NORTH DAKOTA @ BU - Friday

[yzerman19]

I keep tuning in hoping for a different result, and what keeps happening is that I end up turning off the TV because we are so bad and so not playing fighting sioux hockey this year...i have never been this disappointed with the performances. I actually let my son change the game to the Gopher Bulldog game.

This team has zero team offense. It is a coaching embarrassment. I don't get to fire Dave and his merry men, but I can stop watching.

[OETKB]

YES.

St Lawrence had 2 last year and didn't even make the tournament.

Let me rephrase. Has any team ever had 15 draftees AND two hobey baker candidates and not made the FF? I kinda doubt it.

[gfhockey]

So how long we gunna accept mediorcity for?

[OETKB]

So how long we gunna accept mediorcity for?

That is the question of the year, isn't it?

[siouxforce19]

Let me rephrase. Has any team ever had 15 draftees AND two hobey baker candidates and not made the FF? I kinda doubt it.

I'll leave the complaining about everything up to you and everyone else here.

[yzerman19]

The sun will rise, but we will not make the NCAAs this year...mark my words. if I am wrong, I will eat crow. If I am right, well, I get to be right.

Hak and co need to go.

[sioux hockey is the best]

I know this isn't much of a bright spot but saint cloud didn't increase there lead as CC beats them in a shootout

[OETKB]

I'll leave the complaining about everything up to you and everyone else here.

I won't be demonized for calling out a team that is underperforming. UND has become the dirty rodents of the 2009 era, with tons of draft picks that can't perform. I, and many others, don't accept this. It's total crap.

[yzerman19]

BY the way, how about that eastern bias commentary announcement.

I really wish we had a team to make him eat crow.

Which players on our team, based on their performances so far this year would make any team in the league...

Grimaldi- likely a top six on any team in NCAA

Jewels- certainly top nine on any team in NCAA

Parks- makes lineup on any team in NCAA

Mark Mac- makes lineup on any team in NCAA

Simpson- makes lineup on any team in NCAA

Schmaltz- makes lineup

Stecher- makes lineup

7 of 19 positions we have covered

[Clghckyfan]

It would be one thing if we just didn't have "it" but we have the ability based on what I saw in the first game against Miami.

[Wilbur]

BY the way, how about that eastern bias commentary announcement.

I really wish we had a team to make him eat crow.

Which players on our team, based on their performances so far this year would make any team in the league...

Grimaldi- likely a top six on any team in NCAA

Jewels- certainly top nine on any team in NCAA

Parks- makes lineup on any team in NCAA

Mark Mac- makes lineup on any team in NCAA

Simpson- makes lineup on any team in NCAA

Schmaltz- makes lineup

Stecher- makes lineup

7 of 19 positions we have covered

I'm a bit concerned with lack of production from some of the newcomers. Not necessarily defensively. I think Stecher, LaDue, and Ausmus have been good defensively, but outside of Johnson creating some chances we haven't seen much from Tambellini or Murphy. As of right now LaDue and Stecher have more points than Murphy and Tambellini.

My idea for a light a fire give the boys a spark moment: Throw the Freshman in the net.

[Fedorov]

Hello from Boston! Wow, the officiating was awful tonight. Even the BU fans around me were joking about it. I guess they consider Miller the "Head Clown." It is hard to go back to college hockey when you see officiating like that. UND needs to try longer than three minutes though.

[Goon]

The Gophs are no joke.

Hate to say it, but he's right.

[Goon]

So how long we gunna accept mediorcity for?

Drunk yet?

[Goon]

My buddy calls me tonight after one of the weak calls for high sticking and gives me an ear full. It was a really weak call. What can we do short of throwing the TV in the back yard?

[geaux_sioux]

Simply there is no creativity or confidence with the puck.

[gfhockey]

let hak finish the season and he has to go!

I cant accept no titles any longer

[AZSIOUX]

Simply there is no creativity or confidence with the puck.

Not one bit. Worst I've seen in over ten years. Not even close. No chance at even making the game close tonight wow. Has nothing to do with the refs. We are bad right now. Pretty obvious. Hope we can approve. And yes mafia man I said we. Ha Go sioux go!

[avsfan1]

Bring back Carey Eades and get back to Fighting Sioux Hockey

[Redneksioux]

My buddy calls me tonight after one of the weak calls for high sticking and gives me an ear full. It was a really weak call. What can we do short of throwing the TV in the back yard?

I'm gonna throw my lawn mowers in the street!

[geaux_sioux]

Bring back Carey Eades and get back to Fighting Sioux Hockey

Have yet to see any Sioux Hockey this year.

[OETKB]

Have yet to see any Sioux Hockey this year.

They came close in that first game against Miami. Since then, total crap.

[SiouxFan in DU Country]

Hockey has become Softie. I understand some of it - head shots, concussions etc. but it\we seem to be gravitating towards mediocrity. In a few years no team will have an identity it will become just like the nhl. diluted. 'cept worse. unless you like fightin'.

[keikla]

Thoughts from the game (in person):

1) the Sioux applied good pressure for the first five minutes. After that, it definitely dropped off, which I guess is expected when you're constantly a man down.

2) Some of the penalties called on the Sioux were borderline. And that's fine if you want to call borderline penalties, you just have to do it on both teams. There was a tripping no call just moments before BU's second goal (among many other non-calls).

3) the Sioux lost a lot of 1 on 1 battles. While I certainly don't think this game was nearly as bad as many on this board are making it out to be, that was frustrating to see.

4) I missed Jake Marto tonight; he was the one defenseman I would trust more than any other to handle a 2 on 1. Mattson...not so much.

5) This team is not good enough offensively to have average goaltending.

6) Schmaltz took a dumb penalty with an offensive zone slash, but his steady improvement is still apparent. He also almost killed me tonight. With about five minutes left, he sent the puck into the stands, and it missed my head by just a few inches. Some other guy earlier wasn't so lucky, as a puck deflected off his head.

7) Drake and Rocco have so much chemistry and talent. That didn't show a ton tonight, but when it was 4 on 4, the two of them had some impressive puck possession going in the offensive zone.

8) I tend to find Boston sports fans (any Boston based sports team) to be ridiculously obnoxious. This opinion was reaffirmed many times tonight. If you think I complained about calls, you should go to a CC game.

9) I met a ton of Sioux fans, all of whom were incredibly friendly. While chatting with one woman, I asked if she lived out here or came out from North Dakota. When she said she lived in Maine, I told her I did too. Then she asked if I was 'keikla on Siouxsports.' I was simultaneously proud and totally weirded out that she knew who I was!

10) The BU student section rocks. The band was excellent, and the students were lively with good cheers. Even though I wish the Sioux had silenced them early, it was fun to watch them from an objective standpoint.

11) I missed the third BU goal (the one called off) because I got stuck in the slowest beer line ever. The arena was great, but they definitely need some TVs in the concourse.

[scpa0305]

The sun will rise, but we will not make the NCAAs this year...mark my words. if I am wrong, I will eat crow. If I am right, well, I get to be right.

Hak and co need to go.

You are correct that this team, most likely, will not do anything this year however because Hak has one bad season doesn't mean he should go. I'm not sure if you were being sarcastic. They look pretty bad however. The Gophs are just as young and they are on a whole different level.