DenaliSioux
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Trust me Scotty Bowman would not help against Ohio or Minnesota. We might get some points off Bemidji. St. Cloud will be tough.
A word of caution to HockeyMom- if you keep calling for the changing of the head coach that fellow in Twamley might stop blaming last years Senior players for all the problems with the program and put the burden on you!
Keep up the support for the girls and hopefully things will get sorted out.
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From NCAA womens hockey report
"North Dakota, which graduated the first recruited class in the program's history, welcomes 11 freshmen -- which should give you an idea of the challenge faced by coach Shantel Rivard. But the Fighting Sioux do return their top scorers in sophomores Melissa Jacques (Cooks Creek, Minn.) and Samantha Bowers (Littleton, Colo.), while junior Randi Motsko (Fairbanks, Alaska) is expected to show significant improvement at forward."
Another spin on a continued play of words. The leading scorers left the team along with a whole lot of other people. As far as being able to use the Olympian excuse she will use many of her others that she has used. The only way this program can go in the right direction is to hire a qualified coach.
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What irritates me a bit is that the coach is saying they are basically at square one. You don't necessarily expect great things from a fledgling program, but what you expect is for it to grow year after year. To be back at square one is very disturbing especially with the facilities, the school and the men's tradition that can be used to help lure top-end talent. I can tell you what would happen to a professional expansion team coach that had to start back at square one after so many years. Maybe what bothers me more is the defeatist attitude of being back at square one, which basically means one thing -- very little possibility of getting the Lamoureaux sisters and being an instant contender. If they at least had a surrounding cast that could make them competitive in the league, the Lamoureaux sisters could put you over the top, because Minnesota showed the way with having Wendell, Darwitz and Stephens. Beyond them, Minnesota wasn't much better than the rest of the leauge. Better get some top-end talent in here soon, because last place just isn't going to cut it at UND, no matter what the sport, especially since it is an expensive proposition.
Don't be too discouraged and just wait a few weeks and the comments will change. Less than a month ago the coaching staff was stating 'Overall, I think we are headed in the right direction' or 'I think the team is on the right track'. This week it's back at square one with the coach indicating it was not that much of a surprise the other pair of the top two leading scores for the past two years is leaving. At the beginning of this past season it was 'wanting to be one of the top four teams' and when that didn't happen the players and team unity were the primary cause of failing. I'm sure 'a rebuilding year' will fall into place sometime next year.
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WCHA Stats for 8 Games;
60 Power Play Opportunities- 0 Goals
2 Goals scored- .25 Goals/Game
Quotes from Coaching Staff at the end of last years season after hanging most of the blame on the Seniors;
3/27/06 Dakota Student-