Sioux 4 Gophers 1

Except for a fluky goal by Mark Alt in the first period the Sioux took it to the Gophers tonight and really didn't let them get “too much” sustained pressure in the Sioux defensive zone. The Sioux also punished the Gophers every chance they got and in the end the Gophers were looking not to get hit and at times avoided going into the corners to get the puck. Aaron Dell had a much better effort and made the stops when he had to. In the Defensive zone the Fighting Sioux cleared the rebounds out of the reach of the Gopher forwards and made the Gophers earn every inch they got in the offensive zone. It was not easy sledding for the Gophers and they don't like to play that kind of hockey.

In my opinion, it was a much better effort all the way around the ice tonight. The Fighting Sioux limited the number of stupid penalties taken and went 2/6 on the power play and didn’t allow a power player goal to the Gophers. Ironically, the Sioux and the Gophers had an even number of power plays on the weekend, that's 12 for each team, or 6 power plays a piece each night. The UND Fighting Sioux went 4/12 on the power play while Minnesota went 2/12.

Turnovers kill

In other end of the ice I thought that the Gophers turnovers would eventually came back to haunt the Minnesota Gophers, you can’t give the Sioux forwards chances in the slot and not pay for it eventually, the Fighting Sioux have too many talented forwards that know how to score goals. If you play with fire long enough you’re going to get burned, I don’t care how good your goaltender is… A Gopher fan called it on Twitter last night: “We can only make horseshit passes in front of our net for so long before you guys capitalize.” I went back and re-watched last night’s game on the NHL Network this afternoon and UND let a lot of opportunities go to waste, they should have won that game last night as well. Tonight that fortune changed and the Sioux forwards buried the puck when they had to.

Goon’s World

1.) Evan Trupp (1g-1a-2pts)
2.) Aaron Dell 1 gaa
3.) Brad Malone (1g-1a-2pts)

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