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  1. On 3/18/2018 at 1:04 AM, Blackheart said:

    Well I did not attend the fan fest but I did bring the family down to The X for Friday's game.  So glad the games are not in Target Center anymore; love the X.  Here are a few observations...

     - This is a hockey arena so the ice is good and the sight-lines are very good

    -   My family did not have to endure a full body cavity search to get into the arena like we did to get into Target Center

    -  When I left my seat to get a beer or beers for our group I did not have to show my ticket every time to be allowed to return to my seat

     - There were not missing railings on the the steps to get to our seats like there were in Target Center.    Much better to get my parents who are their mid-70s safely to their seats.

     - When I purchased tickets I asked to sit in a section the Visiting team shoots at twice,  and they put me in the wrong end of the arena.  Shame on you X; this is  your job!  You have to be better than this.

     - Parking was easy; RiverCentre ramp right next to arena

     - Fleet Farm sign making tables were awesome!  Big ups to the NCHC on this!

     - Suggestion to the X...when a team brings their band to the arena, let them play!  Stop playing your pre-programmed music over the top of my school's fight song!

     - Glad we are back at the X!!!

     

    One thing I missed from the TC...the 612 Lounge!  0 bathroom line, and 0 beer line are hard to beat!  Too bad the X didn't have anything comparable unless you wanted to sit on the glass.

  2. 2 hours ago, Godsmack said:

    Yah, I still have a vcr recording of a two game, total series between the Sioux and Gophers and it was a trip to see a team leading in the second game and still having to pull their goalie!

    Or OT in a game that wasn't tied!

  3. Interesting.  Do they have replay officials upstairs who buzz down, or is it up to the on-ice officials and/or coaches to decide to take a look at a play?  On the UMD goal, Walsh waved it off and Shep comes over and says he saw the net move so they initiate a review.  Would be cool to see the GoPro footage from this particular event.  Looks like it happened pretty quickly, and the Shep/Walsh crew isn't exactly fleet of foot.  Maybe they were out of position.  Not sure why nobody from UND made a request to review the play, unless none of them saw it either until after the game (or during intermission).  Sounds like the TV crew thought it was in, but it's not like the broadcasters can request a review.

  4. 11 minutes ago, yababy8 said:

    It happened at about the 7 min mark of the first period. I have it on my dish recording.  It was 100% a goal. There is 0% chance it didn't go in.  The fact that it was not reviewed by the refs was completely inconsistent with their behavior in this respect all year...

    Do you have any better screen grabs?  The one that was posted earlier certainly does not provide conclusive evidence it was a goal.  If you have anything that shows a better angle that would be cool.  Nobody on the ice or in the bench area seemed to notice or make a big deal about reviewing it though.  Again, this is the same crew that initially whiffed on the UMD point shot goal later in the game that everyone in the arena saw go in, but you'd think some of the players would have reacted, and had the captain or head coach talk to the referee.

  5. 2 hours ago, siouxstudent said:

    If that is indeed the puck there is a lot of white in between that and the goal line.

    The puck is in the air though.  You'd have to bring the puck down to ice level and see if any part of it overlapped the red line.  Tough to do from this angle.  It certainly looks close enough for a review, but if this is the only angle and the call on the ice was no goal it would not be overturned.  Need to be conclusive visual evidence.  If they had a shot from overhead, or even from the side of the net it would be easier to determine whether the puck completely crossed the line.  This is the same crew that initially whiffed on the UMD point shot goal later in the game. 

  6. 31 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

    Again, if that's not a penalty shot what is?

    The play met penalty shot criteria just as Stecher's play meets suspension criteria.

     

    25.6
    Penalty Shot –
    A penalty shot is designed to restore a scoring opportunity
    which was lost as a result of a foul being committed by the offending
    team, based on the parameters set out in these rules.
    There are four (4) specific conditions that must be met in order for the
    Referee to award a penalty shot for a player being fouled from behind. They
    are:
    The infraction must have taken place in the neutral zone or attacking
    zone, (i.e. over the puck carrier’s own blue line);
    The infraction must have been committed from behind;
    The player in possession and control (or, in the judgment of the
    Referee, clearly would have obtained possession and control of the
    puck) must have been denied a reasonable chance to score (the fact
    that he got a shot off does not automatically eliminate this play from
    the penalty shot consideration criteria. If the foul was from behind
    and he was denied a “more” reasonable scoring opportunity due to the
    foul, then the penalty shot should be awarded);
    The player in possession and control (or, in the judgment of the
    Referee, clearly would have obtained possession and control of the
    puck) must have had no opposing player between himself and the
    goalkeeper.
     
    Direct from the NCAA rulebook.  Neither of the bolded conditions were satisfied.  The UMD player was attempting to dive and swipe/poke the puck off the stick of a player who was even with him, a play we see all the time on a rush up ice.  He had to reach/lunge across the body of the opposing player to do so as the opposing player was using his body to shield the puck.  If we interpret the penalty shot rule this loosely, to where any penalty committed by players who are shoulder-to-shoulder warrants a penalty shot, we are going to see a great deal more penalty shots.  You think guys flop now...NCAA hockey will become European Football-esque, with guys trying to draw penalty shots.  Situations like we saw Friday night take place much more often than the "clean and unobstructed breakaways" that this rule was CLEARLY put in place to protect.
  7. 1 minute ago, UMDDogz said:

    dogs

     

    Here's a screen grab from right before the defender swiped at the puck.  He is not behind the ND forward, they are side by side.  The UMD player was slightly ahead at the blue line.  The UMD player's attempt to swipe the puck off the UND player's stick was unsuccessful and he tripped up the UND player.  Penalty?  You bet.  Penalty shot?  No.

    If the link doesn't work you can just pause the video that Biddy uploaded.  The UMD defender is never behind the UND forward until after his unsuccessful swipe at the puck.  Nice job shielding the puck by the UND forward, and he drew what should have been a 2 minute tripping call as a result.

  8. On 2/20/2016 at 1:37 PM, The Sicatoka said:

    The defender left his feet to hit the puck carrier in the legs and made minimal effort to play the puck. The defender intentionally did this from behind to eliminate a scoring opportunity. 

    If that's not a penalty shot offense, what is? 

    If you claim it's not penalty shot worthy, then it is intent to injure clipping (dove from behind into an opponent's legs). That would probably also garner a one game suspension from the league office for tonight. 

    Here's the bottom line for me: I want the officials to give more penalty shot calls to protect puck carriers and offensive opportunities. Don't like it? Don't get beat down the ice. 

    dogs

     

    Here's a screen grab from right before the defender swiped at the puck.  He is not behind the ND forward, they are side by side.  The UMD player was slightly ahead at the blue line.  The UMD player's attempt to swipe the puck off the UND player's stick was unsuccessful and he tripped up the UND player.  Penalty?  You bet.  Penalty shot?  No.

  9. That's the rule and apparently, SCSU fans and their staff  don't know that.  (Video from Friday's game)

    Cut and pasted from the NCAA rule book (apologies for the different font): 

     

    "

    High-Sticking the Puck
    -
    Batting the puck above the height of 4 feet
    with a stick is prohibited. When a puck is struck with a high stick and
    subsequently comes into the possession and control of a player from the
    offending team (including the player who made contact with the puck),
    either directly or deflected off any player or official, there shall be a

    whistle."

    A goaltender making a save does not constitute "possession and control", but is rather a deflection, and thus the whistle should have blown as soon as the ND player touched the rebound.  It's the same as when there is a delayed penalty; a goaltender making a save does not cause play to be whistled dead, as the goaltender never possessed the puck, but merely deflected it.   I believe the goal was allowed due to the lack of a conclusive angle on replay, causing the call made on the ice to be upheld.  The "behind the net" angle the SCSU announcers cited as indisputable actually had a bit of a downward-looking angle, so although the stick hit the puck when it was visible (appearing to be above the crossbar), it's not possible to tell whether it was truly above the crossbar or just appeared to be due to the angle.

  10. i mean c'mon act like you have been here before! i mean it's one thing to talk smack about your opponent but its another to look past them and plan ahead!

    I hear what you're saying, but there have been a lot of Sioux fans on here and USCHO that have already hung banner #8. Good thing Hak and the Sioux are getting ready to play Michigan and not organizing the parade.

  11. With Duluth dropping to a #3 seed after losing to Bemidji St., they don't get to ever match up their top line with who they want. To me, that's a big deal for a team that relies so heavily on their top line for scoring. I picked them to get out of their region, only because of the teams they would have to beat is favorable to them.

    Brown and Oleksuk provide solid numbers on the second line, so I don't think the Dogs need to worry about not having last change.

    As far as other upsets go, I like UNH over Miami, and UNO over Michigan.

  12. I get what The Ralph is trying to do...

    and I see the "If" in the short excerpt in the article,

    However, let's not look past the first game nor give your oponent any visual fuel

    ...our history hasn't been too good lately in the first round, so let's beat our first oponent and go from there!!

    Go Sioux!

    The Ralph is doing the same thing that pro teams do for those "if necessary" playoff games. Gotta be ready. I don't think planning a viewing "if the Sioux advance" will give the Engineers any extra bulletin board material.

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