2025-26 University of North Dakota Hockey Season

[nascar99]

57 minutes ago, sioux rube said:

What happened to him?

Injured in practice last week

[brianvf]

 

[brianvf]

Schloss covers a lot of the longterm injuries that have hit many programs this season already:

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/schlossman-major-injuries-become-a-big-storyline-in-college-hockey

Also covers the Ollie situation a little:

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Not many players took as much grief for leaving the Canadian Hockey League for college hockey as UND's Ollie Josephson. Josephson's own general manager in Red Deer told The Pipeline Show that it "isn't a good move for Ollie" and said "he's certainly not going to be a top player on their team."

UND coach Dane Jackson and general manager Bryn Chyzyk disagreed. They were thrilled to pick up a commitment in August from the former Red Deer captain.

Josephson, a fourth-round pick of the Seattle Kraken, has proven he's more than ready to play college hockey. He had four points last weekend against a top-10 team and was named the National Collegiate Hockey Conference's rookie of the week. Josephson was used in nearly every situation for UND last weekend — 5-on-5, power play, penalty kill, 6-on-5 and 3-on-3. Few freshmen in the country are playing in all situations like Josephson.

 

[hawksfan12]

Am I the only who who has noticed a lot of teams will mock the UND fan finger point in air thing (when Chelsea Dagger is played) when they score against? I've seen a lot of teams doing it the last few years (both in the NCHC and out of conference).

[cberkas]

1 minute ago, hawksfan12 said:

Am I the only who who has noticed a lot of teams will mock the UND fan finger point in air thing (when Chelsea Dagger is played) when they score against? I've seen a lot of teams doing it the last few years (both in the NCHC and out of conference).

That song can die anytime now

[siouxfaninseattle]

29 minutes ago, hawksfan12 said:

Am I the only who who has noticed a lot of teams will mock the UND fan finger point in air thing (when Chelsea Dagger is played) when they score against? I've seen a lot of teams doing it the last few years (both in the NCHC and out of conference).

Yep Daloot did it last weekend.

[Sioux90]

North Dakota is currently 5th in the KRACH and would likely be placed similarly in the NPI. Outside of the Clarkson game, I’d say its been a success so far. All things considered.

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

53 minutes ago, Sioux90 said:

North Dakota is currently 5th in the KRACH and would likely be placed similarly in the NPI. Outside of the Clarkson game, I’d say its been a success so far. All things considered.

UND is currently 7th in NPI

Just FYI Minnesota is 44th 😁

CC at 35th is the worst ranked team in the NCHC

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

15 hours ago, hawksfan12 said:

Am I the only who who has noticed a lot of teams will mock the UND fan finger point in air thing (when Chelsea Dagger is played) when they score against? I've seen a lot of teams doing it the last few years (both in the NCHC and out of conference).

They’re just practicing for when they ask to transfer here

[brianvf]

UND is the opposite of UMD this season.  UMD is a one-line wonder...UND killing it with depth:

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/friday-rewind-unds-scoring-balance-is-giving-opponents-fits?fbclid=IwY2xjawN8dvhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFnT3QwYnp4VnhTMkM0SnFHc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHnEbEZ8EY4jcBMAeg1gshiZmGrMwwieBUJy2D971pMaeJKZbxRxHia-Cdy7R_aem_2hytdLC2mmKiY_w754JDdA

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UND has scored 35 goals through the first nine games of the season.

It is the highest number of goals UND has scored through nine games since the 2019-20 team, which went 26-5-4 and was No. 1 in the Pairwise Rankings when the season was canceled due to the pandemic.

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UND is averaging 3.9 goals per game, tied for fifth nationally.

The offensive surge isn't coming from one spot, though.

The Fighting Hawks are giving their opponents fits with their third and fourth lines, who are routinely creating mismatches.

UND has just one player in the top 50 nationally in scoring right now. It is third-line winger Ben Strinden, who has 12 points.

 

[Sioux90]

4 hours ago, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said:

UND is currently 7th in NPI

Just FYI Minnesota is 44th 😁

CC at 35th is the worst ranked team in the NCHC

I stand corrected.

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

I understand that it's early but Michigan State and LIU having almost the same NPI with records of 5-1 and 3-5 shows how important your non-conference scheduling is. Augie > Bemidji

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

UND now 5th

[Oxbow6]

Jan sitting at .951

[.357]

7 hours ago, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said:

UND now 5th

So if the season ended today, Dartmouth would be the #1 overall seed & Mich. St. would be #10 overall.

Throw in Cornell, Yale, LIU & Lindenwood in the top 16 & it appears you have a system that doesn't reward the most talented teams in the hardest conferences with the most difficult schedules. Maine & Quinnipiac would also be on the outside looking in.

For those in the know, is NPI a very differently structured format than the PWR? Because Dartmouth at #1 come tourney time would be epic clown world reality.

 

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

Mercyhurst is easily the worst team in college hockey this season. We will be without a few top players but with our depth shouldn't be a problem.

[1972]

18 minutes ago, .357 said:

So if the season ended today, Dartmouth would be the #1 overall seed & Mich. St. would be #10 overall.

Throw in Cornell, Yale, LIU & Lindenwood in the top 16 & it appears you have a system that doesn't reward the most talented teams in the hardest conferences with the most difficult schedules. Maine & Quinnipiac would also be on the outside looking in.

For those in the know, is NPI a very differently structured format than the PWR? Because Dartmouth at #1 come tourney time would be epic clown world reality.

 

The old paiwise always looked like this, as well, before Christmas.   Relax, the ivy league teams always start to get into their correct seeding by Feb.   Take care of business,  don't have to worry about anybody else.  On to the Sun devils!

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

18 minutes ago, .357 said:

So if the season ended today, Dartmouth would be the #1 overall seed & Mich. St. would be #10 overall.

Throw in Cornell, Yale, LIU & Lindenwood in the top 16 & it appears you have a system that doesn't reward the most talented teams in the hardest conferences with the most difficult schedules. Maine & Quinnipiac would also be on the outside looking in.

For those in the know, is NPI a very differently structured format than the PWR? Because Dartmouth at #1 come tourney time would be epic clown world reality.

 

Ignore the ivies until they have 7+ games under their belt.

[krustyklown]

Patience. PWR didn’t become sensible until January 1, at the earliest.  Guessing NPI is similarly structured.

[dustnyou]

31 minutes ago, krustyklown said:

Patience. PWR didn’t become sensible until January 1, at the earliest.  Guessing NPI is similarly structured.

Extremely similar. I believe someone did a comparison looking back a lot of years (20 or so) and there were only 2 changes to the tournament fields using NPI. 

[.357]

34 minutes ago, dustnyou said:

Extremely similar. I believe someone did a comparison looking back a lot of years (20 or so) and there were only 2 changes to the tournament fields using NPI. 

The conversion to NPI doesn't sound like it's needed then, If it's extremely similar to the PWR with only 2 changes to the tournament field over 20 years. Change for the sake of change, not because it's actually needed.

[1972]

21 minutes ago, .357 said:

The conversion to NPI doesn't sound like it's needed then, If it's extremely similar to the PWR with only 2 changes to the tournament field over 20 years. Change for the sake of change, not because it's actually needed.

Agree, but they changed for the basketball tournament,  and im assuming, went to just 1 system across all sports.  I'm sure NPI would have changed the march madness tournament a bunch, but who wants to go unravel that mess

[The Sicatoka]

On 11/9/2025 at 6:09 AM, Oxbow6 said:

Jan sitting at .951

What's that make his xG?   

[gfhockey]

Where are we at in npi

[fightingsioux4life]

6 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

Where are we at in npi

That number doesn't become meaningful until late January to early February.