siouxnatty#8

When there was still fighting in the game there wasn't all this cheap crap. Now there really aren't any repercussions for a lot of these cheap shots and slough foots etc. being the players are not allowed to do any policing.

I like Ole's color commentary.

Yes the two chants likely happened simultaneously. Not even eastern bias could deny Duncan the Hobey.

The Duncan chant as I remember was just HOBEY BAKER every time he scored.

Has it come to this with Denver

CC has Cruikshank back and usually plays Denver pretty tough. Denver is going to have to pull it together because if the season were to end today they would face Duluth in the first round of the NCHC tourney. These next 4 games against CC for Denver are going to be huge as far as seating for the tourney.

I don't see DU running the table at the NCHC tournament. I think their D corps is suspect, Chrona has been average at best which means they will have to out score teams and the NCHC is too good a league to do that 3 games in a row. In other words bye bye Denver.

Thome seemed to settle in more as the game went on. He seemed to be getting into his zone where he doesn't use alot of extra movement and use his size to his advantage. A lot of pressure when you're backing up scheel who is arguably the top goalie in the country.

On the second call on Hain he was about to gain a step on the d man and got pushed into Chrona. Somewhere Hain found some extra speed he didn't have last year.

I would have a different opinion of Hain's two penalties last night if they were lazy stick penalties. We need Hain down the stretch because he is what Sioux hockey is all about. I personally wouldn't change anything about his game. Ticky Tack calls imo.

How many times have you heard coaches say in a tight game that it's gonna be a greasy goal that win's this game. Hain will score those greasy goals.

I have always liked Hain's game. His play last night to me was reminiscent of VandeVelde going to the net. Denver has become a primadonna team IMO. In order to beat teams like Duluth in the tourney you have to have hard nosed players like Hain who will sacrifice everything to go to the hard areas and score greasy goals.

I would take one Gavin Hain before I'd take ten Bobby Brink's. Hain was really amped up last night. If the puck is in the area he goes after it like a junkyard dog. He just needs to adjust his angle a little and he'll avoid the fives for goalie contact.

I sure hope he stays 1 more year. This guy is in my mind the next Cale Makar. Makar wasn't even at Sanderson's level his freshman year. Ottawa Has some dandy players coming up the pipeline via UND.

I know I think it's part of their game plan. It does rattle a lot of goalies.

Duluth runs our goalie a couple times a game and hardly ever gets called for it.

Hain goes to the hard areas. I like his game tonight but goalies like chrona are gonna dive and embelish to get the penalty. DU Coach should skate Chrona and Brink for being ballerinas not hockey players.

I’m going out on a limb and say we have limited penalties tonight. I was going to say no penalties but then I thought about it for a minute.

We have beat ourselves with too many penalties in almost all of our losses.

In game 2 in Denver they absolutely hated when we came out and played a very physical game against them. That Caponi was a spaz case and was trying to take runs at our players all night. If we play like we did in game 2 in Denver I think we will be ok.

Ok Thank You. Gonna be a good series.

Anyone know if Friday game is on NCHCTV or if CBSSN is carrying it?

Scheel isn't gonna stop playing the puck. I don't see his playing the puck as a negative. He is one of the only goalies in the league who can play the puck. Scheel is our back bone. I don't remember who Scheel was trying to spring up the middle with that pass tonight but a split second difference and he sends him in in the clear. I just cannot look at his puck playing as a negative. Most coaches in this league will tell you sweeps at home and splits on the road is what you hope for to have a shot at Penrose. We are a very above average team and sometimes you're gonna lose games that's just the way it is.