Playing devil’s advocate…
Wouldn’t Driscoll’s performance to date coupled with the fact that the Freshmen aren’t able to challenge him for playing time run counter to the narrative that Karl is “perhaps the best goalie coach in college hockey?”
But Michigan did it the old-fashioned way with a hot goalie and not a shutdown line. Speaking of which, I’m more worried about having a trustworthy goaltender than a shutdown line come tournament time.
1999 Final Five comes to mind. Target Center. My memory is a bit foggy but I seem to remember Stephen Wagner and Lee Goren being the actors in this one.
In the first intermission feature he said he was thankful for “being back in the state of Minnesota....been gone a long time...”
St. Cloud is a long way from the STATE of Minnesota apparently.
I question the bullpen moves, but getting these guys in early in the series may have been the plan to help them not crap their pants later. It’s just tough with only a 5 game series. It’s the only way I can rationalize some of Rocco’s odd choices.