UND @ UMN - Sat Night Redemption (hopefully)

[siouxfaninseattle]

1 hour ago, brianvf said:

Brad wrote an article about the guy that caught and tossed the stick:

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/10-years-ago-there-was-the-timeout-game-now-theres-the-stick-toss-game?fbclid=IwAR0TMLI2eQ_xXZvnh18GZW0Ssx-G5_h0NsUhZdcqgNGtCtXrMECPVrkB1HU
 

awesome. 

The look on the gofer fan's face that is on the glass is priceless!

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

40 minutes ago, Blackheart said:

It's been a while, but thanks to some technical help from AlphaMikeFoxtrot, here's Saturday's game against Gofer.  Enjoy!

 

The best part is at 1:02:xx when they are saying "that's not a face mask!" as Kunz's cage is completely sideways.

[siouxfaninseattle]

It seemed like the gofers were gooning it up a lot more than usual. Lots of cross checking. Senden got cross checked into the net on his first goal after the puck was in the net by LaCombe and he cross checked him again after the goal was called. Then he got cross checked after the GWG.

[brianvf]

That announcing crew was pretty horrible.  I've never heard the announcers complain about the officiating so much...not even Ciskie complains that much!   
That whole stretch in the 2nd period...every UND hit should have been a penalty, but no mention of the cross-checks to Senden after his goal, etc.
It was humorous listening to them whine about the Pitlick and the Cooley penalties though. 

UND was working over Knies pretty good during the Kleven major...hit him good a couple times. 

[CarpeRemote]

On 10/23/2022 at 5:33 PM, Realityguy said:

Did you watch the games this weekend?  It was a split and congrats to ND for earning the split on the road but I am guessing recruiting has been going just fine for the Gophers as the discrepancy of talent was quite clear.    UND knew how they had to play and they executed it well but if it wasn't for the transfer goalie I am guessing you are looking at two losses where the Gophers score about 8 in each game.   I created the login because there appeared to be some knowledgeable and passionate hockey fans here.   This "tired argument" is just the point I decided to discuss today.   I did it without insults, rhetoric or childish retorts.     Why so defensive and sensitive?

AS stated a couple of times.    I don't have a issue with older Canadiens but if someone is going to go after the Gopher fans insinuating they are making something up that is actually pretty close to fact, why shouldn't I point out the inaccuracy of the original post.   Your first reply would seem to indicate that not only is it true, it is common across the more successful programs, which I also agreed, then the best you can do is to come at me with a criticism for creating a login to discuss it along with throwing out a lame attempt to take a shot at the recruiting success of the team that just dominated play against your team for the majority of the weekend.    I am not here to argue lame rhetoric and insults.    Got any points to actually discuss?   

Goph fans are the only in sports who care about the age and geography of another team’s players. It’s childish and insecure at best that a metro area of 2.9 million care where a town of 60k’s players were born. You pretend an imaginary line 125 miles away is sacrosanct. You pretend so it fits your narrative that Minny is the Park Place royalty of hockey, and the blue collar team up the road crashing your party,  isn’t playing by the Marquees Of Queensbury Rules.

You get beat, regularly, therefore it must be unfair. The fact you are here with hours of wasted research is evidence of your obsession; you are the guy I feel embarrassed for who sings Oh Canada when we are introduced. 
 

When college sports is no longer between programs, and becomes high school All Star games, then the trolling and rationalization will be less pathetic.

In the meantime count the starting players from Alabama on Saban’s team. The answer is 2, because Tuscaloosa isn't Atlanta. Makes it even more impressive in my book.

[nodakgirl93]

Around the :53 mark Minn14 goes after Hain yet the gopher gets dumped haha

[brianvf]

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/ryan-ladouceur-is-making-key-calls-for-the-und-hockey-team

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About a half hour before Friday night's series opener between rivals UND and Minnesota, Ryan LaDouceur stood in the 3M Arena at Mariucci press box talking with Fighting Hawks deputy athletic director Erik Martinson.

LaDouceur had rules questions. Martinson, who serves on the NCAA Ice Hockey Rules Committee, was the guy to answer them.

Specifically, LaDouceur asked about facemasking infractions.

The Grand Forks native grew up attending UND hockey games with his father, Jeff, and was well versed in the history of the North Dakota-Minnesota rivalry. LaDouceur understood the tension of the games and assumed there would be post-whistle scrums during the weekend series in Minneapolis.

He needed to know what exactly officials are looking for when they call a facemasking major penalty.

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Although the season is only six games old, LaDouceur has already made two critical challenges.

In the season-opening series against Holy Cross, the Crusaders scored a goal, but LaDouceur immediately called down to Goehring to challenge the play for offside. He was right. The zone entry was offside and the goal was disallowed.

You can see Goehring talking thru his ear piece that entire section right before UND challenged for the facemask on Cooley.

[Wilbur]

19 hours ago, Blackheart said:

It's been a while, but thanks to some technical help from AlphaMikeFoxtrot, here's Saturday's game against Gofer.  Enjoy!

 

You talk about great moments in dumb @ss broadcasting.  My god, the stooges in the booth bad mouthing the officiating all the while can't put together that UND would challenge the play based on what a gopher player did.....

And then they say "92 for Minnesota" and they all think it's Knies.....not their top three NHL draft pick.....

Ohh well uhhh.....ummm...Cooley did uhh yeah.....well what's the rule? 

"Sorry UND fans we are going to drop the puck at center ice and play on."

 

[The Sicatoka]

Rewatching the helmet twist, imagine if Jackson Kunz had Mike Prpich's demeanor ... 

We'd still be looking for parts of Cooley. 

 

(Might have needed Dylan Wohlenhaus to help return parts. )  

[Sweethockey]

Would be fine if Pitlick doesn't make the trip as his head is too big to fit on the airplane.

Let him on the plane! I'm looking forward to seeing more of Pitlick's energy in this series. He's a real playmaker and was hustling everywhere.

Here's hoping he has lots of reasons to (but doesn't) throw his stick next weekend!

Yeah the guy just made a dumb mistake. He sounds like a good kid and he’s a great player. I’m sure what he had to hear from his coaches and teammates, as well as getting absolutely torched on social media, is punishment enough. Let him try and redeem himself this weekend and the rest of the year. Calling it right now, we meet North Dakota in the tournament, Pitlick scores in OT and tosses his stick into the crowd.

 

This is from Gopher Puck Live forum...............

[stoneySIOUX]

On 10/24/2022 at 11:55 PM, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:

The best part is at 1:02:xx when they are saying "that's not a face mask!" as Kunz's cage is completely sideways.

Absolute clown show. It's not even remotely debatable. As soon as the ref sees that, it's a five. No questions asked. Clymer was absolutely horrendous all weekend.

[The Sicatoka]

5 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:

Clymer was absolutely horrendous all weekend.

Yet he appeared Einstein-ian compared to those around him in the second and third Saturday. 

[farce poobah]

6 hours ago, Sweethockey said:

Would be fine if Pitlick doesn't make the trip as his head is too big to fit on the airplane.

Let him on the plane! I'm looking forward to seeing more of Pitlick's energy in this series. He's a real playmaker and was hustling everywhere.

Here's hoping he has lots of reasons to (but doesn't) throw his stick next weekend!

Yeah the guy just made a dumb mistake. He sounds like a good kid and he’s a great player. I’m sure what he had to hear from his coaches and teammates, as well as getting absolutely torched on social media, is punishment enough. Let him try and redeem himself this weekend and the rest of the year. Calling it right now, we meet North Dakota in the tournament, Pitlick scores in OT and tosses his stick into the crowd.

 

This is from Gopher Puck Live forum...............

If UND and MN meet in the Tournament, I would say pretty high odds that a stick or sticks gets tossed into the crowd, after the game is over.

[808287]

On 10/23/2022 at 11:48 AM, farce poobah said:

 

I'll put these two together and note the last time the Sioux and Gophers played exhibition games was 1978-1979.   Friday night in Minot and Saturday night in Eveleth for the US Hockey Hall of Fame.   One long brawl, since the games didn't count and you got to send a message..  ( I Don't think that much brawling would happen in 2024-2025.)

And, yeah, those were the first two games with Gino Gasparini as head coach.  

 

 

Howard Walker could deliver that message back in the day.  Must have been some brawl.

[scpa0305]

On 10/26/2022 at 1:04 PM, Sweethockey said:

Would be fine if Pitlick doesn't make the trip as his head is too big to fit on the airplane.

Let him on the plane! I'm looking forward to seeing more of Pitlick's energy in this series. He's a real playmaker and was hustling everywhere.

Here's hoping he has lots of reasons to (but doesn't) throw his stick next weekend!

Yeah the guy just made a dumb mistake. He sounds like a good kid and he’s a great player. I’m sure what he had to hear from his coaches and teammates, as well as getting absolutely torched on social media, is punishment enough. Let him try and redeem himself this weekend and the rest of the year. Calling it right now, we meet North Dakota in the tournament, Pitlick scores in OT and tosses his stick into the crowd.

 

This is from Gopher Puck Live forum...............

Most of it’s true, I’ve heard he’s a good kid. Maybe a bit immature. Second period bud, second period. He’ll learn from it. 

[burd]

1 hour ago, scpa0305 said:

Most of it’s true, I’ve heard he’s a good kid. Maybe a bit immature. Second period bud, second period. He’ll learn from it. 

He's a good kid / He's a gopher.   Which is it?

[farce poobah]

14 hours ago, 808287 said:

Howard Walker could deliver that message back in the day.  Must have been some brawl.

My favorite Howard Walker story ...

One game, a line brawl broke out. It's the 1970's and so it happened commonly. And it's right in front of the student section at the old Winter Sports Center.  After the first couple guys start throwing down, everyone starts pairing up.  Couple opponents look around, pretend they don't see Howard Walker, and pick a different Sioux player.  Eventually, its just him and a smallish guy - think 5'7".   Walker grabs him by the front of jersey at the collar, picks him up, shakes him a little, and just drops him like a load of laundry.  Guy gets back up, tries to throw punches at Walker, but is held at arms length (think Three Stooges type of flailing).  Howard rolls his eyes (no masks remember), picks him up off the ice at arms length and drops him like a load of laundry again.   By this time we are all laughing, and Howard looks over at us and starts laughing too.