Huskies up Next for the Fighting Sioux

Bobby Goepfert
Time for the Sioux to Kick Some Husky Ass: Bobby and the Huskies up next
Two weeks ago after being swept by a veteran Maine Black Bears team Sioux Assitant Captain Erik Fabian said ”This is our rink, we want to make it the toughest place to play and you can't do that by getting swept in your own barn, We want it to burn tonight. But the sun's going to come up tomorrow and we've just got to learn from it."
Cliché maybe: but Erik Fabian is right, its time for this young talented Sioux hockey team to start taking back the REA and make teams not want to play up here. In fact teams should dread playing here. Last year the Huskies came into REA and laid two pain-staking losses on the Fighting Sioux. Maybe the theme for this weekend is time for some payback. Sioux are coming off a couple of high scoring road wins over upstart Minnesota State University Mankato Mavericks: 5-4 Friday and 8-5 on Saturday, are going to have to stay out of the penalty box and clamp down on the stupid, selfish, knucklehead penalties if they want to take points this weekend. Being swept this weekend in not acceptable. If the Sioux don’t cut down on taking untimely penalties SCSU is going to burry the Sioux because SCSU is always tough on the power play and will take advantage of all opportunities given to them. If Bobby is tough in net and goals are going to be tough to come by is Bobby gets hot.

SCSU is going to be a tough team to face. SCSU plays a defensive systems that starts from the goaltender and works it way out to the forwards. Lets say it starts with preseason all-American goaltender Bobby Goepfert, but it doesn’t end there. The Huskies aren’t as one-dimensional as they have been in the past. The Huskies under second year head coach Bob Motzko have a new found offensive punch lead by junior Andrew Gordon 4 goals 1 assist for 5 points and super frosh Andreas Nodl 3 goals and 5 assists for 8 points.

Tony Grecio Makes First Starts in Goal for Sioux

Last weekend 17 year old Freshman Tony Grecio made his first two starts in a Fighting Sioux uniform due to an unspecific lower body injury to Phil Lameroux. Two wins in by a rookie goaltender in Mankato (a tough place to play in) are character-building experiences and win is a win, no matter how Grecio looked getting it done. Some have said he looked shaky but I think we should hold judgment on young Grecio’s performance until he gets some more games under his belt.

Starter for this Weekend Series Unknown

It’s unknown who will be the starter in goal this weekend against SCSU. Whoever plays in net this weekend is going to have to be ready to make timely saves and keep the Fighting Sioux hockey team in the game. Untimely poor efforts by Sioux goaltending this weekend will kill whatever momentum the Sioux gained after sweeping the Mavericks. The Sioux are going to need to play with a chip on their shoulder and be ready to do the things needed to score dirty goals inside the paint.