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I think it’s important that he stays 4th line center because he really is a reliable defensive forward. Let him kill penalties too but there is no excuse for him being on the power play as late in the season as he was. It took until the 2nd to last home game (thankfully we were at home for the playoffs) for him to get a goal. That type of impotence has no business being on the power play of a team with hopes to go deep in the NCAAs.

If I remember correctly, he ended up playing in that game against the gophers this year because Pehrson was hurt . And although he had limited minutes, he did well with the time he had. Kept it simple and physical and didn’t have any glaring gaffes

I remember Schloss saying that Wiebe actually likes playing on the right side. He did do it quite a bit this year too so I’m guessing he will be one of the right-sided guys next season. He’s a guy who really developed well defensively this year and I’m excited to see how his offensive side develops

We were also only playing with 5 defenseman who were getting tons of reps

Sorry to say it but we are the new gophers that we all used to pick on. It’s painful to think and idk that it really soaked in until last night.

This is 100% why that loss ended up being so painful. We were there and we were the better team for a larger portion of the game.

It would have hurt less if we wouldn’t have gone into the 3rd with the lead and then allow 3 straight goals

This was a huge turning point. Awful play

They are playing with only 4-5 defensemen and they burned their energy the first 2 periods. Benoit is there but he’s not getting any reps.

Don’t worry, we got one in the goalie’s logo

Yeah that’s when we have Pyke in the lineup

Yeah I almost woke up my toddler yelling at the TV after that non-Call

Honestly if any defenseman was going to be injured, why does it have to be Pyke? He’s the best all-around defenseman we have and it’s not close. Zmolek is the best shut down D but Pyke can do it all. Man this hurts. I really liked our chances before seeing that but going against such a potent offense we really needed Pyke in with his experience With all that said, I DO like the way our forward lines look.

First couple of goals sounds key. we scored first in 3 of the 4 losses to Omaha and that didn't pan out so great so we need to build ourselves a lead and run with it by actually holding it or just building it further.

I'd say some people are worried because we just got cleanly beaten by a team that is worse on paper than we are. But as good as I think we are on paper, Michigan probably looks better offensively and driving some defense from the back end. So if paper comes to real life along with our recent play, we are going to struggle. If we play the way we did at home against Denver and Western, I think we have a decent chance. Oh and stay out of the box, please.

This team is much better defensively than the Michigan we are used to seeing. Goaltending is just ok, but they have definitely improved on their structural team defense as this season has progressed. They are trending in the right direction at the right time of the year, unfortunately for us.

I actually feel the same way. They are better than we are head to head. We can’t beat them. At least 2 (maybe 3) of the 4 times we’ve lost to them this year we scored the first goal, too

Glass half full, Hobie is doing his part. Can’t blame him For this

Yeah aside from Blake hitting the post on a breakaway we have 0 grade A scoring chances this period.

Yeah I’d say UNO is simply a better team than we are. Again this is not an effort issue. The boys are going all in and we definitely have more overall talent on paper. But they play a smarter and more structured game. It might be for the best that we get sent out East because I don’t want to be in a regional with them. They can duke it out with the gophers for all I care haha

Not sure Gaber has had a SOG or has come even close to having one. Grade A chances have wilted away as the game goes on

Dave I 100% agree with you on the score of our game, I actually think we will sneak out a 1-goal win tonight. But I respectfully disagree with your Bonus Pick. I think Denver will end St. Cloud's season tonight but it'll be a close one. But I also kind of want St cloud to be done and miss the tourney haha. Tonight's game is going to tell us a lot about this UND team. We struggle to come from behind against teams like UNO and CC, so getting that first goal will be paramount. We don't have the consistency, faceoff prowess, or an excellent top line like the 2016, 2020, and 2021 teams did but when we strike first and lock down the good space in front of our net (please seen the home Denver and WMU series for examples ) we are awesome.

Persson. They brought him here to play the big games and they want him rolling strong going into regionals next week. Hobie is the heir to the throne and will be the guy next year. But my guess is that tonight we see Luddy. I feel confident in both goalies and think Hobie would do great; he looked awesome last weekend. But they didn't have Persson transfer here as a senior just to sit out if he's healthy.

I'm not as worried about how we play defensively against them either and I 100% agree about this team and scoring first because they aren't always great game-chasers. I'm worried that we won't be able to score much. I think we only got 1 even strength goal that weekend Omaha and one of our goals was a snipe by Perron when 5x3. Last line change doesn't seem to matter much against them because they stay so strong to their defensive structure and what gets through their D the goalie handles quite well. I'm happy that we get a game against a team that plays like this so close to the tourney because games always seem to tighten up.

Yeah CC may have had a lot of shots but Omaha did a stunningly good job at keeping most shots to the perimeter. CC only got 1 even strength goal the entire series if you exclude extra attacker goals. All their other goals were on the power play. Allowing only 1 5x5 goal in the course of 3 games on the road is an impressive feat and it makes me worried about our chances tomorrow if Omaha scores first.