2025-26 University of North Dakota Hockey Season

[dden3]

What happened with the CBSSN deal?

[beastandco]

1 hour ago, dden3 said:

What happened with the CBSSN deal?

I believe it was up at the end of last season. CBSSN wanted schools to pay a larger portion of production costs so the schools pulled out.

[Godsmack]

I’d love to hear Jordan Schmaltz behind the mic if nothing else for the intermission analysis. That guy is really good. 

[Esoteric]

3 hours ago, Dustin said:

None from Denver?  Seems odd.  Some of their players are American, right?

Interesting.

[SIOUXFAN97]

40 minutes ago, Godsmack said:

I’d love to hear Jordan Schmaltz behind the mic if nothing else for the intermission analysis. That guy is really good. 

100%...see what he can do

[Dustin]

57 minutes ago, beastandco said:

I believe it was up at the end of last season. CBSSN wanted schools to pay a larger portion of production costs so the schools pulled out.

Really the only good thing about CBS was the broadcast itself.  First Ben Holden, then Alex Heinert, Starman color, and Shireen rinkside (could take her or leave her) had to be the best broadcast team calling hockey at the college age level.  The number of games kept getting fewer and fewer as the seasons rolled on, meaning that either CBS didn't really care about college hockey, or it wasn't a profitable venture, or both.  Like I said earlier, would love to see Starman (and Shireen, since I'm assuming it's a package deal) color UND's games all season.

[Big Green]

52 minutes ago, Godsmack said:

I’d love to hear Jordan Schmaltz behind the mic if nothing else for the intermission analysis. That guy is really good. 

He is god awful.  He can’t put a logical sentence together 

[Username Taken]

1 hour ago, Big Green said:

He is god awful.  He can’t put a logical sentence together 

No kidding. I can’t believe people actually enjoy listening to him and that fake dany heatley guy. Couple of frat bro iq 20s using so much slang to sound cool you can’t even understand what they’re talking about. 

[stoneySIOUX]

1 hour ago, Username Taken said:

No kidding. I can’t believe people actually enjoy listening to him and that fake dany heatley guy. Couple of frat bro iq 20s using so much slang to sound cool you can’t even understand what they’re talking about. 

Not gonna lie, I hope he gets signed to do broadcast just because of this aggressive take 😆

[The Sicatoka]

I'm sure he's a fine broadcaster, but what language is it that he speaks? 

[hockeytherapy13]

8 hours ago, stoneySIOUX said:

Not gonna lie, I hope he gets signed to do broadcast just because of this aggressive take 😆

I mean if he brought his Twitter persona to Midco, it would embarrass all of us. If he just brings his hockey brain and speaks like an adult, then he’ll be great. 
 

I think @Username Taken was referring to what spews from his Twitter feed, although, that’s gotten better than and toned down from what it was a year ago. 

[Big Green]

28 minutes ago, hockeytherapy13 said:

I mean if he brought his Twitter persona to Midco, it would embarrass all of us. If he just brings his hockey brain and speaks like an adult, then he’ll be great. 
 

I think @Username Taken was referring to what spews from his Twitter feed, although, that’s gotten better than and toned down from what it was a year ago. 

He was on Midco a few years back.  IMO it was embarrassing.   Very Unprofessional

 

[Sioux90]

16 hours ago, Dustin said:

I will miss Starman color commentary.  Maybe he could do a season-long hockey color gig for Midco?  I also miss Jake Brandt color commentary.  Jim Scanlan just doesn't do it for me.

I actually like Scanlans short and to the point remarks. It’s clean and professional. 

[Benny Baker]

When he's being serious, Schmaltz does well.

Also, fun Schmaltz story here:

 

[stoneySIOUX]

3 hours ago, hockeytherapy13 said:

I mean if he brought his Twitter persona to Midco, it would embarrass all of us. If he just brings his hockey brain and speaks like an adult, then he’ll be great. 
 

I think @Username Taken was referring to what spews from his Twitter feed, although, that’s gotten better than and toned down from what it was a year ago. 

Embarrass who? The crew of older fans who get offended when a young person talks like a young person? The pearl clutching is just odd to me.

He's done more to promote UND hockey and college hockey to the masses than nearly anyone. 

[tnt]

2 hours ago, Sioux90 said:

I actually like Scanlans short and to the point remarks. It’s clean and professional. 

Did you like that he thought the coaching staff could do no wrong, and never called them out when the team was underperforming?  I like someone who will at least have some critical eye to what is happening.  Not saying he has to be super critical, but a little objectivity would be nice.

[cberkas]

18 minutes ago, tnt said:

Did you like that he thought the coaching staff could do no wrong, and never called them out when the team was underperforming?  I like someone who will at least have some critical eye to what is happening.  Not saying he has to be super critical, but a little objectivity would be nice.

Need more Casey Hankinson's calls out the team doing bad and talks about how the other team is doing better. He's way better than Ben Clymer.  

[Big Green]

4 hours ago, Benny Baker said:

When he's being serious, Schmaltz does well.

Also, fun Schmaltz story here:

 

I'll give him credit.  That was a great story and he did well.  Just can't listen/watch when he starts the JSwish stuff.

 

[burd]

If the play-by-play guy has a good “Are you kidding me?,” I’m sold. 

[atxsioux]

6 hours ago, cberkas said:

Need more Casey Hankinson's calls out the team doing bad and talks about how the other team is doing better. He's way better than Ben Clymer.  

Looking back at it Hankinson did really well during the "timeout" game. He described the emotion turn of that to a T while it happened (which seems pretty hard to do considering it's your alma mater)

 

Ben Clymer along with being shamelessly biased, just sucks overall. Sounds like an all time snob the way he talks. 

[Godsmack]

I might be in the minority but I miss the old days of Mazzocco and Woog. I just re-watched the 2010 Final Five games with UND and have fond memories of setting the VCR back in the early 2000’s and recording the UND/Minnesota or CC/Minnesota games on the Midwest Sports Channel and later on, Fox Sports North. Those two guys were clearly homers for the Gophers, as they should be, but always quick to give praise to the opponent when due. 

[SiouxFanatic]

27 minutes ago, atxsioux said:

Looking back at it Hankinson did really well during the "timeout" game. He described the emotion turn of that to a T while it happened (which seems pretty hard to do considering it's your alma mater)

 

Ben Clymer along with being shamelessly biased, just sucks overall. Sounds like an all time snob the way he talks. 

Still remember Gopher fans getting incensed with LaPanta because he was way too excited for UND when the comeback was on.

As for Clymer, one just has to rewatch the Thanksgiving massacre game to know how much of an insufferable loser he is. Getting all pissy because UND was kicking the sh!t out of his precious Gophers. 🙄

[hockeytherapy13]

9 hours ago, stoneySIOUX said:

Embarrass who? The crew of older fans who get offended when a young person talks like a young person? The pearl clutching is just odd to me.

He's done more to promote UND hockey and college hockey to the masses than nearly anyone. 

Mentioning online how he can recognize a nice pair of tits the same way he can recognize a nice D zone breakout is not exactly the persona we’d want him bringing to the stage. It’s ok to like him and what he’s done for us  while also realizing he’s been absolutely obnoxious at times. Both things are true. 

[stoneySIOUX]

2 hours ago, hockeytherapy13 said:

Mentioning online how he can recognize a nice pair of tits the same way he can recognize a nice D zone breakout is not exactly the persona we’d want him bringing to the stage. It’s ok to like him and what he’s done for us  while also realizing he’s been absolutely obnoxious at times. Both things are true. 

He's a podcaster whose audience is kids who listen to him for this funny stuff. Your point is fair that both can be true. The fault lies with those, IMO, who are expecting he should always be buttoned up. 

[Sioux90]

15 hours ago, tnt said:

Did you like that he thought the coaching staff could do no wrong, and never called them out when the team was underperforming?  I like someone who will at least have some critical eye to what is happening.  Not saying he has to be super critical, but a little objectivity would be nice.

Is he a journalist or a color commentator? Am I missing something here…

I remember him being honest about the game. He spoke his mind. What I don’t remember, is Scanlan going on forever tangents…