hockeytherapy13

Duluth has played better in January than their record shows. I don’t see us sweeping in their barn this time but I see us taking one.

I think we’d see Croal with the C before anyone else. The guy is Sioux hockey through and through. Moot point for now but that’d be my guess.

I might argue that Boisvert and Omac going to BU may have been a great portal steal away from us Addition by subtraction

I know this is way late, but what was he saying?

I really think we can take 4/6 points on the road this weekend. 3-2 OT loss tonight and a 5-1 regulation win Saturday.

At the media press conference Wednesday Jax made it seem very likely that Homer will get a game this weekend. I fully agree that they should roll Jan Friday and Homer Saturday.

Yeah he's a massive homer but he's oddly fair. It's different from homer announcers like CC or ASU in that they think every call should go their way and they are blind to reality. Where Geno makes it obvious he is cheering for St. Cloud but he agrees with calls both ways and respects talent on both ends of the ice. I used to hate it but coming to terms with his weird personality has helped haha.

I NEVER thought I'd say this. But for some reason Geno has started to grow on me. I mean he is actively cheering for St Cloud the whole time, there's no doubt about it. But he knows the game well and appreciates a good play when he sees one, regardless of the team. At one point I couldn't stand him but my mind is starting to change.

Dang I had completely forgotten about that. Was it Malone that hit him?

I really wouldn’t be surprised to see Stenberg go #1.

Having a big line is massive during the regionals and frozen 4 with longer TV timeouts. They can roll those guys more often and if you get 2-3 goals out of 1 line, you can win a game. Duluth and Michigan will be deadly teams in the tourney. Love our depth but we need to have “the line” who we go to when we need to get 1 back. Our top 2 lines are obviously good but it’ll be interesting to see if one of them really pops toward playoffs.

I’m not fully sure what you’re trying to say here. I’m not a Homer hater so maybe you’re assuming that? Verhoeff has had some ugly turnover and some moments where he punts it up the ice instead of making a play. Does that mean he should be benched? Nope just learn from it and keep getting better. Anyways, Seems wise to go with the guy who has had the most consistency and let him learn and keep building. If it becomes a trend for him, then we switch. It’s also easy to forget some of the big saves he made when we were down by 1 to allow us to eventually tie in regulation.

Gotta play Spunar again. Can’t send the message that one mediocre game takes the net away from you. He’s now 10-1

He missed the net 3 times on that power play, oof

Every graph on metrics I’ve seen shows CC is a much better team than their record shows. Most of the teams in the same areas of them on those charts are top-15 in the NPI so Hopefully they don’t “find” their metrics this coming weekend.

You can't be serious. Do you really not see a change or are you just upset that we've had some mental lapses here and there? There is a remarkable difference in the way this team plays compared to the past 4ish years. They find a way to score first almost every game and even most of the games they don't score first, they get the goal back in short order. When they are up by 1 they look like a team that is down by 2. Even when they are up by 2-3 They don't sit back and hold the line, they keep forechecking hard and often build their lead. The identity of this team is light years away from what we saw the last few seasons

Ever since they moved Kernan to center he’s been rolling strong. Love seeing it

FYP

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