Previously, Park River, Douglas, Plentywood MT, Noonan, Souris, Burlington (home of the Hacienda), Twin Cities.
Interests
Watching the Sioux, on my couch, while eating a steady diet of government cheese. You will be doing a lot of that if you're living in a van down by the river!
They have been outclassed in every respect in the first two games. They definitely looked better tonight but you can't keep putting the Avs on the power play. Kaprizov with a total bonehead play with a cross check right after the Wild got it to 4-2.
Middleton was a turnover machine in his own end. I lost count of how many times Minny just tried throwing the puck up ice to try clear the zone and it ended up on a Colorado stick.
Wild D has some work to do. Looked like a damn video game out there with both teams making great and absolutely horrible plays. The guys during the intermission said it looked like October hockey; I have to agree.
Agree that it seems a little knee jerk reaction-ish. Would have loved to see Littler in that game against Bucky because it seemed we had little or no net front presence. Loved his line when he played with Croal and Young. Those guys really brought the grit back into Sioux hockey; hated seeing Littler leave for ASU but good luck to him. Lord knows the Sun Devils need some sandpaper in their game.
Love Littler's game...if he can't find top 6 minutes elsewhere I'd love if he came back to UND. No way he shouldn't have been in the lineup against Wisconsin; come back Cade!
If you can figure out why a team comes out flat you probably have a good coaching career ahead of you. Wisconsin coming out with an aggressive forecheck had a lot to do with our first period struggles. At that point you make adjustments to combat that. Sioux power play looked punchless against a team with a 70% kill rate; that was definitely an area that could have been better. Any chance UND looked past UW a little anticipating a matchup with DU or Michigan? It’s definitely not the way anybody wanted the season to end but hopefully guys will learn from this moment.