2026-27 University of North Dakota Hockey Season

[Fratt Mattin]

32 minutes ago, siouxweet said:

What does Kasper bring to help improve us?

Scoring mainly, but I do have concerns. He only had 4 goals at 5 on 5 last year. Hoping Bryn has a CHLer with some finishing touch up his sleeve

[cberkas]

Adam did get called out on CHNs CHIP rating for determining the Hobey race and who should be the best player. He couldn’t really defend it and proved to not be all that great. 

[stoneySIOUX]

4 minutes ago, Fratt Mattin said:

Scoring mainly, but I do have concerns. He only had 4 goals at 5 on 5 last year. Hoping Bryn has a CHLer with some finishing touch up his sleeve

He's not coming in to fill a top 6. Clearly a really solid bottom 6. 

[SpudsSioux]

2 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:

He's not coming in to fill a top 6. Clearly a really solid bottom 6. 

Lindberg or Magnussen? Lindberg will a perfect bottom 6. I’m not really sure on Magnussen and don’t love if he’s coming in to fill a top 6 spot. 

[brianvf]

3 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:

He's not coming in to fill a top 6. Clearly a really solid bottom 6. 

Yeah I'm viewing Lindberg & Magnussen as replacements for the departures of Klee/Littler.
If both can provide more scoring punch (and PK skills) from our 3rd/4th lines, that's fantastic and would make them upgrades.

If Bryn can lock up two high end CHLers with some scoring punch, our forward group looks stronger/deeper than last year.

[tnt]

1 hour ago, cowboys5xsbs said:

Honestly Lindberg is a headscratcher he brings nothing to the table

Exactly what I would expect from you.  People questioned Tyler Young addition, and lesser degree Josephson.  You build teams with guys that are team oriented and will go to battle every game whether they get a ton of playing time or not.

[Fratt Mattin]

9 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:

He's not coming in to fill a top 6. Clearly a really solid bottom 6. 

I would be suprised if Magnussen would come here without basically being guaranteed top 6 time given he was first line, point per game at Bemidji. If you’re right though, that’s great as it would probably mean some big CHLers are coming 

[stoneySIOUX]

9 minutes ago, SpudsSioux said:

Lindberg or Magnussen? Lindberg will a perfect bottom 6. I’m not really sure on Magnussen and don’t love if he’s coming in to fill a top 6 spot. 

3 minutes ago, Fratt Mattin said:

I would be suprised if Magnussen would come here without basically being guaranteed top 6 time given he was first line, point per game at Bemidji. If you’re right though, that’s great as it would probably mean some big CHLers are coming 

I'm referring to Lindberg. Sorry @Fratt Mattin, I just realized you were referring to Magnussen.

[cowboys5xsbs]

9 minutes ago, tnt said:

Exactly what I would expect from you.  People questioned Tyler Young addition, and lesser degree Josephson.  You build teams with guys that are team oriented and will go to battle every game whether they get a ton of playing time or not.

I never questioned Tyler Young.  He was one of my favorite players last year.  

[tnt]

3 minutes ago, Fratt Mattin said:

I would be suprised if Magnussen would come here without basically being guaranteed top 6 time given he was first line, point per game at Bemidji. If you’re right though, that’s great as it would probably mean some big CHLers are coming 

To be honest, I don’t think this staff guarantees anything.  With who we have coming back, and any possible CHL studs, it would be foolish to guarantee anything.  Just look at our roster now without being finished, who sits?  Let fall camp decide who deserves to be where.

[stoneySIOUX]

1 minute ago, cowboys5xsbs said:

I never questioned Tyler Young.  He was one of my favorite players last year.  

And Lindberg is a more talented Tyler Young-type player.... 

[cowboys5xsbs]

3 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:

And Lindberg is a more talented Tyler Young-type player.... 

I hope so 

[tnt]

1 hour ago, cowboys5xsbs said:

I never questioned Tyler Young.  He was one of my favorite players last year.  

Lindberg has a better resume than Young did coming in.  If you are a top 3 scorer, play a ton of minutes, plus/minus leader along with filling a penalty kill role as an underclassmen on any NCHC team, that speaks volumes to me.  Knowing that Chyzyk and Smaby have more knowledge since he played for them makes me that much more confident he will be a good fit.  

[Fratt Mattin]

12 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:

I'm referring to Lindberg. Sorry @Fratt Mattin, I just realized you were referring to Magnussen.

All good, that makes more sense. I agree with your comment as it pertains to Lindberg

[I Ranger]

2 hours ago, SpudsSioux said:

The other thing I didn't think about  until Schloss's article was Lindberg's penalty killing. I said earlier I felt like this was an upgrade from Littler, Klee and Andrew for a similar role (bottom 6 guy), but I hadn't thought about the fact that neither Littler or Klee kill penalties. Schloss said Lingberg was CC's top penalty killing minute eater at forward. It's so nice when you can use your bottom 6 to kill penalties and next year UND should have plenty of that with Lindberg, Croal, Zakreski (and Ollie if he's not in top 6).

100% agree and love when this is the case. I don't want Reschny and other top line/scorers eating pucks all year although I'm sure Reschny still kills next year. 

[gfhockey]

So are any of these guys chippaz

[cowboys5xsbs]

4 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

So are any of these guys chippaz

Grindaz

[SiouxForever]

21 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

So are any of these guys chippaz

We didn’t want them. 

If you want to win the natty, you just need a hot tendy. See Denver. 

[NoDak Hockey Nation]

Wonder if Blake Fiddler would be an option if NoDak misses on the big 4…

[brianvf]

25 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

So are any of these guys chippaz

These are higher end grindazz to replace our departed grindazz.
Chippaz will be announced by end of next month.

[Walsh Hall]

5 minutes ago, brianvf said:

These are higher end grindazz to replace our departed grindazz.
Chippaz will be announced by end of next month.

Looks like 2 more for both F and D.  I'm hoping for no news for at least the next couple weeks.  I believe that would be good news and an indication of where the remaining spots will be filled from.

[NoDak Hockey Nation]

Hayden Paupanekis, Matthew Gard, Owen Martin, Cameron Schmidt, David Lewandowski are some 2025 drafted WHLers to know. Similar to Ollie Josephson coming in D+2

[brianvf]

1 minute ago, Walsh Hall said:

Looks like 2 more for both F and D.  I'm hoping for no news for at least the next couple weeks.  I believe that would be good news and an indication of where the remaining spots will be filled from.

My thoughts exactly.
If UND gets Magnusson, then any other portal pickups after that means that a CHL player fell through IMO.

[atxsioux]

10 minutes ago, NoDak Hockey Nation said:

Hayden Paupanekis, Matthew Gard, Owen Martin, Cameron Schmidt, David Lewandowski are some 2025 drafted WHLers to know. Similar to Ollie Josephson coming in D+2

I’ve heard Schmidt isn’t always well liked by everyone from a few different podcasts so hoping we pass on him. 

[Walsh Hall]

5 minutes ago, brianvf said:

My thoughts exactly.
If UND gets Magnusson, then any other portal pickups after that means that a CHL player fell through IMO.

Yep.  I like the silent commitments much more than a potential silent de-commitment.