Who do we throw under the bus?!?

There has been a lot of discussion on who we should throw under the bus for this past weekend’s hiccup on defense… Face it our penalty kill and power play were not as good as they should be this past weekend and the UND Fighting Sioux gave up five goals on eleven Maverick power plays on the penalty kill this weekend, that's unacceptable.

The Fighting Sioux also gave up three shorthanded goals on the weekend which is also not very good and that needs to be fixed. It means the players are not taking care of their first responsibility, defense. Coming into the game the UNO Mavericks had not scored a shorthanded goal all season and they go away smiling by tripling their season total. The fact remains that hockey is a team sport and the blame should be squarely on "the Fighting Sioux Hockey Team and coaching staff" not on one player or two. I took the liberty of counting how many goals against each player had this past weekend. You're going to see some repeat names.

Sioux and Mavericks Game one

UNO 1 - 0 6x5 PP LL Joey Martin (6) (Rich Purslow, Eric Olimb) 11:43 NDK (-): Trupp 19 (1), Malone 22 (1), Genoway 5 (1), Blood 24 (1), Dell G32

UNO 2 - 0 5x6 SH Michael Young (1) (Matt Ambroz, Terry Broadhurst) 13:32 NDK (-): Trupp 19 (2), Malone 22 (2), Frattin 21 (1), Kristo 7 (1), Genoway 5 (2), Dell G32

UNO 3 - 1 6x5 PP Ryan Walters (7) (Bryce Aneloski, Johnnie Searfoss) 6:23 NDK: 24 Blood (2), Gregoire 17 (1), Knight 10 (1), Genoway 5 (3), Dell G32

UNO 4 - 1 6x4 PP Joey Martin (7) (Eric Olimb, Alex Hudson) 10:01 NDK: Gregiore 17 (2), MacWilliam 2 (1), Genoway 5 (4), Dell G32

UNO 5 - 1 6x5 PP EA GW Rich Purslow (7) (Eric Olimb, Joey Martin) 11:05 NDK (-): Ben Blood 24 (3), Chay Genoway 5 (5), Brad Malone 22 (3), Eidsness G31

UNO 6 - 1 6x4 PP Matt White (10) (Brock Montpetit, John Faulkner) 12:21 NDK (-): Trupp 19 (3), MacWilliam 2 (2), Genoway 5 (6), Eidsness G31

UNO 7 - 1 6x6 Brock Montpetit (6) (Michael Young, Zahn Raubenheimer) 14:06 NDK (-): Frattin 21 (2), Trupp 19 (4), Genoway 5 (7), Simpson 18 (1), Malone 22 (4), Eidness G31

UNO 8 - 4 6x6 HT Joey Martin (8) (Michael Young) 13:47 NDK (-): Blood 24 (4), Trupp 19 (5), Genoway 5 (8), Frattin 21 (3), Malone 22 (5), Eidsness G31

Sioux and Mavericks game two

UNO 1 - 0 5x6 SH Terry Broadhurst (7) (unassisted) 4:10 NDK (-): Frattin 21 (4), Trupp 19 (6), Genoway 5 (9), Hextall 26 (1), Malone 22 (6), Dell G32

UNO 2 - 3 5x6 SH Michael Young (2) (unassisted) 18:36 NDK (-): Trupp 19 (7), Frattin 21 (5), Genoway 5 (10), Malone 22 (7), Marto 25 (1), Dell G32