yzerman19

We lost because our goalie who's been a stud all year had an off-night, and Omaha out worked us. I have 2 beefs with Brad tonight: 1. He should've hooked Scheel after the 3rd goal 2. He should've waited for possession to pull Thome

As Wilbur said, I have no problem with pulling the goalie in that situation, but put him at the circle until you gain possession.

Pairwise is all that matters, and this is not an RPI destroying loss.

Omaha wanted this one more. You could see it on the forecheck, the backcheck and in the circles. When you are playing a superior opponent and you get some puck luck, just play hard and disrupt. It works. It frustrates the hell out of top end players who want flow and hockey. That said Omaha has some good speed. They were hard on pucks and hard on bodies. This is exactly what this team needed right now. Get beat for not playing hard hockey.

several...so he certainly can't be a Gopher : )

yzerman19 Jr just made the Brick Invitational for this coming summer. As a 2010 player, he’s keeping his options open for now, but he’s been in Sioux green since birth. BU, DU, and UMD are also contenders, but I’m assured that Golden Gophers are not a consideration. Although he’d be a good fit there now, as he can’t do real algebra. thought this was a good place to share this big accomplishment for the boy with my ss.com peeps with a little tongue in cheek on early recruiting.

We’ve got too much firepower. Remember Omaha is coming off a break too. Sweep!

Please- I once was a consultant and lived in the air. He’ll be fine.

If the boys don’t sweep this weekend, the mimosa treatment is given to Huntsville by the boys and their girlfriends!

He can sleep on the plane! He’d be playing two more games if the Finns hadn’t gotten in the way! good ol boys should charter him a jet get him here faster and well rested!

Prague to Minneapolis is about 12 hours...with stops...

Can we get Pinto back for tomorrow night at this point?

I'm in a hotel and can't get NHL network...any "angels" out there with links?

Not sure...good powerplay work. I need to see how this team grows.

No way is that what he said. What an idiot blogger.

US team doesn’t have an identity yet either...you could tell a bunch of guys we’re not on same page. The Lafreniere goal was a bad play by The D and an excellent play by Alex. He’s the highest regarded player in the tournament, you can’t let him put up 4 points. I think he just showed how much better he is than the USA DCorps

Great game to start off the best tournament!

Well he’s about to turn 20...solid numbers, not game breaker numbers, but don’t know his role on the team. Strikes me as a character guy.

Thanks for giving me a shot, coach. Thanks for giving me your very best.

Krygier and Janicke with the Ralph Cox talk. Always tough to be one of the final cuts.

Congrats Pinto! Final roster is out

I think Rocco got the winner off his ass

Yep to both Rocco and Kristo- I remember

Trying to think of UND players to win world junior gold: Brad Berry, James Patrick, Greg Johnson (RIP), Zach Parise, Drew Stafford, Brady Murray, Jonathan Toews, Jason Herter all come to mind...who else has guys? No google..

USA roster not set yet is it? I thought they still had some cuts to make