farce poobah

Who do we think he'll pick?

SOG 20-18 Sioux, IIRC. or, 14-9 SIoux in the second period. We actually started to get some flow there. Picking off a LOT of Minnesota passes in/from their own zone. We need to turn those into scoring chances....

1-1 after 1

Positives: Second line looks good, they are a great matchup. Don't be surprised if Lucia changes that matchup. We're picking off Gopher clearing passes. Hope that turns into 3x2 down the line.

One final observation on yesterday's game - we scored 5 PPG in just 6 minutes of PP time. Elapsed PP time: PP#1 : 18 - Goal PP#2 : 08 - Goal PP#3 1:23 - Goal (the 5x3) PP#4 :59 - no PP#5 : 05 - Goal (Bina) PP#6 :23 - Goal (Oshie) PP#7 1:12 - no PP#8 1:45 - no 5 seconds, 8 seconds, 18 and 23 ... Maybe Red wasn't impressed with the Sioux PP because they weren't out there very long.

Ditto. Well said.

No stickwork. We showed a lot of maturity last night in adapting to how the game was going to be called. We showed a lot of maturity in not retaliating to Michigan's headhunting (they could have been called for another half-dozen head-hits). In a game like this, we have to bury the baggage and extra emotion and just play smart.

Thanks for the link. Red did a great job of not saying anything (but doing so very politely) in the postgame.

Hmmm.... Forney. Forney-cation. F'ng. Works for me.

4: left in the second. A power play we actually don't score on. I hope our Coaching MF Staff chews some butts about this.

"Mommy, what does the MF stand for?"

I'm green with envy. Thanks for the update.

Lammy!!!! with the great stop to prevent Hensick's hat trick and keep Duncan's Hobey Baker chances alive! ... then JMFJ with the incredibly stupid running-the-goalie penalty. Again, really happy that we didn't retaliate.

Looked to me like Bina deliberately shot the puck wide ... I can't fault Sauer on that one. Bang-bang play. In Michigan's system, they NEED a great goalie. Sauer doesn't seem like the kind to steal a bunch for you. Agree Red must be looking for another.

So when Porter tosses the puck out of the zone, did he do it without closing his hand?

Mostly because Lammy started standing on his head. And in the 3rd we started playing decent positional hockey.

Tonight is a night for BUTTS. Let's recap what we have so far, shall we? 1) Lucia squeezed himself a couple diamonds, according to the AF-MN thread. 2) I've got monkeys ... 3) Michigan's collective team butt is getting chewed. Not just by Red. Check the USCHO thread on Michigan's offseason. Their fans are ripping new ones for the whole team. 4) Most importantly, the Sioux survived a great big Butt Check tonight. Lived to play another day.

I absolutely LOVED the pass from Bina to Oshie on the 7th Sioux goal. Bina with plenty of time, no pressure, shoots it 4 feet to the left of the net. Off the lively back boards, Oshie flips it off Sauer before he can get back in place. That was most definitely a designed play. (We need to watch for MN to do it again tomorrow.)

Kaip! with the one-timer.

He's a Minnesota boy. That's how they do it there. [wink]

Yeah right. And monkeys might fly out of my butt.

I think Michigan is about to take another silly penalty. Gee, I was right. Imagine that. DEFINITELY, our PP success had the effect of discouraging Michigan's rough stuff. BINA!!!!! Unstoppable from beyond 50 feet!!!

my understanding is that the last round of voting is after the regionals.... fortunately for Duncan's chances so far ...

"Pried" off ice.

Agree. If that was a dive, I'll eat a puck.