UMD @ UND - NCHC Opener

[brianvf]

1 hour ago, Biddco said:

Fighting Hawk Sports dot com goes into a tizzy when suddenly the #FireJax movement begins after a tough loss at home. Things get even crazier when the #FireBerry people see this and realize they made a mistake and shouldn't have gotten him fired and they start yelling at the #FireJax people...but that only makes the #FireHak people even more upset and this forum devolves into people typing in all caps at each other until Saturday...

PS: Does anyone know what Bryn Chyzyk's middle name is? I hope it has some vowels because he is severely lacking in them. Poor guy, I feel bad for him. 

If the website was going to implode this early in the season, it prob would have been after Friday's Clarkson game.    

Bryn Lyndsy Chyzyk

[Blackheart]

51 minutes ago, brianvf said:

If the website was going to implode this early in the season, it prob would have been after Friday's Clarkson game.    

Bryn Lyndsy Chyzyk

Wonder if he likes Lynyrd Skynyrd…

[ND_Texan]

10 hours ago, Biddco said:

PREDICTION:

 

UMD wins 4-2 on Friday night with an empty netter. 

Fighting Hawk Sports dot com goes into a tizzy when suddenly the #FireJax movement begins after a tough loss at home. Things get even crazier when the #FireBerry people see this and realize they made a mistake and shouldn't have gotten him fired and they start yelling at the #FireJax people...but that only makes the #FireHak people even more upset and this forum devolves into people typing in all caps at each other until Saturday...

...When UND wins 3-1 for a split in the series. TA detente settles over Fighting Hawks Sports dot com...things are happier and is much calmer and most agree they overreacted.

You heard it here first. 

PS: Does anyone know what Bryn Chyzyk's middle name is? I hope it has some vowels because he is severely lacking in them. Poor guy, I feel bad for him. 

There are three vowels in Bryn Chysyk. He’s fine. 

[SiouxFanatic]

13 hours ago, Biddco said:

PREDICTION:

 

UMD wins 4-2 on Friday night with an empty netter. 

Fighting Hawk Sports dot com goes into a tizzy when suddenly the #FireJax movement begins after a tough loss at home. Things get even crazier when the #FireBerry people see this and realize they made a mistake and shouldn't have gotten him fired and they start yelling at the #FireJax people...but that only makes the #FireHak people even more upset and this forum devolves into people typing in all caps at each other until Saturday...

...When UND wins 3-1 for a split in the series. TA detente settles over Fighting Hawks Sports dot com...things are happier and is much calmer and most agree they overreacted.

You heard it here first. 

PS: Does anyone know what Bryn Chyzyk's middle name is? I hope it has some vowels because he is severely lacking in them. Poor guy, I feel bad for him. 

It’d be #AxeJax. Just saying…

[Scratch]

Not feeling good about this weekend, I’ll guess loss and tie. Duluth will probly only need to play well on one side of the puck to win. For us, defense will have to refrain from their tendency of getting burned in transition all night long, which I think they are capable of. But to get a win I think the offense will also have to score 3 goals, and I have no confidence in that. Duluth has a top-5 looking first line and we don’t have a first line

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

Could have avoided all that flood stuff in '97 if we would have had this much sandbagging

[RedFrog]

I'm curious to see how the team responds defensively.  

Offensively, I would like to see the zone time from Saturday night, but with more opportunities at the net ... which means that guys need to shoot the puck and perimeter shots need to get past the first defender. 

UMD has only given up more than 1 goal twice in their 8 games.  I feel like this series will be like most of our games this year ... a race to 3.

[atxsioux]

From watching the highlights of them vs the Gophers I have a hard timing seeing our PK look as passive as the gophers did last weekend. Hopefully we minimize time in the box overall but I think we'll fare better from a PK perspective.

 

I don't think its crazy to say we're the best team by a good margin that Duluth will have played this year as well. We've had some growing pains the past couple of weekends but based on last Saturday (yes it's just 1 game) we applied some good lessons learned with how they defended. Think that's what alot of us have griped about the past few years is not seeing enough improvement to show the team is actually learning from past mistakes. IMO we saw that last Saturday. It'll likely be a split but if this team goes out and makes a statement with 2 wins I won't be surprised either.

[fightingsioux4life]

2 minutes ago, atxsioux said:

I don't think its crazy to say we're the best team by a good margin that Duluth will have played this year as well. We've had some growing pains the past couple of weekends but based on last Saturday (yes it's just 1 game) we applied some good lessons learned with how they defended. Think that's what alot of us have griped about the past few years is not seeing enough improvement to show the team is actually learning from past mistakes. IMO we saw that last Saturday. It'll likely be a split but if this team goes out and makes a statement with 2 wins I won't be surprised either.

The growing pains were inevitable with a new head coach and more than half the roster turned over from last season. October is the month to iron out those wrinkles. Last Friday night was hard to watch, but they did what they needed to do and won on Saturday.

I would love a sweep to start the conference schedule, along with the TCoS! 

[The Sicatoka]

18 hours ago, Biddco said:

PS: Does anyone know what Bryn Chyzyk's middle name is? I hope it has some vowels because he is severely lacking in them. Poor guy, I feel bad for him. 

Vowels? 

A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y and W ... 

[ND_Texan]

2 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

Vowels? 

A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y and W ... 

Y is always a vowel unless starting a word or a syllable. I believe I learned that in the fourth grade.  

[brianvf]

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/und-entering-weekend-on-eight-game-winning-streak-against-minnesota-duluth

Some pretty crazy winning streaks as of late in this series:

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The Fighting Hawks have won eight in a row and are 12-1 in the last 13 games against the Bulldogs. It matches the longest winning streak in the North Dakota-Minnesota Duluth series since UND won the first 10 meetings between the teams from 1954-59.

There have been two other eight-game runs between these teams. Minnesota Duluth won eight in a row against UND from March 18, 2016, to Jan. 20, 2018. UND had an eight-game winning streak over the Bulldogs from Dec. 3, 1999, to Feb. 3, 2001.

On Menghini playing his old team:

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"Anthony is a really competitive guy," Jackson said. "He skates extremely well, has a strong stick and he's physical. I know against us last year, he scored goals and pounded a few guys. We're just talking with Anthony about trying to play his best game. When he's playing his best, he shows he's an effective player in our league. He's a prideful guy and we know he'll be playing his best and be ready to go against his old mates."

Also a mention of who will start in net tomorrow...Dane didn't give any hints but it'd be hard to go against Spunar after he pitched a shutout last game.

[Und Princess]

Good Morning Fans, Happy Halloween and Happy Gameday!!! I have my pregame, Series prediction and a brand new feature which is the Player Feature on my Hockey blog.  I hope you enjoy reading it!!!

https://ftstspotlight.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-weekend-hockey-showdown-weekend.html?m=1

Let's Go Get'em!!!

Und Princess 

[burd]

I wonder if gfhockey got a new outfit for the weekend?  😀

[siouxfaninseattle]

15 minutes ago, burd said:

I wonder if gfhockey got a new outfit for the weekend?  😀

I saw him in Goodwill yesterday.

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

What's the line? My state blocks college betting so I can only see it if USCHO mentions us in their betting podcast.

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

UND -175

[brianvf]

Schloss Preview:

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/preview-how-special-teams-have-dictated-games-for-und-minnesota-duluth

We'll see how UND does against UMD's aggressive PK.  If our passing is off, could make for some brutal PP's to watch.

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It will go against a Bulldog penalty kill that was revamped in the offseason.

"We've been super aggressive, especially with our forwards at the top," Minnesota Duluth defenseman Joey Pierce said. "The attitude has been 'be aggressive and make them make a play, force them to make two or three really nice passes before they get a Grade A.'"

His prediction:

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Friday: Minnesota Duluth 3, UND 2
Saturday: UND 2, Minnesota Duluth 1

My prediction...if we hold UMD to only 4 goals total, we sweep.
That said, I don't think we hold UMD to only 4 goals.    

[Wilbur]

I'll say tonight we win 4-2 with a Dylan James ENG, and Saturday the dogs get their revenge with a 2-1 win. 

[beastandco]

A split seems likely. UND’s key to winning both nights will be to shut down their top line. Easier said than done. If they do that, they’ll be fine. 

[RedFrog]

On paper, this looks to be a great series. 

Time to see what the boys are made of and will be the most significant indicator to date on whether this will be a transition year or a year that we have a legitimate shot at some post season success.

My prediction is that first team to 3 wins each night.

[The Sicatoka]

UMD has gone aggressive up top on the kill?

The down low PP guys should get some outnumbered chances by the paint; best be ready (James, Strinden, Rickwood). And I'd put Littler on the card tonight for that reason also. 

[The Sicatoka]

Simple weekend: 

Go to the box; get put into a box. 
Roll four, and few special teams, is the way.

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

1 hour ago, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said:

UND -175

Even with Zakreski that is a bad line. 

[The Sicatoka]

UND had better have reworked its PP or I'm thinking we should decline it.