scpa0305

Calm down buddy. I am no troll nor do I hate UND. You tend to sound off quite frequently too I might add. I simply was saying the team has not been playing up to its potential...which is obviously true. End of topic.

I have no idea what you are referring to.

I'm calling sweep as well.

Yes I know....but the penalties he is taking this year are terrible. I know they will turn it around come January but so far it has been tough to watch. FYI...I'm not a goph fan. Classy reply however.

No doubt...I know he is good. Probably should have waited until the morning to post anything. I'm just upset at the terrible timing of his penalties. The Anders Lee one was terrible.

Yes, you are 100% correct. ND was known for their D...not putting on 40 shot per game.

Somewhat agree besides the rodwell and odonnell talent comment. I was also thinking Rocco was going to be much better (yes I know it's early). Rowney has been almost non existent and while knight has been good, I thought this would be an absolute monster year for him as he averaged a point per game as a soph and he's still playing with kristo. I wouldn't talk down odonnell just yet, some of you thought he was the next coming of stafford but I figured he would simply be a solid role player. Rowney must figure it out.

Yes they did play better than last night as far as their offensive game goes. They must have had triple the scoring chances. Still....terrible timing of penalties (macw) and terrible own zone d by all 5 players. Also gothberg did let in 2 bad softies but all in all didn't play terrible. It's early.

....we must not have been watching the same game. Agreed however on the big win.

ND 36 UND 17 Have to take the win but also have to shore up in our own zone...it has been awful all year.

I will still say we played pretty sloppy, got some terrible calls against us, MacWilliam played below average and we (again) played terrible in our own zone....however I think we found our goalie! Big win for the pairwise tonight. Agree with everything you wrote.

I will still say we played pretty sloppy, got some terrible calls against us, MacWilliam played below average and we (again) played terrible in our own zone....however I think we found our goalie! Big win for the pairwise tonight.

ND has beat an average OK team....about it. What is tough is when you face 4-5 top 15 teams in the country...in a row. All in all....ND has a fine team that could get exposed in the BCS game. However, it is a feel good story.

I don't doubt they should be there...I guess....but FLA, GA, South Carolina, Texas A&M, LSU would all crush Notre Dame. All those teams you mentioned would also lose to the teams I mentioned. SEC = WCHA (from the late 90's early 2000's)

I'll take a UND sweep and a ND victory over USC (only so 'bama can beat them 42-3 and show how flawed the BCS polls are).

Is he going to get the bandaid label or what?

You've posted 1,266 times on a UND forum and you are not a fan?!? Odd.

Did Parks get injured again last Friday?

I am saying that they are getting tons of scoring oppurtunities and, more importantly, are scoring goals. I have liked the total number of scoring chances we get each game, however, the turnovers, errant breakout passes and overall lack of urgency in our own zone (by all 5 players) is dissappointing. I was never putting all the blame on our defensemen....forwards have to be just as responsible in their own zone.

Sorry, I was over-exaggerating a bit, but I have played hockey my entire life and have watched this team for the past 14 years and can tell you I have not seen them this bad in their own zone before. The past few years the problem was letting in weak goals (14 shots against....3 goals allowed, etc.) this year Saunders is doing a fine job but he is getting peppered. Those SCSU games are a great example....SCSU was on the door step all night. Those shots all came from inside the circle(s). Yes, I like your GAA stat...that means Saunders is playing well....nothing else. On a more positive note, our offense has been fine all year. I have a hunch MacMillan and Kristo are going to have a great years.

They were still getting shots....correct? I don't care where they were coming from...they were still coming from our own zone.

Blasphemy.

Our defense in our own zone (both offensemen and defensemen) has to be the worst in the nation....just has to. We have been outshot in almost every game and it appears to me everyone is standing around watching the opposing team. I have yet to figure out why this team isn't playing up to their potential. In every game they have played (except Friday's BU game) I thought they have looked like the inferior team. I have no doubt they will figure it out....but I hope it is sooner rather than later.

If we play with a sense of urgency UND wins both (the tend to play better when they have to); however, they will need to play much better than they have so far this year.

This team is pretty dysfunctional.