If I had to describe last night’s game, I would also use the words penalty feast. Both teams beat a path to the penalty box. I was thinking they might have to oil the doors on both penalty boxes at Lawson Ice Arena, this is due to all of the use that they got last night.
It’s ridiculous.
Don
Cherry of Hockey Night in Canada once said, “Fans don’t come to the game to
watch the officials call a game, the fans come to the game to watch the players
play a hockey game.”
There
seems to be a correlation between the number of penalties called, and head of
officials Don Adam attending a NCHC hockey game. Last weekend, Don Adam
was in the Ralph Engelstad Arena press box and there were a high number of
penalties called last weekend as well.
Western
Michigan took nine minor penalties for 18-minutes and North Dakota took 10
minor penalties for 20-minutes. UND was 2/7 on the power-play and Western
Michigan was 0/7. To date, Western Michigan has yet to score a power-play goal
in league play. The Broncos are 0/24 on the power-play in NCHC play. UND on the
other hand is 8/38 (21.1).
Links of Interest
Some
Saturday morning tidbits on the @UNDMHockey travel blog
Grand
Forks Herald: UND grinds out 3-2 victory over Western Michigan
WMU
hockey team unable to finish scoring chances in 3-2loss to North Dakota
Johnson
emergence a good sign for UND
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