Non-UND College Hockey 2025-26

[scpa0305]

25 minutes ago, brianvf said:

I’m thinking comparable or a bit higher points per game than Celebrini. 

Agreed. He’ll have a better/older supporting cast. I believe (generally) there may higher scoring in the Big10. I’ll say low to mid 60s

[cberkas]

It's going to be fun seeing students at B1G schools like Minnesota when they beat Penn State

[cberkas]

14 minutes ago, atxsioux said:

I'd guess around 60ish. If he were in the NCHC I'd hammer the under on that total. The Big 10 being more up and down in pace will definitely help.

B1G plays little to no defense and goaltending has been suspect there for awhile 

[nascar99]

1 hour ago, cberkas said:

It's going to be fun seeing students at B1G schools like Minnesota when they beat Penn State

Hope Penn State kicks the s*** out of Minnesota

[brianvf]

11 minutes ago, nascar99 said:

Hope Penn State kicks the s*** out of Minnesota

PSU vs MSU should be some very entertaining games.

[nascar99]

As annoying as Buccigross is, would much have rather watched he or Emily Kaplan interview Gavin McKenna. Kevin Negandhi has zero clue how hockey development routes work & none of the producers on the SportsCenter staff informed him. Cool to see NCAA hockey get more attention on the flagship show though

[SJHovey]

Listened to The Athletic podcast. They were shaking their heads on him picking PSU. No history of developing NHL talent. Traditionally soft schedule. Not the same talent level as other locations.

They chalked it up to two things: NIL and the chance to be the entire focus of the program.

[beastandco]

Isaac Howard traded to Edmonton and signed his ELC

[brianvf]

3 minutes ago, beastandco said:

Isaac Howard traded to Edmonton and signed his ELC

Rough day for MSU.
Missing out on McKenna and now Howard signs.

[nascar99]

Two open spots for State now. Spartans should still be a very good team, but more pressure on some of their youngsters to produce a ton off the bat, plus Stramel will need to be great every night

[petey23]

7 minutes ago, brianvf said:

Rough day for MSU.
Missing out on McKenna and now Howard signs.

Might be a costly day for UND as well as Sparty has some payroll available for Martone.

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

9 minutes ago, brianvf said:

Rough day for MSU.
Missing out on McKenna and now Howard signs.

World's tiniest violin 🎻 

[brianvf]

4 minutes ago, petey23 said:

Might be a costly day for UND as well as Sparty has some payroll available for Martone.

Quite true.  Hopefully we see the bat signal later this week with some good news.

[beastandco]

7 minutes ago, petey23 said:

Might be a costly day for UND as well as Sparty has some payroll available for Martone.

I think Michigan State knew he was gone months ago. This wasn’t really an if, but a when. Tampa wasn’t going to let him walk and Howard had to use his leverage to get to a team that he could have a legitimate role.

This definitely hurts UND’s chances at Martone. We still are probably on the outside looking in on the Martone sweepstakes.

[atxsioux]

13 hours ago, SJHovey said:

Listened to The Athletic podcast. They were shaking their heads on him picking PSU. No history of developing NHL talent. Traditionally soft schedule. Not the same talent level as other locations.

They chalked it up to two things: NIL and the chance to be the entire focus of the program.

Just checked their past schedules and they haven't played an NCHC or Hockey East school since... UND at Nashville back in 2021. They'll finally break that streak by playing at ASU this year to open the season.

They've been flying under the radar with still scheduling like they're an up and coming club team hahah was not aware of that.

[cberkas]

51 minutes ago, atxsioux said:

Just checked their past schedules and they haven't played an NCHC or Hockey East school since... UND at Nashville back in 2021. They'll finally break that streak by playing at ASU this year to open the season.

They've been flying under the radar with still scheduling like they're an up and coming club team hahah was not aware of that.

They have been getting fat on those cupcakes since day one

[beastandco]

1 hour ago, atxsioux said:

Just checked their past schedules and they haven't played an NCHC or Hockey East school since... UND at Nashville back in 2021. They'll finally break that streak by playing at ASU this year to open the season.

They've been flying under the radar with still scheduling like they're an up and coming club team hahah was not aware of that.

Half of the Big Ten have this schedule. I broke it down one day last year and North Dakota had played the same amount of out of conference tournament teams as 4/5 of the 7 big ten teams combined, including Minnesota. I believe Michigan and Michigan State had the only tough out of conference schedule. I really think the only difference between UND and some of the Big Ten schools that made the tournament was scheduling. Minnesota was BAD against teams in the tournament last year.

[atxsioux]

I think in general across college hockey I'd just like to see more big time matchups between NCHC, Big 10, and Hockey East schools.

Think someone mentioned before but for as much as i respect Bemidji and love to help them out by putting a big time name on their schedule every year I'd like to see us move away from constantly playing them (Every other year or even once every 3 years)

Wishful thinking likely but I'd love to see us get in a rotation of trying to play a Boston based team every year whether (IE, BU, Harvard, BC, Northeastern). Speaking as a transplant it's usually cheaper and quicker to fly to Boston than grand forks hahah.

[fightingsioux4life]

1 hour ago, atxsioux said:

I think in general across college hockey I'd just like to see more big time matchups between NCHC, Big 10, and Hockey East schools.

Think someone mentioned before but for as much as i respect Bemidji and love to help them out by putting a big time name on their schedule every year I'd like to see us move away from constantly playing them (Every other year or even once every 3 years)

Wishful thinking likely but I'd love to see us get in a rotation of trying to play a Boston based team every year whether (IE, BU, Harvard, BC, Northeastern). Speaking as a transplant it's usually cheaper and quicker to fly to Boston than grand forks hahah.

Maybe an NCHC/B1G Challenge tournament to kick off the season? I would pay money to watch that.

[nascar99]

1 hour ago, atxsioux said:

I think in general across college hockey I'd just like to see more big time matchups between NCHC, Big 10, and Hockey East schools.

Think someone mentioned before but for as much as i respect Bemidji and love to help them out by putting a big time name on their schedule every year I'd like to see us move away from constantly playing them (Every other year or even once every 3 years)

Wishful thinking likely but I'd love to see us get in a rotation of trying to play a Boston based team every year whether (IE, BU, Harvard, BC, Northeastern). Speaking as a transplant it's usually cheaper and quicker to fly to Boston than grand forks hahah.

North Dakota should play Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, and either Boston College or Boston University every season IMHO.

[tnt]

1 hour ago, nascar99 said:

North Dakota should play Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, and either Boston College or Boston University every season IMHO.

Blue bloods knocking the crap out of each other, besides their grueling conference games is a recipe for a lot of lesser conference teams to sneak in by not having to face the challenge of playing them.  There are only so many non conference games, but even with the pairwise boost from playing the elite, some are going to be on the outside because there are only so many spots, especially if you get any conference tourney upsets.  

 

 

[Und Princess]

1 hour ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Maybe an NCHC/B1G Challenge tournament to kick off the season? I would pay money to watch that.

Me too!!! @fightingsioux4life It would be a blast!!!!

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2025/07/08_College-Hockeys-Drop-the.php

Wodon doesn't get much love around here, and it's generally his own fault, but this is worth reading. Among other insights, he addresses something on our minds that isn't getting much attention elsewhere: blue chips late in the recruiting cycle is a whole new world.

[SIOUXFAN97]

3 hours ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Maybe an NCHC/B1G Challenge tournament to kick off the season? I would pay money to watch that.

i created a college football playoff formula a couple years to where all the big 10 schools travel to the pac 12 schools and all play on the same saturday with staggered starts from noon to 9....then the next year the pac 12 travels to the big 10....the big 12 travels to the sec and the next year the sec travels back to the big 12....(my formula involved realignment to where every power conference had/has 16 schools)

so yes a weekend where all the nchc schools play the big 10 schools (numbers don't match up i know) at the big 10 sites and next year they travel back to the nchc sites....that would be awesome

 

[Und Princess]

1 minute ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

i created a college football playoff formula a couple years to where all the big 10 schools travel to the pac 12 schools and all play on the same saturday with staggered starts from noon to 9....then the next year the pac 12 travels to the big 10....the big 12 travels to the sec and the next year the sec travels back to the big 12....(my formula involved realignment to where every power conference had/has 16 schools)

so yes a weekend where all the nchc schools play the big 10 schools (numbers don't match up i know) at the big 10 sites and next year they travel back to the nchc sites....that would be awesome

 

I agree with you on it my friend. @SIOUXFAN97