SiouxScore

Great game with high intensity and great pace. International reffing was once again not real great. Thought the disallowed goal for the Russians was the right call but I thought it was because Radulov deflected it on the way in and thought it was a high stick but I guess it was because the net was off and that was the right call to make too. Thought Kane would end it for sure in OT when he had the breakaway and was surprised he didn't shoot at all in the shootout. Oshie was amazing in the shootout and easily could have been perfect if not for a couple of great saves by Bobrovsky. Really could tell U.S. defensemen were worried about Russian speed and at times it caused problems because of bad gap control and almost backing in on top of Quick.

I don't understand it either but everyone in the Big 10 does it, must be a conference rule.

Solid win tonight, the defense seemed pretty solid as a group but Schmaltz and Simpson really stood out to me as having good games. I thought the powerplay was better tonight than last weekend although it would be hard to not be. Saunders with a solid performance although I thought he was gonna give the early 1 goal lead right back with a mishandle but made a great pad save. Saunders still really seems to have trouble with his glove hand and giving up rebounds that way which needs to be cleaned up. Really hope to not see too many 4 on 4 situations tomorrow as I think it really favors Miami with all that speed. Need to make it tough on Miami getting through the neutral zone again tomorrow night and limit the penalties.

Yeah definitely not the best jerseys today. When I first saw the Canada game I thought Canada was in the white based on the jerseys and I definitely think their black jerseys may be the worst in the Olympics. Here is a pic of Canada's black jerseys:

Good post Mariucci and I think a lot of opposing teams fans would share your view if Hakstol was fired.

Nice job with this Mafia!

Gersich will turn 18 in July and it looks like there are only 4 or 5 younger than him on the team. From the games I've seen of Gersich he is a good skater and got some good skill and has a chance of being a pretty high end player but I wouldn't be surprised to see him play a year in the USHL before coming in just because of the roster situation. The newest Sioux commit Zach Yon had 4 goals and 1 assist in a 10-2 win for Roseau yesterday. He will play a year or two in the USHL but the thing that has impressed me about him is that he seems to be a natural goal scorer and when he gets a chance he doesn't miss it very often.

I believe this Sioux team has won every game they've played this year when CBSSN has broadcast the game and they have the game tonight so hopefully that streak can continue.

Yeah didn't understand that either. I know goal differential is a tiebreaker but nobody gets eliminated during pool play and I doubt Norway will be in a spot where the tiebreaker will matter anyway. Take the chance try to cut the lead to one and give yourself a chance to really pull a surprise. As Herm Edwards said "You play to win the game" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W42iiCcFbxE

My hope is that Zane is ready for Friday night, don't know what the chances of that are but he did practice yesterday.

Pretty good opener from the whole U.S. team, still might like to see Parise and Brown switch lines sometime in the tournament. Seems like Russia could kind of turn it on when they needed to against Slovenia, should be a good test for the U.S. Saturday. I'm probably in the minority but I don't really mind the jerseys and like the jerseys Nike makes as a whole, the only part I really wish they would get rid of is the fake laces.

I believe there is at least one more younger brother who isn't at the high school level yet. Ausmus is definitely a skilled puck moving d-man but he will probably need to prove himself in juniors a couple years before the interest from schools really pick up kind of like Tucker Poolman had to out of high school.

I wonder how much other teams fans laugh about some of these comments in this thread and really this topic as a whole?

Canada beats USA 3-2 with a very controversial 2nd goal for Canada as the whistle had blown and then the puck went in and the ref reviewed it and decided to call it a goal. USA didn't look to be at there best but part of that was probably due to a lot of holding and interference that was allowed to go on which helped the Canadians slow the U.S. as well as the physical nature of the Canada team. Reffing wasn't a real strong point throughout the game as the calls were very inconsistent and only 1/3 on catching the Canadians with too many (wo)men on the ice.

I take it most if not all of this post was made in a sarcastic nature?

So to get back in the game we should have took stupid penalties and put Omaha on the powerplay and our coach should have got kicked out when there wasn't really anything to argue about because that would fire the team up? I really can't agree with these statements that you think should have been done. I agree it was a very poor effort but sometimes there isn't much a coach can do to get through to the players in that situation. I'm sure the message has been sent in practices this week that the effort was unacceptable and I'm sure the players knew that but having experienced college athletics both as an athlete and a coach, and I'm sure most who have been athletics really at any level would agree, it is very hard and rare to see a team just suddenly increase the effort during the game, usually it is either there right from the start of the game or its not and there isn't much that anyone is able to change that during the game.

Looks like the lines were switched up for todays practice and the only line that was the same was Pavelski's. Van Riemsdyk-Pavelski-Kessel Parise-Backes-Callahan Pacioretty-Kesler-Kane Brown-Statsny-Oshie Extras: Wheeler-Stepan Suter-Shattenkirk McDonagh-Carlson Orpik-Martin Fowler-Faulk

One of the easiest solutions to beating UNO by stacking at the blueline is actually dumping the puck to soft spots in the zone and then winning the races to the puck but there wasn't a whole lot of guys who brought enough intensity and energy Saturday night to win those races.

Don't really agree with the garbage goal statement. The first goal was a pretty easy shot for a college goalie to stop and Saunders got beat short side. The pucks that rolled past him slowly were from far enough out that he needs to make the saves. The only one that I really can't fault him too much is the deflection off Simpson and in.

Missed opportunity for some important points tonight. Not a real crisp game and not a lot of urgency from a lot of guys tonight. Again the powerplay looked awful. Though I think we should have been able to score more goals on the uno goalie Thompson 3 goals should have been enough tonight. I really don't think uno had all that many quality chances tonight and Saunders was just flat out really bad tonight. I hope Zane is healthy for next weekend and can get back in the net. IMO if he is in goal tonight we win this game.

Kind of a sloppy game but got the all important win. A lot of chances both ways that weren't cashed in on but I thought the Sioux definitely had the better and more consistent chances. PK was very good and got the crucial kill on the major which I thought should have just been a cross checking. Saunders definitely came up big a couple times but neither of the UNO goals were real great. Clean up the turnovers and hopefully a little more crisp game tomorrow night but no matter the type of game just gotta find a way to get the sweep tomorrow.

Also technically have Tambellinis spot to fill too. Olson, Schmaltz, and Simonson are definitely coming in at forward and then I believe Gersich is the only other possibility. Poolman is the only D coming in but if Schmaltz was to leave early it would be a possibility to bring in someone like Mantha although I don't see the need as there would already be 6 solid D and Panzerella could be pushed to D again if someone got injured.

Anybody notice the Wisconsin center on the faceoff at the end right after they had been called for a penalty just crosscheck and tackle the Gopher center to the ground? Wisco was lucky they didn't face a 6-on-3 to end the game as their center wasn't even looking for the drop of the puck and just went straight at the Gopher center.

Schloss had said in a weekly chat that the team had always planned on him playing juniors next year, I believe he is still only 18 right now so he does have junior eligibility left. I wouldn't be surprised if he never ends up playing here and the same goes for Rowe and Pelnik too.

Yon hasn't been drafted but did attend a camp this summer with Sioux Falls. I would expect his team to make the state tournament this season in AA but I'm unsure of whether a USHL team would be able to sign him to play after the high school season or not? I believe he was eligible to be drafted last year and was surprised he wasn't already drafted being a Senior already.