Oldguy

So let's look back on what went wrong this season (because it's basically over). Coaching staff went with one Jr. and the rest underclassmen on D. That's just bad roster management. It absolutely killed them this season. Injuries - that is not anyone's fault. Bad luck. Lack of energy, focus, and grittiness ("hard skill"?, HARDLY) - was evident in many games this year, IMO. That's bad coaching. So, two of these come down to poor coaching = poor coaching is the dominant theme on not even having 20 wins at the end of the regular season.

Why would we want to play at home? Don't we have a better road record?

Yes, that seems obvious. I thought rock bottom had been hit earlier this season, but nope - they saved it for senior night.

No sense of urgency on the PP. 3 goals on 10 shots. Great game guys.

UND better hope so, because Western is a better team.

In my best Charlie Brown: "I can't stand it!"

Y....e....s

UND seems to have no idea where to expect support players. Our passes are going nowhere but to white jerseys.

They are already "exposed" tonight.

Well, that got ugly fast.

This was a game in which they actually looked to have "an identity". Too bad so many games this season have had them looking unprepared and lost. It's sad when you are watching a road game, and the announcers say multiple times that your team's only chance to make the playoffs is to win the conference tournament. This was a gritty win, but the old "too little, too late" is certainly hanging over them.

Honestly, if you wanted to test how the rest of the season will go, this was pretty much it. This team has nothing to offer - nothing at all.

Would UND even be competitive in the CCHA?

Yet another game on national TV with UND getting spanked like toddlers. The program is just about rock bottom at this point.

This is just another example of one team playing like Natty contenders and the other team playing like...umm..your average USHL team.

Well, they were still way too sloppy in their own end, and not focused enough on getting pucks north, but the jump was better. A little closer to "our identity". I guess I'll have to wear this tattered and frayed, hole ridden shirt again Friday (because it is all about what I do, right?).

I always wear green on game days (even though I'm only watching via the web). Today, I picked the most tattered, falling-apart green shirt I own - the one with visible holes in it. It matches with this team perfectly.

So several hours later, I have to say: This team is anything but hard to play against. They are soft on defense and only average on the forecheck. Goaltending is sub par. We keep seeing "peer" teams with better. East-West seems to be more of UND's system than "Get North". Especially in our own zone - opt to shove the puck across the zone (or just stand there and hesitate) and let it get turned over. This coaching staff has run its course. I hope we have meaningful change after the SECOND season where UND was ranked #4 preseason, but ended up (presumably) missing the playoffs. This era is done.

Will this team even end up with a winning record? I have my doubts now.

So a CC team that has struggled to score racks up 6 at UND on the road. UND's defense stinks.

Wow, this team kinda sucks.

The deer in the headlights play in our zone is pathetic.

How many UND shots missed the net wide or high in that period? Unbelievable.

What's up with Jammer?

Covfefe?