The UND Discussion Thread - We Miss Chay

[SJHovey]

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Certainly nothing against RIT, but I think both Michigan and UND faced tougher opponents during their recent surges than RIT did.

Air Force and Canisius were both barely over .500, and other than Sacred Heart, the rest of their opponents during that stretch were well below .500.

Swami has to keep sandbagging or something feels off kilter for him.

I suspect the Sioux will see a team very similar to St. Cloud Saturday. Very skilled offensively, capable of putting a lot of shots on net and dangerous on the pp. It also appears Yale is an older team, lead primarily by juniors and seniors (or in their terminology, lots of 10's and 11's ). Those types of teams can be tough to beat come tournament time.

They also appear to have some size on the blue line. It will be interesting to see if the Sioux forecheck can wear them down like it has a lot of other teams.

I'm encouraged by the fact that at least statistically Yale is pretty poor both defensively and on the penalty kill. UND is always expected to have to kill a lot of penalties due to it's aggressive style. However, one overlooked aspect of this team is they draw a ton of penalties as well. I think there are only 2-3 teams nationally that had more power play opportunities this year than UND. That was something the Sioux took advantage of the last time they played an ECAC team in the tournament (Princeton '08).

 

[brianvf]

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It looks like Yale throws a ton of shots on net. Even against UW they outshot them pretty handily. I wonder how many of those are quality shots, or do they wind up from the blueline hoping to get the rebounds.

Should be an exciting game!

 

[Duey]

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I think UND fans are overlooking something......Sure they won 12 of 13 but 7 of those were at home and 3 were in a UND friendly X to which which many of you and Hak suggested felt like the REA.

My point.....maybe Yale and for sure BC will travel VERY well to Worcester.

But I'm sure it will be fine....good luck

 

[brianvf]

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I think UND fans are overlooking something......Sure they won 12 of 13 but 7 of those were at home and 3 were in a UND friendly X to which which many of you and Hak suggested felt like the REA.

My point.....maybe Yale and for sure BC will travel VERY well to Worcester.

I would think the place will be packed with BC supporters.

Hopefully the Sioux can overcome the crowd and just play their game. If they do that, I like their chances. Their away games during that stretch were SCSU and CC. They absolutely killed SCSU in that Sat game (the Mario/Marvin "fight" ignited the offense...and maybe this whole run) and then swept CC in a building where the Sioux don't normally do well in.

And then we can't forget UND's Beanpot regional win from a few years ago, which was in....Worcester.

Go Sioux!

 

[Duey]

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And then we can't forget UND's Beanpot regional win from a few years ago, which was in....Worcester.

Oh yeah...that's right, I forgot. I also forgot so maybe you can help w/ this too....how many of those kids are playing now?

Again....I'm sure it will be fine. I hope flood waters go down so the parade route can be finalized.

 

[Dirty]

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I would just like to point out that it is Moorhead and Fargo who can't handle floods now. Heck even St. Paul is having problems.

 

[Duey]

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The black jerseys would be cool to see, but I don't think they'll wear them. I'm hoping 5th time's the charm against this Denver team? I know Fratts is back tonight, so hopefully he'll come out scoring! What about Gleason, is he still out with an injury? Should be a good game tonight no matter what the outcome!




Dirty, that's only half true!

Woah woah woah....You're a Sue fan and a Packers fan?? That's like peanut butter and Jelly, or Oreo's and Milk!!!!

Ever have one of the moments when one little thing puts everything into perspective and the world just makes sense????? This is mine.....

 

[brianvf]

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Oh yeah...that's right, I forgot. I also forgot so maybe you can help w/ this too....how many of those kids are playing now?

How many of the current Sioux players were on the team the last time they won the Broadmoor?

That didn't seem to hurt them this past weekend.

 

[siouxinminny]

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The ECAC vs. the WCHA. Hmmm.

Yale vs. UND. Hmmm.

I am guessing Yale has trouble scoring 2 and UND has trouble not scoring 4.

 

[Duey]

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The ECAC vs. the WCHA. Hmmm.

Yale vs. UND. Hmmm.

I am guessing Yale has trouble scoring 2 and UND has trouble not scoring 4.

Again....I'm sure you're right. I don't even see any point in playing that first game.

 

[Dirty]

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Again....I'm sure you're right. I don't even see any point in playing that first game.

Perhaps UND should just step aside and let the Gophers play Yale. Sans Lucia obviously. Bring back Woog or prop up Marriucci's corpse to coach them.

 

[petey23]

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I think UND fans are overlooking something......Sure they won 12 of 13 but 7 of those were at home and 3 were in a UND friendly X to which which many of you and Hak suggested felt like the REA.

My point.....maybe Yale and for sure BC will travel VERY well to Worcester.

But I'm sure it will be fine....good luck

Thanks for the well wishes Duey! Good luck to your squad as well.

 

[Duey]

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Thanks for the well wishes Duey! Good luck to your squad as well.

Now that's just mean.....

 

[Duey]

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...prop up Marriucci's corpse to coach them.

Would anyone notice??

 

[brianvf]

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It's going to be a fun hockey weekend on TV. Every single regional game is televised on ESPNU (some tape-delayed). I'm going to get home on Friday night from work and just prop myself on my couch until Sunday evening.

It's going to be great.

 

[Siouxfaninseattle]

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It's going to be a fun hockey weekend on TV. Every single regional game is televised on ESPNU (some tape-delayed). I'm going to get home on Friday night from work and just prop myself on my couch until Sunday evening.

It's going to be great.

Is the UND/Yale game going to be televised live?

 

[brianvf]

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Is the UND/Yale game going to be televised live?

It doesn't look like it. Hopefully one of the FCS channels picks it up.
Right now it is showing as being tape delayed on Sunday morning on ESPNU. The only live coverage showing right now is on ESPN360.com.

 

[Roben]

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again, work calls, it sucks. gotta work a crappy shift and then miss the Sioux game Saturday.

My only hope is that I won't work Sunday and will be able to watch the game when the Sioux beat Yale.

 

[RedFrog]

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Is the UND/Yale game going to be televised live?

Per Brad's Blog

Since I know everyone is on edge about TV for this weekend, I thought I would pass along that it is being worked on right now. Nothing has been set up yet, but people are working hard to make sure something gets done locally.

If there is any news on the TV front, I will pass it along ASAP.

 

[GOPHER FREAK]

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The ECAC vs. the WCHA. Hmmm.

Yale vs. UND. Hmmm.

I am guessing Yale has trouble scoring 2 and UND has trouble not scoring 4.

This particular Yale team does present some problems for UND. Apparently their Powerplay is deadly and they are extremely fast and get a lot of chances. They have beaten some pretty good teams and managed a tie at the Kohl center outshooting Wisconsin 44-22. If I were betting on it, I'd bet UND, but anything can happen. Lots of shots on Eidsness is not a good thing for the Sioux although he looked okay this weekend except for a certain 1 minute stretch.

If the Sioux take them as lightly as SIM has, it could be bad news (or good news depending on your point of view ).

All my brackets have UND advancing in this one, but it will be close. Especially if UND is in the box a lot, which could happen given how physical UND is and how tight HEA/CCHA officials call the game.

Personally, as much as I hate UND, I would have to admit I was impressed with their play at the final five this weekend. But this is a completely different weekend.

For me, other than Mich/Bemidji State this is the most interesting first round game.