I never thought that I would beg to hear the Rug and Wooger on a Hockey broadcast but the Big Ten Networks crew they had for tonight's game was brutal, they didn't have a clue about the game of hockey. Seriously, if you broadcasting a hockey game you have to know the game of hockey. Listening to them was painful. Epic fail for the BTN broadcast crew, these guys were brutal and they get failing marks when it comes to conducting a hockey broadcast. I expect more from the Big Ten Network than this. When Kristo was chopped into the boards by Leddy, that was not a dive, Leddy should have been given a five minute major for his efforts.
Sister kissing in Minneapolis
I thought the Sioux and the Gophers were pretty equal in their play tonight. For the Fighting Sioux I thought their biggest problem was turnovers and the Sioux failed to get puck deep at crucial times. The two goals by Danny Kristo was amazing, the first goal was a laser.
Tomorrow night I think it is imperative that the Sioux defenseman cannot allow a player to just walk in and shoot the puck on net he has to be challenged but the defenseman, everyone needs to carry out their assignments. If you can’t get the puck out of the zone by carrying it out of the ice it must be shot out of the zone.
Tonight while watching the broadcast tonight was one of the few nights that I saw Dave Hakstol show any emotion on the bench, most of the times Coach Hakstol is really stoic and subdued on the bench. There were a few times tonight that I saw him get disgusted with his teams play on the ice, one time I saw him point to the bench in front of him and mouth this is where you’re going to be if you do that again. While I am not disappointed with a tie I know they can do better.
[Box Score]
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1st Period (20:00)
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NDK-1 Brad Malone (2-Tripping) MIN 0x1 0:51
NDK-2 Andrew MacWilliam (2-Interference) MIN 0x2 8:18
NDK 1 - 0 6x6 Danny Kristo (7) (Evan Trupp, Jake Marto) 15:56
NDK (+): 7,19,25,4,22,G31 MIN (-): 11,18,16,28,10,G33
MIN-1 Jacob Cepis (2-Roughing) NDK 0x1 16:35
NDK-3 Ben Blood (2-Holding) MIN 1x3 20:00
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2nd Period (20:00)
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MIN 1 - 1 6x5 PP Jordan Schroeder (5) (Zach Budish, Cade Fairchild) 0:53
MIN: 19,24,28,11,17,G33 NDK: 2,3,17,7,G31
MIN 2 - 1 6x6 Patrick White (6) (Ryan Flynn, Cade Fairchild) 2:38
MIN (+): 7,22,28,23,10,G33 NDK (-): 11,8,20,22,18,G31
MIN-2 Jacob Cepis (2-Cross-Checking) NDK 0x2 6:47
NDK 2 - 2 6x6 Danny Kristo (8) (Joe Gleason, Derrick LaPoint) 13:24
NDK (+): 7,20,3,22,9,G31 MIN (-): 7,18,11,28,10,G33
NDK-4 BENCH (2-Too Many Players) (Served by David Toews) MIN 1x4 18:16
MIN-3 Aaron Ness (2-Hooking) NDK 0x3 19:55
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3rd Period (20:00)
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NDK 3 - 2 6x6 Brad Malone (6) (Evan Trupp, Derrick LaPoint) 6:37
NDK (+): 22,19,3,7,25,G31 MIN (-): 21,12,13,10,28,G33
MIN 3 - 3 6x6 GT Jacob Cepis (3) (Jordan Schroeder, Zach Budish) 17:56
MIN (+): 17,19,24,20,5,G33 NDK (-): 17,29,21,2,24,G31
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Overtime (5:00)
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MIN-4 Nick Leddy (2-Cross
The Sioux spent the last half of the third period in the "prevent" defense, which, as in football, prevents a win. If they'd have been playing like they were down a goal, they'd have come out of there with two points.
ReplyDeleteThe television shots of the benches between the end of the game and the overtime period were revealing, the Gophers were energized and excited, the Sioux were demoralized and exhausted. They were lucky to get out of there with a tie.
I thought UND could have moved their feet more and I am sick and tired of seeing the defensive shell game, the Sioux don't have the goaltender to steal a game.
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