Western and Hammer visit REA.

[UND1983]

It's embarrassing to assume this but do UND football fans actually have higher expectations than the hockey fans do?  What has happened to this program smh

[fightingsioux4life]

38 minutes ago, UND1983 said:

It's embarrassing to assume this but do UND football fans actually have higher expectations than the hockey fans do?  What has happened to this program smh

Some people here have been conditioned to accept playing second and third fiddle to other programs and attribute failure to the absence of "luck". Ralph Engelstad used to say "The harder I work, the luckier I get." We need to get back to that thinking.

[gfhockey]

We are complacent with not making the tourney cuz at the end of the day they are STUDENT athletes

[90siouxfan]

I don't think any fans, or staff, or players are complacent, more likely, imho, is what steps get things going in the right direction....

[gfhockey]

10 minutes ago, 90siouxfan said:

I don't think any fans, or staff, or players are complacent, more likely, imho, is what steps get things going in the right direction....

Sure seems like it

[90siouxfan]

3 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

Sure seems like it

why

[Sweethockey]

24 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

We are complacent with not making the tourney cuz at the end of the day they are STUDENT athletes

That makes no sense 

[tnt]

2 hours ago, gfhockey said:

Sure seems like it

We can’t all be as smart as you, who wanted Bubba over DeBoer and were quite happy with the selection of Chaves as AD.  When can we fire you?

[gfhockey]

3 hours ago, 90siouxfan said:

why

Don’t see any media guys questioning the trajectory of the program

[gfNDfan]

15 hours ago, Frozen4sioux said:

I got the sense that Hennesey was more than a little perturbed about the post game interview process last night,

and his repeated description of "it was bad, bad, bad, bad" about the game and the general tone to the voice seemed to relay some type of internal knowledge that whatever the issues are or dynamic involved with the team it was a situation beyond salvaging for the season or the current regime.

I wonder if he just knows its over for his buddy. that's got to be a crappy feeling

Or maybe he was just tired of watching it all too, who knows

bad sign if Hennesey if ready to jump off the ship.  He doesn't have many broadcast years left either.  Going to be some big changes coming all around soon I'd think....

[90siouxfan]

13 hours ago, gfhockey said:

Don’t see any media guys questioning the trajectory of the program

meh, media guys have been cucks for years now....   only read for entertainment, not revelations or controversy.

[The Tick]

On 1/18/2025 at 8:26 PM, Kevin G said:

For the moment, UND is PWR 22, right behind Augustana. Seems fitting.

The best player Sasha, gets maybe 30-40 seconds of PP time on the second group, and doesn't see the ice as much as he should.  Sasha should transfer so he can show the country the talent he has.  Would not be surprised to see him leave after this year.  He should.  Either go pro or the portal. BC, Western Michigan, Minnesota, or God forbid, ......Denver.

 

[brianvf]

36 minutes ago, The Tick said:

The best player Sasha, gets maybe 30-40 seconds of PP time on the second group, and doesn't see the ice as much as he should.  Sasha should transfer so he can show the country the talent he has.  Would not be surprised to see him leave after this year.  He should.  Either go pro or the portal. BC, Western Michigan, Minnesota, or God forbid, ......Denver.

 

Or he could stay and light it up with Zellers under the new coaching staff. 

[tnt]

2 hours ago, brianvf said:

Or he could stay and light it up with Zellers under the new coaching staff. 

Regardless of the coach, another year under the belt of Swanson, Boisvert, Perron and Livanavage, along with the addition of Zellers and Laurila and you have a nice group of skill.  Most guys take a bit to figure it out and become real confident, and I think Swanson can really take that big step next year.  Boisvert has really met expectation, but he hasn’t got as much support from the upperclassmen as we need to be successful.

[brianvf]

5 minutes ago, tnt said:

Regardless of the coach, another year under the belt of Swanson, Boisvert, Perron and Livanavage, along with the addition of Zellers and Laurila and you have a nice group of skill.  Most guys take a bit to figure it out and become real confident, and I think Swanson can really take that big step next year.  Boisvert has really met expectation, but he hasn’t got as much support from the upperclassmen as we need to be successful.

Agreed.
Also, if they stick around, I could see nice improvements from James, Strinden, Strathmann, and even OMac.  They all have the skill...we've seen it...

[The Tick]

46 minutes ago, brianvf said:

Agreed.
Also, if they stick around, I could see nice improvements from James, Strinden, Strathmann, and even OMac.  They all have the skill...we've seen it...

22 is the one I do hope goes in the portal.   I just don't see it.  Please enlighten myself and Little Woodenboy.  

[brianvf]

27 minutes ago, The Tick said:

22 is the one I do hope goes in the portal.   I just don't see it.  Please enlighten myself and Little Woodenboy.  

He put up 40pts as a Soph...you have to have some skill to put up those numbers.  Yes, he was paired with Blake...but he was also playing a different position.
Put him with some skilled players and back at center...I bet he could get some decent numbers again next season as a SR.

[SIOUXELEVENS]

I agree lots of players not being used correctly , we need a reset. 

[Sodbuster]

11 hours ago, brianvf said:

Agreed.
Also, if they stick around, I could see nice improvements from James, Strinden, Strathmann, and even OMac.  They all have the skill...we've seen it...

Many said that last year about this group.

[Irish]

Player development is becoming a serious concern - which is ironic given our facilities and coaching experience.  We should have way more threads like "wow, did he every develop into a stud" than "but he looked so good when we recruited him".  Sadly this is not so anymore.  Combine this with what appears to be our new style of play - sloppy, soft, poor passing, not putting the puck on net, etc and you have this dumpster fire.  What gives?  Our program should be way better than that.  It can't be just Berry - this must be a team effort.

[SIOUXELEVENS]

I question what do practices look like , pond hockey and goofing around ? With lack of skills during games they can’t be working on it in practice. 

[nodakgirl93]

3 hours ago, Sodbuster said:

Many said that last year about this group.

Yes it's the same thing every year. All these players should have good seasons yet most don't produce on the ice. We realized after Denver won the natty last year how much actual depth they had with how many players with 20 points or more. Something we haven't had since the 19-20 and 20-21 seasons. 

[RhettRingers]

2 hours ago, SIOUXELEVENS said:

I question what do practices look like , pond hockey and goofing around ? With lack of skills during games they can’t be working on it in practice. 

Heard they are ripping darts playing ping pong and bubble hockey.

[MafiaMan]

@Oxbow6 @Wilbur

I didn’t pay attention to Saturday’s game but here we go again with the usual sleepwalking thru the end of periods…

WMU scores at the 18:01 mark of the 1st and the 19:44 mark of the 2nd.  Unbelievable.

[Irish]

2 minutes ago, MafiaMan said:

@Oxbow6 @Wilbur

I didn’t pay attention to Saturday’s game but here we go again with the usual sleepwalking thru the end of periods…

WMU scores at the 18:01 mark of the 1st and the 19:44 mark of the 2nd.  Unbelievable.

Add that to coasting the first 5 minutes of the period and here we are