Pod style game 10-Closing with Miami

[BarnWinterSportsEngelstad]

Post game:

Berry gave many compliments to those involved in the pod.

[SiouxForever]

Berry didn't play Judd hardly at all and then the camera zoomed in on the bench as Berry was talking to Judd. Unless still injured, gotta get Judd out there and get his confidence back up. He has a role somewhere in the lineup. 

[siouxforce19]

  On 12/21/2020 at 4:19 AM, jk said:

Obviously Pinto's health will be the main story.  The team's best player by a mile. 

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Sounds like he’s going to be fine. 

[Wilbur]

Three stars of the pod:

-Gaber:  Seven goals

-Gooch:  Point in every game

-Scheel:  Six wins in 8 starts.  Four game winning streak leaving the pod. 

[SiouxFanatic]

  On 12/21/2020 at 4:39 AM, Wilbur said:

Three stars of the pod:

-Gaber:  Seven goals

-Gooch:  Point in every game

-Scheel:  Six wins in 8 starts.  Four game winning streak leaving the pod. 

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Honorable Mention: Pinto

[siouxfaninseattle]

  On 12/21/2020 at 4:14 AM, Wilbur said:

Mismash wanted to get a penalty that shift.  Tried two or three times then got his cross check in. 

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Reminiscent of Luke Johnson.

[Blackheart]

Next game, New Years Eve back in Baxter Arena against UNO.

[sioux rube]

  On 12/21/2020 at 4:41 AM, SiouxFanatic said:

Honorable Mention: Pinto

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Pinto for Gooch in my book. Pinto brought it every game. Gooch started slow and took him awhile to get going. But man the guy has a knack for scoring big goals 

[scpa0305]

I thought the boys played great last night, the score was a lot closer than it should have been.  They were playing with creativity and energy at even strength which was nice to see.

Part of me wishes Thome would have been given the start last night. He has played good for us and the boys were clearly energized. Other thoughts, adams, mismash, and Moore looked really good. One of the better games I’ve seen adams play, from a consistency perspective. Obviously biggest concern is Pintos shoulder. I feared a broken clavicle when I saw his reaction.

[scpa0305]

  On 12/21/2020 at 4:39 AM, SiouxForever said:

Berry didn't play Judd hardly at all and then the camera zoomed in on the bench as Berry was talking to Judd. Unless still injured, gotta get Judd out there and get his confidence back up. He has a role somewhere in the lineup. 

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He has to be dinged up a bit. He was much better last year. He made a couple plays last night that really left me scratching my head. Definitely seems to be gripping his stick a bit too tight.

[crb1]

  On 12/21/2020 at 2:19 PM, scpa0305 said:

I thought the boys played great last night, the score was a lot closer than it should have been.  They were playing with creativity and energy at even strength which was nice to see.

Part of me wishes Thome would have been given the start last night. He has played good for us and the boys were clearly energized. Other thoughts, adams, mismash, and Moore looked really good. One of the better games I’ve seen adams play, from a consistency perspective. Obviously biggest concern is Pintos shoulder. I feared a broken clavicle when I saw his reaction.

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Yeah, I am hoping Pinto will be alright. Coming from someone who had broken their clavicle many times, it is a pain in the butt to heal and very uncomfortable. 

[scpa0305]

  On 12/21/2020 at 2:22 PM, crb1 said:

Yeah, I am hoping Pinto will be alright. Coming from someone who had broken their clavicle many times, it is a pain in the butt to heal and very uncomfortable. 

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Agreed, I’ve broken mine three times as well.

[Spamming]

Miami's goaltending was atrocious.

[yzerman19]

Biggest surprises from the bubble:  SCSU and UNO on the positive and DU on the negative.  The bubble can’t make someone’s season, but it probably can wreck someone’s season.

biggest surprise for UND:  Gaber...he introduced himself to the NCHC in a big way.  Kid puts the puck in the net.  

[UND1981]

  On 12/21/2020 at 4:39 AM, Wilbur said:

Three stars of the pod:

-Gaber:  Seven goals

-Gooch:  Point in every game

-Scheel:  Six wins in 8 starts.  Four game winning streak leaving the pod. 

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I thought Mismash had a monster game.  

[UNDColorado]

  On 12/21/2020 at 3:55 PM, UND1981 said:

I thought Mismash had a monster game.  

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Agreed. He had a slow start but has been improving each game. 

[crb1]

  On 12/21/2020 at 2:30 PM, Spamming said:

Miami's goaltending was atrocious.

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I was surprised we didn't see Perrson. I thought for sure he would have played, I think that was a bad move on the coaches part.

 

[SJHovey]

  On 12/21/2020 at 3:15 PM, yzerman19 said:

Biggest surprises from the bubble:  SCSU and UNO on the positive and DU on the negative.  The bubble can’t make someone’s season, but it probably can wreck someone’s season.

biggest surprise for UND:  Gaber...he introduced himself to the NCHC in a big way.  Kid puts the puck in the net.  

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In my opinion DU's tough pod has to come with a huge asterisk, though. 

First, the schedule for them was brutal.  Their first game was against a very good UMD team, who already had a game under their belt.  Every team struggled a little, naturally, in their first game, but DU had to do it against a team that had already played.

Game 2 was against the #1 team in the country, at that point, and they lost in OT.

Game 3 was against a good SCSU team playing with four days rest, while DU had a really tough game the day before against UND.  Those first three games were brutal, from a scheduling standpoint.

Then they lose their best offensive player to the World Juniors.

DU will be a lot better in the second half.  I wouldn't have wished their pod schedule on anyone.

[Dustin]

  On 12/21/2020 at 4:23 AM, crb1 said:

Well that was a fun 3 weeks or so. Looking forward to seeing the boys play some games in the Ralph. Hopefully we can get some fans in there at some point. Merry Christmas everyone and Happy Holidays 

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I personally loved the pod from a TV viewing standpoint.  Getting to watch UND play a hockey game every couple of days for 3 weeks straight was awesome.  Having that many talented hockey teams all playing each other in one place was very reminiscent of the World Juniors.  Which by the way starts later this week, so it's like double hockey Christmas!

[yzerman19]

  On 12/21/2020 at 4:21 PM, SJHovey said:

In my opinion DU's tough pod has to come with a huge asterisk, though. 

First, the schedule for them was brutal.  Their first game was against a very good UMD team, who already had a game under their belt.  Every team struggled a little, naturally, in their first game, but DU had to do it against a team that had already played.

Game 2 was against the #1 team in the country, at that point, and they lost in OT.

Game 3 was against a good SCSU team playing with four days rest, while DU had a really tough game the day before against UND.  Those first three games were brutal, from a scheduling standpoint.

Then they lose their best offensive player to the World Juniors.

DU will be a lot better in the second half.  I wouldn't have wished their pod schedule on anyone.

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All of that is true, and concur they are better than their record.  All teams face adversity though...we were down half of our regular D corps...DU cannot be happy with their pod performance.

[BarnWinterSportsEngelstad]

  On 12/21/2020 at 5:15 PM, Dustin said:

I personally loved the pod from a TV viewing standpoint.  Getting to watch UND play a hockey game every couple of days for 3 weeks straight was awesome.  Having that many talented hockey teams all playing each other in one place was very reminiscent of the World Juniors.  Which by the way starts later this week, so it's like double hockey Christmas!

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That was a treat, for not having hockey for so long. Football sure has been in a vacuum. Hopefully hockey makes it to the Natty - Hawks included!

[bcblues]

I really liked the pod, from a spectator standpoint as well.  Lots of awesome hockey.  Have to make adjustments on the flay and implement them well. Huge pacing component, like a chess game trying to figure out when you are going to push and when you are going to coast.  And LOTS of talent among the NCHC teams.Being able to watch lots of great hockey in a condensed 3 week period was a blast.