Wilbur

Its unfortunate that Mac has been sought out by the officials like he has been. Talk about good old fashioned physical hockey going out the door. A big hit is now unfortunately a penalty for him. You can tell how frustrated he is by it as well. I think the player falling down near him was another case of, "what are they going to call on me now?"

The coaching staff should be well aware of this, as should the veterans on the team. They know how it can be at Mariucci, and the good teams of the past have played through it and had some success there. I remember a few years ago a TH rant when a UND player skated by a gopher player in the neutral zone who lost an edge and Minnesota got a power play out of the deal. TH must of went on for twenty minutes about the officiating at Mariucci, and about how the league was worried about having Minnesota at the final five. I don't think its a conspiracy like that. Just play hockey, and hopefully the black and white doesn't have an impact in the game.

Mousseaux does a good job. He doesn't do a lot of the yapping that Anderson and B. Shep do. Calls penalties, gets the players to the box, play hockey.

Although he got the game winner and all, I think Gaarder adds a lot more up front than Jim does. Yes, Jim got the game winner, but he was also playing with Kristo at that particular moment and it was just a tap in goal. I hope Friday shapes up something like this as far as line combos go: Kristo-Knight-Grimaldi Parks-Mark M.-Rowney Drake-Mitch-Gaarder Jim-General-Gleason Mac-Mattson Forbort-Schmaltz Simpson-Panzarella Clark

Good post. They need to figure something out with O'Donnell or he needs to sit. A big bodied kid like him needs to get physical, and show up on the score sheet. Panzarella needs to be a regular. I don't mind Gleason at forward because it means that he isn't getting caught up ice or down below the goal line against a bigger forward. I'm all for Rocco on the top line. Make it happen.

Two points please......

Need to be the more intense team next Friday night. Rivalry games are fun.

Overall Thoughts: ~Thought CC was hungrier for the start of the game....yikes ~Kristo playing at another level. As he goes, UND goes. ~Took a step back defensively.....by garsh...... Can't play like that in their own end at Mariucci....just.....uhhh.....It'll be 7-1 if they do.

Zane has been good in the last period. Made some nice saves to keep the lead. I still think that Clark is the guy.

Meh.....Rocco been pretty non existent tonight. May need a new combo for him. Kristo ices it. Sloppy sloppy sloppy play in their own end.

Just went back on my DVR.....my goodness....what official made the call on Mac? I thought Brad was kidding when he said that he was five feet away from him.....Get a clue.....

Talk about giving up a fricken golden opportunity after a goal.....good god fellas.....

Dan Senkbeil.......alright.....nice job Dan....... He should play with Kristo and Knight all the time....

According to Brad, Captain was about five feet from the player who fell.

Penalty or not, thats a save Zane has to make.

I'll guess role on team. Wasn't playing with top units and had really a role that wasn't associated with scoring. I guess playing with Kristo and Knight could be considered a scoring role for UND. In SCSU's defense he really didn't tear up the scoreboard while there.

Gleason may give this team more as a forward. Adds a lot of energy to the fourth unit.

Wow, Kristo hit the post hard....and I mean hard.

Wow.....two defensive pairings that have a guy that will hit people..... I think the wrong Mac is playing with Kristo and Knight, but then they're short a center if they go that way. Glad to see Zane back in the net. Heard he has practiced extremely well.

O'Donnell will be back if Caggiula is out of the lineup. My lineup for tonight: Kristo-Knight-Grimaldi Parks-Mark Mac-Rowney Mitch Mac-O'Donnell-Gaarder Chyzyk-Pattyn-St. Clair Senkbeil just doesn't do it for me. I know it will set off a major celebration when he scores his first goal, but I really don't see that happening for a while.

Saunders made enough great saves to make up for the softie right away. Would be nice to see the fellas get up tonight and just keep their foot on the pedal for sixty minutes. I don't want to throw tonight into must win category, but going into Mariucci next weekend won't be easy.

A couple of things I think that would make things smoother with officiating and keeping the game going because officials come to the bench entirely too much: ~Minor penalties non negotiable. Just go serve the penalty. If it was tripping then obviously the reff thought it was a trip. The whole lobbying that goes on just drags things on. Nobody's mind will be changed. I've never seen a penalty un-called. ~No negotiations on non penalty calls (icing, offsides, faceoff placements) ~On a too many men penalty when the official comes over to notify the coach, the player must come with the official immediately to the penalty box. Last night CC stopped the game for about five minutes when they didn't send someone over.....resting their top penalty killers. ~Not allowing coaches to call for reviews (which I think is already a rule, but is broken). If the officials on the ice all concur on a goal then its a goal. No pulling a Gwoz or Hak last night and stopping the game for ten minutes to review the play.

Good post. IMHO when the officials start throwing around the f-bombs and yapping it just makes things worse. Granted, they get yapped at a ton, but the good officials just make the call, escort the player to the box while they're getting yapped at, and drop the puck. Old WCHA official Mike Schmitt officiated a few of my high school games. Did a tremendous job just making the call and not worrying about what the coaches had to say or players after the fact. I had some great discussions with him during the games (I was a goalie). Of course the jerk always took drinks from my water bottle.

I'm going to go ahead and not blame this loss on the officials. They are crappy, and inconsistent. But they didn't blow this one....UND did.

Absolutely. ~Parks....dumb penalty....goal ~Kristo....dumb penalty....goal I think Hak said it best. The hungrier team won the game. This team needed a bit of a wakeup call.