yzerman19

Yup, no fire, no passion...In an embarrassing display last night, Pattyn should've been looking for an excuse to go bananas on somebody.

I was thinking Don Cherry with John Hill as associate.

I could pick them out- they were both interviewed on TV for the Sioux Gopher series last weekend. You need to balance four year guys with blue chip talent- no doubt

Agree on Jensen and Prochno. Also, Leblanc and Hanowski really have become good players. Playing single A MInn HS, they did fall off a lot of school's radars. Good for them for working for it and becoming top tier scorers in the NCAA. Interesting to hear Hanowski get interviewed. Their gameplan was to play defense first and shut down time and space for Kristo and Knight. They score a fluke to go up 1-0, with that game plan, executed well, against a UND team playing soft...good plan and good win. IF SCSU and Motzko can do this to UND, Eaves and Blaiser are going to kill us.

I actually quit watching at the second intermission. Brutal.

Now that Eades is gone, none of our "true"coaching staff have won a national title as player or coach (I know Goerhing has one, but is he even paid?)...this is highly unusual for a program of our caliber. Go around the horn... Minnesota check Omaha check SCSU check Denver check UMD check Wisconsin check Winning is an attitude and a swagger. No rings in the locker room with the exception of the 30 year old goalie coach is not cool

Yup- Goal 1: Zane not positionally sound. Low probability shot goes in. Goal 2: Panzo loses an edge, too slow to get back into position. Hanowski alone in front. Yzerman19 quits watching the train wreck.

The first one. Bad angle, 30 feet out.

I also thought Rowney would have a great year...disappointment so far. O'Donnell- colossal disappointment. Biggest disappointment is in the D corps though... This team relies on the individual skills of Knight, Kristo and Grimaldi way too much

So we've seen the additions of Mitch Mac and Parks into the regular lineup and the removal of O'Donnell and Gaarder...Chyzyk hasn't played in months...Zane has a GAA over 3 and a save percentage under .900 This team is seeking an identity and doesn't have one.

I am embarrassed by this team's performance last night. I came out early and liked how they moved the puck in the first. They didn't get quality shots, but they were moving it around. Then the second period came. I quit watching at the intermission. Embarrassing. I agree with the statements regarding the coaching staff. What is going on? As for the locker room...something must be going on in there.

On TV we looked like we are moving the puck pretty well...better than I've seen them move the puck since Holy Cross

Puck movement and forecheck > poor quality shots UND came out moving the puck and establishing the forecheck. The first SCSU goal was a total fluke...that is the puck luck piece We did not get outplayed. We had one defensive breakdown and one fluke against.

They had good puck movement this period. SCSU blocked shots and clogged the slot well.

ZERO puck luck. WTF...I feel like we carried the play only to be down by 2

Not thrilled about this lineup... Watchmaker, not sure what to make of your comment on Panz...the Ralph is small ice

Big weekend...Four huge points. I think we can go 8-4 down the stretch here. That should put us in the top 3 in the league, which is huge for getting to the Final Five. The bottom 3 right now (AA, MTU, BSU) are clearly inferior to the three teams ahead of them (CC, MSUM, Wisco). You don't want to play any of those 3 with a trip to the 5, and likely their season on the line.

Chains suck

Couldn't agree more. You are calling the lines exactly as I see them too. This team's best defense has to be a dominating offense. Have 2 lines that can score, one line for puck possession- just work the cycle, and one line for energy.

1. Saunders appears better positionally to me. Gothberg quicker but more reckless positionally. Right now its a toss up for me. If Zane "wins" the starting job late in the year, it might be the confidence builder he needs to be THE goalie for a title run. 2. I have also been talking of moving Rowney off the second line and down to the third. Play him with St Clair and Mitch Mac. That line would be solid. 3. Agree with this. We are an aggressive team, not a sit and wait and hope to turn the puck over team. 4. I'd change this up to say make short, crisp passes; tape to tape. Drop pass in the defensive zone? When I read that i started doing pushups...that isn't a smart play. 5. Bjugstad is an NHL forward. He is big and strong and highly skilled. His goal on Saturday was due to physically overwhelming Forbert. I think one of the things overlooked is the cause for our terrible defensive play was often a Bjugstad or a Budish. Those two MEN really manhandled our D. Only Mac was their physical equal. Bjugstad manhandled Corban pretty well too when the lines went #1 vs #1.

I give the following "better than passing" grades to Sioux players on Saturday night: Kristo: A (had jump, scored the first goal, rang the post in OT) Rocco: A (also had jump, scored a beauty, rang the post in OT) Knight: A- (wasn't himself in the faceoff circle, scored a big breakaway goal) Caggiula: A- (was making it happen, finished his checks, scored a great hard work goal) St Clair: B+ (really hustled, blocked shots, finished his checks) Rodwell: B (really hustled, perfect pass to send Knight in alone) Simpson: B (played positionally sound in our end and jumped into the offense a couple times) Gleason: B- (made no blatent, costly mistakes, used his skating ability to get the puck up ice)

I don't think anyone is happy with the outcome of last night's game. I think people are just moving on and trying to take something positive out of a disappointing weekend.

True, he's most known for winning the most important game in history for US amateur hockey.

Coached Minnesota to 3 National Championships and played a huge role in promoting hockey at St Cloud State and all over Minnesota in general. He is a member of the US hockey hall of fame. I was joking about naming it after him just to get under the skin of the Gophers.

It would be classic to name it after Herb Brooks!!!!