Godsmack

UND hockey team reminds me a little of this year’s UNC men’s basketball program. Pre-season #1 and got bounced early from the ACC tournament and won’t get into the national tournament.

I heard it’s spring break at Western, which would explain all the empty seats in the student section.

Monday’s USCHO podcast is available online and they’re chatting about Alaska and why they deserve to make the tournament. No judgement here, just relaying what those guys on the podcast are saying-Alaska had the 44th strongest strength of schedule versus Michigan State with the 4th toughest SOS. They’re saying Alaska got bonus points for quality wins against DU, Omaha, and Notre Dame and how regardless of how good or bad many of their opponents were, they took care of business.

Was that a pretty thin team, talent wise? I recall it being hyped up that UND had landed Landon Wilson.

If the rumors are true that Mayotte’s name is on Michigan’s shortlist, then yes perhaps CC would be in the hunt for a new coach. Not sure Carle would be crazy enough to leave DU for CC though.

I’m just getting around to watching the DU at Western game from a week ago where DU got a 5 minute power play on a very questionable head contact call. Wow. When Starman talks about what a terrible call that was ten minutes after the play occurred there’s something to it. Behrens skates into Polin, gets knocked down and they give Polin a five, which leads to a 5 on 3 power play for DU and they score twice to put what was a 1 goal game out of reach. Fast forward to this past Saturday night in a one goal game late in the third, DU’s Carter Mazur gets checked hard (but clean) into the boards. He gets up and goes directly after CC’s Connor Mayer and spears him in the nuts. The refs immediately call a 2 minute slashing penalty and review it but ultimately and inexplicably don’t give Mazur a 5 and game for spearing. Unbelievable. I guess DU are the darlings of the NCHC and have been the beneficiaries of so many calls made their way.

https://badgerextra.com/sports/hockey/men/5-names-to-know-as-search-for-new-wisconsin-mens-coach-begins/article_da5bae9e-bc62-11ed-8f30-6f1fc9c83fb7.html

I just saw a tweet from Todd Milewski that Mark Osiecki is out as well. Hasn’t he been a pretty successful assistant coach wherever he’s been for the most part? I think he might have been an assistant at UND at one time.

Only way I could see Sandelin leave Duluth for Bucky is if they paid him a lot more money (which they could afford to do).

https://www.grandforksherald.com/podcasts/und-hockey-podcast At about the twenty minute mark of this podcast, Schlossman addresses the differences in the number and quality of cameras and camera angles from arena to arena within the conference. He cited the offsides challenge made by Berry in the road game at DU where DU scored as well as the Friday night game at CC where it appeared a CC player facemasked Hain. This begs the question, why isn’t there a uniform expectation of consistency among arenas to provide the same number of cameras and technology??!

There appeared to be a spearing incident late in last night’s game that the refs reviewed but decided was only a 2 minute minor. Edit: This was in the CC/DU game. About 5 minutes to play, a CC player laid a big heavy but clean, body check on a Pios player. DU guy gets up and sticks the CC player either in the berries or belly, with the blade of his stick.

So now that Wisconsin’s season has ended, will we see a coaching change?

So last night when CC was leading, she says, “If CC ends up playing at Omaha, we should fly out there for the series next weekend!” I was like, “That sounds great!” Fast forward to after both the UND and CC games, and I’m like, “So we’re still going to Omaha next weekend right??!!” And she’s like, “He*# no!”

I was also surprised Jake never mentioned it either during the review.

Has anyone commented about the coaches challenge on Jandric’s goal regarding the fact that it appeared Tychonick had pulled Schmaltz’s stick the opposite direction and when he dove to block the shot, it looked like he released and Schmaltz pulled his stick back the opposite way and that’s why it appeared he’d interfered with the goalie. Not that re-litigating it matters at this point but this morning was my first real opportunity to watch it so it got me thinking.

I love your unbridled optimism!

Hennessy just said about Moore’s penalty, “A slash, a cross check you could’ve called a lot of things on Moore.”

Cooper Moore seems to make beautiful tape to tape passes in his own zone…to the other team.

Over/under on 6 dressing tonight?

https://msubeavers.com/news/2023/3/1/mens-hockey-minot-state-hockey-to-clash-with-ncaa-national-champion-denver-pioneers.aspx

https://paisleyhockey.wordpress.com/2023/02/26/tigers-pick-up-commitment-from-u-s-national-team-development-program-goalie-carsen-musser-17/

Albrecht has been demoted to the extra forward role?

They also could’ve called a hold on Laba as he had a handful of Blake’s jersey on the goal.