UNO @ UND-Home ice on the line.

[Wilbur]

Our first round playoff location comes down to this weekend, possibly Saturday night.  According to noted NCHC standings expert @brianvf, we need at least 5 points against the red cows or they finish ahead of us in the league and a likely trip for us to beautiful Magness arena for our season to come to an end.

I'm still wondering how the group got two points at Lawson with the whole 4 shots in 30 minutes of hockey BS.  They did however, and our friends from Stearns county hot goalied the Pios and we sit tied with them.  Would've been better for our on again off again team had Denver won that game and then swept CC to finish in 3rd place and we take our chances with the Mavs in a best of five series.

All I know about the red cows is they've got a great backwards goalie in Latkoczy.  They are dead in the pairwise water like another local team I know, but could finish top three in the league.  

Survey says, lose Friday, win Saturday.  Plane ride to Denver Thursday.  Or do we go Wednesday?

[Oxbow6]

Go Wednesday if the attitudinal and anti gravity beds can get shipped there by then.

Will leave my sticks in PHX in case any one of the boys needs them the weekend of the X.

[Blackheart]

2 hours ago, Wilbur said:

Our first round playoff location comes down to this weekend, possibly Saturday night.  According to noted NCHC standings expert @brianvf, we need at least 5 points against the red cows or they finish ahead of us in the league and a likely trip for us to beautiful Magness arena for our season to come to an end.

I'm still wondering how the group got two points at Lawson with the whole 4 shots in 30 minutes of hockey BS.  They did however, and our friends from Stearns county hot goalied the Pios and we sit tied with them.  Would've been better for our on again off again team had Denver won that game and then swept CC to finish in 3rd place and we take our chances with the Mavs in a best of five series.

All I know about the red cows is they've got a great backwards goalie in Latkoczy.  They are dead in the pairwise water like another local team I know, but could finish top three in the league.  

Survey says, lose Friday, win Saturday.  Plane ride to Denver Thursday.  Or do we go Wednesday?

Sorry, what is a backwards goalie?

[iluvdebbies]

1 hour ago, Blackheart said:

Sorry, what is a backwards goalie?

Lefty

[Wilbur]

1 hour ago, Blackheart said:

Sorry, what is a backwards goalie?

The young man catches with his right hand......inexcusable....

[cowboys5xsbs]

It's wild that this is our first series against Omaha.  I have no idea how to rate Omaha they sit at 27th in the pairwise so we should win these games if we come out and play our best hockey.  

[Blackheart]

2 hours ago, cowboys5xsbs said:

It's wild that this is our first series against Omaha.  I have no idea how to rate Omaha they sit at 27th in the pairwise so we should win these games if we come out and play our best hockey.  

So a full 60 both nights?

[cberkas]

16 minutes ago, Blackheart said:

So a full 60 both nights?

Just enough effort for 12 shots and 3 to 4 goals

[Kab]

26 minutes ago, Blackheart said:

So a full 60 both nights?

If it’s a full 60 played,  coach and players lose their talking points on why they didn’t do good 

[Vegas_Sioux]

6 hours ago, Wilbur said:

The young man catches with his right hand......inexcusable....

No one likes a lefty. The other refs don’t like us either because it screws up puck hand offs they say. 

[siouxfaninseattle]

53 minutes ago, cberkas said:

Just enough effort for 12 shots and 3 to 4 goals

If that's what it takes to win....

[cberkas]

1 minute ago, siouxfaninseattle said:

If that's what it takes to win....

Worked with WMU with 17 shots

[tnt]

   After losing 4 of 5 to Omaha last year, and totally ruining our season with the 3 losses in the last few weeks of the season, Berry better be able to flip the script at home, otherwise where are we at as a program.

   Rather than being a higher seed in Sioux Falls we have to play Michigan in Missouri and again our one and done outcome.  Of course why would we want to take advantage of a regional closer to home.

   Omaha is another program that has lost tons of players in the last few years, so if Berry can’t get it done now, when can he?  
   
  Think about it, we took Omaha’s best player, yet if UND doesn’t do something the rest of this season, Cam Berg could very well had a better chance at getting closer to a National title had he stayed at Omaha.  Think about that prospect!

 

[SIOUXELEVENS]

The thought of not making it to St. Paul or Fargo should be the end of the Berry swoon. 
#culture #attheendoftheday

[hockeytherapy13]

2 hours ago, Blackheart said:

So a full 60 both nights?

A total of 60 with both nights combined, perhaps? 

[tnt]

I will also add that Omaha’s top four scorers are all Portal Transfers, and all four have more points than our 1 portal forward this year in Carter Wilkie.  Hmmm! 
While I do think Wilkie adds a two way component, we did need to replace the scoring of Blake, and you didn’t get enough of that from Wilkie and the upperclassmen.   Swanson hasn’t had the impact a lot we’re expecting, but you can’t count on all your freshmen to transition perfectly.  He will be great going forward.

[Blackheart]

2 hours ago, tnt said:

   After losing 4 of 5 to Omaha last year, and totally ruining our season with the 3 losses in the last few weeks of the season, Berry better be able to flip the script at home, otherwise where are we at as a program.

   Rather than being a higher seed in Sioux Falls we have to play Michigan in Missouri and again our one and done outcome.  Of course why would we want to take advantage of a regional closer to home.

   Omaha is another program that has lost tons of players in the last few years, so if Berry can’t get it done now, when can he?  
   
  Think about it, we took Omaha’s best player, yet if UND doesn’t do something the rest of this season, Cam Berg could very well had a better chance at getting closer to a National title had he stayed at Omaha.  Think about that prospect!

 

UNO really stuck it to us at the end of last year.  It was not a good feeling going in to the NCAA's.  This year, I don't have a lot of confidence that we can take the 4 or 5 points needed to finish ahead of them but hopefully I'm proven wrong. (happens a lot )

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

11 hours ago, tnt said:

I will also add that Omaha’s top four scorers are all Portal Transfers, and all four have more points than our 1 portal forward this year in Carter Wilkie.  Hmmm! 
While I do think Wilkie adds a two way component, we did need to replace the scoring of Blake, and you didn’t get enough of that from Wilkie and the upperclassmen.   Swanson hasn’t had the impact a lot we’re expecting, but you can’t count on all your freshmen to transition perfectly.  He will be great going forward.

Swanson did about what I thought he would do being an undersized freshman with playmaking abilities.  He's 4th on the team in assists.  He'll be a fantastic 4 year player.