The pick for goalie for the rest of the season is a no brainer. TJ has no skin in UND hockey. Don't think his heart's in it now either. He's bounced around D1 hockey like an unfrozen puck. Hobie wants a starting spot on the team next year. He needs to be the guy.
He does seem to be a nonfactor at wing. His strength is his passing and I think you are on to something in that he'd better suited to being back at center, perhaps 4th line.
What frustrates me most are the goals scored by opponents in scrums in front of the net and the lack of those kind of goals by this team. It's not puck luck at this point, it's beyond that.
Watched the MU/MSU game tonight. Very sloppy game, lot of hitting, poor goaltending, not much skill on display. Wasn’t impressed with either team. Not NCHC caliber.
We can’t let up tonight or tomorrow, as a loss would hurt Pairwise ratings immensely. We need to maintain a top 4 rating through the playoffs to preserve home ice in the national regionals.
Starman stated it well. Western throws a lot of shots at the goal but few are grade A chances. Sioux shots are quality shots from close in between the dots, the kind that result in goals. Sioux also have more snipers than Western. Western seems to rely on greasy goals and rebounds - that’s their style of offense. Persson wasn’t tested to the degree the number of SOG’s might suggest.
Western still above the cut line after this loss. A win tonight gets them in I think for certain. Even another loss tonight they’ll be better than 50% odds to get in. They stand at 74% probability now.