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UND 20-21 Season - There Might Be A Tournament in March

I thought the team looked fine last night for being the first game. In past years we've seen the exhibition game against Manitoba start out a little ragged, which is to be expected.

In each period, as time wore on, UND became better and controlled all the play.

I've watched all four NCHC games thus far. It's kind of fun to have college hockey on each night. St. Cloud's speed impressed me, and I thought Duluth has looked pretty solid given their losses on defense. I would have liked to have seen Duluth and Denver play after each team had at least a game under their belt because while I though Denver controlled a good amount of the play last night, the fact that it was their first game made a lot of their scoring chances difficult simply due to timing.
 
I wonder how the D will do with both Sanderson and Kleven gone. Still a pretty solid bunch. Moore looked in his first game yesterday.
 
Siouxfaninseattle said:
I wonder how the D will do with both Sanderson and Kleven gone. Still a pretty solid bunch. Moore looked in his first game yesterday.
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It'll be a good test for them. Pretty solid stretch of games to play with only six defensemen, and two with practically no experience. A game against a desperate Denver team, two against Duluth, two against a very quick St. Cloud squad.
 
They have coughed up the lead late in the third in the last two games. It will cost them in the standings. I liked the new line combos - I wonder if BB will stick with them. All four lines played pretty good. Hopefully Hain can play this weekend.
 
Siouxfaninseattle said:
They have coughed up the lead late in the third in the last two games. It will cost them in the standings. I liked the new line combos - I wonder if BB will stick with them. All four lines played pretty good. Hopefully Hain can play this weekend.
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They're fine. In my opinion they were the slightly better team last night. They had the better opportunities, just didn't cash in.

Those are three good teams that will be there at the end of the year.
 
I agree - they are playing pretty good. Not so great against Denver, but not bad by any means. I also thought they were the better team against Duluth, but I couldn't understand why they went to gaining the red line and shooting the puck into the zone and playing fetch. They have been pretty successful carrying the puck into the o-zone. I'm curious to see how they play St. Cloud.
 
A pretty solid effort against WMU. They played the game they needed to play while shorthanded and a bit gassed from the schedule. Did a better job of cashing in on a couple of the open nets during the rush.

Hope the boys are getting some rest, finishing up finals, and getting ready for a big game against SCSU Wednesday. Last time they'll see this team, outside of possible playoff scenarios.
 
Nice OT win tonight. Scheel played great - a couple world class saves. Some sloppy play, mostly bad turnovers and lots of pucks bouncing in front of the net. We need to remember that we are five players short. The flow of the game will get better.
 
Siouxfaninseattle said:
Nice OT win tonight. Scheel played great - a couple world class saves. Some sloppy play, mostly bad turnovers and lots of pucks bouncing in front of the net. We need to remember that we are five players short. The flow of the game will get better.
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You can see the difference in this team when the defensemen are asked to not play as aggressively, to drop back as opposed to pinch down, etc... It's a pretty passive game. As shorthanded as the team is, I understand the plan, to try not to expose the D, but it makes it harder to sustain a forecheck for any period of time.

The strategy has worked thus far against WMU and SCSU. Let's see if it also works against UMD on Saturday. Hopefully we'll at least have six players back on the blueline.
 
I thought they played as well last night as I've seen them play, maybe since the Thanksgiving game last year against Minnesota. It was clear from the beginning of that game that Miami had no chance.

They will be a very hard team to beat if they play anywhere close to that the rest of the year.

I agree, however, regarding Pinto. He would be a huge loss.

With respect to "winning the pod," a pleasurable side note is to see how Drunk Hockey Guy (dhg) from Duluth is all butt hurt, demanding that the game in hand be noted.

Like Dean Blais always used to say, I'd rather have the points in hand than the game in hand.
 
Louis Jamernik has joined the team and will be eligible to play in the coming semester. He was playing in the AJHL, but their season has been suspended. I would guess that he could play in the upcoming series at Omaha.
 
omahasioux1 said:
Anybody heard how Pinto is doing?
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I haven't seen anything. Was hoping Brad would have an update. The fact that they're bringing in an additional forward for the second semester didn't make me feel any better about it though. Hoping the move was because they were a forward down to start the year, and with Blaisdell's injury they realized they are one or two injuries away from being pretty shorthanded.
 
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