stoneySIOUX Posted January 8, 2022 Author Posted January 8, 2022 4 minutes ago, bcblues said: Never said UND was a broken program. Far from it. Yes, we lost a bunch of top notch seniors last year. And covid crap didn't help us having to play Omaha ad infinitum. But it is on the coach to mold and form both the character and form of the team. Sorry, I was being hyperbolic. I personally don't think our character/culture is bad in any way, shape, or form. I simply think it's that this team MUST play one way to win and that's constant energy and pressure. We lack consistent scoring and goaltending needed to win games in which we have an off night. Just a struggle of a year, so far. With that said, we're still fine in the PWR and 6 points up in conference and we still very much control our way forward and have shown the ability to beat anyone we play. It's just HAS to be done with all out energy for a whole game. Tonight, we let down for five minutes and it fell apart. Super frustrating. Quote
crb1 Posted January 8, 2022 Posted January 8, 2022 24 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said: Which ones? Well some errors perhaps in recruiting or rotating players, mental preparation to name a few. Quote
SIOUXELEVENS Posted January 8, 2022 Posted January 8, 2022 Maybe which players he brought in and ones he let go cough Rizzo cough Morrow etc 4 Quote
SiouxFan100 Posted January 8, 2022 Posted January 8, 2022 Criticize a player but not hate him. They are still UND players 1 Quote
Oxbow6 Posted January 8, 2022 Posted January 8, 2022 At least if Driscoll is in position he's probably lost control of his stick so there's that. Quote
Oxbow6 Posted January 8, 2022 Posted January 8, 2022 This team played too hard and too well to lose a game like this 1 Quote
stoneySIOUX Posted January 8, 2022 Author Posted January 8, 2022 48 minutes ago, crb1 said: Well some errors perhaps in recruiting or rotating players, mental preparation to name a few. Not sure I buy the recruiting aspect as I see a rather loaded pipeline. The mass exodus after last season was filled with 14 guys and that's the reality of keeping a huge chunk of guys for four years. Unfortunately, it happened and here we are. Keeping Rizzo certainly seems like we would have gotten a boost, but wouldn't solve our problems this year and I'm still not upset we lost Morrow. I'm confident the right choice was made on not bringing him in. What moves, other than giving Hellesten a good look, would you like to see in terms of rotating players? I liked our lineup tonight. Mental preparation is hard because outside of five minutes tonight, we came to play. I think there's certainly been times this year we've played flat, and that is Bubbs' job, I agree. Overall, I feel like our guys play mentally hard, but we just lack consistent scoring to make up for those times we play flat. Feels like a year where we have to play perfect to win. Feels like a whole mashup of reasons. Sigh. Quote
stoneySIOUX Posted January 8, 2022 Author Posted January 8, 2022 14 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said: This team played too hard and too well to lose a game like this Yep. This team's margin for error is so small and we've gotten spoiled over the years with teams that could make up for bad lapses in play. This year's team just doesn't have the luxury. Quote
Oldguy Posted January 8, 2022 Posted January 8, 2022 All I can say is I watched this game with an old friend that has seen a lot of hockey like me, and we were both flabbergasted by the meltdown in period 3. Dominated most of the stats, except save percentage. Play Helsten tomorrow. The experiment is over with Driscol. Quote
FightingSU Posted January 8, 2022 Posted January 8, 2022 NoDak jerseys tarnished. Fire Berry (just kidding). But seriously, Driscoll sucks. Quote
Oxbow6 Posted January 8, 2022 Posted January 8, 2022 Cornell's 2nd goal should never have happened and completely changed the complexion of the game. 2 Quote
Prison_Mike Posted January 8, 2022 Posted January 8, 2022 9 hours ago, stoneySIOUX said: It's gotta happen. A must win game at 13-7? Ugh, I hate it, but tomorrow is as close as it gets to a must win. Every game that Sanderson is in the lineup is a must win. That included last night. Quote
SIOUXELEVENS Posted January 8, 2022 Posted January 8, 2022 Looking at the replay of last nights game I can’t find one big save by Driscoll , 8 through two my gosh, follow the puck.the second and forth goal cmon man, the forth one Driscoll is in the center of the net and the Cornell player is to the tight and fired into an empty net. Quote
FightingSU Posted January 8, 2022 Posted January 8, 2022 57 minutes ago, Prison_Mike said: Every game that Sanderson is in the lineup is a must win. That included last night. I don’t really think Sanderson does as much as everyone claims. He gets the puck back every now and then but personally I don’t think he seems to be all he is cracked up to be idk. 2 Quote
FightingSU Posted January 8, 2022 Posted January 8, 2022 Tonight is a must win. We’ve been able to pull thru and stay higher in rankings, standings and PWR with losing on Fridays. Maybe just knocking rust off last night on top of Driscoll extremely poor performance. Outside if Driscoll I thought the boys played well until the last few mins. We can still win tonight and push thru the season. But the goaltending needs to improve NOW and we need to start having some consistency now… it’s second half. Let’s go! 1 Quote
stoneySIOUX Posted January 8, 2022 Author Posted January 8, 2022 13 minutes ago, FightingSU said: I don’t really think Sanderson does as much as everyone claims. He gets the puck back every now and then but personally I don’t think he seems to be all he is cracked up to be idk. Really? Buddy, he's arguably the best all-around defenseman this program has ever seen. If you don't see that, you are missing too much of what he does, apparently. Quote
stoneySIOUX Posted January 8, 2022 Author Posted January 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Prison_Mike said: Every game that Sanderson is in the lineup is a must win. That included last night. I get where you're going with this, but this team can win games without him. Certainly won't be easy, but they've done it. 1 Quote
Oxbow6 Posted January 8, 2022 Posted January 8, 2022 Budy out indefinitely. Hain too most likely. Time to play Rizzo? Wait....nevermind. Quote
crb1 Posted January 8, 2022 Posted January 8, 2022 Did anyone see where Hain was injured? I thought at first he was the one crashing into the net but that was Senden. I was too focused on the goal that was let in on that play that I didn’t see Hain get hurt. That series of events really set the tone for the rest of the game. Quote
FightingSU Posted January 8, 2022 Posted January 8, 2022 56 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said: Budy out indefinitely. Hain too most likely. Time to play Rizzo? Wait....nevermind. When did Budy get injured? Quote
FightingSU Posted January 8, 2022 Posted January 8, 2022 1 hour ago, stoneySIOUX said: Really? Buddy, he's arguably the best all-around defenseman this program has ever seen. If you don't see that, you are missing too much of what he does, apparently. I guess. I’m just underwhelmed with this team lately. Ugh. Quote
FightingSU Posted January 8, 2022 Posted January 8, 2022 Keeping spirits high tho, let’s get the Saturday W Quote
Popular Post LynahFaithful Posted January 8, 2022 Popular Post Posted January 8, 2022 Cornell fan here. We actually are a decent squad and not a walk-over the way some seem to have expected. ASU was an anomaly. However, NoDak outplayed us for much of last night. When we were able to penetrate the D despite NoDak being up 3-1, that surprised me. I don't think Driscoll was entirely to blame for the comeback. Also: if you guys who "don't think he's all that he's cracked up to be" don't want Sanderson, we'll take him. He was making plays on and off the puck all night that showed his quality. Fabulous talent. Good luck the rest of the way (except tonight). I regret we didn't have the chance to meet in 2020 when we were 1 and 2. 5 Quote
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