The University of North Dakota hockey team received votes in the latest USCHO poll. The Minnesota Gophers remained at number one.
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Showing posts with label National Collegiate Hockey Conference. Show all posts
Monday, January 06, 2014
Poll Monday: UND receives votes.
The University of North Dakota hockey team received votes in the latest USCHO poll. The Minnesota Gophers remained at number one.
Friday, January 03, 2014
Weekend Match-Ups (by Donn)
Here we are the first weekend of play in 2014. The first half of the season seems to have
flown by.
NCHC
STANDINGS 2013-2014
Nebraska-Omaha…………5-2-1…………..17
North Dakota………………5-5-0……….….15
Denver…………………..…4-3-1…………..14
Colorado College……….. 2-5-3…….….….10
Miami………………………3-5-0….…….….9
Minnesota-Duluth…………2-2-0……….….6
Western Michigan………..2-2-0…………...6
Non-Conference
Games
Team………………………W-L-T………Points
St. Cloud St……………….6-1-1…………...19Nebraska-Omaha…………5-2-1…………..17
North Dakota………………5-5-0……….….15
Denver…………………..…4-3-1…………..14
Colorado College……….. 2-5-3…….….….10
Miami………………………3-5-0….…….….9
Minnesota-Duluth…………2-2-0……….….6
Western Michigan………..2-2-0…………...6
Brown (5-6-1)
@ #17 Denver (10-6-2)
The Bears are 1-5-0 away from home, which is
Providence, R.I., if you’re wondering. The Pioneers are 7-3-0 at home in
Magness Arena this season. I think the
Pioneers will catch the Bears hibernating this weekend. Pioneers Win.
Brown (5-6-1)
@ Colorado College (2-12-3)
With the Pioneers waking the sleeping Bears, I
say the Tigers will feel their rude awaking anger. Bears Win.
#19 Nebraska-Omaha
(8-7-1) @ New Hampshire (10-10-1)
The Mavericks are 3-2-1 on the road this season
and the Wildcats are 3-4-1 at home at the Whittemore Center in Durham. SPLIT
Exhibition
Games
North
Dakota vs British Columbia (Fri.) vs Simon Fraser (Sat.)
Last action for NoDak was the sweep of the NMU
Wildcats in Grand Forks. It has been two years since NoDak has played in great
country of Canada.
UND is riding a 5 game winning streak and,
well, this won’t officially effect it, since these are exhibition games. But here to starting the New Year off right,
NoDak wins both games.
US U-18
TEAM @ Minnesota-Duluth
Since it is an exhibition game, it is hard to
say who wins… I’m sure UMD will use the game to get everyone back on the ice
and playing at game speed. TIE.
US U-18
TEAM @ #4 St. Cloud St.
Same as above, except SCSU wins.
BYE
#12 Miami
Western
MichiganTuesday, December 31, 2013
Yeah in Review 2013
Personally, I think that 2013 was a crummy year, however, it was a very good year for sports. There's been some really nice stories. When it looked like the Boston Bruins were going back to Chicago for game seven, but it wasn't meant to be, as the Blackhawks scored two goals in 17-seconds to win the Stanley Cup over the Boston Bruins.
The last team in the NCAA tourney, wins the NCAA tourney by going through a bunch of one and two seeded teams. Also, Yale becomes the first Ivy League school as well as the first ECAC team since 1989 to win the NCAA title. With the NCAA title win, the ECAC sheds the EZAC label.
The Minnesota Wild sign the big-time free agents Ryan Suter and Zach Parise in the summer of 2012 and the Minnesota make the Stanley Cup for the first time since the 2006-07 season. However, the Wild playoff drive is short lived as they are quickly dispatched in five games (4-1) by the eventual Stanley Cup champion the Chicago Blackhawks.
After much discussion, hand wringing and teeth gnashing, the National Collegiate Hockey Conference begins play in Oxford, Ohio as North Dakota and Miami play in the first ever game. North Dakota would go on to win game one by a score of 4-2.
The Toronto Maple Leafs looked like they were headed to the second-round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Leafs had what looked like a comfortable 4-1 lead. Then the roof fell in on the Maple Leafs during the third period. The Bruins would move on to face the New York Rangers in the second round of the playoffs.
Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand, aka the Little Ball of Hate, would get things rolling in round two of the Stanley Cup Playoffs as the Boston Bruins would win in overtime.
Like I mentioned earlier, personally, for me, 2013 has been one of those years that I will soon hopefully forget, but there's been some great sports stories. Happy New Year and see you next year.
Monday, December 30, 2013
Lambert on the NCHC....
NCHCSo, we are to believe that the National Collegiate Hockey Conference was built on entitlement, I find that statement interesting. So, only the Big Ten Hockey Conference was allowed to forward their interests. All others had to stand fast. Actually, if anything, the re-alignment allowed a team (UAH) to find a conference and this will allow for future expansion. I am not convinced that we're done moving teams around, just yet.
Colorado College: This would have to be one hell of a “second-half surge.”
Denver: Yeah, 5-3 sounds just about right for a Denver win at UMass. I very much buy that as a reasonable result.
Miami: Riley Barber as captain of the US World Junior team seems like a no-brainer. One of the few returners, and he's very, very good. Given the amount of ice time he's been eating up for the RedHawks this year, he might never come off the ice in Sweden.
Minnesota-Duluth: The reason Justin Crandall isn't a goalie, and instead is the best forward on UMD this season, is that after his brother Aaron and his dad Jeff both played that position, his mom said he couldn't.
Nebraska-Omaha: I guess that yes, it is fair to say Jake Guentzel and Josh Arbcibald have been "key contributors" for the Mavs this season, given that the latter is a point-a-game player and the former is third on the team in assists as a freshman.
North Dakota: Oh a kid from Grand Forks committed to UND? Seems like that was a slam dunk. They've only been recruiting him his whole life.
St. Cloud: The St. Cloud Times gives the Huskies an “A” for the first half, which they say is “grading on a curve.” No need for a curve, they're just one of the best teams in the country.
Western Michigan: Lawson Arena got a scoreboard upgrade over the summer because NCHC rules mandated it, but apparently any talk about a new arena any time soon is just wishful thinking. “Lawson looks very nice,” said WMU athletic director Kathy Beauregard, stretching things a little.
This seems not to have stopped the NCHC from trying to make itself more impressive, which is apparently the kind of thing we should have come to expect from a league built on entitlement more than anything else. When the Big Ten was announced, all the “prestige” programs, or whatever you want to call them, that were being left behind in the CCHA and WCHA simply decided that they couldn't be bothered slumming it against these other, lesser programs which were beneath their status and probably contempt, and thus was born the “National” Collegiate Hockey Conference, which is a curious name considering that on a geographical basis it ignores all the parts of the nation not between Ohio and Colorado.
That there was a fan vote to name the finals of the conference tournament is all good and well, and settling on the Frozen Faceoff (perhaps by design not more than a little evocative of “Frozen Four”) earlier this month, which beat out the NCHC Championship, is a little icky but not in the end that big of a deal.
Friday, December 27, 2013
WMU's Josh Pitt goes Coast To Coast Goal vs Michigan
Sweet goal by Western Michigan forward Josh Pitt, as he goes coast-to-coast against the Michigan Wolverines. That was also the game-winning goal in overtime, to vault WMU a 3-2 win. WMU will face MTU in tomorrow's championship game of the Great Lakes Invitational. That's goal number seven on the year for Pitt.
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Dave Hakstol Bobbleheads
Sioux presents!! #FightingSiouxForever #SiouxYeahYeah #MerryChristmas pic.twitter.com/jFl9ghOyV6
— JRoads ™ (@JRoadsreal) December 25, 2013
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Hump Day Links
I just searched the Barns and Noble site and there's not a version for the Nook E-Books yet.
The Mid Season grades are out on USCHO...
Not done with your holiday shopping? Check out @MickHatten's tale of St. Cloud State's 2012-13 season: http://t.co/vhlPOK6wZK
— Matthew Semisch (@matthewsemisch) December 17, 2013
The Mid Season grades are out on USCHO...
UND gets a B grade. MT @TheNCHC: .@USCHO writer @matthewsemisch grades each of the NCHC teams at the midseason break http://t.co/71Y9liSO6p
— North Dakota MHockey (@UNDMHockey) December 18, 2013
North Dakota leads @TheNCHC in points by defenseman with 47, & the 2.61 PPG provided by the blueliners ranks 3rd nationally.
— Sioux Tradition (@SiouxTradition) December 17, 2013
Nick Mattson clearly not happy with my postgame interview questions pic.twitter.com/h62oMF5ufS
— Schlossman (@SchlossmanGF) December 17, 2013
Bet you didn't know we have pond hockey here in AZ did you? @Buccigross #flagstaff #lakemary #nofilter pic.twitter.com/s5ob32AGGk
— John Isbell (@thejohnisbell25) December 17, 2013
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
NCHC Top Five goals of the Week... Luke Johnson 4th
UND forward Luke Johnson with the fourth best goal of the week in the NCHC.
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Stick Salute at Center Ice....
@goon48 a weekend sweep at Church is always worth a salute at the Ralph pic.twitter.com/DrNsy9b1gy
— Scott G (@20gdawg) December 15, 2013
UND with the first sweep at the Ralph since January 4-5, 2013.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
UND Hockey: Will UND get to Host a Regional?
Will the UND Men and Women's hockey team(s) get to host a NCAA regional championship? We will find out today. I will have an update this afternoon when I find out.
Cross your fingers, @UNDsports fans; we will find out at 12:30 today if we'll host a future NCAA Women's Frozen Four and/or men's regional.
— Jayson Hajdu (@UNDSID) December 11, 2013
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
(Video) NCHC Top 5 Goals of the Week; Rocco Grimaldi number one
Congrats to UND forward Rocco Grimaldi, he scored the top goal of the week in the NCHC again this week One thing about Rocco, he has the propensity to score highlight reel goals.
Monday, December 09, 2013
Sophomore Bryn Chyzyk suspended from team indefinitely
GRAND
FORKS, N.D. –
University of North Dakota head men’s hockey coach Dave Hakstol announced today
that he has suspended sophomore forward Bryn Chyzyk indefinitely due to a
violation of team and athletics department policy.
Hakstol
also indicated that any potential reinstatement will not be revisited prior to
January 2014 and that no further comment will be provided.
Chyzyk
had appeared in 13 of UND’s 16 games this season, registering two goals and two
assists.
Bryn Chyzyk, facing a charge of theft of less than $250, has been suspended indefinitely from the team.
— Schlossman (@SchlossmanGF) December 9, 2013
Herald's Steve Lee reporting that Chyzyk ran out on a taxi bill estimated at "about $4" by the cab company owner.
— Schlossman (@SchlossmanGF) December 9, 2013
Thursday, December 05, 2013
Saturday's game between UND vs. WMU on UND Insider
Good new for UND hockey fans. This weekends games will between UND and Western Michigan University will be on CBS Sports Network on Friday night and on the webcast on Saturday night. You can watch the game by going to this link on Saturday night.
UND Hockey: Freshman Defenseman Paul LaDue cited for noisy party
According to Brad Schlossman of the Grand Forks Herald, UND freshman defenseman Paul LaDue will sit out Friday's game against the Western Michigan Bronoco's after recieving a citation for a noisy party.
LaDue out Friday
UND freshman defenseman Paul LaDue will be benched for Friday’s game against the Broncos after receiving a citation for a noisy party this week.
LaDue, 21, has one goal and four assists in 14 games for UND. He has not missed a game this season.
In his absence, freshman Keaton Thompson is expected to stay in the lineup. Thompson, of Devils Lake, was named the National Collegiate Hockey Conference rookie of the week for his two-point weekend against St. Lawrence.
Wednesday, December 04, 2013
Refreshing our memories: Hakstol the second half coach
The question UND fans want to know, will there be a second half run?
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Saturday Links: Game Day
Here's a few links for you to look at before you head to the game.
St. Lawrence Pastes North Dakota: Grand Forks, ND – The mood was very somber after last night’s non-conference... http://t.co/UNhtbvnnDt
— Inside Hockey (@insidehockey) November 30, 2013
NCHC Hockey: Breaking Down the Numbers - http://t.co/DJWfrpEkwk #RileyBarber #SamBrittain pic.twitter.com/50WrkJZGYj
— THW Hockey (@HockeyLinks) November 30, 2013
#hockey NCAA Hockey: Is it Time for Neutral Officials for Non-conference Match-ups? http://t.co/lkdHNZR0sW
— The Hockey Writers (@TheHockeyWriter) November 27, 2013
NCHC weekend update with updated stats, standings, recaps/box scores from last night's games & more http://t.co/awmS3zGYo8 #NCHCHockey
— The NCHC (@TheNCHC) November 30, 2013
Friday night rewind by @SchlossmanGF: http://t.co/KW9go1JrmM
— North Dakota MHockey (@UNDMHockey) November 30, 2013
Minnesota Wild vs. Colorado Avalanche: Game Preview http://t.co/xMvskhoy3n
— Hockey Wilderness (@hockeywildernes) November 30, 2013
Douglas Cutler Wrote: - http://t.co/EhXuKTF2cB #MichiganWolverines #MinnesotaGoldenGophers #OhioStateBuckeyes ... pic.twitter.com/NP0tTo6qQz
— The Hockey Writers (@TheHockeyWriter) November 29, 2013
"The negativity in this town ----- " "@waynenelsongf: Not a good night for UND athletics pic.twitter.com/YDLwN5Jz75”
— Tom Miller (@tommillergf) November 30, 2013
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
UND Injury Update
This weekend, when the University of North Dakota (4-6-2,
3-5-0 NCHC) plays St. Lawrence University
(7-5-2, 2-2-2 ECAC), in a two-game non-conference match-up, they will be
without the services of some key forwards, and could be playing defensemen in their place again this weekend. The move actually seemed to work last weekend against the BU Terriers.
First, there is some good
news. “(Brendan) O’Donnell should be available, he’s practiced all week,” Hakstol said.
Dave Hakstol says injured forwards Mark MacMillan, Colten St. Clair and Derek Rodwell remain unavailable this weekend.
— North Dakota MHockey (@UNDMHockey) November 27, 2013
Andrew Panzarella will play forward again this weekend. Gage Ausmus could play either forward or D. Coaches have a decision to make there.
— Schlossman (@SchlossmanGF) November 27, 2013
Sunday, November 24, 2013
UND ties Boston University 3-3
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| Seal of the University of North Dakota (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Last night, the University of North Dakota put a season
high 58 shots on the Boston University net, but still had to settle for a 3-3
tie. Standing in the way of a UND victory, was Terrier goalie Matt O’Connor. The sophomore goalie was nothing short of
amazing, as he stopped a career-high 55 shots. Many of his saves were of the
spectacular variety. Yes, I am cuing the hot goalie storyline.
I didn't know that was a crime?
I didn't know that was a crime?
If it wasn’t for O’Connor, the game “probably” would’ve been
very one sided, as UND attacked the BU net in waves. It was one of UND’s best
efforts of the season, as they held a 58-31 shot advantage over the Terriers.
“He’s a good goalie,” UND junior forward Stephane Pattyn said.
According to the UND SID Jayson Hadju, that’s the most
shots that UND has put on net in a game since December 30, 2000, when UND put
65 shots on the goal, to beat Princeton 4-1.
Did I mention the play of the BU goalie? So did UND’s
head coach Dave Hakstol.
“That’s the game of hockey,” Hakstol said. “Their guy (Matt
O’Connor) played well in net.”
“We played a better game tonight than we did last night,”
Hakstol said. “As usual when you come out on an eastern swing you usually run
into different challenges. Obviously, we ran into some challenges this weekend,
but we probably got better as a hockey team.”
While some will look at this weekend as a lost weekend, I
think you can look this weekend as a building block, moving forward. UND came
out last night and was on their toes for most of the game. Rocco Grimaldi was
the best player on the ice for UND. Second best player for UND was junior
forward Brendan O’Donnell, who looked really good in his return to the lineup,
after missing five games due to injury.
I think he was the difference in the game for UND. I
would imagine that UND should get Mark MacMillan back soon. Moving forward, I
wonder, if we will see the all junior line of Mark MacMillan, Michael Parks
and O’D? That line seemed to have some chemistry together before the run of bad luck and injuries took hold for UND.
Stats, stats, stats
On Saturday night, UND was
one-for-seven on the power-play, and had 19 of its 31 shots on the power-play. UND
was one-for-nine (.10%) on the power-play for the weekend.
After writing an article about UND forward Rocco Grimaldi and Drake Caggiula, Grimaldi had a six game point streak snapped
last night and Caggiula was kept off of the score sheet all weekend long.
After last night’s game,
Zane Gothberg’s season numbers 2-5-2, 2.84 GAA, .906 save percentage.
After this Friday’s game,
Clarke Saunder’s season numbers 2-1-0, 3.50 GAA, save percentage .910.
This season, UND is 1-1-2 against Hockey
East this season.
Looking ahead to next weekend
With the tie the University of North Dakota is (4-6-2,
3-5-0 NCHC) and entertains ECAC opponent St Lawrence (7-5-2, 2-2-2 ECAC) at the
Ralph Engelstad Arena, in an important two game nonconference series.
Saturday, November 23, 2013
A couple of coaches have a chat
Legendary @TerrierHockey coach Jack Parker stops by to say hello to Coach Hakstol. Class act. pic.twitter.com/pwVAjmE1bh
— North Dakota MHockey (@UNDMHockey) November 24, 2013
A New Drinking Game for UND Hockey
New Sioux hockey drinking game... Shots for penalties instead of goals #gosioux #penaltyshots pic.twitter.com/qvUKpTzv7C
— Jodi Buchner Telken (@siouxhockeyfan) November 24, 2013
This one is actually funny. I still like the one where you take a drink in the post game press conference when head coach Dave Hakstol says, "You know."
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