Sioux smoke Bisons 7-1.

Tonight was one of the first times in a long time that I missed a home Fighting Sioux hockey game and watched the game at home on my television. I was out hunting this weekend and had planned on staying out at the shack through Monday so I gave my tickets away. After getting rained on nonstop all weekend and having the rain make most of my hunting choices impassable and a muddy mess I decided to come home early. So tonight I watched the game at home. None the less I was impressed with what I saw tonight.

While the Sioux were rusty and a maybe little sloppy in all three zones of the ice they displayed a lot speed and offensive creativity. It appears that UND is going to roll 3 - 4 forward lines this season and wear out opponents. I predict that UND will be well balanced on offense and defense. On offense the Sioux will have a combination of grit and speed. Defensively, UND will have a combination of stay at home rugged defenseman (Fienhage , Blood, MacWilliam ) and well as the offensive minded carry the puck up ice and make plays offensively (Genoway, LaPoint, Marto) defenders .

+PLUS+

Andrew MacWilliam is a monster and I can’t wait to see him in this season, it will fun to see how he responds against the Golden Gophers in a few weeks.

Ben Blood has really improved and is going to be a stalwart on defense.

Chay Genoway is going to be one of the top offensive defenseman in the Nation this season. Start the Chay Genoway for Hobey Baker campaign.

Michael Cichy and Danny Kristo appear to be a good as advertised.

This is a very talented team and the freshman have a lot of talent and are very skilled. Hakstol and Company are going to have some tough line up decision to make each week.
[Box Score]

1st Period (20:00)

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MTB-1 Chad Erb (2-Cross-Checking) NDK 0x1 0:56
MTB-2 Troy Crowley (2-Cross-Checking) NDK 0x2 4:39
MTB-3 Chad Erb (2-Tripping) NDK 0x3 9:25
NDK-1 Danny Kristo (2-Hooking) MTB 0x1 10:58
MTB 1 - 0 6x6 David Brown (Rick Wood) 13:48
MTB (+): 28,27,20,9,11,G34 NDK (-): 24,5,11,15,27,G31
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2nd Period (20:00)
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MTB-4 Greg Beller (2-Hooking) NDK 0x4 3:46
NDK 1 - 1 6x6 Danny Kristo (Chris VandeVelde, Jason Gregoire) 11:23
NDK (+): 7,29,17,3,25,G31 MTB (-): 18,20,16,28,23,G34
NDK-2 Chay Genoway (2-Cross-Checking) MTB 0x2 14:17
NDK-3 Chay Genoway (2-Holding) MTB 0x3 19:07
MTB-5 Tyler Dittmer (2-Holding) NDK 1x5 19:52
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3rd Period (20:00)
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NDK 2 - 1 5x5 GW LL Jake Marto (Evan Trupp, Brad Malone) 0:21
NDK (+): 25,19,22,3,G32 MTB (-): 16,19,4,2,G34
NDK 3 - 1 6x5 PP Jason Gregoire (Chris VandeVelde, Chay Genoway) 1:28
NDK: 17,29,5,7,26,G32 MTB: 21,4,5,19,G34
NDK 4 - 1 6x6 Mario Lamoureux (unassisted) 5:34
NDK (+): 9,10,8,4,2,G32 MTB (-): 10,19,21,4,5,G34
MTB-6 Jared Walker (2-Hooking) NDK 2x6 11:13
MTB-7 Rick Wood (2-Interference) NDK 2x7 11:49
NDK 5 - 1 6x4 PP Chay Genoway (Danny Kristo, David Toews) 12:40
NDK: 5,7,18,17,29,G32 MTB: 21,4,20,G34
NDK-4 Corey Fienhage (2-Hooking) MTB 0x4 14:04
MTB-8 Tyler Dittmer (2-Hooking) 15:05
MTB-9 Jared Walker (10-Misconduct) 15:05
NDK-5 Ben Blood (2-Roughing) 15:05
NDK-6 Brad Malone (10-Misconduct) 15:05
NDK-7 Ben Blood (10-Misconduct) 15:05
NDK-8 Ben Blood (2-Roughing) MTB 0x5 15:05
NDK 6 - 1 6x6 Michael Cichy (David Toews, Joe Gleason) 17:28
NDK (+): 8,18,20,9,5,G32 MTB (-): 10,4,19,21,5,G34
NDK 7 - 1 6x6 Brett Hextall (Carter Rowney) 18:28
NDK (+): 26,27,20,3,15,G32 MTB (-): 2,26,9,21,12,G34
MTB-10 Troy Crowley (2-Roughing) 18:59
MTB-11 Troy Crowley (2-Roughing) 18:59
MTB-12 Troy Crowley (10-Misconduct) 18:59
NDK-9 Andrew MacWilliam (2-Roughing) 18:59
NDK-10 Andrew MacWilliam (2-Roughing) 18:59
NDK-11 Andrew MacWilliam (10-Misconduct) 18:59
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End of Game