2024-25 University of North Dakota Hockey Season

[brianvf]

Interesting stat on new goalie TJ:

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Another interesting stat about Semptimphelter: He's never been scored upon in a shootout during his college career. Semptimphelter is 13-for-13 in stopping opponent attempts.

All four shootouts came this season. He blanked Colorado College (3-for-3), Dartmouth (3-for-3), Cornell (3-for-3) and Lindenwood (4-for-4).

@Oxbow6 will be happy with that, as I know he loves the shootouts.   

[The Sicatoka]

3 minutes ago, brianvf said:

Interesting stat on new goalie TJ:

@Oxbow6 will be happy with that, as I know he loves the shootouts.   

Fireworks? 

[The Sicatoka]

Oh my ... (per Schlossman):

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Shootout victories can be important for positioning in the league standings, and it's possible they could factor into the Pairwise Rankings in the future as well.

There will be discussions in Florida later this month about giving minimal weight to the shootout in the Pairwise.

Right now, a three-on-three overtime win is considered 67 percent of a regulation win. An overtime loss is 33 percent value. A shootout would be closer to 50-50 if it's given any value at all.

 

 

[The Sicatoka]

Question:

First-years normally help load/unload gear onto the bus. Yes, Zach Parise threw gear.

What about new guys via the portal? Or do they come in as "upperclassmen" regarding pitchin' stank bags. 

[The Sicatoka]

18 minutes ago, burd said:

Well played.

You hung a slider and I got around on it. 

[tnt]

1 hour ago, brianvf said:

Another interesting stat about Semptimphelter: He's never been scored upon in a shootout during his college career. Semptimphelter is 13-for-13 in stopping opponent attempts.

All four shootouts came this season. He blanked Colorado College (3-for-3), Dartmouth (3-for-3), Cornell (3-for-3) and Lindenwood (4-for-4).

... and UND wasn't beaten with a lead after two periods all year, 20-0.    Guess this means that we need to use Hobie for shootouts now!  

[Benny Baker]

Hate shootouts. 

Maybe in basketball, the best player on each team can play H-O-R-S-E to decide the winner. In football, we’ll just have a RB stand across from a LB at the 15-yard line and see if he can score.

[Blackheart]

2 hours ago, brianvf said:

Interesting stat on new goalie TJ:

@Oxbow6 will be happy with that, as I know he loves the shootouts.   

That will come in really handy during the NCAA’s…

[franchise]

2 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

Oh my ... (per Schlossman):

 

NCAA changing the rules once we get a guy who doesn't allow shootout goals. Figures

[brianvf]

A good article from CHN from earlier this year on our fresh goalie addition:

https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2023/12/14_The-Guiding-Light-of-Perspective.php

[Frozen4sioux]

5 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

Question:

First-years normally help load/unload gear onto the bus. Yes, Zach Parise threw gear.

What about new guys via the portal? Or do they come in as "upperclassmen" regarding pitchin' stank bags. 

Pohlkamp and Wood wouldn't have to toss so much as a toiletry bag

[nodakvindy]

6 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

Oh my ... (per Schlossman):

 

I'd be OK with regulation being all that matters with regard to Pairwise.  I'm not a fan of 3x3.  A tie is a legitimate result and probably what should be reflected when looking at resumes for NCAAs, which is all the Pairwise exists for.

[Tbone]

8 hours ago, stoneySIOUX said:

Exactly. I don't understand why bringing in a portal goalie is a bad thing.

Or maybe Keegan Karki has some eligibility left?

[tnt]

3 hours ago, franchise said:

NCAA changing the rules once we get a guy who doesn't allow shootout goals. Figures

I say compromise and either play 7 minutes of overtime 4 on 4, or 5 on 5, and call it a tie after that.

[Langster019]

19 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

Oh my ... (per Schlossman):

 

I think it was CHNs podcast who talked with Mayotte of CC after the Omaha series loss and missing the tourney. Talks about the weight of results and how it was their demise. Was a very interesting listen hearing him talk about how they were ultimately punished for playing at home vs the road and how the results had the effect they did on pairwise leaving them out. 

[iluvdebbies]

6 minutes ago, Langster019 said:

I think it was CHNs podcast who talked with Mayotte of CC after the Omaha series loss and missing the tourney. Talks about the weight of results and how it was their demise. Was a very interesting listen hearing him talk about how they were ultimately punished for playing at home vs the road and how the results had the effect they did on pairwise leaving them out. 

Or just don't lose to Augustana at home.

[SJHovey]

23 minutes ago, Langster019 said:

I think it was CHNs podcast who talked with Mayotte of CC after the Omaha series loss and missing the tourney. Talks about the weight of results and how it was their demise. Was a very interesting listen hearing him talk about how they were ultimately punished for playing at home vs the road and how the results had the effect they did on pairwise leaving them out. 

I was really impressed with him in that interview, and by what he said about the pairwise. 

[siouxforce19]

12 minutes ago, Langster019 said:

I think it was CHNs podcast who talked with Mayotte of CC after the Omaha series loss and missing the tourney. Talks about the weight of results and how it was their demise. Was a very interesting listen hearing him talk about how they were ultimately punished for playing at home vs the road and how the results had the effect they did on pairwise leaving them out. 

I think if CC had won most of their OT games in regulation instead of OT I think that may have been enough to get them in. UMass also played a lot of OT games and they were the last team in over CC. I haven’t done a deep comparison of the two teams but all the OT games between the two jumped out.  

[iluvdebbies]

3 minutes ago, SJHovey said:

I was really impressed with him in that interview, and by what he said about the pairwise. 

Can imagine the reaction here if UND just missed getting in and Brad Berry called for changes to the pairwise.

[The Sicatoka]

RE: comparing UMass and CC

CC had the far better record against ranked and top PWR teams.

Retort from UMass is "but BC and BU". And CC had quite the record against ... someone ... 

[nodakgirl93]

There was a cc fan who made a post in the college hockey subreddit. Someone who replied messed with the what if thing and there were quite a few games where an ot with or even a tie would have put them in the tourney. Just 1 game out of the many few. Ultimately they had some bad losses.

[mikejm]

18 hours ago, brianvf said:

A good article from CHN from earlier this year on our fresh goalie addition:

https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2023/12/14_The-Guiding-Light-of-Perspective.php

Sounds like a gamer

[tnt]

   With the Pod system next year in the league and playing teams 4 times even less, winning the league title will be more determined on the strength of your POD any given year, so UND should be more focused on just building their game throughout the year.

   Probably a good thing for Western, Omaha and Miami that they are in the same pod, as Omaha and Western lose a lot, and Miami… is Miami.  Denver’s pod with Arizona & CC could be good, but traditionally ours will be toughest with Duluth and St. Cloud.  

   Hopefully that will sharpen us a little better, and we might not have to play CC and Omaha, so we can have a better record.  Think Duluth will be more skilled, but young, and St. Cloud will have to replace studs on defense, and not sure if Veeti Miettinen is back or not.

   I won’t be sad if this means we won’t have to always play Omaha the last weekend, because I liked it when who you played was a crapshoot.  
   
   Will be different for sure, and to me with even less interaction between top teams, kind of takes away from the league title.  I can see a perceived weaker pod like the Omaha one next year still in the running for high league or home ice finish if they can really take advantage and beat up on their pod and play average hockey beyond that.
   

   

 

[Blackheart]

3 minutes ago, tnt said:

   With the Pod system next year in the league and playing teams 4 times even less, winning the league title will be more determined on the strength of your POD any given year, so UND should be more focused on just building their game throughout the year.

   Probably a good thing for Western, Omaha and Miami that they are in the same pod, as Omaha and Western lose a lot, and Miami… is Miami.  Denver’s pod with Arizona & CC could be good, but traditionally ours will be toughest with Duluth and St. Cloud.  

   Hopefully that will sharpen us a little better, and we might not have to play CC and Omaha, so we can have a better record.  Think Duluth will be more skilled, but young, and St. Cloud will have to replace studs on defense, and not sure if Veeti Miettinen is back or not.

   I won’t be sad if this means we won’t have to always play Omaha the last weekend, because I liked it when who you played was a crapshoot.  
   
   Will be different for sure, and to me with even less interaction between top teams, kind of takes away from the league title.  I can see a perceived weaker pod like the Omaha one next year still in the running for high league or home ice finish if they can really take advantage and beat up on there pod and play average hockey beyond that.
   

   

 

I tell you right now, I'm not excited about the prospect of playing DU only twice during the regular season.  Usually they're a pretty good guage as to where we stand in the league/nationally.  Plus it gives their 20 fans a chance to see the team in green up close and personal.

[tnt]

1 minute ago, Blackheart said:

I tell you right now, I'm not excited about the prospect of playing DU only twice during the regular season.  Usually they're a pretty good guage as to where we stand in the league/nationally.  Plus it gives their 20 fans a chance to see the team in green up close and personal.

It does rotate, so we will see them 4 times some years, but yeah, it is a great gauge for where we need to be against a very skilled team.  We obviously play them a lot better in Grand Forks.