GDPritch

Thx, interesting stats. 35th, slightly below average pp then so not quite as dour as suspected but obviously room for big improvement. Another interesting stat was goals for/against difference (scoring margin), we're tied with Minn at 0.0.

I hear you but I believe it's been woeful for the most part this season, hasn't it (not sure where their pp % ranks nationally)?

But didn't Scheel stand out in the 5 game win streak (though he started the bulk of those games)?

With apologies to the clowns.

Duluth ran into a hot goalie (believe I've heard that one before...) on Sat night. In all seriousness too, had Duluth not been so undisciplined and taken 7 called penalties then UND may not have won despite their woeful pp. At least those minutes short-handed kept Duluth on the defense rather than attacking. That is about the only "positive" I can take away regarding UND's pp.

Agree, saw a ref or two quickly step in halfway during the line handshake.

Agree. The Goofer football team fired their defensive coach 3 games ago and the turn-around in those last 3 games was night and day. Our head coach too should fire the pp coach for putrid power play performance/output. It could turn it around...

Stating the obvious but the 3rd period, I believe, is huge. I am not optimistic but I sure hope UND proves me wrong (they have a lot of times over the years when I've been Nancy negative lthough the past season and a half maybe not so true).

Real cheap shot, if that ain't 5 then I turn the game off. What scares me though is we likely go scoreless on 5 min pp and give all the momentum to Duluth.

Agree, I saw both of those two, pretty blatant. Still, Gooch can't retaliate.

Plain and simple, it sux.

That's good stuff, great point. Yah, no doubt Jost would have made difference in gaining one more win (minimum) last season.

While I hear what you're saying in ref to "afternoon paper" as the news is late, they would actually be better if they did go back to being an afternoon paper again (or even just mid morning), that way the game stories from the previous night would at least make it in the next day's paper instead of 2 -3 days later. But yup, WDAZ is slowly fading away...

You make a great point. Heck, not even thinking about what happens next week if we somehow win tomorrow night then a split is certainly a success series-wise as that's all I was hoping for. We lay another egg tomorrow night though and yoy…..

I take it he didn't? I would agree with you, heck I would of spouted piss and vinegar and I'm not the coach, just a fan.

Spot on! I believe his first goal after that was his in his first game back following that in the Final 5 in St Paul and didn't he score a goal like on his first shift if I recall correctly?!

I expected nothing less but he is in reality a UND employee, correct (like the men's hoops play by play guy who a few years ago was suspended for describing UND's game ending play in a late close loss as "choke job")? Isn't Hennessy under the same employment scenario?

Early 70s to mid 70s and early 90s to mid 90s, likely coming real soon to a location near you! Hopefully just a 3 - 4 year swoon but TBD...

While Berry's time may be limited here, remains to be seen though, Haks ain't coming back no matter what happens in Philly.

Oh, yeah, they will. We'll explode for 2 goals and only give up 3 goals to Duluth and we'll also edge them in SOG 27 - 24.

Yup, I thought I heard/read that too recently.

And to keep running with that theme I believe even CC put 10 goals earlier this season on Alaska-Anch, believe most we got on them was 5 last Fri night.

Yup he won it with Hak's players and finally UND had a little puck luck, etc., which is so prevalent in one and done games.

Excellent question. Don't we still have a fairly high number of NHL draft picks? Either the scouts are wrong or when those guys get to UND they aren't progressing like they should as the season goes along (as our teams used to always do, oh, like 2 or 3 season ago).

Why do we keep shooting at middle goal at the Duluth goalie's chest?