Here are a few things from the UND press release. I highlighted the things that jump out at me the most, UND power play has been abysmal, horrible and frankly it's just unacceptable that it has failed this bad as of late. I am hoping the coaches make adjustments to the power play has to get better or they won't make it out of the first game let alone the bracket.
~UND in the NCAA Postseason: The Fighting Sioux are making their seventh straight NCAA postseason appearance, the third-longest active streak in the nation behind only Michigan (19) and New Hampshire (nine).
~It is the 24th all-time NCAA appearance for the Fighting Sioux, who have a nation’s-best .678 postseason winning percentage (40-19).
~UND Against the Field: The Sioux are 4-4-2 against this year’s NCAA 16-team field: 2-0-0 vs. Bemidji State; 0-1-0 vs. Boston University; 1-1-0 vs. Cornell; 1-1-0 vs. Denver; and 0-2-1 vs. Minnesota Duluth.
~UND’s last action: The Fighting Sioux went 0-2 last weekend at the WCHA Final Five, losing 3-0 to eventual champion Minnesota Duluth in the semifinals on Friday and 4-1 to Wisconsin in Saturday’s third-place game.
It was the first time UND has ever gone 0-2 at the conference tournament. It also marked the first time the Sioux dropped back-to-back games since Dec. 27-28 at the Great Lakes Invitational in Detroit.
~The Sioux power-play went 0-for-14 last weekend at the conference tournament, going 0-for-5 Friday against UMD and 0-for-9 Saturday against UW. Saturday’s 0-for-9 performance against the Badgers represented UND’s most power-play chances without a goal this season.
~UND is 4-for-51 (7.8 percent) on the power-play over its last eight games.
I would say that the coaching staff and team needs to spend hrs and hrs on our PP. But I said that after the Wisconsin lost at the end of the year. Those numbers also didn't include all the SH goals we've given up on the PP in the last couple weeks. I'm nervous because our offense is basically non-existant (besides a decent showing with MT). Not including MT series the last 4 games we've scored 3 goals. How can any team expect to build on that? I'm not turning on our team, just concerned. Go sioux!
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