Re: UNO '13-'14 Season Thread: Barnstorming Through a New League and Raising a New Ba
Some thoughts.
1. UNO is now 4-0 against Sam Brittain this season, who is 15-9-6 against everybody else.
2. We score 4 times, including 3 power play goals, and Josh Archibald figured in none of it.
3. This was one of the most penalty filled games UNO played all season (but not THE most), 51 minutes of penalties, 31 of them by UNO.
4. I have seen zero mention in any coverage of the game about ice conditions at the Clink. Having seen upwards of 250 UNO hockey games in this facility, they were about as bad as I can ever remember seeing them. It noticeably slowed the game down to my eye, something I think plays in DU's favor. It's going to be upwards of 20 degrees cooler in Omaha than yesterday (although still relatively warm) and we'll have to see what sort of an issue that is or is not going to be tonight.
5. Easily was one of the finest games of Brock Montpetit's career here.
6. I don't know if anybody agrees with me necessarily but I didn't think this was a particularly well played game by either team, really (although I think the ice conditions may have played a role in that).
7. The game was played in front of the 2nd the smallest crowd of the season (3,873), eclipsed only by the NAIT exhibition game to start the season. There will be more people in the building tonight, but, it won't be anything to write home about, either. 5,000ish would be my guess, looking at Ticketmaster. This is almost entirely the school's fault, by the way, and is something that somebody ought to be held accountable for.
I'd be interested in hearing what kind of quality the streaming video on the NCHC's web site was like. I obviously didn't see it.
Some thoughts.
1. UNO is now 4-0 against Sam Brittain this season, who is 15-9-6 against everybody else.
2. We score 4 times, including 3 power play goals, and Josh Archibald figured in none of it.
3. This was one of the most penalty filled games UNO played all season (but not THE most), 51 minutes of penalties, 31 of them by UNO.
4. I have seen zero mention in any coverage of the game about ice conditions at the Clink. Having seen upwards of 250 UNO hockey games in this facility, they were about as bad as I can ever remember seeing them. It noticeably slowed the game down to my eye, something I think plays in DU's favor. It's going to be upwards of 20 degrees cooler in Omaha than yesterday (although still relatively warm) and we'll have to see what sort of an issue that is or is not going to be tonight.
5. Easily was one of the finest games of Brock Montpetit's career here.
6. I don't know if anybody agrees with me necessarily but I didn't think this was a particularly well played game by either team, really (although I think the ice conditions may have played a role in that).
7. The game was played in front of the 2nd the smallest crowd of the season (3,873), eclipsed only by the NAIT exhibition game to start the season. There will be more people in the building tonight, but, it won't be anything to write home about, either. 5,000ish would be my guess, looking at Ticketmaster. This is almost entirely the school's fault, by the way, and is something that somebody ought to be held accountable for.
I'd be interested in hearing what kind of quality the streaming video on the NCHC's web site was like. I obviously didn't see it.
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