Game Day: Friday Morning Pontifications

First, it's early in the season, I get that. However, last season, the NCHC had a dreadful inter-conference record, (40-34-16, .533). As you can see from the chart, the NCHC has started out much better this season.

Men's Division I Hockey Inter-Conference Records:2014-2015

vs.	Atlantic Hockey	Big Ten	ECAC	Hockey East	NCHC	WCHA	OOC Record
Atlantic Hockey	—	0-0-0 (.000)	1-5-0 (.167)	0-3-0 (.000)	1-1-0 (.500)	2-2-0 (.500)	4-11-0 (.267)
Big Ten	0-0-0 (.000)	—	1-0-0 (1.000)	4-3-1 (.562)	1-2-0 (.333)	0-6-1 (.071)	6-11-2 (.368)
ECAC	5-1-0 (.833)	0-1-0 (.000)	—	6-4-1 (.591)	1-3-0 (.250)	1-1-0 (.500)	13-10-1 (.562)
Hockey East	3-0-0 (1.000)	3-4-1 (.438)	4-6-1 (.409)	—	0-1-0 (.000)	2-2-0 (.500)	12-13-2 (.481)
NCHC	1-1-0 (.500)	2-1-0 (.667)	3-1-0 (.750)	1-0-0 (1.000)	—	6-4-0 (.600)	13-7-0 (.650)
WCHA	2-2-0 (.500)	6-0-1 (.929)	1-1-0 (.500)	2-2-0 (.500)	4-6-0 (.400)	—	15-11-1 (.574)

 
(UND vs. P.C. , Series Preview)     

Apparently, UND has a few new players.

Defensemen John Gilmour (lower body) and Kyle McKenzie (disciplinary reasons) are expected to be in the lineup for the first time this season. Also due to return is Nick Saracino, who was held out of last week’s exhibition game against the U.S. National Team Developent Program U-18s for precautionary reasons.

The series pits two of the top goaltenders in the nation against each other in PC junior Jon Gillies, a Calgary draft choice, and North Dakota junior Zach McIntyre, a Boston Bruins pick. North Dakota has 14 NHL draft picks on its roster to 7 for PC.

North Dakota swept Colorado College on the road last weekend. They went 5-for-7 on the power play and scored two shorthanded goals in Saturday’s 7-2 rout. Montreal pick Mark MacWilliams leads the team in scoring with five goals and seven points.