Esoteric

They have great hustle to the puck.

Sweet James 2 goals the first night.

Thought with 4-1 lead we were going to give Hobie the third period. Yes I know there are disadvantages but the upsides are also important.

Oops. Well we get to work on the penalty kill.

Sacha B what a shot. His nickname should be BEE - a hard worker with a sting.

Sacha B what a shot. His nickname should be BEE - a hard worker with a sting.

Close out the period.

James James James - this could be the start of a beautiful scoring year for James.

Nice interview with Cameron Berg. Good choice as one of the captains.

Emery is fast becoming my favorite. What a pass.

Will there be crowd noise?

Having moved to and lived 7 years in Southern Arizona, it did not take long to figure out why one extra hour of daylight was not welcomed. By not having daylight savings time, this one more hour of darkness in the evening is helpful. It is damn hot here, today again we were 100°. Right now the sun went down at about 6:15 on daylight savings time it would have been 7:15 pm. When it is hot outside, when the sun goes down it just feels cooler. Most people will go outside on a workday at 6:00 pm and socialize to about 10:00 pm because sleep for the next day helps productivity on the job. During daylight savings time, outside would have less darkness between 6:00 to 10:00 pm.

I like the way you said this. And it has to be said.

The real question is how did practice go today? The attitude, trust, and focus all tell a story. The team is building and will continue to build with each game.

Timing, spatial awareness, attacking comfort, etc.

The coaches can fix this.

Scanlon and Jackson have been good at explaining this first game’s performance pluses and negatives.

Before the game the announcers talked about the team captain and his flying. Does Jamernik have any flying with jet powered planes.

Uff-da that is not a lot of time to build team consistency. Glad to have just one game next week. More time in practice to solidify the players.

How many days of coaching, by the coaches, was there before this game?

Interesting. Here is a thought and if it is worth discussing. In looking at the first year status of the Augustana team, it seems like the coaches have a plan for future growth and recruiting. There are players from diverse areas and it would seem part of that is a plan to establish various locations and contacts for future recruiting.

Dylan James

Dang, I remember 55 years ago second/third tier and not getting a chance to play. Made it harder to feel good about a big win. Later when I coached, every player on the team got some playing time during the game.

How many different players got a chance to receive beneficial playing time in the second half of the game.

First three plays for UND - “What are you doing”? Final clock - “Look what you did”! Congratulations!