keikla
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So....what are the chances that UND scores that elusive 4th goal in a game since....geez, it's been a while.
The Friday night game in Miami. Might as well score 4 goals, since my prediction has been so spot on already
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I think Ausmas could be our Matt Greene that we've been missing for the last couple years
haha I think MacWilliam was a pretty decent 'Matt Greene', and he just left after last season.
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Was gonna leave to head to game in 15 minutes... maybe I should just stay home!
Good news is I read they struggle even more offensively than UND does.
Haha I didn't say I didn't think UND would win. I just said I think it'll be by a very close margin in a low scoring game.
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Why would we include exhibition? And is holding a team to 3 goals an accomplishment?
I didn't say it was an accomplishment. It was in reference to my original statement that since they have a good goalie, I don't see UND scoring 4 or 5 goals. Since I'd already said 4, I used that as the cutoff.
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That's just something bad teams say
Of Northern Michigan's 18 games this season (incl. exhibition), they've kept the opponent to under 4 goals in 13 of those. 3 of those 13 were shut-outs and another 3 were just 1 goal allowed. I think that's something everyone says.
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Heard from a source tonite another player went down tonite with injury.. didn't sound like he would be playing.. I know its vague info but can't afford to be down another man. Already down OD and chyzk and maybe st Claire
Based on tonight's line-up, it wasn't a regular line-up contributor at least. Though no injury (regardless of who) is good news.
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Considering Northern's best player is their goaltender, I just don't see UND putting up 4 or 5 goals. UND 2-1
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I fully expect Siouxman to buy me some tickets if he can
Same here.
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With the current system, the WCHA really needs to cut back to a 24 or 21 game schedule. This would allow more games against eastern teams and make the PWR for the women's game more legit.
Agreed. It doesn't seem like the women's pairwaise will be changing anytime soon, much to the joy and benefit of east coast schools. So, the WCHA better adjust the schedule, or its teams will continue to be unfairly left out of the national tournament, year after year.
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UND gained some ground back in the pairwise. Overall record is now 7-7-2 and 5-5-0-0 in the NCHC. Sweep Northern Michigan. Go Sioux!
NMU
6-8-2 overall
4-5-1 WCHA
Winless in last four games...swept by Mankato last weekend and a win and tie previous weekend vs ferris state. Split with UNO, swept by UW and tied and loss to western mich.
I think you mean a LOSS and tie the previous weekend against Ferris State. I had to look it up to verify, mainly because I was surprised at the thought of Northern Michigan taking 3 of 4 points from Ferris State.
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I think it should have been an initial 4 on 3 for UND followed by a 5 on 4 for WMU.
I'm hoping that the officials discuss this during the week so they know how to properly execute this type of situation in the future.
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Doesn't make sense to me either, but at a minimum if Panz sat in the box his last 2 with all WMU players out, it had to be a PP for WMU. The math on this doesn't compute no matter how you look at it. Must have been some sort of Don Adam reasoning.
Just because Panz is in the box doesn't mean UND didn't have 5 players on the ice. I would bet they treated the second half of his double-minor more like they do for a 10-minute misconduct. The team isn't shorthanded (since two WMU players had penalties), but Panz isn't allowed to play. So he then would have been released at the next whistle after the final two minutes were up.
That's just my synopsis on what likely happened. If they did follow my explanation above, then they definitely handled the penalties wrong.
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Murphy has not done anything. Colten when healthy on 3rd line w Tambo and Chyzyk.
Thompson needs to get stronger but he is just 17. He made some get outlet passes last night that most of our veteran Dman haven't made in weeks.
I agree. Chyzyk over Murphy (unless Murphy starts doing something amazing from now til Christmas).
The rate at which Thompson has improved over just five games is incredibly encouraging. I've also been stoked by the play of Stecher. The freshman D may feel slightly over their heads now, but all this experience early on can only help as they develop.
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A win tonight gives UND its longest winning streak of the season (3 games). It also would leave the team on a high heading into a very important non-conference series. I'd love to see the boys win, but I'm expecting a tie or loss tonight.
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I thought after last weekends games that LaDue was our second best defensemen. After last night it's hard to argue against Stecher. I would like to se Simpson and LaDue together and Schmaltz with Stecher.
I originally thought that too, especially when Simpson and Schmaltz were split against St. Lawrence. But the problem that developed in that game, I noticed, is that they're on the same PP unit (which I agree with). With how prevalent special teams are, it's almost easier in terms of D pair rotation to keep them together throughout the game.
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Great....Thanks for the break down. What does all of that have to do with keikla's statement to rotate LaDue?
I think he was just saying that we don't need any sort of rotation; we should just sit Mattson.
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Here is my team, factoring in last night's play:
Johnson with Rocco and Jewels
Mark Mac with Parks and OD
Tambellini Murphy and St Clair (when healthy) Mattson now
Pattyn Gaarder and Rodwell
Stecher and Simpson
Schamltz and LaDue
Ausmus and Thompson
Zane
Clarke
Maybe Chyzyk instead of Murphy? He's been playing relatively well as of late.
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Rotate LaDue? He is one of our top 4 defensemen.
Yeah; I just threw his name in there at the last second. I'm thinking more Ausmus/Thompson, maybe Mattson. Mattson has been prone to defensive error this year.
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Wonder what he does with two other lines? I would rather see any d man in forward over Mitch if OD is sick. Hell panz is already playing as forward.
Maybe they go back to Friday night at BU with Ausmus and Panz on the fourth line and Mitch sitting.
I think that junior line will start to gel again soon enough. I would bet money OD and Mark both came back before being 100% healthy. Infuse a little health, and I think they'll start to pick it back up. That line was on fire at the beginning of the season.
I really like the overall line combos from the last night. I think the only substitution I would make is switching out Panz for St. Clair post-Christmas (assuming he's healthy by then). Maybe rotate LaDue, Ausmus, Thompson? Thompson has already shown incredible strides since being thrown in against BU, so it's hard to make him go back to sitting most games.
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I went to the CC game tonight and this is the first game I've seen all year where they played a fundamentally sound game for 60 full minutes. Archibald, Guentzel, Walters and co. were neutralized. CC attacked and crashed the net.
I think because CC is typically a 'run and gun' team, they fair much better against teams that play the same type of style. I think that's why they've historically given UND fits, even if they've been struggling against other teams.
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Seems harsh to me as well. Had he gotten a minor drinking citation I would understand but missing a game for a loud party?
He's actually not a true freshman, so that wouldn't be an issue. He turned 21 in September.
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I had a feeling that was the case.
0-5-1 on the road thus far.
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The road to recovery recently got longer for Brian Lee...he had knee surgery during the off-season but had to have an additional knee surgery just before Thanksgiving because the first one wasn't successful.
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Talk about ups and downs...Maine smokes BU and BC...and then goes to Vermont and promptly gets swept.
Those ups and downs are directly tied to location. Maine has been rocking it at home (great for local fans), but lays an egg every time they play a road game.
NORTH DAKOTA vs. Northern Michigan - Friday
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Zane seemed very solid tonight, but what was with him being so active with the puck? There were a couple times that he skated far out in order to do a long pass. The first one led to a 3-on-2 for UND, but the second one had NMU carrying the puck back across the red line with Zane still 10-15 feet from the net.