farce poobah

Still some extra marbles in the referee pocket … argh

Krannila two minutes for being stupid.

Gut check time …

The marbles were in the pocket that said UND penalty.

Upset alert: st Thomas 1-0 over Bemidji after 5 minutes.

Jamrik! I mean Jammik! Or is it Jamnick?

Hain! 3-2!

Quick check of the history books. We've lost at St Cloud by 7 goals before. At St Cloud, 2-9, on Friday, January 20, 1995. Saturday? We won, 5-4.

I"m not a coach, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express ... Change one thing? Poise with the puck. Too many blind passes, passes to an area, and passes made when the intended target wasn't ready. And most of those weren't "forced" as in St Cloud checking us off the puck (though there was some of that). Hang onto it for just another ½ second, get set, then pass the puck. Same thing for clearing attempts on PK; we're failing to clear too many times because we're too-jumpy. Get back to basics. Fast.

I remember giving up 9 to Wisconsin, March 1982. a month later we beat them for a National Championship. this. Is. Not. Over.

KG

With Ben Holden doing PbP for Big Ten hockey, I can almost watch without throwing up. Almost. 5-1 gophers late 3rd.

Western Michigan making Miami look good by playing awful team defense and taking loads of penalties. Western 5-3 Miami late second

Motzko with a well timed challenge. 5-0 after two periods. (gopherpucklive: “what the hell just happened “)

Summit hockey! Okay, please not. EDIT: I haven't read the by laws, and I sure hope there's no requirement to start a conference if 6 schools sponsor a team.

It’s okay. He’s on a mission from God.

St Cloud is approaching Red Army powerplay conversions at 34% so far this year, and killing them at 84%. But 5x5, i think we will be just fine.

An excellent read on one of my favorite players, Troy Murray. Here's wishing you a strong and fast recovery, Troy. Troy Murray, Blackhawk Through and Through He joined UND in the fall of 1980, a season with 13 new players after the Sioux won the 1980 title and went on to lead the Sioux in scoring as an 18 year old freshman. But like so many great Sioux players, he was maybe even better at defense than offense. Certainly worked as hard at it. Troy went on to win the Selke Trophy as the top defensive forward in the NHL in 1985-1986. In that season, he put up 99 points. (Let that sink in for a moment.) Yes, the legs feed the wolf. But great defense feeds offense too. Had the fun of meeting him, back in the day, on campus and a couple off campus "events". A young man with his head on straight.

Betting Lake State also with some illness issues. That plus MSU defense really got on it tonight, in their 3-0 win: 5 saves for Dryden McKay and of course another shutout. This despite Lake State getting 13+ minutes of powerplays. Ouch.

Gopher first line is really good. But the rest of team is getting worked over by the Sioux tonight.

Senden! great for the guys to get a reward after an excellent stretch of play.

Challenging contact to Driscolls head I guess.

5x5 we looked okay. But we can’t give them power plays.

Note to UND administration: please do NOT schedule this series on Thanksgiving weekend or any other time the students aren’t in session. That is short sighted. Thank you.

Actually Gopher math sucks as bad as they do. Friday is the 290th game between the two teams. https://fightinghawks.com/news/2021/11/24/mens-hockey-notes-old-friend-comes-to-town-for-thanksgiving-showdown.aspx They like to count various games in the 1920’s and 1930’s, before UND sponsored a bins fide University team. PS just another cue to the rivalry … can’t even agree on how many games played.