Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013 Part II: Mmmm, Iron City Beer!

[gopher wes]

Re: Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013 Part II: Mmmm, Iron City Beer!

Even we have swept twice.

One of which was Tech, who the Gophers only managed to split with!

[Biddco]

Re: Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013 Part II: Mmmm, Iron City Beer!

One of which was Tech, who the Gophers only managed to split with!

That's LEGIT.

So have we, well if you include NC games as well.

I'm not including that because we haven't swept anyone in nonconference (yet).

[gopher wes]

Re: Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013 Part II: Mmmm, Iron City Beer!

That's LEGIT.

So we thought.

[mnstate0fhockey]

One of which was Tech, who the Gophers only managed to split with!

In their first conference series when the Gophers were playing, I think we can all agree, not nearly as well as they have since break. This Gopher team just needs to consistently get to the net more. When they do, good things happen.

[gopher wes]

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In their first conference series when the Gophers were playing, I think we can all agree, not nearly as well as they have since break. This Gopher team just needs to consistently get to the net more. When they do, good things happen.

I was just joking around. Obviously this is a different team since the holiday break. Shoulda thrown a in there too.

[state of hockey]

Re: Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013 Part II: Mmmm, Iron City Beer!

Remember when people thought that the Mankato loss in the first series would kill us in the PWR?

[mnstate0fhockey]

I was just joking around. Obviously this is a different team since the holiday break. Shoulda thrown a in there too.

No worries. I kinda thought after I posted you may have been joking around

[state of hockey]

Re: Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013 Part II: Mmmm, Iron City Beer!

One point back with ten still on the table. We aren't out of this yet. Then again, neither is half the conference.

[Stauber1]

Re: Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013 Part II: Mmmm, Iron City Beer!

One point back with ten still on the table. We aren't out of this yet. Then again, neither is half the conference.

If through next weekend we can hold serve with SCSU and stay ahead of UND, I'll start displaying some optimism.

[state of hockey]

If through next weekend we can hold serve with SCSU and stay ahead of UND, I'll start displaying some optimism.

Aaaaaaand UND loses. Hopefully these results become trends.

[state of hockey]

Re: Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013 Part II: Mmmm, Iron City Beer!

The Gophers do realize that there are going to be two games every weekend in the postseason too, right?

[Go4PuckFan2.0]

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The propensity of this team to play down to the level of their competition is going to bite them in the arse.

[Greyeagle]

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The propensity of this team to play down to the level of their completion is going to bite them in the arse.

True.

[mnstate0fhockey]

Re: Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013 Part II: Mmmm, Iron City Beer!

The Gophers have done a pretty poor job of picking guys up in front of their net the past two weeks. And they had a lot of problems breaking the puck out of their zone this weekend. Far too many turnovers at their blue line that led to extra chances and tired defenders. They won't go very far if they don't figure these things out.

[Steve_MN]

Re: Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013 Part II: Mmmm, Iron City Beer!

The propensity of this team to play down to the level of their competition is going to bite them in the arse.

I'm afraid this may be the case. On the flip side, this works in the other direction as well, where they seem to really kick their game up another notch against better competition (AFA/BC/ND, for example) so if they can just get it in their minds that they need to play hard to win, they've got that gear, they just seem too settled where they are to do so. I can understand not going completely all-out down the stretch and getting worn down before the playoffs, but they really need to put that higher gear to use before it's just too late to shift gears.