Post pod series #1: I guess we are playing CC.

[iluvdebbies]

11 minutes ago, Sioux90 said:

6 points, but this won't cut it against better teams. 

I'll take 6 points against better teams too!

[rochsioux]

After watching Pinto tonight I wonder if he is 100% or did he just have a bad game ?

[siouxforce19]

3 minutes ago, rochsioux said:

After watching Pinto tonight I wonder if he is 100% or did he just have a bad game ?

His line was below average all weekend. 

[dden3]

29 is back to where he was at the beginning of the season.

 

team looked good on Sunday night. If they get some games in I think they will be awesome. 

[GoalieMask]

2 hours ago, SiouxFanatic said:

Link: https://youtu.be/of8Bk6LxmdM

Hopefully, it works...

 

Player of the Game:

SiouxFanatic - thanks, very much!  - caught 2nd and 3rd period and it worked great. 

[KoolGuy2K]

3 hours ago, SiouxFanatic said:

Link: https://youtu.be/of8Bk6LxmdM

Hopefully, it works...

 

Worked great. Thank you! 

[crb1]

Glad we got the win but that was not business suit worthy

[AJS]

6 points on the road is never easy. Huge sweep. 

I'll join the general consensus on their overall play. To me, it looked like you'd expect for their first couple of games this year, when they are still trying to get their feet under them. Which makes sense. There must have been a hard reset after the bubble. Given how mediocre UND played, not having Cruikshank I do think was the difference for CC not getting any points this weekend. To me, Slavin was by far the best forward on the ice. If that top line was intact, given how UND's top line looked, it would have made things even more interesting.

 

 

[The Sicatoka]

9 hours ago, NoDak Fan said:

... but maybe the altitude is really a factor.

The second of back-to-back at altitude. 

[jk]

UND's top line struggled, but the Adams line was good.  Getting them both going would make the team tough to play.  I'm not sure Budy is ready for that spot yet, but also not sure who else would fit.  Caulfield has tantalizing vision, but you'd be losing Budy's motor in that swap. 

[Dustin]

I'm no hockey mind - never played, just a lifelong Sioux fan, but I find it interesting about all the comments here regarding poor play, yet coach Berry said this: "It was a one-goal game tonight, but I thought we played better than we did last night in a 3-0 win"

[siouxforce19]

11 minutes ago, Dustin said:

I'm no hockey mind - never played, just a lifelong Sioux fan, but I find it interesting about all the comments here regarding poor play, yet coach Berry said this: "It was a one-goal game tonight, but I thought we played better than we did last night in a 3-0 win"

I thought the second period was awful, but besides that probably did play better. 

[AJS]

47 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

The second of back-to-back at altitude. 

That might have more to do with it than we think.

Not often does UND Sweep CC in Colorado Springs. 

[The Sicatoka]

I've talked to players from the 80s to today. Each to a man has commented that they don't feel "rested" or "sharp" or "recovered" the morning after an altitude game and it affects them the second game. 

[UNDColorado]

34 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

I've talked to players from the 80s to today. Each to a man has commented that they don't feel "rested" or "sharp" or "recovered" the morning after an altitude game and it affects them the second game. 

Altitude is a real thing. I live higher than Springs or Denver but whenever I leave the state it takes me about a day to feel normal again when I return. Then two days later when I am at the gym I notice a considerable decline in my cardio.

[Vegas_Sioux]

1 hour ago, AJS said:

That might have more to do with it than we think.

Not often does UND Sweep CC in Colorado Springs. 

Remember they usually go to Colorado Springs on Wednesday for a Friday Saturday, they left Saturday afternoon this time. 

[Vegas_Sioux]

31 minutes ago, UNDColorado said:

Altitude is a real thing. I live higher than Springs or Denver but whenever I leave the state it takes me about a day to feel normal again when I return. Then two days later when I am at the gym I notice a considerable decline in my cardio.

I hear ya on that one, I interned with the aspen/pitken county airport that first week at 8200 feet coming from grand forks was rough. 

[Blackheart]

So will UND play DU as scheduled this Friday-Saturday?  Or would they possibly push the games out a day or so due to the Sunday-Monday series that the Sioux just completed? 
This is assuming DU is healthy enough to play.

[The Sicatoka]

I think they're already planning for Sun/Mon at DU (assuming it goes).

[AJS]

5 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

I think they're already planning for Sun/Mon at DU (assuming it goes).

Berry's quote in todays article confirmed that. Sunday/Monday, but Denver has to get through one more round of testing. 

[burd]

Liked the way CC played last night.  A lot of young players on the roster, so maybe there are better times ahead for them.  

[The Sicatoka]

21 minutes ago, AJS said:

Berry's quote in todays article confirmed that. Sunday/Monday, but Denver has to get through one more round of testing. 

Going back to altitude, I'm glad they get the full week (Sun/Mon) and not a short-turn, short-week Fri/Sat series. 

[The Sicatoka]

I saw lots of comments on the ice conditions. Was it that bad? Normally BWA has a fast sheet. 

[90siouxfan]

Would it have helped the team deal with the altitude thing if they had stayed in Colorado between the series, not like attendance at classes is a thing...

[UNDColorado]

33 minutes ago, 90siouxfan said:

Would it have helped the team deal with the altitude thing if they had stayed in Colorado between the series, not like attendance at classes is a thing...

It would definitely help but is it worth throwing off weekly routines?