D-I Outlook for 2011-2012: Offseason Musings and Beyond

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D-I Outlook for 2011-2012: Offseason Musings and Beyond

This is from Brad Schlossman's blog about a week ago in Grand Forks: http://undhockey.areavoices.com/

Yes, it is August, the calm before the college hockey storm. But it will prove to be an important month for the Sioux women’s team.

UND has recruited a couple of very high profile Europeans in Finnish Olympian Michelle Karvinen and Danish star Josefine Jakobsen.

As we’ve learned, it’s often anybody’s guess as to whether European players will make it through the NCAA Clearinghouse and admissions because of vastly different high school cirriculum in Europe.

Karvinen was outstanding this spring at the IIHF Women’s World Championship, outscoring every European player, both of the Lamoureux twins and former Patty Kaz winner Julie Chu. Imagine another player as potent as the Lamoureux twins on the roster.

Jakobsen was dominant in a lower division (Denmark is not a women’s hockey powerhouse, although Karvinen also has dual Danish citizenship).

The Sioux lost just one senior last year (Steph Roy) from a team that finished one game away from making the NCAA tournament for the first time ever. With another year of development, and perhaps some more depth from guaranteed incoming freshmen like East Grand Forks’ Leah Jensen, the Sioux should be in the mix for home ice and an NCAA bid again.

But adding Karvinen and/or Jakobsen could be big in telling how high the Sioux can go this season. And that will likely be determined in the next month.

I'm impressed, liking what I see. These two girls are off to a very fast start. Karvinen starts at right wing and Jacobsen seems to be getting plenty of ice time (see she starts at center on the second line). I am some reminded of Fortino and Rougeau starts at Cornell. Stats at UND are crossed- shows soccer for women's ice hockey. But each have contributed strongly for 'freshmen', not only w. scoring but taking faceoffs and staying out of the penalty box. Also Alyssa Wiebe (beside L. twins) seems to be playing like a house a-fire. UND looks to excel beyond where early polls have positioned them. They will attract given what they have now and then some.

Also, no sign of Fighting Sioux (logo) leaving the scene. . . did I miss something? They were at one point quarrelling w. Dartmouth AD as to Indian symbol. I thought it had been struck.

 

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Re: D-I Outlook for 2011-2012: Offseason Musings and Beyond

I'm impressed, liking what I see. These two girls are off to a very fast start. Karvinen starts at right wing and Jacobsen seems to be getting plenty of ice time. I am some reminded of Fortino and Rougeau starts at Cornell. Stats at UND are crossed- shows soccer for women's ice hockey. But each have contributed strongly for 'freshmen', not only w. scoring but taking faceoffs and staying out of the penalty box. Also Alyssa Wiebe (beside L. twins) seems to be playing like a house a-fire. UND looks to excel beyond where early polls have positioned them. They will attract given what they have now and then some.

Also, no sign of Fighting Sioux (logo) leaving the scene. . . did I miss something? They were at one point quarrelling w. Dartmouth AD as to Indian symbol. I thought it had been struck.

I'm assuming you live on the east coast? Away from this issue?

The logo ... at least officially ... is set to be retired at the end of the year unless something extremely miraculous takes place. But it won't ever disappear in the hearts of sioux fans.

 

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D-I Outlook for 2011-2012: Offseason Musings and Beyond

I'm assuming you live on the east coast? Away from this issue?

The logo ... at least officially ... is set to be retired at the end of the year unless something extremely miraculous takes place. But it won't ever disappear in the hearts of sioux fans.

Yes, New England. Hasn't either in Hanover. Especially with old Greens. Dartmouth, the original Eleazar Wheelock Moor's Charity School for Native Americans in Lebanon, Connecticut was especially burdened as to this issue. Founded expressly for the purpose of educating Indians.

Read Thoreau- "Maine Woods", especially. And Journals- he planned a book on these wonderful people who welcomed us all - in a way - to these shores. The hereditary inhabitants of North America. Or Frances Parkman, he lived w. Sioux in the west when a young man (mid nineteenth century) before they were 'subdued'.