that care, UND is CHN's team of the week. 

 

What's negative about what I wrote?  16th in the nation is still decent, but total goals is entirely meaningless when A) Total goals are so darn close, and B) we've played as many as three more games than many nearby teams.  Take away our last three games and that puts us in 23rd in goals.  I didn't even mention Berry, so try again.  #KeepShilling

[scpa0305]

20 hours ago, Goon said:

Do you ever contribute anything that is positive? Just asking for a friend. UND's is ranked 5th in the nation for power play. But, but, but. Let Fire Berry, the PK is ranked 43rd in the nation. For the ones that care, UND is CHN's team of the week. 

I get it…and agree. But, if we’re to be as unbiased (as possible). We’re still in deep doo doo this season, nothing has changed there. Also, besides cloud we’ve played some of the worst rated teams in the country recently. 
 

again, not trying to be a Debbie downer after the team had a great weekend. But we are no where near out of the storm yet. The boys will have to go on a fairly significant run here. Let’s hope they do  

[tnt]

15 minutes ago, scpa0305 said:

I get it…and agree. But, if we’re to be as unbiased (as possible). We’re still in deep doo doo this season, nothing has changed there. Also, besides cloud we’ve played some of the worst rated teams in the country recently. 
 

again, not trying to be a Debbie downer after the team had a great weekend. But we are no where near out of the storm yet. The boys will have to go on a fairly significant run here. Let’s hope they do  

Like I said before, I think if you finish in the top 2 or 3 in the league, the pairwise will take care of itself.

[fightingsioux4life]

Just now, tnt said:

Like I said before, I think if you finish in the top 2 or 3 in the league, the pairwise will take care of itself.

Agree 100%. Besides Miami, this league is very strong top to bottom.

[scpa0305]

15 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Agree 100%. Besides Miami, this league is very strong top to bottom.

Omaha and UMD are both awful this year too. Our bottom is a very real bottom this year. No where near as deep as this conference used to be.

[Goon]

19 minutes ago, scpa0305 said:

I get it…and agree. But, if we’re to be as unbiased (as possible). We’re still in deep doo doo this season, nothing has changed there. Also, besides cloud we’ve played some of the worst rated teams in the country recently. 
 

again, not trying to be a Debbie downer after the team had a great weekend. But we are nowhere near out of the storm yet. The boys will have to go on a fairly significant run here. Let’s hope they do  

I don't recall me saying that we weren't in a precarious situation. I don't choose to be a burn everything to the ground mentality. I try to be a positive person, more pressing concerns in my life. I can't be negative all of the time. There are too many issues in the world right now to worry about any college or professional sport. There are other programs on campus in worse condition that the UND hockey team. I am not saying that some of the concerns aren't warranted, but come on, Berry would be picked up tomorrow if Chaves fired him. 

Yes, UND hockey is probably my third love after my wife and daughter. In all of my days of being a UND hockey fanbase member, I've never had these many discussions with friends, coworkers and relatives about the state of the UND coaching staff. Even during the end of the Gino Gasperini days. I went to the get together held by the AD this past summer at the Betty and ran into someone from here and all they wanted to talk about was UND Hockey and who gets fired first.  I had a media member from a different geographical location tell me our fanbase comes off as being entitled. It was an unsolicited opinion. Yes! There are things that concern me about this team, they might have turned the corner. I've also seen younger players grow in their role due to the injury situation, especially the very young d-core of this team. Win or lose this year, I will still be a fan of the program. Life is too F'N short to be pi$$ed off all of the time. 

[scpa0305]

2 minutes ago, Goon said:

I don't recall me saying that we weren't in a precarious situation. I don't choose to be a burn everything to the ground mentality. I try to be a positive person, more pressing concerns in my life. I can't be negative all of the time. There are too many issues in the world right now to worry about any college or professional sport. There are other programs on campus in worse condition that the UND hockey team. I am not saying that some of the concerns aren't warranted, but come on, Berry would be picked up tomorrow if Chaves fired him. 

Yes, UND hockey is probably my third love after my wife and daughter. In all of my days of being a UND hockey fanbase member, I've never had these many discussions with friends, coworkers and relatives about the state of the UND coaching staff. Even during the end of the Gino Gasperini days. I went to the get together held by the AD this past summer at the Betty and ran into someone from here and all they wanted to talk about was UND Hockey and who gets fired first.  I had a media member from a different geographical location tell me our fanbase comes off as being entitled. It was an unsolicited opinion. Yes! There are things that concern me about this team, they might have turned the corner. I've also seen younger players grow in their role due to the injury situation, especially the very young d-core of this team. Win or lose this year, I will still be a fan of the program. Life is too F'N short to be pi$$ed off all of the time. 

Don’t get me wrong…this forum is full of “burn it down” crazies. I am not one of them. My point was fairly simplistic I guess. We had a tough start, mostly due to a tough opening schedule and some key injuries. We circled back and have been on a decent stretch, mostly due to the sub par teams we’ve had the luxury to play. I’m still curious how good this team really is, time will tell I suppose.

As far as the burn it down folks go, I think they need to come to a very realization that the recruiting landscape has been changing for a while now and will continue to change heavily as we move forward. It’s not as easy as it used to be…and I’m saying that right after coming off a great recruiting year (I.e. two first rounders and the ushl player of the year). Recruiting will be key moving forward. The one thing I will say is that we’ll need to favor well against the other teams that aren’t pulling first rounders annually. 

[fightingsioux4life]

16 minutes ago, Goon said:

I don't recall me saying that we weren't in a precarious situation. I don't choose to be a burn everything to the ground mentality. I try to be a positive person, more pressing concerns in my life. I can't be negative all of the time. There are too many issues in the world right now to worry about any college or professional sport. There are other programs on campus in worse condition that the UND hockey team. I am not saying that some of the concerns aren't warranted, but come on, Berry would be picked up tomorrow if Chaves fired him. 

Yes, UND hockey is probably my third love after my wife and daughter. In all of my days of being a UND hockey fanbase member, I've never had these many discussions with friends, coworkers and relatives about the state of the UND coaching staff. Even during the end of the Gino Gasperini days. I went to the get together held by the AD this past summer at the Betty and ran into someone from here and all they wanted to talk about was UND Hockey and who gets fired first.  I had a media member from a different geographical location tell me our fanbase comes off as being entitled. It was an unsolicited opinion. Yes! There are things that concern me about this team, they might have turned the corner. I've also seen younger players grow in their role due to the injury situation, especially the very young d-core of this team. Win or lose this year, I will still be a fan of the program. Life is too F'N short to be pi$$ed off all of the time. 

Nobody is suggesting that intercollegiate athletics is as important as our families or the larger problems of the world. All some of us are pointing out is that there are real deficiencies in this program right now. We are falling behind other blue bloods in postseason success. Recruiting will suffer in the long run if we don't reverse this trend.

Denver has won 3 Natty's since our last in 2016. And they did it despite all the obstacles some of our fans use as an excuse for our program not having similar success.

Being positive as a general rule of life is good.

Ignoring problems within the program in the name of positivity is not.

[scpa0305]

17 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Nobody is suggesting that intercollegiate athletics is as important as our families or the larger problems of the world. All some of us are pointing out is that there are real deficiencies in this program right now. We are falling behind other blue bloods in postseason success. Recruiting will suffer in the long run if we don't reverse this trend.

Denver has won 3 Natty's since our last in 2016. And they did it despite all the obstacles some of our fans use as an excuse for our program not having similar success.

Being positive as a general rule of life is good.

Ignoring problems within the program in the name of positivity is not.

Denver has a very good recruiting network out there. Not just with the blue chips, but also with the over agers/role players. Nobody has gotten more out of their players than Carle. If he isn’t the best out there….he’s 2-3. I think that’s just a fact.  He’s been on an incredible run…hopefully he cools off here soon :). Also, coaching the WJC also helps with recruiting.

[scpa0305]

Whoa emery got cut from the WJC 

[MafiaMan]

3 hours ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Agree 100%. Besides Miami, this league is very strong top to bottom.

UMD is pretty bad.

[MafiaMan]

3 hours ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Nobody is suggesting that intercollegiate athletics is as important as our families or the larger problems of the world.

Speak for yourself!

[fightingsioux4life]

2 minutes ago, MafiaMan said:

UMD is pretty bad.

I don't think that will last long term. Miami has been bad for a long time.

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

13 minutes ago, scpa0305 said:

Whoa emery got cut from the WJC 

Wow. Another storyline for the rivalry. Would love to see him call out Larson for it.

[ChadR]

7 minutes ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:

Wow. Another storyline for the rivalry. Would love to see him call out Larson for it.

Guarantee Larson had 0% to do with that.

[scpa0305]

59 minutes ago, ChadR said:

Guarantee Larson had 0% to do with that.

While I don’t believe that number is zero, I doubt he had a huge influence on the snub. It’s interesting that a heavy nchc coaching staff (for two years straight now) hasn’t taken one UND player. Definitely makes you start questioning the process.

Was Sanderson/Kleven the last UND players to play in the WJC?

[Godsmack]

Schlossman wrote a very nice piece on EJ and his family and his mom spoke about how setbacks have actually been a positive in his development over the years playing hockey. Given what she said, I can see EJ being royally T’d off, feeling snubbed and will use this as motivation to prove his doubters wrong. I feel bad for him, he’s developing into a great collegiate player and could see him wearing a letter next season for UND.

[fightingsioux4life]

10 minutes ago, scpa0305 said:

While I don’t believe that number is zero, I doubt he had a huge influence on the snub. It’s interesting that a heavy nchc coaching staff (for two years straight now) hasn’t taken one UND player. Definitely makes you start questioning the process.

Was Sanderson/Kleven the last UND players to play in the WJC?

As long as we kick Canada's a$$, I am fine with whomever they pick. 🙂

 

[siouxforce19]

17 minutes ago, scpa0305 said:

While I don’t believe that number is zero, I doubt he had a huge influence on the snub. It’s interesting that a heavy nchc coaching staff (for two years straight now) hasn’t taken one UND player. Definitely makes you start questioning the process.

Was Sanderson/Kleven the last UND players to play in the WJC?

Jackson Blake played WJC his freshman year. 

[scpa0305]

2 minutes ago, siouxforce19 said:

Jackson Blake played WJC his freshman year. 

That’s right…how did I forget that. Carle was the head coach though I don’t believe. Those Denver guys hate Nodak.

[siouxforce19]

6 minutes ago, scpa0305 said:

That’s right…how did I forget that. Carle was the head coach though I don’t believe. Those Denver guys hate Nodak.

I looked it up - Rand Pecknold was the WJC coach when Jackson Blake played. 

I didn’t think anything last year about Carle not taking Livanavage but Emery is a guy a lot of people had as a lock. Makes me question things a bit more. 

[brianvf]

Yeah every list I’ve seen has had Emery as a lock. Hopefully he uses it as motivation and it doesn’t bite Team USA in the butt. 

[scpa0305]

19 minutes ago, siouxforce19 said:

I looked it up - Rand Pecknold was the WJC coach when Jackson Blake played. 

I didn’t think anything last year about Carle not taking Livanavage but Emery is a guy a lot of people had as a lock. Makes me question things a bit more. 

Everyone had emery as a top 4 lock…not just one of the 8 dmen. Weird deal. BC has 6 players! 

[cberkas]

3 hours ago, scpa0305 said:

Whoa emery got cut from the WJC 

I heard he was going to be a cut before he went to the camp. 

[Godsmack]

16 minutes ago, cberkas said:

I heard he was going to be a cut before he went to the camp. 

So why bother inviting him then?