#2 UND @ #34 CC - 2nd half NCHC Grind begins!

[cowboys5xsbs]

UND WIN

[cberkas]

Got the win

[brianvf]

Good response tonight after the 1st.

[brianvf]

Nice 4pt weekend in a place and against a team that UND has struggled with lately.

Great jump in the NCHC race this weekend!

[Username Taken]

I’ll take it. 4 of 6 on the road against a pretty good team with a very good goalie that always saves their best for UND. 

[brianvf]

Still lost the faceoff battle, but a much more respectable 30-32 tonight.

[Wilbur]

I think they'd take 4 points on the road at any time in the second half of the season going forward here.

Now you've got a Denver team coming in that got smacked at home by Western.

[bcblues]

2 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

I think they'd take 4 points on the road at any time in the second half of the season going forward here.

Now you've got a Denver team coming in that got smacked at home by Western.

Yeah, DU will be gunning for bear.

[cberkas]

4 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

I think they'd take 4 points on the road at any time in the second half of the season going forward here.

Now you've got a Denver team coming in that got smacked at home by Western.

Winless in their last 5 games

[tnt]

3 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

I think they'd take 4 points on the road at any time in the second half of the season going forward here.

Now you've got a Denver team coming in that got smacked at home by Western.

Huge opportunity to put a rival in our rear view mirror for the most part, as a sweep would put us up 11 points.  Really, winning the series would be huge in any capacity.

[brianvf]

All teams have played 12 league games now.
Top four have separated themselves a bit with the bottom 4 only separated by 4 points.

UND 5 pts up on DU, 6 pts on WMU, and 8 pts up on UMD.
Keep it rolling!

[Godsmack]

Some CC fans are saying Mbereko left the game with a groin injury.

[TwamleyShuffle]

36 minutes ago, Godsmack said:

Some CC fans are saying Mbereko left the game with a groin injury.

Hope he recovers soon

[Blackheart]

38 minutes ago, Godsmack said:

Some CC fans are saying Mbereko left the game with a groin injury.

Cheers!

[Blackheart]

Rewatched Zmolek's goal; he made a nice play coming in from the blue line to bury the cross ice feed.  Twitter said it was his first goal in nearly four years...Congrats to the Captain!

[Blackheart]

1 hour ago, BigGreyAnt41 said:

Will the score hold and prove Blackheart clairvoyant?

Close on the final score.  After the first period tonight it seemed like North Dakota just took over this game.  Second period was all Sioux as they retook the lead and the final period looked like the boys just wore CC down.  Hope their goalie is ok; just don't want to play him again anytime soon.

[brianvf]

Huge props to Zmolek on his first goal in a UND sweater:

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"I'm so happy for him," Jackson said. "It was a great read, a great pass and he got a lot of wood on it. It was really a high-skill play. The guys are so happy for him. He's such a leader for us in so many ways. Obviously, most of the time it's with his defensive play and penalty killing and everything else. But to see him bring out the offense in a big moment, I was just so happy for him. He's a warrior."

 

[Blackheart]

Play of the game may have been the save Spunar made on Blais-Savoie with about 10 minutes to go in the second and Sioux up 2-1.  Guy got a great feed going across the crease and it looked like he may have 'fived' Spunar but no dice.  Jan made a fantastic play at a crucial time.

[Wilbur]

6 hours ago, Blackheart said:

Play of the game may have been the save Spunar made on Blais-Savoie with about 10 minutes to go in the second and Sioux up 2-1.  Guy got a great feed going across the crease and it looked like he may have 'fived' Spunar but no dice.  Jan made a fantastic play at a crucial time.

That will be fun for the coaches to break down in the film room as we had bodies back and still allowed a guy in alone on our goalie.  

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

8 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

That will be fun for the coaches to break down in the film room as we had bodies back and still allowed a guy in alone on our goalie.  

Strinden fell asleep and let the guy go right behind him in all alone 

[Godsmack]

9 hours ago, Blackheart said:

Play of the game may have been the save Spunar made on Blais-Savoie with about 10 minutes to go in the second and Sioux up 2-1.  Guy got a great feed going across the crease and it looked like he may have 'fived' Spunar but no dice.  Jan made a fantastic play at a crucial time.

When we got home from the game I started watching the recording and just listening to Ken Landau’s call on that play said it all. He sounded utterly shocked that puck didn’t go in the net. In fact, at first, he sounded like he thought it did go in as he went into his, “HE SHOOTS AND….” And that’s where he stopped in his tracks before he could finish his catch phrase. 

[Und Princess]

Good Morning and Happy Sunday!!! I hope you have a wonderful day! I just dropped the UND-CC Weekend Series Wrap up blog! I hope you enjoy reading it!

https://ftstspotlight.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-puck-report-hockey-weekend-series.html?m=1

 

Go North Dakota!!!

Und Princess 

[nodakgirl93]

11 hours ago, Blackheart said:

Rewatched Zmolek's goal; he made a nice play coming in from the blue line to bury the cross ice feed.  Twitter said it was his first goal in nearly four years...Congrats to the Captain!

Spoon also helped with the breakout leading to that goal. It's nice to have a goalie that's active in getting into the play and comfortable playing the puck. 

[nodakgirl93]

Looks like Mbereko got hurt when Reschny went hard to the net. Similar to Michigan and Notre Dame. 

[tnt]

2 hours ago, Godsmack said:

When we got home from the game I started watching the recording and just listening to Ken Landau’s call on that play said it all. He sounded utterly shocked that puck didn’t go in the net. In fact, at first, he sounded like he thought it did go in as he went into his, “HE SHOOTS AND….” And that’s where he stopped in his tracks before he could finish his catch phrase. 

Much prefer the guy who did the game on Friday to Landau.  “Where Grandma keeps the peanut butter” is old and be reserved for the guy who actually created it.