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Just a hockey fan, not very knowledgeable about the game details/strategy but it seems we did not include the D on our offense very much- if at all- back in the Parise/bochenski or the Toews/Oshie/Duncan eras.  This fully involved D play while on O (and yet cover D too) is what we seemed to be missing back then.

Oh, what could have been, with a D corps like this and those lines....! 

Should I thank Coach Barry?

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Just a hockey fan, not very knowledgeable about the game details/strategy but it seems we did not include the D on our offense very much- if at all- back in the Parise/bochenski or the Toews/Oshie/Duncan eras.  This fully involved D play while on O (and yet cover D too) is what we seemed to be missing back then.

Oh, what could have been, with a D corps like this and those lines....! 

Should I thank Coach Barry?

 

This formula seemed to work pretty well for Union last year too.

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Just a hockey fan, not very knowledgeable about the game details/strategy but it seems we did not include the D on our offense very much- if at all- back in the Parise/bochenski or the Toews/Oshie/Duncan eras. This fully involved D play while on O (and yet cover D too) is what we seemed to be missing back then.

Oh, what could have been, with a D corps like this and those lines....!

Should I thank Coach Barry?

Good observation and yes berry seems to have had an impact but it's mostly because of the players he has now. All 7 d men are mobile and can make plays instead of just concentrating on the d side and not getting beat. Hak has 6 guys that can create and ausmus who is rock solid and brings physicality to the d. UND and minny have best two d cores in nation in IMO but no team will create and put up the points that UND does this season piggy backing off last years.

J schmaltz may be the best d man in the nation all around. He has room to grow which is scary and but he's the best in the new Ralph era we've seen at both ends on D

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Travel safe tonight folks. There was at least a four vehicle accident on I-29 last night after the game. Hopefully no one was seriously injured, although at least one vehicle looked like it might have rolled. It looked bad.

We were a few minutes behind that mess south bound. 4 vehicles involved...2 were in really really bad shape.

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This formula seemed to work pretty well for Union last year too.

 

It was a huge part of the Gopher championship teams back in the day too.  I do think it is a result of Bubba's players and his coaching.

 

On a side note, what impressed me the most last night was the tenacity of the forecheck and the sticking up for each other...that is Sioux hockey. 

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Murphy and Poganski in for MacMillan and St.Clair would guess St.Clair may be dealing with an injury as well.

Tonight's lines:

Pattyn-Johnson-Parks

O'Donnell-Gaarder-Murphy

Caggiula-Schmaltz-Olson

Chyzk-Simonson-Poganski

LaDue-Schmaltz

Ausmus-Stecher

Mattson-Poolman

McIntyre

Johnson

Hrynkiw

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