When the final horn sounded, and after the game-ending scrum had ended, UND had put 10 goals behind the UMD goaltenders and only gave up two goals against. Sophomore forward Dylan James led UND with two goals, his first two-goal game of the year and the second of his career. Jackson Blake finished the weekend with seven points (1g-6a-7pts). It was an impressive effort all the way around.
Goon's World Extras
- Goon's World
- MU vs. UND in Pictures
- WMU vs. UND in Pictures
- Army vs. UND in Pictures
- Minnesota State vs. UND in PIctures
- Miami University vs UND in Pictures.
- UND vs. BSU in Photos
- Examples of the Quality of NCHC.TV
- CC and UND in pictures
- UA vs. UND in Pictures
- UND Hockey Schedule 2023-24
- UND Hockey Roster 2023-24
Sunday, February 25, 2024
Dylan James Leads UND Past UMD, 4-2
When the final horn sounded, and after the game-ending scrum had ended, UND had put 10 goals behind the UMD goaltenders and only gave up two goals against. Sophomore forward Dylan James led UND with two goals, his first two-goal game of the year and the second of his career. Jackson Blake finished the weekend with seven points (1g-6a-7pts). It was an impressive effort all the way around.
Saturday, February 24, 2024
ASU's Tucker Ness and Alaska's Dawson Bruneski Fight at Center Ice
Adam Wodon's Tweet on the fight.What a tilt last night between Arizona State and Alaska Fairbanks 🥊🤯🍿
— EVERYTHING COLLEGE HOCKEY (@TeamECH) February 24, 2024
Should fighting be allowed in college hockey? pic.twitter.com/mDfd0uk0ER
The fact that people enjoyed it is irrelevant. People enjoy watching Jackass too. They liked watching lions eat people, and fire burn, and car crashes. People are ridiculous. The game itself is entertaining beyond belief right now. https://t.co/Sy4Ocpds2g
— Adam Wodon (@CHN_AdamWodon) February 24, 2024
Goon's Takeaways: UND Shuts Out UMD, 6-0
A week after getting swept in Colorado Springs, the University of North Dakota Hockey team was back at it; this time, the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs stood in the way.
Sunday, February 18, 2024
Goon's Takeaway: Not Their Weekend, UND Swept 7-1, and 6-2
Saturday, February 17, 2024
Goon's Takeaways: Not Their Night, CC 7 UND 1
On Friday, the University of North Dakota hockey team had their record-tying regulation unbeaten streak end. It wasn't pretty; UND looked slow, rattle, and disjointed. The Hawks had no answer for the Tigers. Both UND goalies were left to fend for themselves as the Hawks players were pedestrian watching the Tigers make plays.
Saturday, February 10, 2024
DU’s Carle Hits It Out of the Park on the CHN Podcast
The University of North Dakota hockey team is on a bye week, and some are looking for a way to fill the void. I've been catching up on various podcasts and YouTube videos. Last night, the University of Hockey tweeted this out. I decided to check it out. It's worth a listen. For the record, Adam Wodon of College Hockey News favors keeping the status quo. He's not a fan of home-site regionals. DU head coach David Carle favors having the higher seeds host regional games. It's a pretty fair concept.
If you fast forward to the 36:00 minute mark, you can hear DU head coach David Carle and Adam Wodon discuss the various issues in college hockey, more specifically, the current flawed regional hockey playoffs format. It's kind of interesting because Carle negates many of the arguments for keeping the status quo. I applaud Carle for being at the forefront of wanting to improve the game and the fan experience. Kudos to them for having a civil discussion.That sound you hear starting at 59:00, is Wodon's argument collapsing in on itself like a dying star. David Carle asks him pointed questions and absolutely puts him in a box... https://t.co/TqB03Zg3Dl pic.twitter.com/gSwhAVASrF
— University of Hockey (@UofHockeyBlog) February 9, 2024
Here are a couple of quotes that stuck out for me.The CHN Insiders Podcast gets you ready for the weekend.https://t.co/PK8BAbBJjD ... follow the podcast Twitter feed @CHNsiders
— College Hockey News (@chnews) February 8, 2024
Sunday, February 04, 2024
NCHC.TV: Good Enough Isn't Good Enough
Biddco Tweeted out: you sure love discussing the broadcast this year. They're not all UND.Third period and we’ve gone 4 minutes without play-by-ply. Absolute gong show @MiamiOH_Hockey and @TheNCHC https://t.co/xqN6aEf2ES
— Eric J. Burton (@goon48) February 4, 2024
What is considered an acceptable standard? Are fans being unreasonable in expecting a decent product for which we play a significant amount of money? The league is making good money off of its streaming services. Where's the accountability from the league office?you sure love discussing the broadcast this year. They're not all UND
— Biddy 📐 🐶 (@Biddco) February 4, 2024
Just like NCHC.TV production for SLN broadcasts will be the responsibility of each home institution and may include a digital-only telecast or the use of an institution's local TV partner (i.e., Altitude TV in Denver) production equipment/personnel. The issue here, much like NCHC.tv for hockey, will be the inconsistent production quality from program to program across the conference. (Link)
Goon's Takeaways: UND Sweeps Miami with 4-1 Win
Friday, February 02, 2024
Goon's Takeaways: UND Rallies, Wins 5-4 in OT
Sunday, January 28, 2024
UND Sweeps Pioneers, 4-2. UND Sits All Alone on Top of the NCHC Standings
Saturday, January 27, 2024
Griffin Ness Shines in Limited Ice Time
UND forward Griffin Ness is a team-first player. At the same time, he’s not always in the lineup. According to his head coach, he never complains. He’s played in 18 of 25 games and been a healthy scratch in seven of UND’s games.
“He has a team-first mentality,” Berry told the Grand Forks Herald. “He’s always doing whatever is asked of him in any situation. It’s not easy. It’s not easy to be called upon and be expected to come in and play well. But he’s responded every time. Teams that have depth have a chance to win down the road. He has another opportunity to do that.”
Last night in the second period, he scored his third goal of the season to give UND a 2-0 lead. Ness’s goal sent the hometown fans into a frenzy. His goals also gave his teammates on the bench a much-needed lift.
“Coach (Berry) talked about it before the game: how everyone is important,” Pehrson said. “Ness has been doing a great job over his time here and doesn’t complain. It shows how good he is, and he’s ready whenever his number gets called.”
This was originally posted on Inside Hockey.Need a big goal? Griff has you covered. #UNDproud | #LGH pic.twitter.com/y2Iq7qKIov
— North Dakota Hockey (@UNDmhockey) January 27, 2024
Goon's Takeaways: UND Races Past DU, 5-2
Sunday, January 21, 2024
Responding to Jim Rich’s Rant, the Students Weren’t the Problem
For the most part, the video feed was pretty good; during the two broadcasts, there were a couple of kerfuffles. In the first period of Friday's game, the person running the camera missed Garrett Pyke's goal. Only after a replay were we able to watch the goal. The people doing the graphics also messed up a few of the UND players' schools by putting NDSU instead of UND. That's a big mistake, even for a student on the broadcast team.
Let's take a look at the men in the announcer's booth who had a tough weekend. Play-by-play announcer Jim Rich couldn't pronounce at least three of UND's players. Rich regularly screwed up Jake Livanavage, Carson Albrecht, and Riese Gaber. Rich is a veteran announcer and should be able to read a pronunciation guide from the game notes. His color guy, Geno Parrish, could pronounce all of the UND players' names. Try it; it's not complicated. I took this from the pronunciation guide from the UND hockey notes: LIVE-an-AH-vidge, gay-burr, ALL-breckt.“Jackson Blake-NDSU”
— UND Hockey Recruits (@UNDPuckCommits) January 20, 2024
Just when this broadcast couldn’t be more of a clown show pic.twitter.com/de1odfRedW
SCSU broadcast crew has called Blake-Black and Gaber-Garber…maybe hire some professionals? My god it’s bad
— PT (@PThomas19) January 21, 2024
Goon’s Takeaways: UND Takes 4 of 6 Points From SCSU With 3-3 Tie
Saturday, January 20, 2024
NCHC.TV Revisited: What Are We Going to Get When the Entire NCHC Playoffs Are on Campus?
St. Cloud TV graphic people were terrible. They showed a graphic listing Blake as from NDSU and another spelling Persson's last name as Pehrson, as like our defenseman by that spelling. Rough.
This is a fear that I have when the NCHC playoffs go entirely to home sites. It's no mystery not every team has the infrastructure that UND has. I get it; we're lucky to have the media partners that we have. I also think the conference needs to find a way to hold on to CBS Sports Network. Their broadcasts are very professional and done the right way.
Great game at Robson last night! A really enjoyable crew to work alongside at the rink in Colorado and in the control room in Connecticut. Thanks to everyone with @CCTigerHKY and @MiamiOH_Hockey for their help this week! Two college hockey programs moving in the right direction. pic.twitter.com/petcGQkZ3u
— Alex Heinert - Midco Sports (@AlexHeinert) January 20, 2024
On this subject, I am broken record, but Midco Sports outshines every other school's webcasts. It's not even close. The video feed for Saint Cloud State's webcasts is good, but their play-by-play team could be better. Frankly, last night, they were atrocious.
The broadcast team (Fox 9 and or Huskies Productions) needed help identifying the right North Dakota school their favorite team was playing. NDSU doesn't have college hockey; from what I hear, they don't plan on having a hockey team. Ever. Do your prep; it's goalie Ludvig Persson and defenseman Keaton Pehrson.
Jim Rich has been doing this for a long time, you'd think he'd be able to read a pronunciation guide and be able to pronounce Jake Livanavage's name. It's harder to spell it than it is to say it. The color guy, Geno Parrish, was an absolute cheerleader. It was hard to listen to these two call the game. Is it okay to be homers in the booth? Probably, but there's taking it too far.
I've already discussed this in NCHC TV: The Conference Can Do Better. I've had people ask me if the conference going to push for a higher standard or if we are going to be stuck with good enough is good enough. How do we hold the other schools accountable? I am sure we will hear some excuse about how they can't afford to up their game and we are just lucky to have the games webcast.Florida's William Lockwood Takes Out Wild Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury, Lockwood has a hearing with the Department of Players Safety
Lockwood will have a hearing with the NHL's Department of Player Safety. I won't even try to predict how they will rule, George Parros has natoriously been soft on offending players.Wild start to this game 👀 pic.twitter.com/GvUoz4GLe3
— Bally Sports Florida: Panthers (@BallyPanthers) January 20, 2024
At the 5:58 mark of the first period, Lockwood fought Minnesota Wild forward Brandon Duhaime. The proper response for attempting to decapitate the Wild's goalie Fleury.Florida’s William Lockwood will have a hearing today for goalie interference on Minnesota’s Marc-Andre Fleury.
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) January 20, 2024
Goon's Takeaways: UND Beats SCSU, 5-3
Last season, the University of North Dakota hockey team didn't do very well against the St. Cloud State Huskies. In five games against UND, the Huskies dominated the Hawks 3-1-1 and ended their season. UND looked to right the ship on Friday against SCSU. Revenge was on the UND player's minds.
Here are some things that stuck out for me during Friday's game.
UND goalie Ludvig Persson finished with a season-high 34 saves to improve to 13-6-1. After not being 100 percent a week prior, in game one against the Huskies, Persson was on top of his game, making 14 saves on 15 shots in the second period. In 20 games this season, Ludvig has a 2.38 GAA and a .904 save percentage. He also has three shutouts.
"Ludvig (Persson) was outstanding tonight," Berry said. "When he was called upon, he made some huge saves for us."
Sophomore forward Jackson Blake had another multi-point game, his seventh of the season. That was also his sixth three-point game of the season. Blake has hit the 30-goal threshold for his career with his two-goal game.
With his two-point game (two assists), sophomore forward Owen McLaughlin extended his point streak to five straight games. McLaughlin has scored four goals and six assists for 10 points in those five games. In 22 games, he's scored (8g-17a--25pts), and he's also plus-six.
Junior forward Cameron Berg continued his torrid pace. He has points in 12 of his last 15 games, including 10 goals. Last night, Berg scored his 11th goal of the season, a career-high. In 23 games, Berg has scored (11g-11a--22pts), and he's also a plus-10.