Black Bears 4 Sioux 2 - Shooting yourself in the foot with style

I going to preface this blog post with the comment that the officials probably didn’t cost the Fighting Sioux the game(s) this weekend, however, the officiating in this series was brutal and very one sided almost to the point of being a joke. In fact Hockey East should be ashamed of themselves. Fighting Sioux hockey coach Dave Hakstol might want to think twice about traveling out east again if this is what the Sioux are going to face on the road, that being said, the Sioux looked at times this past weekend to be have been out coached and out played. This is not a team full of 9 – 10 freshman this is a veteran team that had it’s ass handed to them by a decent hockey team.

It's early in the season no need to panic 

I know it’s early and I would never abandon this Fighting Sioux team but what happened this weekend was unacceptable this should not be happening to the Fighting Sioux especially with the personnel that they have on this team. Also, there is no need to start the yearly campaign to fire Dave Hakstol. None the less, there were too many turnover and mental lapses at key times in the game. So with the sweep this weekend he Maine Black Bears have beaten the Fighting Sioux 4 games in a row that is unacceptable as well.

Some need to step it up

Again there is no reason to panic; however, certain players need to play with more disciplined and with a little more heart.  I came away this weekend as being unimpressed with the effort of the Fighting Sioux hockey team. Too many players took the weekend off and or failed to show up to play. It was apparent that Chay Genoway and Matt Frattin played their heart out but a few others were caught standing around watching the Maine Black Bears make plays. I do believe that the Sioux will come back next weekend and put out a good effort.

Check out the box scores and look at the links to the stats, it wasn't pretty tonight as well. The UND Fighting Sioux took five straight penalties and  a few of them were of the weak variety. The Maine Black Bears were tapping Aaron Dell's glove on every save but the Sioux players couldn't respond for fear of being put in the penalty box. Maine comes back to the Ralph for a series I believe next season or the season after and it will be interesting to see if the shoe was on the other foot how would Maine respond.

Frattin continues hot streak

Matt Frattin continues his torrid pace as he has scored 17 goals in 19 games, that is an impressive streak in my opinion, Frattin just seems so focused and driven and it appears that he is trying to lead by example and take the team on his back. Frattin was one of the few players that played hard all weekend and moved his feet.

[Box Score] and or [Live Stats]
Period 1 - No Scoring
Period 2
NDKM 1 - 0 Ben Blood Matt Frattin / Evan Trupp 13:25 EV
MAINE 1 - 1 Nyquist, Gustav Dee, Robby / Abbott, Spencer 16:04 PP
MAINE 1 - 2 Diamond, Joey Dee, Robby / Van Dyk, Josh 18:17 EV
Period 3
MAINE 1 - 3 Flynn, Brian Dimmen, Jeff 00:54 EV
MAINE 1 - 4 Abbott, Spencer O'Neill, Will / Nyquist, Gustav 06:39 PP
NDKM 2 - 4 Matt Frattin Evan Trupp 08:11 SH

PENALTIES

Period 1
NDKM Brock Nelson 2 DIVING 02:11
MAINE Leidermmark, Klas 2 O-INTERFERENCE 02:11
MAINE Beattie, Kyle 2 BOARDING 07:10
NDKM Brad Malone 2 HITTING FROM BEHIND 15:30
MAINE O'Neill, Will 2 ELBOWING 19:00
NDKM Matt Frattin 2 HOLDING 19:48
Period 2
NDKM Team 2 TOO MANY PLAYERS ON ICE 01:56
NDKM Dillon Simpson 2 INTERFERENCE 08:00
NDKM Brad Malone 2 HOOKING 15:58
NDKM Chay Genoway 2 HITTING AFTER WHISTLE 18:17
MAINE Nemec, Mark 2 HITTING AFTER WHISTLE 18:17
NDKM Andrew MacWilliam 2 HITTING AFTER WHISTLE 18:17
MAINE Diamond, Joey 2 HITTING AFTER WHISTLE 18:17
Period 3
MAINE Abbott, Spencer 2 HOOKING 03:21
NDKM Jason Gregoire 2 HOOKING 04:14
NDKM Ben Blood 2 SLASHING 04:51
NDKM Brad Malone 2 TRIPPING 06:20
NDKM Ben Blood 2 O-INTERFERENCE 11:23
MAINE Dimmen, Jeff 2 O-INTERFERENCE 13:15