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Penalty....goal....

Good road period so far. Playing within themselves.

Have to slow the game down a ton now. Keep the game on the wall. Lots of empty seats.....lots.....

Congrats to Bubba and the boys. Will be taking my son to his first game next Saturday. Been a long time since I've been to the Alerus.

Some thoughts: ~Cam got caught a couple times too deep in his net. Needs to challenge, get to the top of the paint. Some of the big saves he made made up for the questionable ones. He's not the reason the game was a tie. He was pretty good in some key spots. ~Defensive zone coverage was the worst I've seen in years. Lots of puck watching. Very teachable moments on video tomorrow for the group. Someone already said it…..you don't replace Stecher or LaDue. And those guys were on the ice 50 percent of the time last year. Minnesota's 5th goal can't happen…..but just before it was scored I saw our guy looking at the puck carrier and not his responsibility…..and cue the rouser….. ~Forwards need to do a better job tracking back defensively. Minnesota is so good at adding a fourth guy or weakside d man to a rush, and finding his stick for a quality scoring chance. ~You have to adjust your play to the officiating. Being a man up for Minnesota was the difference, and a reason that the first period went from good to bad….. ~Tyson Jost's best game for UND. Great game by the freshman. Simonson also very good out there on the final kill of the game. I think you'll see UND try and slow the game down a bit tomorrow. Obviously they can't play end to end with Minnesota, but you'll see them dump the puck more and try and play in Minnesota's end a bit more. Give Minnesota 5 plus powerplays and it'll be a long night with the rouser.

Defensive zone coverage.....my god.... 5-5 tie......

What was Olson doing? Weak side forward? My goodness...... This is one of the worst defensive performances I've ever seen from UND.

Do they talk about defensive zone coverage?

Wow sloppy.....goodness.

Can't play the body. Touch a gopher he dives and it's a PP. Can't play the body.

Can't believe the empty rink. Sad for college hockey.

It's funny watching Minnesota start all the crap. But you get Ausmus and Poolman off the ice and you've got an advantage.

Agreed. Saw Saturday they put Pogo up with Gerisch and Jost in the third.I think putting Boeser with Yon and Rhett isn't a terrible idea. Do you match up your top d pair against Pogo-Gersich-Yost or Boeser-Rhett-Yon? Need to figure out who fits with the Euros too. I'm worried about our d zone coverage on the big rink. Ausmus and Poolman can't play 30 minutes. Big weekend for the back end, and Cam.

Do we have to give the trophy back?

He has been much much better this weekend, good for him. Now that Boeser kid......grrr....

Safe to say Boeser was lost on D there on that 3-2...Lol....:D

Exact same play minus the elbow to the face guys.....come on.....

Duluth is a good team. Good early wakeup call for UND. 2-0 Dogs.

Why can Pionk over and over be allowed to take shots at UND players to the head area? After Duluth goal....shot to Rhett's head, Rhett takes shot at other Duluth player afterwards..... Officials with the responsibility, yet they let him do it.

That's gotta be a penalty. You can't jump into the player.

He wasn't minus five bad because I don't think he got five shifts to be honest.

Thoughts: -Last 15 was crap. Get up 5-1 and coast, the Beavers still played hard. -Line combos seem to be gelling. Heavy line with Yon, could be good. -Love the energy from Joel Janatuinen. Runs around a bit, but plays on the edge and does everything fast. -We were told the defense was going to be a work in progress, so chalk it up to growing pains I guess. I thought Casey Johnson rebounded from yesterday and was better. Peski needs to just relax. The game is so fast for him right now, but a credit to the coaching staff in talking to him after every shift positive or negative. He just needs to be a sponge every minute at the rink. -Wife cut me off, donut time at 10:30. #pregnantwivesmatter

Tremendous play by C Poolman jumping up and seeing Boeser trailing the play and not shooting to score, but to create a rebound for Boeser. I love the Poolman family.

Very impressed with younger Poolman. Does not like to give up the blue line on a rush.

One shift for Peski, one goal for BSU.