FINAL
UND 4 (10-10-1)
BSU 3 (8-9-0)
Attendance: 2,414
Shots:
UND 40
BSU 25
Saves:
Eidsness: 22
Dalton: 36
Power Play:
UND: 1/5 12 shots
BSU: 0/1 (only 11 seconds)
Coach:
-We closed down pretty well. You know it's gonna be hard going into the third period. I thought we got back on our heals too much in the third, but we did a better job defensively. Second period was a little better defensively. We did good offensively in the first two periods.
-We didn't get enough out of a couple of guys in our lineup tonight and that's a concern. The puck was bouncing like a ball... that's tough for defensemen. Big adjustment was having the third forward going for fifty fifty pucks in the neutral zone.
-No question that the VV line was very good tonight. They did a lot of good things. They had a couple shifts where they had long shifts and gave up an outnumbered chance coming back, but they did very good.
-Duncan is doing pretty good in the middle. Had a tough start in the beginning, went 0/4 or 0/5 on faceoffs. He's a smart player... he played up the middle in junior hockey. He's becoming more and more comfortable there. Whether or not we have the right combination with him we'll have to see.
-This was a greasy road win, we had battle through sixty minutes. We had to clean some things up, and we did that. Eidsness didn't let a goal in the last forty minutes of the hockey game. Great save there at the end.
Trupp: Player of the Game
-Pretty exciting start. Got the goal right away. They showed lots of characted and scored two right away. We didn't let down and it turned out to be a pretty good game. They're a really good hockey team. We showed a lot of characted by coming back from being behind twice tonight. That's something we take pride in.
-We talked in between the second and third about playing good D and we shut them down in the third. Our line is new, both those guys are really good hockey players. We played really well tonight, it was a lot of fun. Their a tough hockey team, came out hitting, and these are the fun games to play in... old time hockey in a lively barn like this. Tomorrow will be another battle.
Roughneck Performance of the Game: (?) Ben Blood
Three Stars:
1st: Evan Trupp - starting to show what he's capable of doing 1g, 1a, 4 shots, +2 on the night
2nd: Matt Frattin - really visible, three assists (first time), that line was clicking
3rd: Matt Read (BSU) - good speed, great hands, good instinct
