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UND 2017-2018 Season Thread

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Siouxfaninseattle said:
Refs were horrible on both sides. That hooking call on Poganski was brain damage. This team just doesn't have the talent we are used to seeing.
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Yeah, there is something off about the team right now. I think they have the talent, but they are lacking a true finisher at the moment. Too many cutesy passes for my liking, and there are a lot of instances where we pass when we should shoot, or we shoot when the lane just isn't there.

Hopefully they can get some things figured out over the off weekend. If they don't, North Dakota probably won't be playing a lot of hockey in March.
 
SJHovey said:
Starting to look like a team that’s going to struggle to make the tourney.
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We have doubted them in the past with their slow starts under Hakstol but with those teams they were clicking by now. This team is totally opposite of that. Nothing will surprise me at this point. They can look like title contenders then they can look like bottom feeders. Frustrating season to this point.
 
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Current take on the NCAA Brackets

Allentown, PA
1-Notre Dame vs. 31-Canisius
8-WMU vs. Minnesota

Bridgeport, CT
2-Cornell vs. 14-UNO
7-Ohio St. vs. 11-UMD

Sioux Falls, SD
3-SCSU vs. 17-Boston College
6-Mankato vs. 12-UND

Worcester, MA
4-Clarkson vs. 13-Northeastern
5-Denver vs. 10-Providence

last 4 out
15-Michigan
16-Penn St.
18-Harvard
19-Northern Michigan
 
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icehawk said:
We have doubted them in the past with their slow starts under Hakstol but with those teams they were clicking by now. This team is totally opposite of that. Nothing will surprise me at this point. They can look like title contenders then they can look like bottom feeders. Frustrating season to this point.
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It seemed like in the Hakstol years that by the time we hit late January the lines were set. Even when injuries happened, the lines remained pretty constant. If the number 1 center was scratched with an injury, rather than just shuffling centers around and disrupting all the lines, the replacement player was slotted in on that first line and the other three were left intact.

I'll be honest, I'm having trouble identifying a single line that has played with any continuity for any period of time.
 
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I’ll say it now. If Denver seeeps the Sioux this weekend you can kiss the NCAAs away.
 
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icehawk said:
I’ll say it now. If Denver seeeps the Sioux this weekend you can kiss the NCAAs away.
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It would look that way. They have ten games left (including Denver) and if Jim Dahl's numbers are on, and they pretty much always are, they need to win at least six to make the tournament. Five is an outside shot. So if they get swept this weekend, they need to win six of the remaining eight games. I don't see that happening. Of course they could fool us and win the NCHC playoffs. :)
 
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The bye week was kind to UND. Moved up from 12 to 9 in the pairwise. If they can get a sweep of CC at the Ralph next weekend they will be third in the NCHC standings
 
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icehawk said:
The bye week was kind to UND. Moved up from 12 to 9 in the pairwise. If they can get a sweep of CC at the Ralph next weekend they will be third in the NCHC standings
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I will be there for the games so the chances of them sweeping are greatly diminished.
 
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icehawk said:
The stay away ****it ;)
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Heh heh. Actually I think they have a good shot at a sweep. Hopefully they will have all the injured players back and everyone should be well rested. Five more wins goes a long way to securing a spot in the tournament, and a sweep means they can split the rest of their games. Very doable.
 
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icehawk said:
The bye week was kind to UND. Moved up from 12 to 9 in the pairwise.
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Yeah, that one really caught me off guard.

This team really needs to get Rhett Gardner back. (I never imagined me saying that.) And Nick Jones. Not having two top centers and 60%-ish face-off men is really throwing everything off.
 
The Sicatoka said:
Yeah, that one really caught me off guard.

This team really needs to get Rhett Gardner back. (I never imagined me saying that.) And Nick Jones. Not having two top centers and 60%-ish face-off men is really throwing everything off.
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I hear ya in Gardner. Tough player to figure out.
 
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