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Jax should get an apple on that goal for the brilliant use of his timeout. Another great decision that we wouldn’t have seen last year

I think Schloss said their flight back is Jan 2nd

I was in 103 Saturday with my 6-year old for his first ever road game. He said it was one of his favorite games he’s been to, but seemed confused about the crowd when he said “it kind of feels like a home game”. However, I don’t think he realized how stressful it was at times for his dad haha.

Yep. We would have been likely to lose this type of game if it were any of the previous 3 seasons.

To have gotten 0 shots on goal after 2 power plays on the big sheet is concerning. They scouted us well and realized how infrequently we use the bumper. Unfortunately you know the next power play will go to them so hopefully we can lock it down. 5x5 we are the better team; The depth was showing the last 5 mins of that period.

Random stat that I stumbled upon. Strinden hasn’t taken a single penalty since the Saturday game against the gophs (10 games played since then). We’ve been rightfully admiring his production but having played the last 140ish minutes without a penalty shows unbelievable discipline. Quite the leader we have there and it’s safe to say Jax helped him find another level he’s had lying in wait.

We badly needed a special teams night like this one. Love it

Phew

I’d rather we play them as an exhibition game instead of Toba. But I know that’s a little unfair to BSU since they likely wouldn’t be getting a home game

The crumminess of that picture is the perfect symbol to represent how crummy their rink is haha. Although I’ll admit it’s a solid college atmosphere. I’ll be there as well; bringing my 6-year old to his first away game so really hoping for a win. Series there are always fun because of the big green contingent and the hatred St. Cloud fans have for us.

Feels like it's been quite a few but 2018-19 was brutal with how they couldn't finish the job getting the puck in the net. But I think Shloss started bringing up xG during 2022-2023 season but I can't say for sure; it was within the last few years.

Jax has mentioned some of the analytics in interviews, so you know they are looking at them to guide a few things. So the analytics have value and definitely relevant, despite what some people feel. I'm guessing some people got annoyed with it getting talked about so much by Schloss (while we were never reaching our full potential multiple seasons) that they decided to ignore it's value altogether.

You hate to see it

Good teams with astute coaches drop games too. I was in the building (I’ll bet a lot of us on this board were there) for the 2011 game against Shawn Hunwick (barf). Incredible team with great coaches, shots 40-20, and we know how that one ended. We are 6 weekend into the season with 10 freshman, pretty good start so far. We all knew coming into the weekend that they were going to rotate goalies like last weekend. It went very well last weekend and tonight it didn’t. 2 of those goals Homer had zero chance as he was hung out to dry. One of them will take the reins.

Step away from the ledge, you’re acting like we got outshot 40-20 and lost by 5. We had some bad defensive breakdowns that ended up in our net and the power play was rough. But 5x5 play was heavily in our favor and we dominated them most of the weekend. This isn’t one of those times where we blew a 3-goal lead in the 3rd period like 2 seasons ago. We almost tripled a team in shots and some didn’t land. This team is well coached but some nights just won’t always go our way.