Cornell @ UND -- Saturday Gameday

[ChrisUND1]

Remember...Cornell was swept last weekend by...checks notes...Arizona State!  That said, Cornell a solid team.

[bcblues]

Well that sucked.

[gfhockey]

So after getting swept do we do the circle of sticke

[SIOUXFAN97]

chaves needs to either call sande or hrkac tonight....

[SiouxBoys]

7 minutes ago, SiouxFan100 said:

Cornell is good

No, they're really not.

[FightingSU]

Did not see us getting swept this weekend 

[gfhockey]

I mean we do it after splits niw

 

program has fallen 

[brianvf]

Just now, ChrisUND1 said:

Remember...Cornell was swept last weekend by...checks notes...Arizona State!  That said, Cornell a solid team.

ASU swept Cornell.
BU just swept ASU.
And Cornell just swept UND.

So, logically, it appears that BU > ASU > Cornell > UND...or something like that. 

[bcblues]

SWept at home by an Ivy League school. Damn.

 

 

 

[LynahFaithful]

Well, that was a great series.  NoDak must've outshot us 60-40 but I'll take the 2 wins.  Good luck this season to you guys, and we will see you in Ithaca in a year.

[Hockeygirl97]

Just now, SiouxBoys said:

No, they're really not.

Agree...we played down to them ....

 

[brianvf]

Just now, FightingSU said:

Did not see us getting swept this weekend 

Did you turn your TV off?  Missed the "action"?

[bcblues]

Cornell did play well.

[Hawkster]

I'm not the best hockey mind, by far, but I sure miss the old days when we got BETTER after Christmas.

[SiouxScore]

Just a miserable weekend of hockey.

This roster just isn't a typical Sioux hockey roster and this group doesn't play Sioux hockey.

The effort is inconsistent, chemistry just doesn't always seem there, and the skill level is severely lacking.

Look at our forward group. Our top guys have been Gaber, Jamernik, Senden, and Hain probably and on good championship type Sioux teams those guys are 3rd/4th line role guys. For a team that lacks speed, creativity, skill, etc you'd think they would have some toughness and be pretty strong along the boards but nope, I've never seen a Sioux team beat in so many 1 on 1 battles.

Our D group that should be the strength of this team has been flat awful. Guys we thought we took a big step forward like Sanderson, Kleven, and Frisch just haven't done that at all this season. We have opponents getting to whatever areas they want, guys just free and easy in the slot and on top of the crease popping in rebounds without even being touched.

Coaching staff doesn't escape the blame at all either. A lot of us looked at the recruiting pipeline and were worried about the lack of top skilled guys we were landing a couple years ago and especially up front well we are seeing the results now. You had to hit the transfer portal up and Ford/Calder have been pretty meh. Very offensively challenged, overall the team really lacks speed, playmaking and creativity is very absent. It really just isn't the type of hockey we have become accustomed to watching over the years. The staff better start working their ass off and get on the road recruiting.

Goaltending has been a problem as well. Driscoll hasn't looked close to what he did at Bemidji. Hellsten did a solid job tonight and deserves another look Friday.

[crb1]

1 minute ago, bcblues said:

Cornell did play well.

Played well enough to beat us. 

[Hockeygirl97]

Just now, Hawkster said:

I'm not the best hockey mind, by far, but I sure miss the old days when we got BETTER after Christmas.

Totally agree!!!

[cberkas]

11th in PWR

Cornell 14th

Cornell went from 23rd to 14th after this weekend

[LynahFaithful]

3 minutes ago, ChrisUND1 said:

Remember...Cornell was swept last weekend by...checks notes...Arizona State!  That said, Cornell a solid team.

One thing about that -- about three quarters of the team were playing sick.  I think it was an anomaly and this was much more indicative of our strength.  We actually are a top 10 team.  :-)

You guys will be fine -- there is so much talent and you didn't get puck luck either night.  Good luck in the NC$$s until maybe we meet again!  I've always really loved watching NoDak hockey, and this is a great thrill for us.

[ChrisUND1]

3 minutes ago, LynahFaithful said:

Well, that was a great series.  NoDak must've outshot us 60-40 but I'll take the 2 wins.  Good luck this season to you guys, and we will see you in Ithaca in a year.

Great job with the road sweep!  Good luck to your team.  

[LynahFaithful]

1 minute ago, cberkas said:

11th in PWR

Cornell 14th

Cornell went from 23rd to 14th after this weekend

And we were 16th before the ASU losses, so things are still very fluid.

[LynahFaithful]

1 minute ago, ChrisUND1 said:

Great job with the road sweep!  Good luck to your team.  

Thank you, all the NoDak guys I have met at tourneys over the years have been terrific.

[SiouxScore]

1 minute ago, LynahFaithful said:

One thing about that -- about three quarters of the team were playing sick.  I think it was an anomaly and this was much more indicative of our strength.  We actually are a top 10 team.  :-)

You guys will be fine -- there is so much talent and you didn't get puck luck either night.  Good luck in the NC$$s until maybe we meet again!  I've always really loved watching NoDak hockey, and this is a great thrill for us.

This really isn't a very talented UND team and that is the bottom line. Cornell is a very average team, just like this UND group. I think both will be trying to just sneak into the tournament come March and get a few breaks to go their way to make a run.

[Oldguy]

More "honors" for the team this weekend:

First time in 47 games that they blew a lead after 2 periods

First time since 2018 that they were swept at home

 

Frankly, this team is amazingly average right now.

[brianvf]

2 minutes ago, LynahFaithful said:

You guys will be fine -- there is so much talent

So much talent?  Must have us confused with another team?

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I've always really loved watching NoDak hockey

Too bad we didn't see any NoDak hockey this weekend.