with all the injuries , sickness and scoring problems I sure as hell hope we aren't sitting here on sunday or monday talking about how the sioux ran into a hot goalie(s) this weekend and licking our wounds.
I think the teams that have been the most successful against us have been able to push us to the perimiters as we enter the zone-which I think has been the case a lot lately. this has been our lack of scoring problem because once we get pushed to the outside the possession has essentially been over becasue we have a very hard time creating a lot of opportunities in the slot area.
and we would have the toughest, but what else is new. this is where having the toughest schedule in the country and taking some lumps early would/will pay off.
I think I recall hearing during one of the coaches shows a few weeks back hennessy said that in december tj suffered a hip injury. my originaL thought on saturday was that tj may have reaggrivated that injury. hak said back in december that tj could play, it would just be the amount of pain he could take. so time will tell. best bet-we don't see tj unless there's a game 3.
I'm not sure about that last part. in 35 games this season the sioux have scored 4 or more goals 13 times, 0-2 goals 15 times and 3 goals 7 times so odds are we're more likely to see 0-2 goals versus anything else.
unfortunatley I think that's what will be the ultimate downfall of this team. scoring 1-2 goals might get by the likes of bemidji, duluth and st. cloud but come cc, michigan, miami and denver that won't get it done.
I'd say Kozek is the most improved, I base it on production. Kozek simply has produced this year putting up goals, Martens hasn't this year or any of the two previous years.
going back and including the alaska series we have averaged 2.6 goals per game. we will not be winning championships if we continue that kind of production. didn't we make fun of the goophs the last month for that kind of offensive output. despite the fact we are unbeaten, having scored 6 goals in the last 4 games is pathetic.
I think finley is gone no matter what. if we win #8 100% guarantee tj and chorney are gone, if we don't win #8 90% chance they are both gone. 50/50 on duncan no matter what.