Sioux Falls Regional - UND / Prov / QU / Merrimack

[franchise]

1 hour ago, Sweethockey said:

Hopefully there is a big turnout. Really surprised that some busses for regular fans weren't set up.

[dustnyou]

2 hours ago, Scratch said:

It just seems weird since he was so composed from day 1

He does seem to be gripping the stick a bit tight lately. Kids a stud though. 

[SIOUXFAN97]

1 hour ago, Dustin said:

14 would be Tyler Young, the Merrimack transfer, so it would make sense he was talking about him. 

I think he complemented und  but pointed out that he doesn't respect 14 the transfer

[stoneySIOUX]

Goodness, just read through this thread after last night.... 

Holy effing complaining. We won the dang game. This drivel is why most fanbases hate us. 

- KV has had a rough go of it, for sure. He's 17 years old in his first tournament game. If you can't understand that, you don't understand much about sports. Experience, especially when you are a literal CHILD mentally, is paramount. Only way to get there? By making mistakes. Jax did the right thing and he didn't play much down the stretch last night, but the kid is unbelievably talented
- Strinden got hit in the wiener. I absolutely do not think of him as a kid that will take a dive. You could see it on his face on the bench. 
- Not our best game offensively, but I wholly disagree that we didn't play well in front of Spoons. The last 10 minutes were a clinic on keeping a team to the outside and keeping pucks from the slot

For all the whining and moaning we did after last season, you think this place could enjoy a frickin' tournament win. 

Go get it done tomorrow, boys, so we can complain more... 

[brianvf]

5 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:

Holy effing complaining. We won the dang game. This drivel is why most fanbases hate us. 

But but we should have won by 6 or 7 goals...at least!!

  

[fightingsioux4life]

4 minutes ago, brianvf said:

But but we should have won by 6 or 7 goals...at least!!

  

I think if the ice wasn't a big pile of slush, we might have won by that much.

[TwamleyShuffle]

QU and UND each rank in the top 3 in goals scored. 

[stoneySIOUX]

31 minutes ago, brianvf said:

But but we should have won by 6 or 7 goals...at least!!

  

Six seeeeeeven. Sorry... I've got too many kids 😆

[fightingsioux4life]

7 hours ago, siouxweet said:

Okay you are the one who complained that I picked DU and you  referred to them of the Soviet teams from the 70s.   If you want UND to be mentioned in the same category as DU then they need to start winning championships.  Another performance like last night and that thread will be started tomorrow night around 8:30.

If our season ends tomorrow night, so be it.

But I'm still way more optimistic about the future of the program than I was a year ago. And I think the best is yet to come with this coaching staff.

[burd]

It’s been a much better year than most of us expected last spring.    

[brianvf]

22 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

If our season ends tomorrow night, so be it.

But I'm still way more optimistic about the future of the program than I was a year ago. And I think the best is yet to come with this coaching staff.

For sure.  
This team was essentially built with like 2 months of Bryn's work.
Imagine what he can accomplish with a whole year of building a roster.  You know he's got some aces up his sleeve for this offseason.

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

1 hour ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

I think he complemented und  but pointed out that he doesn't respect 14 the transfer

Young told Schloss Merrimack moved on from him and that's why he was in the portal. Probably not as cut and dry as Young made it sound. Borek needs to be the adult in that situation, at least wait until the coaches meeting to air his grievances (like when the UST coach called out Naruto for tampering with Eernise).

[siouxweet]

The only top seed to look worse than us in the first round was Michigan State. 

[brianvf]

3 minutes ago, siouxweet said:

The only top seed to look worse than us in the first round was Michigan State. 

One of the top seeds played a gimme game though against the AHA.  So hard to judge their performance.

So, essentially, what you're saying is that only one top seed looked better than us?    

[franchise]

2 minutes ago, siouxweet said:

The only top seed to look worse than us in the first round was Michigan State. 

WMU struggled with Mankato.

Michigan played a bad team.

I don't understand why we're trying to take away from a 3-0 win, against a hot team on terrible ice.

It's the 2nd tourney win in a decade. It's ok to just be happy.

[SiouxFanatic]

20 minutes ago, siouxweet said:

The only top seed to look worse than us in the first round was Michigan State. 

Lol . Some people just choose to wallow in pessimism. 

[siouxweet]

14 minutes ago, brianvf said:

One of the top seeds played a gimme game though against the AHA.  So hard to judge their performance.

So, essentially, what you're saying is that only one top seed looked better than us?    

Ours was supposed to be a gimme as well and we turned it into a 1 goal game into the third period.  Cripes Denver steam rolled a team 1000 times better than Merrimack.   Just hoping UND plays better tomorrow than they have the last month plus.   We are not playing our best hockey when it counts.

[franchise]

5 minutes ago, siouxweet said:

Ours was supposed to be a gimme as well and we turned it into a 1 goal game into the third period.  Cripes Denver steam rolled a team 1000 times better than Merrimack.   Just hoping UND plays better tomorrow than they have the last month plus.   We are not playing our best hockey when it counts.

Who determined it was supposed to be a gimme? Merrimack has been playing great hockey for a couple months.

[brianvf]

6 minutes ago, siouxweet said:

Ours was supposed to be a gimme as well and we turned it into a 1 goal game into the third period.  Cripes Denver steam rolled a team 1000 times better than Merrimack.   Just hoping UND plays better tomorrow than they have the last month plus.   We are not playing our best hockey when it counts.

No one said our game would be a gimme with how well Merrimack played thru the HEA tourney.  
Cornell ended their season losing 3 of their last 5 games.  I don't think they were 1000x better than Merrimack.

Agreed that I hope UND plays better tomorrow...if they can show us that Friday night WMU game form, we'll be in good shape.
That said, I've never seen someone be so mad at a 3-0 NCAA tourney win shutout.

[SiouxFan100]

Looking forward to the sea of Kelly Green tomorrow. Exciting be there with all the UND fans.

[ChetSteadman]

11 minutes ago, SiouxFanatic said:

Lol . Some people just choose to wallow in pessimism. 

Most people don’t piss in their own breakfast and eat it everyday either, I guess he doesn’t mind it.

[fightingsioux4life]

11 minutes ago, siouxweet said:

Ours was supposed to be a gimme as well and we turned it into a 1 goal game into the third period.  Cripes Denver steam rolled a team 1000 times better than Merrimack.   Just hoping UND plays better tomorrow than they have the last month plus.   We are not playing our best hockey when it counts.

The only eastern team to win so far is Quinnipiac. I've never seen the eastern conferences so weak before.

[cberkas]

I'm glad Merrimack tried to win and didn't rollover and die.

[SiouxFan100]

Btw. How did Merrimack retain the name Warriors?

[siouxweet]

5 minutes ago, brianvf said:

No one said our game would be a gimme with how well Merrimack played thru the HEA tourney.  
Cornell ended their season losing 3 of their last 5 games.  I don't think they were 1000x better than Merrimack.

Agreed that I hope UND plays better tomorrow...if they can show us that Friday night WMU game form, we'll be in good shape.
That said, I've never seen someone be so mad at a 3-0 NCAA tourney win shutout.

Roster composition, skill level, NHL draft picks, tradition, NCHC regular season champs says it should have been a gimme.  Some GF Bantam AA teams have had more talent than Merrimack.