Jump to content
SiouxSports.com Forum

Recommended Posts

Posted

If you can set aside the looking like hell part, I do prefer only playing one game this weekend, to maybe be just a touch fresher next weekend.  But they have to use the energy for it to matter.

Posted
20 minutes ago, scpa0305 said:

The gaber, berg line was terrible tonight. Bubs was playing the 4th line equally with them at ES.

The style of play was definitely downgraded by Berry tonight. No sliding & blocking shots which is definitely a part of our game. Don't blame him for that is we don't want players hurt.

But we lost the Face-Off battle and you're right, just out hustled all night. I'm hoping he's taking a page out of Sandlin's playoff book, which is to prepare only for the the big dance. 

And can anyone shed light on the goalie situation. 

Posted
30 minutes ago, tnt said:

How can this be when basically a home regional is on the line?  It baffles me, how we can take one of Omaha’s best players in Berg, yet he was MIA against his old team.  Is Gabinet getting his players to play harder, because they sure have lost a lot of talent the last few years.

The Sioux/UND road advantage died when #8 was hung.   Sioux fans packing buildings doesn't mean anything like it used to.  Don't believe me look at the last 8 years.

Posted
31 minutes ago, neoflex said:

I always like to think our recruiting class is outstanding; however, are we being out recruited? Granted we had to replace an entire defensive crew, but how does someone like Omaha, and I don't mean disrespect, out talent us. 

They didn’t out talent us. They out worked us. Say what you want, but they have 4 balanced lines who deliver effort on every shift. If they avoid mistakes, that is hard to keep at bay.

Posted

Ludvig or Hobie next weekend?  Berry's comments on the goalie situation both for tonight and next weekend:

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/hobie-hedquist-gets-start-in-frozen-faceoff-but-ludvig-persson-may-return-for-regionals

Quote

Hedquist was 5-0 going into the semifinal and was coming off a sweep of Miami in the quarterfinals last weekend in Grand Forks.

“There were a number of things going into it,” UND coach Brad Berry said. “Ludvig (Persson) was just coming back from his situation. He missed the first day or two of practice (this week), and then he got in toward the midweek. He's starting to look good here."

“Hobie was just coming off of a sweep of Miami, playing very well. At North Dakota here, there's a lot of things that go on, whether you're a grad, or whether you're a senior, or whether you're a freshman. You get opportunities if you earn it. Hobie earned it.”

Quote

“I thought he played well early in the game,” Berry said after UND’s 6-3 loss. “He made some huge saves for us here. Hobie wasn’t the problem tonight. It was us not playing well in front of him.”

Berry did allude to the thought of starting Persson over Hedquist in the Frozen Faceoff title game had UND beaten Omaha on Friday.

“I think if we would have won the game tonight,” Berry said, “there probably would have been an opportunity for maybe Ludvig to go back in tomorrow, or at least think about it.”

Quote

“Right now, the most important thing is making sure that we get back and we start playing as a team, again, like we did a couple of weeks ago here,” Berry said. “I know it's disappointing right now, but we’ve come too far to hang our heads. We got to make sure that we got to be positive, and we got to be accountable to each other and work on the things that we need to to have a chance to win in the national tournament.

 

Posted

Watched at the bar with some colleagues. UND fans. They said UNO has given UND trouble? I presume hockey is like every other sport where matchups matter?

Posted
1 minute ago, MafiaMan said:

So we roll into the NCAA’s with a goalie who hasn’t played in 3 weeks or a freshman whose hot streak ended in disaster tonight. 

Awesome.  

#hissituation

Posted
2 minutes ago, MafiaMan said:

So we roll into the NCAA’s with a goalie who hasn’t played in 3 weeks or a freshman whose hot streak ended in disaster tonight. 

Awesome.  

#culture

Posted
22 minutes ago, siouxweet said:

The Sioux/UND road advantage died when #8 was hung.   Sioux fans packing buildings doesn't mean anything like it used to.  Don't believe me look at the last 8 years.

Probably a good thing that next year is the last year at the X, because people are probably worn out with the one and done that has become the standard. You watch, once it moves to the high seed’s campus, we will no longer win league titles.  We don’t seem to be taking advantage of opportunity for home ice type environments.

  • Like 2
Posted
3 minutes ago, MafiaMan said:

So we roll into the NCAA’s with a goalie who hasn’t played in 3 weeks or a freshman whose hot streak ended in disaster tonight. 

Awesome.  

No mimosas I'm guessing?  The NCHC and city of St. Paul thank you!

  • Like 1
Posted
4 minutes ago, MafiaMan said:

So we roll into the NCAA’s with a goalie who hasn’t played in 3 weeks or a freshman whose hot streak ended in disaster tonight. 

Awesome.  

Yeah, not ideal on either front.
I'd guess we see Ludvig and hopefully he can shake off any rust right away and lead this team for a few games...

  • Upvote 3
Posted
2 hours ago, scpa0305 said:

Actually trending matters a ton. You want to enter playoff time on the upswing. I’m sure folks would have been pissed with a loss tomorrow night against DU. I wouldn’t have, they’re a good team. But the last 5-6 weeks have been atrocious…we’ve only beat terrible teams for like a month now. Maybe longer.

Omaha is a good team…

  • Upvote 1
Posted
8 minutes ago, MafiaMan said:

So we roll into the NCAA’s with a goalie who hasn’t played in 3 weeks or a freshman whose hot streak ended in disaster tonight. 

Awesome.  

Hot streak? Beating a bad Miami squad? 

Posted
6 minutes ago, tnt said:

Probably a good thing that next year is the last year at the X, because people are probably worn out with the one and done that has become the standard. You watch, once it moves to the high seed’s campus, we will no longer win league titles.  We don’t seem to be taking advantage of opportunity for home ice type environments.

The difference in speed between Denver and North Dakota is beyond unbelievable today.  It’s almost like one of the two teams wearing white actually wants to WIN this tournament.  

  • Upvote 1
Posted
10 minutes ago, MafiaMan said:

So we roll into the NCAA’s with a goalie who hasn’t played in 3 weeks or a freshman whose hot streak ended in disaster tonight. 

Awesome.  

Sarcasm?

Posted
14 minutes ago, tnt said:

Probably a good thing that next year is the last year at the X, because people are probably worn out with the one and done that has become the standard. You watch, once it moves to the high seed’s campus, we will no longer win league titles.  We don’t seem to be taking advantage of opportunity for home ice type environments.

wonder if the x would take a small(er) buyout from nchc and they could make more money using these nights for concerts or whatnot next year instead of waiting another year....how many people are there right now and how many will be there tomorrow?

Posted

Watching the Denver-st Cloud and it seems that Denver does not want to play in west regional tournament either.  Denver seems to want to stay behind UND in pairwise to avoid the western regional.  I will have to see what period 3 of the game will tell us about Denver.

Posted
33 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

wonder if the x would take a small(er) buyout from nchc and they could make more money using these nights for concerts or whatnot next year instead of waiting another year....how many people are there right now and how many will be there tomorrow?

I bet 3/4 of the UND fans here today won’t be back tomorrow. 

  • Like 1
Posted
19 minutes ago, thUNDer said:

And the team. Return, reflect, reboot!

Yeah, let’s hope they win two like they did after their last 2 reboots!

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...