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Or maybe he, Chyzyk and Simpson want to party together if Team Canada wins the gold!

…and like I said, when we get to the National tournament will we be hoping to face Michigan State, Denver, Wisconsin and Michigan to win #9?

Exactly. Denver had Bentley, Air Force, and Lindenwood on their non-conference, and Michigan had Mercyhurst and Robert Morris, so I think they know you need a few games that are less stressful and you can give some depth guys some love and playing time.

Would much rather be playing these teams in the National tournament than possibly be watching from the sidelines. One or two really tough non conference series is enough when you are playing in the NCHC, and we thought Minnesota would be one of those, but turned out not to be the case this year. We’ll have Minnesota and Wisconsin on the schedule and I’m sure will get a home and home scheduled on consecutive years like we did with Quinnipiac and BU. i do find it amusing that a lot of fans want to play the blue bloods all the time, but then when we have to match up with one like we did with Michigan in the first round, lament that we weren’t a higher seed to get an easier opponent.

Exactly, and if we play a grueling non conference besides the daunting NCHC and go a little above .500 in non conference, and miss the tournament, people will be calling for the coach to be fired. If we can lose to Clarkson and Minnesota, playing tougher teams could end your season quick if you get swept. We’re fine this year, but a lot of years we would still be on the bubble.

…and he probably knew he tipped it, but he deferred to Livanavage. That is quite the unselfish player.

Is Littler sick,or just out of the lineup?

But Bryn is Canadian.

Do they have ice time stats for Team USA for the tournament?

Gopher fans giving shade to Motzko saying there wasn’t enough talent. Yeah, but if Bob had his way, the team’s leading scorer wouldn’t be there. When you see how the talent he did have was woefully mismanaged, Motzko has a huge responsibility. Your job as a coach is to make best use of the talent you have, and he did the exact opposite of that.

Who is the other?

They talk about Suvanto right after who someone mentioned Chyzyk follows.

Coming into the game, Zellers +6, Mooney, -1, plus Mooney was part of a penalty kill that gave up 5 goals on 13 chances headed into this game. Motzko should answer to someone in USA hockey for that mismanagement. See Schlossman mentioned Zellers not playing in overtime between periods of UND game.

…and of course three shifts in overtime and you don’t play your leading scorer, but have no problem playing Mooney. Did Mooney even score in the tournament? For how much he played, he should have produced something.

When you give up as many power play goals against Sweden and aren’t utilizing Emery that much, it is no wonder why they can’t keep the puck out of their net. U.S. goalies can’t stop the puck if they can’t see it, but also if you are giving up point blank shots to most of these guys, they have the ability to hit the corners more times than not. They all can snipe.

Hopefully he learned the lesson there rather than with us.

…and to be clear, I wouldn’t have Zellers in that situation either, but it seems Spellacy and McMorrow should be out there in those situations.

You notice who was out trying for the empty net goal — Mooney and Ziemer.

Why is McMorrow not out there in crunch time?

Heil needs to come up with some big saves if he wants to see more games later in the tournament. I will say the U.S. defense is letting them in prime scoring positions, but still needs to come up big.

McMorrow and Spellacy are two other guys that have been good, yet don’t see a regular shift.

Wouldn’t you put a guy with a great shot along with someone like Plante who can free up space for him to get his shot off? Mooney supposedly should be able to create on his own, but haven’t seen that yet, except for the opposition.

Two big turnovers by Mooney and one by Ziemer, yet Mooney gets extra shifts and Zellers sits.

Thanks, I see that is the case.

Do you think Viggo Bjorck will play college hockey like his brother, or does it just make sense to continue in the Swedish league and then move on to the NHL? I imagine he would go high in the draft this year. Had a great game today.