UND: The Weekend Ahead (11/2-11/3)

The University of North Dakota plays a two-game non-conference series against the Boston University Terriers this weekend at Ralph Englestad Arena on November 2 and 3.

Friday, #5 USCHO and USA Today poll – North Dakota (2-1-1, 1-0-1 WCHA) versus Boston University (3-1-0, 3-1-0 Hockey East)

Game times: 7:37 pm CT on Friday, 7:07 pm CT on Saturday.

Radio:  UND 96.1 (KQHT-FM) – The Fox.

Webcast and Audio:  UNDSPORTS.COM

Television: TV: Midco Sports Network, FOX College Sports Central (DirecTV 623), NESN (DirecTV 628), DISH Network 434

Series History: UND leads the All-Time series against BU: 11-7-1 (.605), UND’s record against the Terriers in Grand Forks UND leads the series 5-0-1 (.833), UND against BU In Boston, MA UND trails the series 4-6-0 (.400), UND vs. BU at Neutral sites, UND leads the series 2-1-0 (.667), in the Last 10 games against BU, UND leads the series 8-1-1 (.850). UND played against BU in Boston during the Ice Breaker Tourney on 10/10/2008 and UND lost 5-1.

Players to Watch:

North Dakota: Forwards: Danny Kristo (0g-4a—4pts), Connor Gaarder (0g-2a—2pts), Corbin Knight (2-g0—2pts), Carter Rowney (1g-1a—2pts), Roco Grimaldi (2g-2a—4pts), Mark MacMillan (2g-0a—2pts). Defense: Jordan Schmaltz (1g1a—2pts) Dillon Simpson (0g-2a—2pts), Andrew MacWilliam (0g-1a—1pts), Derek Forbort (2g-1a—3pts). Goaltenders: Clarke Saunders 1-1-1, 1.64 GAA, .940 save percentage, Zane Gothberg 1-0-0, 1.00 GAA, .944 save percentage.

Boston University: Forwards: Cason Hohmann (3g-3a—6pts), Evan Rodriques (0g-5a—5pts), Wade Megan (3g-1a—4pts), Danny O’Regan (2g-2a—4pts). Defense: Garrett Noonan 1g-2a—3pts), Matt Grzelcyk (0g-3a—3pts), Alexx Privitera (0g-2a—2pts). Goaltender: Matt O’Connor 3-0-0, 1.75 GAA, 0.945 save percentage.

UND Official Web Page

BU Official Web Page

BU to fly to Grand Forks on Thursday

@goon48 We have a flight out of Boston at 9 a.m. on Thursday
— Brian Kelley (@BKelleyBU) October 31, 2012

There is some good news, there was some speculation on whether BU would be able to make it out of Boston because of the Hurricane Sandy. Luckily this will not be the case and BU will be flying out of Boston on Thursday as scheduled. This is good news.

Also, Terriers head coach Jack Parker sat out last weekend's series against UMass because of back injury/pain. Parker will be behind the Terriers bench this weekend.

A welcome sight at practice as Coach Parker is back on the ice! All rested and ready to make the big trip to NoDak. twitter.com/TerrierHockey/…
— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) October 30, 2012

This weekend's games against BU will be on Midco Sports Network, FOX College Sports Central (DirecTV 623) and NESN (DirecTV 628).
— North Dakota MHockey (@UNDMHockey) October 31, 2012

My take on the FCS Hockey broadcasts

Back in the summer, UND signed an agreement with Midco-Sports Network to broadcast around 40 games including all of the home games for UND Men’s Hockey, in addition will broadcast games from other sports to include, football, Men’s and Women’s Basketball. This agreement with MIDCO severed a relationship that the school had with WDAZ and the Fighting Sioux Sports Network. 

For this season, next season the games will no longer be on FCS because of the exclusivity deal that was signed between the NCHC and CBSN, all of the UND Men’s Hockey home games are going to be shown on FCS, just like they were under the former television deal. 

This means that you can watch UND Hockey where ever you are in the United States if you have Fox College Sports on your local cable package or if you have the sports pack on your DirecTV package. Also, Dish Network doesn’t carry Fox College Sports as of this time. 

I have heard a lot of comments on the quality of the UND Hockey Broadcast on FCS this season so far and till this past Sunday night, I hadn’t see any of the broadcasts on Fox College Sports.   

             

On Sunday night, I kind of blew up twitter with this comment – this was the first time that I had seen the broadcasts on FCS – because I attended the games in person. Needless to say, I was less than impressed with the picture that was coming across my television screen. 

I am watching last night's game on my DVR... Oh boy, the picture is really bad. Now I know what everyone is complaining about.
— Eric J. Burton (@goon48) October 29, 2012

I want to be clear, this isn’t meant to be a slam on the University of North Dakota, I am just saying the broadcasts that is coming across the FCS television channels isn’t up to par, just yet. Currently, there are people working on this issue, so I would imagine that there will be adjustments made in the near future.

@goon48 @20gdawg @fergy2004 HD coming next year. I will make sure to pass along each of your concerns re:quality. Working hard 4 you!
— Katie O'Keefe-Hale (@KOKeefeHale) October 29, 2012

It would also appear that this issue is on the back end – in other words – it’s on FCS’s side and that needs to be clean up before this issue will be fixed. This is what @UNDSID Jayson Hajdu had this to say yesterday on Sioux Sports.

"I looked into the issue some of you have reported regarding the audio not synching properly, and by all accounts everything checks out fine on the front end when the signal is sent out from Midco's uplink truck. So obviously there is an issue on the back end that needs to be solved.

We had already been in contact with Midco earlier this morning, and both parties have regular communication with FOX College Sports, so hopefully this particular issue can be rectified in short order."

If I hear anything I will pass it on.

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Updated College Hockey TV schedule

Originally posted at The Hockey Writers – Combine…

If you have been scanning twitter and the various NHL webpages on the Internet you will realized that the NHL owners and NHL Players Association are nowhere near signing a new Collective Bargaining Agreement.  It’s almost as if the NHL is bound and determined to ruin the NHL in North America for good as they march towards this bizarre form of fratricide.

The two sides look like a bunch of spoiled five year olds fighting over a toy at daycare.
According to Michael Russo of the Star Tribune, the NHL is going to announce today that the league will be cancelling the entire schedule in November.

You see where this is going? The entire season hangs in the balance and is in jeopardy if the two sides don’t get back to the negotiating table.

I love the NHL and I spend hours every winter watching the greatest game on the planet, but as this lockout continues, I have become so disgruntled with the current state of affairs in the NHL, that I have almost stopped entirely looking at my favorite NHL pages. Recently, I have stuck mostly to amateur hockey leagues like the USHL, NAHL, CHL and NCAA hockey webpages.

So now that we have discussed the depressing subject that is the NHL = No Hockey League, you can settle in tonight and watch some college hockey and here is the updated schedule of college hockey games.
You can check your local listing but FCS is on the following DirecTV channels 617, 623, 626. As of right now, Dish Network does not include Fox College Sports. Games with a (C) are also available in Canada.

Fri.	Oct. 26		Anchorage at UND	FSC/Midco	7:37pm	623
Sat.	Oct. 27		Anchorage at UND	FCS/Midco	7:07pm	626
Sun.	Oct. 28		Canisius at Minnesota	FS North	2 p.m.	668/436
Fri.	Nov. 2		BU at UND	FCS/Midco/NESN	7:37pm	TBD/686/434
Fri.	Nov. 2		Minnesota State at Minnesota	FS North	8 p.m.	668 / 436
Sat.	Nov. 3		BU at UND	FCS/Midco/NESN	7:07pm	TBD/628/434
Sat.	Nov. 3		Minnesota at Minnesota State	FS North +	8 p.m.	TBD
Fri.	Nov. 9		Boston University at Merrimack	FOX College	7:30 p.m.	TBD
Thu.	Nov. 15		Notre Dame at Michigan	CBS Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Fri.	Nov. 15		UMD at UND	FCS/Midco	7:37pm	TBD
Fri	Nov. 16		UMD at UND	FCS/Midco	7:07pm	TBD
Fri.	Nov. 16		Harvard at Cornell	NBC Sports Net.	7:30 pm	603 / 159
Fri.	Nov. 16		Wisconsin at Minnesota	FS North +	8 p.m.	TBD
Fri.	Nov. 16		Denver at Colorado College	Altitude	9:30 p.m.	681 / 410
Sat.	Nov. 17		Colorado College at Denver	ROOT Sports	9 p.m.	683 / 414
Sat.	Nov. 17		Wisconsin at Minnesota	BTN	9 p.m.	610 / 439 (C)
Fri.	Nov. 23		Minnesota at Vermont	FS North +	7 p.m.	TBD
Fri.	Nov. 23		Colgate at Merrimack	FOX College	7:30 p.m.	TBD
Sat.	Nov. 24		Minnesota at Vermont	FS North	7 p.m.	668 / 436
Fri.	Nov. 30		Boston College at Boston University	NBC Sports Net.	7:30 pm	603 / 159
Fri.	Nov. 30		Ohio State at Michigan State	BTN	8 p.m.	610 / 439 (C)
Fri.	Nov. 30		Vermont at Maine	CBS Sports Net.	8 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Fri.	Nov. 30		Nebraska-Omaha at Minnesota	FS North +	8 p.m.	TBD
Sat.	Dec. 1		Boston University at Boston College	NBC Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	603 / 159
Sat.	Dec. 1		Nebraska-Omaha at Minnesota	FS North +	8 p.m.	TBD
Fri.	Dec. 1		Denver University at UND	FCS/Midco	7:37pm	TBD
Fri.	Dec. 7		Michigan State at Notre Dame	NBC Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	603 / 159
Fri.	Dec. 7		Harvard at Merrimack	FOX College	7:30 p.m.	TBD
Fri.	Dec 8		Denver University at UND	FCS/MIDCO	7:07pm	TBD
Fri.	Dec. 7		Minnesota at Colorado College	FS North +	9:30 p.m.	TBD
Sat.	Dec. 8		Maine at Boston University	CBS Sports Net.	8 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Sat.	Dec. 8		Minnesota at Colorado College	FS North +	9 p.m.	TBD
Fri.	Dec. 14		Miami at Ohio State	BTN	7 p.m.	610 / 439 (C)
Fri.	Dec. 14		Western Michigan at Michigan	CBS Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Thu.	Dec. 27		Michigan State vs. Western Michigan	FS Detroit	3:30 p.m.	663 / 430
Thu.	Dec. 27		Michigan vs. Michigan Tech	FS Detroit	7:30 p.m.	663 / 430
Fri.	Dec. 28		GLI Third-Place Game	FS Detroit	3:30 p.m.	663 / 430
Fri.	Dec. 28		GLI Championship Game	FS Detroit	7:30 p.m.	663 / 430
Sat.	Dec. 29		Air Force at Minnesota	FS North +	TBD	TBD
Sat.	Dec. 29		Boston University at Denver	ROOT Sports	9 p.m.	683 / 414
Sat.	Dec. 30		Boston College at Minnesota	FS North +	TBD	TBD
Fr.	Jan. 4		Holy Cross at UND	FCS/Midco	7:37pm	TBD
Fri.	Jan. 4		Colorado College at Nebraska-Omaha	NBC Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	603 / 159
Fri.	Jan. 4		Robert Morris at Army	CBS Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Fri.	Jan. 4		Cornell at Denver	ROOT Sports	9:30 p.m.	683 / 414
Sat.	Jan. 5		Holy Cross at UND	FCS/Midco	7:07	TBD
Sat.	Jan. 5		Merrimack at Vermont	CBS Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Tue.	Jan. 8		Bowling Green at Michigan	BTN	7:30 p.m.	610 / 439 (C)
Tue.	Jan. 8		Notre Dame at Minnesota	FS North +	8 p.m.	TBD
Fri.	Jan. 11		Colorado College at UND	FCS/Midco	7:37pm	TBD
Fri.	Jan. 11		New Hampshire at Boston College	NESN	7 p.m.	628 / 434
Fri.	Jan. 11		Union at Princeton	NBC Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	603 / 159
Fri.	Jan. 11		Alaska Anchorage at Minnesota	BTN	9 p.m.	610 / 439 (C)
Fri.	Jan. 11		Nebraska-Omaha at Denver	NBC Sports Net.	10 p.m.	603 / 159
Sat.	Jan. 12		Army at Air Force	CBS Sports Net.	6 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Sat.	Jan. 12		Colorado College at UND	FCS/Midco	7:07pm	TBD
Sat.	Jan. 12		Alaska at Michigan	FS Detroit +	7:30 p.m.	664 / TBD
Sat.	Jan. 12		Alaska Anchorage at Minnesota	FS North	8 p.m.	668 / 436
Sat.	Jan. 12		Nebraska-Omaha at Denver	ROOT Sports	9 p.m.	683 / 414
Fri.	Jan. 18		Northeastern at Boston University	NESN	7 p.m.	628 / 434
Fri.	Jan. 18		Harvard at Yale	NBC Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	603 / 159
Fri.	Jan. 18		Ferris State at Michigan State	FS Detroit	7:30 p.m.	663 / 430
Fri.	Jan. 18		North Dakota at Minnesota	FS North	8 p.m.	668 / 436
Sat.	Jan. 19		North Dakota at Minnesota	FS North	6 p.m.	668 / 436
Sat.	Jan. 19		Alaska at Notre Dame	CBS Sports Net	7 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Fri.	Jan. 25		Maine at Boston College	NESN	7 p.m.	628 / 434
Fri.	Jan. 25		Yale at Cornell	NBC Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	603 / 159
Fri.	Jan. 25		Ferris State at Notre Dame	CBS Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Fri.	Jan. 25		Saint Cloud State at UND	FCS/Midco	7:07pm	TBD
Fri.	Jan. 25		Minnesota State at Minnesota	BTN	8 p.m.	610 / 439 (C)
Sat.	Jan. 26		Penn State at Michigan State	BTN	6 p.m.	610 / 439 (C)
Sat.	Jan. 26		Saint Cloud State at UND	FCS/Midco	7:07pm	TBD
Sat.	Jan. 26		Providence at Boston University	NESN	7 p.m.	628 / 434
Sat.	Jan. 26		Michigan at Western Michigan	FS Detroit	7:30 p.m.	663 / 430
Sat.	Jan. 26		Minnesota at Minnesota State	FS North	8 p.m.	668 / 436
Fri.	Feb. 1		Michigan State at Michigan	BTN	6:30 p.m.	610 / 439 (C)
Fri.	Feb. 1		UMass Lowell at Merrimack	NESN	7 p.m.	628 / 434
Fri.	Feb. 1		University of Wisconsin at UND	FCS/Midco	7:07pm	TBD
Fri.	Feb. 1		Dartmouth at Union	NBC Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	603 / 159
Sat.	Feb. 2		Michigan vs. Michigan State (JLA)	FS Detroit	4 p.m.	663 / 430
Sat.	Feb. 2		University of Wisconsin at UND	FCS/Midco	7:07pm	TBD
Fri.	Feb. 8		North Dakota at Nebraska-Omaha	NBC Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	603 / 159
Fri.	Feb. 8		Michigan at Notre Dame	CBS Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Fri.	Feb. 8		Minnesota at St. Cloud State	FS North +	8:30 p.m.	TBD
Fri.	Feb. 8		Colorado College at Denver	ROOT Sports	9:30 p.m.	683 / 414
Sat.	Feb. 9		Massachusetts at Merrimack	NESN	3:30 p.m.	628 / 434
Sat.	Feb. 9		Minnesota at St. Cloud State	FS North +	8 p.m.	TBD
Sun.	Feb. 10		Providence at New Hampshire	CBS Sports Net.	4 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Fri.	Feb. 15		Northern Michigan at Michigan State	BTN	6:30 p.m.	610 / 439 (C)
Fri.	Feb. 15		Boston University at Maine	NBC Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	603 / 159
Fri.	Feb. 15		Notre Dame at Miami	CBS Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Fri.	Feb. 15		Minnesota at Wisconsin	FS North	8 p.m.	668 / 436
Sat.	Feb. 16		Bowling Green at Ferris State	FS Detroit	5 p.m.	663 / 430
Sat.	Feb. 16		Boston University at Maine	NESN	7 p.m.	628 / 434
Sat.	Feb. 16		Northern Michigan at Michigan State	FS Detroit	7:30 p.m.	663 / 430
Sun.	Feb. 17		Minnesota vs. Wisconsin (Soldier Field)	BTN	4:30 p.m.	610 / 439 (C)
Sun.	Feb. 17		Notre Dame vs. Miami (Soldier Field)	FS Detroit	TBD	663 / 430
Fri.	Feb. 22		New Hampshire at Vermont	NESN	7 p.m.	628 / 434
Fri.	Feb. 22		Yale at Quinnipiac	NBC Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	603 / 159
Fri.	Feb. 22		Notre Dame at Western Michigan	CBS Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Fri.	Feb. 22		Minnesota Duluth at Minnesota	FS North +	8 p.m.	TBD
Fri.	Feb. 22		North Dakota at Denver	NBC Sports Net.	10 p.m.	603 / 159
Sat.	Feb. 23		New Hampshire at Vermont	CBS Sports Net.	4 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Sat.	Feb. 23		Minnesota Duluth at Minnesota	BTN	8 p.m.	610 / 439 (C)
Sat.	Feb. 23		North Dakota at Denver	ROOT Sports	9 p.m.	683 / 414
Sun.	Feb. 24		Boston College at Merrimack	CBS Sports Net.	4 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Fri.	Mar. 1		Wisconsin at Nebraska-Omaha	NBC Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	603 / 159
Fri.	Mar. 1		Ferris State at Michigan	CBS Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Fri.	Mar. 1		Bemidji State at UND	FCS/Midco	7:37pm	TBD
Fri.	Mar. 1		Denver at Minnesota	BTN	8 p.m.	610 / 439 (C)
Sat.	Mar. 2		Hockey East Game TBD	NESN	4 p.m.	628 / 434
Sat.	Mar. 2		Bemidji State at UND	FCS/Midco	7:07pm
Sat.	Mar. 2		Ferris State at Michigan	FS Detroit	7:30 p.m.	663 / 430
Sat.	Mar. 2		Denver at Minnesota	FS North	8 p.m.	668 / 436
Sun.	Mar. 3		UMass Lowell at Merrimack	CBS Sports Net.	4 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Fri.	Mar. 8		Maine at New Hampshire	NBC Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	603 / 159
Fri.	Mar. 8		Boston University at Northeastern	CBS Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Fri.	Mar. 8		Massachusetts at Merrimack	FOX College	7:30 p.m.	TBD
Fri.	Mar. 8		Minnesota at Bemidji State	FS North	8:30 p.m.	668 / 436
Sat.	Mar. 9		Minnesota at Bemidji State	FS North +	8 p.m.	TBD
Fri.	Mar 15		TBD vs UND	FCS/Midco	7:37pm	TBD
Fri.	Mar. 15		Hockey East Quarterfinal	NBC Sports Net.	7 p.m.	603 / 159
Fri.	Mar. 15		CCHA Second Round	FS Detroit	7 p.m.	663 / 430
Sat.	Mar. 15		TBD vs. UND	FCS/Midco	7:07pm	TBD
Sat.	Mar. 16		Hockey East Quarterfinal	NESN	4 p.m.	628 / 434
Sun.	Mar. 17		Hockey East Quarterfinal	NESN	4:30 p.m.	628 / 434
Thu.	Mar. 21		WCHA Final Five	FSN	2:00/7:07	668/ 436
Thu.	Mar. 22		WCHA Final Five	FSN	2:00/7:07	668/ 436
Fri.	Mar. 22		Hockey East Semifinal	NBC Sports Net.	4 p.m.
Fri.	Mar. 22		Hockey East Semifinal	NBC Sports Net.	7 p.m.	603 / 159
Sat.	Mar. 23		CCHA Semifinal	FS Detroit	1 p.m.	603 / 159
Sat.	Mar. 23		CCHA Semifinal	FS Detroit	4:30 p.m.	663 / 430
Sat.	Mar. 23		Hockey East Championship	NBC Sports Net.	7 p.m.	663 / 430
Sat.	Mar. 23		WCHA Final Five	FSN	7:00pm	668/ 436
Sun.	Mar. 24		CCHA Championship	FS Detroit	2 p.m.	603 / 159
Sun.	Mar. 24		NCAA Selection Show	ESPNU	9 p.m.	663 / 430
			NCAA Regional Coverage	ESPNU	TBD	208 / 141
Thu.	Apr. 11		NCAA Semifinal	TBD	4:30 p.m.	208 / 141
Thu.	Apr. 11		NCAA Semifinal	TBD	8 p.m.
Sat.	Apr. 13		NCAA Championship	TBD	7 p.m.

A few things related to TV broadcasts

DirecTV (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I know a few people pinged me both on twitter and on my cell phone last night and said that they couldn't watch the game on DirecTV.

I didn't see the tweet by @UNDSID until I got to the Ralph and when I left my home to go to the game last night the game between UND and USNDT U-18 team the game was still actually listed on my DirecTV channel line up as well (FCS channel 626).

Below is the tweet that Jayson Hajdu put up on twitter last night.

Here is the schedule again if want to peruse it - it looks like every game in January will be on TV this season. [click to view]

@goon48 @john_innes Tonight's game is televised on Midco Sports Network. Every game BUT this one will be on FOX College Sports as well.
— Jayson Hajdu (@UNDSID) October 13, 2012

This should be the only "home" UND Men's Hockey game that is not picked up by Fox College Sports this season and all of the other games should be on TV.

@fergy2004 Understandable. Fortunately it's the only game NOT picked up by FCS this season.
— Jayson Hajdu (@UNDSID) October 13, 2012

I have not seen an actual broadcast of UND hockey as of yet so I can't comment on the quality of the broadcasts... I did watch most of the UND vs UNA football game on MidcoNet both at work and on my father-in-laws television and I thought it was a high quality broadcast.

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The 32 game National College Hockey Schedule - CBS sport announced 18 game schedule

CBS Sports Network (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

As the Lockout enters the tenth day with no end in sight – hockey fans have been given even more options to fill the void left by theNHL lockout.

Earlier, I posted a 24 game college hockey schedule for NBC Sports Network. Today, CBS Sports Network announced their 18 game schedule and starting on Thursday November 15, 2012 with a game between Notre Dame and Michigan in Ann Arbor Michigan.

I took the liberty of combining the two schedules and now between the CBS Sports Network and NBC Sports Network schedules hockey fans have 32 game national college hockey schedule that hockey fans can choose from. You can check your local cable companies listings for what channel these sports networks are on. For those fans that have DirecTV, NBCSN is on channel 603 and CBSSN is on channel 613.

Ice Breaker Tourney

Fri. Oct. 12 Notre Dame vs. Maine (7:00 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Fri. Oct. 12 Army vs. Nebraska (TBD.) – NBCSN

Sat. Oct. 13 Final (Teams TBD) (7:30 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Nov. 15 Notre Dame at Michigan (7:30 p.m. ET) – CBSSN

Nov. 16 Harvard at Cornell (7:30 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Nov. 30 Boston College at Boston University (7:30 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Nov. 30 Vermont at Maine (8:00 p.m. ET) – CBSSN

Nov. 30 Wisconsin at Denver (10:00 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Dec. 1 Boston University at Boston College (7:30 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Dec. 7 Michigan State at Notre Dame (7:30 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Dec. 8 Maine at Boston University (8:00 p.m. ET) – CBSSN

Dec. 14 Western Michigan at Michigan (7:30 p.m. ET) – CBSSN

Jan. 4 Colorado College at Nebraska-Omaha (7:30 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Jan. 4: Robert Morris at Army (7:30 p.m. ET) – CBSSN

Jan. 5 Merrimack at Vermont (7:30 p.m. ET) – CBSSN

Jan. 11 Union at Princeton (7:30 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Jan. 11 Nebraska-Omaha at Denver (10:00 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Jan. 12 Army at Air Force (6:00 p.m. ET) – CBSSN

Jan. 18 Harvard at Yale (7:30 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Jan. 19: Alaska at Notre Dame (7:00 p.m. ET)  – CBSSN

Jan. 25 Ferris State at Notre Dame (7:30 p.m. ET) – CBSSN

Jan. 25 Yale at Cornell (7:30 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Feb. 1 Dartmouth at Union (7:30 p.m.ET) – NBCSN

Feb. 8   North Dakota at Nebraska-Omaha (7:30 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Feb. 8 Michigan at Notre Dame (7:30 p.m. ET) – CBSSN

Feb. 10 Providence at New Hampshire (4:00 p.m. ET) – CBSSN

Feb. 15 Notre Dame at Miami (7:30 p.m. ET) – CBSSN

Feb. 15 Boston University at Maine (7:30 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Feb. 22 Yale at Quinnipiac (7:30 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Feb. 22 North Dakota at Denver (10:00 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Feb. 22 Notre Dame at Western Michigan (7:30 p.m. ET) – CBSSN

Feb. 23 New Hampshire at Vermont (4:00 p.m. ET) – CBSSN

Feb. 24 Boston College at Merrimack (4:00 p.m. ET) – CBSSN

March 1 Wisconsin at Nebraska-Omaha (7:30 p.m.ET) – NBCSN

Mar. 1 Ferris State at Michigan (7:00 p.m. ET) – CBSSN

Mar. 3 UMass-Lowell at Merrimack (4:00 p.m. ET) – CBSS

March 8 Maine at New Hampshire (7:30 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Hockey East Tournament

March 15 Quarterfinals (7:00 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

March 22 Semifinals (4:00 p.m. ET) and (7:00 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

March 23 Final (7:00 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Originally posted at The Hockey Writers - Combine  

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Sioux vs. Pioneers Final Five championship game notes

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The University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux will play the Denver Pioneers in the WCHA Final Five Championship game tonight. This is the rematch of last years Final Five Championship game where the Fighting Sioux beat the Pioneers 3-2 in double overtime.

Game Time: 7:07 pm CT

Records and Rankings: 

University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux (24-12-3); ranked 12th in both the USCHO and USA Today polls. The Fighting Sioux beat the Minnesota Golden Gophers 6-3 in the semifinals of the Final Five on Friday night. Ranked 4^th in the Pairwise Rankings.

The Denver University Pioneers (25-12-4) are ranked 9^th in both the USCHO Poll and USA Today Poll. The Pioneers beat the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs 4-3 in double O.T. in the semifinals of the Final Five on Friday afternoon. Tied for 8^th in the Pairwise rankings

Series History:  The University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux lead the all-time series against the Denver Pioneers 131-116-8. Fighting Sioux head coach Dave Hakstol’s teams have a 12-15-1 record against the Denver Pioneers. The Fighting Sioux have won five of the last seven games the Pioneers.  The Fighting Sioux and the Pioneers split the season series (4-3 W and 3-5 L).

Radio:  UND 96.1 (KQHT-FM) – The Fox.

Webcast Audio: WCHA.COM and Fighting Sioux.com

TV Saturday: Fox Sports North – 668 DirecTV

Players to Watch: 

North Dakota: Forwards: Danny Kristo (18-25a—43pts), Corbin Knight (15g-23a—38pts) and Brock Nelson (26g-17a—43pts). Defense: Nick Mattson (6g-13a—19pts), Dillon Simpson, (2g-15a—17pts), Ben Blood (3g-17a—20pts), Andrew MacWilliam (2g-5a—7pts). Goaltenders: Aaron Dell .898 save percentage and a 2.74 goals against average. Brad Eidsness .920 save percentage and a 2.17 goals against average.

North Dakota injuries: Taylor Dickin (lower-body injury), forward Rocco Grimaldi (season, knee surgery), Brendan O’Donnell (season-ending surgery) and Derek Rodwell (season, shoulder surgery) are all out of the lineup.

For DU  Forwards: Jason Zucker (22g-24a—46pts), Drew Shore (21g-31a—52pts), Nick Shore (13g-28a—41pts) Luke Salazar (12g-17a—29pts) Defense: Joey LaLeggia (11g-27a—38pts), Jon Lee (3g-11a—14pts)   Goaltenders: Sam Brittain .931 save percentage and a 2.39 goals against average, Juho Olkinuora .928 save percentage and  a 2.39 goals against average.

Denver University Injuries: Paul Phillips, Beau Bennett (wrist)

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UND vs. UMN

Video online for all Final Five Games. 
The game is on Midco and 668 on DirecTV.


Fighting Sioux Forward Lines

29 Brock Nelson–10 Corban Knight (A) –7 Danny Kristo
16 Mark MacMillan–27 Carter Rowney–15 Michael Parks
Stephane Pattyn 28 –9 Mario Lamoureux (C) – 20 Joe Gleason
8 Dan Senkbeil–13 Connor Gaarder– (No forward). 

UND Defensive Pairings

4 Derek Forbort – 24 Ben Blood
2 Andrew MacWilliam (A) – 5 Nick Mattson
18 Dillon Simpson–22 Andrew Panzarella

Fighting Sioux Goalies

32 Aaron Dell
31 Brad Eidsness  

Fighitng Sioux Players Stats 


Minnesota’s Forward Lines

7 Kyle Rau–27 Nick Bjugstad–24 Zach Budish
11 Sam Warning–19 Erik Haula–21 Jake Hansen
16 Nate Condon–9 Taylor Matson–17 Seth Ambroz
14 Tom Serratore–22 Travis Boyd–13 Nico Sacchetti

Minnesota Defense Parings

4 Seth Helgeson–12 Justin Holl
10 Ben Marshall–20 Mark Alt
6 Jake Parenteau–29 Nate Schmidt

Goalies 

35 Kent Patterson
1 Michael Shibrowski
30 Jake Kremer

Gophers Players Stats 

 Refs: Derek Shepherd (15) and Marco Hunt (3) AR: Tony Czech (80) and Jeff Schultz (55)

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