Rink Rat

One thing to make a few changes game by game, but it seemed like it all 4 lines were consistently changing. I mean come one, not even one line stayed consistent in the second half of the year. You need a team to win any kind of championship and correct me if I'm wrong, but we went 0-3 this season. Any good coach will reflect on why they didn't do the job this season. So hopefully Hak has it in him to learn from it then, but my opinion is he isn't going to be the guy behind the bench when we win number 8.

Cary Eades would be a great replacement. Where was the second half surge this season? oh it was in Sioux Falls.

Agree Berry is no Cary Eades.

What top line would you be referring to??? I agree Brock would have been the answer, but since he left it was the coaches job to find someone to fill his shoes. Too much line shuffling, ZERO Chemistry. Hak didn't give the lines any time. When you don't have consistent lines you don't develop any depth. Coaches fault their was no depth, they had a healthy team for the majority of the year and very few injuries. You have got to be kidding about the defense playing well. How many times did they flub the puck or failed to go tape to tape on break out passes. When BOTH D men are skating back towards the red line, while WE are in puck possession in the offensive zone it's hard to sustain offensive zone pressure. I'm not talking pinching with a lead, clearly talking about maintaing the offensive zone, ya kinda need 5 players to do that, not 3. With 6 NHL draft pics they should have been better!!!! it's hard though when every line is changing game by game. As the season progresses that chemistry with the forward lines that needs to develop also helps the d men. The outlet passes and breakout passes and lanes are filled, which makes it easier to connect from D to F. It was pretty easy for Yale to break thru the neutral zone as well because of the disconnect with the D and Fs. Watch the OT winner in the final 5 game. Two of our guys went to the same point man and no one took the guy with the puck who scored the goal. Clearly another example of not having that chemistry. With the amount of draft pics we have and hobey finalists we should have faired better. Sorry fingers pointed at Hak and his staff. Hard to watch that much talent all season being shuffled around with ZERO results. Yeah they made plays and scored on great individual efforts with the talent they have, but I remember few goals that resulted from crisp tape to tape passing. Individual talent but NO team chemistry = fail.

UND played with zero chemistry all season.. In the regional you could see the boys working hard, yet unable to string 3 passes together, even on the pp. That comes down to not finding the right line chemistry. The lines were being fiddled with all season. Not being able to utilize the talents on his team, including two Hobey finalists is strictly on Hak and the coaching staff. Personally, I liked Parks on that top line, but that combo only lasted 2 games. If UND can develop a DOT line they do better. Also The D missed Eades all season. There were 6 NHL draft picks on the blue line and that was the team's achilles heal all season, along with shaky goaltending. It was a matter of time before Yale broke it open. After the first goal you could clearly see both D men holding the red line, while we were in the offensive zone. 3 v 5 in the offensive zone doesn't generate too many quality scoring opportunities. I didn't really see UND's D men in the offensive zone much at all, except on their 2 pps and even that was sketchy. Bottom line it all comes down to coaching. You have the best rink in college hockey you should be able to bring in the top players in the country. Now find someone to coach them.