2024-25 University of North Dakota Hockey Season

[brianvf]

7 hours ago, Oxbow6 said:

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.

Awesome man, we appreciate it!  I'll let you know when we finalize plans...

We'll be trying to get tickets for the ASU series as well.  I'm waiting for their single game ticket sales to open up.

Thanks again!

[krustyklown]

44 minutes ago, brianvf said:

Awesome man, we appreciate it!  I'll let you know when we finalize plans...

We'll be trying to get tickets for the ASU series as well.  I'm waiting for their single game ticket sales to open up.

Thanks again!

Anyone know of the date that ASU will offer single-game tickets?

[cberkas]

6 minutes ago, krustyklown said:

Anyone know of the date that ASU will offer single-game tickets?

Month before the season starts

[brianvf]

1 hour ago, krustyklown said:

Anyone know of the date that ASU will offer single-game tickets?

 

1 hour ago, cberkas said:

Month before the season starts

I have a feeling it'll be a tough ticket to get with all the UND alumni down here, plus the fans wanting to travel south for some hockey during the midwest winter.
That arena won't be able to fit all the UND fans, that's for sure. 

[cberkas]

1 hour ago, brianvf said:

 

I have a feeling it'll be a tough ticket to get with all the UND alumni down here, plus the fans wanting to travel south for some hockey during the midwest winter.
That arena won't be able to fit all the UND fans, that's for sure. 

9/10 is when I'd expect the ASU tickets to go on sale.

If you haven't been to the arena sections 114 (band, drumline, and cheerleaders' section), 115, 116, and 117 is the student sections. this is the end UND defends twice. They don't allow drinking in there and after Christmas they have tickets available there. It first come first serve if you get a ticket in those sections. And they stop serving alcohol at the start of the 3rd but not sure if that includes the Coors Light Club Chill area. Fun fact: They only allowed me to buy 3 beers at a time 

I still feel they needed an upper bowl with suites that go all the way around, especially for what they use the arena for. I looked at the price of tickets when Minnesota was here to talk my parents to coming down. $400 per seat at ice level in section 109. I've seen UND fans at every game I've been to there and I wouldn't be surprised if some of the season tickets are UND fans that live down there.

Denver must really not want UND fans, every other game tickets go on sale 9/10 UND 11/1 

[cberkas]

Looks like there are resale tickets for the ASU games on Mullet Arenas website (and there is not many). $399 - $603 (Friday 8 tickets total) and $575 - $603 (Saturday 4 tickets total) the tickets are pairs. 9/12 looks to be the GA ticket sales date.

It's not even close looking at resales, UND is the most expensive and has the least available.

 

[brianvf]

Hell yeah.  Let's do this. 

 

[hockeytherapy13]

Here’s my preseason guess for the NCHC 

1) DU

2) CC

3) Nodak

4) Duluth 

5) Western

6) Clown

7) Omaha 

8) ASU

9) Miami 

Seems like 2-8 might be a blender because any of those teams could get in a log jam. Guessing Duluth makes a big jump compared to last year. Also thinking Arizona had a tougher-than-expected welcome to the NCHC due to their youth and finishes bottom 3.

 

[brianvf]

The NCHC will be very hard to predict this season.  A lot of talent, but every team has a question mark or two (or more).
I'm putting them into three tiers of three teams each.  But I'll prob be way off anyway.   

Lower tier:

Miami - D & goalie are still an unknown and there isn't a ton of offensive firepower outside of Waldron and maybe QU transfer Fillion.
UNO - they lost a lot but picked up a couple quality UAF transfers in Risk & Israels. Latkoczy will need to be good to offset their lack of depth.
ASU - nice offensive pieces in the Jackson's, Sillinger, and Lucius but I think the grind of NCHC play will be a wake-up call from their last few seasons of mostly home games.

Middle tier:

WMU - once again lost a ton on offense...can Wendt & Bump carry their offense alone? Great frosh goalie coming in, but I think a down year for the Broncos.
UMD - older D corps, James will need to be good after his injury last season until the Plante bros & Shaugabay get up to NCHC speed...Gajan should be solid.
SCSU - Ingram & Miettinen will look to carry their offense...solid but not flashy D...their biggest question mark is in goal IMO.

Upper tier:

CC - young D corps, Mbereko is a stud, Laba returning was huge...skilled & hard-skating team.
UND - another young D corps but good mix of skill & def ability, lost Blake but best offensive depth in the league IMO, will TJ and Hobie rotate or will one emerge early?
DU - Buium & Pohlkamp two of the best in league, Devine returning was big because they lost a lot of offense, goalie Davis will need to be consistent during reg season.

[LuvHockey]

25 days now….

[hockeytherapy13]

16 hours ago, brianvf said:

The NCHC will be very hard to predict this season.  A lot of talent, but every team has a question mark or two (or more).
I'm putting them into three tiers of three teams each.  But I'll prob be way off anyway.   

Lower tier:

Miami - D & goalie are still an unknown and there isn't a ton of offensive firepower outside of Waldron and maybe QU transfer Fillion.
UNO - they lost a lot but picked up a couple quality UAF transfers in Risk & Israels. Latkoczy will need to be good to offset their lack of depth.
ASU - nice offensive pieces in the Jackson's, Sillinger, and Lucius but I think the grind of NCHC play will be a wake-up call from their last few seasons of mostly home games.

Middle tier:

WMU - once again lost a ton on offense...can Wendt & Bump carry their offense alone? Great frosh goalie coming in, but I think a down year for the Broncos.
UMD - older D corps, James will need to be good after his injury last season until the Plante bros & Shaugabay get up to NCHC speed...Gajan should be solid.
SCSU - Ingram & Miettinen will look to carry their offense...solid but not flashy D...their biggest question mark is in goal IMO.

Upper tier:

CC - young D corps, Mbereko is a stud, Laba returning was huge...skilled & hard-skating team.
UND - another young D corps but good mix of skill & def ability, lost Blake but best offensive depth in the league IMO, will TJ and Hobie rotate or will one emerge early?
DU - Buium & Pohlkamp two of the best in league, Devine returning was big because they lost a lot of offense, goalie Davis will need to be consistent during reg season.

Ha When I was figuring out my rankings  I did 3 tiers and grouped them the exact same as you. So it has to play out that way, right? 

[brianvf]

17 minutes ago, hockeytherapy13 said:

Ha When I was figuring out my rankings  I did 3 tiers and grouped them the exact same as you. So it has to play out that way, right? 

Take it to the bank, I guess! 

[brianvf]

Berg and Livanavage on pre-season all-NCHC team:

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Preseason all-NCHC team

F — Noah Laba, Colorado College, 30 votes (unanimous)
F — Jack Devine, Denver, 26 votes
F — Cameron Berg, North Dakota, 11 votes
D — Zeev Buium, Denver, 30 votes (unanimous)
D — Jake Livanavage, North Dakota, 25 votes
G — Kaidan Mbereko, Colorado College, 22 votes

Sounds like the pre-season media poll will be announced tomorrow.

[Wilbur]

Media Poll Results
1. Denver-Yes, and don't worry, I'll pick them to win the national championship so they won't repeat.
2. UND-Which goalie will take the net and run with it is my question.
3. CC-Trending in the right direction.
4. SCSU-About right for them.
5. Omaha-If they played UND every game they'd be top 3.
6. Western-I think they finish higher with Hammer taking the net.
7. Duluth-How much longer is Sandy there?
8. ASU-My relatives are selling their AZ house near Mullett and moving to Florida which really screws up this road series for me......Time to get a college team at UCF.  
9. Miami-Right where they'll be for some time.

[Goon]

9 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

Media Poll Results
1. Denver-Yes, and don't worry, I'll pick them to win the national championship so they won't repeat.
2. UND-Which goalie will take the net and run with it is my question.
3. CC-Trending in the right direction.
4. SCSU-About right for them.
5. Omaha-If they played UND every game they'd be top 3.
6. Western-I think they finish higher with Hammer taking the net.
7. Duluth-How much longer is Sandy there?
8. ASU-My relatives are selling their AZ house near Mullett and moving to Florida which really screws up this road series for me......Time to get a college team at UCF.  
9. Miami-Right where they'll be for some time.

I like your mindset, @Wilbur. It worked for me last weekend against Montana. 

[brianvf]

1 hour ago, Wilbur said:

Media Poll Results
1. Denver-Yes, and don't worry, I'll pick them to win the national championship so they won't repeat.
2. UND-Which goalie will take the net and run with it is my question.
3. CC-Trending in the right direction.
4. SCSU-About right for them.
5. Omaha-If they played UND every game they'd be top 3.
6. Western-I think they finish higher with Hammer taking the net.
7. Duluth-How much longer is Sandy there?
8. ASU-My relatives are selling their AZ house near Mullett and moving to Florida which really screws up this road series for me......Time to get a college team at UCF.  
9. Miami-Right where they'll be for some time.

Media poll is pretty darn close to what I had thought from my earlier post.
Except for UNO.  Media has them higher than where I think they end up.

[hockeytherapy13]

5 hours ago, Wilbur said:

Media Poll Results
1. Denver-Yes, and don't worry, I'll pick them to win the national championship so they won't repeat.
2. UND-Which goalie will take the net and run with it is my question.
3. CC-Trending in the right direction.
4. SCSU-About right for them.
5. Omaha-If they played UND every game they'd be top 3.
6. Western-I think they finish higher with Hammer taking the net.
7. Duluth-How much longer is Sandy there?
8. ASU-My relatives are selling their AZ house near Mullett and moving to Florida which really screws up this road series for me......Time to get a college team at UCF.  
9. Miami-Right where they'll be for some time.

Duluth is coming in with what may be the best freshman class in the country. By the time the conference games are started, those guys will have played some good teams for the first month of hockey and will be close to acclimated. That, combined with a healthy Dominic James means they will be playing at a higher clip than most expect and  I really don’t think they will finish as low as 7th. 

[cberkas]

Sounds like the first CBSSN game will be Jan 10th.

[cberkas]

Good luck getting the ASU tickets, ASU's website has none and Mullet Arena site is showing tickets. 

[Humboldt]

A good article on Damien Goddard starting LetsGoDU. Love him or hate him, he elevated the DU hockey program and made the rivalry fun. 

https://letsgodu.com/2024/09/12/celebrating-20-years-of-damien-goddards-brainchild-letsgodu/

[Oxbow6]

1 hour ago, cberkas said:

Good luck getting the ASU tickets, ASU's website has none and Mullet Arena site is showing tickets. 

Zero standard tickets available for either game. Resale only.

[cberkas]

3 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:

Zero standard tickets available for either game. Resale only.

I check it at 7 am and wasn’t surprised there wasn’t any tickets left. The resale tickets look like they went up in price.

[Sweethockey]

15 hours ago, hockeytherapy13 said:

Duluth is coming in with what may be the best freshman class in the country. By the time the conference games are started, those guys will have played some good teams for the first month of hockey and will be close to acclimated. That, combined with a healthy Dominic James means they will be playing at a higher clip than most expect and  I really don’t think they will finish as low as 7th. 

I bought tickets last night for the Duluth series in Duluth. No pairs of tickets in the lower bowl for the Saturday night game, all single seats scattered.

[Oxbow6]

18 minutes ago, cberkas said:

I check it at 7 am and wasn’t surprised there wasn’t any tickets left. The resale tickets look like they went up in price.

Standard tickets for all ASU games went on sale at noon CT/1000 MT today for the general public.  Zero available either night of UND series.

[siouxforce19]

13 minutes ago, cberkas said:

I check it at 7 am and wasn’t surprised there wasn’t any tickets left. The resale tickets look like they went up in price.

When it was in presale you could see what was available and there was basically nothing a couple weeks ago. 
 

I actually thought resale prices dropped. There’s some in the $200s now. Originally cheapest  when I first looked was $399.