Saturday game thread - WMU@UND - 02.26.2022

[siouxnatty#8]

2 minutes ago, UNDColorado said:

That's alright,  a tie works too.

Omaha has to get at least 2 points for us to win PennRose

[Username Taken]

Don’t know that there is a single player that hasn’t hit another gear since they got swept at Lawson. From the goalie, to the young dmen that have been called upon due to injuries, to the forth line shut down forwards. You can tell how close this group is. Special team.  

[Vegas_Sioux]

Denver about to go on an extended 5-3 with what should be a major 

[cowboys5xsbs]

Denver lead 

[mn_sioux]

Our team has to win it outright..

 

[nodakvindy]

8 minutes ago, mn_sioux said:

Our team has to win it outright..

 

And next week they'll get the chance. 

[siouxnatty#8]

15 minutes ago, Vegas_Sioux said:

Denver about to go on an extended 5-3 with what should be a major 

Omaha beats themselves again with stupid penalties.

[bcblues]

So if we sweep next weekend and Denver sweeps too, DU wins the cup?

[siouxfaninseattle]

Just now, bcblues said:

So if we sweep next weekend and Denver sweeps too, DU wins the cup?

No, we would win the cup

[brianvf]

Just now, bcblues said:

So if we sweep next weekend and Denver sweeps too, DU wins the cup?

No, we're 4 pts up.  DU needs to sweep and we would need to lose either both games or lose one game outright / lose other in OT/SO.

If we win one game at UNO, we win Penna regardless of what DU does.

[cberkas]

Just now, bcblues said:

So if we sweep next weekend and Denver sweeps too, DU wins the cup?

UND get one win Denver can't catch them

[bcblues]

Thanks, I must have been reading old numbers.

[SiouxFan100]

We might not lose again this year

[siouxnatty#8]

7 minutes ago, SiouxFan100 said:

We might not lose again this year

I hope we go on a 4 game winning streak right after the conference tourney.

[Oxbow6]

Caulfield........too good to be too quiet too often. Best skater on the ice IMO tonight. Needs to translate that play more consistently.

Albrecht is simply a hockey player. Knows his role, accepts it and competes his a$$ off.

Let's not kid ourselves........it's Driscoll play that has elevated this team. He was below average through the Cornell series. He's been the conference MVP since that series. 

[siouxnatty#8]

2 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:

Caulfield........too good to be too quiet too often. Best skater on the ice IMO tonight. Needs to translate that play more consistently.

Albrecht is simply a hockey player. Knows his role, accept it and competes his a$$ off.

Let's not kid ourselves........it's Driscoll play that has elevated this team. He was below average through the Cornell series. He's bern the conference MVP since that series. 

That save on his back should make sportscenter top 10.

[brianvf]

2 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:

Caulfield........too good to be too quiet too often. Best skater on the ice IMO tonight. Needs to translate that play more consistently.

Albrecht is simply a hockey player. Knows his role, accept it and competes his a$$ off.

Let's not kid ourselves........it's Driscoll play that has elevated this team. He was below average through the Cornell series. He's bern the conference MVP since that series. 

Caulfield and Driscoll have been the most noticeable improved since the losing streak ended.

Can they give Driscoll the NCHC Goalie of the Week award for the 4th week in a row?
Only potential candidates are Driscoll or Hrenak from SCSU.
Hrenak allowed 3 goals on 42 shots against the 7th place team.
Driscoll allowed 3 goals on 58 shots against the 3rd place team.
Seems like a no-brainer decision to me.   

[Godsmack]

5 minutes ago, brianvf said:

Caulfield and Driscoll have been the most noticeable improved since the losing streak ended.

Can they give Driscoll the NCHC Goalie of the Week award for the 4th week in a row?
Only potential candidates are Driscoll or Hrenak from SCSU.
Hrenak allowed 3 goals on 42 shots against the 7th place team.
Driscoll allowed 3 goals on 58 shots against the 3rd place team.
Seems like a no-brainer decision to me.   

I know Miami didn’t win both games this weekend but Ludvig Persson had a really strong weekend. He had a 44 save shut out tonight and stopped 49 of 52 shots last night. 

[brianvf]

1 minute ago, Godsmack said:

I know Miami didn’t win both games this weekend but Ludvig Persson had a really strong weekend. He had a 44 save shut out tonight and stopped 49 of 52 shots last night. 

Crap, you're right.  They'll probably give it to him.  That's a lot of saves in one weekend, even with one game being an L.

[Godsmack]

10 minutes ago, brianvf said:

Crap, you're right.  They'll probably give it to him.  That's a lot of saves in one weekend, even with one game being an L.

Yah, and given how badly outmanned Miami is to Duluth, that’s quite a performance. I’m not seeing any improvement in the RedHawks yet under Bergeron. 

[stoneySIOUX]

This team, man. We talk culture all the time around here. This year's squad is it. Pure, unabashed, unfiltered desire to win. 

Think of the players out tonight! The best player in college hockey, our team's leading scorer, and probably our second-best defenseman who has been on an absolute tear, all wearing suits. The team then goes out and controls a really strong team, potting huge goals and playing shutdown defense up and down the ice on Senior Night. Incredible stuff. 

So proud of this team and to be a fan of them. All balls, all the time.

[Blackheart]

2 hours ago, siouxnatty#8 said:

That save on his back should make sportscenter top 10.

Nope...there will be 7 dunks and some random tennis and golf shi+ that make up the other 3.

[Blackheart]

46 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:

This team, man. We talk culture all the time around here. This year's squad is it. Pure, unabashed, unfiltered desire to win. 

Think of the players out tonight! The best player in college hockey, our team's leading scorer, and probably our second-best defenseman who has been on an absolute tear, all wearing suits. The team then goes out and controls a really strong team, potting huge goals and playing shutdown defense up and down the ice on Senior Night. Incredible stuff. 

So proud of this team and to be a fan of them. All balls, all the time.

Nailed it!

[jk]

WMU has some very clever offensive players.  You can see them slide into open space to receive passes, and the guys with the puck know to anticipate that.  It's pretty impressive.  Just as impressive then was the consistent play by UND's forwards to take that space away.  Time after time a seemingly dangerous play or rush was defused by a backcheck.  I can only conclude the guys are well coached and coachable. 

[burd]

9 hours ago, stoneySIOUX said:

This team, man. We talk culture all the time around here. This year's squad is it. Pure, unabashed, unfiltered desire to win. 

Think of the players out tonight! The best player in college hockey, our team's leading scorer, and probably our second-best defenseman who has been on an absolute tear, all wearing suits. The team then goes out and controls a really strong team, potting huge goals and playing shutdown defense up and down the ice on Senior Night. Incredible stuff. 

So proud of this team and to be a fan of them. All balls, all the time.

That's all fine, but they are still grindaz.