Sunday thoughts

Even when it appears that things aren’t going well, in reality there are a lot of positives moving forward for the Fighting Sioux hockey team. Here are some of the things that UND is doing well.

The UND defense is ranked 5th over all nationally and tied with their next opponent the Wisconsin Badgers. [National Stats]

UND sophomore goalie Brad Eidsness is ranked 8th nationally (8-4-2, 1.97 GAA and .919 SV %) Eidsness has only give up 5 goals once in a game.

North Dakota is 7th in the nation in penalty killing 75/88 for 88.2 percent. [National Stats]

Fighting Sioux freshman Danny Kristo is ranked 11th in points per game by freshman. (5g-9a-14pts) points per game 0.88 [college hockey stats]

UND is ranked 17th in scoring nationally; 16 games 52 goals 3.25 goals per game. [college hockey stats]

UND is ranked 10th Nationally on the Power Play 21/ 92 22.8%. [college hockey stats]

Combined Special teams UND is ranked 10th; 96/177 54.2. [college hockey stats]