I would describe last night’s game as an old fashion ass whopping, the Fighting Sioux were beat in every aspect of the game, in the defensive zone they were turning the puck over and losing the races to loose pucks in both ends of the ice, the Fighting Sioux goaltending was brutal as neither goaltender looked like they had their head in the game, and the Sioux forwards play in the neutral zone was God awful.
Defense a strong point?
While defense is supposed to be a strong point of the 2010-2011 version of the UND Fighting Sioux the team looked like a big, slow, lumbering team. The experienced UND Fighting Sioux Defense were beat to the puck all night long and the Fighting Sioux defense looked like a bunch of road cones, the game film will not lie. I never thought I would see Chay Genoway (0-0-0 4/-3) get beat down the ice to the puck like he did against Maine Sophomore Forward Matt Mangene. That play kind of illustrated how the game went for the Sioux last night.
To be a fly on the wall next week
I would love to be able to watch practice this next week as the Sioux prepare for the Denver Pioneers, it should be all business after being blitzed by a hungrier Maine team. I would also have loved to be a fly on the wall after the first period of last night’s game and after the game. It sounds like UND Fighting Sioux head coach Dave Hakstol was not impressed with last night's effort.
“We stood around and watched a good team play well,” UND coach Dave Hakstol said. “Our feet weren’t moving. We weren’t sharp in any one part of our game. That’s it.”The Maine Black Bears that stood out for me last night were Junior Forward Brian Flynn (2g-0a-2pts), Junior Forward Gustav Nyquist (1g-1-2pts), Senior Forward Tanner House (1g-1a-2pts), Senior Forward Robby Dee (1g-1a-2pts), Sophomore Forward Joey Diamond (0g-2a-2pts), Junior Defenseman Will O’Neil (0g-1a-1pts) and Junior Forward Spencer Abbott (0g-2a-2pts), these guys skated around, through and over the Sioux defenders all night.
Would someone make a save please!
While I can’t tag all of the Maine goals on the Fighting Sioux goaltenders because the defense was brutal last night and looked like a bunch of pylons the Sioux goaltenders have to start making saves and playing better, because they were God awful last night, and they have less than impressive this season so far to date. That’s not saying that they haven’t played well in stretches they have to start making more saves at key times in the game. I have said this before and had my head taken off by Brad Eidsness admirers’/apologists'
(I want to preface this by saying have nothing against the kid) that goaltending is the weak link on this hockey team, Eidsness and Dell have to be better and they haven’t been very good at all this season and their numbers speak for themselves. Also, Chay Genoway is an awesome defensive defenseman and is great at getting the puck up ice but his blunders were obvious last night.
Here is a look at the goaltending numbers
Aaron Dell,(2-1-0) GAA 2.46 Save Percentage .881
Brad Eidsness, (1-0-1), GAA 4.46 Save Percentage .762
[Official Box Score]
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1st Period (20:00)
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MNE 1 - 0 6x6 LL Robby Dee (4) (Joey Diamond) 0:43
MNE (+): 7,39,10,5,3,G33 NDK (-): 3,10,25,17,26,G31
NDK-1 Jason Gregoire (2-Hitting from Behind) MNE 1x1 1:13
NDK-2 Chay Genoway (2-HITTING AFTER WHISTLE) 2:35
MNE-1 Kyle Beattie (2-HITTING AFTER WHISTLE) 2:35
MNE 2 - 0 6x5 PP Brian Flynn (2) (Adam Shemansky, Joey Diamond) 3:00
NDK: 3,19,22,25,G31
NDK-3 Andrew MacWilliam (5-CONTACT TO THE HEAD) (Served by Derek Rodwell) MNE 2x3 5:39
NDK-4 Andrew MacWilliam (10-Game Misconduct) 5:39 MNE 3 - 0 6x5 PP Brian Flynn (3) (Spencer Abbott, Gustav Nyquist) 9:37
MNE: 10,13,89,29,5,G33 NDK: 3,19,22,25,G31
NDK-5 Brad Malone (2-Holding) MNE 2x4 9:37
NDK 1 - 3 5x6 SH Derek Rodwell (2) (Danny Kristo) 10:50
NDK (+): 11,3,7,25,G32 MNE (-): 13,27,89,29,10,G33
NDK-6 Derek Rodwell (2-Elbowing) MNE 3x5 12:10
MNE 4 - 1 6x5 PP GW Will O'Neill (1) (Tanner House, Robby Dee) 12:16
MNE: 27,29,89,13,7,G33 NDK: 3,9,22,25,G32
MNE-2 Mark Nemec (2-O-INTERFERENCE) NDK 0x1 12:47
MNE 5 - 1 6x6 Gustav Nyquist (1) (unassisted) 16:38
MNE (+): 89,29,13,3,5,G33 NDK (-): 5,24,9,11,22,G32
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2nd Period (20:00)
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MNE 6 - 1 6x6 Kyle Beattie (2) (Matt Mangene, Mark Anthoine) 2:58
MNE (+): 21,57,24,6,27,G33 NDK (-): 4,5,9,11,27,G32
NDK-7 Derrick LaPoint (2-Elbowing) 4:32
NDK-8 Corban Knight (2-Unsportsmanlike Conduct) MNE 3x6 4:32
MNE-3 Joey Diamond (2-Unsportsmanlike Conduct) 4:32
MNE 7 - 1 6x6 Tanner House (4) (Spencer Abbott) 8:03
MNE (+): 29,13,4,44,89,G33 NDK (-): 3,5,19,21,22,G32
MNE-4 Tanner House (2-Tripping) NDK 1x2 14:51
NDK 2 - 7 6x5 PP Matt Frattin (6) (Brad Malone) 15:26
NDK: 21,22,4,19,26,G32 MNE: 57,24,3,5,G33
NDK-9 Derek Forbort (2-HITTING AFTER WHISTLE) MNE 3x7 18:24
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3rd Period (20:00)
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NDK-10 Brad Malone (2-Roughing) MNE 3x8 3:46
NDK 3 - 7 6x6 Brad Malone (2) (Corban Knight) 6:08
NDK (+): 22,8,10,24,25,G32 MNE (-): 24,57,44,4,26,G33
NDK-11 Michael Cichy (2-Boarding) MNE 3x9 6:29
NDK-12 Ben Blood (2-Cross-Checking) MNE 3x10 6:39
NDK-13 Danny Kristo (2-HITTING AFTER WHISTLE) 8:17
MNE-5 Tanner House (2-HITTING AFTER WHISTLE) 8:17
MNE-6 Robby Dee (2-HITTING AFTER WHISTLE) NDK 1x3 8:27
MNE-7 Matt Mangene (2-Hooking) NDK 1x4 10:38
MNE-8 Kyle Beattie (2-Tripping) NDK 1x5 13:23
NDK-14 Ben Blood (2-Roughing) 18:03
MNE-9 Mike Banwell (2-Roughing) 18:03
MNE-10 Mike Banwell (2-Elbowing) NDK 1x6 18:03
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End of Game
