The top team in the land visits the Ralph. Denver @ UND

[SIOUXELEVENS]

13 minutes ago, ksl_sioux4ever said:

I'm still try to figure out why 8 and 27 were split. They are the only players on the team to play with chemistry it seems. I've given up trying to figure out the coaching decisions.

Agree on that 

[90siouxfan]

2 hours ago, gfhockey said:

Maybe we should switch back to althru didn’t have nearly as much injuries with them

Can you expand this before you get to lit up today?

[Godsmack]

8 hours ago, .357 said:

And that superiority extends to their coaching staff, it couldn't be any more obvious than after tonight. A team is a reflection of its coach.

UND has plenty of talented players, there's no reason why they can't at least be competitive with DU. But they continue to make bonehead plays, are undisciplined when it comes to penalties, cannot string together 60 minutes & the element of teamwork seems to be an alien concept for them. All this even after 6 weeks, which smacks more of a coaching/managing/motivating issue than a personnel one. 

11 games into the season & UND played no better tonight than in their embarrassing loss to Augustana. Even with a full lineup then, UND looked lost. That game was an omen of what to expect this season. UND can overpower weaker teams with nice individual plays, but are like a ship without a rudder when they face talented, disciplined teams like DU; because playing like a bunch of individuals will always lose out to a well-structured team.

What frustrated me listening to Berry’s post game comments last night was his acknowledgment of the penalty trouble the team got into. Broken record, tired of hearing about that week in and week out without any sense of improvement in that regard.
 

As an example, the penalty we took in the third didn’t burn us in the sense of giving up another goal but it took another precious 2 minutes off the clock for the team to try to generate some chances, gain some momentum. However, it felt like a period where DU really locked things down and UND had trouble as it was with zone entries and gaining O zone time. Quit talking about what we need to do differently and start doing it. 

[gfhockey]

5 minutes ago, 90siouxfan said:

Can you expand this before you get to lit up today?

We switched to Stanford as official doctors

[90siouxfan]

21 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

We switched to Stanford as official doctors

Does that mean the official doctors are involved with preventive care and practice calls. Or are they more of a "send me your hurt" service?

[Oxbow6]

Put OMac at center between James and Strinden. Move the 5th back with Schmaltz and add Kunz. Swanson Sasha and Perron. Last 3 are your the 4th line. Got get some creativity on offense. 

[SiouxFanSince1990]

37 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

We switched to Stanford as official doctors

We’ve got Stanford Physicians now? These kids are pampered.

[SiouxFanSince1990]

9 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:

Put OMac at center between James and Strinden. Move the 5th back with Schmaltz and add Kunz. Swanson Sasha and Perron. Last 3 are your the 4th line. Got get some creativity on offense. 

I agree. Berry wants to be cute. So far, this balanced approach isn’t working. Load your skilled players together, and put your best upperclassmen together. Time for people to step up.

[gfhockey]

34 minutes ago, SiouxFanSince1990 said:

We’ve got Stanford Physicians now? These kids are pampered.

Queit please the soccer team reads this

[.357]

58 minutes ago, Godsmack said:

What frustrated me listening to Berry’s post game comments last night was his acknowledgment of the penalty trouble the team got into. Broken record, tired of hearing about that week in and week out without any sense of improvement in that regard.
 

As an example, the penalty we took in the third didn’t burn us in the sense of giving up another goal but it took another precious 2 minutes off the clock for the team to try to generate some chances, gain some momentum. However, it felt like a period where DU really locked things down and UND had trouble as it was with zone entries and gaining O zone time. Quit talking about what we need to do differently and start doing it. 

Some of the members here seem to know about putting together more effective lines than the HC, and that's concerning to me...if one of your more productive forwards from last year (OMac) has 0 goals through 11 games, ya might wanna put him at center, coach. Geesh.

Season is only roughly 1/3 or so finished & a lot can happen in the 2nd half, but tonight feels almost like a must-win game for the team: if they lose, they miss out on gaining very valuable PWR points, become even more of a bubble team & enter the next 6 games before break with zero momentum. A win would be massive for their PWR & confidence. 

 

 

[The Sicatoka]

Needed a center to replace Berg.

[cberkas]

1 hour ago, Oxbow6 said:

Put OMac at center between James and Strinden. Move the 5th back with Schmaltz and add Kunz. Swanson Sasha and Perron. Last 3 are your the 4th line. Got get some creativity on offense. 

He puts the lines together via xG of each player 

[Wilbur]

So who were the passengers last night?

 

[hockeytherapy13]

1 hour ago, Oxbow6 said:

Put OMac at center between James and Strinden. Move the 5th back with Schmaltz and add Kunz. Swanson Sasha and Perron. Last 3 are your the 4th line. Got get some creativity on offense. 

Even Littler with 8 and 27 was a good trio in Duluth with good size.  But I 100% agree that we need a line to load up some offensive lines. They may not be as defensively reliable as a line but we haven’t been defensively reliable half the games anyway so we might as well put a few more pucks in the net haha 

[siouxfaninseattle]

I thought he team played a decent game but were outplayed by a better team. The players that took Berg's spot on the PP looked like they were too deep and took away a good angle to shoot from. That they are 0 for 11 without Berg is troubling.

[1972]

1 hour ago, Wilbur said:

So who were the passengers last night?

 

Whole damn team

[cberkas]

 

[hockeytherapy13]

2 minutes ago, cberkas said:

 

Bubs finally started reading the forum and agreed to put Omac at center. Stick tap to @Oxbow6 for emailing the coach to get the job done. 

[brianvf]

1 minute ago, hockeytherapy13 said:

Bubs finally started reading the forum and agreed to put Omac at center. Stick tap to @Oxbow6 for emailing the coach to get the job done. 

OMac with his 1st goal tonight, assisted by James for his 1st assist of the season.

[hockeytherapy13]

6 minutes ago, cberkas said:

 

That Boisvert line has some serious reach. Shortest guy is 6’2” 

[siouxforce19]

4 minutes ago, brianvf said:

OMac with his 1st goal tonight, assisted by James for his 1st assist of the season.

I have found it odd Berry has not often put those 2 together on a line considering the whole being linemates in juniors thing. 

[SIOUXELEVENS]

Way better lines , now keep them together to gel. 

[SiouxFanSince1990]

Hopefully this spurs something in Omac.

[thUNDer]

No hatty tonight for Zeev……it did not go unnoticed by the team how he was taunting/trolling our fans after his impressive eng with 2 seconds left. Butthole!

[Blackheart]

7 hours ago, .357 said:

I agree, but he'll probably experience Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a result. 

Probably a bit of windburn as well with all those pucks whizzing by...