HS hockey related but on the MN side. Yesterday the Spud girls played Andover in the 2A 5th place game. Teams split during season with each team winning by a goal. Officiating crew was 2 female referees and 2 male linesman. 13 penalties were called the the Spuds with Andover being awarded four 5x3 PPs. Andover scored on all four 5x3 PPs enroute to a 7-0 win. Both male linesman and the Andover coach apologized to the Spuds coaching staff for the lopsided officiating per reliable source. Spuds had 12 Sr. players out of 20 girls rostered. Tough way to have your HS career end in that fashion.
"Cross check"...yes. Slashing...no. Based on insider info not egregious enough for any disciplinary action but in today's society got protect a teen year old's feelings so that her self esteem is high enough to start her OF page at 18.
I hope I'm wrong but there's is nothing that thinks UND steals a game in regulation after watch two night with these two teams at the Ralph. Bump is just different.
Strathmann and Strinden stood out this series. Strathmann has some poor man Sanderson qualities. He's gonna be a good one before he leaves UND. Mac and EJ need to step up. With the hype both came in with they have underwhelmed to date. Good to see the 5th come back after what looked like an ugly knee injury in the first but that line gives you very little 5x5. Schmaltz is terrific on the PK though. TJ is red hot but I don't see this glass slipper fitting for another 8 game to get to Fargo. That's a big ask.
Of the four lines last night the all letter Sr line was easily the least effective. Their minutes tonight should be minimal at best 5x5 if no lineup changes are made.
This needs to be said.....the NODAK jerseys need to be the new everygame jerseys. White, green, black. BB knew what he was doing getting that thing started with the side hustle. They are gems.