yzerman19

DROP THE PUCK... Guys should be playing for the seniors and each other tonight. They are in your house and embarrassing your family- do something about it.

I have no beef with @jallen's post. Its legit. I also think the coddlers need to understand that this site isn't your casual bandwagon jumpers...most of us are on here frequently and invest ourselves in this hockey team. For me personally, it is my favorite past time. I invest so much energy into my career and my family- Sioux hockey is my release drug...especially when paired with, and to quote Katie Hale "some pops". The coaching staff- well Hak has had a lot of success, but I still question which legitimate big-time program coaching candidate wouldn't have had success with the players we've had in his tenure. I'm not saying he should be fired- I'm just saying we haven't exactly dominated, despite some of the best talent in the world...Two of his years we were the favorites by far and couldn't put it together. Then to Bubba...WTF! Our d looks awful...he's brought in to do special teams and d- now our pp was firing pretty well prior to the last two series, but our D is poor in our end, in the offensive end, in transition...Simpson has improved, but every other returning player has regressed. lines- you need chemistry- our coaching staff has failed to help the players build that much needed intangible. Compete- it appears that after Kristo and Grimaldi nobody cares- I think Mac does, but he gets penalized for playing his game. I'm not saying we can't get it together tonight and next week, but we are not firing on all cylinders right now.

Is it just me or are Rocco and Danny the only two guys who seem to be able to beat someone 1x1? And your points are supposed to be your safety valves to maintain offensive pressure, I feel like when we kick it back to the point the pressure is done. Our transition game is also really suffering...no speed and numbers coming up through the neutral zone. Coaches gotta get the boys ready to play. Lose tomorrow, and the NCAAs are not a lock...

Teams, especially in the playoffs, are going to do everything they can to shut down Corban and Danny. That is why you have to get secondary scoring. We did not, even though Rowney and Rocco had a couple chances. Michael Parks needs to get it going, and O'Donnell just flat out needs to do something... Perhaps more importantly our defense played poorly. I don't know what has happened to Forbert- he started the season playing well, and now he looks really bad. Schmaltz still looks like a freshman. Gleason got manhandled. Again, only Simpson and Mac look like SIoux defensemen. Passing was absolutely awful. Weak passes, telegraphed passes, passes to the backhand or in the skates. No cycle, no give and go. No flow out of the zone. Trouble with our entries. Game turned when we took a penalty to negate the 5 minute man advantage and then worse, gave up a 4x4 goal to start the second. Bottom line is you need to score more than 1 goal to win games. We came out sluggish, tech came out hard. We were not moving our feet or the puck withurgency...its got to be fast. Perfect but slow does not work.

pathetic

Its not over yet...c'mon boys

WTF!

KRISTO

1-0 tech 5:26 3rd

That flacid pass on the breakout was very poor...gotta move it and hit the tape

looks to be opening up a little...

C'mon...NOT GOOD ENOUGH

C'mon Danny and Corban...big time players need to score big time goals

Big PP

The line juggling has really hindered any chemistry...you can see it with how off all the passes are and how plays are being made with nobody around to finish

Gotta put Rocco on that first line and get some energy

Surprisingly, Tech's forwards have made our d look slower than Minnesota's or DU's forwards have. We can't make a pass- no flow, no sync...

Tech looks like the better team tonight...it is tough to end a team's season, but let's go boys. We haven't gotten any offense going.

Just watched the hit from last night again...just burns me up...shoulder to shoulder...Mac doesn't even skate into him. That is as clean a hockey check as you see in open ice...Johnstone even had his head up and went into the hit. Junk.

Since I didn't renew last year, I lost my seats.

After a year without the package- went to title game though, we're back. 122 row 19. Go Sioux!

Kristo waving bye bye was classic- Boys better get their mean-on up for tonight. I think the season has worn on Drake, either that or he's been nursing an injury. I think Panzo plays tonight. If we have to send a message, he's the best guy to do it...we can live a game without him, and he is big and fought a few times in junior. Pattyn is tough, but I hate to lose him to open the final five

Intentional physical intimidation of an official is a suspension in any league...even the federal league

If the officials are not going to allow physical hockey plays, they are ruining the game. That hit was not a penalty. I would've been irritated with 2 minutes, I am infuriated about 5 and the gate. To make a 5 minute major call the official should have to actually see the penalty. Since replay shows clearly it was shoulder to shoulder, I don't know what they saw or think they saw. Also, a hit that powerful- if it had been to the head, Johnstone would've been lights out- he was not. A great (by NHL standards) hockey play results in UND essentially playing 4 d with any regular ice time, takes away our captain, takes away our physical presence in our own end, and takes away a key 5x5 and penalty killing player. It changed the tone of the game...that was an absolutely terrible call. I do hope that Johnstone is feeling okay and will recover quickly. Bad things sometimes happen in a game like hockey, it doesn't mean they are penalties.

Looking at PWR...a little run by Sconny and we could have 6 WCHA teams at the dance. I think we are pulling for UNO to win to stay a TUC and for DU to knock CC out of being a TUC. Tonight's win didn't give me a lot of confidence for any kind of fantastic run at #8, but as someone else said, never question a win. I thought Simpson and Kristo had stellar games. Team faced a lot of adversity losing Mac, dealing with MTU's style...I think the team is better with Caggiula out there- maybe this is a nice wake up call? Rocco- seriously snake bit- I'd like to see him shake it for the NCAAs.