jk Posted January 31, 2003 Posted January 31, 2003 With two good teams that will both want badly to win, these games could come down to bounces. All the team can do is play as hard and smart as they can and hope they get a fair share of the breaks. With evenly matched teams, home ice may be enough to swing a series, and of course this edge would go to CC. Another swing factor could be coaching, and this edge arguably would go to UND. I guess the real winners are college hockey fans. I haven't heard if Fylling is back on the Parise line, but I have a few thoughts about it. First, I love it when he's up there for what it does for the other lines. It allows Notermann to move down (over?) to the Lundbohm Massen line, which allows Spiewak to move down (over?) to the McMahon Hale line. It makes those other two lines that much stronger and gives the Sioux three very good lines. My concern about moving Fylling up there is that was the configuration that got smoked by SCSU's senior line earlier this year. I'm not suggesting that it was Fylling's fault, but a line of two sophomores and a freshman is at risk of being used by an experienced top line (like Senja/Clarke). Having Notermann up there adds an element of stability and defensive responsibility that is otherwise lacking. I guess that's Blais's call, and even he is likely to change his mind during the game. Lastly, a line of Genoway/Connelly/Prpich (if that's what the fourth line is this weekend) may not seem too imposing now, but I have a feeling that in a few years we will look back in amazement that this team was so deep that it had players that good on the fourth line. (Might be wearing green-tinted glasses, there, too; I guess we'll see.) Quote
shootdogger Posted January 31, 2003 Posted January 31, 2003 Lastly, a line of Genoway/Connelly/Prpich (if that's what the fourth line is this weekend) may not seem too imposing now, but I have a feeling that in a few years we will look back in amazement that this team was so deep that it had players that good on the fourth line. (Might be wearing green-tinted glasses, there, too; I guess we'll see.) Quote
dagies Posted January 31, 2003 Posted January 31, 2003 To quote Gandalf on Connelly: "My heart tells me he yet has a part to play, for good or ill" I go with "good". He hasn't shown on the stats chart yet but I believe in time his impact will be significant. Quote
morley Posted February 1, 2003 Posted February 1, 2003 did I just hear sweeney say D. Hale wasn't playing tonight?? Quote
morley Posted February 1, 2003 Posted February 1, 2003 Nevermind, I guess D. Hale is out with flu like symptoms Quote
Fedorov Posted February 1, 2003 Posted February 1, 2003 Is it just me, or are the Tigers playing kind of cheap for the number one team in the WCHA? Even before they were down more than one goal they looked like they weren't going to play clean like they did in GF. Quote
U2Bad1 Posted February 1, 2003 Posted February 1, 2003 Yeah. and is it me or is this camera work the worst you have ever seen? You may say that i should feel lucky that we get to see it, but i think i would have a better idea of what is going on from the play by play on the radio. Quote
UND95 Posted February 1, 2003 Posted February 1, 2003 Not only does the camera work suck, but it would be nice to be able to hear a whistle when it blows. Nice to see the game at least, beggars can't be choosers, but you would think it would be a bit better quality. Quote
Fedorov Posted February 1, 2003 Posted February 1, 2003 Yeah. and is it me or is this camera work the worst you have ever seen? You may say that i should feel lucky that we get to see it, but i think i would have a better idea of what is going on from the play by play on the radio. The video feed is all from the Tigers people, WDAZ just goes out there and does the commentary. Yeah, I think they could just take everything from CC and have people listen to the radio. Quote
747Guy Posted February 1, 2003 Posted February 1, 2003 Can someone please post score and stage of the game? I can't get on the stream from WDAZ. Thanks! Quote
UND95 Posted February 1, 2003 Posted February 1, 2003 3-1 Sioux, with 12:57 to go in second period Quote
UND95 Posted February 1, 2003 Posted February 1, 2003 3-2 UND leads, CC score with extended pressure in the zone. UND needs to get some pressure going now, lopsided period thus far. Quote
747Guy Posted February 1, 2003 Posted February 1, 2003 I appreciate the updates! The WDAZ server is maxed out on the stream capacity. Quote
UND95 Posted February 1, 2003 Posted February 1, 2003 Not a problem, I will keep them coming for you when something happens. Right now Sioux are actually putting some decent pressure on, so that is cool. Quote
UND95 Posted February 1, 2003 Posted February 1, 2003 End of 2. 3-2 UND shots on net 21 for CC 17 for Sioux. Quote
U2Bad1 Posted February 1, 2003 Posted February 1, 2003 Wow... I thought the second period against CC in the second game in GF was bad. They must be really tired cuz it looks like they werent even trying. Quote
UND95 Posted February 1, 2003 Posted February 1, 2003 CC Scores 3-3 a couple minutes into the third. Quote
U2Bad1 Posted February 1, 2003 Posted February 1, 2003 I dont know if UND is rusty or what, but it's pretty obvious CC is the better team. Quote
UND95 Posted February 1, 2003 Posted February 1, 2003 They look flat to me, have been kind of standing around. We have put pressure on in spurts in the second and this period, but not like CC. We look almost tired. CC is taking it to them pretty hard. Quote
UND95 Posted February 1, 2003 Posted February 1, 2003 I dont know if UND is rusty or what, but it's pretty obvious CC is the better team. I agree, CC does look like the better team. Sioux just don't have the jump. Quote
U2Bad1 Posted February 1, 2003 Posted February 1, 2003 4-3 CC with about 8 min left... UND looks no better than wisconsin out there. Quote
UND95 Posted February 1, 2003 Posted February 1, 2003 I don't know if I'd go that far....well, yeah, maybe I would. Quote
UND95 Posted February 1, 2003 Posted February 1, 2003 This is getting a bit ridiculous. Someone needs to chew some butt and lite a damn fire. Quote
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