tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203763472024-03-17T19:06:43.295-05:00Goon's WorldNHL, College Hockey, Football, Dirt Track RacingEric J. Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11126092078877298812noreply@blogger.comBlogger10065125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20376347.post-9907605655634361222024-03-17T19:05:00.001-05:002024-03-17T19:06:12.061-05:00UND Crushes Miami, 7-1. Advances to the Frozen Faceoff <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioc0q8ITDUT7_TpSOcPzO9PZ9awpI0HFxuGbOR916LnN4O5prT3tChixizNJ8g1O2PtsBT9zD-07_bZLxbPNRoKjyERBxZF9lSF4tR3TXgJNewZafEv1xyriEDIjigdJluREt7ly4v_-ZlEOhfHxvgg4MXXETpF1HSjP6BWQwhiskYIF57WGod/s1000/Jackson%20Kunz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="894" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioc0q8ITDUT7_TpSOcPzO9PZ9awpI0HFxuGbOR916LnN4O5prT3tChixizNJ8g1O2PtsBT9zD-07_bZLxbPNRoKjyERBxZF9lSF4tR3TXgJNewZafEv1xyriEDIjigdJluREt7ly4v_-ZlEOhfHxvgg4MXXETpF1HSjP6BWQwhiskYIF57WGod/w358-h400/Jackson%20Kunz.jpg" width="358" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">There's an old hockey cliche: It's very hard to end a team's season. On Saturday night, the UND hockey team looked like a determined team. They were determined not to play game three. It was pretty straightforward: Lose to the lowly RedHawks, and they'd be back on the ice on Sunday night. Mission accomplished: When the final horn sounded, the Hawks left no doubt as they crushed the Miami RedHawks 7-1 and sent them home looking for answers. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Seven different players scored goals for UND - at the 13:17 mark of the first period, Riese Gaber scored his 18th goal of the season to give UND a 1-0 lead. Gaber is two short of 20 goals, and if he can reach 20 goals, it will be the first time since the 2005-06 season that three UND players have had 20 or more goals: Drew Stafford, 24; Jonathan Towes, 22; and T.J. Oshie, 24.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The Hawks scored another in the second and five in the third period to blow the game open. It was an impressive win against a bad hockey team. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">In one of the nice stories of the year, <a href="https://www.collegehockeynews.com/players/career/Hunter-Johannes/36371" target="_blank">graduate forward Hunter Johannes</a> scored the first UND goal of the season at Ralph and the last goal of the season at Ralph. This was a player that wanted to play at UND but didn't get the opportunity. After playing three seasons at AIC, he transferred to Lindenwood College. Due to COVID-19, he benefited from having a fifth year and transferred to UND—his dream school. He's made the most of his opportunity. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The three stars of the game were 1st star Jackson Blake (1g-2a-3pts), 2nd Star Jackson Kunz (1g-2a-3pts), and third star of the game Hobie Hedquist 28 saves. It was the second multipoint game of Kunz's career and the first three-point game of his career. Kunz has (<a href="https://www.collegehockeynews.com/players/gmXgm/Jackson-Kunz/35264/20232024" target="_blank">5g-6a-11pts</a>) in his last 13 games. When asked about having his first three-point game of his career, Kunz was pretty low-key.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"I don't like talking about myself too much," Kunz said. "You're playing with good players, making one pass, and you don't know what they will do with it. I'm lucky to be able to be out there with the guys we have."<br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">It didn't matter what the RedHawks game plan was; the Fighting Hawks had an answer for everything they tried. When a shot got through, the defense either blocked it, or freshman goalie Hobie Hedquist saved it. <br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"We had the puck on our stick," Miami head coach Chris Bergeron said. "(We) don't do what we're asking them to do; we turn the puck over to the wrong guy, and it's one zero." </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">This past weekend, UND's starting goalie was out with an undisclosed issue (injury or illness). During Saturday's post-game press conference, Brad Schlossman asked UND head coach Brad Berry for an update on his starting goalie. It was Mum's the word. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"We're not going to divulge very much information because it's the playoffs," Berry said. "As the week progresses, we'll share more information, but right now, it's undisclosed." </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">No matter what the issue was, UND didn't need Persson. The rookie phenom stopped 51 of 53 shots (.962). During the first period of Saturday's game, Hedquist was tested early and made quite a few difficult stops. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Hedquist's play caught the eye of the Miami coach.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"For a guy who hasn't played much, he hasn't lost yet; he's 5-0 over 90 save percentage," Bergeron said. "They don't have bad players here. Whether he's played a bunch or not that much, he's proven he's a good player."</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">During the post-game press conference, I asked Coach Berry if he was tempted to ride a hot goalie and start him on Friday at the Frozen Faceoff. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"Yeah, everything's on the table, Berry said. "You've known us long enough that we will put a lineup together that gives us a chance to win. We have two very good goaltenders. Hobie proved himself now, and Ludvig proved himself in the past. We will go through the week here. We'll keep moving forward. It's nice to know guys get to come in and contribute."</span></div><div><br /></div><div>
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Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11126092078877298812noreply@blogger.com0Grand Forks, ND, USA47.9252568 -97.032854719.615022963821154 -132.1891047 76.235490636178838 -61.8766047tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20376347.post-25332885639888823222024-03-16T13:12:00.000-05:002024-03-16T13:12:55.653-05:00UND Races Past Miami, 5-1<span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAbU_5tYlVr2qCYAIyfNFw_T2blUXTJrZBJCk5VmJfM8kQBzKI-xDVdGwjbiJs6dsuSqHbY_6T6ExaW0CZg-8BBXxAWeKO7qRFvMf2RhyOU6YM-ylgM7pak_6Is7r-E8myWBWlY6VxVkX8MXwQ1c1jjAPNjU3h5_ItEuOu7V-MLLtFDIvKH3sI/s1000/Hobie%20Hedquist%20-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="947" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAbU_5tYlVr2qCYAIyfNFw_T2blUXTJrZBJCk5VmJfM8kQBzKI-xDVdGwjbiJs6dsuSqHbY_6T6ExaW0CZg-8BBXxAWeKO7qRFvMf2RhyOU6YM-ylgM7pak_6Is7r-E8myWBWlY6VxVkX8MXwQ1c1jjAPNjU3h5_ItEuOu7V-MLLtFDIvKH3sI/w379-h400/Hobie%20Hedquist%20-2.jpg" width="379" /></a></div><br />The UND hockey team moved within one game of advancing to the 2024 NCHC Frozen Faceoff with an impressive 5-1 win over the last-place Miami RedHawks. After the first period, the game wasn't close. After taking a 1-0 lead into the first intermission, UND scored two in the second and two in the third to race past the hapless RedHawks. </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Miami's season has been miserable. The RedHawks last won a game 63 days ago, on January 13, 2024. UND is looking to end Miami's season on Saturday at 6:07 p.m. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">It was a night of surprises. UND senior goalie Ludvig Persson was a last-minute scratch, due to an unknown reason. Freshman goalie Hobie Hedquist took the net and stopped 23 of 24 shots for a .958 save percentage. <a href="https://www.collegehockeynews.com/players/career/Hobie-Hedquist/56952" target="_blank">Hedquist is 4-0-0, 2.28 GAA and .906 save percentage</a>. In the post-game press conference, UND head coach Brad Berry was asked if Hedquist would be starting on Saturday. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"I don't know," Berry said. "I'll let you guys know tomorrow when you get to the rink." </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">On Friday night, UND junior forward Jake Schmaltz scored his first goal of the season—his first in 33 games. <a href="https://www.collegehockeynews.com/players/gmXgm/Jake-Schmaltz/36098/20222023" target="_blank">Schmaltz last scored on March 12, 2023</a>. His goalless streak lasted one year and three days. Schmaltz was all smiles after the game. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"I figured I was due for one, and now we are just trying to keep building on it," Schmaltz said. "Hopefully, they keep falling for me. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">With UND's win, UND improves to 25-10-2 and 15-8-1 NCHC. With the loss, Miami drops to 7-25-3 and 1-21-2 NCHC. The Hawks improve to 30-8-1 all-time against the RedHawks. UND is 14-3-2 against Miami in Grand Forks. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWxLnOG-tsLfu5gR5lWIX7QytOR62UvMs1p_0SJT8BHiECckWAN9u0guWRtTlOdRn06djBh9SPwzygiQb3HiRfGfGn9JoTVAjZ0lgW6bzCQLcLI3koW6wyUBKXbkxzGOfNe6Kfm6vMZW6cqkAQZCbVCo-PHmDSiusep3Zlna0fl22-kNRr6SV2/s1000/Jake%20Livanavage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="1000" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWxLnOG-tsLfu5gR5lWIX7QytOR62UvMs1p_0SJT8BHiECckWAN9u0guWRtTlOdRn06djBh9SPwzygiQb3HiRfGfGn9JoTVAjZ0lgW6bzCQLcLI3koW6wyUBKXbkxzGOfNe6Kfm6vMZW6cqkAQZCbVCo-PHmDSiusep3Zlna0fl22-kNRr6SV2/w400-h331/Jake%20Livanavage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Another record was tied. With his goal and assist, freshman defenseman Jake Livanavage tied former defenseman Brian Lee for the most points by a rookie defenseman at UND since the 1999-00 season. When asked about tying Brian Lee's record, Livanavage brushed his accomplishment off. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div>"(I am) not focused on that right now," Livanavage said. "We've got a lot of season ahead of us. That's what I'm focused on. I don't care about the individual awards. I care about the team aspect." </div></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">UND's high-octane offense. UND now has two 20-goal scorers. On Friday, Jackson Blake scored his 20th goal of the season, becoming the second player to hit 20 goals. Blake and Cameron Berg are the first two players to score 20 goals since the 2015-16 season when Brock Boeser and Drake Caggiula accomplished that feat. Riese Gaber scored his 17th goal of the season, giving UND the possibility of having three players score 20 or more </span><span style="font-size: large;">goals.</span><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JHhArEk6uU8?si=KIKoRfzHQ4PtKurE" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
</div></div>Eric J. Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11126092078877298812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20376347.post-27122044563849980722024-03-09T10:10:00.004-06:002024-03-09T10:15:42.453-06:00Omaha Outworks North Dakota, 3-2 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidm-h2VN4Myut1WRCbusHvgEK04TEmAULSB2AaGjJ3O1_w1B1ZLewM6NxQW026qqiefXFrv_Vj4faaOyPhrKV2cZiaj7LuhTX4Nj1vsb4a53tS60kQmygY1PbYxb64KmvgFFyzH9wHrrsmUZ8-xdCBkqlcniS6YIDQone3bZhE0ol0Ty0PauRC/s1000/Jackson%20Blake%20-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="845" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidm-h2VN4Myut1WRCbusHvgEK04TEmAULSB2AaGjJ3O1_w1B1ZLewM6NxQW026qqiefXFrv_Vj4faaOyPhrKV2cZiaj7LuhTX4Nj1vsb4a53tS60kQmygY1PbYxb64KmvgFFyzH9wHrrsmUZ8-xdCBkqlcniS6YIDQone3bZhE0ol0Ty0PauRC/w270-h320/Jackson%20Blake%20-2.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">It was a weird night in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. All the home teams won, and not a single road team broke through. On Friday, the University of North Dakota hockey team appeared to suffer from the Penrose Cup hangover. UND came out a step slow and chased the game for 50 minutes.
The Hawks didn't play badly; Omaha just played better. They made a push in the third period, but it wasn't enough. </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"We didn't start on time." head coach Brad Berry said. "That was a desperate team. They were sharper than we were in the first two periods. We played with some desperation in the third, but in this league, you got to play three periods." </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"We knew they were going to be a hungry team, UND captain Riese Gaber said. "They came out hungry. That was a difference. We had a good third period, but we got outworked in the first half of the game. That ended up being the deciding factor." </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"They were the hungrier team," Louis Jamernik V said. "It's such a mental game. We did a good job preparing all week and doing the right things. It just comes down to who wants it more. They won the puck battles and puck races, especially in that first half. We didn't give up. I thought our third period was pretty good. We were 14 and 4 for shots. It shows when we're playing desperate hockey, we can dominate."</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"I thought our game, all three periods, was very good' Omaha head coach Mike Gabinet said, "Guys played extremely well." </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">It wasn't all negatives for UND. Sophomore forward Jackson Blake set the NCHC's conference scoring record with an assist in the first period, his 36th conference point of the season. He broke the record held by former UND forward Brock Boeser (2015-16) and DU forward Bobby Brink (2021-22). </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Junior forward Cameron Berg scored his 20th goal of the season, becoming the second player since </span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/blog/post/edit/20376347/2712204456384998072#" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #4a6ee0; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;" target="_blank"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Shane Gersich, 21 goals in 2016-17</span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> to reach 20. Looking at the player stats for the UND hockey team, the Hawks could have three players with 20 or more goals.</span></span></span></p></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Even with the loss, UND remains at No. 3 in the Pairwise Rankings. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Special teams play: UND went 1-for-4 on the power play. UND's penalty kill remained hot; the Hawks have now killed 14 straight penalties since Feb. 16, 2024. </span><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bZcWic6EfFY?si=e2ZTnYhGJWk7QUyV" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div></div>Eric J. Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11126092078877298812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20376347.post-31642021689238360032024-03-07T19:11:00.004-06:002024-03-07T19:14:39.626-06:00Toronto D-Man Jake McCabe Cross Checks Brad Marchand, Is There a Suspension Coming?<span style="font-size: medium;">From the dirty hits department. At the 3:54 mark of the first period, Maple Leafs defenseman Jake McCabe cross-checks Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand in the head area. Bruins forward Jake DeBrusk responds to McCabe's dirty cross-check. The VBruins were given a 5-on-3 power play. However, there was no call on McCabe. I expect that McCabe is going to get a call from the NHL's Department of Player Safety. No Leafs fans, just because the hit was on Marchand doesn't make this hit okay. Finally, does McCabe get a fine or a suspension? This season, Boston is 2-0-1 against the Leafs. </span><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">McCabe crosschecks DeBrusk and Marchand high <a href="https://t.co/lbpPgLzJ0i">pic.twitter.com/lbpPgLzJ0i</a></p>— Omar (@TicTacTOmar) <a href="https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1765897706927534205?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 8, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Eric J. Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11126092078877298812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20376347.post-20744784945822001552024-03-03T10:35:00.002-06:002024-03-03T10:41:27.980-06:00The Penrose Cup Returns to Grand Forks; UND sweeps WMU with a 3-0 Win <div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFE4H8PmRBZqDuMOUfsbqWAts87eaDVW8kijOscG2aQCSYoETroi9lN6-8Y34SZAe-IxMJoauRRJ3QIMxp5Q7iJ__R386CPSFUl4KsSsJj7IS6d5APF1MsK-tIrxwLvj1HtKHXjmDpNTxObxySWF3lG1wF3h2Y9JSnw2oejPBVplVY6nLWJq1-/s4032/IMG_0181.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFE4H8PmRBZqDuMOUfsbqWAts87eaDVW8kijOscG2aQCSYoETroi9lN6-8Y34SZAe-IxMJoauRRJ3QIMxp5Q7iJ__R386CPSFUl4KsSsJj7IS6d5APF1MsK-tIrxwLvj1HtKHXjmDpNTxObxySWF3lG1wF3h2Y9JSnw2oejPBVplVY6nLWJq1-/w300-h400/IMG_0181.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br />When I walked into Ralph Engelstad Arena on hockey media day back in September, I could feel the energy and a buzz in the building. I picked up a vibe as I interviewed some new players. I had a feeling. As I started watching this team play, they started racking up wins. I told Virg Foss that this team had a chance to do good things. I even compared them to the 2016 team. As the final horn sounded on Saturday's game, UND won 3-0. The Hawks clinched the series against the Broncos and the Penrose Cup outright. </div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Even more impressive is that this is UND's fourth Penrose Cup in the last five seasons and UND's sixth in the previous 11 seasons. This is one goal on the list of things that UND wants to do. UND is looking to check more boxes. </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"We have a winning culture," Hunter Johannes said. "We're going to get back to work; we want to bring this town, these fans, and our families what we deserve. We're going to come in and work every day for it."<br /></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Defensively, it was a solid team effort. UND goalie Ludvig Persson was solid in net, stopping 35 of 35 shots. When Persson wasn't making saves, the players in front of him blocked 26 shots. For the weekend, UND blocked 52 shots. Persson was named the game's number-one star. The Hindås, Sweden native, appears to have found another gear. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Before coming to UND, Persson had been on Miami teams that were cellar dwellers at the bottom of the NCHC standings. During Persson's prior three seasons, the RedHawks had never won more than eight games. If you add up all three season's wins, the RedHawks won 20 games; this season, UND is 24-8-2. Saturday, Persson recorded his fifth shutout of the season. In three previous seasons, he had a combined total of five shutouts. Persson is (<a href="https://www.collegehockeynews.com/players/career/Ludvig-Persson/56916" target="_blank">21-8-2, 2.44 GAA and a .908 save percentage</a>). </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">On February 16-17, 2024, the Colorado College Tigers swept UND by a combined score of 13-3. Since that weekend, UND has rebounded, going 4-0, outscoring the opposition 18-5, and recording two shutouts. UND goalie Ludvig Persson played a big part in that. This past weekend, Persson stopped 69-of-72 shots for the weekend. That's a .958 save percentage.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">What went through Persson's mind as he was handed the Penrose Cup? </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"Lots of thoughts going through your mind," Persson said. "It's been a journey to get there. A lot of emotions. It's a long journey to get here. I'm going to take it all in. Just enjoy the moment. I am just </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">happy."</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Jackson Blake is on a five-game point streak and scored (<a href="https://www.collegehockeynews.com/players/career/Jackson-Blake/58233" target="_blank">2g-9a-11pts</a>) during that streak. Last night, he scored his 19th goal and 50th point of the season. He's now tied with Brock Boeser and Bobby Brink for the NCHC record for most conference points in a season. Blake is the first UND player since Brock Boeser to score 50 or more points. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Currently, Blake is tied for third place in the national scoring race behind Boston College's Will Smith (</span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://collegehockeyinc.com/players/career/52417" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><span data-preserver-spaces="true">17g-37a-54pts</span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true">), Cutter Gauthier (</span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://collegehockeyinc.com/players/career/57114" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><span data-preserver-spaces="true">31g-20a-51pts</span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true">), Gabe Perreault (</span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://collegehockeyinc.com/players/career/60000" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><span data-preserver-spaces="true">15g-35a-50pts</span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true">), Blake (<a href="https://collegehockeyinc.com/players/career/58233" rel="noopener" target="_blank">19g-31a-50pts</a>), Boston University Macklin Celebrini (</span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://collegehockeyinc.com/players/career/59213" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><span data-preserver-spaces="true">26g-22a-48pts</span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true">), and Denver University's Jack Devine (</span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://collegehockeyinc.com/players/career/57939" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><span data-preserver-spaces="true">24g-25-49pts</span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true">). (<a href="https://collegehockeyinc.com/conferences/national/natplayer24.php" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to National Scoring Stats</a>) </span><br /></span><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/v_aOCxGpQBk?si=O7mFaxWUucQwtWYe" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div></div></div></div>Eric J. Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11126092078877298812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20376347.post-58833748015105840762024-03-02T11:11:00.003-06:002024-03-02T11:49:14.925-06:00Goon's Takeaways: UND Inches Closer to Another Penrose Cup with 5-3 Victory over WMU<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_IYRQSvOm6GXE9l6BiJvV1Ukdg5rNxzY9CD6OJBdvhU9nxYaYW22CLM2fQpjJQKQOplBwJtG1W6eXqDRVzNsX9y85YRq11-tw6As_-NRIyzkF7X-ZzkKHasXpYMiv334tfDQQIoQBpzXYsmglis-Vpt0uReTP1m1FaX35Gqvv7946aPByXEOf/s1000/Carson%20Albrecht%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_IYRQSvOm6GXE9l6BiJvV1Ukdg5rNxzY9CD6OJBdvhU9nxYaYW22CLM2fQpjJQKQOplBwJtG1W6eXqDRVzNsX9y85YRq11-tw6As_-NRIyzkF7X-ZzkKHasXpYMiv334tfDQQIoQBpzXYsmglis-Vpt0uReTP1m1FaX35Gqvv7946aPByXEOf/w640-h400/Carson%20Albrecht%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Proxima Nova", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Friday night's theme: "Our goalie really bailed us out."</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>Sometimes wins don't come easy. Friday, the University of North Dakota was badly outshot 37-17 but still prevailed with a hard-fought 5-3 win. </span><span>Senior goalie Ludvig Persson was rock solid in net, stopping 33 of 37 shots (.918); many were grade-A shots. Fighting Hawks blocked 26 shots led by defenseman Bennett Zmolek and Dylan James with five blocked shots each. It was a gritty team effort.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"I gotta give a shout-out to Luddy (Ludvig Persson)," Carson Albrecht said. "He stood on his head, and I don't think we would have won without him."</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">UND received balanced scoring. Five players scored goals for UND: Owen McLaughlin, Jackson Kunz, Louis Jamernik V, Carson Albrecht, and Cameron Berg. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Last night, Blake continued his torrid pace with (0g-2a-2pts). Blake sits in fourth place in the national scoring race behind Boston College's Will Smith (</span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://collegehockeyinc.com/players/career/52417" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #4a6ee0; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;" target="_blank"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">17g-37a-54pts</span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">), Cutter Gauthier (</span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://collegehockeyinc.com/players/career/57114" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #4a6ee0; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;" target="_blank"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">31g-20a-51pts</span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">), Gabe Perreault (</span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://collegehockeyinc.com/players/career/60000" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #4a6ee0; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;" target="_blank"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">15g-35a-50pts</span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">), Blake (<a href="https://collegehockeyinc.com/players/career/58233" target="_blank">18g-31a-49pts</a>), Boston University Macklin Celebrini (</span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://collegehockeyinc.com/players/career/59213" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #4a6ee0; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;" target="_blank"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">26g-22a-48pts</span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">), and Denver University's Jack Devine (</span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://collegehockeyinc.com/players/career/57939" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #4a6ee0; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;" target="_blank"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">22g-26-48pts</span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">). Can we say Hobey Baker? (<a href="https://collegehockeyinc.com/conferences/national/natplayer24.php" target="_blank">Link to National Scoring Stats</a>) <a href="https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/und-moves-within-one-win-of-penrose-cup-with-victory-over-western-michigan" target="_blank">According to Brad Schlossman</a>, w</span></span><span style="color: #0e101a; font-size: medium;">ith Blake's two assists, he's within one point of the NCHC record for most league points in a season (35). The record is held by former UND forward Brock Boeser (2015-16) and former Denver Pioneer Bobby Brink (2021-22). (Yeah, that Brink.) </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">There's a lot on the line on Saturday night. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">"There's a ton of motivation tomorrow to know you can do it on the second last series of the year, at home, on senior night, which is always emotional, Berry said. "(In the past) our guys have done a good job on senior night, they know what's coming, but they block it out till the end of the game. They know the task at hand. That's going to be a salty team coming in tomorrow. They probably thought they deserved a better fate. At the end of the day, that's hockey."</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">With the 5-3 victory, the UND hockey team inched closer to winning their fourth Penrose Cup in the last five years and their sixth in the previous 11 years. With a win against Western Michigan on Saturday night, UND would clinch at least a share of the Penrose Cup. If UND wins and Denver sweeps SCSU, UND will win the Penrose outright. There are numerous other scenarios still out there. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">"We control our destiny, Jamernik V said. "If we play the right way, everybody will bring it tomorrow because it's senior night. We have to stay focused on the task at hand."</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Former UND forward Matteo Costantini returned to the Ralph Engelstad Arena and recorded (1g-1a-2pts). A change of scenery has done Costantini well; he now has (<a href="https://www.collegehockeynews.com/players/career/Matteo-Costantini/57137" target="_blank">8g-18a-26pts</a>) and is also a plus-20.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sn8nNJvytnQ?si=Cpl13noQa4uuZPxj" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Eric J. Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11126092078877298812noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20376347.post-82352182504522976962024-02-25T08:38:00.001-06:002024-03-03T12:26:38.198-06:00Dylan James Leads UND Past UMD, 4-2 <span style="font-size: medium;">What a difference a week makes. After dropping two games to the Colorado College Tigers, the University of North Dakota hockey team was looking to rebound against the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs. After giving up 13 games last weekend, UND tightened up on defense and protected their goalie, Ludvig Perrson, who had a bounce-back weekend, stopping 43 of 45 shots for a .955 save percentage. UND swept the season series against UMD for the first time since the 2015-16 season. </span><span style="font-size: large;">We all remember what happened that season. </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjREtYJc38wB-eKLW6D1iXBH2gQuRJzwo5Be_gvfr6tK4PeaQDIf-gYl3IVIqbOfcb0_FJ5Zay8TleYZHr4CjPc0sQKnF5m9eiGUTXQ7NULV8eL3Avbcgppb2YwBpgB7NvG0HSCX08UjqoRjabssb2aGPSw9nsys86SQ7R7Mv2dWD6smjBh_6l3/s1000/Dylan%20James%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="925" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjREtYJc38wB-eKLW6D1iXBH2gQuRJzwo5Be_gvfr6tK4PeaQDIf-gYl3IVIqbOfcb0_FJ5Zay8TleYZHr4CjPc0sQKnF5m9eiGUTXQ7NULV8eL3Avbcgppb2YwBpgB7NvG0HSCX08UjqoRjabssb2aGPSw9nsys86SQ7R7Mv2dWD6smjBh_6l3/w370-h400/Dylan%20James%20.jpg" width="370" /></a></div><br />When the final horn sounded, and after the game-ending scrum had ended, UND had put 10 goals behind the UMD goaltenders and only gave up two goals against. Sophomore forward Dylan James led UND with two goals, his first two-goal game of the year and the second of his career. Jackson Blake finished the weekend with seven points (1g-6a-7pts). It was an impressive effort all the way around. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">UND also kept UMD's leading scorer, <a href="https://www.collegehockeynews.com/players/career/Ben-Steeves/58906" target="_blank">Ben Steeves,</a> off of the score sheet. More impressive UND held Steeves to a single point, an assist in four games this season. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"It was a very productive weekend," head coach Brad Berry said. "It's what we needed. It's what we had to have after losing two to CC. The guys did a good job. It was the tale of two different games. Last night was sharp, and special teams were a big part. We scored some power play goals, and tonight we scratched and clawed and found a way to win." </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> On defense, sophomore defenseman Bennett Zmolek blocked 10 shots on the weekend. What's impressive is that Zmolek spent 12 minutes in the penalty box after getting a two-minute roughing penalty and a 10-minute misconduct penalty in the second period. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"When somebody enters the portal, there's not much time to pull the trigger," Berry said. "He didn't play last year. He was out with hip surgery, and his body of work was talked about through phone conversations. We didn't have a lot of current video to watch on him. We called former coaches and people in his circle to see what kind of player, what kind of person he is. The biggest thing for me was him playing against his brother in Bemidji for four years and his other brother in Mankato for four years. If he's anything like those two guys. I'll take him in a heartbeat."</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div>Garrett Pyke transferred from the University of Alaska and has never played for a conference title or played in the NCAA tourney. In his senior season, finally, he's getting that chance.</div><div><br /></div><div>"It was exciting last year; my team went on a run for hopefully the tournament, so I'm looking at it the same way," Pyke said. "We're looking at the Penrose and to make a deep run, so it's a lot of fun." </div><div><br /></div></span></div><div>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0GRxar4GvTM?si=u295YEIX4nim_pmp" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Eric J. Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11126092078877298812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20376347.post-31293046575590055802024-02-24T13:58:00.003-06:002024-02-24T14:23:46.115-06:00ASU's Tucker Ness and Alaska's Dawson Bruneski Fight at Center Ice<div><span style="font-size: medium;">Last night, with 11 seconds remaining in the game, Sun Devils forward <a href="https://thesundevils.com/sports/mens-ice-hockey/roster/tucker-ness/14880" target="_blank">Tucker Ness</a> and Nanooks defenseman <a href="https://alaskananooks.com/sports/mens-ice-hockey/roster/dawson-bruneski/3635" target="_blank">Dawson Bruneski</a> left the penalty box to engage in a fight. Both players removed their gloves and helmets, left the penalty box, and fought at center ice. There's going to be a lengthy suspension coming. Bruneski is a graduate student and has probably played his last game in a college uniform. Who knows how many games Ness will miss? For those asking, Ness is the younger brother of UND forward Griffin Ness. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The video has gone viral on X and has been well-received by some in the college hockey fanbase. I personally don't mind fighting in professional hockey, but I don't know I want to see this happen very frequently in college hockey. It was a staged fight and doesn't have a place in college hockey. I can see a fight erupting as the result of a dirty hit or play. </span></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">What a tilt last night between Arizona State and Alaska Fairbanks 🥊🤯🍿<br /><br />Should fighting be allowed in college hockey? <a href="https://t.co/mDfd0uk0ER">pic.twitter.com/mDfd0uk0ER</a></p>— EVERYTHING COLLEGE HOCKEY (@TeamECH) <a href="https://twitter.com/TeamECH/status/1761430196115128591?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 24, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><span style="font-size: medium;">
Adam Wodon's Tweet on the fight. </span><div><br /></div>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The fact that people enjoyed it is irrelevant. People enjoy watching Jackass too. They liked watching lions eat people, and fire burn, and car crashes. People are ridiculous. The game itself is entertaining beyond belief right now. <a href="https://t.co/Sy4Ocpds2g">https://t.co/Sy4Ocpds2g</a></p>— Adam Wodon (@CHN_AdamWodon) <a href="https://twitter.com/CHN_AdamWodon/status/1761470186689835249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 24, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Eric J. Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11126092078877298812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20376347.post-83027168676856443132024-02-24T11:44:00.001-06:002024-02-25T10:36:26.243-06:00Goon's Takeaways: UND Shuts Out UMD, 6-0<span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcN2sfCzjl89AQVbNjfWtbdGkfpaFCppZsrckLf3ydPKtLs_IWgOmfDCC0Jdkk2XAKWmIs8l4c_WeMKWIAspY8vt27skOpgFCafwN-eax9oJ-2yP_iLrmev0FkQedI0daT1oUXv_1xtBtR9RCY8hLSXSiaY9Kzz-zCuiK2Pb2Zi6n4zpXdtHVW/s1000/Cameron%20Berg%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="859" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcN2sfCzjl89AQVbNjfWtbdGkfpaFCppZsrckLf3ydPKtLs_IWgOmfDCC0Jdkk2XAKWmIs8l4c_WeMKWIAspY8vt27skOpgFCafwN-eax9oJ-2yP_iLrmev0FkQedI0daT1oUXv_1xtBtR9RCY8hLSXSiaY9Kzz-zCuiK2Pb2Zi6n4zpXdtHVW/w344-h400/Cameron%20Berg%20.jpg" width="344" /></a></div><br />A week after getting swept in Colorado Springs, the University of North Dakota Hockey team was back at it; this time, the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs stood in the way. </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">After scoring three goals the entire weekend against the CC Tigers, UND wasted no time getting on the board. Sixty-five seconds into the game, Jackson Blake scored his 18th goal of the season.
UND never relinquished the lead; they scored three in the first period, two in the second, and one more in the third. When the final horn sounded, UND had blown the Bulldogs out 6-0. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Blake would have a five-point night, a career-high. He was the first UND player to record five points since March 12, 2021, when Collin Adams scored (<a href="https://www.collegehockeynews.com/box/final/20210312/mia/ndk/" target="_blank">2g-3a-5pts</a>) against the Miami RedHawks in the first round of the NCHC playoffs. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Hobey Blaker: Blake should now be in the conversation for the Hobey Baker Memorial award with his (<a href="https://www.collegehockeynews.com/players/career/Jackson-Blake/58233" target="_blank">18g-27a-45pts</a>) if he hasn't been previously. He sits in fourth place behind Boston College's Gabe Perreault (<a href="https://collegehockeyinc.com/players/career/60000" target="_blank">15g-35a-50pts</a>), Will Smith (<a href="https://collegehockeyinc.com/players/career/52417" target="_blank">16g-33a-49pts</a>), Boston University Macklin Celebrini (<a href="https://collegehockeyinc.com/players/career/59213" target="_blank">25g-22a-47pts</a>), Denver University Jack Devine (<a href="https://collegehockeyinc.com/players/career/57939" target="_blank">21g-24a-45pts</a>), Boston College Cutter Gauthier (<a href="https://collegehockeyinc.com/players/career/57114" target="_blank">28g-17a-45pts</a>).</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">With the win, UND improves (21-8-2 and 12-6-1 NCHC). UND is 156-89-11(.617) all-time against the Bulldogs, including an 85-39-3 (.681) record against the Bulldogs in Grand Forks, ND. The Hawks have won six of the last eight games between the two teams, including three straight games. UND has also shutout UMD in two of the previous three games. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Shortly, UND could have three players with 20 or more goals. Blake has 18 goals, Cameron Berg has 18 goals, and Riese Gaber has 16 goals. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Junior forward Cameron Berg had his first three-point game of the season. Berg also has eight multi-point games on the season. Berg's two-goal game was the fourth time he had scored two goals. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Top points getters for UND in game one: Jake Livanavage (0g-2a-2pts), Riese Gaber (1g-1a-2pts), Cameron Berg (2g-1a-3pts), Jackson Blake (1g-4a-5pts). </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">UND finished the game with 16 blocked shots, including six by defenseman Bennett Zmolek, who led all players. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">According to UND SID, Alec Johnson, with his two points, UND freshman defenseman Jake Livanavage moved into a tie for second place with former UND defenseman Paul Ladue for most points by a rookie defenseman at UND since the 1999-00 season with 21.</span>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gu81RLKRbSI?si=6guounUhLkn6on_f" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Here are the updated standings after Friday's games. Four teams remain in the hunt for the Penrose Cup. </span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWz3RCAiA9jIfmaG_E0OCcNzqoWZZCr8DhvIvOA-5pQmHh5_NF_mpK154Smqr4ZvFi7ZTU2BQYQjhlQBF9e9CAtmGszST1yDWoHTESITQAYl-Sg5_F27UQVX7sbvFhfLIkoxd5l89oFnHtmiHjCLN9a7twi6ezEvlP9viDVkDEAwK4iLL5DMS/s2570/chrome-capture-2024-1-24.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="994" data-original-width="2570" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWz3RCAiA9jIfmaG_E0OCcNzqoWZZCr8DhvIvOA-5pQmHh5_NF_mpK154Smqr4ZvFi7ZTU2BQYQjhlQBF9e9CAtmGszST1yDWoHTESITQAYl-Sg5_F27UQVX7sbvFhfLIkoxd5l89oFnHtmiHjCLN9a7twi6ezEvlP9viDVkDEAwK4iLL5DMS/w640-h248/chrome-capture-2024-1-24.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Eric J. Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11126092078877298812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20376347.post-86953243718705833252024-02-18T11:18:00.000-06:002024-02-18T11:18:54.414-06:00Goon's Takeaway: Not Their Weekend, UND Swept 7-1, and 6-2<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw0H15XvVg5wgYgQ-j0pygfs83Y9BiyKYgsPSYvqdh3wBaM4OAbuk-WFTjdMH5dnUHnc5P0h_t4jpl33CPxg8E0Yv5k3qG2qgyiwppGrv7e8-CH_8kD9xFws8fnjS2Fskr-jlPH8C4qlHCTYY2idLOuMPR09Awv4FSdZ4_GgUJj2IIE0e6w87Q/s1000/Jackson%20Blake%20-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw0H15XvVg5wgYgQ-j0pygfs83Y9BiyKYgsPSYvqdh3wBaM4OAbuk-WFTjdMH5dnUHnc5P0h_t4jpl33CPxg8E0Yv5k3qG2qgyiwppGrv7e8-CH_8kD9xFws8fnjS2Fskr-jlPH8C4qlHCTYY2idLOuMPR09Awv4FSdZ4_GgUJj2IIE0e6w87Q/w400-h320/Jackson%20Blake%20-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">On Saturday, the UND hockey team looked to avenge their 7-1 loss from the previous night. UND came out, pushed the pace, and took a 2-1 lead into the first intermission with goals from Abram Wiebe and Cameron Berg. In the first period, UND played well, but Kaiden Mberko stood tall in the net and was almost impenetrable. UND also benefited from a five-minute major penalty and a 5-on-3 power play opportunity. In the end, the Hawks could only score once on the power play, failing to put the Tigers away when they had the chance. The Tigers tied the game in the second period with a goal from Evan Werner. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The game got away from the Hawks in the third period. They gave up four goals in eight minutes and 41 seconds with goals from Logan Will, Gleb Veremyev (X2), and Noah Laba. We all know the end result, a 6-2 loss.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Waking up on Sunday morning, some in the NoDak Nation hockey fanbase are unhappy. Some are questioning the coaching staff and player's efforts. Some appear to be in panic mode. While the wins were not there this past weekend, not all is lost. Despite two resounding defeats, UND is "still" sitting third in the Pairwise Rankings and leading the NCHC by one point. What they do from here on out is up to them. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_wKF9uTFFc8L42CGHr4NPo7LNgdKYNdLXHt_BdA8ukJ9NfSa12PJKxv6TzGHMrV3KawVmaA22crCAYAJ7YFkIm6gRvw9dRNjs6el_2hD7AqcCv1kTkNaDp2z6iltTvpC1ozMX5iEcutsMUxi3K1hBmva1eCm5eHcmOwyEd162vwr_tTcg5Xrz/s1822/chrome-capture-2024-1-18.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="892" data-original-width="1822" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_wKF9uTFFc8L42CGHr4NPo7LNgdKYNdLXHt_BdA8ukJ9NfSa12PJKxv6TzGHMrV3KawVmaA22crCAYAJ7YFkIm6gRvw9dRNjs6el_2hD7AqcCv1kTkNaDp2z6iltTvpC1ozMX5iEcutsMUxi3K1hBmva1eCm5eHcmOwyEd162vwr_tTcg5Xrz/w640-h314/chrome-capture-2024-1-18.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">When the ink dries on the UND hockey team's 2023-24 season, the final line and box scores will read. UND was swept (7-1 L, 6-2 L) by the Colorado College Tigers. Will this be a defining moment for UND's season? Will it be a blip on the radar? During the 2015-16 season, UND traveled to Denver on February 12-13, 2016, and was swept (4-1 L, 6-4 L). UND would return home, go 12-1-1, and win a national title. Looking at the schedule and the record, it's eerily similar. Is this the same kind of team as the 2015-16 team? I don't know. UND has a team to make a run. I wonder if they have the mental makeup to do it. They have the talent. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The goaltending has to be better, but it's not all Ludvig Persson's fault; I thought his d-corp left him out to dry a few times. He also needs a better save percentage than .899, which isn't good enough for the NCAA playoffs. </span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">The post-game comments from the team are subdued, but they know what they have to do. </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"There was a little desperation trying to get that next goal," Berry said. "We played a pretty good game. That kid at the other end made 43 saves and had a career-high in saves to win a game, and I thought he was the difference tonight." </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The Players echoed their coach's sentiments. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"I thought we had breakdowns; honestly, when we had those breakdowns, it ended up in our net," Jake Schmaltz said. "We had a lot of looks -- we had a lot of shots, but they weren't going in. It's just frustrating. We got to protect Ludvig a little better." </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> "We got a few things to work on, Garrett Pyke said. "Friday night, we didn't come out, we didn't have our legs, and we didn't execute like we wanted to. Today was a better game, but we will watch the film and learn from a few things. We're going to keep on growing." </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"Our program has high expectations," Berry said. "Our players expect a lot. Our fans expect a lot. We got to stay positive and work on the things we need to work on to get better, which we will do this week. There's no room for negativity in our group. We've done a lot of good things with a body of work together with positive attitudes, and the guys are working extremely hard. The main thing is the 25 guys in that locker room staying together and believing in each other."</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HD_DJ2VYdjY?si=5yP2kprRskfmr7Cf" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Eric J. Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11126092078877298812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20376347.post-86959841023407312852024-02-17T11:12:00.001-06:002024-02-17T11:12:19.518-06:00Goon's Takeaways: Not Their Night, CC 7 UND 1 <span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1cNR19qactor6yTcbDr8aNWK1K5aSQPz8biNPfXTZbHNuSuu6ztQ9pQ4U-hgYrfiV0pCDtrkJGOY6bxMh52jzWEBN35WikbaBRrXJQ9E7PEHxsVR3tOKy47VWffoKEpAMjSSHdTIVOPTbvky_ssDBxIXXZVeclSBZw3y23i4cOShRxhkSs9fr/s1000/Jackson%20Kunz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1cNR19qactor6yTcbDr8aNWK1K5aSQPz8biNPfXTZbHNuSuu6ztQ9pQ4U-hgYrfiV0pCDtrkJGOY6bxMh52jzWEBN35WikbaBRrXJQ9E7PEHxsVR3tOKy47VWffoKEpAMjSSHdTIVOPTbvky_ssDBxIXXZVeclSBZw3y23i4cOShRxhkSs9fr/w400-h360/Jackson%20Kunz.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />On Friday, the University of North Dakota hockey team had their record-tying regulation unbeaten streak end. It wasn't pretty; UND looked slow, rattle, and disjointed. The Hawks had no answer for the Tigers. Both UND goalies were left to fend for themselves as the Hawks players were pedestrian watching the Tigers make plays. </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">When the UND players got a shot on the Tigers net, the puck would hit the iron, or CC's All-Conference goalie <a href="https://www.collegehockeynews.com/players/career/Kaidan-Mbereko/57729" target="_blank">Kaidan Mbereko</a> (stopped 23-of-24 shots) was there to make the save. It wasn't a good night for UND. You'd have a hard time finding any positives from UND's 7-1 loss to the Tigers. Someone tweeted on X that it's better to get this out of the way now than have it happen in March or April. There's a lot of truth to that. There's no need to panic. </span><br /><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">There is a positive; even with Friday's stumble, UND is still sitting at No. 2 in the all-important Pairwise rankings. </span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibnwmUjTgvrwLVeAH9Aewus5cG7wqktewHCxFYtWAUQdF0faEmIXv5qEBMBhoXUwQfbOt2QPA17sQb1U4s67-H4fY3CzK0LJLMxDDIoof0EzM87k4xZilTqvBCTGUHwhn4SW26jh2or8BmJjuwmzvnledIE6fELnRtWgrHrNHXif8uf8v2jDSu/s1824/chrome-capture-2024-1-17.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="1824" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibnwmUjTgvrwLVeAH9Aewus5cG7wqktewHCxFYtWAUQdF0faEmIXv5qEBMBhoXUwQfbOt2QPA17sQb1U4s67-H4fY3CzK0LJLMxDDIoof0EzM87k4xZilTqvBCTGUHwhn4SW26jh2or8BmJjuwmzvnledIE6fELnRtWgrHrNHXif8uf8v2jDSu/w640-h318/chrome-capture-2024-1-17.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">After being the conference doormat for many seasons, it was a historic night for the CC. Entering the 2023-24 season, the Tigers were 90-227-30 (.302) since the inception of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. This season, the resurgent Tigers (17-9-1, 11-6-0 NCHC) are suddenly in third place in the NCHC standings. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Friday's loss was a beating UND hadn't seen since the mid-1990s. The six-goal margin of victory was the biggest over UND since October 30, 1994. Moreover, the Tigers last won three straight games over UND in 1995. Granted, if you play a team long enough, you're going to lose. It's the law of averages. Nonetheless, the 7-1 loss still stings. </span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">For comparison's sake, CC won the special teams play. The Tigers went 4-for-5 on the power play. UND was 1-for-4. UND will have to be better in game two if they want to bring home some points. Friday was the first time UND allowed four power play goals in a game since February 11, 2012, at Minnesota Duluth, when <a href="https://www.collegehockeynews.com/box/final/20120211/ndk/mnd/" target="_blank">UND lost 5-4 to the Bulldogs</a>. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"They're sour, and I'm sour," head coach Brad Berry said. "Not many times can I remember North Dakota giving up seven goals. There's pride in that locker room, and there's going to be a push tomorrow. It was a big wake-up call tonight that we got to be better. Everybody's got to bring it tomorrow, not just a few guys. Our PK has to be better."</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"It starts with urgency," Captain Riese Gaber said. "We got outworked. It doesn't matter how good of a team you are. It all comes down to puck battles - puck races. In that department, we got beat pretty bad tonight."</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"They just outworked us," Louis Jamernik said. "We got into trouble with the penalties. They did a great job on their power play and capitalized on our mistakes. It came down to will and they had more will than us. It's disappointing, but this is the same feeling we felt when we lost in OT. We want to win every single game. It doesn't matter whether it's regulation or not. We had a good chat with the leadership speaking out, and we know what we need to do tomorrow."</span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Friday night, a couple of point streaks ended. Sophomore forward Jackson Blake saw his 10-game point streak come to an end. That was the second-longest streak of his two-year career. Junior forward Cameron Berg was held without a point for the first time in seven games.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The highlight for the Tigers was <a href="https://www.collegehockeynews.com/players/career/Zaccharya-Wisdom/60360" target="_blank">freshman forward Zaccharya Wisdom</a>, who scored (4g-1a-5pts), pushing his season point total to (10g-4a-14). On a positive note, <a href="https://www.collegehockeynews.com/players/career/Noah-Laba/57523" target="_blank">Tigers forward Noah Laba </a>was held goalless. The sophomore forward has scored seven goals in the last eight games. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">If you must, I embedded the highlights below. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AHh2QWr4gZA?si=1JDHDgU-1Q2YWKUy" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div></div></div>Eric J. Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11126092078877298812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20376347.post-60586051136090328842024-02-10T09:59:00.001-06:002024-02-10T10:11:07.394-06:00DU’s Carle Hits It Out of the Park on the CHN Podcast<span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimBcwg_cyc5Y0_hwx7ACNzfBk8feFg3VjRBuHSp-HLvYVPAjbrcP0JgYTUxZ4rgryZD4zgCAsaIwIjtwU9JniI6LPz9HDUrbamJRtPbE07lCbjev9v75Aa89yW4b_dlPOtUl41BXiSx-akNC7BT5rAEgA3nOTcYGF-pltEw7BH1uJE6Rbu_aYN/s2242/DU%20bench%20scrum%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1495" data-original-width="2242" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimBcwg_cyc5Y0_hwx7ACNzfBk8feFg3VjRBuHSp-HLvYVPAjbrcP0JgYTUxZ4rgryZD4zgCAsaIwIjtwU9JniI6LPz9HDUrbamJRtPbE07lCbjev9v75Aa89yW4b_dlPOtUl41BXiSx-akNC7BT5rAEgA3nOTcYGF-pltEw7BH1uJE6Rbu_aYN/w400-h266/DU%20bench%20scrum%20.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />The University of North Dakota hockey team is on a bye week, and some are looking for a way to fill the void. I've been catching up on various podcasts and YouTube videos. Last night, the University of Hockey tweeted this out. I decided to check it out. It's worth a listen. For the record, Adam Wodon of College Hockey News <a href="https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2024/02/09_Between-the-Lines-NCAA-Regional.php" target="_blank">favors keeping the status quo</a>. He's not a fan of home-site regionals. DU head coach David Carle favors having the higher seeds host regional games. It's a pretty fair concept. </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">It would work like this: the top seed would face the 16th seed. The second seed would host the 15th seed. The third seed would host the 14th seed. The seeding would work its way through the field. It seems pretty reasonable. Wodon asked Carle if he would favor playing the Gophers on their home ice if they were a higher seed. He said yes. <br /></span><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><span style="font-size: medium;">That sound you hear starting at 59:00, is Wodon's argument collapsing in on itself like a dying star. David Carle asks him pointed questions and absolutely puts him in a box... <a href="https://t.co/TqB03Zg3Dl">https://t.co/TqB03Zg3Dl</a> <a href="https://t.co/gSwhAVASrF">pic.twitter.com/gSwhAVASrF</a></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;">— University of Hockey (@UofHockeyBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/UofHockeyBlog/status/1756095884461289641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 9, 2024</a></span></blockquote> <span style="font-size: medium;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>If you fast forward to the 36:00 minute mark, you can hear DU head coach David Carle and Adam Wodon discuss the various issues in college hockey, more specifically, the current flawed regional hockey playoffs format. It's kind of interesting because Carle negates many of the arguments for keeping the status quo. I applaud Carle for being at the forefront of wanting to improve the game and the fan experience. Kudos to them for having a civil discussion. </span><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><span style="font-size: medium;">The CHN Insiders Podcast gets you ready for the weekend.<a href="https://t.co/PK8BAbBJjD">https://t.co/PK8BAbBJjD</a> ... follow the podcast Twitter feed <a href="https://twitter.com/CHNsiders?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CHNsiders</a></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;">— College Hockey News (@chnews) <a href="https://twitter.com/chnews/status/1755682921313087633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 8, 2024</a></span></blockquote> <span style="font-size: medium;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
Here are a couple of quotes that stuck out for me. </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"We are in a very small minority of sports that do it this way, Carle said. College football is also neutral, but even the behemoth that it is, next year, expanding to 12. They are going to campus sites."</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"We are vastly in the minority of not using home site top seeds hosting in any capacity," Carle said. "For the record, I'm against North Dakota being a one-seed this year and having three teams come into their building. That's worse than what we currently do—the top four seats hosting, you know, all the teams to four sites. It's worse when you talk about atmosphere, excitement, and the fan experience. I would just get we all host games all the time, right? The top eight would host the bottom eight."</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div>Carle brought up a good point: when Miami was a number one seed, they had to play a four seed in Providence in Providence. They're against home teams hosting regionals, but Providence was playing in their hometown. </div><div><br /></div><div>"We talk about fairness," Carle said. "How is it fair that Miami has to go play Providence in Providence while Denver has to fly out east to play Boston College and Providence?"</div><div><br /></div><div>"Schools like Yale and Cornell are all the teams I grew up following," Wodon said. "They're the ones who feel like these things often disfavor them. Eight, nine, seven, 10: Is it enough of a difference? As a coach, you're saying you don't care if you're going into a hostile environment; I know from talking to coaches in the past that others do care."</div></span></div></div>Eric J. Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11126092078877298812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20376347.post-57223275922046915862024-02-04T12:34:00.002-06:002024-02-10T09:39:49.259-06:00NCHC.TV: Good Enough Isn't Good Enough <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfEO8wsLy3nhEvwxKxRCdvbR3i4-d22wIHhIDZtFVRvwMFmGwZ89gcp23ydmXyx_Vd3DE8mDLO9pIragtvo0oGEsvkBKuzG9NCK9JsaXmwbuqh8kOQ2-IlrF1h1In6II_Ij5dUe6Q0ok0jhbtHGuRrD3fRDW_wOkTZIEU23bnqgL_nG25KQlk/s320/IMG_9654.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="231" data-original-width="320" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfEO8wsLy3nhEvwxKxRCdvbR3i4-d22wIHhIDZtFVRvwMFmGwZ89gcp23ydmXyx_Vd3DE8mDLO9pIragtvo0oGEsvkBKuzG9NCK9JsaXmwbuqh8kOQ2-IlrF1h1In6II_Ij5dUe6Q0ok0jhbtHGuRrD3fRDW_wOkTZIEU23bnqgL_nG25KQlk/w400-h289/IMG_9654.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">The National Collegiate Hockey Conference began its inaugural season in October 2013. The NCHC was formed in response to the formation of the Big Ten Hockey Conference. After the announcement in the summer of 2011, the term " like-minded " was often thrown around. It became a buzzword that made some people ill, as was the phrase " fan experience." </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">As we move to the next decade of the NCHC, some of the same tedious issues remain from the first 10 seasons. In year 11, a handful of member schools still can't produce what we consider a watchable webcast. It's not too much to ask schools to create a product worthy of paying a nominal yearly fee. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">This past weekend, UND traveled to Oxford, Miami, to take on the Miami University RedHawks in a pivotal two-game conference series. Miami has traditionally struggled with its webcasts, which are virtually impossible to watch without becoming nauseous or frustrated. This past weekend, they didn't disappoint. That's not a compliment.
I tweeted this out.
</span><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><span style="font-size: medium;">Third period and we’ve gone 4 minutes without play-by-ply. Absolute gong show <a href="https://twitter.com/MiamiOH_Hockey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MiamiOH_Hockey</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/TheNCHC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheNCHC</a> <a href="https://t.co/xqN6aEf2ES">https://t.co/xqN6aEf2ES</a></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;">— Eric J. Burton (@goon48) <a href="https://twitter.com/goon48/status/1753961862696165379?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 4, 2024</a></span></blockquote> <span style="font-size: medium;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><span>
Biddco Tweeted out: you sure love discussing the broadcast this year. They're not all UND.
</span></span><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><span style="font-size: medium;">you sure love discussing the broadcast this year. They're not all UND</span></p><span style="font-size: medium;">— Biddy 📐 🐶 (@Biddco) <a href="https://twitter.com/Biddco/status/1753962019475038377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 4, 2024</a></span></blockquote> <span style="font-size: medium;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
What is considered an acceptable standard? Are fans being unreasonable in expecting a decent product for which we play a significant amount of money? The league is making good money off of its streaming services. Where's the accountability from the league office? </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Is it unreasonable for us to expect the schools with substandard webcasts to up their game? I don't think it is. Having a decent streaming service is part of the "fan experience."</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I am not the only one who complains about the quality. This past weekend on X, fans took to the platform to display their frustration with the Miami NCHC TV webcasts. Here's a great clip from the Lets Go DU fan blog posted in the summer of 2023. It hits on all of the arguments many of us are making. We're at the mercy of the member schools. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Just like NCHC.TV production for SLN broadcasts will be the responsibility of each home institution and may include a digital-only telecast or the use of an institution's local TV partner (i.e., Altitude TV in Denver) production equipment/personnel. The issue here, much like NCHC.tv for hockey, will be the inconsistent production quality from program to program across the conference. (<a href="https://letsgodu.com/2023/08/16/summit-league-media-deal-a-mixed-bag/" target="_blank">Link</a>)</span></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">This blog post was a response to the Summit League Conference announcing a new streaming service this past fall, but the point remains. Fans value the products that their leagues put out. Fans want to see their favorite teams play when they're on the road. Streaming services are the reality in the post-COVID world. I have every streaming service under the sun and NCHC.TV is by far the worst product I have purchased. I am serious. I am considering moving from the DirecTV stream platform to Midco based on the number of UND hockey games they cover. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">On Saturday, I finally broke down yesterday and bought the Midco Sports Plus to watch the Summit League basketball game between NDSU and UND. The quality was excellent. The picture was clear; the webcast didn't make me nauseous. All for a yearly price tag of $79. For comparison's sake, an annual subscription to NCHC.TV is $116. Yes, I know, the game was produced by Midco Sports. So are North Dakota State, South Dakota, and South Dakota State's broadcasts. Should the NCHC fall under the Summit League? I am not there yet, but you could convince me and other fans that this might be a viable option. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div>Poor streaming webcasts are a direct reflection of the school that produces them. Seriously, the biggest schools in the NCHC have the worst webcasts. These are MAC schools that have FBS football. </div></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>Eric J. Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11126092078877298812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20376347.post-86827711330680123562024-02-04T09:46:00.001-06:002024-02-04T22:19:33.314-06:00Goon's Takeaways: UND Sweeps Miami with 4-1 Win<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheqdQk3M5rY54LE6uM5JNbCJBgpaYwRxUajwv7meyl82JXx5Do7DIm5wKFZQ6IntNSWf40dijKYgFMNWHlWYri_0QhezbceQbPSbnoS8K6gRgGaBrsI1ChNP3SlFPznOVo8ef72kAUsgqpT5yX2jNCRIzMRM22_pLACPkdD8H7lcq1Q79ucklT/s1000/UND%20Bench%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheqdQk3M5rY54LE6uM5JNbCJBgpaYwRxUajwv7meyl82JXx5Do7DIm5wKFZQ6IntNSWf40dijKYgFMNWHlWYri_0QhezbceQbPSbnoS8K6gRgGaBrsI1ChNP3SlFPznOVo8ef72kAUsgqpT5yX2jNCRIzMRM22_pLACPkdD8H7lcq1Q79ucklT/w400-h266/UND%20Bench%20.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Things don't always come easily for the University of North Dakota hockey team. Entering the weekend, this looked like a series in which UND would dominate from the drop of the first puck to the final whistle. It was Miami; they had won a single NCHC conference game and were 1-12-1 in conference play. Some in NoDak Nation wondered if this could be a trap series. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">When the final horn sounded, UND had completed the sweep of the RedHawks with a 4-1 win. While it wasn't a dominating series win, UND took 11 of 12 points in the season series. More importantly, it was the second series in a row where UND had closed out an opponent, winning the season series. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">It was a series in which UND graduate defenseman Logan Britt had a great weekend on the score sheet. On Saturday, he scored two goals to lead UND. Britt scored three goals on the weekend to push his goal total to five, a career-high. It was also the first time in his career that Britt had scored a pair of goals. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Saturday was a bounce-back game for senior goalie Ludvig Persson. After letting in four goals the night before, Ludvig Persson was stellar between the pipes, stopping 33 of 34 shots (.970).</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MmXR2-nEWTk?si=0pzJbAuZSEUdJyv3" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> <div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Earlier this week, I listened to the UND hockey podcast, and Brad, Eli, and Feldy talked about statistics. This season's UND hockey is a stats geek's dream. There are so many positive stories to run on. Below are some storylines from this weekend's series against the Miami RedHawks. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Saturday's game against the RedHawks was a parade to the penalty box for UND. They played an undisciplined game and took an excessive amount of penalties; UND entered the game, averaging 6 minutes a game in penalties minutes. Saturday, UND was assessed eight minor penalties for 16 penalty minutes. After Saturday's game, UND is still ranked 4th least penalized team in the nation. I am sure UND will want to clean that up before the playoffs. </span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Forward Jackson Blake extended his point streak to 10 straight games (6g-11a-17pts). Moreover, Blake has scored 13 points in his last six games (5g-8a-13pts). He also has 10 multi-point games. In 28 games, he's scored (<a href="https://www.collegehockeynews.com/players/career/Jackson-Blake/58233">17g-22a-39pts</a>). </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Cameron Berg is having a career year. Saturday, he pushed his career-long point streak to seven, where he's scored (6g-4a-10pts). Berg has eight goals in the last 10 games. In 28 games, he's scored (<a href="https://www.collegehockeynews.com/players/career/Cameron-Berg/58041" target="_blank">15g-14a-29pts</a>).</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">UND head coach Brad Berry recorded his 200 win behind the UND bench. Berry's team also improved to 20-6-1 and 11-4-1 NCHC.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"The guys gave me a puck today in the locker room," Berry said. It was pretty emotional. I've been here for a while and told them this isn't just me. It was the players in the locker room- the players that came before them - an amazing coaching and support staff. We have a great staff here. It's a team award, but I told them I'll hand this puck in right now and trade it for championships and banners."</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>With Saturday's win, UND tied the program record for the longest regulation unbeaten streak, reaching 21 games. UND has not lost a game in regulation since November 3, 2023 (against BU, 3-2 loss). </span><span>In 2024, UND improved to 8-1-1 (.850).</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Since moving to the NCHC, UND has owned the RedHawks. After Saturday's win, UND is 29-8-1 (.776) all-time against the RedHawks and 12-4-2 in Oxford, OH. </span></span></div>Eric J. Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11126092078877298812noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20376347.post-21938117587009604862024-02-02T22:45:00.000-06:002024-02-02T22:45:01.454-06:00Goon's Takeaways: UND Rallies, Wins 5-4 in OT <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUaRT9RNwGj0xcy51PfupMImEpLD4seUNYW7k4wz8Ii0eqqVJ5Mw-vEZARPUrh1T1qax8_WcC9fqCW0iMTLcTj5foOM8KV6X9cqGffEYQsT8rz0Ze6AWhoL0xg4nYnULa1QCPrn-4WC7IzrXer-CvBWDbSMPKBWsGMCECA-6Xsx9vOtPcVM7LG/s1000/Gaber%20Puck%20Battle%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="1000" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUaRT9RNwGj0xcy51PfupMImEpLD4seUNYW7k4wz8Ii0eqqVJ5Mw-vEZARPUrh1T1qax8_WcC9fqCW0iMTLcTj5foOM8KV6X9cqGffEYQsT8rz0Ze6AWhoL0xg4nYnULa1QCPrn-4WC7IzrXer-CvBWDbSMPKBWsGMCECA-6Xsx9vOtPcVM7LG/w400-h256/Gaber%20Puck%20Battle%20.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Good teams find ways to win games.
On Friday night, it was an adventure that didn't lack excitement</span><span style="font-size: large;">. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Entering this weekend's series against the RedHawks, some probably thought this series was an easy six points. As we've discovered over the years, you can't take any NCHC team for granted. Any team can win on any given night. That's why UND head coach Brad Berry has called this league the gauntlet. On Friday night, the UND Hockey team flirted with defeat. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The UND hockey team didn't have their A-game in the first period. They came out a step slow and let the opposition forwards roam in the UND D-zone. The two teams traded goals, by Miami's Thomas Daskas and UND's Jake Livanavage. Lucky for NoDak, the score was only 1-1 after one period of play. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">In the second period, the RedHawks outscored the Fighting Hawks 3-1 and took a 4-2 lead into the third period. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">In the final 20 minutes, UND went to work. They chipped away and fought back, scoring two goals by Logan Britt and Riese Gaber in the final 10.33 to tie the game with just under a minute remaining in regulation.</span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">At the 1:24 mark of the 3-on-3 overtime, Jackson Blake completed the comeback with his third game-winning overtime goal of the season. That leads UND. </span></div><div><br /></div><div> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gf-HyTNx7nI?si=nPQodzhyaknNbDuZ" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>With the win, UND head coach Brad Berry is one win away from his 200th win and its 20th win of the season. Berry's teams have won 20 or more games five times in his nine seasons as the UND head coach. All-time, Berry is <a href="https://www.uscho.com/stats/coach/mid,1376/brad-berry/" target="_blank">199-98-33</a> (.653).</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">With the comeback win in overtime, UND extended its impressive run without a regulation loss in 20 games, one game shy of tying the program record.<br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">When UND play-by-play announcer Tim Hennesy brought it up during the post-game radio interview, Berry played it off. Rightfully so, Berry is more focused on team goals than personal success. </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">With the win, UND improves to 28-8-1 all-time against Miami and 11-4-2 in Oxford, OH.</span></div></div></div>Eric J. Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11126092078877298812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20376347.post-4614547351148468822024-01-28T10:11:00.004-06:002024-01-28T11:33:20.152-06:00UND Sweeps Pioneers, 4-2. UND Sits All Alone on Top of the NCHC Standings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz-FcC16N1Z80hrQ4vkI_U4rA1KUZazVw5zTtXjqgsB5t2DCGS23MBnCUVkWvbOK7XVbJ62aZcESWDsY6_7RTy5wnA4TKgBKXpLsVggS0MTgnliYTs3Lj5_boZLGykQFU_M4H6pxyu0w3wdDOGTBcEJ223xP8U-0FvYXvVvNFWe7cXN8JS1IIm/s1000/Jackson%20Kunz.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz-FcC16N1Z80hrQ4vkI_U4rA1KUZazVw5zTtXjqgsB5t2DCGS23MBnCUVkWvbOK7XVbJ62aZcESWDsY6_7RTy5wnA4TKgBKXpLsVggS0MTgnliYTs3Lj5_boZLGykQFU_M4H6pxyu0w3wdDOGTBcEJ223xP8U-0FvYXvVvNFWe7cXN8JS1IIm/w400-h360/Jackson%20Kunz.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;">After a successful weekend by the hometown team, NoDak Nation is all smiles. The UND hockey dominated all weekend, sweeping their arch-rival, the Denver Pioneers (5-2 W, 4-2W). I would classify this past weekend's series as an ice-bag series. UND was the first team in 2023-24 to beat Denver in back-to-back games. What's more impressive, UND held the Pioneers top line of Mckade Webster, Massimo Rizzo and Jack Devine to a single point all weekend long. </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">For the second straight game in a row, UND held DU to less than three goals, the first time that has happened this season. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I think sophomore forward Owen McLaughlin said best: "They're a really good team, we don't like them."</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">With UND sweeping DU and Boston College sweeping BU, UND vaults into second place in the all-important Pairwise Rankings. If UND can maintain a top-four spot, that's Huge. With the sweep and Omaha taking four of six points against SCSU, UND is four points ahead of the Huskies and nine points ahead of DU and CC.
During the regular season, UND went 3-1-0 against DU and took 10-of-12 points against the Pioneers. UND swept the Pioneers for the first time since November 5-6, 2021 (3-1 W, 4-1 W) in Grand Forks. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">At the 8:35 mark of the third period, the game was tied 2-2 when Pioneers defenseman Sean Behrens was assessed a five-minute major and a game misconduct. The Hawks would go on the power play and cash in with goals from McLaughlin and Riese Gaber. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"Let's get one early, and let's get another," Gaber said. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"This has to be the nail in the coffin," UND head coach Brad Berry said in the post-game press conference after his team went on the game-changing five-minute power play. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">UND had the attack mentality all weekend long. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"Having that attack mentality, whether you're up in a game, we want to continue to build our lead; whether you're down, you're never out of it, UND head coach Brad Berry said. "Each game presents a different scenario, and you must make the most of it."</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5O_wv2lOImc?si=I3k8RI_4mJ7O1_TT" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">UND extended its regulation unbeaten streak to 19 games, the third-longest in school history. They can add to that total against the Miami RedHawks in Oxford, OH. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">UND's top pointgetter, Jackson Blake, had another great weekend; he recorded a pair of assists to extend his point streak to eight games. Blake now has (<a href="https://www.collegehockeynews.com/players/career/Jackson-Blake/58233" target="_blank">16g-18a-34pts</a>). Blake has nine multi-point games and six three-point games. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Sophomore forward Owen McLaughlin has caught fire and has multiple points in five of his last eight games. He had another three-point game on Saturday night, his fifth of the season. He's tied with Blake with nine multi-point games. McLaughlin now has (<a href="https://www.collegehockeynews.com/players/career/Owen-McLaughlin/56318" target="_blank">9g-19a-28pts</a>). That's good for second on the team in points. McLaughlin has accomplished this impressive point total despite being held pointless in his first four games of the season and a three-game stretch in December where he was held pointless. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Junior forward Cameron Berg remained hot, scoring a goal for the fifth straight game, giving him 10 points (7g-3a-10pts) in the last nine games.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Eric J. Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11126092078877298812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20376347.post-64244717855032718582024-01-27T14:31:00.004-06:002024-01-27T14:35:04.726-06:00Griffin Ness Shines in Limited Ice Time<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6D1e3bHyGPEBtlVi-ytL1dfjRmSavyhyLF21hMWNO7J3txMpAZ8lVK9ckncUcFOrQNy3EPldzii6PaoUQubt5bdyBxNNYqBsR4o0cx8We2c3MgrwL3egVBzfgkwZJ4mrRKRIrIHWX9_30vxsVhffpPaLpwUExyVvWXBNRAzwddqcO1bGf6PZ9/s1000/Griffin%20Ness%20-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="862" data-original-width="1000" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6D1e3bHyGPEBtlVi-ytL1dfjRmSavyhyLF21hMWNO7J3txMpAZ8lVK9ckncUcFOrQNy3EPldzii6PaoUQubt5bdyBxNNYqBsR4o0cx8We2c3MgrwL3egVBzfgkwZJ4mrRKRIrIHWX9_30vxsVhffpPaLpwUExyVvWXBNRAzwddqcO1bGf6PZ9/w400-h345/Griffin%20Ness%20-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><span face="Arimo, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: medium;">UND forward Griffin Ness is a team-first player. At the same time, he’s not always in the lineup. According to his head coach, he never complains. He’s played in 18 of 25 games and been a healthy scratch in seven of UND’s games.</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“He has a team-first mentality,” <a href="https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/in-the-current-college-hockey-era-players-like-griffin-ness-are-dwindling" rel="noopener" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #177eb2; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Berry told the Grand Forks Herald</a>. “He’s always doing whatever is asked of him in any situation. It’s not easy. It’s not easy to be called upon and be expected to come in and play well. But he’s responded every time. Teams that have depth have a chance to win down the road. He has another opportunity to do that.”</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Last night in the second period, he scored his third goal of the season to give UND a 2-0 lead. Ness’s goal sent the hometown fans into a frenzy. His goals also gave his teammates on the bench a much-needed lift.</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“Coach (Berry) talked about it before the game: how everyone is important,” Pehrson said. “Ness has been doing a great job over his time here and doesn’t complain. It shows how good he is, and he’s ready whenever his number gets called.”</span></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Need a big goal? Griff has you covered. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UNDproud?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UNDproud</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LGH?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LGH</a> <a href="https://t.co/y2Iq7qKIov">pic.twitter.com/y2Iq7qKIov</a></p>— North Dakota Hockey (@UNDmhockey) <a href="https://twitter.com/UNDmhockey/status/1751332058503274870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 27, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://insidehockey.com/3-things-du-vs-und-und-wins-5-2/" target="_blank">This was originally posted on Inside Hockey.</a></span>Eric J. Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11126092078877298812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20376347.post-18571857340514896902024-01-27T11:19:00.001-06:002024-01-27T12:53:54.898-06:00Goon's Takeaways: UND Races Past DU, 5-2<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBOP7zOo8qSyB7wGeBn08w9qu-0tUIgaYtmuRSgdKvE5yT1g3Fpb9KTHGtSYndfszOpjP0hv9Pmq_HU4rgJqJePP5iY1r8J0z3p_xT-CVX0r1tiKgqdQrBKjmMb-pDJ8dBqo4pkopO0CN26kXFMU3Bk4OsXUqkDGMiYUm0_f2RRLrI3m3fCzi3/s1000/Cameron%20Berg%20-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="1000" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBOP7zOo8qSyB7wGeBn08w9qu-0tUIgaYtmuRSgdKvE5yT1g3Fpb9KTHGtSYndfszOpjP0hv9Pmq_HU4rgJqJePP5iY1r8J0z3p_xT-CVX0r1tiKgqdQrBKjmMb-pDJ8dBqo4pkopO0CN26kXFMU3Bk4OsXUqkDGMiYUm0_f2RRLrI3m3fCzi3/w400-h301/Cameron%20Berg%20-3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Walking into Ralph Engelstad Arena Friday night, you could feel the energy; there was a buzz. During the warmups, it got louder. The DU vs. UND series is one of the matchups the fans and players circle on their calendars. When the final horn sounded, UND fans would leave Ralph happy. Here are my takeaways from Friday's convincing 5-2 win. </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">On Friday night, it was about the details. UND played a solid defensive game and held the Pioneers to two shots on goal during the first period. In the second period, UND was outshot 10-9 but outscored the Pioneers 3-1. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-size: large;">After dominating Denver in the first period, halfway through the second, Dylan James and the little-used Griffin Ness gave UND a 2-0 lead. A minute and 37 seconds later, Pioneers Defenseman Zeev Buium got the Pioneers on the board. At the 17:10 mark of the second period, the Hawks got their first and only power play goal with a snipe from Jackson Blake. </span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">At the 14:42 mark of the third period, the Pioneers would cut UND's lead to one with a goal from junior forward Aidan Thompson. That was all the closer the Pioneers would get; UND would score two empty net goals (Cameron Berg and Ben Strinden) to give UND a 5-2 win. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Details:</strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> How good was UND's defense? <a href="https://www.collegehockeynews.com/stats/" target="_blank">Denver is the top offensive </a>team in the country, and they're averaging 5.1 goals per game. For comparison sake, UND is the fifth ranked team in goals scored. Entering Friday's game, the Pioneers had scored at least three goals per game. UND's defense held the Pioneer's high-flying offense to two goals and Massimo Rizzo and Jack Devine without a point. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"We know they're a good rush team," head coach Brad Berry said. "They jump four or five guys at that time. Puck management is one thing, and making sure that you close on guys quicker. When we give that team a little room, they can make plays, and our guys did a good job from start to finish, taking time and space away." </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Friday, against the Pioneers, UND played its best defensive game of the year. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"I thought it was a really good 60 minutes, probably one of our better ones of the year," UND graduate defenseman Keaton Pehrson said.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/a7Suq8Fy5Vo?si=TNAE5EdIRIU_OWVj" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">With the 5-2 win, UND sits alone in first place in the NCHC standings with 29 points. With their 7-6 loss to the Omaha Mavericks, St. Cloud State is in second place, 2 points behind. Denver is third with 23 points. If UND could win the series finale, they would be nine points ahead of the Pioneers.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4v_QTDKXW5UP0dkpNArAKO5YPjZH5m5w48uYL4CPFV39kIIzkX119Nt9bgJ0EW6PPhCBNfoBXPXiOu9XYuziJHDsyH8fozeL6bMYNa3zK6JOATqw41yyN8oTwCRNWmzWDmLkWBv-yqxZvWEw5YRpHeXCR5Fok31WRbZxG-mTnqN97HY0T4Ric/s1920/GEyDJ9fWAAQXDgI.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4v_QTDKXW5UP0dkpNArAKO5YPjZH5m5w48uYL4CPFV39kIIzkX119Nt9bgJ0EW6PPhCBNfoBXPXiOu9XYuziJHDsyH8fozeL6bMYNa3zK6JOATqw41yyN8oTwCRNWmzWDmLkWBv-yqxZvWEw5YRpHeXCR5Fok31WRbZxG-mTnqN97HY0T4Ric/w400-h225/GEyDJ9fWAAQXDgI.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">What else can we say about sophomore forward Jackson Blake? This week, UND announced he was a Hobey Baker Memorial Award candidate. He's the team's leading scorer (16g-16a-32pts) and a plus-three. Last night, he added a goal and an assist for his eighth multi-point game of the season, which leads UND. Blake extended his point streak to seven games and has scored in three straight. Finally, Blake has been very successful against the Pioneers. He has scored 11 points (3g-8a-11pts) in seven career games.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Junior forward <a href="https://www.collegehockeynews.com/players/career/Cameron-Berg/58041" target="_blank">Cameron Berg</a> has been on a roll. He's scored (13g-12a-25pts) and is tied for second in points with Owen McLaughlin. </span><span>With his two points (1g-1a-2pts), he now has seven multi-point games. Like his teammate Blake, Berg has had some success against the Pioneers; after last night's two-point game, he now has 10 points (5g-5a-10pts) in nine career games. Finally, West Fargo Native Berg has six goals and two assists in his last seven games. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">With the 5-2 win, UND improves to 158-135-16 (.547) all-time against Denver. UND holds a 93-46-10 advantage on home ice. In recent years, this series has been pretty even; UND is 8-7 in the last 15 games against the Pioneers. After losing four straight games last season, UND has won two of the previous three meetings between the two foes.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>The UND hockey team has gone 18 straight games without losing in regulation. Their last regulation loss was on Nov 3, 2023, when UND lost to BU 3-2.</span> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div>Eric J. Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11126092078877298812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20376347.post-74331035092375719462024-01-21T20:33:00.003-06:002024-02-10T10:00:20.955-06:00Responding to Jim Rich’s Rant, the Students Weren’t the Problem<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd_KX5534-MWa9UC-sllwtcREGQ2V69PYanmqnSGqRRqDHuWbVpeKy4uDKGvG_jKZZnypMnhoqFFY9mnWFk3RcRh1AZrf9HVovXWFM_YgViPKUVHl1Cca4wIKHX1gqLTKdBgTypiAYXP_u4M3PEmKMlquQceYQF-0GJRUKvvGNI2yw8gyyfLAN/s225/download.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd_KX5534-MWa9UC-sllwtcREGQ2V69PYanmqnSGqRRqDHuWbVpeKy4uDKGvG_jKZZnypMnhoqFFY9mnWFk3RcRh1AZrf9HVovXWFM_YgViPKUVHl1Cca4wIKHX1gqLTKdBgTypiAYXP_u4M3PEmKMlquQceYQF-0GJRUKvvGNI2yw8gyyfLAN/w400-h400/download.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">This past weekend, the University of North Dakota hockey team traveled to St. Cloud, Minnesota, to take on the St. Cloud State in a critical NCHC matchup. It was a fantastic weekend of hockey. The games were available on Midco Sports Net via Fox 9+ and NCHC.TV. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">For the most part, the video feed was pretty good; during the two broadcasts, there were a couple of kerfuffles. In the first period of Friday's game, the person running the camera missed Garrett Pyke's goal. Only after a replay were we able to watch the goal. The people doing the graphics also messed up a few of the UND players' schools by putting NDSU instead of UND. That's a big mistake, even for a student on the broadcast team. </span></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><span style="font-size: medium;">“Jackson Blake-NDSU”<br /><br />Just when this broadcast couldn’t be more of a clown show <a href="https://t.co/de1odfRedW">pic.twitter.com/de1odfRedW</a></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;">— UND Hockey Recruits (@UNDPuckCommits) <a href="https://twitter.com/UNDPuckCommits/status/1748550641838919866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2024</a></span></blockquote> <span style="font-size: medium;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
Let's take a look at the men in the announcer's booth who had a tough weekend. Play-by-play announcer Jim Rich couldn't pronounce at least three of UND's players. Rich regularly screwed up Jake Livanavage, Carson Albrecht, and Riese Gaber. Rich is a veteran announcer and should be able to read a pronunciation guide from the game notes. His color guy, Geno Parrish, could pronounce all of the UND players' names. Try it; it's not complicated. I took this from the pronunciation guide from the UND hockey notes: LIVE-an-AH-vidge, gay-burr, ALL-breckt. </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSEPpS7YKmefe55j4q1Wgfvrn6yIVu5gf5gbBATfnGN1-6TcAwT8H1_SWt717usohnuOinCmFEwC4bbNoYTecB0xCKvmd1a3DvPkyeZQJMBvKX9v7cEL-xkk3ee8v3w_o07lTPqilUCRSZChI6JsfyrMCDhOS0iH0VKOoaBtNi5kjHwrk9AFTd/s1260/chrome-capture-2024-0-21%20(2).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="894" data-original-width="1260" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSEPpS7YKmefe55j4q1Wgfvrn6yIVu5gf5gbBATfnGN1-6TcAwT8H1_SWt717usohnuOinCmFEwC4bbNoYTecB0xCKvmd1a3DvPkyeZQJMBvKX9v7cEL-xkk3ee8v3w_o07lTPqilUCRSZChI6JsfyrMCDhOS0iH0VKOoaBtNi5kjHwrk9AFTd/w400-h284/chrome-capture-2024-0-21%20(2).png" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Perusing X during the games, UND fans pointed out the broadcast's shortcomings all weekend. We're spoiled with who we have producing UND sports. It's no contest; they're the best in the business and have set the bar very high. </span></div><div><br /></div><div>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">SCSU broadcast crew has called Blake-Black and Gaber-Garber…maybe hire some professionals? My god it’s bad</p>— PT (@PThomas19) <a href="https://twitter.com/PThomas19/status/1748868450859077656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 21, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
</div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">During one of the breaks in the first period, SCSU play-by-play announcer Jim Rich started a rant. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"We have Midco Sports Net joining us again tonight, along with Fox Nine Plus," Rich said. "We'd like to remind all the viewers that this is a student production. All these kids are learning on the fly, just like the players. They make mistakes once in a while, but they all want to get to the next level. These guys want to get to the NHL. These kids are behind the camera and running graphics, TD, you name it. These guys are all going to be pros as well in this business." </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">His Color guy, Geno Parrish, replied. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"And they have they've done that," Parrish said. "I know Mark Parrish (NHL Analyst) and Kristen Kroll are there. A Katie Storm may also work in the National Hockey League and the NBA." </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Rich replied.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"Exactly," Rich replied. They may be a little green here, but they turn out to be dynamic just because this program does such a wonderful job." </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Look, there's no question that St. Cloud State puts out some great media people. Midco Sports has Taylor Budge, who reports for UND sports on Midco. She's a graduate of SCSU. Also, for the most part, the students weren't the problem this weekend despite a few minor mistakes that were cleaned up on Saturday night. During the Saturday night broadcast, no NDSU hockey players played for UND. The problem was the veteran TV guy in the announcer's booth. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Finally, Jordan Schmaltz was not a member of the famed CBS Line. His brother Nick was. </span></div></div>Eric J. Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11126092078877298812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20376347.post-23961766551662692542024-01-21T10:55:00.000-06:002024-01-21T10:55:46.243-06:00Goon’s Takeaways: UND Takes 4 of 6 Points From SCSU With 3-3 Tie<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmYHa5O7qjFC8XelTzJTklu6kRvAb2gJwy53_Vv8jV41t4Kh_UhU3CmiBjMV_PT1nQhPVmI2mESNQIRwOxMO-WoxpRycgyzLs5d9xvgbatc924vsTzmA3Qji034kY6g-reqFdI4PNoQdFLj_CmK7fjtPPUUIfCd9Fq6L4NfUx9rNaCmfIBIICd/s1000/Ludvid%20Persson%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="777" data-original-width="1000" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmYHa5O7qjFC8XelTzJTklu6kRvAb2gJwy53_Vv8jV41t4Kh_UhU3CmiBjMV_PT1nQhPVmI2mESNQIRwOxMO-WoxpRycgyzLs5d9xvgbatc924vsTzmA3Qji034kY6g-reqFdI4PNoQdFLj_CmK7fjtPPUUIfCd9Fq6L4NfUx9rNaCmfIBIICd/w400-h311/Ludvid%20Persson%20.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">On Saturday, the University of North Dakota hockey team took four of six points against St. Cloud State to vault them to the top of the NCHC standings. In the upcoming weeks, UND has an excellent opportunity to solidify its spot at the top of the NCHC standings. It starts this weekend against the Denver Pioneers. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">UND is on an impressive run; this was another weekend without a regulation loss. UND hasn't lost in regulation since November 3, 2023, at Boston University. That's a 17-game streak. Yes, UND is 2-4-2 in overtime, but the team is working on getting better in the 3-on-3 overtime. Last night, UND possessed the puck for most of the five-minute 3-on-3 overtime. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"We're the only NCHC team that hasn't lost in regulation," UND head coach Brad Berry said. "We haven't lost in regulation since early November. That tells me a lot." </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> It's still a work in progress, but UND is focused on closing out games in regulation. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"We've got to do a better job of closing the game in 60 minutes to win games," Berry said. "When we're trailing in games, we find a way to get points. That's a huge deal, coming out of here with the series win, knowing we don't play them again until the playoffs. It's the resiliency of our group." </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">A few weeks ago, I told Virg foss that freshman forward Jayden Perron is about to break out. After making this bold prediction, Perron went pointless in four games. Perron ended his four-game pointless streak on Saturday by recording two assists for his first-ever multi-point game. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Saturday, SCSU outshot UND 35-27; this was the first time this season that UND has been outshot in both games in a series. Speaking of shots. Against the Huskies, UND goalie Ludvig Persson was on top of his game. In both games combined, he stopped 66 of 72 shots for a .916 save percentage. On Saturday, Persson finished with 32 saves and improved his record to 13-6-2 (<a href="https://www.collegehockeynews.com/players/career/Ludvig-Persson/56916" target="_blank">2.40 GAA and a .905 save </a></span><a href="https://www.collegehockeynews.com/players/career/Ludvig-Persson/56916" target="_blank">percentage</a>). </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">What can we say about sophomore forward Jackson Blake? He continued his magical season with another solid weekend and extended his point streak to six games with his goal in the first period. He's scored (4g-4a--8pts) during that six-game streak. Blake has (<a href="https://www.collegehockeynews.com/players/career/Jackson-Blake/58233" target="_blank">15g-15a--30pts</a>) for the season, and he's a plus-four.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HEQEBYZpzsA?si=OIA0iq_FlPh2V450" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Eric J. Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11126092078877298812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20376347.post-5064050410396811202024-01-20T13:44:00.002-06:002024-02-10T09:40:08.740-06:00NCHC.TV Revisited: What Are We Going to Get When the Entire NCHC Playoffs Are on Campus?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnPvPfDCiNZHk3JCj3JD5NRFm8RjmScXEfoyQ8lEF1h-xgtk4Ky5-uZOnqdI3P4M47Cq6yd7DvxiG0W4tX1tGjgnAO-1ykG9zLwygcjFCX6_og7m6EXzdXg4BjeO85i4giehiK8EB_g9Oys8V7YdxKhT1p6IgT4LUcQwACbd3_1gTwqJc7FZuz/s1000/Omac%20Faceoff.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="886" data-original-width="1000" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnPvPfDCiNZHk3JCj3JD5NRFm8RjmScXEfoyQ8lEF1h-xgtk4Ky5-uZOnqdI3P4M47Cq6yd7DvxiG0W4tX1tGjgnAO-1ykG9zLwygcjFCX6_og7m6EXzdXg4BjeO85i4giehiK8EB_g9Oys8V7YdxKhT1p6IgT4LUcQwACbd3_1gTwqJc7FZuz/w400-h355/Omac%20Faceoff.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Today, I read a comment from a reader that inspired me to post. </span><span>It read like this: </span></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">St. Cloud TV graphic people were terrible. They showed a graphic listing Blake as from NDSU and another spelling Persson's last name as Pehrson, as like our defenseman by that spelling. Rough.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>This is a fear that I have when the NCHC playoffs go entirely to home sites. It's no mystery not every team has the infrastructure that UND has. I get it; we're lucky to have the media partners that we have. I also think the conference needs to find a way to hold on to CBS Sports Network. Their broadcasts are very professional and done the right way.
</span></span></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Great game at Robson last night! A really enjoyable crew to work alongside at the rink in Colorado and in the control room in Connecticut. Thanks to everyone with <a href="https://twitter.com/CCTigerHKY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CCTigerHKY</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/MiamiOH_Hockey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MiamiOH_Hockey</a> for their help this week! Two college hockey programs moving in the right direction. <a href="https://t.co/petcGQkZ3u">pic.twitter.com/petcGQkZ3u</a></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>— Alex Heinert - Midco Sports (@AlexHeinert) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexHeinert/status/1748785544283279678?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2024</a></span></span></blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
</span></span><p></p><h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></h3><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">On this subject, I am broken record, but Midco Sports outshines every other school's webcasts. It's not even close. The video feed for Saint Cloud State's webcasts is good, but their play-by-play team could be better. Frankly, last night, they were atrocious. </span></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The broadcast team (Fox 9 and or Huskies Productions) needed help identifying the right North Dakota school their favorite team was playing. NDSU doesn't have college hockey; from what I hear, they don't plan on having a hockey team. Ever. Do your prep; it's goalie Ludvig Persson and defenseman Keaton Pehrson. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Jim Rich has been doing this for a long time, you'd think he'd be able to read a pronunciation guide and be able to pronounce Jake Livanavage's name. It's harder to spell it than it is to say it. The color guy, Geno Parrish, was an absolute cheerleader. It was hard to listen to these two call the game. Is it okay to be homers in the booth? Probably, but there's taking it too far. </span></p><span style="font-size: medium;">
I've already discussed this in <a href="https://ndgoon.blogspot.com/2023/12/nchc-tv-conference-can-do-better.html" target="_blank">NCHC TV: The Conference Can Do Better</a>. I've had people ask me if the conference going to push for a higher standard or if we are going to be stuck with good enough is good enough. How do we hold the other schools accountable? I am sure we will hear some excuse about how they can't afford to up their game and we are just lucky to have the games webcast. </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">It's all about the Benjamins. The conference is making money off NCHC.TV, regardless of whether they hold the schools with the substandard webcasts accountable. My question to fans is, is the product we have seen this season worth paying $115 a year? I don't think so. </span></div>Eric J. Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11126092078877298812noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20376347.post-75416632616029862802024-01-20T12:52:00.001-06:002024-01-20T12:53:05.787-06:00Florida's William Lockwood Takes Out Wild Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury, Lockwood has a hearing with the Department of Players Safety <span style="font-size: medium;">Last night the Minnesota Wild took on the Florida Panthers in a non-conference game in South Florida. The game started out with a bang, literally. </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">At the 2:15 mark of the first period, Wild goalie Mark Andre Fleury went behind the net to play a puck, at the same time, Panters forward William Lockwood interfered with Fleury knocking him to the ice. If you watch the video, you will see that Fleury absorbed a vicious hit. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>For those that are wondering, Lockwood isn't a skilled player and was probably on the ice to cause havoic. Look at his stats, </span>he's not known for his skill, in 51 NHL games, he's scored (0g-2-a--2pts). What was his purpose for being on the ice? Yes, he's in the NHL, but I don't see a lot of teams trying to pick him up in free agency. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Midway through the game Fleury would leave the game and no return. The Panthers are notorious for being a dirty team.</span></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><span style="font-size: medium;">Wild start to this game 👀 <a href="https://t.co/GvUoz4GLe3">pic.twitter.com/GvUoz4GLe3</a></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;">— Bally Sports Florida: Panthers (@BallyPanthers) <a href="https://twitter.com/BallyPanthers/status/1748499352824234321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2024</a></span></blockquote> <span style="font-size: medium;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
Lockwood will have a hearing with the NHL's Department of Player Safety. I won't even try to predict how they will rule, George Parros has natoriously been soft on offending players.
</span><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><span style="font-size: medium;">Florida’s William Lockwood will have a hearing today for goalie interference on Minnesota’s Marc-Andre Fleury.</span></p><span style="font-size: medium;">— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) <a href="https://twitter.com/NHLPlayerSafety/status/1748758226760249732?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2024</a></span></blockquote> <span style="font-size: medium;"><span><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></span>
At the 5:58 mark of the first period, Lockwood fought Minnesota Wild forward Brandon Duhaime. The proper response for attempting to decapitate the Wild's goalie Fleury.</span>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/12K8sR5iMz0?si=6N42blR7OBce3fYo" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Eric J. Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11126092078877298812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20376347.post-5696735184535082642024-01-20T11:24:00.002-06:002024-01-20T11:25:54.765-06:00Goon's Takeaways: UND Beats SCSU, 5-3<span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirymRGDtfZpoZBGx5zU0xdWypr5ULWh1dAygqJOK1wxpd6EXKeVulG5toQzETWPaN7U7LLQBDn0349udjU9Qqch3k63X_2LLuDIZCMqEeAYP5hJXMJo-t8CopZmybgOXl5gUlKkQWbEtGOr19LNo01zRYa_6mI6yx3jvHFrqSIS4Ckssgx-2AW/s1000/Ludvig%20Persson.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="1000" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirymRGDtfZpoZBGx5zU0xdWypr5ULWh1dAygqJOK1wxpd6EXKeVulG5toQzETWPaN7U7LLQBDn0349udjU9Qqch3k63X_2LLuDIZCMqEeAYP5hJXMJo-t8CopZmybgOXl5gUlKkQWbEtGOr19LNo01zRYa_6mI6yx3jvHFrqSIS4Ckssgx-2AW/w400-h308/Ludvig%20Persson.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Last season, the University of North Dakota hockey team didn't do very well against the St. Cloud State Huskies. In five games against UND, the Huskies dominated the Hawks 3-1-1 and ended their season. UND looked to right the ship on Friday against SCSU. Revenge was on the UND player's minds. </span><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">This week in practice, the UND players kept that in the back of their minds as they traveled to St. Cloud to take on the Huskies. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"I didn't have to talk about it during the week," head coach Brad Berry said. "I mentioned it once, and it kept coming back in conversations as a group. That's always a tough pill to swallow; when your season gets ended by the team you're playing, there's a little revenge there. The biggest thing for us, we got to stay hungry. We won a game tonight. There can't be any complacency. We got to make sure we're hungry, and we come out hard, just like we did this evening." </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"The first period gave us momentum throughout the game," Blake said. "There will be ups and downs, but we stayed with it and played well tonight."</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The players know the importance of this series. It's the only regular season series between the two teams, and the importance of getting a good start and winning in regulation wasn't lost on the UND players. UND would race to a 2-0 lead in the first period with goals from Jackson Blake and Garrett Pyke.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">SCSU and UND would exchange goals in the second period. In the back of their minds, UND fans had to wonder if the Hawks could hang on to the lead. In the third period, UND and SCSU scored two more goals, and when the final horn sounded, UND ended the night on top, winning the game 5-3. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">With the win, UND vaulted into first place in the NCHC standings. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> "You want to be up there -- you don't want to be chasing," Jake Livanavage said. "Now we're in first place. We've earned it. We had a good first half. We just got to keep it rolling."</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Embed below are the highlights from last night's game. It was one of the better games of the 2023-24 season. </span></div><div><br /></div><div>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oA-zDKd6Omg?si=XidmDXHaBMvIp87L" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here are some things that stuck out for me during Friday's game. </span></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">UND goalie Ludvig Persson finished with a season-high 34 saves to improve to 13-6-1. After not being 100 percent a week prior, in game one against the Huskies, Persson was on top of his game, making 14 saves on 15 shots in the second period. In 20 games this season, Ludvig has a 2.38 GAA and a .904 save percentage. He also has three shutouts.</span></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"Ludvig (Persson) was outstanding tonight," Berry said. "When he was called upon, he made some huge saves for us." </span></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/blog/post/edit/20376347/569673518453508264#" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #4a6ee0; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;" target="_blank"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Sophomore forward Jackson Blake</span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> had another multi-point game, his seventh of the season. That was also his sixth three-point game of the season. Blake has hit the 30-goal threshold for his career with his two-goal game. </span></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">With his two-point game (two assists), sophomore forward Owen McLaughlin extended his point streak to five straight games. McLaughlin has scored four goals and six assists for 10 points in those five games. In 22 games, he's scored (8g-17a--25pts), and he's also plus-six. </span></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.collegehockeynews.com/players/career/Cameron-Berg/58041" target="_blank">Junior forward Cameron Berg </a>continued his torrid pace. He has points in 12 of his last 15 games, including 10 goals. Last night, Berg scored his 11th goal of the season, a career-high. In 23 games, Berg has scored (11g-11a--22pts), and he's also a plus-10.</span></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8O_ezJdq197MAKeF274h88G29W1GTJK9TF3H87iR0CrfTWssKzVL2MUe3WtoS0e7ViiJd7r7n0Z6o-Lt9Fr0dI5EjqzivyaeGTJA9qTgR-tFADAcryg_6jH7NgD4gJbw1FuAlCrcCBb8ZJS3H9FC7M342gu-XyuoDDNwInIqxsrYkBl_43zTH/s1840/chrome-capture-2024-0-20.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1840" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8O_ezJdq197MAKeF274h88G29W1GTJK9TF3H87iR0CrfTWssKzVL2MUe3WtoS0e7ViiJd7r7n0Z6o-Lt9Fr0dI5EjqzivyaeGTJA9qTgR-tFADAcryg_6jH7NgD4gJbw1FuAlCrcCBb8ZJS3H9FC7M342gu-XyuoDDNwInIqxsrYkBl_43zTH/w640-h174/chrome-capture-2024-0-20.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p>Eric J. Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11126092078877298812noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20376347.post-72262092801186110552024-01-07T11:47:00.004-06:002024-01-08T18:30:59.803-06:00Goon’s Takeaways: UND Sweeps Alaska With 6-2 Win<span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwjeiZXlxa8My1Wg_T_VSCgu2ZGoc2WKWBGdpGs_9rAGkiawJLIVxFKtslmJpIh1mydyZ1uQDCZEZ_arXrzf8w2Uqbc-9ex0D0qmTgsLsLVqLJkeAD4FCUJRJttIby_05ggpI19nlHKRBS54uIrlqJuirl0rz9Iozm4oTlhxleDYubsz4VQQSJ/s1000/Riese%20Gaber%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="805" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwjeiZXlxa8My1Wg_T_VSCgu2ZGoc2WKWBGdpGs_9rAGkiawJLIVxFKtslmJpIh1mydyZ1uQDCZEZ_arXrzf8w2Uqbc-9ex0D0qmTgsLsLVqLJkeAD4FCUJRJttIby_05ggpI19nlHKRBS54uIrlqJuirl0rz9Iozm4oTlhxleDYubsz4VQQSJ/w323-h400/Riese%20Gaber%20.jpg" width="323" /></a></div><br />Entering the weekend, UND juggled their forward lines to spark offensive output. Head coach Brad Berry put Hunter Johannes, Cameron Berg, and Riese Gaber on the top line. That line got hot and sparked UND. When the weekend was over, the Hawks had scored 12 goals. </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><span>For the weekend, the top line scored (7g-4a--11pts). </span></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Mission Accomplished.</span><span><br /></span></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">UND swept the Nanooks in a convincing fashion (6-4 W and 6-2 W). UND finishes the non-conference portion of their schedule with a 9-2-1 record, its best mark since the 2019-20 season (9-1-1). </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>UND captain Riese Gaber racked up (<a href="https://www.collegehockeynews.com/players/career/Riese-Gaber/56599" target="_blank">3g-3a--6pts</a>); he also scored two of his three goals on the power play. After this weekend's play, </span><span>Gaber now has six multi-point games and recorded back-to-back games with at least three points for the first time in his career. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Junior forward Cameron Berg is getting hot at the right time. He has scored (<a href="https://www.collegehockeynews.com/players/career/Cameron-Berg/58041" target="_blank">8g-6a--14pts</a>) in the last 12 games. Berg is fourth on the team in points with (9g-10a--19pts). </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Another player who had an outstanding weekend was sophomore forward Owen McLaughlin; he had a five-point weekend scoring (2g-3a--5pts). In 20 games, McLaughlin has scored (<a href="https://www.collegehockeynews.com/players/career/Owen-McLaughlin/56318">7g-13a--20pts</a>), and he's a plus-six. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Last night, grad student defenseman Garrett Pyke extended his point streak to seven games with an assist. This past weekend, he had three assists against his former team. Pyke has points in eight of the last nine games (<a href="https://www.collegehockeynews.com/players/career/Garrett-Pyke/56083" target="_blank">2g-7a--9pts</a>). In 20 games with UND, Pyke has (2g-15a--17pts). </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">UND has now gone 13 straight games without a regulation loss, dating back to the 3-2 loss on November 3, 2023, at Boston University. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3ugQwh2b9Zc?si=aM7CZDvHRHXBbAA7" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div></div></div>Eric J. Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11126092078877298812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20376347.post-83043081112998074002024-01-06T08:59:00.002-06:002024-01-06T08:59:58.429-06:00Goon's Takeaways: UND beats, Alaska 6-4<span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUSwiCyb0uf-rWeXeBbeOPnvBTEiYIZqbyxuIYnCFxrgXlsWyNmj-0uJScd67zslvKMoFTeBkERrYuz2KHg4PbamMSu0XzBYO5Six7EiaAsOS_C9vVSRB0PldqLI-iBm9BfUDNMCdS8meOMGq2ywWWV7ltrNLbPYnoGkZeBTOWiWR-pT2GQeQ/s1000/Garrett%20Pyke.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="829" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUSwiCyb0uf-rWeXeBbeOPnvBTEiYIZqbyxuIYnCFxrgXlsWyNmj-0uJScd67zslvKMoFTeBkERrYuz2KHg4PbamMSu0XzBYO5Six7EiaAsOS_C9vVSRB0PldqLI-iBm9BfUDNMCdS8meOMGq2ywWWV7ltrNLbPYnoGkZeBTOWiWR-pT2GQeQ/w331-h400/Garrett%20Pyke.jpg" width="331" /></a></div><br />Entering Friday's non-conference game against the University of Alaska, the University of North Dakota hockey changed their lines around to get more offense production out of their lineup. The new line combinations appeared to add a spark.</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">UND also started freshman goalie Hobie Hedquist after their starting goalie, Ludvig Persson, came down with an illness. Hedquist stopped 23 of 27 shots and recorded his first collegiate win. </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"I found out in our morning meetings that Luds (Ludvig Persson) was around the rink, and he ended up being too sick," Hedquist said. "Karl Goehring (KG) called me over and said that I'd be going in tonight."<br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">UND didn't start out as quickly as they would've liked. The Hawks ended the first period down 1-0. UND took over in the second period, scoring five goals (Owen McLaughlin X2, Riese Gaber, Cameron Berg, and Louis Jamernik) and chased Nanooks goalie Pierce Charleson from the game. That was the most goals UND had scored in a single period since UND scored five goals in the third period on Oct. 12, 2019, vs. Canisius. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"First period, not how we have to play," UND head coach Brad Berry said. "I got to commend the way they played. We knew through video and watching how they play. They are an older team. Everybody's over 20 years old; they look like it. They play like men. They played a hard, heavy game early, and our puck management wasn't the greatest. We didn't give ourselves a chance consistently to play in their end of the rink. We did a better job of that in the second period of playing more direct and more simple."</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">On Friday night, UND's power play cashed in twice on six power play chances. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div>
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Sophomore forward Owen McLaughlin is heating up; he notched his fourth game with three points this season. McLaughlin now is tied for second in points with junior forward Cameron Berg. Finally, McLaughlin has five multi-point games. </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">UND has gone 12 straight games without losing in regulation; their last regulation loss was on November 3, 2023, at Boston University. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Tonight, senior forward Riese Gaber broke a three-game scoreless streak when he scored two goals against the Nanooks. It was the first time since November 18, 2023, Gaber had scored two goals in a game. Gaber now has five multi-point games. </span></div></div>Eric J. Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11126092078877298812noreply@blogger.com0Grand Forks, ND, USA47.9252568 -97.032854719.615022963821154 -132.1891047 76.235490636178838 -61.8766047