franchise Posted March 22 Posted March 22 24 minutes ago, ND_Texan said: The brackets could have been set within 10 minutes of DU beating UMD. The travel and attendance considerations are nonsense. They care about attendance but not when it comes to waiting 12 hrs to reveal a bracket, giving fans even less time to make travel plans. 1 Quote
nodakvindy Posted March 22 Posted March 22 24 minutes ago, ND_Texan said: The brackets could have been set within 10 minutes of DU beating UMD. The travel and attendance considerations are nonsense. Why even have a committee. If UMD would have been 15 instead or 8 I would say it's stupid to have them play UND. This is the national tournament and I want to see teams play different opposition. I dont think there is nearly enough interconfernce play to make the ratings system accurate enough to follow so blindly. The basketball tournament uses a variety of criteria and that seems to work out OK. 1 1 Quote
ND_Texan Posted March 22 Posted March 22 26 minutes ago, nodakvindy said: Why even have a committee. If UMD would have been 15 instead or 8 I would say it's stupid to have them play UND. This is the national tournament and I want to see teams play different opposition. I dont think there is nearly enough interconfernce play to make the ratings system accurate enough to follow so blindly. The basketball tournament uses a variety of criteria and that seems to work out OK. No committee needed. Your logic doesn't apply to college football nationals, so why does it make sense for college hockey. I couldn't care less whether we play different opposition. You have to defeat the field to win the championship. Quote
franchise Posted March 22 Posted March 22 While I don't think they should go thru great lengths to avoid conferences in the same regional, I'd prefer they leave UMD at 8 instead of potentially seeing UND vs UMD for a 6th time this yr. Fun to play teams we don't normally see. 1 1 Quote
burd Posted March 22 Posted March 22 How are the income (gate and merch receipts, advertisement income, etc) and expenses shared between the venue sites, participating schools, and NCAA? Quote
nodakvindy Posted March 22 Posted March 22 20 minutes ago, ND_Texan said: No committee needed. Your logic doesn't apply to college football nationals, so why does it make sense for college hockey. I couldn't care less whether we play different opposition. You have to defeat the field to win the championship. What college football championship uses a numerical ranking to seed postseason? 1 Quote
cberkas Posted March 22 Posted March 22 25 minutes ago, ND_Texan said: No committee needed. Your logic doesn't apply to college football nationals, so why does it make sense for college hockey. I couldn't care less whether we play different opposition. You have to defeat the field to win the championship. The CFP uses a committee that everyone hates or complains about. They had to make a rule that Notre Dame gets in if they are in the top 12. Quote
brianvf Posted March 24 Posted March 24 Article on Smaby: https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/matt-smaby-hopes-experiences-have-prepped-und-for-ncaa-tournament Quote UND associate head coach Matt Smaby has been watching the NCAA basketball tournament. He said the players have, too. "These high seeds, these teams that are projected to make big runs, they're done," Smaby said. "They're done in 40 minutes. We've got all these great reminders around us." 3 Quote
Popular Post brianvf Posted March 26 Popular Post Posted March 26 https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/after-difficult-summer-ben-strinden-is-having-the-most-fun-year-of-hockey-ive-ever-had Quote "I feel like in life, the storm always passes," Strinden said. "I went through some hard stuff in the summer, but I knew it was going to get better. That was always in the back of my mind. Having the team to rely on and being able to be with my best friends every day helped tremendously. Quote "I think, top to bottom, we're all on the same page, which is something I don't think we had my first three years," Strinden said. "All the coaches are on the same page. All the players are on the same page. Nobody is going in with egos. We're all going in trying to add something to get a win, which I think is really special." 6 6 Quote
TwamleyShuffle Posted Sunday at 05:38 PM Posted Sunday at 05:38 PM The team checked another box yesterday. Excited to support their pursuit of checking the remaining boxes. 2 Quote
brianvf Posted Sunday at 05:39 PM Posted Sunday at 05:39 PM Holy crap, we're playing in April again!! 2 2 Quote
Popular Post TwamleyShuffle Posted Sunday at 05:44 PM Popular Post Posted Sunday at 05:44 PM I’m getting a grinder kit from the pepper delivered to Wisconsin, so I can have the same pregame meal as I did during the 2016 F4. My OCD self is superstitious when it comes to UND hockey lolz 6 Quote
fightingsioux4life Posted Tuesday at 03:18 PM Posted Tuesday at 03:18 PM 11 minutes ago, sioux rube said: Our last losing season was 2001-2002 (the first season in the new REA). Before that, you have to go back to 1993-1994 (Gino's last season in charge). And before THAT, you have to go back to 1977-1978 (Rube Bjorkman's last season in charge). 3 Quote
dustnyou Posted Tuesday at 05:54 PM Posted Tuesday at 05:54 PM Very impressive stat. Has any team benefited more from conference realignment than Mankato? 3 Quote
BigGreyAnt41 Posted Tuesday at 06:49 PM Posted Tuesday at 06:49 PM 52 minutes ago, dustnyou said: Very impressive stat. Has any team benefited more from conference realignment than Mankato? Michigan Tech isn't far behind. Looks like their last losing season was 12-13. They're were 7-7 in 20-21, so not a winning season, but not losing either. 1 Quote
brianvf Posted Tuesday at 09:50 PM Posted Tuesday at 09:50 PM The record is 25 winning seasons in a row. UND is at 24 right now. https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/und-closing-in-on-all-time-college-hockey-record Quote UND's run is approaching college hockey's all-time record, too. The record is 25 straight winning seasons set by Michigan from 1987-88 to 2011-12. Red Berenson was the head coach for that entire run. UND's current run is second. Quote UND's last losing season was 2001-02, when it posted a 16-19-2 record in the first year of Ralph Engelstad Arena. That's UND's only losing season in the last 32 years. Prior to the current run, UND's longest was 13 straight winning seasons from 1978-79 to 1991-92 — the first 13 years of Gino Gasparini's tenure. 1 1 Quote
stoneySIOUX Posted Tuesday at 09:52 PM Posted Tuesday at 09:52 PM 1 minute ago, brianvf said: The record is 25 winning seasons in a row. UND is at 24 right now. https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/und-closing-in-on-all-time-college-hockey-record Something would have to go real poorly for our favorite team to not break that record. 2 Quote
AlphaMikeFoxtrot Posted yesterday at 01:36 AM Posted yesterday at 01:36 AM We probably get one more season out of him. No complaints though, impactful from day 1 https://causewaycrowd.com/will-zellers-chance-to-cement-climb-up-bruins-prospect-rankings 1 Quote
brianvf Posted yesterday at 01:45 AM Posted yesterday at 01:45 AM 6 minutes ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said: We probably get one more season out of him. No complaints though, impactful from day 1 https://causewaycrowd.com/will-zellers-chance-to-cement-climb-up-bruins-prospect-rankings I'd love to see him stick around for his JR season like what Oshie did. He's similar to Oshie in that it seems like he really loves UND...seems that a lot of those guys that leave early wish they had stuck around another year. 1 Quote
OopsSioux Posted yesterday at 01:27 PM Posted yesterday at 01:27 PM https://causewaycrowd.com/will-zellers-chance-to-cement-climb-up-bruins-prospect-rankings Quote
nascar99 Posted 14 hours ago Posted 14 hours ago 21 hours ago, brianvf said: I'd love to see him stick around for his JR season like what Oshie did. He's similar to Oshie in that it seems like he really loves UND...seems that a lot of those guys that leave early wish they had stuck around another year. Bruins will push to sign Zellers after his sophomore year in 2027, which would be 3 years removed from the 2024 Draft. They don't want to risk him running out the clock to UFA in 2028 (unless they get a guarantee he's signing regardless). This is why Blake was signed after his sophomore season. 2021 Draft, 1 year USHL + 2 years NCAA = 3 years removed from draft, Hurricanes didn't want to risk losing him in August 2025 1 Quote
brianvf Posted 14 hours ago Posted 14 hours ago 37 minutes ago, nascar99 said: Bruins will push to sign Zellers after his sophomore year in 2027, which would be 3 years removed from the 2024 Draft. They don't want to risk him running out the clock to UFA in 2028 (unless they get a guarantee he's signing regardless). This is why Blake was signed after his sophomore season. 2021 Draft, 1 year USHL + 2 years NCAA = 3 years removed from draft, Hurricanes didn't want to risk losing him in August 2025 Yeah I know he'll get pressure to sign, I'm hoping he can tell them one more year and they'll be assured he'll sign after his JR. We'll see how next season goes. 1 2 Quote
brianvf Posted 8 hours ago Posted 8 hours ago Ollie getting closer: https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/und-monitoring-ollie-josephsons-progress-ahead-of-frozen-four Quote Josephson is now skating in practice with his teammates in Ralph Engelstad Arena as the Fighting Hawks prepare to play in the NCAA Frozen Four on April 9 against Wisconsin in Las Vegas. Jackson said Wednesday it's still too early to know if Josephson can play in the semifinal game. "He's been skating with our guys for the last couple days," Jackson said. "He's been in practice, doing most of the drills — not all of them. He's coming along pretty well." Quote If Josephson is able to play, UND will have a difficult lineup decision to make. Josephson centered the team's third line for nearly the entire season. UND moved freshman Jack Kernan into that slot between Cody Croal and Tyler Young for the NCAA regional and they were arguably UND's best line. They scored three goals in the regional final against Quinnipiac. Quote
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