NORTH DAKOTA @ St. Cloud State - FRIDAY Gameday ********

[Oxbow6]

Yuuuuuuge win!  

[Feff]

Could have easily had several more goals. Certainly a dominating hockey game. 

[Wilbur]

Business suits have a way of bringing out a great effort sometimes.  Now back at it tomorrow to make up some ground in the NCHC. 

[bigskyvikes]

Mafia just seen you on tv! Sporting the Cags jersey!

[burd]

It's almost unfair to last week's effort to say tonight's was much better.   We LOOKED better, but this is not Denver.    Or Duluth, IMO. 

Main thing is we won Friday on the road and took a step forward. 

[Godsmack]

What the SC color guy just said would apply to us and tonight, our boys did it

 

...."at some point, these young guys have to stop using the excuse of being freshmen and sophomores and you have to own up and convince yourself and show that you're a D-1 player by competing every night. Every night."

[jukenjive27]

2 minutes ago, burd said:

It's almost unfair to last week's effort to say tonight's was much better.   We LOOKED better, but this is not Denver.    Or Duluth, IMO. 

Main thing is we won Friday on the road and took a step forward. 

Tonight they looked better and played great team D, they were quick to pucks, won battles and capitalized on chances. They did that consistently, they did not do those things consistently against DU or UMD imo.

[bcblues]

SCSU offense was not clicking tonight at all.  I can relate.

[burd]

3 minutes ago, jukenjive27 said:

Tonight they looked better and play great team D, they were quick to pucks, won battles and capitalized on chances. They did that consistently, they did not do those things consistently against DU or UMD.

They did those things pretty well to stay even with Denver, though, and Denver plays a much faster game than Cloud does.   But BC is right--they were not clicking. 

Boy, is Gersich on his game. 

[Reformed Gphr Fan]

Those were the least homer announcers I have heard all year...

[bcblues]

Just now, Reformed Gphr Fan said:

Those were the least homer announcers I have heard all year...

No, they were homers.  But they also had to face reality.  They couldn't even blame the refs.

[burd]

Just now, Reformed Gphr Fan said:

Those were the least homer announcers I have heard all year...

They weren't pulling any punches on the home team, were they?  Refreshing.

[jukenjive27]

Just now, burd said:

They did those things pretty well to stay even with Denver, though, and Denver plays a much faster game than Cloud does. 

The key here is consistency, they did not do those things consistently against DU for 60mins+. DU is a good team and capitalized on the mistakes, SCSU is a good team too and I am going to say 70% was UND playing well and 30% was an off night for SCSU. I guarantee we see a different SCSU team tomorrow.

[farce poobah]

9 minutes ago, Reformed Gphr Fan said:

Those were the least homer announcers I have heard all year...

It helped that Parrish coached Gersich this summer. 

[Reformed Gphr Fan]

Not that he was taking any credit for coaching Gersich...

[dagies]

What a nice effort by the good guys.  SCSU called off classes today and their hockey team looked like Motzko called them a half-hour before game time and said "where ARE you guys?"

 

 

[Siouxman]

Absolutely great game by the guys.  Back up to #4 in the pairwise.

[MafiaMan]

58 minutes ago, Godsmack said:

Hey MafiaMan, are you gonna shout, Warm up the bus!" Like you did in Michigan?!?!

 

51 minutes ago, bigskyvikes said:

Mafia just seen you on tv! Sporting the Cags jersey!

I managed to keep my big mouth in-check unti the final horn.  

TV?  Huh?  What?  And why is my phone blowing up?

[Blackheart]

19 minutes ago, MafiaMan said:

 

I managed to keep my big mouth in-check unti the final horn.  

TV?  Huh?  What?  And why is my phone blowing up?

Saw you twice....watching the game with my neighbor and then the camera is on you and I'm "hey, there's the Mafiaman!"....He just looked at me like I was crazy.

[Goon]

He have video http://thesportsdaily.com/goonsworld-blog/fighting-hawks-heel-huskies-4-0-video/

[scpa0305]

11 hours ago, siouxforeverbaby said:

Brock has got to have something broken in his hand.  He is playing almost exactly the way that Oshie and Toews did when they were playing with broken fingers.

He's got a banged up wrist....since before the goph series.

[scpa0305]

10 hours ago, Reformed Gphr Fan said:

Those were the least homer announcers I have heard all year...

I know Parrish was all over Und.

[stoneySIOUX]

10 hours ago, Siouxman said:

Absolutely great game by the guys.  Back up to #4 in the pairwise.

Is it now a thing to start looking at the PWR before Thanksgiving? Lol.

[Wilbur]

Defensively I thought that may have been UNDs best game.  Cam had to be sharp at times, but he saw everything, and there wasn't a time when it was him against the world down close.  PK was active, which can be trouble against a good PP, but the killers did a great job attacking puck bobbles and indirect passes.

Ole said it on the radio last night, and I definitely agree that it was Casey Johnsons best game.  Showed confidence bringing the puck north out of his end and made a great recovery play on a two on one when he got his stick in there to deflect the puck.

Nice to see the team rewarded for a great effort.  Let's see how tonight goes. 

[stoneySIOUX]

11 hours ago, jukenjive27 said:

The key here is consistency, they did not do those things consistently against DU for 60mins+. DU is a good team and capitalized on the mistakes, SCSU is a good team too and I am going to say 70% was UND playing well and 30% was an off night for SCSU. I guarantee we see a different SCSU team tomorrow.

I have zero idea how that SCSU team swept the Gophers. Oof that was a terrible performance. We smacked them in the mouth and they folded like the Buffalo Bills in the Super Bowl. 

I'm not sure the last time I saw that many neutral zone turnovers and failed zone entries. UND definitely set the tone, for sure, but I do agree that that isn't the SCSU team we'll see tonight.