Re: Alaska Nanooks 2012-2013: Going Out With a Bang
Biased response here, so you may need to filter it a bit. There were tons of quality chances. The Nooks were a better skating team IMHO and the problem was almost too much time and space. We held the puck too long in many cases and tried to get too cute with it. Murdock stopped everything and when he did give up rebounds, we just weren’t in position to capitalize. This wasn’t the case of a team who likes to dump on net instead of skating it in or dumping into the corners. The Nooks were successful carrying play into the zone. SOGs were indicative of play. That’s why it’s a frustrating loss. The Lakers played good team defense in tight and blocked a lot of shots, and Murdock was both very good and very fortunate on a lot of bounces. The Lakers did what they needed to do to win. The Nooks didn’t.
Biased response here, so you may need to filter it a bit. There were tons of quality chances. The Nooks were a better skating team IMHO and the problem was almost too much time and space. We held the puck too long in many cases and tried to get too cute with it. Murdock stopped everything and when he did give up rebounds, we just weren’t in position to capitalize. This wasn’t the case of a team who likes to dump on net instead of skating it in or dumping into the corners. The Nooks were successful carrying play into the zone. SOGs were indicative of play. That’s why it’s a frustrating loss. The Lakers played good team defense in tight and blocked a lot of shots, and Murdock was both very good and very fortunate on a lot of bounces. The Lakers did what they needed to do to win. The Nooks didn’t.
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