UND @ The John vs. Goofs - THE RIVALRY Friday Gameday

[scpa0305]

just saw the replay…shocked at how bad jandric got roasted by Knies. Good player though. We need some of those players 

[Rebel_Sioux]

27 minutes ago, Godsmack said:

Rough night for the NCHC thus far. 1-4 with T three games currently being played.

The NCHC did poorly last week too. Could come back to bite us in the pairwise if teams (us included) don't turn it around.

[Username Taken]

I have no doubt that MN and Quinnipiac will be two of the top 5 teams heading into the end of the year. MN might be as talented as I’ve ever seen them. Something to put things in perspective. It’s good to get them early. This team still has a lot of room to grow. Had em both on the ropes last Friday and tonight. They’ll learn to close games out. 

[Oxbow6]

16 minutes ago, farce poobah said:

Does Bochenski have eligibility left? 
 

Im wondering how Costantini would look, but I hate to mess up McLaughlin’s line. 

Fair enough.....then it has to be Hain or James. On the top 2 lines tonight 5  guys are top 6 on this team. Need that 6th guy.

[Goon]

39 minutes ago, scpa0305 said:

Has to be hurt 

He was a healthy scratch. 

[Goon]

44 minutes ago, farce poobah said:

By the book, it’s a hook.  But I agree with you; it’s not consistent with how the rest of the game was called. 

I thought that was a horrendous call. IRC, wasn't a UND player tripped (no call), right before that penalty?

[Godsmack]

God willing, there’s a huge party at the hockey house tonight and the Gopher players stay up real late and get pissed up drunk. 

[MafiaMan]

Obviously no mimosas for the boys tomorrow morning…

[johnsowe]

Is tomorrow a must win?

[brianvf]

Just now, johnsowe said:

Is tomorrow a must win?

For the team or for some of the forum member's mental stability?

[johnsowe]

8 minutes ago, brianvf said:

For the team or for some of the forum member's mental stability?

A and B

[MafiaMan]

10 minutes ago, brianvf said:

For the team or for some of the forum member's mental stability?

Assuming an L tomorrow, I’d say an 0-3-1 record in the last 4 games with 2 of those having been at home might be a cause for concern…

[siouxweet]

I remember years ago Goon referring to Minnesota D as pylons, tonight UND played that role.

[siouxweet]

1 hour ago, Oxbow6 said:

Fair enough.....then it has to be Hain or James. On the top 2 lines tonight 5  guys are top 6 on this team. Need that 6th guy.

Everything should be on the table with lines.  39 shots the last two games combined and have had very little offensive flow the entire season.  Guys also need to be winning one on one battles.

[brianvf]

20 minutes ago, MafiaMan said:

Assuming an L tomorrow, I’d say an 0-3-1 record in the last 4 games with 2 of those having been at home might be a cause for concern…

Or for sure.  But not "cancel all hope for the season" stuff.  UND is still a quality team this year, just has to shore up some issues.
Have to consider their competition in those 4 games as well...QU and UMN are both legit Frozen Four teams and UND is playing them back to back very early in the season.

[brianvf]

7 minutes ago, siouxweet said:

Everything should be on the table with lines. 

Agreed.
Split up some of the d-corps pairs that haven't been playing as well as hoped.
Judd gets moved to 3rd/4th line or in the stands (not even a sog tonight for him while on the supposed 1st line).
Get James out there to use his wheels on the big ice.
DeRidder earned another start.

[MafiaMan]

15 minutes ago, brianvf said:

Or for sure.  But not "cancel all hope for the season" stuff.  UND is still a quality team this year, just has to shore up some issues.
Have to consider their competition in those 4 games as well...QU and UMN are both legit Frozen Four teams and UND is playing them back to back very early in the season.

Agree on not cancelling the season, but on the flip side, I’m not part of the “quality losses” bandwagon either…

[brianvf]

3 minutes ago, MafiaMan said:

Agree on not cancelling the season, but I’m on the flip side, I’m not part of the “quality losses” bandwagon either…

For sure, I'd take subpar wins over quality losses any day.

[Irish]

13 minutes ago, brianvf said:

Or for sure.  But not "cancel all hope for the season" stuff.  UND is still a quality team this year, just has to shore up some issues.
Have to consider their competition in those 4 games as well...QU and UMN are both legit Frozen Four teams and UND is playing them back to back very early in the season.

Tick tock = Bubba and company need to sort this out and we need to play with grit in the 3rd.

[MafiaMan]

13 minutes ago, brianvf said:

For sure, I'd take subpar wins over quality losses any day.

Again, I’m not sure last Saturday’s loss counts as “quality.”  That was a good old-fashioned a**-kicking.  At home, no less.  Follow that up with tonight’s Gopher shooting gallery, yikes…

[brianvf]

10 minutes ago, MafiaMan said:

Again, I’m not sure last Saturday’s loss counts as “quality.” 

I didn't say it was either.   

[brianvf]

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/und-gives-up-late-lead-loses-to-minnesota-in-overtime?auth0Authentication=true

Quote

Closing out games in Mariucci has been a massive problem for UND in recent years.

This was the fifth time in the last 11 games between the rivals in Mariucci that UND has allowed a game-tying or game-winning goal in the final three minutes of regulation.

Ouch.  5th time in the last 11 games?  That's brutal.

Quote

UND didn't walk away completely empty handed.

An overtime victory is worth 67 percent of a regulation win; an overtime loss is worth 33 percent. So, there was some value for UND in the Pairwise Rankings, which are used to select and seed the NCAA tournament in March.

Well that makes me feel much better.   

[DAR]

Put in Portz and James...pull Judd and either Ness or Strinden

[Oxbow6]

SOG at one point were 24-18 UM in the 3rd......one can do the match from there.

[I Ranger]

8 hours ago, Goon said:

I thought that was a horrendous call. IRC, wasn't a UND player tripped (no call), right before that penalty?

It looked quite obvious to me that the refs decided after UND's PP early in the third that UND was getting the next penalty unless a Gopher committed murder! McLaughlin with a head of steam and open ice in the neutral zone gets absolutely chopped down and no call. Brutal! All that being said, we didn't lose because of the refs. I don't have a good feeling about tonight. We looked completely gassed in the third.