AHA
Mercyhurst 3 at Connecticut 4 OT
Canisius 3 at Holy Cross 2 OT
Sacred Heart 0 at Air Force 4
American Int'l 1 at RIT 5
CCHA
Bowling Green 1 at Michigan 4
Ferris State 1 at Western Michigan 3
Alaska 1 at Miami 4
Lake Superior 4 at Notre Dame 3
ECAC
Quinnipiac 1 at Cornell 0
Harvard 1 at Dartmouth 2 OT
St. Lawrence 2 at Yale 5
Colgate 4 at Union 2
Hockey East
Vermont 3 at New Hampshire 4
Massachusetts 2 at Boston College 4
Maine 2 at Merrimack 6
WCHA
St. Cloud State 2 at Minnesota Duluth 3 3OT [Box Scores]
Bemidji State 3 at Nebraska-Omaha 2 [Box Scores]
Minnesota State 2 at Denver 3 OT [Box Scores]
Michigan Tech 1 at North Dakota 3 [Box Scores]
Wisconsin 3 at Colorado College 4 OT [Box Scores]
Alaska Anchorage 2 at Minnesota 0 [Box Scores]
Analysis - There were some amazing story lines emerging from last night’s college hockey games. Three games went to overtime... The Minnesota Golden Gophers, MTU Huskies, SCSU Huskies, MSUM Mavericks all had their season ended and will not play in the Final Five or the NCAA tourney. UNO after losing to the "pesky Beavers" is on the “bubble” of making the NCAA tourney, however, I think the UNO Mavericks will make the NCAA tourney baring some unforeseen wild finishes in the other leagues, like a 11 or 12 seed winning a conference tourney.
St. Cloud State 2 vs. Minnesota Duluth 3 3OT – I really expected this series to go another way, The Huskies owned an impressive 4-0-2 the last six games against UMD and after the SCSU Huskies had beaten the UMD Bulldogs 8-2 I really though that the SCSU Huskies would push the Bulldogs to the "brink" in this series. Nope! That result didn't happen. The win didn't come easy as the UMD Bulldogs needed three overtimes to beat the SCSU Huskies as Mike Connolly scored at the 1:13 mark of the third overtime to send the UMD Bulldogs to the Final Five. [Rink and Run], [SCSU Times]
Bemidji State 3 vs. Nebraska-Omaha 2 – The UNO Mavericks out shot the BSU Beavers 91-37 on the weekend but still ended up losing the series in two games. In talking to someone that watched the game in Omaha, BSU goalie Dan Bakala was nothing short of amazing this weekend and the difference in both games. Maverick fans will be watching the score board and the PWR/RPI this next week after the series loss to the BSU Beavers. The Mavericks are currently sitting in 12th of the PWR and should make the NCAA playoffs baring an unforeseen meltdown.
To quote a sports cliché this is why we play the games folks, there are no sure things in life and there are no give me’s in college hockey. Also, the games aren’t played on paper, the higher seed doesn’t always win the series. That’s life! That's WCHA hockey. I know there are some people in Omaha that are upset by the Beavers winning the series against the Mavericks but if you know anything about the BSU Beavers (I have followed them for years), they are team known for beating teams with better records, just ask Notre Dame and Cornell, shall we call the BSU Beavers giant killers?
The Beavers have been known to build their team from the goaltender out and add skilled smallish forwards with speed that play a high energy game and as the fans in Omaha found out Beaver goalie Dan Bakala is an awesome goaltender add the Beavers forward line of Matt Read, Ian Lowe and Jordan George and the BSU Beavers are a pretty good hockey team.
Seriously!!! I watched the Miami RedHawks outshoot the Beavers last season at the Ralph only to watch the Beavers win the game, the Beavers are intimidated by no one and the RedHawks were highly favored in this game. You have to play 60 minutes of hockey. I also believe that you have to give credit where credit is due; Beavers head coach Tom Serratore is a good hockey coach and gets the most out of his players. The Beavers resemble their coach they are small, they are intense and they're a hard working team. UNO went 0-5-1 against the Beavers and they were the only team that the Mavericks didn’t beat this season. [Up North Sports], [Omaha.com]
Minnesota State 2 vs. Denver 3 OT – The MSUM Mavericks blew another lead and lost another game in the third period after leading to the DU Pioneers. Actually, the MSU-M Mavericks have led the DU Pioneers in the last four games they played against the Pioneers, only to watch the Pioneers beat the Mavericks, talk about "ground hog day." I am sure the coaching staff has to be scratching their heads after watching their team go 0-3-1 in aforementioned games. Jason Zucker scored at the 1:29 mark of the first overtime to send the DU Pioneers to the Final Five in St. Paul, Minnesota. [Puckato], [Denver Post]
Michigan Tech 1 vs. North Dakota 3 – The Fighting Sioux won the game 3-1 in an uneventful, listless and relatively boring (insert your adjective) hockey game, that lacked any emotion. Hobey Baker hopeful Matt Frattin scored his 33 goal of the year on an empty net at the 19:54 mark of the third period to seal the game for the Fighting Sioux. Last night’s game was the first time that MTU had led in a game against the Fighting Sioux this season as MTU forward Ryan Furne scored at the 6:15 mark of the first period. UND Fighting Sioux junior forward Brett Hextall scored the equalizer at the 3:33 mark of the second period, new comer Fighting Sioux freshman forward Tyler Dicken scored his first career goal 2:01 minutes later and the Fighting Sioux never looked back.
The goal in the waning moments of the third period by Frattin brought everyone that wasn’t standing to their feet. After the game the Fighting Sioux were presented the MacNaughton Cup at center ice for winning the regular season championship, the celebration was very subdued as the team didn’t even want to touch the MacNaughton Cup. The guys didn't actually touch the cup from what I can see and they looked like they didn’t even want to be around the historic MacNaughton cup. Incidentally, the last three teams to win the cup have lost their first round game in the NCAA tourney. [Fighting Sioux], [USCHO], [UND Hockey Blog], [Grand Forks Herald]
Wisconsin 3 vs. Colorado College 4 OT – The C.C. Tigers need a goal from Scott Winkler at the 16:31 mark of the third period to force overtime and then got a goal from super freshman Jaden Schwartz at the 5:48 mark of the third period to extend the Tigers season. Game three is this evening at 8:07 pm central. [Madison.com], [Eye of the Tigers]
Alaska Anchorage 2 vs. Minnesota 0 – Gopher Fans are already marching on the campus of the University of Minnesota with rakes and pitchforks after their team failed to make the Final Five for a second consecutive season in a row, I don’t think even Doug Woog managed to miss the WCHA Final Five two season in a row.
This will be the third consecutive season in a row that the Gophers have missed the NCAA tourney as well… Gopher fans known for their sense of entitlement are fed up with head coach Don Lucia, a man that Gopher fans once praised not so long ago as being the second coming of Jesus Christ after Lucia’s team had won back to back NCAA titles in 2001-2002 and 2002 –2003.
My how the mighty have fallen, the Gophers have gone from the penthouse to the outhouse in eight short years, Gopher Nation has officially turned on their head hockey coach and they are jumping off Lucia’s bandwagon. Grab a bag of popcorn and a soda and watch Gopher fans are now in full meltdown mode on Gopher Puck Live, Star Tribune and USCHO, it’s almost comedic. Gopher fans are angry and they want blood and they want it now!!! Minneapolis and Saint Paul Police are patrolling the bridges in the Metro area and Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton has signed an executive order making it a criminal offense to be caught walking on a bridges this week because of fears that distraught Gopher fans will jump off.
Now it’s not tough to put this into perspective, I come from a fan base that wants to fire the head coach of a team that has never had a losing season in his seven years as coach. Mind you, this is the same head coach that has led his teams to the Frozen Four, albeit and they lost in all four (finshing second in one and third three times) and after an 8-4 loss to the UNO Mavericks which are led by former Fighting Sioux head coach Dean Blais; some Sioux fans wanted Dave Hakstol fired. But I digress…
I get it and I can see why the Gopher fans are upset with the way things are, the Minnesota Gophers hockey program has had a relatively successful division one college hockey program that was looked at in the 1980-1990’s and early 2000’s as being the bench mark of college hockey in the WCHA and the college hockey world. None-the-less, I also don’t think it’s an understatement to say that the University of Minnesota Golden Gopher hockey team has all the advantages that the other four division one teams in the state of Minnesota don’t have (BSU, UMD, MSU-M, SCSU), they have an awesome television package with FSN, the Gophers for the most part have a fawning/adoring metro media and the Golden Gophers have all of the advantages afforded to them because they're Big Ten school to boot, these advantages include the Minnesota Rule at the Final Five. That "Minnesota Rule" means jack today. The Gophers also get the first pick of the best blue chip Minnesota hockey players that play on the USDT team in Ann Arbor, Michigan before any other team in Minnesota gets a look.
Here's the problem, the Gopher hockey program never had any respect for their opponent this past weekend, and the Gophers showed it when their players make clueless comments like this, "We knew we had to get in the dirty areas. We knew that we are a better team than they are and we didn't take advantage of it [Friday]." Really! The Gophers are the better team? I wonder how Jake Hansen surmised that. It doesn’t appear to be a true statement. I doubt that the UAA Seawolves were impressed with the Gophers 19 NHL draft choices or the fact that half of their team was made up of blue chip athletes the Gopher coach staff got the first pick of. Who's smiling now?
It’s also comments like this from the beat writers that breath contempt from the opposing fan bases, check it out, “Mickey Spencer, a fourth-line winger for Alaska Anchorage, broke a scoreless tie with a breakaway goal early in the third period. And that's all the Seawolves and Chris Kamal, their freshman goalie, really needed.” Who cares what line Spencer plays on?
The fact remains that the Gophers got beat by a hungrier team that wanted it more. Its teams that play strong fundamental hockey that win college hockey games. The Seawolves got good goaltending from a Chris Camel and blocked 24 shots and the Gophers didn’t score. Season over. [Star Tribune], [Kare 11], [Delusions of Grandeur]
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Sunday, March 13, 2011
Saturday, January 15, 2011
College Hockey Scores from 1-14-2011
Friday, January 14
AHA
Army 1 at Air Force 5
Bentley 1 at RIT 4
Connecticut 1 at Robert Morris 3
Holy Cross 1 at Mercyhurst 3
Niagara 3 at American Int'l 2
CCHA
Alaska 1 at Notre Dame 2
Bowling Green 1 at Miami 5
Ferris State 2 at Michigan 3
Ohio State 2 at Western Michigan 4
Michigan State 4 at Lake Superior 0
EZAC
Rensselaer 1 at Cornell 5
Union 2 at Colgate 1
Hockey East
Massachusetts 5 at UMass Lowell 4
Vermont 3 at Northeastern 1
Providence 3 at Maine 4 OT
WCHA
Bemidji State 2 at Nebraska-Omaha 2 OT
Denver 4 at Minnesota State 4 OT
Minnesota 3 at North Dakota 2
Wisconsin 0 at Minnesota Duluth 2
Colorado College 1 at Alaska Anchorage 4
Non-Conference
St. Lawrence 4 at Michigan Tech 4 OT
Merrimack 5 vs Alab-Huntsville 4
Analysis – BSU 2 and UNO 2 – The BSU Beavers have taken five of six points against the UNO Mavericks so far this season and since the UNO Mavericks played the Fighting Sioux in Omaha the UNO Mavericks have come back to earth going 3-5-1. The Beavers on the other hand have gone 5-3-1 since the month of December. [Box Score], [BSU beat writer], [UNO beat writer]
Denver 4 and Minnesota State 4 OT – The Minnesota State Mavericks have been on a bit of a tear as of late losing only to the UND Fighting Sioux and have gone an amazing 8-2-1 since being swept by Denver back in November, losing only to the Fighting Sioux. The Pioneers had to score with 1:16 left to force overtime. [Box Score]
Minnesota 3 and North Dakota 2 – Old Time Fighting Sioux hockey A legal hard check by Brad Malone on Kevin Wehrs and a reaction to the hit by the Golden Gophers hockey team set off a near Donny Brook at center ice at the end of the second period but when order was restored the two teams played hockey the Minnesota Golden Gophers hung on by the skin of their teeth and won on a power play goal by Nico Sacchetti in the third period, yeah say that name 15 times really fast. [Box Score], [UND Hockey Blog], [Goal Gophers],[fan comments from Star and Trib article],[USCHO Arena Reporter]
Wisconsin 0 and Minnesota Duluth 2 – The UMD Bulldogs beat the Badgers for the third time this season and if my math is correct the Wisconsin Badgers have a record of 0-6-2 against ranked teams. [Box Score], [UMD beat writer], [60 minutes. No Alibis. No Regrets]
Colorado College 1 and Alaska Anchorage 4 – This was the first game the UAA Seawolves had played in five weeks according to the post game interview with UAA head coach Dave Shyiak and the Seawolves made it count with a 4-1 win against the Tigers. The Seawolves went 3 for 3 on the power play. This was the 4th game between UAA and C.C. this season and the rubber game is tonight.
With the win the Seawolves are 4 points out of 6th place (top six get home ice) and UAA very possibly could get home ice if they keep up their winning ways. I don’t think anyone wants to go up to Anchorage to play the Seawolves in the first round of the WCHA playoffs. [Box Score]
St. Lawrence 4 and Michigan Tech 4 OT – The MTU Huskies have had a miserable season and haven’t won a game in sixteen games pushed the streak to 17 games, got the tie against a St Lawrence in Houghton, Michigan. [Box Score]
AHA
Army 1 at Air Force 5
Bentley 1 at RIT 4
Connecticut 1 at Robert Morris 3
Holy Cross 1 at Mercyhurst 3
Niagara 3 at American Int'l 2
CCHA
Alaska 1 at Notre Dame 2
Bowling Green 1 at Miami 5
Ferris State 2 at Michigan 3
Ohio State 2 at Western Michigan 4
Michigan State 4 at Lake Superior 0
EZAC
Rensselaer 1 at Cornell 5
Union 2 at Colgate 1
Hockey East
Massachusetts 5 at UMass Lowell 4
Vermont 3 at Northeastern 1
Providence 3 at Maine 4 OT
WCHA
Bemidji State 2 at Nebraska-Omaha 2 OT
Denver 4 at Minnesota State 4 OT
Minnesota 3 at North Dakota 2
Wisconsin 0 at Minnesota Duluth 2
Colorado College 1 at Alaska Anchorage 4
Non-Conference
St. Lawrence 4 at Michigan Tech 4 OT
Merrimack 5 vs Alab-Huntsville 4
Analysis – BSU 2 and UNO 2 – The BSU Beavers have taken five of six points against the UNO Mavericks so far this season and since the UNO Mavericks played the Fighting Sioux in Omaha the UNO Mavericks have come back to earth going 3-5-1. The Beavers on the other hand have gone 5-3-1 since the month of December. [Box Score], [BSU beat writer], [UNO beat writer]
Denver 4 and Minnesota State 4 OT – The Minnesota State Mavericks have been on a bit of a tear as of late losing only to the UND Fighting Sioux and have gone an amazing 8-2-1 since being swept by Denver back in November, losing only to the Fighting Sioux. The Pioneers had to score with 1:16 left to force overtime. [Box Score]
Minnesota 3 and North Dakota 2 – Old Time Fighting Sioux hockey A legal hard check by Brad Malone on Kevin Wehrs and a reaction to the hit by the Golden Gophers hockey team set off a near Donny Brook at center ice at the end of the second period but when order was restored the two teams played hockey the Minnesota Golden Gophers hung on by the skin of their teeth and won on a power play goal by Nico Sacchetti in the third period, yeah say that name 15 times really fast. [Box Score], [UND Hockey Blog], [Goal Gophers],[fan comments from Star and Trib article],[USCHO Arena Reporter]
Wisconsin 0 and Minnesota Duluth 2 – The UMD Bulldogs beat the Badgers for the third time this season and if my math is correct the Wisconsin Badgers have a record of 0-6-2 against ranked teams. [Box Score], [UMD beat writer], [60 minutes. No Alibis. No Regrets]
Colorado College 1 and Alaska Anchorage 4 – This was the first game the UAA Seawolves had played in five weeks according to the post game interview with UAA head coach Dave Shyiak and the Seawolves made it count with a 4-1 win against the Tigers. The Seawolves went 3 for 3 on the power play. This was the 4th game between UAA and C.C. this season and the rubber game is tonight.
With the win the Seawolves are 4 points out of 6th place (top six get home ice) and UAA very possibly could get home ice if they keep up their winning ways. I don’t think anyone wants to go up to Anchorage to play the Seawolves in the first round of the WCHA playoffs. [Box Score]
St. Lawrence 4 and Michigan Tech 4 OT – The MTU Huskies have had a miserable season and haven’t won a game in sixteen games pushed the streak to 17 games, got the tie against a St Lawrence in Houghton, Michigan. [Box Score]
Saturday, November 27, 2010
College Hockey scores from 11/26/2010
Friday, November 26
Alaska 3 at Ohio State 3 OT
Boston College 3 at Merrimack 5
Alab-Huntsville 1 vs Bowling Green 5
Clarkson 1 vs Air Force 2
Connecticut 5 at Rensselaer 6
Dartmouth 8 at Harvard 2
Minnesota State 8 at UMass Lowell 3
American Int'l 5 at Mercyhurst 2
Niagara 4 at Army 1
Northeastern 2 at Vermont 2 OT
Sacred Heart 1 at RIT 6
Michigan 4 at Wisconsin 4 OT
Michigan State 5 at Minnesota 2
Miami 2 at Western Michigan 5
Lake Superior 3 at Denver 6
Alaska Anchorage 4 at Colorado College 3 OT
Notre Dame 3 at North Dakota 6
Northern Michigan 4 at Bemidji State 0
Analysis – The WCHA went 2-2-1 in non conference play against the CCHA last night.
Northern Michigan University 4 Bemidji State University 0 – NMU goalie Reid Ellingson stopped 37 shots in a shutout win against the home standing BSU Beavers. It was the first shutout of the season for the junior goalie. [BSU Beat Writer Blog]
North Dakota 6 Notre Dame 3 – Junior forward Jason Gregoire had two goals and an assist, to pace the Sioux to an impressive 6-3 non conference win. Also noteworthy; sophomore forward Corbin Knight had a strong night chipping in a goal and an assist. Fighting Sioux goalie Aaron Dell probably solidified his grasp on the starting position as he continued his solid play between the pipes. The sophomore goalie stopped 24 of 27 shots and also stoned Notre Dame forward Ben Ryan on a breakaway in the second period. With the win Aaron Dell improved his record to 8-4-0 on the season. [UND beat writer blog]- [South Bend Tribune]
Alaska Anchorage 4 Colorado College 3 OT – Alaska Anchorage forward Tommy Grant scored his fourth goal of the season at the 3:50 mark of overtime to pace the Seawolves to a conference win against the Colorado College Tigers in the Colorado Springs. With the win the Seawolves vaulted into a tie with the SCSU Tigers for 7th place in the WCHA.
Denver University 6 Lake Superior State University 3 – The Denver Pioneers won their 5th game in a row in front of a half empty building as the Denver University students are out on Christmas break until after the first of the year. Sophomore center Drew Shore had three goals and an assist to pace the Pioneers to the win against the CCHA foe. Check out this work from the Denver Post. If I was the coach of the Denver Pioneers I would call the Denver Post and ask that Terry Frei not cover the Pioneers again. Check it out.
Michigan 4 Wisconsin 4 OT – The Wisconsin Badgers come from behind to tie the Michigan Wolverines 4-4 in the Kohl Center. With the Tie the Badgers stop a 0-4-0 streak. With the tie last night the Wisconsin Badgers have not won a game in overtime since 2007, breaking it down further that means that the Wisconsin Badgers are now 0-8-18 in extra hockey since 2007. Sixty Minutes, No Alibis, No Regrets has covered this subject extensively. Badgers goalie Brett Bennett stopped 28 shots in net securing the tie for the Badgers. The Wisconsin Badgers have been 9-6-1 in the college hockey show case under Mike Eaves. The Badgers opted out of the college hockey show case to play more non conference games against Michigan, Michigan State and Ohio State. [Wisconsin beat writer] - [Game Story]
Alaska 3 at Ohio State 3 OT
Boston College 3 at Merrimack 5
Alab-Huntsville 1 vs Bowling Green 5
Clarkson 1 vs Air Force 2
Connecticut 5 at Rensselaer 6
Dartmouth 8 at Harvard 2
Minnesota State 8 at UMass Lowell 3
American Int'l 5 at Mercyhurst 2
Niagara 4 at Army 1
Northeastern 2 at Vermont 2 OT
Sacred Heart 1 at RIT 6
Michigan 4 at Wisconsin 4 OT
Michigan State 5 at Minnesota 2
Miami 2 at Western Michigan 5
Lake Superior 3 at Denver 6
Alaska Anchorage 4 at Colorado College 3 OT
Notre Dame 3 at North Dakota 6
Northern Michigan 4 at Bemidji State 0
Analysis – The WCHA went 2-2-1 in non conference play against the CCHA last night.
Northern Michigan University 4 Bemidji State University 0 – NMU goalie Reid Ellingson stopped 37 shots in a shutout win against the home standing BSU Beavers. It was the first shutout of the season for the junior goalie. [BSU Beat Writer Blog]
North Dakota 6 Notre Dame 3 – Junior forward Jason Gregoire had two goals and an assist, to pace the Sioux to an impressive 6-3 non conference win. Also noteworthy; sophomore forward Corbin Knight had a strong night chipping in a goal and an assist. Fighting Sioux goalie Aaron Dell probably solidified his grasp on the starting position as he continued his solid play between the pipes. The sophomore goalie stopped 24 of 27 shots and also stoned Notre Dame forward Ben Ryan on a breakaway in the second period. With the win Aaron Dell improved his record to 8-4-0 on the season. [UND beat writer blog]- [South Bend Tribune]
Alaska Anchorage 4 Colorado College 3 OT – Alaska Anchorage forward Tommy Grant scored his fourth goal of the season at the 3:50 mark of overtime to pace the Seawolves to a conference win against the Colorado College Tigers in the Colorado Springs. With the win the Seawolves vaulted into a tie with the SCSU Tigers for 7th place in the WCHA.
Denver University 6 Lake Superior State University 3 – The Denver Pioneers won their 5th game in a row in front of a half empty building as the Denver University students are out on Christmas break until after the first of the year. Sophomore center Drew Shore had three goals and an assist to pace the Pioneers to the win against the CCHA foe. Check out this work from the Denver Post. If I was the coach of the Denver Pioneers I would call the Denver Post and ask that Terry Frei not cover the Pioneers again. Check it out.
With the University of Denver students out of school until after the New Year, Magness Arena on Friday was perhaps half-filled for the first night of the Denver Cup Classic and much more subdued than usual for Pioneer hockey.Michigan State 5 Minnesota 2 – The Minnesota not so Golden Gophers were unimpressive in their final College Hockey Show Case game against Michigan State University. With the win the Michigan State University Spartans broke an unimpressive 0-4-5 skid against the Gophers in the College Hockey Show Case. Kent Patterson started in net for the Gophers gave up three goals and then he was replaced by senior goalie Alex Kangas. The Gophers play the Michigan Wolverines on Sunday night. The game will be on BTN. [Goal Gophers] - [Gopher Puck Live]
Amid the relatively quiet atmosphere, center Drew Shore had three goals and an assist and much-touted freshman winger Beau Bennett had a goal and an assist as the Pioneers stretched their winning streak to five games with a lackluster 6-3 victory over Lake Superior State of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. [read the whole article here]
Michigan 4 Wisconsin 4 OT – The Wisconsin Badgers come from behind to tie the Michigan Wolverines 4-4 in the Kohl Center. With the Tie the Badgers stop a 0-4-0 streak. With the tie last night the Wisconsin Badgers have not won a game in overtime since 2007, breaking it down further that means that the Wisconsin Badgers are now 0-8-18 in extra hockey since 2007. Sixty Minutes, No Alibis, No Regrets has covered this subject extensively. Badgers goalie Brett Bennett stopped 28 shots in net securing the tie for the Badgers. The Wisconsin Badgers have been 9-6-1 in the college hockey show case under Mike Eaves. The Badgers opted out of the college hockey show case to play more non conference games against Michigan, Michigan State and Ohio State. [Wisconsin beat writer] - [Game Story]
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Scores from 11/19/2010
Friday, November 19
AHA
Air Force 1 at Canisius 1 OT
American Int'l 3 at Army 9
Connecticut 2 at Bentley 3
Holy Cross 7 at Sacred Heart 2
Mercyhurst 3 at Robert Morris 1
RIT 1 at Niagara 4
ECAC
Brown 5 at Colgate 2
Dartmouth 0 at Quinnipiac 2
Harvard 0 at Princeton 1
Yale 4 at Cornell 2
HOCKEY EAST
Boston University 2 at New Hampshire 5
Merrimack 4 at UMass Lowell 3
Maine 0 at Boston College 4
Northeastern 3 at Providence 3 OT
CCHA
Miami 4 at Bowling Green 3
Western Michigan 1 at Ferris State 3
Lake Superior 2 at Michigan 7
Michigan State 2 at Notre Dame 6
Northern Michigan 1 at Alaska 1 OT
WCHA
Minnesota 6 at Michigan Tech 4
Minnesota Duluth 6 at Wisconsin 5 OT
St. Cloud State 2 at Alaska Anchorage 3 OT
Bemidji State 1 at Denver 3
North Dakota 6 at Nebraska-Omaha 5
Analysis
Bulldogs 6 Badgers 5 O.T. - Last night the Badgers and the Bulldogs played in a wild one as both teams goalies forgot to show up for the game. The game then ended with a horrid blown call and lot of controversy, one must speculate that WCHA official’sbuffoons Brian Thul and Tim Walsh are going to be getting a call from Gregg Shepherd and possibly a reprimand/suspension from the WCHA. Here is what Coach Eaves had to say in the post game presser. s/t Andy Baggot.
I caught the end of the game in question and it wasn’t pretty. Here is what happened: the Bulldogs forward Mike Connolly blatantly tripped a Badger defenseman Jake Gardiner player in the Badger defensive zone causing a turnover which the loose puck was picked up by Bulldog Defenseman Dylan Olson and passed to Bulldog forward Travis Oleksuk who then smartly put the puck between the legs of Badger goaliesieve Brett Bennett.
I know it’s easy to bag on the officials, yes they do have a tough job, but as an on ice official you have to call Mike Connelly for a trip on that play. A rookie ref in the house league up in Canada could make that call without too much trouble. Seriously, every week there is another controversial call that cost a team the game and makes the refs look like a bunch of bumbling buffoons, which have no business officiating intramural broomball at the high school level. While some will say that you can’t blame the refs for the loss, I am going to say that I disagree, if the refs make the correct call maybe the game ends in a tie.
I don’t think it’s unreasonable for the fans, teams and players to expect the WCHA officials to at least be competent and be able to officiate a hockey game without screwing it up on a weekly basis. One could make the argument that the Badger’s goalie didn’t stop the puck, but the play should have been called dead when the Bulldog forward touched the puck. The thing that really makes the official look bad was after the game I am sure they realized that they had blown the call so they decided to review the goal and see if there was anyway that they could wave the goal off.
I mean you have to give double kudos for the Bulldog players for continuing the play and scoring the goal in overtime as the Bulldogs continue to get the bounces in overtime.
Denver 3 Bemidji State 1 – I was able to watch the last two periods of the BSU and DU game on Fox College Sports and the Denver University Freshman goalie Sam Brittain was awesome in net for the Denver Pioneers again. In a season where the goaltending in the WCHA hasn’t been all that great, the Pioneers for the most part have found their replacement for Chevy in net.
Alaska Anchorage 3 St. Cloud State 2 OT – The hockey blogger from Delusions of Grandeur must have soiled himself after his beloved UAA Seawolves beat the SCSU Huskies in a midnight hockey game up in Anchorage Alaska. UAA Mitch Bruijsten scored at the 3:34 mark of overtime. Mike Lee from SCSU took the loss in net for the Huskies and his record dropped to 3-4-1 on the season.
North Dakota 6 Nebraska-Omaha 5 – The Fighting Sioux won a game after being down going into the third period. Matt Frattin continued his torrid pace as he scored his 11th and 12 goals of the season and is now tied with Niagara University’s Paul Zanette, both players have 12 goals on the season. That was the 22nd goal in the last 25 games for Frattin.
The game was the first ever match up between the Mavericks and the Sioux. The Maverick’s top line of Broadhurst, Hudson and Ambroz had 5 points on the night. The line of Malone, Trupp and Nelson had 5 points on the night for the Fighting Sioux.
Every week Goal Gophers predicts the series results for each WCHA series, this week Roman's side kick Austin Cumblad from the Minnesota Daily picked the Mavericks to sweep the Sioux. UND is 3-0-0 so far the past two weeks when being picked to be swept by one of the Goal Gophers writers. Personally, I would like them to continue making those predictions. [Click to view the article in question.]
AHA
Air Force 1 at Canisius 1 OT
American Int'l 3 at Army 9
Connecticut 2 at Bentley 3
Holy Cross 7 at Sacred Heart 2
Mercyhurst 3 at Robert Morris 1
RIT 1 at Niagara 4
ECAC
Brown 5 at Colgate 2
Dartmouth 0 at Quinnipiac 2
Harvard 0 at Princeton 1
Yale 4 at Cornell 2
HOCKEY EAST
Boston University 2 at New Hampshire 5
Merrimack 4 at UMass Lowell 3
Maine 0 at Boston College 4
Northeastern 3 at Providence 3 OT
CCHA
Miami 4 at Bowling Green 3
Western Michigan 1 at Ferris State 3
Lake Superior 2 at Michigan 7
Michigan State 2 at Notre Dame 6
Northern Michigan 1 at Alaska 1 OT
WCHA
Minnesota 6 at Michigan Tech 4
Minnesota Duluth 6 at Wisconsin 5 OT
St. Cloud State 2 at Alaska Anchorage 3 OT
Bemidji State 1 at Denver 3
North Dakota 6 at Nebraska-Omaha 5
Analysis
Bulldogs 6 Badgers 5 O.T. - Last night the Badgers and the Bulldogs played in a wild one as both teams goalies forgot to show up for the game. The game then ended with a horrid blown call and lot of controversy, one must speculate that WCHA official’s
Referees Brian Thul and Tim Walsh took their time conferring with the goal judge before confirming the sequence. Eaves said the final moments of the game and the lengthy discussion amounted to “the strangest thing I’ve ever seen.”
“The referee in chief will clearly hear from us and that’s about all I’m going to say about this,” Eaves said, referring to WCHA supervisor of officials Greg Shepherd. [Read the rest of the article]
I caught the end of the game in question and it wasn’t pretty. Here is what happened: the Bulldogs forward Mike Connolly blatantly tripped a Badger defenseman Jake Gardiner player in the Badger defensive zone causing a turnover which the loose puck was picked up by Bulldog Defenseman Dylan Olson and passed to Bulldog forward Travis Oleksuk who then smartly put the puck between the legs of Badger goalie
I know it’s easy to bag on the officials, yes they do have a tough job, but as an on ice official you have to call Mike Connelly for a trip on that play. A rookie ref in the house league up in Canada could make that call without too much trouble. Seriously, every week there is another controversial call that cost a team the game and makes the refs look like a bunch of bumbling buffoons, which have no business officiating intramural broomball at the high school level. While some will say that you can’t blame the refs for the loss, I am going to say that I disagree, if the refs make the correct call maybe the game ends in a tie.
I don’t think it’s unreasonable for the fans, teams and players to expect the WCHA officials to at least be competent and be able to officiate a hockey game without screwing it up on a weekly basis. One could make the argument that the Badger’s goalie didn’t stop the puck, but the play should have been called dead when the Bulldog forward touched the puck. The thing that really makes the official look bad was after the game I am sure they realized that they had blown the call so they decided to review the goal and see if there was anyway that they could wave the goal off.
I mean you have to give double kudos for the Bulldog players for continuing the play and scoring the goal in overtime as the Bulldogs continue to get the bounces in overtime.
Denver 3 Bemidji State 1 – I was able to watch the last two periods of the BSU and DU game on Fox College Sports and the Denver University Freshman goalie Sam Brittain was awesome in net for the Denver Pioneers again. In a season where the goaltending in the WCHA hasn’t been all that great, the Pioneers for the most part have found their replacement for Chevy in net.
Alaska Anchorage 3 St. Cloud State 2 OT – The hockey blogger from Delusions of Grandeur must have soiled himself after his beloved UAA Seawolves beat the SCSU Huskies in a midnight hockey game up in Anchorage Alaska. UAA Mitch Bruijsten scored at the 3:34 mark of overtime. Mike Lee from SCSU took the loss in net for the Huskies and his record dropped to 3-4-1 on the season.
North Dakota 6 Nebraska-Omaha 5 – The Fighting Sioux won a game after being down going into the third period. Matt Frattin continued his torrid pace as he scored his 11th and 12 goals of the season and is now tied with Niagara University’s Paul Zanette, both players have 12 goals on the season. That was the 22nd goal in the last 25 games for Frattin.
The game was the first ever match up between the Mavericks and the Sioux. The Maverick’s top line of Broadhurst, Hudson and Ambroz had 5 points on the night. The line of Malone, Trupp and Nelson had 5 points on the night for the Fighting Sioux.
Every week Goal Gophers predicts the series results for each WCHA series, this week Roman's side kick Austin Cumblad from the Minnesota Daily picked the Mavericks to sweep the Sioux. UND is 3-0-0 so far the past two weeks when being picked to be swept by one of the Goal Gophers writers. Personally, I would like them to continue making those predictions. [Click to view the article in question.]
Austin: I remember it clearly, Roman. We were sitting in the press box at Moosh watching UNO bully the Gophers in a two-game sweep [early this season]. "How good are the Mavericks?" we both asked. Well, they're still unbeaten in the WCHA and ranked fourth in the country. We have our answer. UND was impressive against the Badgers last weekend; 16 shots allowed per game? Seriously? That's some defense. But, I'm going with the unbeaten team until it backfires, so I'll say ... UNO sweepsMinnesota 6 Michigan Tech 4 - Mike Hoeffel scored twice to lead the Minnesota Gophers to a 6-4 victory over the MTU Huskies. Apparently the crew at FSN doesn’t think it’s worth while going to Houghton, Michigan to see the game and broadcast it back to the fans in the Upper Midwest. The Gophers didn’t send their beat writer either.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Sister kissing in Grand Forks: Sioux 4 Tigers 4
I started this glorious day at Purpur Arena where I watched the first of three hockey game live today. First on the docket was the Central Knights as they beat the Fargo South Bruins 3-2. Then I drove over to the Ralph to watch the Fighting Sioux battled to a 4-4 tie with the scrappy Colorado College Tigers. Then we went to Whitey's where we had supper and then headed back to the Ralph to end the night watching the Red River Rough Riders do the unthinkable; Red River was out shot for the game but beat Bismarck 3-2. Red River goalie Cory Meland saved his best games for the last two games of high school career.
I am not a big fan of Fighting Sioux playing at 3:37 pm in the afternoon; however it's better than working. I know it’s a cliché but a bad day of hockey is better than a good day of work. Today I thought the Fighting Sioux looked a little sluggish against the Tigers in all three zones and were a step behind during the middle part of the game. I also think that is to be understood since they played in Anchorage last weekend and that trip takes a lot out of any hockey team.
Brad Eidsness was the difference in this hockey game today; Brad Eidsness made some huge saves at the right time. I remember at the beginning of the season some were questioning if the Sioux would have enough goaltending to contend for a title. I think those questions have been answered as the Fighting Sioux are closing in a WCHA regular season title. The one save that he made in the third period was absolutely amazing. Tomorrow afternoon the defense is going to have to tighten up and start getting ready for the playoffs. The team as a whole cannot be giving up odd man rushes and letting the opposition move into the offensive zone unchallenged.
As it stands right now the Fighting Sioux are one point behind Denver with two games in hand. Realistically that means UND has a possibility of 6 points and DU has a possible 2 points left. If the Fighting Sioux can get three more points they would at least tie for a league title. If the Fighting Sioux can get 4 points they can win a McNaughton Cup out right. That would be the first McNaughton Cup of Coach Hakstol’s tenure. The Fighting Sioux have not won a McNaughton Cup since 2004.
Box score
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1st Period (20:00)
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CC-1 Brian McMillin (2-Cross-Checking) NDK 0x1 8:20
NDK 1 - 0 6x6 Matt Watkins (6) (Andrew Kozek, Zach Jones) 10:56
NDK (+): 20,10,6,11,25,G31 CC (-): 7,18,16,26,10,G30
CC-2 Ryan Lowery (2-Tripping) NDK 0x2 12:18
NDK-1 Chris VandeVelde (2-Tripping) CC 0x1 12:36
CC 1 - 1 5x5 Mike Testwuide (4) (Matt Overman, Gabe Guentzel) 14:04
CC (+): 25,18,10,15,G30 NDK (-): 20,5,14,11,G31
NDK 2 - 1 6x6 Brett Hextall (10) (Ryan Duncan, Jason Gregoire) 14:58
NDK (+): 26,16,17,24,5,G31 CC (-): 22,4,2,14,15,G30
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2nd Period (20:00)
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NDK-2 Chay Genoway (2-Tripping) CC 1x2 2:44
CC 2 - 2 6x5 PP Chad Rau (15) (Bill Sweatt, Brian Connelly) 3:06
CC: 14,21,11,28,10,G30 NDK: 20,25,6,11,G31
CC-3 Jake Gannon (2-Cross-Checking) NDK 0x3 3:53
CC-4 Tyler Johnson (2-Roughing) 7:10
NDK-3 Jake Marto (2-Tripping) 7:10
NDK-4 Mario Lamoureux (2-Roughing) CC 1x3 7:10
CC-5 Nate Prosser (2-Cross-Checking) NDK 0x4 11:02
NDK-5 Chris VandeVelde (2-Interference) CC 1x4 12:33
CC 3 - 2 6x6 Bill Sweatt (12) (Gabe Guentzel, Chad Rau) 14:35
CC (+): 21,10,14,28,11,G30 NDK (-): 19,25,29,6,22,G31
CC-6 Tyler Johnson (2-Hooking) NDK 0x5 17:33
CC-7 Andreas Vlassopoulos (2-Roughing) 19:35
NDK-6 Jason Gregoire (2-Roughing) 19:35
NDK 3 - 3 5x5 Darcy Zajac (3) (Joe Finley, Chay Genoway) 19:54
NDK (+): 11,20,2,5,G31 CC (-): 11,14,25,24,G30
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3rd Period (20:00)
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NDK 4 - 3 6x6 Brett Hextall (11) (Brad Miller) 1:49
NDK (+): 26,14,16,17,24,G31 CC (-): 16,28,18,15,4,G30
NDK-7 Matt Frattin (2-Hooking) CC 1x5 7:29
CC-8 Mike Testwuide (2-Holding) NDK 0x6 7:42
CC 4 - 4 5x5 GT Chad Rau (16) (Eric Walsky, Gabe Guentzel) 7:59
CC (+): 14,10,7,22,G30 NDK (-): 16,17,2,5,G31
CC-9 Mike Testwuide (2-Hooking) NDK 0x7 13:05
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Overtime (5:00)
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Timeout - Colorado College 4:00
Timeout - North Dakota 4:20
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End of Game
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I am not a big fan of Fighting Sioux playing at 3:37 pm in the afternoon; however it's better than working. I know it’s a cliché but a bad day of hockey is better than a good day of work. Today I thought the Fighting Sioux looked a little sluggish against the Tigers in all three zones and were a step behind during the middle part of the game. I also think that is to be understood since they played in Anchorage last weekend and that trip takes a lot out of any hockey team.
Brad Eidsness was the difference in this hockey game today; Brad Eidsness made some huge saves at the right time. I remember at the beginning of the season some were questioning if the Sioux would have enough goaltending to contend for a title. I think those questions have been answered as the Fighting Sioux are closing in a WCHA regular season title. The one save that he made in the third period was absolutely amazing. Tomorrow afternoon the defense is going to have to tighten up and start getting ready for the playoffs. The team as a whole cannot be giving up odd man rushes and letting the opposition move into the offensive zone unchallenged.
As it stands right now the Fighting Sioux are one point behind Denver with two games in hand. Realistically that means UND has a possibility of 6 points and DU has a possible 2 points left. If the Fighting Sioux can get three more points they would at least tie for a league title. If the Fighting Sioux can get 4 points they can win a McNaughton Cup out right. That would be the first McNaughton Cup of Coach Hakstol’s tenure. The Fighting Sioux have not won a McNaughton Cup since 2004.
Box score
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1st Period (20:00)
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CC-1 Brian McMillin (2-Cross-Checking) NDK 0x1 8:20
NDK 1 - 0 6x6 Matt Watkins (6) (Andrew Kozek, Zach Jones) 10:56
NDK (+): 20,10,6,11,25,G31 CC (-): 7,18,16,26,10,G30
CC-2 Ryan Lowery (2-Tripping) NDK 0x2 12:18
NDK-1 Chris VandeVelde (2-Tripping) CC 0x1 12:36
CC 1 - 1 5x5 Mike Testwuide (4) (Matt Overman, Gabe Guentzel) 14:04
CC (+): 25,18,10,15,G30 NDK (-): 20,5,14,11,G31
NDK 2 - 1 6x6 Brett Hextall (10) (Ryan Duncan, Jason Gregoire) 14:58
NDK (+): 26,16,17,24,5,G31 CC (-): 22,4,2,14,15,G30
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2nd Period (20:00)
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NDK-2 Chay Genoway (2-Tripping) CC 1x2 2:44
CC 2 - 2 6x5 PP Chad Rau (15) (Bill Sweatt, Brian Connelly) 3:06
CC: 14,21,11,28,10,G30 NDK: 20,25,6,11,G31
CC-3 Jake Gannon (2-Cross-Checking) NDK 0x3 3:53
CC-4 Tyler Johnson (2-Roughing) 7:10
NDK-3 Jake Marto (2-Tripping) 7:10
NDK-4 Mario Lamoureux (2-Roughing) CC 1x3 7:10
CC-5 Nate Prosser (2-Cross-Checking) NDK 0x4 11:02
NDK-5 Chris VandeVelde (2-Interference) CC 1x4 12:33
CC 3 - 2 6x6 Bill Sweatt (12) (Gabe Guentzel, Chad Rau) 14:35
CC (+): 21,10,14,28,11,G30 NDK (-): 19,25,29,6,22,G31
CC-6 Tyler Johnson (2-Hooking) NDK 0x5 17:33
CC-7 Andreas Vlassopoulos (2-Roughing) 19:35
NDK-6 Jason Gregoire (2-Roughing) 19:35
NDK 3 - 3 5x5 Darcy Zajac (3) (Joe Finley, Chay Genoway) 19:54
NDK (+): 11,20,2,5,G31 CC (-): 11,14,25,24,G30
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3rd Period (20:00)
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NDK 4 - 3 6x6 Brett Hextall (11) (Brad Miller) 1:49
NDK (+): 26,14,16,17,24,G31 CC (-): 16,28,18,15,4,G30
NDK-7 Matt Frattin (2-Hooking) CC 1x5 7:29
CC-8 Mike Testwuide (2-Holding) NDK 0x6 7:42
CC 4 - 4 5x5 GT Chad Rau (16) (Eric Walsky, Gabe Guentzel) 7:59
CC (+): 14,10,7,22,G30 NDK (-): 16,17,2,5,G31
CC-9 Mike Testwuide (2-Hooking) NDK 0x7 13:05
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Overtime (5:00)
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Timeout - Colorado College 4:00
Timeout - North Dakota 4:20
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End of Game
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Sunday, December 14, 2008
Scores from Saturday night.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Atlantic Hockey
Mercyhurst 3 at RIT 5
Analysis
Yawn! Boring, I would rather watch paint dry.
CCHA
Bowling Green 3 at Notre Dame 4
Nebraska-Omaha 2 at Lake Superior 1
Analysis
Since going 9-2-1 the UNO Mavericks are 2-2-2. Back to reality folks, UNO is a middle of the road team. Notre Dame has not lost a game in two months and is unbeaten in 14 straight games. That is 12 wins and two shootout wins. 14-0-2
CHA
Robert Morris 0 at Niagara 3
WCHA
St. Cloud State 4 at North Dakota 7
Colorado College 1 at Minnesota 4
Michigan Tech 1 at Minnesota-Duluth 1 ot
Denver 5 at Minnesota State 2
Analysis
MTU with a tie the Huskies are 2-14-2. With the tie against the Huskies, Minnesota Duluth now has 5 ties this season in league play and 6 overall. Can we say time for a shootout in Division one hockey. Minnesota also has 5 ties over-all as well. Denver University is 9-4-1 and sitting in first place in the WCHA and has an over-all record of 13-5-1.
Non-Conference
Alabama-Huntsville 2 at Ferris State 5
Vermont 3 at St. Lawrence 4
Union 1 at Maine 5
Rensselaer 1 at Miami 3
Bentley 2 at Ohio State 3 ot
Exhibition
US Under-18 Team 2 at Northern Michigan 6
Atlantic Hockey
Mercyhurst 3 at RIT 5
Analysis
Yawn! Boring, I would rather watch paint dry.
CCHA
Bowling Green 3 at Notre Dame 4
Nebraska-Omaha 2 at Lake Superior 1
Analysis
Since going 9-2-1 the UNO Mavericks are 2-2-2. Back to reality folks, UNO is a middle of the road team. Notre Dame has not lost a game in two months and is unbeaten in 14 straight games. That is 12 wins and two shootout wins. 14-0-2
CHA
Robert Morris 0 at Niagara 3
WCHA
St. Cloud State 4 at North Dakota 7
Colorado College 1 at Minnesota 4
Michigan Tech 1 at Minnesota-Duluth 1 ot
Denver 5 at Minnesota State 2
Analysis
MTU with a tie the Huskies are 2-14-2. With the tie against the Huskies, Minnesota Duluth now has 5 ties this season in league play and 6 overall. Can we say time for a shootout in Division one hockey. Minnesota also has 5 ties over-all as well. Denver University is 9-4-1 and sitting in first place in the WCHA and has an over-all record of 13-5-1.
Non-Conference
Alabama-Huntsville 2 at Ferris State 5
Vermont 3 at St. Lawrence 4
Union 1 at Maine 5
Rensselaer 1 at Miami 3
Bentley 2 at Ohio State 3 ot
Exhibition
US Under-18 Team 2 at Northern Michigan 6
Saturday, December 13, 2008
We did it! Sioux sweep Huskies. 7-4
First off my daughter likes Dora and I was watching the show with her the other day so I haven't gone soft or lost my mind. Life is all about our kids.
I suppose the guys I sit with at the games aren't going to let me go anymore. I figure because the Sioux swept and I wasn't there the guy that sits two seats over is going to make a ruling that I am no longer allowed to go to the games. Nah, it isn't going to happen.
Oh well, one must count there blessing. Life isn't too bad I was able to watch the sun set on the Atlantic ocean. Then go back to my room and watch the games on the Sioux Extra. After looking at the weather forecast back home southern Georgia looks pretty good. It just doesn't feel like the Christmas season though, I went into a store and there was Christmas music but it feels like May or early June. I made the snide comment that it doesn't feel like Christmas without snow. This brought the stare of some snotty rich high society woman. This is coming from a guy wearing shorts when some were wearing parkas. I kid you not; on Jeykll Island today a young woman was wearing a parka. It's was 55 degrees out people. We drove by a golf course and there was no out there.
Lastly, how many of our friends in North Dakota were able to eat fresh craw fish, shrimp and crab legs preceded by raw oysters?
Game analysis
I am surprised to see Jase Weslosky give up as many goals as he did this weekend. I wonder if Weslosky is injured or just having a rough spot in his season? The Sioux have lost to Huskies once in the last 11 games and are 6-1-4 against them during that period.
The Brad Eidsness line 16 games played, record 9-5-1 GAA 2.72 SV% .909. Eidsness was ok this weekend but a little sloppy tonight after playing good last night. Eidsness needs to be sharper on his angles control his rebounds. In Brad's defense SCSU has a pretty dynamic line that can score at any moment. Ryan Lasch (3-13-16) and Garrett Roe (9-16-25) had one point between the both of them for the weekend. How do you like the Sioux defense now?
UND is 5-1-0 in the last six games and have beaten some decent hockey teams. If it wasn't for a bad call by an official UND could be unbeaten in 6 games. Will they finally crack the top 20 in USCHO and the INCH power rankings?
Offensive Sioux
The Fighting Sioux are starting to crank up the offense they have scored 24 goals during the month of December that is an average of 6 goals per game. The Sioux have scored 32 goals during their 5-1-0 run. That is an average of just over 5 goals per game. Sounds better than the 1.8 goals per game average.
Three Stars of the game
1.) Brad Miller 0-3-3 1/+1 (top scorer on the team)
2.) Brett Hextall 1-1-2 4/E (gritty, smart forward)
3.) Jake Marto 1-1-2 2/+1 (four points in the last four games)
Goals Scoring/Penalties Time
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1st Period (20:00)
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NDK 1 - 0 6x6 Ryan Duncan (7) (Andrew Kozek, Chay Genoway) 1:08
NDK (+): 16,10,5,3,29,G31 STC (-): 19,9,11,18,3,G33
STC 1 - 1 6x6 Garrett Raboin (6) (John Swanson, Aaron Marvin) 3:05
STC (+): 7,26,17,12,5,G33 NDK (-): 8,20,3,5,11,G31
NDK 2 - 1 6x6 LL Jake Marto (1) (Brett Hextall, Brad Malone) 3:57
NDK (+): 25,26,16,22,9,G31 STC (-): 2,19,9,11,6,G33
STC-1 Nick Oslund (2-Tripping) NDK 1x1 4:47
NDK 3 - 1 6x5 PP Chris VandeVelde (4) (Jake Marto, Brad Miller) 5:00
NDK: 29,25,14,26,16,G31 STC: 12,17,18,7,G33
NDK-1 Darcy Zajac (2-High-Sticking) STC 0x1 8:28
NDK 4 - 1 6x6 Darcy Zajac (2) (Matt Watkins, Ryan Martens) 11:33
NDK (+): 11,20,8,14,24,G31 STC (-): 18,21,22,3,8,G33
NDK-2 Andrew Kozek (2-Elbowing) STC 0x2 13:41
STC 2 - 4 6x6 Travis Novak (3) (Aaron Marvin) 17:08
STC (+): 12,17,18,3,26,G33 NDK (-): 22,9,14,26,24,G31
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2nd Period (20:00)
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NDK-3 Matt Frattin (2-Hooking) STC 0x3 3:27
STC-2 Garrett Roe (2-High-Sticking) NDK 1x2 4:31
STC-3 Nicholas Rioux (2-Hooking) NDK 1x3 8:53
STC 3 - 4 6x6 Brent Borgen (2) (Michael Olson, Sam Zabkowicz) 15:51
STC (+): 22,8,21,3,7,G41 NDK (-): 8,11,5,20,3,G31
STC-4 Nicholas Rioux (2-Holding) NDK 2x4 18:21
STC-5 Garrett Raboin (2-Hooking) NDK 2x5 18:56
NDK 5 - 3 6x4 PP GW Brett Hextall (6) (Chay Genoway, Brad Miller) 19:55
NDK: 26,5,14,16,29,G31 STC: 6,18,26,G41
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3rd Period (20:00)
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NDK-4 Chris VandeVelde (2-Hooking) STC 1x4 4:12
STC 4 - 5 6x5 PP Ryan Lasch (3) (John Swanson, Garrett Raboin) 5:17
STC: 19,26,7,11,9,G41 NDK: 25,6,16,22,G31
NDK 6 - 4 6x6 David Toews (3) (Jason Gregoire, Brad Miller) 5:59
NDK (+): 18,17,21,24,14,G31 STC (-): 21,5,18,8,22,G41
STC-6 Nicholas Rioux (2-Hooking) NDK 2x6 9:25
NDK-5 Mario Lamoureux (2-Cross-Checking) STC 1x5 13:10
NDK-6 Jason Gregoire (2-Interference) STC 1x6 15:43
NDK 7 - 4 6x6 EN Derrick LaPoint (1) (unassisted) 19:59
NDK (+): 29,3,16,10,5,G31 STC (-): 9,18,5,17,8,19
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End of Game
Saturday, December 06, 2008
Sioux sweep Harvard 4-3.
The Fighting Sioux finally get their first series sweep of the season against the Harvard Crimson.
First off this game was tough to watch. The two people calling the game for the Harvard broadcast were absolutely horrible. These two Skippy’s need to go to back and take remedial hockey 101 classes. These two guys in question were messing up basic hockey knowledge facts and it takes away from the hockey broadcast. Case in point, just because a player hits someone into the end boards, or side boards, as long as it isn’t result of a player taking more than three steps, or if the opposition player doesn’t chop his opponent face first into the boards, it is not a penalty. End of story. You can’t make up penalties (unless you are Don Adam) just because it was hard check. Now if the opposition player is checking a person that isn’t the puck carrier that is interference.
Second the officials for tonight’s game aren’t even to WCHA standards so they are God awful. To call a player for goalie interference that player would actually have to interfere with the goalie. Standing in front of him without making contact is not interference. That was a brutal call.
Positives from tonight's game
~Jake Marto was a +1 for the night and +2 on the weekend.
~David Toews had three points on the weekend and is now (2-3-5)on the season.
~Ryan Duncan had two points tonight (1-1-2) that makes three points on the weekend and (6-8-14) for the season.
~Senior Ryan Martens was solid all weekend and got another assist tonight to go along with six points last night. That gives Ryan Martens (5-6-11) points on the season eclipsing last season (1-9-10) point total.
~For the Brad Eidsness doubters; Brad Eidsness is now 7-5-1, has a GAA of 2.67 and a SV% of .911. I think we can say without a doubt that Eidsness is the starter. Eidsness is becoming the starter we thought he would be.
~Since losing the first three games of the season the Sioux are 7-5-1.
Box score
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1st Period (20:00)
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NDK-1 Chris VandeVelde (2-Tripping) HAR 1x1 0:33
NDK-2 Brad Malone (2-Hitting from Behind) HAR 1x2 1:50
HAR 1 - 0 6x4 PP Alex Killorn (3) (Michael Biega, Alex Biega) 2:07
HAR: 21,23,27,15,3,G34 NDK: 3,20,5,G31
HAR-1 Doug Rogers (2-Boarding) NDK 1x1 5:08
HAR-2 Pier-Olivier Michaud (2-High-Sticking) NDK 1x2 5:53
NDK 1 - 1 6x4 PP Ryan Duncan (6) (Brad Miller) 6:59
NDK: 16,14,29,26,5,G31 HAR: 9,7,28,G34
HAR-3 Chad Morin (2-Hooking) NDK 2x3 7:37
NDK 2 - 1 6x5 PP Chay Genoway (2) (Ryan Duncan, Chris VandeVelde) 7:53
NDK: 5,16,26,14,29,G31
NDK-3 Corey Fienhage (2-Hitting from Behind) HAR 1x3 9:21
NDK-4 Brad Malone (2-HITTING AFTER WHISTLE) HAR 1x4 11:38
NDK-5 Chris VandeVelde (10-Game Misconduct) 13:15
NDK-6 Chris VandeVelde (5-Hitting from Behind) (Served by Brent Davidson) HAR 1x5 13:15
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2nd Period (20:00)
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HAR-4 Alex Killorn (2-High-Sticking) NDK 2x4 2:24
HAR 2 - 2 6x6 Michael Del Mauro (2) (Chad Morin, Daniel Moriarty) 9:54
HAR (+): 7,11,27,28,13,G34 NDK (-): 16,26,10,14,6,G31
NDK-7 Brett Hextall (2-Interference) HAR 1x6 16:01
Timeout - Harvard 16:01
NDK-8 Brett Hextall (2-CONTACT TO THE HEAD) HAR 2x7 19:52
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3rd Period (20:00)
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HAR 3 - 2 6x5 PP Daniel Moriarty (2) (Pier-Olivier Michaud, Michael Biega) 0:08
HAR: 11,39,27,15,3,G34 NDK: 5,11,3,20,G31
NDK-9 BENCH (2-TOO MANY PLAYERS ON ICE) (Served by David Toews) HAR 2x8 1:20
HAR-5 Jimmy Fraser (2-Boarding) NDK 3x5 5:44
NDK 3 - 3 6x5 PP David Toews (2) (Ryan Martens, Jake Marto) 6:03
NDK: 18,8,25,20,21,G31 HAR: 28,7,12,39,G34
NDK 4 - 3 6x6 GW LL Matt Frattin (7) (Brad Malone, David Toews) 7:33
NDK (+): 21,25,18,4,22,G31 HAR (-): 7,11,13,27,28,G34
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End of Game
First off this game was tough to watch. The two people calling the game for the Harvard broadcast were absolutely horrible. These two Skippy’s need to go to back and take remedial hockey 101 classes. These two guys in question were messing up basic hockey knowledge facts and it takes away from the hockey broadcast. Case in point, just because a player hits someone into the end boards, or side boards, as long as it isn’t result of a player taking more than three steps, or if the opposition player doesn’t chop his opponent face first into the boards, it is not a penalty. End of story. You can’t make up penalties (unless you are Don Adam) just because it was hard check. Now if the opposition player is checking a person that isn’t the puck carrier that is interference.
Second the officials for tonight’s game aren’t even to WCHA standards so they are God awful. To call a player for goalie interference that player would actually have to interfere with the goalie. Standing in front of him without making contact is not interference. That was a brutal call.
Positives from tonight's game
~Jake Marto was a +1 for the night and +2 on the weekend.
~David Toews had three points on the weekend and is now (2-3-5)on the season.
~Ryan Duncan had two points tonight (1-1-2) that makes three points on the weekend and (6-8-14) for the season.
~Senior Ryan Martens was solid all weekend and got another assist tonight to go along with six points last night. That gives Ryan Martens (5-6-11) points on the season eclipsing last season (1-9-10) point total.
~For the Brad Eidsness doubters; Brad Eidsness is now 7-5-1, has a GAA of 2.67 and a SV% of .911. I think we can say without a doubt that Eidsness is the starter. Eidsness is becoming the starter we thought he would be.
~Since losing the first three games of the season the Sioux are 7-5-1.
Box score
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1st Period (20:00)
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NDK-1 Chris VandeVelde (2-Tripping) HAR 1x1 0:33
NDK-2 Brad Malone (2-Hitting from Behind) HAR 1x2 1:50
HAR 1 - 0 6x4 PP Alex Killorn (3) (Michael Biega, Alex Biega) 2:07
HAR: 21,23,27,15,3,G34 NDK: 3,20,5,G31
HAR-1 Doug Rogers (2-Boarding) NDK 1x1 5:08
HAR-2 Pier-Olivier Michaud (2-High-Sticking) NDK 1x2 5:53
NDK 1 - 1 6x4 PP Ryan Duncan (6) (Brad Miller) 6:59
NDK: 16,14,29,26,5,G31 HAR: 9,7,28,G34
HAR-3 Chad Morin (2-Hooking) NDK 2x3 7:37
NDK 2 - 1 6x5 PP Chay Genoway (2) (Ryan Duncan, Chris VandeVelde) 7:53
NDK: 5,16,26,14,29,G31
NDK-3 Corey Fienhage (2-Hitting from Behind) HAR 1x3 9:21
NDK-4 Brad Malone (2-HITTING AFTER WHISTLE) HAR 1x4 11:38
NDK-5 Chris VandeVelde (10-Game Misconduct) 13:15
NDK-6 Chris VandeVelde (5-Hitting from Behind) (Served by Brent Davidson) HAR 1x5 13:15
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2nd Period (20:00)
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HAR-4 Alex Killorn (2-High-Sticking) NDK 2x4 2:24
HAR 2 - 2 6x6 Michael Del Mauro (2) (Chad Morin, Daniel Moriarty) 9:54
HAR (+): 7,11,27,28,13,G34 NDK (-): 16,26,10,14,6,G31
NDK-7 Brett Hextall (2-Interference) HAR 1x6 16:01
Timeout - Harvard 16:01
NDK-8 Brett Hextall (2-CONTACT TO THE HEAD) HAR 2x7 19:52
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3rd Period (20:00)
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HAR 3 - 2 6x5 PP Daniel Moriarty (2) (Pier-Olivier Michaud, Michael Biega) 0:08
HAR: 11,39,27,15,3,G34 NDK: 5,11,3,20,G31
NDK-9 BENCH (2-TOO MANY PLAYERS ON ICE) (Served by David Toews) HAR 2x8 1:20
HAR-5 Jimmy Fraser (2-Boarding) NDK 3x5 5:44
NDK 3 - 3 6x5 PP David Toews (2) (Ryan Martens, Jake Marto) 6:03
NDK: 18,8,25,20,21,G31 HAR: 28,7,12,39,G34
NDK 4 - 3 6x6 GW LL Matt Frattin (7) (Brad Malone, David Toews) 7:33
NDK (+): 21,25,18,4,22,G31 HAR (-): 7,11,13,27,28,G34
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End of Game
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Sioux 1 Cornell 2.
I went to Fargo right after the game and Sioux7 hasn't joined the 21st century yet by getting the Internet at his house, so this is the first time I have been on line today. Maybe that is good because I don't need to have a stroke fussing about this hockey team.
What I have a hard time stomaching is this underachieving hockey team that is just short of disgracing the Fighting Sioux uniform. There is no sugar coating it folks, this team sucks and I blame the coaching staff for not having them ready to play the games. The Fighting Sioux look lost, disinterested and unprepared. We have upperclassmen players making fundamental mistakes 12 games into the season. That is from lack of concentration and focus.
Losing to a team from the ECAC is unacceptable. There is no one out there that can score on a consistent pace. The defense hasn't been bad and the goal tending is good enough to win, but the offense can't do anything but play dump and chase. The Sioux had a four goal lead on Friday night and they started trapping, what the hell is that? You're winning the game. Keep moving forward, keep trying to bury the puck, and gain some confidence.
The disallowed goal was a horseshit bleep call, but that isn't the reason the Sioux failed to win the game. They failed to put forth a good enough effort to win the game and let the Big Red set the tone and dictate what type of game the Sioux played. This is also unacceptable in our house.
Goals Scoring/Penalties Time
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1st Period (20:00)
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NDK-1 Andrew Kozek (2-Boarding) COR 0x1 5:44
COR-1 Joe Devin (2-Holding) NDK 0x1 5:57
NDK-2 Evan Trupp (2-Tripping) COR 0x2 12:54
COR-2 Blake Gallagher (2-Tripping) NDK 0x2 16:11
COR-3 Taylor Davenport (2-Cross-Checking) NDK 0x3 17:45
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2nd Period (20:00)
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COR-4 Dan Nicholls (2-Charging) NDK 0x4 8:47
NDK-3 Darcy Zajac (2-Interference) COR 0x3 12:34
COR-5 Joe Devin (2-Elbowing) NDK 0x5 14:18
COR 1 - 0 5x6 SH Michael Kennedy (3) (Jared Seminoff) 15:07
COR (+): 18,5,28,24,G30 NDK (-): 18,19,17,21,5,G31
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3rd Period (20:00)
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COR-6 Justin Krueger (2-Interference) NDK 0x6 3:19
COR-7 Joe Devin (2-Slashing) NDK 0x7 11:12
COR-8 Patrick Kennedy (2-Hooking) NDK 1x8 12:40
NDK 1 - 1 6x5 PP Brett Hextall (5) (Brad Miller, Chay Genoway) 14:37
NDK: 26,14,5,16,29,G31 COR: 2,27,9,5,G30
NDK-4 Zach Jones (2-Interference) COR 1x4 15:05
COR 2 - 1 6x5 PP GW LL Colin Greening (4) (Evan Barlow, Brendon Nash) 16:37
COR: 20,24,27,15,14,G30 NDK: 16,5,25,22,G31
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End of Game
What I have a hard time stomaching is this underachieving hockey team that is just short of disgracing the Fighting Sioux uniform. There is no sugar coating it folks, this team sucks and I blame the coaching staff for not having them ready to play the games. The Fighting Sioux look lost, disinterested and unprepared. We have upperclassmen players making fundamental mistakes 12 games into the season. That is from lack of concentration and focus.
Losing to a team from the ECAC is unacceptable. There is no one out there that can score on a consistent pace. The defense hasn't been bad and the goal tending is good enough to win, but the offense can't do anything but play dump and chase. The Sioux had a four goal lead on Friday night and they started trapping, what the hell is that? You're winning the game. Keep moving forward, keep trying to bury the puck, and gain some confidence.
The disallowed goal was a horse
Goals Scoring/Penalties Time
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1st Period (20:00)
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NDK-1 Andrew Kozek (2-Boarding) COR 0x1 5:44
COR-1 Joe Devin (2-Holding) NDK 0x1 5:57
NDK-2 Evan Trupp (2-Tripping) COR 0x2 12:54
COR-2 Blake Gallagher (2-Tripping) NDK 0x2 16:11
COR-3 Taylor Davenport (2-Cross-Checking) NDK 0x3 17:45
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2nd Period (20:00)
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COR-4 Dan Nicholls (2-Charging) NDK 0x4 8:47
NDK-3 Darcy Zajac (2-Interference) COR 0x3 12:34
COR-5 Joe Devin (2-Elbowing) NDK 0x5 14:18
COR 1 - 0 5x6 SH Michael Kennedy (3) (Jared Seminoff) 15:07
COR (+): 18,5,28,24,G30 NDK (-): 18,19,17,21,5,G31
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3rd Period (20:00)
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COR-6 Justin Krueger (2-Interference) NDK 0x6 3:19
COR-7 Joe Devin (2-Slashing) NDK 0x7 11:12
COR-8 Patrick Kennedy (2-Hooking) NDK 1x8 12:40
NDK 1 - 1 6x5 PP Brett Hextall (5) (Brad Miller, Chay Genoway) 14:37
NDK: 26,14,5,16,29,G31 COR: 2,27,9,5,G30
NDK-4 Zach Jones (2-Interference) COR 1x4 15:05
COR 2 - 1 6x5 PP GW LL Colin Greening (4) (Evan Barlow, Brendon Nash) 16:37
COR: 20,24,27,15,14,G30 NDK: 16,5,25,22,G31
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End of Game
Friday, November 28, 2008
Fighting Sioux chew up Big Red 7-3.
The Fighting Sioux got a much needed win against a quality opponent. Coming into this weekend the Sioux starving for offense. Tonight the Fighting Sioux feasted on the defensive minded Cornell Big Red and won going way 7-3.
All week long Sioux fans have had to hear about how bad UND's scoring prowess was, tonight the Sioux broke out of their scoring doldrums by hanging 7 goals on the top defensive team in the nation.
The Positives from tonights game
~ Four point games for Matt Frattin (3-1-4) and Evan Trupp (1-3-4)
~Brad Eidsness gets the win and makes some big saves to keep UND in the game.
~This is the most goals UND has scored since UND scored 8 against the UMD Bulldogs on 11/23/2007.
~UND was 3-7 on the power play.
~Chay Genoway with a four point game as well (1-3-4) (Brad has him listed with a 5 point game)
Goals Scoring/Penalties Time
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1st Period (20:00)
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COR 1 - 0 6x6 Locke Jillson (1) (Michael Kennedy, Jared Seminoff) 2:43
COR (+): 8,18,3,10,16,G30 NDK (-): 10,22,6,14,20,G31
NDK 1 - 1 6x6 Matt Frattin (3) (Chay Genoway, Evan Trupp) 3:55
NDK (+): 21,5,19,3,17,G31 COR (-): 22,27,12,7,2,G30
COR 2 - 1 6x6 Colin Greening (3) (Evan Barlow, Riley Nash) 6:28
COR (+): 15,20,14,24,3,G30 NDK (-): 16,29,3,26,5,G31
NDK-1 Ryan Duncan (2-Interference) COR 0x1 10:03
COR-1 Jared Seminoff (2-O-HOOKING) NDK 1x1 16:33
NDK 2 - 2 6x5 PP Ryan Martens (3) (Matt Frattin, Evan Trupp) 17:08
NDK: 8,21,19,5,17,G31 COR: 18,5,10,7,G30
NDK-2 Brad Miller (2-Interference) COR 0x2 17:26
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2nd Period (20:00)
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COR-2 Tyler Roeszler (2-Hooking) NDK 1x2 3:21
COR-3 Taylor Davenport (2-Boarding) NDK 2x3 5:15
COR-4 Brendon Nash (2-Holding) NDK 2x4 5:42
NDK 3 - 2 6x4 PP LL Ryan Duncan (5) (Brad Miller, Chay Genoway) 6:07
NDK: 5,14,16,8,29,G31 COR: 3,5,28,G30
NDK-3 Corey Fienhage (2-High-Sticking) COR 0x3 10:44
COR-5 Riley Nash (2-Tripping) NDK 2x5 12:03
NDK-4 Brett Hextall (2-Cross-Checking) COR 0x4 17:00
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3rd Period (20:00)
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NDK 4 - 2 6x6 GW Chay Genoway (1) (Chris VandeVelde) 0:51
NDK (+): 5,29,10,14,20,G31 COR (-): 8,10,24,18,3,G30
COR-6 Taylor Davenport (2-Hooking) NDK 2x6 2:09
COR 3 - 4 6x6 Riley Nash (3) (Brendon Nash, Justin Krueger) 4:47
COR (+): 14,24,5,15,22,G30 NDK (-): 10,20,22,3,5,G31
NDK 5 - 3 6x6 Matt Frattin (4) (Jason Gregoire) 7:17
NDK (+): 21,17,19,3,5,G31 COR (-): 27,15,5,22,2,G30
NDK 6 - 3 6x6 Evan Trupp (1) (Jason Gregoire) 15:01
NDK (+): 17,19,14,21,6,G31 COR (-): 27,12,7,22,5,G35
COR-7 Evan Barlow (2-Roughing) NDK 3x7 18:08
NDK 7 - 3 6x5 PP HT Matt Frattin (5) (Chay Genoway, Evan Trupp) 18:56
NDK: 21,5,19,25,17,G31 COR: 28,18,2,5,G35
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End of Game
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All week long Sioux fans have had to hear about how bad UND's scoring prowess was, tonight the Sioux broke out of their scoring doldrums by hanging 7 goals on the top defensive team in the nation.
The Positives from tonights game
~ Four point games for Matt Frattin (3-1-4) and Evan Trupp (1-3-4)
~Brad Eidsness gets the win and makes some big saves to keep UND in the game.
~This is the most goals UND has scored since UND scored 8 against the UMD Bulldogs on 11/23/2007.
~UND was 3-7 on the power play.
~Chay Genoway with a four point game as well (1-3-4) (Brad has him listed with a 5 point game)
Goals Scoring/Penalties Time
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1st Period (20:00)
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COR 1 - 0 6x6 Locke Jillson (1) (Michael Kennedy, Jared Seminoff) 2:43
COR (+): 8,18,3,10,16,G30 NDK (-): 10,22,6,14,20,G31
NDK 1 - 1 6x6 Matt Frattin (3) (Chay Genoway, Evan Trupp) 3:55
NDK (+): 21,5,19,3,17,G31 COR (-): 22,27,12,7,2,G30
COR 2 - 1 6x6 Colin Greening (3) (Evan Barlow, Riley Nash) 6:28
COR (+): 15,20,14,24,3,G30 NDK (-): 16,29,3,26,5,G31
NDK-1 Ryan Duncan (2-Interference) COR 0x1 10:03
COR-1 Jared Seminoff (2-O-HOOKING) NDK 1x1 16:33
NDK 2 - 2 6x5 PP Ryan Martens (3) (Matt Frattin, Evan Trupp) 17:08
NDK: 8,21,19,5,17,G31 COR: 18,5,10,7,G30
NDK-2 Brad Miller (2-Interference) COR 0x2 17:26
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2nd Period (20:00)
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COR-2 Tyler Roeszler (2-Hooking) NDK 1x2 3:21
COR-3 Taylor Davenport (2-Boarding) NDK 2x3 5:15
COR-4 Brendon Nash (2-Holding) NDK 2x4 5:42
NDK 3 - 2 6x4 PP LL Ryan Duncan (5) (Brad Miller, Chay Genoway) 6:07
NDK: 5,14,16,8,29,G31 COR: 3,5,28,G30
NDK-3 Corey Fienhage (2-High-Sticking) COR 0x3 10:44
COR-5 Riley Nash (2-Tripping) NDK 2x5 12:03
NDK-4 Brett Hextall (2-Cross-Checking) COR 0x4 17:00
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3rd Period (20:00)
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NDK 4 - 2 6x6 GW Chay Genoway (1) (Chris VandeVelde) 0:51
NDK (+): 5,29,10,14,20,G31 COR (-): 8,10,24,18,3,G30
COR-6 Taylor Davenport (2-Hooking) NDK 2x6 2:09
COR 3 - 4 6x6 Riley Nash (3) (Brendon Nash, Justin Krueger) 4:47
COR (+): 14,24,5,15,22,G30 NDK (-): 10,20,22,3,5,G31
NDK 5 - 3 6x6 Matt Frattin (4) (Jason Gregoire) 7:17
NDK (+): 21,17,19,3,5,G31 COR (-): 27,15,5,22,2,G30
NDK 6 - 3 6x6 Evan Trupp (1) (Jason Gregoire) 15:01
NDK (+): 17,19,14,21,6,G31 COR (-): 27,12,7,22,5,G35
COR-7 Evan Barlow (2-Roughing) NDK 3x7 18:08
NDK 7 - 3 6x5 PP HT Matt Frattin (5) (Chay Genoway, Evan Trupp) 18:56
NDK: 21,5,19,25,17,G31 COR: 28,18,2,5,G35
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End of Game
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Saturday, November 22, 2008
Sister kissing in Duluth: Sioux 2 Dogs 2
They say that ties in hockey feel like kissing your sister, I have no idea about that, however, 65 minutes of hockey solved nothing and both teams skated off the ice still tied. While this game ended in a tie, it had to be the better games that I have seen so far this season. End to end action and a lot of hard hitting.
Ties are worth one point and a lot of WCHA fans are cool with this result, however, this game would have been a perfect game to end with a shootout (they are measuring the ropes folks, I wonder if they can find a tree big enough). If this had been a CCHA game, it would have ended in a shootout. Both teams still would have gotten one point with the winner getting an additional point. While the shootout win would counted in the league standings, the shootout loss would have counted as a tie in the RPI/PWR rankings. No harm, no fowl; right?
The stars of the game in my opinion were the two goalies Brad Eidsness and Alex Stalock, both goalies played really well and held their teams in the game. I have said before Alex Stalock is a great goalie that doesn’t get as much love as he should when the end of the season awards are handed out.
For the people that are still hacking on Eidsness and saying he isn't very good, or he isn't as good as Phil Lamoureux; here are some stats for you. Sioux rookie goalie Brad Eidsness is 4-3-1 his goal against 2.83 with save percentage .902. Yet there are still people that want to see Aaron Walski play for the Sioux. When you goalie's save percentage is over .900 you have a good chance of winning. Eidsness is getting it going, have faith.
The Refs in the WCHA suck
While both team played well and should be commended for their play, the refs Marco Hunt, Derek Shepherd were God Awful. The refs called a whooping 29 penalties during last nights game. The funny thing is that the refs actually missed quite a few calls as well they made up a few calls as well. In my opinion Derek Shepherd shouldn’t be allowed to ref squirts, peewees or bantam games.
The leadership in this league is trying to apply the new rules (which are the old rules they refused to enforce in years past) to the WCHA play while using the same horrible officials, this is a combination for disaster. Isn't cronyism and nepotism great?
Someone needs send these clowns/moron to hockey officiating school, the refs in the MSHL are better than these guys. Checking someone face first into the boards is checking from behind, it is the same penalty in the first period as it is in the third period or over-time. If charging is a penalty for one team, then it should be a penalty for the other team.
I have read other fans around the league complain about the officiating in this league I am not going to fault you, because you are watching the same crappy officiating that I am watching. THE REFS SUCK IN THE WCHA AND THE FANS AND PLAYERS OF BOTH TEAMS DESERVE BETTER. Enough is enough.
Hextall for Hobey
Let’s not get ahead of ourselves but I really like watching Brett Hextall. The fresman forward has points in five straight games (4-2-6) this kid is really a gamer and is quickly becoming a fan favorite. What I like about Brett Hextall is tough and he gets into the places you need to be to score gritty dirty goals. Pound for pound he is one of the toughest players on the ice.
Jason Gregoire impresses
Freshman Jason Gregoire has points in 6 of 8 games (4-2-6) and is starting to give Sioux fans a glimpse on why we should be excited about him being here. I think it is just a matter of time before we see a Gregoire break out.
Goals Scoring/Penalties Time
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1st Period (20:00)
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NDK-1 Brad Miller (2-Slashing) MND 0x1 3:07
MND-1 Michael Gergen (2-Interference) NDK 1x1 4:43
MND-2 Trent Palm (2-Holding) NDK 1x2 4:43
NDK 1 - 0 6x4 PP Matt Frattin (2) (Ryan Duncan, Chay Genoway) 6:39
NDK: 21,16,6,19,25,G31 MND: 24,17,16,G32
MND-3 Andrew Carroll (2-Hooking) NDK 1x3 7:07
NDK-2 Brett Hextall (2-Charging) MND 1x2 9:11
MND 1 - 1 6x5 PP MacGregor Sharp (6) (Justin Fontaine, Josh Meyers) 9:17
MND: 18,37,17,22,4,G32 NDK: 6,20,11,3,G31
MND-4 Jay Cascalenda (2-Hooking) NDK 1x4 10:38
NDK-3 Brad Malone (2-Elbowing) MND 1x3 14:52
NDK-4 Chris VandeVelde (2-Interference) MND 1x4 15:14
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2nd Period (20:00)
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MND-5 Trent Palm (2-Hooking) NDK 1x5 5:50
NDK-5 Andrew Kozek (2-Elbowing) MND 1x5 9:06
MND-6 Chad Huttel (2-Holding) NDK 1x6 14:31
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3rd Period (20:00)
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NDK-6 Ben Blood (2-Roughing) 1:30
NDK-7 Darcy Zajac (2-Roughing) 1:30
NDK-8 Andrew Kozek (2-Roughing) 1:30
NDK-9 Matt Watkins (2-Roughing) 1:30
NDK-10 Andrew Kozek (2-Hitting after the Whistle) 1:30
MND-7 Trent Palm (2-Roughing) 1:30
MND-8 Drew Akins (2-Roughing) 1:30
MND-9 Andrew Carroll (2-Roughing) 1:30
MND-10 Matt Greer (2-Roughing) 1:30
MND-11 Matt Greer (2-Tripping) 1:30
MND-12 Travis Oleksuk (2-Slashing) NDK 2x7 2:53
NDK 2 - 1 6x5 PP Jason Gregoire (4) (Brett Hextall, Chay Genoway) 4:26
NDK: 17,26,5,16,14,G31 MND: 24,26,19,22,G32
NDK-11 Jake Marto (2-Roughing) 9:46
MND-13 Jack Connolly (5-Checking from Behind) (Served by Travis Oleksuk) NDK 2x8 9:46
MND-14 Jack Connolly (10-Game Misconduct) (Served by Travis Oleksuk) 9:46
NDK-12 Derrick LaPoint (2-Tripping) MND 1x6 10:15
MND-15 Evan Oberg (2-Tripping) NDK 2x9 14:57
NDK-13 Brett Hextall (2-Tripping) MND 1x7 15:49
NDK-14 Chris VandeVelde (2-Tripping) MND 2x8 16:39
Timeout - Minnesota Duluth 17:36
MND 2 - 2 6x5 PP GT Josh Meyers (5) (MacGregor Sharp, Evan Oberg) 18:30
MND: 17,22,18,4,37,G32 NDK: 26,6,3,20,G31
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Overtime (5:00)
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End of Game
Ties are worth one point and a lot of WCHA fans are cool with this result, however, this game would have been a perfect game to end with a shootout (they are measuring the ropes folks, I wonder if they can find a tree big enough). If this had been a CCHA game, it would have ended in a shootout. Both teams still would have gotten one point with the winner getting an additional point. While the shootout win would counted in the league standings, the shootout loss would have counted as a tie in the RPI/PWR rankings. No harm, no fowl; right?
The stars of the game in my opinion were the two goalies Brad Eidsness and Alex Stalock, both goalies played really well and held their teams in the game. I have said before Alex Stalock is a great goalie that doesn’t get as much love as he should when the end of the season awards are handed out.
For the people that are still hacking on Eidsness and saying he isn't very good, or he isn't as good as Phil Lamoureux; here are some stats for you. Sioux rookie goalie Brad Eidsness is 4-3-1 his goal against 2.83 with save percentage .902. Yet there are still people that want to see Aaron Walski play for the Sioux. When you goalie's save percentage is over .900 you have a good chance of winning. Eidsness is getting it going, have faith.
The Refs in the WCHA suck
While both team played well and should be commended for their play, the refs Marco Hunt, Derek Shepherd were God Awful. The refs called a whooping 29 penalties during last nights game. The funny thing is that the refs actually missed quite a few calls as well they made up a few calls as well. In my opinion Derek Shepherd shouldn’t be allowed to ref squirts, peewees or bantam games.
The leadership in this league is trying to apply the new rules (which are the old rules they refused to enforce in years past) to the WCHA play while using the same horrible officials, this is a combination for disaster. Isn't cronyism and nepotism great?
Someone needs send these clowns/moron to hockey officiating school, the refs in the MSHL are better than these guys. Checking someone face first into the boards is checking from behind, it is the same penalty in the first period as it is in the third period or over-time. If charging is a penalty for one team, then it should be a penalty for the other team.
I have read other fans around the league complain about the officiating in this league I am not going to fault you, because you are watching the same crappy officiating that I am watching. THE REFS SUCK IN THE WCHA AND THE FANS AND PLAYERS OF BOTH TEAMS DESERVE BETTER. Enough is enough.
Hextall for Hobey
Let’s not get ahead of ourselves but I really like watching Brett Hextall. The fresman forward has points in five straight games (4-2-6) this kid is really a gamer and is quickly becoming a fan favorite. What I like about Brett Hextall is tough and he gets into the places you need to be to score gritty dirty goals. Pound for pound he is one of the toughest players on the ice.
Jason Gregoire impresses
Freshman Jason Gregoire has points in 6 of 8 games (4-2-6) and is starting to give Sioux fans a glimpse on why we should be excited about him being here. I think it is just a matter of time before we see a Gregoire break out.
Goals Scoring/Penalties Time
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1st Period (20:00)
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NDK-1 Brad Miller (2-Slashing) MND 0x1 3:07
MND-1 Michael Gergen (2-Interference) NDK 1x1 4:43
MND-2 Trent Palm (2-Holding) NDK 1x2 4:43
NDK 1 - 0 6x4 PP Matt Frattin (2) (Ryan Duncan, Chay Genoway) 6:39
NDK: 21,16,6,19,25,G31 MND: 24,17,16,G32
MND-3 Andrew Carroll (2-Hooking) NDK 1x3 7:07
NDK-2 Brett Hextall (2-Charging) MND 1x2 9:11
MND 1 - 1 6x5 PP MacGregor Sharp (6) (Justin Fontaine, Josh Meyers) 9:17
MND: 18,37,17,22,4,G32 NDK: 6,20,11,3,G31
MND-4 Jay Cascalenda (2-Hooking) NDK 1x4 10:38
NDK-3 Brad Malone (2-Elbowing) MND 1x3 14:52
NDK-4 Chris VandeVelde (2-Interference) MND 1x4 15:14
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2nd Period (20:00)
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MND-5 Trent Palm (2-Hooking) NDK 1x5 5:50
NDK-5 Andrew Kozek (2-Elbowing) MND 1x5 9:06
MND-6 Chad Huttel (2-Holding) NDK 1x6 14:31
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3rd Period (20:00)
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NDK-6 Ben Blood (2-Roughing) 1:30
NDK-7 Darcy Zajac (2-Roughing) 1:30
NDK-8 Andrew Kozek (2-Roughing) 1:30
NDK-9 Matt Watkins (2-Roughing) 1:30
NDK-10 Andrew Kozek (2-Hitting after the Whistle) 1:30
MND-7 Trent Palm (2-Roughing) 1:30
MND-8 Drew Akins (2-Roughing) 1:30
MND-9 Andrew Carroll (2-Roughing) 1:30
MND-10 Matt Greer (2-Roughing) 1:30
MND-11 Matt Greer (2-Tripping) 1:30
MND-12 Travis Oleksuk (2-Slashing) NDK 2x7 2:53
NDK 2 - 1 6x5 PP Jason Gregoire (4) (Brett Hextall, Chay Genoway) 4:26
NDK: 17,26,5,16,14,G31 MND: 24,26,19,22,G32
NDK-11 Jake Marto (2-Roughing) 9:46
MND-13 Jack Connolly (5-Checking from Behind) (Served by Travis Oleksuk) NDK 2x8 9:46
MND-14 Jack Connolly (10-Game Misconduct) (Served by Travis Oleksuk) 9:46
NDK-12 Derrick LaPoint (2-Tripping) MND 1x6 10:15
MND-15 Evan Oberg (2-Tripping) NDK 2x9 14:57
NDK-13 Brett Hextall (2-Tripping) MND 1x7 15:49
NDK-14 Chris VandeVelde (2-Tripping) MND 2x8 16:39
Timeout - Minnesota Duluth 17:36
MND 2 - 2 6x5 PP GT Josh Meyers (5) (MacGregor Sharp, Evan Oberg) 18:30
MND: 17,22,18,4,37,G32 NDK: 26,6,3,20,G31
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Overtime (5:00)
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End of Game
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Scores from 11-15-2008 and 11-16-2008
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Atlantic Hockey
Army 3 at RIT 6
Bentley 1 at Mercyhurst 1 ot
Connecticut 0 at Canisius 6
American Int'l 0 at Sacred Heart 4
Air Force 5 at Holy Cross 1
Analysis
Air Force rolls along knocking off another cup cake. It will be interesting to see where Air Force ends up in the polls this week. Their schedule is not impressive.
CCHA
Lake Superior 2 at Notre Dame 5
Michigan 5 at Western Michigan 0
Ferris State 2 at Nebraska-Omaha 4
Miami 3 at Michigan State 1
Northern Michigan 1 at Bowling Green 2
Analysis
Miami is leading the CCHA. Michigan state has lost 4 games in a row. Notre Dame is unbeaten in 5 games. UNO off to a good start 7-2-1.
ECAC
Colgate 2 at Cornell 2 ot
Clarkson 1 at Dartmouth 5
Quinnipiac 5 at Rensselaer 1
Brown 0 at Yale 3
St. Lawrence 0 at Harvard 1
Princeton 4 at Union 1
Analysis
another night and not many goals scored. Cornell is coming to Grand Forks, ND in two weeks. Get ready for some low scoring boring hockey.
Hockey East
Maine 3 at Providence 0
New Hampshire 6 at Boston College 8
Mass.-Lowell 2 at Massachusetts 0
Analysis
Boston College goalie John Muse has been unimpressive in net for the Eagles so far this season; his stats 6-3-1 3.27 gaa and save percentage of .882.
WCHA
Michigan Tech 2 at Minnesota 2 ot
Colorado College 4 at Minnesota State 3
Wisconsin 4 at Minnesota-Duluth 1
Denver 1 at St. Cloud State 2
Alaska-Anchorage 1 at North Dakota 3
Sunday 11-16-2008
Atlantic Hockey
Connecticut 2 at Canisius 3 ot
Hockey East
Merrimack 1 at Vermont 2
Northeastern 0 at Boston University 3
WCHA
Michigan Tech 0 at Minnesota 3
Analysis
Michigan Tech University played the Gophers tough on Sunday but were shut out by Alex Kangas 3-0. Seems that Kangas has a lucky rabits foot in his breezers because Michigan Tech out shot Minnesota 38-27. Giving up high shot totals will eventually come back to haunt the Gophers.
Bostoin University comes back and wins the battle of Boston after losing on Friday night. Hello Minnesota, you're the new number one team in the meaningless polls.
Atlantic Hockey
Army 3 at RIT 6
Bentley 1 at Mercyhurst 1 ot
Connecticut 0 at Canisius 6
American Int'l 0 at Sacred Heart 4
Air Force 5 at Holy Cross 1
Analysis
Air Force rolls along knocking off another cup cake. It will be interesting to see where Air Force ends up in the polls this week. Their schedule is not impressive.
CCHA
Lake Superior 2 at Notre Dame 5
Michigan 5 at Western Michigan 0
Ferris State 2 at Nebraska-Omaha 4
Miami 3 at Michigan State 1
Northern Michigan 1 at Bowling Green 2
Analysis
Miami is leading the CCHA. Michigan state has lost 4 games in a row. Notre Dame is unbeaten in 5 games. UNO off to a good start 7-2-1.
ECAC
Colgate 2 at Cornell 2 ot
Clarkson 1 at Dartmouth 5
Quinnipiac 5 at Rensselaer 1
Brown 0 at Yale 3
St. Lawrence 0 at Harvard 1
Princeton 4 at Union 1
Analysis
another night and not many goals scored. Cornell is coming to Grand Forks, ND in two weeks. Get ready for some low scoring boring hockey.
Hockey East
Maine 3 at Providence 0
New Hampshire 6 at Boston College 8
Mass.-Lowell 2 at Massachusetts 0
Analysis
Boston College goalie John Muse has been unimpressive in net for the Eagles so far this season; his stats 6-3-1 3.27 gaa and save percentage of .882.
WCHA
Michigan Tech 2 at Minnesota 2 ot
Colorado College 4 at Minnesota State 3
Wisconsin 4 at Minnesota-Duluth 1
Denver 1 at St. Cloud State 2
Alaska-Anchorage 1 at North Dakota 3
Sunday 11-16-2008
Atlantic Hockey
Connecticut 2 at Canisius 3 ot
Hockey East
Merrimack 1 at Vermont 2
Northeastern 0 at Boston University 3
WCHA
Michigan Tech 0 at Minnesota 3
Analysis
Michigan Tech University played the Gophers tough on Sunday but were shut out by Alex Kangas 3-0. Seems that Kangas has a lucky rabits foot in his breezers because Michigan Tech out shot Minnesota 38-27. Giving up high shot totals will eventually come back to haunt the Gophers.
Bostoin University comes back and wins the battle of Boston after losing on Friday night. Hello Minnesota, you're the new number one team in the meaningless polls.
Sioux 3 Seawolves 1
I would have wrote something sooner but I was in pursuit of Bambi's brother. I was not successful but I did witness a young kid shooting his first deer. Hopefully some day my Abby will want to go hunting with her daddy. The other positive was I found my digital camera again, it has been missing for most of November. Unfortunately I didn't get any picture of said deer or youth.
Keeping with a positive theme, (I can't stand a lot of negativity and people that complain excessively, constructive criticism is ok); the Sioux beat the Seawolves to gain the split for the series. Negative, Friday's loss was only the third all time to the Seawolves in Grand Forks, ND. I like most Sioux fans hate watching the Sioux losing, especially to a team like the UAA Seawolves, so a win on Saturday was positive. The Sioux have played .500 hockey so far in conference play keeping up with the pack and home ice in site. Eerily similar to last season's first half of the season, split all the way till the new year. The Sioux are tied for 5th place with UAA and MSU-M.
Positives for the weekend.
1.) The play of Brad Eidsness, one goal in 29 shots on net. I don't care what the Eidsness haters say that is nothing to sneeze at. Although Hakstol has not said it yet, I believe the starting job belongs to Brad Eidsness. If I was the coach I would ride him the rest of the way. Just for comparison sake, Brad Eidsness has better statistics than goalie John Muse of the defending national champs Boston College Eagles.
2.) Brett Hextall I just love his style of play, the guys is a agitator and a hard nosed player that gets under the opponents skin. Every Sioux team has had a player that plays this role. Sioux7 and I decided that he is Prpich light. (That is a compliment in our opinion).
3.) Sioux defense only gives up 4 goals on the weekend. (see 5)
4.) Sioux remain in 5th place even with giving up the second highest number of goals against.
5.) The Sioux are very close to getting it going.
Goals Scoring/Penalties Time
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1st Period (20:00)
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NDK-1 Brad Malone (2-Slashing) AKA 0x1 1:51
AKA-1 Tommy Grant (2-Holding the Stick) 2:35
AKA-2 Josh Lunden (2-Unsportsmanlike Conduct) NDK 0x1 2:35
NDK-2 Matt Watkins (2-Unsportsmanlike Conduct) 2:35
AKA-3 Nick Haddad (2-Roughing) 5:43
AKA-4 Luka Vidmar (2-Roughing) 5:43
AKA-5 Shane Lovdahl (2-Roughing) 5:43
AKA-6 Kevin Clark (2-High-Sticking) NDK 0x2 5:43
NDK-3 Brad Miller (2-Roughing) 5:43
NDK-4 Brad Malone (2-Roughing) 5:43
NDK-5 Matt Frattin (2-Roughing) 5:43
AKA-7 Brian Bales (2-Tripping) NDK 0x3 8:12
NDK-6 Brett Hextall (2-Roughing) AKA 0x2 9:29
AKA-8 Tommy Grant (2-Holding) NDK 1x4 12:38
NDK 1 - 0 6x5 PP Matt Frattin (1) (Jason Gregoire, David Toews) 12:47
NDK: 21,17,18,25,8,G31 AKA: 22,40,23,10,G49
NDK-7 Matt Frattin (2-Tripping) AKA 0x3 14:28
NDK-8 Chris VandeVelde (2-High-Sticking) AKA 0x4 19:01
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2nd Period (20:00)
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AKA-9 Nils Backstrom (2-Holding) NDK 1x5 4:00
AKA-10 Tommy Grant (2-Cross-Checking) NDK 1x6 6:33
NDK-9 David Toews (2-Tripping) AKA 0x5 9:02
AKA 1 - 1 6x6 Kane Lafranchise (1) (Kevin Clark, Luka Vidmar) 11:06
AKA (+): 4,9,23,36,20,G49 NDK (-): 18,11,3,5,17,G31
AKA-11 Sean Wiles (2-Slashing) NDK 1x7 12:53
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3rd Period (20:00)
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AKA-12 Josh Lunden (2-Roughing) 3:59
NDK-10 Jake Marto (2-Roughing) 3:59
AKA-13 Kevin Clark (2-Tripping) NDK 2x8 10:11
NDK 2 - 1 6x5 PP GW LL Brett Hextall (4) (Brad Miller, Ryan Duncan) 10:29
NDK: 26,14,16,29,25,G31 AKA: 12,13,14,24,G49
NDK-11 Derrick LaPoint (2-Tripping) AKA 0x6 10:49
NDK 3 - 1 5x6 SH Brad Malone (1) (unassisted) 12:31
NDK (+): 22,16,6,25,G31 AKA (-): 18,20,23,9,4,G49
NDK-12 Mario Lamoureux (2-Hooking) AKA 0x7 14:45
AKA-14 Craig Parkinson (2-Diving) 19:26
NDK-13 Chay Genoway (2-Cross-Checking) 19:26
AKA-15 Tommy Grant (2-Hooking) NDK 2x9 19:49
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End of Game
Friday, November 14, 2008
UAA 3 Sioux 2.
First off I am sick and tired of this Walksi experiment. Coach Hakstol can tell us all he wants that Walski is a potential starter, but I am not buying it, the results don't lie, Walksi is a mediocre goalie at BEST. We can keep coming back with him but Walski is not going to be the man in the Fighting Sioux goal. The Sioux have the best chance of winning when Brad Eidsness. If the coaching staff is compelled to start someone other than Brad Eidsness in net, why not give Grahme Harrington a chance? This kid can't be any worse than Walksi, if he is why is he here? Lets see what he can do. Walski has had 3 1/2 years to prove himself. It's time for a new generation.
Let's be frank, Aaron Walski is a nice story, The kid is from Fargo, ND playing for the home town Fighting Sioux, but he isn't half the goalie Jean-Philippe Lamoureux was/is. Right now I am checking to see if we can have a mulligan on this game. This is disgustiong. Walski is a third string practice goalie and there is a reason he is a walk on.
Lacking in effort.
The Sioux put up a sub par effort for 58 minutes then decided to put up a fight and make it interesting in the final two minutes of the game, that is unacceptable. Losing to the UAA Seawolves is troublesome and UACCEPTABLE. The leadership on this team can not allow the Sioux to lose games like this.
I am sure I am not the only fan that is sick and tired of watching the Fighting Sioux stumble through the first half of the last 4 seasons, only to kick it in and drive towards the playoffs. True to form the Sioux are sucking air again early.
It is pretty obvious that UND has a lot of talent and is quick talented team up front. Talent can't win you games if they aren't giving 100 percent. Can someone please step up and play 60 minutes of hockey?
In conclusion: I know my analysis of the game might seem harsh to some but I hate it when people don't give 100%, losing sucks ass. Playing hockey for the Fighting Sioux is a privilege not a birth right, wearing the Fighting Sioux uniform is honor. Personaly, I hate losing a pick up game of goal, let alone watching my favorite team game like this. This is UNACCEPTABLE.
Cheap shots on top players should be responded to, Hunts charge on Gregoire at the end of the game was cheap and a bush league move. I would like to see one of our guys collect on that bush league hit tomorrow. Make it know if you hit one our skilled players you're going to pay for it.
Goals Scoring/Penalties Time
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1st Period (20:00)
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AKA 1 - 0 6x6 LL Nils Backstrom (1) (Trevor Hunt, Nick Haddad) 1:07
AKA (+): 13,24,18,9,40,G30 NDK (-): 16,25,26,3,29,G30
AKA-1 Nils Backstrom (2-Tripping) NDK 0x1 7:35
AKA-2 Nils Backstrom (2-Slashing) NDK 0x2 13:56
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2nd Period (20:00)
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NDK-1 Ryan Martens (2-Tripping) AKA 0x1 3:09
AKA 2 - 0 6x6 Curtis Leinweber (1) (Luka Vidmar, Jared Tuton) 6:58
AKA (+): 11,23,9,20,16,G30 NDK (-): 21,6,17,19,25,G30
NDK-2 Brad Miller (2-Hooking) AKA 0x2 8:23
AKA 3 - 0 6x6 GW Sean Wiles (1) (Paul Crowder, Tommy Grant) 13:01
AKA (+): 27,20,23,11,16,G30 NDK (-): 17,3,21,5,19,G30
AKA-3 Kane Lafranchise (2-Checking from Behind) NDK 0x3 14:33
AKA-4 Kevin Clark (2-Slashing) NDK 0x4 17:01
AKA-5 Craig Parkinson (2-DELAY OF GAME) NDK 0x5 18:30
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3rd Period (20:00)
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AKA-6 Jade Portwood (10-Game Misconduct) 3:17
AKA-7 Jade Portwood (5-Checking from Behind) (Served by Tyler Moir) NDK 0x6 3:17
NDK-3 Brad Malone (2-Holding) AKA 0x3 8:49
NDK-4 Ben Blood (2-Boarding) AKA 0x4 15:17
AKA-8 Trevor Hunt (2-Charging) NDK 1x7 17:48
NDK 1 - 3 6x5 PP Ryan Duncan (4) (Chay Genoway, Chris VandeVelde) 17:56
NDK: 16,5,29,26,14,G31 AKA: 20,27,10,13,G30
NDK 2 - 3 6x6 EA Brett Hextall (3) (Chay Genoway, Brad Miller) 19:17
NDK (+): 26,5,14,16,29,17 AKA (-): 14,33,27,4,21,G30
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End of Game
Let's be frank, Aaron Walski is a nice story, The kid is from Fargo, ND playing for the home town Fighting Sioux, but he isn't half the goalie Jean-Philippe Lamoureux was/is. Right now I am checking to see if we can have a mulligan on this game. This is disgustiong. Walski is a third string practice goalie and there is a reason he is a walk on.
Lacking in effort.
The Sioux put up a sub par effort for 58 minutes then decided to put up a fight and make it interesting in the final two minutes of the game, that is unacceptable. Losing to the UAA Seawolves is troublesome and UACCEPTABLE. The leadership on this team can not allow the Sioux to lose games like this.
I am sure I am not the only fan that is sick and tired of watching the Fighting Sioux stumble through the first half of the last 4 seasons, only to kick it in and drive towards the playoffs. True to form the Sioux are sucking air again early.
It is pretty obvious that UND has a lot of talent and is quick talented team up front. Talent can't win you games if they aren't giving 100 percent. Can someone please step up and play 60 minutes of hockey?
In conclusion: I know my analysis of the game might seem harsh to some but I hate it when people don't give 100%, losing sucks ass. Playing hockey for the Fighting Sioux is a privilege not a birth right, wearing the Fighting Sioux uniform is honor. Personaly, I hate losing a pick up game of goal, let alone watching my favorite team game like this. This is UNACCEPTABLE.
Cheap shots on top players should be responded to, Hunts charge on Gregoire at the end of the game was cheap and a bush league move. I would like to see one of our guys collect on that bush league hit tomorrow. Make it know if you hit one our skilled players you're going to pay for it.
Goals Scoring/Penalties Time
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1st Period (20:00)
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AKA 1 - 0 6x6 LL Nils Backstrom (1) (Trevor Hunt, Nick Haddad) 1:07
AKA (+): 13,24,18,9,40,G30 NDK (-): 16,25,26,3,29,G30
AKA-1 Nils Backstrom (2-Tripping) NDK 0x1 7:35
AKA-2 Nils Backstrom (2-Slashing) NDK 0x2 13:56
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2nd Period (20:00)
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NDK-1 Ryan Martens (2-Tripping) AKA 0x1 3:09
AKA 2 - 0 6x6 Curtis Leinweber (1) (Luka Vidmar, Jared Tuton) 6:58
AKA (+): 11,23,9,20,16,G30 NDK (-): 21,6,17,19,25,G30
NDK-2 Brad Miller (2-Hooking) AKA 0x2 8:23
AKA 3 - 0 6x6 GW Sean Wiles (1) (Paul Crowder, Tommy Grant) 13:01
AKA (+): 27,20,23,11,16,G30 NDK (-): 17,3,21,5,19,G30
AKA-3 Kane Lafranchise (2-Checking from Behind) NDK 0x3 14:33
AKA-4 Kevin Clark (2-Slashing) NDK 0x4 17:01
AKA-5 Craig Parkinson (2-DELAY OF GAME) NDK 0x5 18:30
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3rd Period (20:00)
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AKA-6 Jade Portwood (10-Game Misconduct) 3:17
AKA-7 Jade Portwood (5-Checking from Behind) (Served by Tyler Moir) NDK 0x6 3:17
NDK-3 Brad Malone (2-Holding) AKA 0x3 8:49
NDK-4 Ben Blood (2-Boarding) AKA 0x4 15:17
AKA-8 Trevor Hunt (2-Charging) NDK 1x7 17:48
NDK 1 - 3 6x5 PP Ryan Duncan (4) (Chay Genoway, Chris VandeVelde) 17:56
NDK: 16,5,29,26,14,G31 AKA: 20,27,10,13,G30
NDK 2 - 3 6x6 EA Brett Hextall (3) (Chay Genoway, Brad Miller) 19:17
NDK (+): 26,5,14,16,29,17 AKA (-): 14,33,27,4,21,G30
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End of Game
Monday, November 10, 2008
Scores from 11-08-2008.
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Atlantic Hockey
American Int'l 1 at Army 3
Mercyhurst 3 at Holy Cross 4 ot
Analysis
Yawn!
CCHA
Ferris State 2 at Miami 1
Michigan 3 at Alaska 2
Michigan State 1 at Ohio State 3
Nebraska-Omaha 5 at Western Michigan 2
Bowling Green 4 at Lake Superior 4 ot: Lake Superior wins
Analysis
Michigan splits with Alaska. Miami splits with Ferris State. This is not your normal Ferris State, they are a much better hockey team this season. Michigan State gets swept by tOhio State University. That is not a miss print folks. UNO takes 4 points from the WMU Broncos this weekend. WMU gets one point for a shootout. Check out the standings at the CCHA home page.
CHA
Bemidji State 2 at Alabama-Huntsville 1 ot
Analysis
Who hates Huntsville, we do. Beavers get their second win of the season against CHA rival Huntsville. Beavers get the split on the weekend.
ECAC
Colgate 1 at Princeton 2 ot
Brown 2 at St. Lawrence 2 ot
Harvard 1 at Union 3
Cornell 0 at Quinnipiac 0 ot
Yale 3 at Clarkson 2
Dartmouth 5 at Rensselaer 2
Analysis
Does anyone in the EZAC score more than three goals? Cornell back to back shut out this weekend. Cornell makes the trip to Grand Forks, ND on November 28-29.
Hockey East
Vermont 3 at Mass.-Lowell 1
Massachusetts 1 at Merrimack 3
WCHA
Michigan Tech 0 at Wisconsin 6
North Dakota 4 at Colorado College 7
Minnesota-Duluth 1 at Denver 2
Minnesota State 2 at Alaska-Anchorage 2 ot
Analysis
Wisconsin sweeps the MTU Huskies, "ouch". UND splits with C.C. mission accomplished. UMD loses two to Denver University in the Mile High City. Mankato takes 3 points from UAA.
Non-Conference
Notre Dame 4 at Providence 1
Bentley 1 at Northeastern 4
New Hampshire 2 at Minnesota 6
Robert Morris 1 at St. Cloud State 7
Notre Dame wins two non conference games on the weekend. Minnesota stops the Hockey East Tidal Wave. SCSU pound Robert Morris in two games this weekend. Robert Morris scores one goal on the weekend.
Atlantic Hockey
American Int'l 1 at Army 3
Mercyhurst 3 at Holy Cross 4 ot
Analysis
Yawn!
CCHA
Ferris State 2 at Miami 1
Michigan 3 at Alaska 2
Michigan State 1 at Ohio State 3
Nebraska-Omaha 5 at Western Michigan 2
Bowling Green 4 at Lake Superior 4 ot: Lake Superior wins
Analysis
Michigan splits with Alaska. Miami splits with Ferris State. This is not your normal Ferris State, they are a much better hockey team this season. Michigan State gets swept by tOhio State University. That is not a miss print folks. UNO takes 4 points from the WMU Broncos this weekend. WMU gets one point for a shootout. Check out the standings at the CCHA home page.
CHA
Bemidji State 2 at Alabama-Huntsville 1 ot
Analysis
Who hates Huntsville, we do. Beavers get their second win of the season against CHA rival Huntsville. Beavers get the split on the weekend.
ECAC
Colgate 1 at Princeton 2 ot
Brown 2 at St. Lawrence 2 ot
Harvard 1 at Union 3
Cornell 0 at Quinnipiac 0 ot
Yale 3 at Clarkson 2
Dartmouth 5 at Rensselaer 2
Analysis
Does anyone in the EZAC score more than three goals? Cornell back to back shut out this weekend. Cornell makes the trip to Grand Forks, ND on November 28-29.
Hockey East
Vermont 3 at Mass.-Lowell 1
Massachusetts 1 at Merrimack 3
WCHA
Michigan Tech 0 at Wisconsin 6
North Dakota 4 at Colorado College 7
Minnesota-Duluth 1 at Denver 2
Minnesota State 2 at Alaska-Anchorage 2 ot
Analysis
Wisconsin sweeps the MTU Huskies, "ouch". UND splits with C.C. mission accomplished. UMD loses two to Denver University in the Mile High City. Mankato takes 3 points from UAA.
Non-Conference
Notre Dame 4 at Providence 1
Bentley 1 at Northeastern 4
New Hampshire 2 at Minnesota 6
Robert Morris 1 at St. Cloud State 7
Notre Dame wins two non conference games on the weekend. Minnesota stops the Hockey East Tidal Wave. SCSU pound Robert Morris in two games this weekend. Robert Morris scores one goal on the weekend.
Sunday, November 09, 2008
Tigers 7 Sioux 4
I have seen the naysayers pontificating about UND being a below average team that will be lucky to above .500 at the end of the season. Apparently these people forget that UND hasn't played well the last 4 seasons before December, but the Fighting Sioux have kicked it in during the second half of each of the last four hockey seasons and went to the Frozen Four. I am not saying this is going to happen this season, but it could. Championships are won in March in April and your team doesn’t get an award for finishing above .500 before January.
In the next week or two I expect to see yet another ridiculous "Fire Hakstol" or "UND is going down the tubes" thread to reemerge over on Sioux Sports or UCSHO. I will not participate in this silliness.
Positives from this weekend.
1.) UND is the first team to beat the C.C. Tigers. Take that INCH.
2.) UND score more goals and gained more points from the Tigers this weekend than
3.) the DU Pioneers did last weekend.
4.) Brad Eidsness is getting better with each game.
5.) Jason Gregoire scored his third goal of the season.
6.) David Toews got his first point as a Fighting Sioux player (assist)
7.) Brett Hextall had two goals and an assist on the weekend.
Goals Scoring/Penalties Time
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1st Period (20:00)
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CC-1 Andreas Vlassopoulos (2-Hooking) NDK 0x1 4:41
NDK-1 Chris VandeVelde (2-Hooking) CC 1x1 8:03
CC 1 - 0 6x5 PP Nate Prosser (2) (Bill Sweatt, Brian Connelly) 9:34
CC: 15,21,22,19,11,G30 NDK: 19,6,3,17,G31
CC-2 Nate Prosser (2-Holding the Stick) NDK 1x2 11:00
NDK-2 Jason Gregoire (2-Roughing) 12:14
CC-3 Brian Connelly (2-Roughing) 12:14
NDK 1 - 1 6x5 PP Brett Hextall (2) (Brad Miller) 12:36
NDK: 26,14,16,25,29,G31 CC: 26,4,14,10,G30
CC-4 Nick Dineen (2-Checking from Behind) NDK 1x3 14:27
NDK 2 - 1 6x6 Ryan Duncan (3) (Chris VandeVelde, Brett Hextall) 17:49
NDK (+): 16,29,26,3,6,G31 CC (-): 11,25,5,26,15,G30
NDK-3 Brett Hextall (5-Checking from Behind) (Served by Brent Davidson) CC 3x4 17:49
NDK-4 Brett Hextall (10-Game Misconduct) 17:49
CC 2 - 2 6x5 PP Eric Walsky (4) (Bill Sweatt, Chad Rau) 19:00
CC: 22,14,21,10,24,G30 NDK: 29,6,25,16,G31
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2nd Period (20:00)
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CC 3 - 2 6x5 PP Scott McCulloch (3) (Brian Connelly, Andreas Vlassopoulos) 1:36
CC: 11,28,26,15,19,G30 NDK: 19,17,6,3,G31
NDK 3 - 3 6x6 Chris VandeVelde (3) (Ryan Duncan, Matt Frattin) 3:23
NDK (+): 29,16,21,14,24,G31 CC (-): 4,10,21,14,22,G30
CC-5 Bill Sweatt (2-Holding) NDK 1x4 6:54
CC-6 Andreas Vlassopoulos (2-Hooking) NDK 1x5 7:22
CC-7 BENCH (2-Too Many Players) (Served by Ryan Lowery) NDK 2x6 9:20
CC-8 Bill Sweatt (2-Tripping) NDK 2x7 9:20
NDK 4 - 3 6x4 PP Jason Gregoire (3) (David Toews, Brad Miller) 10:46
NDK: 17,18,14,3,16,G31 CC: 14,11,4,G30
CC 4 - 4 6x6 Eric Walsky (5) (Scott McCulloch, Nick Dineen) 13:36
CC (+): 26,22,20,15,11,G30 NDK (-): 29,6,16,21,25,G31
CC 5 - 4 6x6 HT GW LL Eric Walsky (6) (unassisted) 14:04
CC (+): 22,21,4,14,10,G30 NDK (-): 16,4,3,29,21,G31
CC-9 Arthur Bidwill (2-High-Sticking) NDK 2x8 16:33
NDK-5 Chris VandeVelde (2-Hooking) CC 3x5 18:13
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3rd Period (20:00)
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CC-10 Brian Connelly (2-Hooking) NDK 2x9 0:32
NDK-6 Matt Frattin (2-Holding) CC 3x6 3:25
CC 6 - 4 6x6 Eric Walsky (7) (Chad Rau) 8:51
CC (+): 22,14,21,4,10,G30 NDK (-): 10,8,4,15,3,G31
CC 7 - 4 6x6 Stephen Schultz (3) (unassisted) 14:57
CC (+): 10,15,28,23,19,G30 NDK (-): 11,29,16,25,18,G31
CC-11 Gabe Guentzel (2-Tripping) NDK 2x10 14:57
NDK-7 David Toews (2-Tripping) CC 3x7 19:18
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End of Game
In the next week or two I expect to see yet another ridiculous "Fire Hakstol" or "UND is going down the tubes" thread to reemerge over on Sioux Sports or UCSHO. I will not participate in this silliness.
Positives from this weekend.
1.) UND is the first team to beat the C.C. Tigers. Take that INCH.
2.) UND score more goals and gained more points from the Tigers this weekend than
3.) the DU Pioneers did last weekend.
4.) Brad Eidsness is getting better with each game.
5.) Jason Gregoire scored his third goal of the season.
6.) David Toews got his first point as a Fighting Sioux player (assist)
7.) Brett Hextall had two goals and an assist on the weekend.
Goals Scoring/Penalties Time
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1st Period (20:00)
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CC-1 Andreas Vlassopoulos (2-Hooking) NDK 0x1 4:41
NDK-1 Chris VandeVelde (2-Hooking) CC 1x1 8:03
CC 1 - 0 6x5 PP Nate Prosser (2) (Bill Sweatt, Brian Connelly) 9:34
CC: 15,21,22,19,11,G30 NDK: 19,6,3,17,G31
CC-2 Nate Prosser (2-Holding the Stick) NDK 1x2 11:00
NDK-2 Jason Gregoire (2-Roughing) 12:14
CC-3 Brian Connelly (2-Roughing) 12:14
NDK 1 - 1 6x5 PP Brett Hextall (2) (Brad Miller) 12:36
NDK: 26,14,16,25,29,G31 CC: 26,4,14,10,G30
CC-4 Nick Dineen (2-Checking from Behind) NDK 1x3 14:27
NDK 2 - 1 6x6 Ryan Duncan (3) (Chris VandeVelde, Brett Hextall) 17:49
NDK (+): 16,29,26,3,6,G31 CC (-): 11,25,5,26,15,G30
NDK-3 Brett Hextall (5-Checking from Behind) (Served by Brent Davidson) CC 3x4 17:49
NDK-4 Brett Hextall (10-Game Misconduct) 17:49
CC 2 - 2 6x5 PP Eric Walsky (4) (Bill Sweatt, Chad Rau) 19:00
CC: 22,14,21,10,24,G30 NDK: 29,6,25,16,G31
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2nd Period (20:00)
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CC 3 - 2 6x5 PP Scott McCulloch (3) (Brian Connelly, Andreas Vlassopoulos) 1:36
CC: 11,28,26,15,19,G30 NDK: 19,17,6,3,G31
NDK 3 - 3 6x6 Chris VandeVelde (3) (Ryan Duncan, Matt Frattin) 3:23
NDK (+): 29,16,21,14,24,G31 CC (-): 4,10,21,14,22,G30
CC-5 Bill Sweatt (2-Holding) NDK 1x4 6:54
CC-6 Andreas Vlassopoulos (2-Hooking) NDK 1x5 7:22
CC-7 BENCH (2-Too Many Players) (Served by Ryan Lowery) NDK 2x6 9:20
CC-8 Bill Sweatt (2-Tripping) NDK 2x7 9:20
NDK 4 - 3 6x4 PP Jason Gregoire (3) (David Toews, Brad Miller) 10:46
NDK: 17,18,14,3,16,G31 CC: 14,11,4,G30
CC 4 - 4 6x6 Eric Walsky (5) (Scott McCulloch, Nick Dineen) 13:36
CC (+): 26,22,20,15,11,G30 NDK (-): 29,6,16,21,25,G31
CC 5 - 4 6x6 HT GW LL Eric Walsky (6) (unassisted) 14:04
CC (+): 22,21,4,14,10,G30 NDK (-): 16,4,3,29,21,G31
CC-9 Arthur Bidwill (2-High-Sticking) NDK 2x8 16:33
NDK-5 Chris VandeVelde (2-Hooking) CC 3x5 18:13
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3rd Period (20:00)
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CC-10 Brian Connelly (2-Hooking) NDK 2x9 0:32
NDK-6 Matt Frattin (2-Holding) CC 3x6 3:25
CC 6 - 4 6x6 Eric Walsky (7) (Chad Rau) 8:51
CC (+): 22,14,21,4,10,G30 NDK (-): 10,8,4,15,3,G31
CC 7 - 4 6x6 Stephen Schultz (3) (unassisted) 14:57
CC (+): 10,15,28,23,19,G30 NDK (-): 11,29,16,25,18,G31
CC-11 Gabe Guentzel (2-Tripping) NDK 2x10 14:57
NDK-7 David Toews (2-Tripping) CC 3x7 19:18
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End of Game
Saturday, November 08, 2008
Scores from 11-07-2008.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Atlantic Hockey
Army 3 at American Int'l 4
Mercyhurst 4 at Holy Cross 3 ot
Connecticut 0 at Bentley 1
Analysis
Yawn... Holy Cross has fallen since their win against Minnesota.
CCHA
Nebraska-Omaha 2 at Western Michigan 2 ot: UNO wins shootout
Bowling Green 0 at Lake Superior 2
Ferris State 2 at Miami 2 ot: Miami wins shootout
Michigan 1 at Alaska 4
Michigan State 0 at Ohio State 3
Analysis
Last night I watched the Ferris State and Miami game and I happened to notice that the fans were really into the shootout. Or should we say, I didn't see a ground swell of fans leaving their seat. Ohio State another big win over a ranked team. That is not a misprint, Michigan lost to the Alaska 4-1. Ouch!
CHA
Bemidji State 2 at Alabama-Huntsville 4
Analysis
Ouch, the Beavers have one win on the season against SCSU.
ECAC
Yale 2 at St. Lawrence 3 ot
Dartmouth 5 at Union 2
Cornell 1 at Princeton 0
Brown 1 at Clarkson 3
Harvard 2 at Rensselaer 3
Colgate 1 at Quinnipiac 0
Analysis
Media darling Princeton loses to Cornell in a 1-0 game. Sioux fans will get to see Cornell on November 28th and 29. Clarkson remains hot.
Hockey East
Vermont 2 at Providence 2 ot
Boston University 6 at Mass.-Lowell 4
Analysis
Boston University remains on a roll and will be the number one team in the country on Monday.
WCHA
North Dakota 3 at Colorado College 1
Minnesota-Duluth 1 at Denver 5
Minnesota State 5 at Alaska-Anchorage 3
Michigan Tech 2 at Wisconsin 3
Analysis
Sioux7 really blew his MTU and Wisconsin pick. I do wonder if he bought a lottery ticket or not? Denver brings the Bull Dogs back to earth beating them 5-1. Yikes! This score does shock me a bit. What heck happened to all WCHA goalie Alex Stalock? According to the box score Stalock was pulled after giving up 5 goals on 29 shots. Sounds like the UMD back up Hjelle (what nationality is that name?) did a pretty good job. Minnesota State beats UAA, I am sure LGM's will give us her analysis of the game soon, if she was able to stay up that late.
Non-Conference
RIT 2 at Niagara 6
Robert Morris 0 at St. Cloud State 4
Notre Dame 4 at Boston College 1
New Hampshire 2 at Minnesota 2 ot
Analysis
I watched some of the Notre Dame and B.C. game, the third period of the Minnesota and UNH game and I was surprised by Notre Dame and impressed with UNH.
Atlantic Hockey
Army 3 at American Int'l 4
Mercyhurst 4 at Holy Cross 3 ot
Connecticut 0 at Bentley 1
Analysis
Yawn... Holy Cross has fallen since their win against Minnesota.
CCHA
Nebraska-Omaha 2 at Western Michigan 2 ot: UNO wins shootout
Bowling Green 0 at Lake Superior 2
Ferris State 2 at Miami 2 ot: Miami wins shootout
Michigan 1 at Alaska 4
Michigan State 0 at Ohio State 3
Analysis
Last night I watched the Ferris State and Miami game and I happened to notice that the fans were really into the shootout. Or should we say, I didn't see a ground swell of fans leaving their seat. Ohio State another big win over a ranked team. That is not a misprint, Michigan lost to the Alaska 4-1. Ouch!
CHA
Bemidji State 2 at Alabama-Huntsville 4
Analysis
Ouch, the Beavers have one win on the season against SCSU.
ECAC
Yale 2 at St. Lawrence 3 ot
Dartmouth 5 at Union 2
Cornell 1 at Princeton 0
Brown 1 at Clarkson 3
Harvard 2 at Rensselaer 3
Colgate 1 at Quinnipiac 0
Analysis
Media darling Princeton loses to Cornell in a 1-0 game. Sioux fans will get to see Cornell on November 28th and 29. Clarkson remains hot.
Hockey East
Vermont 2 at Providence 2 ot
Boston University 6 at Mass.-Lowell 4
Analysis
Boston University remains on a roll and will be the number one team in the country on Monday.
WCHA
North Dakota 3 at Colorado College 1
Minnesota-Duluth 1 at Denver 5
Minnesota State 5 at Alaska-Anchorage 3
Michigan Tech 2 at Wisconsin 3
Analysis
Sioux7 really blew his MTU and Wisconsin pick. I do wonder if he bought a lottery ticket or not? Denver brings the Bull Dogs back to earth beating them 5-1. Yikes! This score does shock me a bit. What heck happened to all WCHA goalie Alex Stalock? According to the box score Stalock was pulled after giving up 5 goals on 29 shots. Sounds like the UMD back up Hjelle (what nationality is that name?) did a pretty good job. Minnesota State beats UAA, I am sure LGM's will give us her analysis of the game soon, if she was able to stay up that late.
Non-Conference
RIT 2 at Niagara 6
Robert Morris 0 at St. Cloud State 4
Notre Dame 4 at Boston College 1
New Hampshire 2 at Minnesota 2 ot
Analysis
I watched some of the Notre Dame and B.C. game, the third period of the Minnesota and UNH game and I was surprised by Notre Dame and impressed with UNH.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Better dead than red: UND 3 BADgers 2
Sioux kept the Wisconsin BADgers winless and they improved to 2-3-0 and 2-1-0 in the WCHA standing for the season. First off; I will be the first to admit that this has been a rough start to begin the season; 1-3 is not an impressive record by any shape of the imagination. That being said, “I think there are a lot of things to smile about after watching this game”.
While the Sioux are not very big up front the Fighting Sioux are quick, skilled, and a very fast team that was all over the Wisconsin BADgers tonight. The Badger players should hug their goalie Shane Connelly because he saved their ass tonight, this game could have been 6-2. I thought it was appropriate for Shane Connelly to be named the number one star of the game by the Fighting Sioux radio broadcast team.
Too early to jump ship just yet…
I have got to say this: for the Sioux fans that were ready to jump off the bandwagon after two weeks or commit hairy-kairy with a very sharp object, please step back from the ledge and put down the sharp object, the Fighting Sioux are going to be fine. I don’t’ care what Jess Meyers has to say I do not see this team finishing in 7th place in the WCHA.
On the Goal tending front, Brad Eidsness played very well and earned himself another start for tomorrow’s game, if I hear Aaron Walski name announced as the starting goaltender tomorrow night I am booing. Brad Eidness improved to 2-1 with a 3.33 goals against average and a .880 save percentage and is getting better with every game.
One question I do have is why is David Toews not playing tonight? I have a tough time believing he isn't one of the top 12 forwards on the Fighting Sioux.
Goals Scoring/Penalties Time
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1st Period (20:00)
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NDK-1 Corey Fienhage (2-Roughing) WIS 0x1 6:39
WIS-1 Eric Springer (2-Interference) NDK 0x1 10:47
WIS-2 Sean Dolan (2-Hooking) NDK 0x2 13:42
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2nd Period (20:00)
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WIS 1 - 0 6x6 Derek Stepan (1) (Patrick Johnson) 1:54
WIS (+): 21,10,12,4,19,G35 NDK (-): 21,20,4,22,3,G31
WIS-3 Brendan Smith (2-Holding) NDK 0x3 3:12
NDK 1 - 1 6x6 Brad Miller (2) (Chay Genoway) 6:53
NDK (+): 14,5,17,24,8,G31 WIS (-): 7,8,15,2,24,G35
WIS-4 Podge Turnbull (2-Roughing) NDK 0x4 13:47
NDK-2 Ben Blood (2-Holding) WIS 0x2 16:41
WIS-5 Blake Geoffrion (2-Roughing) 20:00
NDK-3 Darcy Zajac (2-Roughing) 20:00
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3rd Period (20:00)
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NDK-4 Derrick LaPoint (2-High-Sticking) WIS 1x3 1:05
WIS 2 - 1 6x5 PP Brendan Smith (3) (Michael Davies, Jamie McBain) 2:00
NDK 2 - 2 6x6 Andrew Kozek (2) (Darcy Zajac) 3:54 NDK (+): 10,11,6,25,20,G31 WIS (-): 5,17,21,15,11,G35
WIS-6 Brendan Smith (2-Interference) NDK 0x5 8:03
NDK-5 Ryan Martens (2-Hooking) WIS 1x4 10:59
WIS-7 Patrick Johnson (2-Tripping) NDK 1x6 13:49
NDK 3 - 2 6x5 PP GW LL Jason Gregoire (1) (Evan Trupp) 14:45 NDK: 17,19,26,14,25,G31 WIS: 17,16,27,12,G35
WIS-8 Blake Geoffrion (2-Slashing) NDK 1x7 16:16
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End of Game
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Wisconsin Goaltending 1st 2nd 3rd Total Minutes GA
Shane Connelly 17 11 8 36 50:57 2
EMPTY NET 0 0:02 0
Shane Connelly (L, 0-4-1) 0 0 6 6 8:45 1
EMPTY NET 0 0:16 0
North Dakota Goaltending 1st 2nd 3rd Total Minutes GA
Brad Eidsness (W, 2-1-0) 11 4 5 20 60:00 2
While the Sioux are not very big up front the Fighting Sioux are quick, skilled, and a very fast team that was all over the Wisconsin BADgers tonight. The Badger players should hug their goalie Shane Connelly because he saved their ass tonight, this game could have been 6-2. I thought it was appropriate for Shane Connelly to be named the number one star of the game by the Fighting Sioux radio broadcast team.
Too early to jump ship just yet…
I have got to say this: for the Sioux fans that were ready to jump off the bandwagon after two weeks or commit hairy-kairy with a very sharp object, please step back from the ledge and put down the sharp object, the Fighting Sioux are going to be fine. I don’t’ care what Jess Meyers has to say I do not see this team finishing in 7th place in the WCHA.
On the Goal tending front, Brad Eidsness played very well and earned himself another start for tomorrow’s game, if I hear Aaron Walski name announced as the starting goaltender tomorrow night I am booing. Brad Eidness improved to 2-1 with a 3.33 goals against average and a .880 save percentage and is getting better with every game.
One question I do have is why is David Toews not playing tonight? I have a tough time believing he isn't one of the top 12 forwards on the Fighting Sioux.
Goals Scoring/Penalties Time
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1st Period (20:00)
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NDK-1 Corey Fienhage (2-Roughing) WIS 0x1 6:39
WIS-1 Eric Springer (2-Interference) NDK 0x1 10:47
WIS-2 Sean Dolan (2-Hooking) NDK 0x2 13:42
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2nd Period (20:00)
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WIS 1 - 0 6x6 Derek Stepan (1) (Patrick Johnson) 1:54
WIS (+): 21,10,12,4,19,G35 NDK (-): 21,20,4,22,3,G31
WIS-3 Brendan Smith (2-Holding) NDK 0x3 3:12
NDK 1 - 1 6x6 Brad Miller (2) (Chay Genoway) 6:53
NDK (+): 14,5,17,24,8,G31 WIS (-): 7,8,15,2,24,G35
WIS-4 Podge Turnbull (2-Roughing) NDK 0x4 13:47
NDK-2 Ben Blood (2-Holding) WIS 0x2 16:41
WIS-5 Blake Geoffrion (2-Roughing) 20:00
NDK-3 Darcy Zajac (2-Roughing) 20:00
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3rd Period (20:00)
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NDK-4 Derrick LaPoint (2-High-Sticking) WIS 1x3 1:05
WIS 2 - 1 6x5 PP Brendan Smith (3) (Michael Davies, Jamie McBain) 2:00
NDK 2 - 2 6x6 Andrew Kozek (2) (Darcy Zajac) 3:54 NDK (+): 10,11,6,25,20,G31 WIS (-): 5,17,21,15,11,G35
WIS-6 Brendan Smith (2-Interference) NDK 0x5 8:03
NDK-5 Ryan Martens (2-Hooking) WIS 1x4 10:59
WIS-7 Patrick Johnson (2-Tripping) NDK 1x6 13:49
NDK 3 - 2 6x5 PP GW LL Jason Gregoire (1) (Evan Trupp) 14:45 NDK: 17,19,26,14,25,G31 WIS: 17,16,27,12,G35
WIS-8 Blake Geoffrion (2-Slashing) NDK 1x7 16:16
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End of Game
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Wisconsin Goaltending 1st 2nd 3rd Total Minutes GA
Shane Connelly 17 11 8 36 50:57 2
EMPTY NET 0 0:02 0
Shane Connelly (L, 0-4-1) 0 0 6 6 8:45 1
EMPTY NET 0 0:16 0
North Dakota Goaltending 1st 2nd 3rd Total Minutes GA
Brad Eidsness (W, 2-1-0) 11 4 5 20 60:00 2
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