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Never surrender

UNO’s season will be over after next weekend.

On a side note, has UND ever had a goalie that loses his stick as often as Driscoll ? Seems to happen at least once in every game.

The 5 min major in the third is a complete joke. They reviewed that and made it a 5 ? WTF were they watching ???

If Denver wins both in regulation and UND loses tomorrow then Denver wins the tie breaker and is the #1 seed. I don’t want to share anything with them.

If Taylor Ward wants a 5th year and wants to transfer, I would be more than happy if UND were to offer.

Only 5 d-men and no extra skater tonight. A loss would hurt our pairwise…might even be the loss that keeps us out of the NC$$ tourney. Can’t really expect a college hockey team to play under these circumstances, especially the second game in two days. WWMD ?

Please just get rid of the 3x3 OT and shootouts. They are almost irrelevant and an unnecessary gimmick. Go back to a 5x5 OT and if still tied just leave it as a tie. If we score in OT everyone thinks it’s a win and if the other team scores they think we lost. The only thing that really matters is the pairwise and for that it is basically a tie (.55 win vs .45 loss in OT, .5 win for both teams in a shootout).

Brilliant coaching by Berry to save Calder for the extra round.

Very sad commentary on this years team (accurate but sad). We are playing at home and we are happy we are able to win a game. This is UND, not some bottom tier program. Pathetic. We should be expecting to win both at home, not hoping to squeeze out one win.

Leave the regular season OT rules as is, though I would prefer a 15 min OT vs 10. In the playoffs it should be predetermined which team will get the ball first in OT before the game even starts. You can then factor that into the way you play at the end of the 4th quarter. Say you’re trailing by 7 late in the game and you score a TD. If you know the other team gets the OT kickoff you might want to go for two. I would grant the home team the option to kick or receive to start OT since they are the higher seed (they would have to declare before the game started if they want to kick or receive). Then play out the OT under the current rules.

They were big scorers in the WCHA. By moving to the NCHC they play a more difficult schedule so it should not be unexpected if they have a drop off in scoring. Last year Ford and Calder combined for about a goal/game. This year they have combined for around a half a goal/game. Having said that, neither of them are way off on points/game vs last year. Ford has dropped from .903 to .773 and Calder 1.000 to .833. The most glaring drop off is in goals scored by Ford. Last year 16 in 31 games, this year 3 in 22. On the plus side he already has two more assists than last season.

The old slogan “speed kills” is so very true. Lack of speed also kills, unfortunately it is killing UND.

IMO, the problem is more with our skill level than the design of the PP. The overall skill level of the two PP units is not where it needs to be.

At this point we are almost 2/3 of the way through the season. There has been no improvement recently, in fact you could argue regression. Their goal differential after 23 games in +5. This does not scream “good team” but just reinforces the fact that this years team is very average. Looks like there is a very good chance this will be the third year out of seven where Berry coached team misses the NC$$ playoffs

I would like the rules to change so that if you are fully vaccinated then you treat it the same as you would with a cold/flu. I don’t believe there is any rule that prevents someone from playing that has a cold/flu. Just use a bit of common sense.

I think they’ll go the college route and hire Bubba.

I would definitely sit some of the skilled guys. Really no use in playing Cook, especially given his injury history. Wouldn’t play Jefferson either. Totally meaningless game, much less meaningful than the last exhibition game where they tend to bench most of the starters. At least in the exhibition you could be trying to work out all the kinks before the season starts so you don’t lay of big egg in the opener.

Cornell looks like a solid middle of the pack hockey team. A 4th-6th place finish in the NCHC. We look like a slow team that lacks some offense skill and can’t figure out how to play in the defensive zone. Our margin of error is very slim and we can’t afford to make as many stupid plays as we did this weekend. This team needs to quickly figure out the way they need to play to be successful or they will be sitting out the tourney for the third time under Berry.

I’m confused as to why the Vikings are going to start Cousins against the Bears. Let one of the backups get some playing time as a loss will give them a better slot in the draft. Also, why risk an injury to Cousins when the game is meaningless ? An injury might impact next years team if you are planning to keep him. If you want to explore trade options, again playing him is nonsensical. There is absolutely no upside to him playing, only downside.

Are you happy with how he has played the entire season ? I don’t remember the last time we had a starting goalie with a save percentage this low. We’re allowing almost 3 goals a game. Is it all the goalies fault ? Not completely, but he has to play better if UND is going to have a reasonable chance for #9. So far this year he does not look very good to me.

If Driscoll starts tomorrow night then Berry is admitting one of two things: there’s no accountability for how well you are playing or he feels he has no other valid options. Either it is an indictment of his coaching or of his recruiting. If I have to bet, my bet is on Driscoll starting again. If this was just one off night for him I would be fine with it, but the season stats say it is not just one night.

I’ve seen all I need to of Driscoll. Don’t see him drastically improving the rest of the year. He seems to always be flopping and scrambling and has trouble controlling rebounds. Without significantly better goaltending we have no chance to win #9, time to see if Hellsten can take the job. I don’t know if he can but I have no faith in Driscoll.

These stats for UND jump out to me: Defense: 2.84 (30th) Penalty kill: 79.7 (35th) Goaltending: .884 (47th) Those don’t scream championship contender. Need significant improvement in the second half to have a realistic chance at #9. There is no reason they can’t perform much better defensively and tonight would be a good time to start.

Didn’t he win gold last year in the world juniors ? Canda/USA championship game would be a meaningful one.