The Sicatoka

@iramurphy, @Blackheart, a gentleman does not discuss such matters.

Kinda clunky for a jersey but I’ll call Howie just the same.

(For this conversation a “tally” is a hockey goal or a football touchdown.) I’m tired of UND coaches being behind the times. I swear they think they are still living in the era where three tallies or a three tally lead is enough and you can shut down the offense and rely on defense to get you home. And heaven forbid you hang a big squiggly number on someone. That three tally era is long gone. The current era coaches see three tallies as nothing and will fight to the end to overcome it. And that fight will overcome the best defense. At least one UND coach has figured out three tallies and defense won’t get it done and has shown he’ll leave the offense active and hang six or seven tallies. The coach that figured it out and adapted: Schweigert. I congratulate Coach Schweigert for letting the offense run lately. Coach Berry could learn something from Coach Schweigert. Berry needs to learn it’s OK to hang a “squiggly” on the other guy. DU, SCSU, WMU, UNO, et al seem to have no concerns when they do it.

Me? I’d be having a Sunday TV skate. That’s no pucks or sticks. The ten seconds before an SCSU goal would run on the TV (REA overhead). If you were on the ice: “Skate.” If you were not in camera frame when the puck went in: 2x. If you didn’t have your man covered: 3x. If it was your man who scored: 5x. We’d do that for each SCSU goal on on the weekend. It might be a long practice. Now, what “Skate” is … it is: Which drill does each guy hate most? That’s “Skate” for him, and it may include running shoes to allow for “arena tours” for some.

Was the hit flagged as illegal?

Could part of it be the snake oil Sam Herder sold all year about the MVFC being down? Down? Not according to Massey. Could part of it being as parochial as the NCAA not wanting too many games in ND (See: MT) and the world to see domes for FCS teams?

How about we replace the underlined with everyone's +/- for the weekend to examine the true issues.

No 15 or 24 34 in net.

Not sure what else to say …

What were they doing?

You can put “NODAK” as the banner header.

Is it wrong to admit I miss Hak’s “battled and battled”?

That’s from Schlossman. (XG is expected goals based on shot location and quality) Who wants to tell him that and $5 will only get you a 6” ham at Subway, not a 12-4 record.

You need to work on your Stuart Smalley impression.

Is this you helping? Stop. You’re not helping.

Seems all that would take a lawyer.

27 doesn’t look right. Slow. The rest of the team seems like they cross the red line into the defensive half and start to overthink.

Guilty as charged. Who could have imagined the retrograde play of 15 and 25. Then 4 and 6 seem below their first freshman games. At times 7 forgets he’s a DEFENSEman; he ain’t Paul Coffee (and we got no Charlie Huddy to cover it either). 3 is so hot and cold. 24 being injured most of the season hasn’t helped depth. Frankly the only guy who has met or exceeded expectations is 2. I’d’ have lost that bet.

"UND gives up six-plus goals for the third time this season as it drops to 47th nationally in goals allowed per game." -- Brad Schlossman "UND unravels in final 30 minutes ..." -- GF Herald headline So much for that closed door team meeting a week or so ago.

Go get a transfer portal goalie from the Big Te... I'll get back to you.

"Longing, rusted, seventeen, daybreak, furnace, nine, benign, homecoming, one, freight car" (We'll see who figures that out ... )

How can so many players regress from last year to this. The physical doesn’t change. So what’s mentally bugging this team.

We got a five goals to tie in 90 seconds play?

Was down 2-1 and is up 7-2. That’s six in a row. One more and they tie Omaha for most unanswered … tonight.