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Boston University Men's Hockey: @TerrierHockey

Boston University Women's Hockey: @BUwhockey

Merrimack College Men's Hockey: @MC_MHockey

Merrimack College Women's Hockey: @MerrimackWHKY

Harvard Men's Hockey: @Harvard_Hockey

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Alabama Huntsville Hockey: @UAHHockey

North Dakota Men's Hockey:‏ @UNDMHockey

North Dakota Women's Hockey: @UNDWHockey

Nebraska Omaha Men's Hockey: @UNO_Hockey

UMass Lowell Men's Hockey: @RiverHawkHockey

Minnesota Duluth Men's Hockey:‏ @UMDHockey

Miami-Ohio Ice Hockey: @MiamiOH_Hockey

Dartmouth Men's Hockey: @Dartmouth_MIH

Dartmouth Women's Hockey: @dartmouthhockey

Clarkson Women's Hockey: @CUknights

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Robert Morris Women's Hockey: @RMUWHockey

Quinnipiac Women's Hockey: @QU_WomensIceHky

Princeton Women's Hockey: @PWIH

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RPI Women's Hockey: @RPIWomensHockey

University of Denver Hockey: @DU_Hockey

UMass Hockey: @UMassHockey

Maine Men's Ice Hockey: @MaineIceHockey

Ohio State Men's Hockey: @OhioState_MHKY

Ohio University Men's Hockey (probably one of the next D1 teams): @BobcatsHockey

Ohio State Women's Hockey: @OhioState_WHKY

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Wisconsin Men's Ice Hockey:‏ @BadgerMHockey

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BU sports blog (run by my dear friends) "Bloggin' On Babcock": @blogginbabcock

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ESPN anchor and college hockey proponent John Buccigross: @buccigross

Another Michigan hockey blog: @YostBuilt

UMass hockey blog "Fight Mass" @FightMass

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Boston College blog "Around The Res": @AroundTheRes

Former BU hockey reporter, still tweets a lot about college hockey, Scott McLaughlin: ‏ @smclaughlin9

College hockey television analyst Dave Starman: @DStarmanHockey

Voice of Bowling Green hockey Kevin Meyers: @KevinMeyersBG

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College Hockey News writer Joe Meloni: @JoeMeloni

CHN and Merrimack writer Mike McMahon: @MikeMcMahonCHN

Cornell Men and Women's hockey blog "Big Red Faceoff": @BigRedFaceoff

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ECAC College Hockey News and QU hockey reporter Bryan Lipiner: @Bryan_Lipiner

Very biased BU blog "BayState RoadSports": @bsrs_blog

Yale and Quinnipiac hockey reporter Chip Malafronte: @ChipMalafronte

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Lowell fan, CHN contributor, and sarcastic hockey pundit Ryan Lambert: @twolinepass

Northeastern's Ryan Lambert and "good fan" Sean Hathaway: @seanphathaway

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Boston University's Boston Hockey Blog: @BOShockeyblog

Wisconsin Ice Hockey reporter Andy Johnson: @AndyJohnsonB5Q

St. Cloud hockey blog "Center Ice": @CenterIceClub

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Princeton hockey blog "Eye On The Tigers": @PUHockeyBlog

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Minnesota Duluth radio guy and blog writer Bruce Ciskie: @BruceCiskie

RIT Mens Hockey live updates:‏ @RITMHLive

College Hockey News writer Adam Wodon: @CHN_AdamWodon

UMaine hockey reporter Matt Booth:‏ @Mainely_Hockey

St. Cloud men and women's hockey news:‏ @KVSCHockey

UMD and NCHC reporter Andrew Craig: @CollegeHockeyHH

Everything Minnesota hockey (High school, college, NHL):‏ @MNState0fHockey

North Dakota Hockey and Minnesota writer @SchlossmanGF

Wisconsin fan, but ECAC reporter Jason Klump: @Jason_Klump

Providence hockey reporter Mark Divver: @MarkDivver

Gopher Puck Live: @GopherPuckLive

Clarkson hockey reporter Cap Carey: @CapCareyWDT

UMD hockey writer Matt Christians: @Matt_Christians

BU hockey blog "Bleed Scarlet": @BleedScarletBU

Student-run Quinnipiac hockey twitter: @QUBobcatHockey

UMass Lowell hockey news "Hawk Squawk"‏: @UMLHawkSquawk

Unofficial Bowling Green hockey twitter: @BGSU_Hockey

Miami hockey blog "Blog of Brotherhood": @MiamiHockeyBlog

Hockey East blog "The Puck Drop": @HockeyEastblog

Hockey East/Atlantic Hockey/ECAC radio show "Hockey on Campus": @HockeyonCampus

Bentley Falcons hockey blog "JAR Pride": @JARpride

RPI hockey blog "Without a Peer":‏ @without_a_peer

BU's unofficial mascot Sasquatch: ‏ @busasquatch

"Cawlidge Hawkey Organization":‏ @CawlidgeHawkeyO

College hockey (among other things) writer Joshua Kummins: @JoshuaKummins

CollegeHockey.info, a larger directory of current and former players:‏ @USCollegeHockey

UML hockey blog "View From 123":‏ @VIEWFROM123

Student Sections/Fan Groups

Michigan's Children of Yost: @ChildrenOfYost

Wisconsin's Crease Creatures: @CreaseCreatures

Minnesota Duluth's Penalty Box: @umdpb

Ohio State's Knucklebucks: @OSUKnucklebucks

Union College's Messa Faithful: @MessaFaithful

New Hampshire's Cat Pack: @UNHCatPack

Boston University's Dog Pound: @BUDogPound

Cornell's Lynah Faithful: ‏@LynahFaithful

Bowling Green's Falcon Fanatics:‏ @FalconFanatics1

Ohio University's Gang Green: @GangGreen14

Michigan Tech's Mitch's Misfits: @mitchsmisfits

Northeastern's DogHouse: ‏@NUDoghouse

Bowling Green's Bleacher Creatures:‏ @bg_creatures

RIT's Corner Crew:‏ @ritcornercrew

North Dakota's NoDak Nation: @NoDak_Nation

Providence College's Friar Faithful: @PCFriarFaithful

RPI's First Church of RPI: @FirstChurchRPI

Nebraska Omaha's The Red Army: @RedArmyUNO

UMass Lowell's RiverHawk Nation: @RiverHawkNation

Penn State's Roar Zone: @TheRoarZone

Minnesota Duluth's Hockey Cheerleaders: @UMD_HockeyCheer

Official Arena Accounts

Union College's Messa Rink: @MessaRink

North Dakota's Ralph Englestad Arena: @TheREA

Boston University's Agganis Arena: @AgganisArena

UMass Amherst's Mullins Center: @MullinsCenter

UMass Lowell's Tsongas Center: @TsongasCenter

Bentley's Ryan Arena: @RyanArena

Coaches

Providence College Head Coach Nate Leaman:‏ @CoachLeaman

Michigan State Head Coach Tom Anastos: @TomAnastos

Princeton Head Coach Bob Prier:‏ @coachbobprier

St. Lawrence Head Coach Greg Carvel: @SkatingSaints

Army Head Coach Brian Riley: @Coach_BRiley

Merrimack Head Coach Mark Dennehy: @MarkD4224

Miami Head Coach Rico Blasi: @CoachBlasi

RPI Head Coach Seth Appert: @SethAppert

UMass Head Coach John Micheletto: @CoachMicheletto

Ohio State Associate Head Coach Brett Larson: @BrettLarson18

Dartmouth Associate Head Coach Dave Peters: @AcademicHockey

Princeton Assistant Coach Greg Gardner: @coachgards

Wisconsin Assistant Coach Gary Shuchuk: @gshuchuk

Boston University Assistant Coach Steve Greeley:‏ @SGreeley8

Cornell Volunteer Assistant Coach Matthew Michno: @MMichno30

Quinnipiac Assistant Coach Bill Riga:‏ @BillRiga

Quinnipiac Assistant Coach Reid Cashman: @ReidCashman

Northeastern Assistant Coach Jerry Keefe: @KeeferJ_

Miami-Ohio Assistant Coach Nick Petraglia: @NickPetraglia

UMass Amherst Assistant Coach Ryan Miller: @rkmillertime

Michigan State Assistant Coach Tom Newton:‏ @CoachNewtonMSU

St. Lawrence Assistant Coach Kristofer Mayotte: @Mayotte_K

UConn Assistant Coach Joe Pereira: @JoePereira91

S/T to @BartRhett for supplying the list. Any omission should be addressed to him. 

Related articles

• NCAA Women's Hockey Morning Skate: December 6th, 2013 (thehockeywriters.com)
• UND Hockey: Sub-Par Faceoff Numbers Plague Team (thehockeywriters.com)

Game Day Stats: UND Hockey

I have been pursuing the Saturday game notes that Jayson Hajdu sent me, and here are a few stats of interest.  

 

Record by month

October 2-1-1

November 3-6-1

December 1-0-0

UND is 2-1-1 the last four games.

Last 8 games 4-3-1

Last 10 games 4-5-1

 

UND’s record when they…

Score on the power play 5-4-2

When UND scores more than one PP goal 3-0-0

UND leads after first period 3-1-1

UND leads are the second period 5-1-0

Opposition leads are the second period 0-5-0

Tied after the second period 1-1-2

Home record 3-4-1

Away record 3-3-1

NCHC home record 1-3-0

NCHC way record 3-2-0

 

Players of note…

 

North Dakota: Forwards: Rocco Grimaldi (5g-8a—12pts), Michael Parks (3g-6a—9pts), Drake Caggiula (4g-5a—9pts), Luke Johnson (3g-4a—7pts), Stephane Pattyn (3g-3a—6pts), Brendan O’Donnell (3g-2—5pts). Defense:  Dillon Simpson (1g-7a—8pts), Nick Mattson (1g-5a—6pts), Troy Stecher (1g-4a—5pts), Paul Ladue (1g-4a—5pts), Jordan Schmaltz (2g-2a—4pts).  Goaltenders: Clarke Saunders 2-2-0, GAA 3.60 and .900 save percentage, Zane Gothberg 4-5-2, 2.67 GAA and .913 save percentage.

Webcast note: Tonight’s game is available via webcast to UND Insider subscribers at no extra cost. Because it is a standard definition broadcast, it will not be available on iPhone or Android to UND Sports premium app users.

NCHC Hockey: Updated standing

Here's the updated NCHC Standings. UND has a 4-5-0 record in the NCHC play. Breaking the conference record down further, that's 1-3-0 at home and 3-2-0 on the road.  Overall, UND is 2-2-2 in non-conference play. That's, 2-1-1 at home in non-conference play and 0-1-1 away from the REA in non-conference play.

Saturday Morning Post: UND Hockey Moving on up

Good Morning… Last night, the University of North Dakota (6-7-2, 4-5-0 NCHC) Hockey team beat the Western Michigan University Broncos (6-6-3, 2-3 NCHC) 3-2 in a grind out hockey game in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

If I had to describe last night’s game, I would also use the words penalty feast. Both teams beat a path to the penalty box. I was thinking they might have to oil the doors on both penalty boxes at Lawson Ice Arena, this is due to all of the use that they got last night.

It’s ridiculous.

Don Cherry of Hockey Night in Canada once said, “Fans don’t come to the game to watch the officials call a game, the fans come to the game to watch the players play a hockey game.”

There seems to be a correlation between the number of penalties called, and head of officials Don Adam attending a NCHC hockey game. Last weekend, Don Adam was in the Ralph Engelstad Arena press box and there were a high number of penalties called last weekend as well.

Western Michigan took nine minor penalties for 18-minutes and North Dakota took 10 minor penalties for 20-minutes.  UND was 2/7 on the power-play and Western Michigan was 0/7. To date, Western Michigan has yet to score a power-play goal in league play. The Broncos are 0/24 on the power-play in NCHC play. UND on the other hand is 8/38 (21.1).

Links of Interest

Some Saturday morning tidbits on the @UNDMHockey travel blog 

Grand Forks Herald: UND grinds out 3-2 victory over Western Michigan

WMU hockey team unable to finish scoring chances in 3-2loss to North Dakota

Johnson emergence a good sign for UND

(Video) North Dakota goals versus Western Michigan; Hakstol interviewed on the bench

CBSSN in-game analyst Shireen Saski interviews UND head coach Dave Hakstol on the player’s bench. I never thought we would see that. I am also not a big fan of that, at all. It's like coming to someone office and interviewing them. It was also kind of funny, Saski couldn't say Hak's name without stumbling. 

UND freshman forward Luke Johnson had a breakout game for UND (2g-0a—2pts). The UND defense continues to rack up the points as well. Sophomore defenseman Jordan Schmaltz had another strong game for UND on the backend as he had (0g-2a—2pts). 

Related articles

• UND Hockey: Jordan Schmaltz Growing Into His Role (thehockeywriters.com)
• UND Hockey: Sub-Par Faceoff Numbers Plague Team (thehockeywriters.com)
• UND Hockey: Making the Case for Dave Hakstol (thehockeywriters.com)
• Where's all the antipathy coming from in regards to UND head coach Dave Hakstol (ndgoon.blogspot.com)

UND Hockey: The Weekend Ahead (12/6 -12/7

This weekend, the University of North Dakota travels to Kalamazoo, Michigan to play Western Michigan Broncos in an important two-game NCHC series. Last weekend, UND split their non-conference series with St. Lawrence Saints of the ECAC (2-5 L, 3-2) at Ralph Engelstad Arena.

Matchup: North Dakota (5-7-2, 3-5-0 NCHC) versus Western Michigan (6-5-2, 2-2-0 NCHC).

Date: December 6-7, 2013.

Time: 6:36 p.m. Central Friday / Saturday 6:05 p.m. Central

Radio: UND 96.1 (KQHT-FM)  The Fox

Radio: WMU Friday's game will be broadcast on the Bronco Radio Network: 96.5 FM; Saturday's game will be on 590 AM WKZO.

Webcast: undsports.com

TV:  CBS Sports Network, Friday (DirecTV 221, Dish Network 152)

All-Time Series History

UND leads the All-time series 5-0-0 (1.000). In Grand Forks, ND, UND leads the series 2-0-0 (1.000). In Kalamazoo, Michigan, UND leads the seris 2-0-0 (1.000). Neutral sites, UND lead the series 1-0-0 (1.000). Under coach Dave Hakstol: UND leads the series 1-0-0 (1.000).

Players to watch

North Dakota: Forwards: Rocco Grimaldi (5g-7a—12pts), Michael Parks (3g-6a—9pts), Drake Caggiula (4g-5a—9pts), Luke Johnson (1g-4a—5pts), Brendan O’Donnell (3g-2—5pts). Defense:  Dillon Simpson (1g-5a—6pts), Nick Mattson (1g-5a—6pts), Troy Stecher (1g-4a—5pts), Paul Ladue (1g-4a—5pts), Jordan Schmaltz (2g-2a—4pts).  Goaltenders: Clarke Saunders 2-2-0, GAA 3.60 and .900 save percentage, Zane Gothberg 3-5-2, 2.75 GAA and .908 save percentage.

UND injuries: Colten St. Clair (Out), Mark MacMillan (Questionable)

Western Michigan: Forwards: Shane Berschbach (7g-12a—19pts), Justin Kovacs, (5g-9a—14pts), Josh Pitt (3g-6a—9pts), Chase Balisy, (1g-8a—9pts). Defense: Jordan Oesterle (2g-5a—7pts), Dennis Brown (2g-3—5pts). Goaltenders Frank Slubowsk 5-4-3, 2.23 GAA, .925 save percentage, Lukas Hafner 1-1-0, 0.50 GAA, .978 save percentage.

UND official Web Page

Western Michigan Web Page

Weekend Match-Ups (by Donn)

I’m a little late posting my predictions this week, I’ve been way too busy, so it will be short and sweet.

Of note, this is the first full weekend of NCHC games in league history!

 

NCHC STANDINGS 2013-2014

Team………………………W-L-T………Points

Nebraska-Omaha…………5-1-0…………..15
St. Cloud St……………….4-1-1…………...13
Denver…………………..…3-2-1…………..11
North Dakota………………3-5-0……….….9
Minnesota-Duluth…………2-2-0……….….6
Western Michigan………..2-2-0…………...6 
Miami……………………….2-4-0……….….6
Colorado College………...1-5-2…….….….6
 

NCHC Games

#16 Nebraska-Omaha @ Colorado College
Last weekend the Tigers were swept (6-2, 3-0) by the UNH Wildcats in Colorado Springs and the Mavericks were enjoy a holiday weekend of rest.

SPLIT – UNO wins Friday and CC wins Saturday

 

Denver @ #12 Miami

Last weekend the RedHawks took 3-pts (4-4ot, 6-3) from the Beavers in Bemidji and Pioneers were resting up in the mile high city.

RedHawks Sweep

 

#2 St. Cloud St. @ #20 Minnesota-Duluth

Last weekend the Bulldogs split the Gophers in Minneapolis and the Huskies had a bye weekend to gobble up the turkey.

SPLIT – SCSU wins Friday and UMD wins Saturday

 

North Dakota @ Western Michigan  

Last weekend NoDak split with the SLU Saints (5-2L, 3-2W) and the Broncos tied Northeastern 1-1 and beat Huntsville 1-0 in the Shillelagh Tournament.

SPLIT –UND wins Friday and WMU wins Saturday

VIDEO: Blues' Patrik Berglund winds up, falls on face

s/t to the score. Ouch! Patrick Berglund falls flat on his face taking a slapper.

Max Pacioretty boards Johnny Boychuk (Video)

Montreal Canadiens forward Max Pacioretty was given a two-minute minor penalty for this dangerous, but not really malicious hit, against Boston Bruins defenseman Johnny Boychuk. I do not like this hit. I also think that Pacioretty should have been given more than a two-minute minor penalty. Not dirty, but it was worthy of a five-minute major. Boychuk was taken by ambulance to a Montreal hospital.

HNIC - Coach's Corner - Nov 30th 2013

There's some good issues on last week’s HNIC Coach's Corner that are worth listening to.  Personally, I think that the lawsuits with the concussions in some cases are a money grab.  When you play a professional sport, you assume the liability and you know the risks associated with the sport you participate in. No one held a gun to their heads and made them play professional sports. It's the same if you drove a race car or were a boxer. 

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.

Related articles

• UND Hockey: Dynamic Duo Bright Spot for UND (thehockeywriters.com)
• UND Hockey: Long Video Review Confirms Goal (thehockeywriters.com)

Refreshing our memories: Hakstol the second half coach

The question UND fans want to know, will there be a second half run?

Related articles

• UND Hockey: Making the Case for Dave Hakstol (thehockeywriters.com)
• UND Hockey: Dynamic Duo Bright Spot for UND (thehockeywriters.com)
• UND Hockey: Long Video Review Confirms Goal (thehockeywriters.com)
• St. Lawrence Pastes North Dakota (insidehockey.com)

2014 Team USA WJC Camp Roster

s/t to Minnesota Hockey Central for the Roster. You can to to the USA WJC page for the official roster.

Antoine Roussel Dirty Elbow on Jonathan Toews

Dallas Stars forward Antoine Roussel was given a two-minute minor for his dirty elbow on Jonathan Toews. These are the kind of hits that I don't like, not one bit. This clown is going after a star player, with a high elbow, who's had concussion issues in the past.

The question I ask, do we want to see the NHL star players knocked out of games at the hands of third or fourth line players? There needs to be stiffer penalties for hits that target the head. This is why Andrew Shaw went after him earlier in the game.

Middle Weight Bout of the Night: Andrew Shaw vs. Antoine Roussel

Apparently, the Chicago Blackhawks didn't like the hit that Antoine Roussel put on Patrick Kane in the last game. Only the fifth fight of the year for the Chicago Blackhawks.

USCHO Poll

Minnesota Wild: Amazing Save by Josh Harding

Minnesota Wild goalie Josh Harding makes an amazing save as he robs Jakub Voracek. By the way, Harding is leading the NHL in shutouts and goals against average. Harding was also named one of the "Three Stars" for the month of November.

Montreal Canadiens: PK Subban Nice Goal-Line Save vs New Jersey Devils (Video)

Montreal Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban can play defense as well. Wow! Nice play.

UND defensemen Stecher, Thompson honored by NCHC

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – University of North Dakota defensemen Troy Stecher and Keaton Thompson have garnered weekly honors from the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) for their play in North Dakota’s non-conference split with St. Lawrence last weekend.

Stecher was named the NCHC Defenseman of the Week while Thompson was named the league’s rookie of the week. Miami junior forward Austin Czarnik was named NCHC Offensive Player of the Week and Western Michigan junior Frank Slubowski was named NCHC Goaltender of the Week.

Stecher, a freshman from Richmond, British Columbia, was a +1 each night against St. Lawrence and assisted on Connor Gaarder’s go-ahead, power-play goal late in the second period of Saturday’s 3-2 victory. Stecher helped UND hold the nation’s top power play scoreless in three chances on Saturday and was UND’s only defenseman to register a positive plus/minus in the series.

With a goal and four assists through 14 games this season, Stecher is tied for the team scoring lead among freshmen.

Thompson, also a freshman defenseman, scored his first career goal in Friday’s 5-2 loss. The Devils Lake, N.D., native, who was playing in just his fourth collegiate game, was also a +1 on the night. He posted an even rating the following night in UND’s 3-2 win.

In five games this season, Thompson has one goal and one assist and leads the team with a +2 rating.

UND returns to conference play this weekend with a road series at Western Michigan on Friday and Saturday.

UND’s NCHC Honorees in 2013-14

Nov. 18: Dillon Simpson, Defenseman of the Week

Dec. 2:   Troy Stecher, Defenseman of the Week

              Keaton Thompson, Rookie of the Week

Related articles

• UND Hockey: Age is Just a Number (thehockeywriters.com)
• NCHC Hockey: Dave Starman Shares His Thoughts On The Historic Weekend (thehockeywriters.com)
• NCHC Hockey: Breaking Down the Numbers (thehockeywriters.com)

Mike Chambers: Rules against fighting in NCAA hockey don't deter cheap shots

Nice article by Mike Chambers of the Denver Post. I agree with a lot of what is said here. I have been watching college hockey for a very long time, and some of the dirtiest acts of violence, I have seen,  have happened on the ice during college hockey games.

I don’t know how many times I have seen a play where I have said, "I guarantee that guy doesn’t do that in a league where there’s fighting." Do we want to see bench clearing brawls in college hockey? Nope! Not saying that at all.  

Mike Chambers, Denver Post – If that player came from the NCAA ranks, he's more likely to be a loose cannon, because college hockey has such stiff penalties for fighting, which draws a game misconduct and ensuing one-game suspension. The NCAA also mandates full facial protection with a mask. While that might seemingly make the NCAA game safer, Mitchell said what it does is encourage more cheap shots, because players don't fear retaliation.

"If you take fighting out of the game, you're going to have guys taking liberties on your top players, and trust me, that thought is in the back of their minds: 'Hey, if I'm going to go out there and do something stupid, I might have to answer the bell. Someone is going to be come looking for me,' " Mitchell said. "So if (fighting is) out of the game, they have no worries."

The semi-pro Canadian Hockey League (major junior) mimics the NHL regarding its rules, including fighting, and offers a choice of cages or visors. NCAA hockey is often dubbed "gladiators on ice," with players less fearful of opponents because of the severe fighting penalties and added facial protection. Cross checks to the face mask are delivered instead of punches to the face.

Since fighting is not part of the college game, the majority of concussions hockey players suffer are a result of contact to the head from a shoulder or elbow or having a head smashed against the boards or glass. Moreover, NCAA players often get away with landing glove punches, but just because it's not a bare fist connecting with a open face doesn't mean it isn't damaging to the head.

I had an ex-college hockey player once tell me. “I can go up and smart off to the biggest guy on the ice, because I know I don’t have to fight.”

A Couple of Nice College Hockey Goals

Former Grafton North Dakota product and current Air Force Academy Cadet forward Chad Demers, scores the game-tying goal against Bentley on a nice rebound. That's goal number seven on the year for Demers. Demers is a junior and spent last summer training at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia.



Gophers forward Seth Ambroz scores the game winning goal with 26-seconds left in the game to give Minnesota the victory. That's also goal number seven on the year for Ambroz.

Looking ahead: UND vs WMU

Western Michigan (6-5-3, 2-2-0 NCHC) vs North Dakota (5-7-2, 3-5-0 NCHC)

December 6-7, 2013 6:05 p.m. central

Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Lawson Ice Arena
TV: CBSSN (Friday), Webcast (Saturday)
Last 10: WMU 5-3-2, UND 3-6-1



National Rankings 

Goals for                WMU 46 – UND 35

Goals against        WMU 8   – UND  45  

Penalty Minutes     WMU 5  – UND 20

Power Play             WMU 49 (13.9) – UND 33 (17.9)

Penalty Kill             WMU 9 (85.9)  –  UND 25 (83.3)

 

Rocco Grimaldi (5g-7a-12pts) Michael Parks (3g-6a-9pts) Drake Caggiula (4g-5a-9pts) Dillon Simpson (1g-6a-7pts) Nick Mattson (1g-5a-6pts)

Shane Berschbach (7g-12a-19pts) Justin Kovacs (5g-9a-14pts) Chase Balisy (1g-8a-9pts) Josh Pitt (3g-6a-9pts) Colton Hargrove (3g-5a-8pts)

 

Zane Gothberg 3-5-2 2.75 Clake Saunders 2-2-0 3.60

Lukas Hafner 1-1-0 0.50 Frank Slubowski 5-4-3 2.23

 

Notes of interest

WMU has not scored a power play goal in conference play their (0/17).

This weekend, UND will face WMU junior goalie the “big” Frank Slubowsk 5-4-2, 2.23 GAA and .919 save percentage.

UND goalie Zane Gothberg is ranked 55th nationally for winning percentage.

UND goalies Zane Gothberg and Clarke Saunders are ranked 10th and 12th in the NCHC in save percentage.

UND goalies Zane Gothberg and Clarke Saunders are ranked 11^th and 18^th in the NCHC for goals against average.

Stephane Robidas Horrific Leg Injury vs Chicago

This is a gruesome injury to say the least. If you have weak stomach, you might not want to watch this video. On thing about the sport of hockey, if you watch the sport long enough, you will see something like happen.

Mike Heika, Dallas News-- Most of it, however, was washed away by the loss of Robidas.

“It didn’t look good,” Ruff said. “Robi is a battler, and he’s been playing really hard for us.”

Robidas was diving to stop a pass from Chicago’s Jonathan Toews as the two skated hard toward the Stars’ goal line. Robidas’ right

leg was pinned underneath his body and was twisted when it hit the boards. Robidas immediately grimaced in pain and pointed to his

right leg. He was taken to a hospital, and Ruff said Robidas has a fractured bone in his leg.

Related articles

• Stars D Robidas out 4-6 months (wyff4.com)

North Dakota Slips Past St. Lawrence

Grand Forks, ND – The University of North Dakota hockey team came into tonight’s game mired in a horrible slump, going 2-7-1 in their last 10 games.

After last night’s 5-2 loss to the St. Lawrence Saints, the UND hockey team had a closed door meeting to air their differences.

Tonight, alternate captain Stephane Pattyn gave us a glimpse of what was said.

“Yeah, yesterday was kind of just an open floor,” Pattyn said. “Everyone talked and gave their thoughts about what we needed to do. We had some great conversations. We definitely grew up as a team last night and I think today’s (win) helped too.”

It appeared that the closed door meeting worked.  Through two periods of play, the UND hockey team played on their toes and took the play to the St. Lawrence Saints.

UND got goals from forwards Rocco Grimaldi, Connor Gaarder and Stephane Pattyn, and would take a 3-1 lead going into the third period.

St. Lawrence pushed hard in the third period, and cut the lead to 3-2 with a goal by the national scoring leader, Greg Carey. UND was able to hold off a late surge by the Saints to get the 3-2 win.

After the game, head coach Dave Hakstol didn’t seem to relish the win all that much.

“Real hard fought game,” head coach Dave Hakstol said. “We competed hard for 60-minutes. They pushed real hard in the last portion of the third period. We wanted to come back and do a little better tonight. I thought we did a little better.”

So far this season, UND has dug themselves into a hole with undisciplined play.

“We needed to come out like that,” Pattyn said. “We need to prove ourselves. A game like today was going to move us a step forward. We’ve dug ourselves in a hole so far this season and today’s one small step out of that hole.”

Pattyn continued, “That last 24-hours weren’t that much fun. Not much excitement going on in our dressing room. But we got focused and we knew we had to come out and do a job. We put a lot of pressure on ourselves today, to come out, to come out hard. Our steps are moving forward right now.”

Coming into tonight’s game, UND was 0-4-2 on Saturday nights. With the win tonight, UND improved that record to 1-4-2.

UND goalie Zane Gothberg stopped 25-of-27 shots and improved his record to 3-5-2 with the win. The sophomore goalie made many big saves late in the game to preserve the win.

Notes of interest

With the win tonight, UND is 3-6-1 in the last 10 games. With the win, UND improves to 5-7-2.

UND is 2-2-2 in non-conference play.

St Lawrence forward Greg Carey had an impressive weekend, scoring (2g-4a—6pts) on the weekend. Carey is the NCAA points leader with (11g-18a—29pts).

This was UND’s second win of the season when they score three or fewer goals.

UND has gone 1-0-1 the last two Saturday night’s.

Next weekend, UND travels to Kalamazoo to take on the Western Michigan Broncos December 6-7, 2013, game time is 6:07 central.

[Box Score]

Related articles

• UMD Slaps UND 6-3 (ndgoon.blogspot.com)
• UND Hockey: Making the Case for Dave Hakstol (thehockeywriters.com)
• St. Lawrence Pastes North Dakota (insidehockey.com)

Post game press scrum photo - classic...

This is perfect. "@StatsOnCrack: Cannot stop laughing!!!! RT @UNDSID: #schlossman #nomnom #robblerobble pic.twitter.com/W6RJfDBFmB”
— Tom Miller (@tommillergf) December 1, 2013