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Saturday, November 16, 2013
UND takes bite out of Bulldogs 4-2
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| English: Ralph Engelstadt Arena at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota. *Personally photographed by the undersigned May 8, 2007. Elcajonfarms 03:46, 3 July 2007 (UTC) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Grand Forks, ND – Coming into tonight’s game against the University of Minnesota Duluth, the University of North Dakota had lost two home games in a row and was looking to right the ship and get their first conference win at home. In the last three games at home, UND was winless and held a 0-2-1 record.
With tonight’s 4-2 win, make that 1-2-1.
So far this season, the National Collegiate Hockey Conference games have been a war. Six teams are currently separated by three points. With each game, the league standings shift and teams move up and down depending whether they win or lose.
Tonight’s game between UND and UMD is probably what the founding members’ envisioned when they first decided to embark on the new National Collegiate Hockey Conference. Let’s just say, the game was an exciting 60-minute dog fight. No pun intended.
“Pretty exciting hockey game I would imagine for the fans,” head coach Dave Hakstol said.
UND would jump to a 2-0 lead with goals by Rocco Grimaldi and Michael Parks. Then the momentum swing in the Bulldogs favor.
UMD would come racing back to tie the game on a couple of UND miscues in a 20-second stretch during the third period. UMD would score its first goal of the game at the 06:37 mark of the third period on a goal by forward Alex Iafallo. It appeared that UND goalie Clarke Saunders thought the ref was going to blow the whistle on the delayed penalty, but the ref didn't, and the puck ended up in back of the UND net. UMD would score again 20-seconds later on the power play with a goal by Adam Krause. Tie game 2-2.
“Everyone is human and I went oh crap for about 10 seconds,” UND goalie Clarke Saunders. “Delayed penalty, I don’t know if that’s defined as possession or not. I thought so. The puck was there and I went for it.”
On the second UND goal, initially, the goal had been waved off after referees Derek Shepherd and CJ Beaurline had reviewed the goal. Upon talking to the UND bench, the officials returned to the penalty box area and reviewed the play again and then awarded UND the goal. The replay in the press box was obvious, it was a good goal. For some reason, the second review of the goal by the officials took a long time. When head coach Dave Hakstol was asked if he had asked the refs to take another look at the goal.
“Yeah, I did,” Hakstol said. “They don’t come and ask coaches what they should do. They go and make calls on their own. I thought they did a real good job.”
UND goalie Clarke Saunders was under attack all night long and he stopped 34 of 36 shots. After the game coach Hakstol was very complimentary of his starting goaltender.
“Clarke did a real good job tonight,” Hakstol said. “I think that Clarke has been excellent his last two outings.”
Sophomore defenseman Jordan Schmaltz would get the game winner on the power play at the 10:05 mark of the third period and junior forward Stephane Pattyn would ice the game with an empty net goal at the 19:04 mark to round out the scoring for UND.
UND will go for its first conference home sweep tomorrow night 07:07 p.m. when they play the Bulldogs in game two at the Ralph Engelstad Arena. With the win UND improves to (4-4-1, 3-4-0 NCHC) on the season. UND is now tied for the lead in the NCHC, but has played three more games than Nebraska-Omaha and Saint Cloud State.
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Friday, November 08, 2013
UND Hockey: The Weekend Ahead (11/09 -11/10)
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| Seal of the University of North Dakota (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
This weekend, the University of
North Dakota travels to Omaha Nebraska to play a two-game series against the
University of Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks at the CenturyLink Center. This is
the first NCHC home series for the UNO Mavericks. Also, UND looks to snap a
three-game losing streak.
Matchup: North Dakota (2-3-1, 1-3-0 NCHC) vs. Nebraska-Omaha
(4-4-0, 2-0-0 NCHC)
Date: November 9-10, 2013.
Time: 7:07 p.m. Saturday / Sunday 5:07 p.m. Central, CenturyLink
Center Omaha (15,959).
Webcast: undsports.com
for subscribers. Non-subscribers can purchase the webcasts at Omaha Athletics.
TV: None.
Series History: Record: All-time UND leads the series 5-3-0
(.625). In Grand Forks the series tied 2-2-0 (.500). In Omaha UND leads
the series 3-1-0 (.750). Last season, UND was 2-0-0 against the Mavericks.
Coming into this weekend’s series, UND has won the last three games of the
series against the Mavericks. UND has won four of the last five games they have
played against the Mavericks.
Players to watch:
North Dakota: Forwards: Rocco Grimaldi (2g-3a—5pts),
Drake Caggiula (3g-2a—5pts), Michael Parks (1g-4a—5pts), Brendan O’Donnell
(3g-1a—4pts), Luke Johnson (0g-3a—3pts), Mark MacMillan (2g-1a—3pts). Defense: Troy
Stecher (1g-3a—4pts), Nick Mattson (1g-2a—3pts), Gage Ausmus (1g-1a—2pts),
Jordan Schmaltz (0g-1a—1pts),
Dillon Simpson (0g-1a—1pts). Goaltenders:
Clarke Saunders 0-0-0, GAA 5.06 and .881 save percentage, Zane Gothberg 2-1-1,
2.79 GAA and .910 save percentage.
UND injury: Sophomore forward Colten St. Clair, lower body injury, out
six weeks. Per UND SID:
Junior forward Brendan
O’Donnell and freshman forward Adam Tambellini will not play this weekend against the Mavericks and are
considered week to week with undisclosed injuries
Maverick Forwards: Forwards: Josh Archibald (6g-4a—10pts), Ryan Walter
(3g-7a—10pts), Brock Montpetit (5g-2a—7pts), Jake Guentzel (2g-5a—7pts),
Dominic Zombo (3g-3a—6pts). Defense: Ian Brady (1g-5a—6pts), Michael
Young (0g-4a—4pts), Jaycob Meqna (0g-4a—4pts). Goalies: Kirk Thompson 3-2-0,
2.00 GAA and .887 save percentage, Ryan Massa 1-2-0, 3.71 GAA and .847 save
percentage.
Friday, November 01, 2013
Drake Caggiula's goal
This is the goal by UND sophomore forward Drake Caggiula that gave UND a 1-0 lead. This was a dirty goal...
Fans, we're efforting to get the @drakecaggiula goal on @SportsCenter and @FOXSportsLive tonight. Keep your eyes peeled, fingers crossed.
— Jayson Hajdu (@UNDSID) November 2, 2013
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
More good news: Drake Caggiula Practicing
From the press conference today the update on sophomore forward Drake Caggiula.
“He practiced on a limited basis yesterday, head coach Dave Hakstol said. “He’s making great strides. So, we haven’t made any decision for the weekend yet. Those final decisions, I think will be another 48 hours away.”
“He practiced on a limited basis yesterday, head coach Dave Hakstol said. “He’s making great strides. So, we haven’t made any decision for the weekend yet. Those final decisions, I think will be another 48 hours away.”
Drake Caggiula is practicing on a limited basis. Questionable for the weekend.
— Schlossman (@SchlossmanGF) October 30, 2013
On tonight's UND Coaches Show, Coach Hakstol said Drake Caggiula practiced without limitation today and that "all signs are excellent."
— North Dakota MHockey (@UNDMHockey) October 31, 2013
Hump Day Links: UND versus SCSU
Good Morning UND Nation... The first NCHC home series is almost here. Yay! Here are some the things that are taking place in the college hockey world.
Utah (ECHL) has received G Aaron Dell (@UNDMHockey) from Norfolk (AHL).
— Let's Play Hockey (@LetsPlay_Hockey) October 30, 2013
Nick Bjugstad #FLAPanthers #NHL article RT @MLewsy11: new article http://t.co/tRUyPWUJ8L…
— Ben Hankinson (@benhankinson) October 30, 2013
#WMUHockey team excited to host Colorado College in Broncos' first #NCHC series | http://t.co/HDDTsFPpCe
— David Drew (@Drew_on_WMU) October 30, 2013
With the #RedSox in the World Series people forget about the #Bruins #THW #hockey http://t.co/KOihShhEh8 via @thehockeywriter
— Mark Graham (@MarkWGraham) October 30, 2013
@CDHendricks22 Yeah, no TV in this area for the series. You can get it on PPV on the web. More on UND's TV situation http://t.co/bXjmsjRRUn
— Mick Hatten (@MickHatten) October 30, 2013
SCSU men's hockey practice Tuesday as the #huskies prepare for UND series #scsuhockey @ Herb Brooks… http://t.co/uyGgNI1fb0
— Mick Hatten (@MickHatten) October 29, 2013
Rocco Grimaldi's North Dakota Strong jersey goes for $1,710 in the auction to raise money for breast cancer research.
— Schlossman (@SchlossmanGF) October 29, 2013
You can almost buy packages to both the B1G and NCHC tourneys (9 games) in MSP for the same price as the West Regional a week later.
— Nate Wells (@gopherstate) October 29, 2013
Saturday, October 26, 2013
UND beats U-18 team, Drake Caggiula injured
This season, the University of North Dakota has four exhibition
games on their 2013-14 schedule. These exhibition games give the coaching staff
a chance to evaluate their players. Also, the coaching staff can use these exhibition
games as an opportunity to try different line combinations and defensive
pairing that you couldn’t normally try in a regular season game. UND was able to play a few players that hadn’t
played so far this season.
In tonight’s exhibition game, the University of North Dakota
faced off against the US National U-18 team at the Ralph Englestad Arena.
UND would beat the US National U-18 Team 4-1, but the win
would come with a cost. Sophomore forward Drake Caggiula would suffer an
apparent injury in the early minutes of the second period. Caggiula tried to
jump over an U-18 player, fell and landed on his head. Caggiula was taken off of the ice on a
stretcher and taken to Altru Hospital.
“It was really tough,” Grimaldi said. “Actually,
I was kind of tearing up for him. I have never seen anything like that in my
life, so it was tough for all of us to see. Obviously, your thoughts and
prayers are going out to him. Hoping he’s okay. Hoping he can get back and
everything is going to be okay with him.”
After the game, the head coach Dave
Hakstol had this to say about the Caggiula’s injury.
“It’s hard to see with any member of the
team,” Hakstol said. “We’re happy to hear some good news and waiting, hopefully
we will hear some more good news."
While the injury did take the life out
of the building, there were a few positives.
After having a rough first two seasons, junior
forward Brendan O’Donnell has gotten off to a fast start this season and scored
(1g1a—2pts) tonight. When asked about
his quick start to the season, this is what he had to say.
“You try to build confidence every game,”
O’Donnell said. "Every practice, every week, in college hockey, the thing is week
to week is such a big difference, fresh start every week. I just try to build
on what we have done and look forward to the future."
One difference for O’Donnell this season
is that he’s finally healthy.
“Obviously, you never want to be
injured,” O’Donnell said. “Its been nice to be healthy...”
After the game, head coach Dave Hakstol was very complimentary of
Brendan O’Donnell’s play.
“He’s just maturing in every way,”
Hasktol said. “You see that maturity come through. The confidence that he’s
playing with, he’s worked hard to elevate his play. He’s a guy that was out of
the lineup an awful lot in the middle of the season last year. Instead of
stepping back, he stepped forward. He worked extremely hard to get himself back
in the lineup, late in the second half of last year. He had an excellent summer,
where he was focused on all of the right things. He’s carried that into winning
a job on our left side.”
On evaluating his team play, Head Coach
Dave Hakstol seemed pleased with his team’s effort.
“Real good second period,” Hakstol said.
“Lot of positives there, up and down first and third period. We got to the
third period it was matter of just kind running out the 20-minutes from our
stand point. Certainly we will give them a lot of credit. They played a game
last night. They played good hockey in the third period, which was their sixth
period of hockey of the weekend. Lots of credit to the young guys over there.”
Now
for the good news: According to UND SID Jayson Hajdu, forward Drake Caggiula has movement and feeling in his
extremities, he underwent further testing. The tests came back negative and Caggiula
was released from Altru hospital.
UND Hockey: Update on Drake Caggiula - (UPDATE)
UND sophomore forward Drake Caggiula has movement and feeling in his extremities and will under go more testing tonight.
Update: Drake Caggiula has been released from hospital and all tests came back negative.
Update: Drake Caggiula has been released from hospital and all tests came back negative.
@SchlossmanGF Drake seems to be doing ok. He was able to watch the 3rd in some discomfort but appears ok. Thx to all for support.
— Sal Caggiula (@skajula) October 27, 2013
UND Versus U-18 Team Lines
UND
Forward Lines
21 Brendan O’Donnell–
16 Mark MacMillan– 15 Michael Parks (A)
10 Adam Tambellini– 9 Drake Caggiula– 19 Rocco Grimaldi
25 Mitch MacMillan– 27 Luke Johnson– 17 Colten St. Clair
26 Coltyn Sanderson– 28 Stephane Pattyn (A) – 11 Derek Rodwell
13 Connor Gaarder
10 Adam Tambellini– 9 Drake Caggiula– 19 Rocco Grimaldi
25 Mitch MacMillan– 27 Luke Johnson– 17 Colten St. Clair
26 Coltyn Sanderson– 28 Stephane Pattyn (A) – 11 Derek Rodwell
13 Connor Gaarder
UND Defense Pairings
18 Dillon Simpson ©–
24 Jordan Schmaltz
4 Keaton Thompson– 6 Paul LaDue
20 Gage Ausmus– 2 Troy Stecher
5 Nick Mattson
4 Keaton Thompson– 6 Paul LaDue
20 Gage Ausmus– 2 Troy Stecher
5 Nick Mattson
UND Goalies
31 Zane Gothberg
33 Clarke Saunders
30 Matt Hrynkiw
33 Clarke Saunders
30 Matt Hrynkiw
Scratches: 22vAndrew
Panzarella, 10 Wade Murphy, 29 Bryn Chyzyk
U-18 Forward Lines
21 Ryan Hitchcock – 19
Dylan Larkin – 7 Anders Bjork
27 Sonny Milano – 11 Jack
Eichel – 17 Alex Tuch
9 Shane Gersich – 13 Ryan
Wagner – 14 Dylan Pavelek
10 Joe Wegwerth – 18 Nolan
Stevens – 15 Styler Sheehy
U-18 Defense Pairings
4 Ryan Bliss – 16 Johnathan
MacLeod
24 Louie Belpedio – 8 Jack
Glover
5 Brandon Fortunato –
Jack Dougherty
28 Nathan Billitier –
6 Ryan Collins
U-18 Goalies
29 Edwin Minney
30 Jake Kielly
Scratches: Jared Fiegl,
Blake Weyrick
Via @TheREA press release, REA and UND have reached an arrangement to reinstate @UNDMHockey shuttle bus services beginning Nov. 1 vs. SCSU.
— Jayson Hajdu (@UNDSID) October 25, 2013
Friday, October 18, 2013
UND versus Miami game one
North Dakota Forward Lines
21 Brendan O’Donnell–16 Mark MacMillan–15 Michael Parks
10 Adam Tambellini–9 Drake Caggiula–19 Rocco Grimaldi
29 Bryn Chyzyk–27 Luke Johnson–7 Wade Murphy
13 Connor Gaarder–28 Stephane Pattyn–17 Colten St. Clair
UND Dense Pairings
18 Dillon
Simpson–24 Jordan Schmaltz
5 Nick Mattson–6 Paul LaDue
20 Gage Ausmus–2 Troy Stecher
5 Nick Mattson–6 Paul LaDue
20 Gage Ausmus–2 Troy Stecher
UND Goalies
31 Zane Gothberg
33 Clarke Saunders
31 Zane Gothberg
33 Clarke Saunders
Miami’s RedHawk Forward Lines
19 Max Cook–7 Austin Czarnik–11 Riley Barber
95 Anthony Louis–9 Sean Kuraly–10 Alex Wideman
14 Cody Murphy–25 Blake Coleman–20 Jimmy Mullin
22 Kevin Morris–26 Justin Greenberg–12 Alex Gacek
95 Anthony Louis–9 Sean Kuraly–10 Alex Wideman
14 Cody Murphy–25 Blake Coleman–20 Jimmy Mullin
22 Kevin Morris–26 Justin Greenberg–12 Alex Gacek
Miami Defense Pairing
5 Chris Joyaux–8 Matthew Caito
6 Michael Mooney–2 Taylor Richart
55 Trevor Hamilton–28 Ben Paulides
55 Trevor Hamilton–28 Ben Paulides
Miami Goalies
1 Jay Williams
35 Ryan McKay
35 Ryan McKay
UND Hockey: The Weekend Ahead (10/18-10/19)
This weekend, the University of North Dakota travels to Oxford, Ohio to take on the NCHC foe Miami University RedHawks in the inaugural weekend of NCHC hockey. The top-ranked Miami entertains UND in a two-game conference matchup at Googin Ice Center (Steve Cady Rink).
Matchup: UND (1-0-1, 0-0-0 NCHC) vs. Miami (2-0-0, 0-0-0 NCHC)
Date: October 18-19, 2013.
Time: 6:07 p.m. Friday / Saturday 6:07 p.m. Central.
Radio: UND 96.1 (KQHT-FM) – The Fox.
Webcast: undsports.com and Miami University on Saturday.
TV: Midco Sports Net (HD channel 622, SD channels 27 & 322), 221 DirecTV, 158 HD Dish Network (Friday).
Series History: All-time: UND leads the series against the RedHawks 2-0-1. UND is 0-0-1 against the RedHawks in Grand Forks, ND. UND is 2-0-0 against the RedHawks at neutral sites.
Fun Stat: Miami University has been red hot at home, losing just three its last 29 home games. The University of North Dakota has lost just four of its last 31 home games.
Players to watch:
North Dakota: Forwards: Rocco Grimaldi (2g-3a—5pts), Drake Caggiula (2g-2a—4pts), Mark MacMillan (1g-1a—2pts). Defense: Nick Mattson (0g-1a—1pts), Jordan Schmaltz (0g-1a—1pts), Dillon Simpson (0g-a—0pts). Goaltenders: Clarke Saunders 0-0-0, GAA 7.22 and .824 save percentage, Zane Gothberg 1-0-1, 1.21 GAA and .955 save percentage.
Miami Forwards: Riley Barber (4g-3a—7pts), Austin Czarnik (2g-3a—5pts) Sean Kuraly (1g-3a—4pts). Defense: Trevor Hamilton (0g-3a—3pts), Ben Paulides (1g-1a—2pts), Mathew Caito (0g-2a—2pts). Goaltender: Jay Williams 1-0-0, 2.01 GAA, .929 save percentage, Ryan McKay 1-0-0, 3.00 GAA, .927 save percentage.
Both of those quotes about @UNDMHockey came from this preview piece by @DStarmanHockey: http://t.co/t9SagNHOVb
— North Dakota MHockey (@UNDMHockey) October 18, 2013
Big matchup this weekend: @goon48 and I jointly preview first-ever @TheNCHC game btwn @MiamiOH_Hockey & @UNDMHockey http://t.co/saP7XiwYCk
— Douglas Cutler (@DougCutlerTHW) October 17, 2013
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Edit: Weekend ahead against Miami
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| Miami University (Ohio) logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
This weekend, the University of North Dakota plays Miami
University in the first ever National Collegiate Hockey Conference game between
the two teams on October 18-19, 2013 in Oxford, Ohio. All-time, UND is 2-0-1
against the Miami RedHawks, but the two teams haven’t played on the ice since November
11-28-2009, when UND and Miami skated to a wild 5-5 finish at the Ralph
Engelstad Arena.
Recently, UND head coach Dave Hakstol talked about the
upcoming series with the Miami RedHawks. There’s a building excitement
surrounding the new league and the match-up with the RedHawks.
“We will be starting off the NCHC in mid-October,” Hakstol said. “Out in Miami, that should be a
heck of series. We’ll generate an instant rivalry (with them), in my opinion.
So, Miami is currently an unknown to the UND hockey team
and their fans. Nobody on the 2013-14 UND hockey team, except senior goalie Clarke Saunders, has played against
the Miami RedHawks.
This should be a good matchup, Miami and UND were picked
to finished first and second in the NCHC Media Poll. According to UND head
coach Dave Hakstol, UND is a balanced team, and this is one of the more
balanced teams that UND has had in his 10 years as head coach.
“We got tremendous balance within our
team’” Hakstol said. “That’s the one thing that we know, we don’t know a lot of
specifics, but we do know that we have a tremendous amount of balance on our
hockey team.”
UND Top Line
UND Top Defense Pairing
Dillon Simpson (0g-0a—0pts) and Jordan Schmaltz (0g-1a—1pts)
UND Top Goalie
Zane Gothberg 1-0-1, 1.21 GAA, .0955 save percentage.
Prediction on the weekend
I predict that this series will end in a split. That’s my
best guess. But, any result other than that won’t surprise me either.
Sunday, October 13, 2013
UND and UVM skate to a tie
Grand Forks, ND – The University of North Dakota hockey team came into the weekend concerned about their special teams. When the weekend was over, special teams appeared to be less of a concern for the UND coaching staff. The refs called the games very tight and this gave the UND’s special teams a work out. The Green and White held their ground and killed 15 of 16 Vermont power plays. They also scored three power play goals on 12 power play opportunities. UND head coach Dave Hakstol seemed pleased with the play of his special teams.
“Specialty teams are going to be a big part of it,” Hakstol said. “Especially the early part of the season, as all of this transitions to the new level of calls, smooths out. I thought out PK became more and more sound, as we went through the weekend. We were a little bit hit and miss yesterday, even though we did a good job and killed 10 out of 11 (penalties). I thought we were better and more in synch today.”
The UND coach seemed fine with the way the games were called this weekend.
“I am on board with the emphasis on the hooks; basically protecting the offensive player’s hands,” Hakstol said. “Allowing an offensive player on the wall to protect the puck without being held, those are the three that I think are significant and good steps for our game.”
Another emerging theme from the weekend was the play of sophomore forward Rocco Grimaldi. The dynamic forward had a great first weekend, scoring (2g–3a—5pts) in two games. Fellow linemate, sophomore forward Drake Caggiula, also had a good start to the season, scoring (2g-2a—4pts) on the weekend.
It was obvious from watching Adam Tambellini, Grimaldi and Caggiula play, that their line had chemistry and they had a good weekend playing together. UND pressed hard at the end of the game, but couldn’t get the game winner.
“I think we’re playing really well together,” Grimaldi said. “I think we’re reading off each other real well. Obviously with Tambo (Adam Tambellini) he’s doing a good job with both of us as well. The three of us are playing good hockey together and making things happen. Tonight, we didn’t make as many things happen as we wanted to. Obviously, we needed one more to win this hockey game and I put a lot of blame on myself. I had a couple of chances that I could have hit the net and it didn’t go in.”
Fans get first look at the Shootout
The game would officially end in a 2-2 tie and the game would go to a shootout. Since it was a non-conference game the shootout was meaningless and didn’t count for anything. Actually, the biggest cheers in the game came during the shootout which the fans seemed to enjoy. Grimaldi talked about the shootout at the end of the game.
“Today kind of stunk, because you know you were playing for nothing,” Grimaldi said. “I think it’s going to be good. Obviously, it’s another area of your game that you can work on. That can give you another point, that could either win you a championship, or possibly put you in an NCAA berth, or whatever. So, that’s something that we’ll definitely be working on once or twice a week.”
UND kicks off league play October 18-19, 2013 when they travel to Oxford, Ohio to play Miami University in their first ever NCHC series.
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