2026-27 University of North Dakota Hockey Season

[cberkas]

1 minute ago, siouxforce19 said:

It’s moderately important so there is room to bring in our recruits. Don’t we have one senior next year? 

Two

[OopsSioux]

Assuming Zellers continues developing his 200' game wouldn't it be just as likely to have Simpson pair with Reschny and Zellers?

That's a lot of high end offensive talent on one line with Reschny a playmaker, Zellers a shooter/finisher, and Simpson a shooter/finisher.

To me if those two wingers can help in the corners with Reschny that'd be pretty potent.

I also think Brock Schultz might surprise some of us.  I don't believe he'll be all-conference as a freshman but the young man can skate, play physical, and bring some offense.  I also think Brock's impact will be determined by his role.  He may be most successful working up from the 4th line however.

I'm not that familiar with Ashton.

No matter the case I believe UND has more questions marks on the front end than the back end.  

[cberkas]

2 hours ago, Dustin said:

I'd say two things:

1) experienced D (Grad, Jr., Jr., the rest were younger)

2) true top line / finishers (No UND player was in the top 30 in the nation scoring)

This is what they need, not more 4th liners.

We should be looking at Denver, no 1st rounders, 1 2nd rounder, and they barely use the portal 1.5 guys from the portal (Salminen was committed originally to Denver). Normally Denver has 3 to 2 guys from the portal max. 

[NoDak Hockey Nation]

19 minutes ago, cberkas said:

This is what they need, not more 4th liners.

We should be looking at Denver, no 1st rounders, 1 2nd rounder, and they barely use the portal 1.5 guys from the portal (Salminen was committed originally to Denver). Normally Denver has 3 to 2 guys from the portal max. 

5 upperclassmen on D too.

[tnt]

I’ll reiterate what someone else said, Denver has won their titles based mostly on one position — goaltender.  Denver had 26 shots in a double overtime game and 7 shots midway through the third in the Championship. Capitalizing on the chances they did have and goaltending were the key, so it wasn’t magical coaching by Carle in that situation, but he does seem to make the right moves most of the time.  Who knows what happens if Miller doesn’t get injured and Carle was forced to put in Hicks.

[OopsSioux]

5 minutes ago, tnt said:

I’ll reiterate what someone else said, Denver has won their titles based mostly on one position — goaltender.  Denver had 26 shots in a double overtime game and 7 shots midway through the third in the Championship. Capitalizing on the chances they did have and goaltending were the key, so it wasn’t magical coaching by Carle in that situation, but he does seem to make the right moves most of the time.  Who knows what happens if Miller doesn’t get injured and Carle was forced to put in Hicks.

Agreed.  Even with their success of recent I'm not sure Denver's example is the way for a lot of other programs.  If Denver played Michigan ten times this year I just don't see Denver winning more than 3

[tnt]

To me getting portal players or CHL players will depend on what a team’s current roster looks like.  If you are really young, you might dip into the portal for guys that have already proven themselves at the college level.  If you have experience you might want to go after high end CHL talent.  Either way, you might only have the guys for a year or two.

[Walsh Hall]

1 hour ago, tnt said:

I’ll reiterate what someone else said, Denver has won their titles based mostly on one position — goaltender.  Denver had 26 shots in a double overtime game and 7 shots midway through the third in the Championship. Capitalizing on the chances they did have and goaltending were the key, so it wasn’t magical coaching by Carle in that situation, but he does seem to make the right moves most of the time.  Who knows what happens if Miller doesn’t get injured and Carle was forced to put in Hicks.

Exactly.  To win a title the “key” is to have a competitive team and have the best goalie in 4 games in a row. 

[SiouxForever]

2 minutes ago, Walsh Hall said:

Exactly.  To win a title the “key” is to have a competitive team and have the best goalie in 4 games in a row. 

Spunar did his part and did really well. Our powerplay went 0-5. They desperately needed a goal to gain some momentum and the PP sh^t the bed. 

I’m fairly confident had they beat Wisconsin, they would have beat Denver in a 3-1 score. 

[siouxweet]

11 minutes ago, SiouxForever said:

Spunar did his part and did really well. Our powerplay went 0-5. They desperately needed a goal to gain some momentum and the PP sh^t the bed. 

I’m fairly confident had they beat Wisconsin, they would have beat Denver in a 3-1 score. 

To rub salt in the wounds we went 0-5 on the PP including 1:56 of 5 on 3 against the second worst penalty kill in the country.

[nascar99]

10 minutes ago, siouxweet said:

To rub salt in the wounds we went 0-5 on the PP including 1:56 of 5 on 3 against the second worst penalty kill in the country.

Lack of urgency on that 5v3 was super visible and quite alarming for a Frozen Four Semifinal.

[Fratt Mattin]

7 minutes ago, nascar99 said:

Lack of urgency on that 5v3 was super visible and quite alarming for a Frozen Four Semifinal.

I've never seen a 5v3 that was focused solely on one timers. There was no attempt to set anything up except for one time blasts from way out. Didn't get that at all

[burd]

To make it insultingly worse, it was actually 5 on 2 for a time with UND in possession and a Badger player hurt, on his knees, and without a stick.  A little like blowing a 4 on 0 breakaway.