Hak said Zane scores a lot of goals in practice, I'm going with him. He's at least not afraid to pull the trigger in a game.
Watch Mutphy get a hat trick against BU and get named frozen four MVP.
Duluth did well against him. I'm not sure if they shadowed him but they were always moving their feet and leaning on him. Any time he had the puck they closed on him hard.
All i remember is our big mean team pummeling teams until the frozen four or regional finals and then getting penalty after penalty for being too physical. I like how this team in particular can play basically any style.
This is my worry every tournament since it's killed us in the past. The nice thing is that UNDs style of play has evolved a lot over the past few years.
Our season stats are skewed from Mark Mac. He was our reliable faceoff guy. We've improved since he was injured after that rough stretch but there is a reason people push for simo to be in the lineup and that is because he's one of our best faceoff guys. However you want to look at it this could be the one weakness of this team. Everything else looks solid right now and the scoring is so spread out that its not like a team can just focus on one line to keep us off the scoreboard.
His next development will be strength which should lead to a better shot better speed and better defense. We have to remember that he is a string bean still and has tons of weight to gain.
He did fumble around a bit but overall his game was good. I noticed the goal obviously and a couple shaky moments on the puck but other than that he blended into the game like good stay at home defensemen often do.
The SCSU first goal was a good example of how it can cost us. After that the whole team locked down and they didn't get any opportunities like that again, they were all blocked. QU owned faceoffs but we won puck battles.