Showing posts with label NCHC Hockey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NCHC Hockey. Show all posts

Friday, February 13, 2015

NCHC Hockey: A look at the Standings


The standing will probably change a few times before the season is over, you can bet on it. But UND takes the lead for now. Stay tuned, developing.

Saturday, February 07, 2015

NCHC Hockey: A look at the Pairwise Rankings (Updated)



The NCHC isn't going anywhere but up.

I know I am getting ahead of myself and there's a lot of time left before the NCAA tourney. The Pairwise Ranking are very fluid and they will change some before selection Sunday, but the NCHC is looking real good with about five weeks remaining in the season.

There's a very good chance that one or two of the NCHC teams at the top of the Pairwise Rankings won't make the Frozen Faceoff  but will make the NCAA tourney. That happened to SCSU last season.

Saturday, January 17, 2015

NCHC Suspends Omaha’s O’Rourke and UMD’s Toninato (Video)

The NCHC took action against two of it's players today following incidents from Friday night's games. If I come across video, I will post it.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) has issued suspensions to both Omaha senior defenseman Brian O’Rourke and Minnesota Duluth sophomore forward Dominic Toninato, in accordance with the conference’s supplemental discipline policy, the NCHC announced Saturday, Jan. 17. The suspensions stem from illegal hits during their respective games on Friday, Jan. 16.

O’Rourke was suspended two games after a review of the play in which direct contact to the head was made with a Colorado College player at 5:32 of the first period of UNO’s game against CC Friday. O’Rourke was assessed a five-minute major penalty for interference on the play. O’Rourke will miss Saturday’s series finale with the Tigers, as well as Omaha’s next game on Friday, Jan. 30 against North Dakota. He is eligible to return on Saturday, Jan. 31 in the series finale with UND.

Toninato was suspended one game following a review of the play in which knee-on-knee contact was made with a Western Michigan player at 13:31 of the first period of Friday’s game with the Broncos. Toninato was issued a five-minute major for kneeing on the play. He will be required to serve the suspension during Saturday’s series finale with WMU and is eligible to return next weekend, Jan. 23 against Bemqidji State in the North Star College Cup.

Saturday, January 10, 2015

UND vs. UMD - Lines game two


You can see there's some changes in the UND lineup tonight. Tucker Poolman is back on the wing. Senior defenseman Andrew Panzarella is back in the lineup and paired with junior Keaton Thompson. This is a big game for UND, one might say that it's gut check time. I also think this is a must win game as well.



Tuesday, January 06, 2015

NCHC Hockey: Taking a look at the KRACH and Pairwise Rankikngs

By Eric Burton


3
Minnesota-Duluth
562.6
.8067
16
12-6-0
0.6667
2.000
1
281.3
5
Miami
443.8
.7722
9t
14-6-0
0.7000
2.333
6
190.2
6
North Dakota
438.8
.7705
6
13-4-2
0.7368
2.800
9
156.7
7
Nebraska-Omaha
435.4
.7693
13t
12-5-3
0.6750
2.077
3
209.6
13
Denver
287.3
.7010
12
11-5-1
0.6765
2.091
20
137.4
21
St. Cloud State
164.5
.5980
37t
7-10-1
0.4167
0.714
2
230.4
29
Western Michigan
107.2
.5137
36
7-9-2
0.4444
0.800
21
133.93
48
Colorado College
28.76
.2687
56
3-13-1
0.2059
0.259
30
110.9
Here’s the NCHC teams from the KRACH rankings. You can see that Minnesota-Duluth has the hardest strength of schedule to date. St Cloud State University has the second toughest SOS. Nebraska-Omaha comes in with the third toughest.  

You can also see from the Pairwise Rankings that the NCHC is doing pretty well right now and that the top-10 is full of NCHC teams. This weekend's match-up between UMD and UND is going to be important for the Pairwise Rankings. While a weekend doesn't make a season, a sweep for either team would be huge


3
56
12-6-0
.6667
16
.5983*
3
4
55
14-6-0
.7000
9t
.5899*
4
6
53
12-5-3
.6750
13t
.5861*
6








8
51
13-4-2
.7368
6
.5805
8
15
44
11-5-1
.6765
12
.5587
15
26
33
7-10-1
.4167
37t
.5180
26
36
24
7-9-2
.4444
36
.4919
36
46
13
3-13-1
.2059
56
.4445
46

Friday, December 12, 2014

North Dakota vs. Denver Game One lines - With Links

North Dakota Forward lines
9 Drake Caggiula–16 Mark MacMillan (A)–15 Michael Parks (A)
21 Brendan O’Donnell–8 Nick Schmaltz–27 Luke Johnson
29 Bryn Chyzyk–28 Stephane Pattyn (C)–11 Trevor Olson
26 Coltyn Sanderson–13 Connor Gaarder (A)–14 Austin Poganski
North Dakota Defense Parings
6 Paul LaDue–24 Jordan Schmaltz
20 Gage Ausmus–3 Tucker Poolman
4 Keaton Thompson–22 Andrew Panzarella

North Dakota Goalies
31 Zane McIntyre
33 Cam Johnson

Denver Forward lines
8 Trevor Moore–19 Daniel Doremus–20 Danton Heinen
16 Zac Larraza–27 Quentin Shore–12 Ty Loney
26 Evan Janssen–9 Gabe Levin–23 Matt Marcinew
14 Larkin Jacobson–25 Matt Tabrum–39 Grant Arnold
Denver Defense Pairings
21 Joey LaLeggia–11 Nolan Zajac
7 Will Butcher–4 Josiah Didier
28 Adam Plant–6 Matt VanVoorhis

Denver Goalies

31 Evan Cowley
36 Tanner Jaillet
30 Greg Ogard




Monday, December 08, 2014

UND lands three-of-four players on the NCHC Players of the Week.

Pretty good week for UND as they land three-of-four players on the NCHC Players of the Week.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) announced its Bauer NCHC Players of the Week for the week of Dec. 1-7 on Monday with North Dakota capturing three of the four awards. The winners for week nine of the season are Miami senior forward Cody Murphy for Offensive Player of the Week, North Dakota junior defenseman Jordan Schmaltz for Defenseman of the Week, UND freshman defenseman Tucker Poolman for Rookie of the Week and North Dakota junior netminder Zane McIntyre for Goaltender of the Week, his second straight week claiming the award.

DEFENSEMAN OF THE WEEK
Jordan Schmaltz, North Dakota
Junior Defenseman
Verona, Wis.

Schmaltz was productive at both ends of the ice in UND’s sweep of Lake Superior State, totaling five points in the series while contributing on both special teams. He notched multiple points in both games, including four on the power play, scoring a goal and chipping in four assists on the weekend. In Friday’s 7-4 comeback win, the Blues prospect handed out a trio of assists, including two on the man advantage, to tie a career high for both points and assists. The next night, Schmaltz tallied a goal and an assist, both on the power play, in a 3-1 victory as his helper set up the game’s first goal while his score late in the third period sealed the win. He blocked a shot in each game, while helping UND go a perfect 9-for-9 on the penalty kill, including 7-for-7 Saturday, and 5-for-9 on the power play in the series.

ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Tucker Poolman, North Dakota
Freshman Defenseman
East Grand Forks, Minn.

Poolman showed off his versatility in North Dakota’s sweep of Lake Superior State, playing forward one night and defenseman the next, while racking up three points in the series. In Friday’s 7-4 comeback win, he moved to forward after UND lost two forwards to injury in the first period and scored a pair of power play goals in a span of a little more than six minutes in the second period, the latter of which tied the game at 4-4. He was named first star of the game for his efforts. The next night, the Winnipeg draft pick moved back to his natural defenseman position and dished out an assist on a power play goal in the third period that sealed the 3-1 win. Poolman was tabbed third star of the game Saturday. He finished the weekend with eight shots on goal, including seven Friday, and two blocked shots. He also was big on special teams, helping UND go 9-for-9 on the penalty kill in the series and 5-for-9 on the power play with all three of his points coming on the man advantage.

GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK
Zane McIntyre, North Dakota
Junior Goaltender
Thief River Falls, Minn.

For the second straight week McIntyre claimed NCHC Goaltender of the Week after compiling a .933 save percentage and a 1.21 goals-against average in two games and 99 minutes of action. He went 2-0-0 in net in a sweep of Lake Superior State, entering in relief on Friday, as he came in early in the second period with UND down 3-0 and stopped 12 of the 13 shots he faced to allow North Dakota to rally for the 7-4 win. The Bruins prospect was named the game’s third star Friday. The next night, he surrendered just one goal late in the contest while making 16 saves in his only start of the series – a 3-1 UND victory. McIntyre helped kill all nine LSSU power plays on the weekend, including seven on Saturday, and stopped 28 of 30 shots against in the series to pick up his NCAA-leading 12th win of the season.

Here is the link to the full article.

Saturday, November 29, 2014

NCHC Shootout Records


While the NCHC has the ability to use the shootout to break ties for league points, there haven't been a lot of games decided by the shootout. Through 244 games there’s been only 11 games decided by a shootout. That means through a season and a quarter only 4.5 percent of the games have gone to a shootout.
C.C. 2-0
Denver 2-1
Miami 1-0
UMD 2-0
Omaha 2-1
UND 0-1
Western Michigan 3-0
SCSU 0-4

Saturday, November 15, 2014

Friday, October 24, 2014

Game Day: Friday Morning Pontifications

First, it's early in the season, I get that. However, last season, the NCHC had a dreadful inter-conference record, (40-34-16, .533). As you can see from the chart, the NCHC has started out much better this season.




vs.
Atlantic Hockey
Big Ten
ECAC
Hockey East
NCHC
WCHA
OOC Record
Atlantic Hockey
0-0-0
(.000)
1-5-0
(.167)
0-3-0
(.000)
1-1-0
(.500)
2-2-0
(.500)
4-11-0
(.267)
Big Ten
0-0-0
(.000)
1-0-0
(1.000)
4-3-1
(.562)
1-2-0
(.333)
0-6-1
(.071)
6-11-2
(.368)
ECAC
5-1-0
(.833)
0-1-0
(.000)
6-4-1
(.591)
1-3-0
(.250)
1-1-0
(.500)
13-10-1
(.562)
Hockey East
3-0-0
(1.000)
3-4-1
(.438)
4-6-1
(.409)
0-1-0
(.000)
2-2-0
(.500)
12-13-2
(.481)
NCHC
1-1-0
(.500)
2-1-0
(.667)
3-1-0
(.750)
1-0-0
(1.000)
6-4-0
(.600)
13-7-0
(.650)
WCHA
2-2-0
(.500)
6-0-1
(.929)
1-1-0
(.500)
2-2-0
(.500)
4-6-0
(.400)
15-11-1
(.574)

Apparently, UND has a few new players.
Defensemen John Gilmour (lower body) and Kyle McKenzie (disciplinary reasons) are expected to be in the lineup for the first time this season. Also due to return is Nick Saracino, who was held out of last week’s exhibition game against the U.S. National Team Developent Program U-18s for precautionary reasons.

The series pits two of the top goaltenders in the nation against each other in PC junior Jon Gillies, a Calgary draft choice, and North Dakota junior Zach McIntyre, a Boston Bruins pick. North Dakota has 14 NHL draft picks on its roster to 7 for PC.

North Dakota swept Colorado College on the road last weekend. They went 5-for-7 on the power play and scored two shorthanded goals in Saturday’s 7-2 rout. Montreal pick Mark MacWilliams leads the team in scoring with five goals and seven points.