Major junior is faster and more like the pro game. College is against older, bigger, stronger players. Major junior is a showcase, college is about physical and emotional development...
Likely us or Mankato up top- don't like the #1 target playing a mediocre WCHA team in Lake State- recipe for bad loss.
We won last night despite a couple huge mistakes at the end of the game- hopefully the lesson is learned even without the pain of a loss
It's a long season. You lose games. You can't afford to lose games to bad teams or get swept. Neither happened last night.
This team is potentially a frozen four team, but they aren't going to beat the world on talent alone.
Schmaltz out indefinitely with an arm injury? WTF...what kind of arm injury is indefinite? indefinite sounds like nerve, tendon, or ligament damage...a break is definite...
And please, all remember that this is NOT a democracy...it is a representative republic...intentionally...as designed by some of the most brilliant people- with some conflicting ideals- in the history of mankind
It was a huge part of the Gopher championship teams back in the day too. I do think it is a result of Bubba's players and his coaching.
On a side note, what impressed me the most last night was the tenacity of the forecheck and the sticking up for each other...that is Sioux hockey.
I was watching on the computer in Minneapolis...I remember throwing the ice out of my whiskey with such frustration that my wife (girlfriend at the time) started yelling at me to chill out.
Think about when Jr Schmaltz gets a dozen or so NCAA games under his belt and starts making even more plays...
crazy to think that two younger recruits as highly regarded as Poganski and Murphy can't crack this lineup...