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UMD ‘Dogs 2019-2020: Fish Fry at Amsoil Arena Will Make UMD A Perennial Powerhouse

UMD21 said:
Perunovich. The clear Hobey candidate of the team so far. Losing Mikey Anderson was a painful loss but he’s filling the role well
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Agree 100%. Perunovich is playing a different game than everyone else at this level. The way he changes the speed at which the team plays is impressive.

Noah Cates has also impressed me a lot. One of the most consistent players, in my opinion. Not flashy, but skilled and gritty.
 
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UMD622 said:
While getting swept by Wisconsin will never look good, I wonder if those losses will look as bad at the end of the season. Wisconsin has a lot of young talent who may just take some time adjusting to the college game. Maybe like UMD 2 yrs ago.

I think your point about UMD’s playoff experience being huge. Not saying any team or player can just turn it on when they want, but I think UMD has another gear or two and hopefully the team will get there by the end of the year.
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I worry those will be the worst losses of the year. Wisconsin is just sputtering and their goaltending continues to be an issue.

UMD's playoff experience is their best asset. Being swept at the end of the year by SCSU was the catalyst for their post-season run, just as the 2018 Frozen Faceoff was the year before. What will get them in the right mindset in the second half?
 
Biddco said:
I worry those will be the worst losses of the year. Wisconsin is just sputtering and their goaltending continues to be an issue.

UMD's playoff experience is their best asset. Being swept at the end of the year by SCSU was the catalyst for their post-season run, just as the 2018 Frozen Faceoff was the year before. What will get them in the right mindset in the second half?
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You may be right about the Wisconsin losses. Wisconsin does seem to be a school where quality goaltenders go to become/appear mediocre. Not sure why that is.

With that said, UMD needs to take care of business at Merrimack. Losses to Merrimack will really hurt like UND’s losses to Canisius last year.
 
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Two factors for UW:

1- Our goaltending Svengali that gave us the likes of Mike Richter, Curtis Joseph, Brian Elliott, et al hasn’t been with the program for the better part of a decade.

2- Even still, the goaltending isn’t the problem, our defensive corps plays like absolute pylons under Granato.
 
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Welp, I was somewhat correct in predicting UMD would make a mid-season roster addition. They did...just not a defenseman as I thought:

https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/s...on-roster-addition-to-bolster-depth-at-center

Forward Ben Almquist, who previously committed to Bucky, is joining the team immediately from Austin (NAHL).
 
section16rowA said:
Welp, I was somewhat correct in predicting UMD would make a mid-season roster addition. They did...just not a defenseman as I thought:

https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/s...on-roster-addition-to-bolster-depth-at-center

Forward Ben Almquist, who previously committed to Bucky, is joining the team immediately from Austin (NAHL).
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Yeah, it was a little surprising. Looks like he’s been a goal scorer in the NAHL. Maybe try to spark one of the bottom two lines. Not a whole lot of scoring from that part of the lineup.

The past few years the depth at forward has been great. This year most of the scoring is coming from top two lines.

Not that we will ever find out, but I’m curious if there’s more to the story than just trying to provide some more forward depth and competition?
 
ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
Two factors for UW:

1- Our goaltending Svengali that gave us the likes of Mike Richter, Curtis Joseph, Brian Elliott, et al hasn’t been with the program for the better part of a decade.

2- Even still, the goaltending isn’t the problem, our defensive corps plays like absolute pylons under Granato.
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Admittedly, I haven’t watched much Wisconsin hockey, so I can’t speak to what is the cause of the problem. I just see Wisconsin goalie stats and they’ve been pretty pedestrian the last few years.
 
section16rowA said:
Forward Ben Almquist, who previously committed to Bucky, is joining the team immediately from Austin (NAHL).
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Thank you as I didn’t exactly recognize his name as a commit. FWIW Bucky is notorious for having recruiting classes of like 40 guys they cherry pick off of so not a huge surprise but given his stats maybe tDogs stole one that may have actually been on the team after all.
 
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ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
Two factors for UW:

1- Our goaltending Svengali that gave us the likes of Mike Richter, Curtis Joseph, Brian Elliott, et al hasn’t been with the program for the better part of a decade.

2- Even still, the goaltending isn’t the problem, our defensive corps plays like absolute pylons under Granato.
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For as much hype as Granato had he has not come close to living up to expectations. It surprises me.
 
Biddco said:
For as much hype as Granato had he has not come close to living up to expectations. It surprises me.
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He’s certainly lining up and bringing in the talent. For some reason hasn’t translated to consistent wins on the ice. Not sure if it’s player development or just not a great mix of the right types of guys.

I remember hearing an interview with Jason Herter where he indicated UMD recruited Parker Mackay because he was voted Most Competitive Player in the AJHL 2 yrs in a row. They felt he had future captain written all over him.
 
UMD21 said:
Thank you as I didn’t exactly recognize his name as a commit. FWIW Bucky is notorious for having recruiting classes of like 40 guys they cherry pick off of so not a huge surprise but given his stats maybe tDogs stole one that may have actually been on the team after all.
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In the short term it sounds like they brought him because of his positional versatility and to provide some competition for some current players. If he adds scoring, that’s just a bonus. Eventually seems like a scorer that they’ll rely on to score goals, but not necessarily right away.
 
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Although Merrimack is like 50th in Pairwise looking at their schedule, they’ve played some tight games (even ties) with some quality teams. Blowout losses to Wisconsin and Penn State, but other than that typically competitive games.

UMD should have their hands full with them this coming series.
 
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UMD622 said:
Although Merrimack is like 50th in Pairwise looking at their schedule, they’ve played some tight games (even ties) with some quality teams. Blowout losses to Wisconsin and Penn State, but other than that typically competitive games.

UMD should have their hands full with them this coming series.
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Yup. Totally agree. My prediction for the Sunday/Monday match is for a closer one than most would imagine.

Excited to see the Team in Merrimack today/tomorrow. We'll be wearing our gear -stopping short of face paint. Go UMD!
 
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UMD622 said:
Although Merrimack is like 50th in Pairwise looking at their schedule, they’ve played some tight games (even ties) with some quality teams. Blowout losses to Wisconsin and Penn State, but other than that typically competitive games.

UMD should have their hands full with them this coming series.
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I don't know if it was the fact it was a Sunday game or if the Merrimack players had less faith than you did, but that was a snoozer yesterday.
 
dogs2012 said:
I don't know if it was the fact it was a Sunday game or if the Merrimack players had less faith than you did, but that was a snoozer yesterday.
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I was scared to check the score yesterday we readdy need PWR. UMD game available to stream today like yesterday? Would love to watch sitting around the airport.
 
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UMD21 said:
I was scared to check the score yesterday we readdy need PWR. UMD game available to stream today like yesterday? Would love to watch sitting around the airport.
I’m throwing around serious interest to make the road trip to GF. I went to hockey camp in that arena but never watched a game there. This year seems as good as any other year to do it
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Yes it's on the same CBS All-Access site like it was yesterday. It's actually a really good video feed and the announcers seem to have an affinity for the Bulldogs. You have to create an account for a 1 week trial so set a reminder to cancel the subscription before the week is up or you'll be paying whatever the monthly fee is.
 
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Took care of business against Merrimack, which boosted their non-conference record to 5-5 and improved their Pairwise to 10th. The players talked about resetting mentally for the second half. Let's hope they so and hopefully UMD can win a couple more titles before the season is done.
 
Biddco said:
Took care of business against Merrimack, which boosted their non-conference record to 5-5 and improved their Pairwise to 10th. The players talked about resetting mentally for the second half. Let's hope they so and hopefully UMD can win a couple more titles before the season is done.
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Seems weird to say that a mid-season non-conference sweep to a lower tier team is huge, but it absolutely was. Kudos to the players for coming through. While I haven’t done the math to figure out what could have been, I’m guessing a split or a Merrimack sweep would have made things incredibly difficult for the team NCAA-tournament wise. At the risk of overstating it, that seemed like a must-sweep and they did that. Good for them.

I didn’t see Sunday’s game, but I did watch Monday’s game and I thought UMD looked good. Shut down Merrimack defensively. Really good sign to see Richards and Koepke playing so well.

On to the 2nd half.
 
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Big month coming up! Let’s go!
At that point of season where I’m just hating polls all together. Too early in the season they mean nothing and very speculative, late season only pairwise matters in all reality. If UMD gets in this year on the bubble, right now would have DU to thank singlehandedly for saving our PWR with their strong NC sweeps of Hockey East. Wisconsin getting hot would help. I don’t think Badgers can overcome pairwise for an at large but could win their tourney.
Hopefully Sandelin comes back with fire in his eyes coming home medal-less. Bronze and silver medal on teams loaded with Bulldogs, no medals with no Bulldog skaters. Hm... ;-)
 
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No posts during the entire Western series?? I guess I am guilty as the rest of the regular UMD posters, but I was out of town for a long weekend. Someone in my group still found a way to stream FSN out of state, so got to see Friday win...after Western tied it 3-3, I was concerned, but the boys stayed with it.

SCSU got swept out in Denver and sits last in league. How probable is a UMD sweep in the Granite City this weekend?
 
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