Better dead than red: UND 3 BADgers 2

Sioux kept the Wisconsin BADgers winless and they improved to 2-3-0 and 2-1-0 in the WCHA standing for the season. First off; I will be the first to admit that this has been a rough start to begin the season; 1-3 is not an impressive record by any shape of the imagination. That being said, “I think there are a lot of things to smile about after watching this game”.

While the Sioux are not very big up front the Fighting Sioux are quick, skilled, and a very fast team that was all over the Wisconsin BADgers tonight. The Badger players should hug their goalie Shane Connelly because he saved their ass tonight, this game could have been 6-2. I thought it was appropriate for Shane Connelly to be named the number one star of the game by the Fighting Sioux radio broadcast team.

Too early to jump ship just yet…

I have got to say this: for the Sioux fans that were ready to jump off the bandwagon after two weeks or commit hairy-kairy with a very sharp object, please step back from the ledge and put down the sharp object, the Fighting Sioux are going to be fine. I don’t’ care what Jess Meyers has to say I do not see this team finishing in 7th place in the WCHA.

On the Goal tending front, Brad Eidsness played very well and earned himself another start for tomorrow’s game, if I hear Aaron Walski name announced as the starting goaltender tomorrow night I am booing. Brad Eidness improved to 2-1 with a 3.33 goals against average and a .880 save percentage and is getting better with every game.

One question I do have is why is David Toews not playing tonight? I have a tough time believing he isn't one of the top 12 forwards on the Fighting Sioux.

Goals Scoring/Penalties Time
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1st Period (20:00)
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NDK-1 Corey Fienhage (2-Roughing) WIS 0x1 6:39
WIS-1 Eric Springer (2-Interference) NDK 0x1 10:47
WIS-2 Sean Dolan (2-Hooking) NDK 0x2 13:42

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2nd Period (20:00)
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WIS 1 - 0 6x6 Derek Stepan (1) (Patrick Johnson) 1:54
WIS (+): 21,10,12,4,19,G35 NDK (-): 21,20,4,22,3,G31
WIS-3 Brendan Smith (2-Holding) NDK 0x3 3:12
NDK 1 - 1 6x6 Brad Miller (2) (Chay Genoway) 6:53
NDK (+): 14,5,17,24,8,G31 WIS (-): 7,8,15,2,24,G35
WIS-4 Podge Turnbull (2-Roughing) NDK 0x4 13:47
NDK-2 Ben Blood (2-Holding) WIS 0x2 16:41
WIS-5 Blake Geoffrion (2-Roughing) 20:00
NDK-3 Darcy Zajac (2-Roughing) 20:00

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3rd Period (20:00)
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NDK-4 Derrick LaPoint (2-High-Sticking) WIS 1x3 1:05
WIS 2 - 1 6x5 PP Brendan Smith (3) (Michael Davies, Jamie McBain) 2:00
NDK 2 - 2 6x6 Andrew Kozek (2) (Darcy Zajac) 3:54 NDK (+): 10,11,6,25,20,G31 WIS (-): 5,17,21,15,11,G35
WIS-6 Brendan Smith (2-Interference) NDK 0x5 8:03
NDK-5 Ryan Martens (2-Hooking) WIS 1x4 10:59
WIS-7 Patrick Johnson (2-Tripping) NDK 1x6 13:49
NDK 3 - 2 6x5 PP GW LL Jason Gregoire (1) (Evan Trupp) 14:45 NDK: 17,19,26,14,25,G31 WIS: 17,16,27,12,G35
WIS-8 Blake Geoffrion (2-Slashing) NDK 1x7 16:16

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End of Game
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Wisconsin Goaltending 1st 2nd 3rd Total Minutes GA
Shane Connelly 17 11 8 36 50:57 2
EMPTY NET 0 0:02 0
Shane Connelly (L, 0-4-1) 0 0 6 6 8:45 1
EMPTY NET 0 0:16 0

North Dakota Goaltending 1st 2nd 3rd Total Minutes GA
Brad Eidsness (W, 2-1-0) 11 4 5 20 60:00 2