Sunday rewind - Goals

Here are the highlights from yesterday's game. I don’t know there wasn’t a lot to be happy about and it was a disappointing end to a pretty good season. I thought UND played good for 20 minutes and that is not a good recipe to advance in a one and done tourney.

What the UND Fighting Sioux didn’t do yesterday

The Fighting Sioux turned the puck over time after time in critical situations and you can’t do that against a speed team like Yale.

The Sioux failed to get pucks deep all game long and it cost them a few times. The Sioux didn't also get a chance to cycle the puck and set up in the offensive zone.

The Fighting Sioux defenders let the man go and the Yale players dance around in the slot all afternoon and that can’t happen if you want to win a hockey game.

The second and third goals were brutal and Brad Eidsness needs to be better and cover his short side post. Also, someone needs to work with him on not over playing pucks coming off the back wall.

Lastly, when the Fighting Sioux were going to go on a 5 on 3 and Jason Gregoire checks the Yale player from behind, that was a horrible move by Gregoire, it cost the Fighting Sioux a 5 on 3 power play and there was no reason to hit that guy from behind. Yeah I do think the Yale player dove.

Comments are on moderation

You might have noticed that comments have been put on moderation until further notice; a couple of trolls have ruined it for everyone. Some trolls have shown up to beat their chest after UND lost to Yale. Most of these trolls that are beating their chest are fans of teams that were eliminated long ago.

No matter how you slice it UND had a decent season, they won the Final Five from the Thursday play in game, a feat only accomplished one other time before, the year before by the UMD Bulldogs. The Fighting Sioux made the NCAA tourney a feat that six other teams in the WCHA didn't accomplish. We could have been a team that was hosting a regional that didn't make the tourney. UND almost got a number one seed after being in 6th place in the WCHA with about a month and a half to go in the season. The Fighting Sioux were one of the youngest teams in the WCHA this season so no matter how you slice it they will be a force to be reckoned with next year. I would say that the Fighting Sioux might have over achieved this year. Does it hurt that our team went out and had another epic fail in the first round to an ECAC team. Sure it does. Losing sucks, in any sport. It sucks even more if your team is from the University of New Hampshire and you are processing the loss to RIT this morning. Good for the Yale Bulldogs good for RIT.

I stand by anything that I have written on this blog or anyone of the others bloggers that write for this blog. I mean seriously some people need to get a grip. I don’t have to let you post objectionable stuff me or the other writers on this blog. Like Redwing77 said the other day this is a Fighting Sioux fan blog and it’s written for Fighting Sioux fans, there is no God given right to come on here and act like an ass.

Personally I still would love to see round two of the UND and Yale match up, I think 8/10 times the Sioux win that game. Good for Yale they won; congrats to them, however, they still are going to have a very tough time getting past Boston College today. Anything can happen in a one and done hockey tourney. Yale caught a rundown Fighting Sioux hockey team. Also, good for RIT, they finally won two out of conference match after going 0-6 during the regular season.

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