yzerman19

this ice is unacceptable for an NCHC team

pucks are bouncing, guys are overskating the puck while handling...skill guys...sucks, but both teams have to deal.

No excuses, but it looks to me like the ice is garbage

We need to adjust fast...we are lucky to still be in this game. Pretty disappointing showing. Positives are Cam...and I guess the pk...although Cam was our best pker

yes- most USHL rinks are NHL size

I guess that was hockey...it sure as hell wasn't SIOUX HOCKEY

bruise on the leg is a hell of a long ways from the heart

open ice works too

our forwards need to get down lower and help out...they are overwhelming our d

and back

we are really unprepared for this speed...gotta hang on!

puck is jumping kinda funny

Bowen dumps the puck when we had a 3x2 developing...dumb

CC is the fastest team that I've seen play this year

I've thought about Gersich with Bowen as a speed line...maybe on either side of Hoff? Or keep Bowen in the middle and figure out a wing...

Goal all season is to get better every week. If we play a little bit better than we did last weekend, I see no reason not to sweep. Big ice will be great for Gersich...should be able to get him going. D have to be confident. It can feel like you're on an island out there, have to be decisive with that puck, maintain gap control.

Ha! Never! Hope you're well!

I vaguely remember that incident happening a few rows away. I remember the cheers too. I once gave a dude $50 to shut his obnoxious mouth at the Final Five.

Looks like the D protecting the house and his goalie...I think they call that hockey where I come from

I am with you regarding the "f the Gophers" chant- no class. We're better than that. "Sioux Forever" well, I can live with that for now...in a few more years it too shall pass. This was the first time Minnesota has played the Fighting Hawks at home, so I will let it slide.

on the scoresheet. I've seen him on the ice : )

First points towards the Pennarossa!

If Minny kills the 5, then they bring a ton of momentum and energy. Instead, we hang 3 goals on them. 5's are so critical. Score 2 on a 5 and you should never lose. Kill it, and you should never lose.

I think the officials had to call that a 5 in order to maintain control of the game. They know that a Gopher-Sioux match-up is a tinder box, and you can't risk it spiraling. If that's a 2, then "the edge" gets established a little further out...I actually thought the officials did a great job in term of establishing what was a penalty and then calling the game consistently. Maybe a make-up call on the one, but for the most part they set the rules of the game. That's all you ask of the officials- set the boundaries and then call it consistently.

Bast is an instant boost to our blue line. Great player. Wolanin on a different level right now. Kid is good. mismash quietly putting up a point per game...great players do that. They end up on the scoresheet even when they don't dazzle...and when they do dazzle...look out. adams and Jones arguably our 2 best forwards at the moment. Who'd have thunkit? cam steadily driving that career gaa down to 2... pogo and gersich not scoring like we need them to, but are causing enough angst that we are winning the line match up battles deeper in our roster...exactly what a depth team needs to do.