Sioux 4 Buckeyes 1

What a difference a week makes. The Sioux and Buckeyes decided the game on the ice and there wasn’t a ridiculous parade to the penalty box like last weekend in Denver. Last night the Fighting Sioux beat the tOSU Buckeyes 4-1 in the first game of the Subway Holiday Classic before a crowd of 11,251. This was one of those games that could have been very disastrous for the Fighting Sioux; OSU is a decent team but not a great team. This is also the same team that beat DU 4-0. The Buckeyes have a lot of young players with good upside, in my opinion Zac Dalpe is one of the better forwards in the CCHA and is leading the CCHA in points with (7g-7a-14pts). Their goalie Justin Carlson had a good game last night and made a lot of good saves. The Sioux could have blown this thing open if it wasn’t for his effort between the pipes .

+Positives+

I was impressed with the Fighting Sioux effort last night the defense is starting to adjust without Chay Genoway being in the lineup and I thought Corey Fienhage has made some strides forward after sitting out the first 9 games.

Brad Eidsness continues to be solid between the pipes for the Fighting Sioux. With the win Eidsness improved to (7-3-1 GAA 1.6323 and .931SV%) I have seen a lot of improvement in his game this season and I think he will only get better with experience.

Evan Trupp (4g-8a-12pts) who had two assists in last night’s game is becoming the player many thought he was capable of being. This kid has a lot of offensive creativity and is very exciting when he is killing penalties with Brad Malone.

Number one Miami up next for the Fighting Sioux

The task at hand tonight is not simple, however Miami is not unbeatable and I think UND can beat Miami tonight. Make no mistakes about it the Miami RedHawks are a good hockey team; they have a great defense and some good offensive players up front. The RedHawks have had trouble scoring goals and the Sioux are going to need to get a lead on them early. The Sioux are going to need to get on top of them with a furious fore-check. The Fighting Sioux cannot let up and no one can take shifts off or have players doing their own thing.

[Box Score]
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1st Period (20:00)
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OSU-1 Chris Reed (2-Hooking) NDK 0x1 6:59
NDK-1 Brett Hextall (2-Hooking) OSU 0x1 11:13

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2nd Period (20:00)
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NDK 1 - 0 6x6 LL Darcy Zajac (3) (Corey Fienhage, Brett Bruneteau) 4:30
NDK (+): 11,4,13,20,9,G31 OSU (-): 11,16,27,20,3,G41
OSU-2 Kyle Reed (2-Tripping) NDK 0x2 10:24
NDK-2 Brad Malone (2-High-Sticking) OSU 0x2 14:22
NDK-3 Andrew MacWilliam (2-Tripping) OSU 0x3 16:20

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3rd Period (20:00)
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NDK 2 - 0 6x6 GW Brad Malone (2) (Evan Trupp, Derrick LaPoint) 4:24
NDK (+): 22,19,18,4,20,G31 OSU (-): 15,10,21,8,17,G41
OSU-3 Sergio Somma (2-Tripping) NDK 0x3 6:04
OSU 1 - 2 6x6 Zac Dalpe (9) (Peter Boyd, Sergio Somma) 8:18
OSU (+): 19,26,44,12,27,G41 NDK (-): 25,3,17,29,26,G31
NDK 3 - 1 6x6 Danny Kristo (3) (Chris VandeVelde, Jason Gregoire) 11:25
NDK (+): 7,29,17,20,4,G31 OSU (-): 20,12,27,11,16,G41
OSU-4 Matt Bartkowski (2-Tripping) NDK 1x4 13:12
NDK 4 - 1 6x5 PP Brett Hextall (3) (Jake Marto, Evan Trupp) 13:49
NDK: 26,25,19,7,22,G31 OSU: 20,17,11,21,G41
NDK-4 BENCH (2-Too Many Players) (Served by Brett Bruneteau) OSU 0x4 17:02

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End of Game
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