Undisciplined effort
The Fighting Sioux came out and for the first period and a decided that they were going to take a bunch of untimely, undisciplined and knuckle headed penalties. You can not continue to give a team like DU a bunch of power plays because eventually they will figure it out.
Not time to panic yet
This is the best start of Hakstol era at 7-3-1, last year at this time the Fighting Sioux were an unimpressive 4-7-1 and went on to win the WCHA regular season title. Never-the-less, if the Fighting Sioux play like this next week against the Miami RedHawks it could be an embarrassing and painful experience. The Fighting Sioux need to regroup and at least get a tie out of tonight’s game.
Put on notice
Finally, there are a few players that are not playing to their full potential. One might say that they are passengers so far this season and need to step it up. Again I realize that it's early in the season but there is an expectation when a player puts on that uniform.
• Sophomore Jason Gregoire 5g-0a-5pts in 11 games, he needs to step it up and start putting some points on the board.
• Freshman Michael Cichy 1g-2a-3pts in 9 games, he needs to step it up as well he hasn’t had a point since the 10th of October.
[Box Score]
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1st Period (20:00)
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NDK-1 Mario Lamoureux (2-Roughing) 2:07
DEN-1 Chris Nutini (2-Roughing) 2:07
DEN-2 Jesse Martin (2-Hooking) NDK 0x1 6:08
DEN-3 Matt Donovan (2-Cross-Checking) NDK 0x2 7:14
NDK-2 Mario Lamoureux (2-Holding) DEN 0x1 12:51
DEN-4 John Ryder (2-Holding the Stick) NDK 0x3 15:42
NDK-3 Evan Trupp (2-Slashing) DEN 0x2 19:45
NDK-4 Brad Malone (2-Roughing) 20:00
DEN-5 Joe Colborne (2-Roughing) 20:00
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2nd Period (20:00)
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NDK-5 Corey Fienhage (2-Interference) DEN 0x3 5:03
NDK-6 Andrew MacWilliam (2-Holding) DEN 0x4 7:27
NDK-7 Evan Trupp (2-Hooking) DEN 1x5 9:15
DEN 1 - 0 6x5 PP GW LL Drew Shore (3) (Joe Colborne, Anthony Maiani) 10:07
DEN: 23,12,16,14,24,G1 NDK: 17,24,29,25,G31
DEN-6 John Lee (2-Holding) NDK 0x4 14:09
NDK-8 Ben Blood (2-Roughing) 19:07
NDK-9 Brett Hextall (2-Cross-Checking) DEN 1x6 19:07
DEN-7 Joe Colborne (2-Roughing) 19:07
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3rd Period (20:00)
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DEN-8 John Lee (2-Tripping) NDK 0x5 6:02
NDK-10 Chris VandeVelde (2-Hooking) DEN 1x7 6:26
DEN-9 Brandon Vossberg (2-Boarding) NDK 0x6 15:42
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End of Game
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A guy is On Notice on RWD if he has not had a point in 4 games.
ReplyDeleteGwoz came out onto the ice at the end of the first period.
ReplyDeleteResult: DU got 5 straight power plays in the second period, including the game winner.
Cheverie and Denver are for real. With him him the lineup, they are a favorite to win every night, home or away regardless who they are playing. Without him, they're just a decent WCHA team like everyone else. To have 5 shutouts already is astonishing.
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