UND @ St Cloud - Redemption Game - Sat Dec 4th 2021

[bcblues]

We need to get over these dog toss performances on Fridays. That is not UND hockey.

[SiouxScore]

I'll take a split. Played pretty well tonight especially after the early punch from St. Cloud. Have to start to find a way to string some consistent good efforts together and complete a whole weekend. Can't continue to be one terrible performance and one really solid game. Gotta figure something out this week and get the job done next weekend.

[brianvf]

6 hours ago, brianvf said:

I think this game will be a better performance from our boys, but I see the same result. I’m guessing 5-3 SCSU. 
 

At least I had the score right! 
Thanks for proving me wrong, business suit boys.

[FightingSU]

Great win 

[SiouxForever]

SCSU, while a good team with all those super seniors, won’t be as effective on a NHL rink moving forward come tournament time. Good team, no question. 

[brianvf]

That win jumped UND up a couple spots in PWR too...back to #5.
SCSU fell all the way to #8 with the loss.

[Godsmack]

3 minutes ago, SiouxForever said:

SCSU, while a good team with all those super seniors, won’t be as effective on a NHL rink moving forward come tournament time. Good team, no question. 

Yah, totally! SCSU really knows how to work that extra 15 feet width in the O zone. They ring the puck around getting the opposition chasing. I wish they’d go to NHL size ice. 

[FightingSU]

This all on top of UMD getting swept. This is overall a pretty good weekend. 

[FightingSU]

Just now, Godsmack said:

Yah, totally! SCSU really knows how to work that extra 15 feet width in the O zone. They ring the puck around getting the opposition chasing. I wish they’d go to NHL size ice. 

Honestly I just simply think it’s weird they play a different size ice. How is that even a thing. That’s like having one random football team have a 150 yard field at home just, cuz. 

[Godsmack]

Just now, FightingSU said:

Honestly I just simply think it’s weird they play a different size ice. How is that even a thing. That’s like having one random football team have a 150 yard field at home just, cuz. 

Right?!?! -It was a fad in the 90’s. Lots of programs built Olympic size sheets-CC, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Anchorage, to name a few. I hated watching CC games at World Arena. 

[Fighting Sioux 23]

5 minutes ago, brianvf said:

That win jumped UND up a couple spots in PWR too...back to #5.
SCSU fell all the way to #8 with the loss.

NCHC has 6 of the Top 10 in Pairwise.  While it is still very early to give the Pairwise a ton of weight, that is pretty impressive given that the majority of non-conference games are in the books.  

[sioux rube]

2 hours ago, nodakgirl93 said:

This team can't handle SCSU speed on the big rink. The Huskies have been very good getting und out of position. 

What was that? 

[bcblues]

1 minute ago, Godsmack said:

Right?!?! -It was a fad in the 90’s. Lots of programs built Olympic size sheets-CC, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Anchorage, to name a few. I hated watching CC games at World Arena. 

For a lot of reasons. And none of them (in my case) were because of the size of the rink.

[Fighting Sioux 23]

2 minutes ago, FightingSU said:

Honestly I just simply think it’s weird they play a different size ice. How is that even a thing. That’s like having one random football team have a 150 yard field at home just, cuz. 

Soccer fields are often various different sizes.  

The DECC had a 190x85 sheet.  That was crazy.  

[siouxnatty#8]

6 minutes ago, SiouxForever said:

SCSU, while a good team with all those super seniors, won’t be as effective on a NHL rink moving forward come tournament time. Good team, no question. 

St Cloud St is good I agree, but if you can clog up the neutral zone on them and get people back it severely limits their bread and butter which is scoring on the fast break (basketball term for a team that likes to run).  They are like a basketball team that likes to run but has trouble playing a half court game.

[FightingSU]

Just so happy we win tonight. I was one off of my win by 3 prediction. If that ENG would have counted - which it should have being the penalty was after the puck went in??? My prediction would have been correct.  But I’ll still take it. And it wasn’t a scary win. We really beat them and the score doesn’t reflect how well we played - for the most part. We had some real good looks. 

[sioux rube]

[crb1]

St. Cloud has only 1 win in their last 4 games.

[Godsmack]

1 minute ago, FightingSU said:

Just so happy we win tonight. I was one off of my win by 3 prediction. If that ENG would have counted - which it should have being the penalty was after the puck went in??? My prediction would have been correct.  But I’ll still take it. And it wasn’t a scary win. We really beat them and the score doesn’t reflect how well we played - for the most part. We had some real good looks. 

Yah the St. Cloud announcers even said the penalty happened after we’d shot the puck down so I’d think it should’ve counted, no?

[FightingSU]

1 minute ago, crb1 said:

St. Cloud has only 1 win in their last 4 games.

How the he’ll were they even ranked #5

[FightingSU]

1 minute ago, Godsmack said:

Yah the St. Cloud announcers even said the penalty happened after we’d shot the puck down so I’d think it should’ve counted, no?

It definitely should have. 

[crb1]

1 minute ago, FightingSU said:

How the he’ll were they even ranked #5

I was trying to figure out how the hell they would have tied UND for the conference lead with a win. 

[brianvf]

1 minute ago, FightingSU said:

How the he’ll were they even ranked #5

How the hell did they beat UND by a touchdown? 
Ha!  They blew all their chances last night I guess.

[FightingSU]

Just now, crb1 said:

I was trying to figure out how the hell they would have tied UND for the conference lead with a win. 

Well, still ours for now!

[Oldguy]

Heve to give kudos when due.  ND, after SUCKING last night, came out and played a stronger defensive game.  When they connect on a few passes and turn play north, they are a good damn team.