UND 2009-2010 Season Thread - The Lawnmower and Cookie tossing edition!

[jdr1]

Re: UND 2009-2010 Season Thread - The Lawnmower and Cookie tossing edition!

after the bad luck sat night with bounces, i think the boys come out friday and hang a 5 spot on the big red!!!!

[brianvf]

Re: UND 2009-2010 Season Thread - The Lawnmower and Cookie tossing edition!

Brad posted the tentative 10/11 schedule on his blog:

Oct. 3 -- MANITOBA (exh)
Oct. 8-9 -- Nye Classic in Anchorage (vs. UAA and UAF)
Oct. 15-16 -- at Bemidji State
Oct. 22-23 -- at Maine
Oct. 29-30 -- DENVER
Nov. 5-6 -- DULUTH
Nov. 12-13 -- at Wisconsin
Nov. 19-20 -- at Omaha
Nov. 26-27 -- NOTRE DAME
Dec. 3-4 -- ST. CLOUD STATE
Dec. 10-11 -- at Mankato
Dec. 18 -- U.S. UNDER 18
Dec. 30 -- at Duluth (Hall of Fame Game)
Jan. 7-8 -- ROBERT MORRIS
Jan. 14-15 -- MINNESOTA
Jan. 21-22 -- OMAHA
Jan. 28-29 -- at Colorado College
Feb. 11-12 -- ANCHORAGE
Feb. 18-19 -- at St. Cloud State
Feb. 25-26 -- BEMIDJI STATE
March 4-5 -- at Michigan Tech

A good OOC lineup with Maine, Notre Dame, Robert Morris, UAA (Nye), UAF, and Duluth (HOF game). The UAA and UMD games would both count as OOC since they are non-WCHA games.

That's a tough early season schedule with Maine, Denver, Duluth, and Wisconsin all in a row. Ouch.

[jdr1]

Re: UND 2009-2010 Season Thread - The Lawnmower and Cookie tossing edition!

Looks good to me!! If they can get off to a good start on the road ,things could go really good next year!!!

[brianvf]

Re: UND 2009-2010 Season Thread - The Lawnmower and Cookie tossing edition!

Article in the Herald about the trip to Lynah:

http://www.grandforksherald.com/even...cle/id/148429/

[jdr1]

Re: UND 2009-2010 Season Thread - The Lawnmower and Cookie tossing edition!

this is a very good quote---
“I think going to all different places really gives an experience to the kids that is more than wins and losses,” Shafer said. “Going into hostile environments, that’s invaluable when you go down the road and get in the NCAA tournament. North Dakota has showed that...

Playing in tough barns really show what you have as a team!!!
anyway LETS GO SIOUX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LynahFan]

Re: UND 2009-2010 Season Thread - The Lawnmower and Cookie tossing edition!

Boy, am I disappointed. #5 UND travels to #9 Cornell, the first visit to Lynah by a WCHA team since 1979, and there's almost zero discussion. We haven't held up our end of the bargain either, I fully admit. So without further ado....um....

You suck?

[brianvf]

Re: UND 2009-2010 Season Thread - The Lawnmower and Cookie tossing edition!

Articles in the Herald:

Stretch run begins for UND

Short Q&A with Zajac

[colosiouxfan]

Re: UND 2009-2010 Season Thread - The Lawnmower and Cookie tossing edition!

http://www.grandforksherald.com/even...cle/id/148493/

article in the herald about the nickname

[brianvf]

Re: UND 2009-2010 Season Thread - The Lawnmower and Cookie tossing edition!

Article about Sioux dman recruit Derek Forbort:

http://notredame.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1042255

[cross cheque]

Re: UND 2009-2010 Season Thread - The Lawnmower and Cookie tossing edition!

Another Sioux third period, 1-0 Cornell.

[brianvf]

Re: UND 2009-2010 Season Thread - The Lawnmower and Cookie tossing edition!

UND Offense: Bleh.

[MinnesotaNorthStar]

Re: UND 2009-2010 Season Thread - The Lawnmower and Cookie tossing edition!

One goal in the last 120 minutes. One.

Eidsness is not the problem. Dell is not the problem (not that anyone has said he was). One goal in 120 minutes. That is the problem.

[MileHi_Sioux_Fan]

Re: UND 2009-2010 Season Thread - The Lawnmower and Cookie tossing edition!

One goal in the last 120 minutes. One.

Eidsness is not the problem. Dell is not the problem (not that anyone has said he was). One goal in 120 minutes. That is the problem.

Yep. that and no puck possession. We get a ba****load of shots on net but they are not quality shots on net. Right in the belly of the goaltender. How about establishing the zone, controlling the puck and taking some quality shots at the keeper. I watch teams like Wisco, MN, St. Cloud and Denver...at this point in the year there is puck possession into the zone with controlled shots. I am not seeing that. I see us rushing into the zone naked, not waiting for support and either dumping the puck into the corner to be picked up by the opponent or we shoot it into the keepers belly where we ultimately end up losing the face off....the net of it all. No goals. Games lost by 1. I say skate the puck into the zone, if you dump it, recover it. Otherwise enter the zone, control the puck, set it up, move it around and shoot the pucker. We are a puck possession team so let's control that little pucker. That being said, we have a ton of Freshmen who need to get used to playing the system....which reminds me...how much cycling in the offensive zone are we seeing in the past 8 games...minimal. I would tend to blame this on lack of experience ie. freshmen.

[lord k]

Re: UND 2009-2010 Season Thread - The Lawnmower and Cookie tossing edition!

Yep. that and no puck possession. We get a ba****load of shots on net but they are not quality shots on net. Right in the belly of the goaltender. How about establishing the zone, controlling the puck and taking some quality shots at the keeper. I watch teams like Wisco, MN, St. Cloud and Denver...at this point in the year there is puck possession into the zone with controlled shots. I am not seeing that. I see us rushing into the zone naked, not waiting for support and either dumping the puck into the corner to be picked up by the opponent or we shoot it into the keepers belly where we ultimately end up losing the face off....the net of it all. No goals. Games lost by 1. I say skate the puck into the zone, if you dump it, recover it. Otherwise enter the zone, control the puck, set it up, move it around and shoot the pucker. We are a puck possession team so let's control that little pucker. That being said, we have a ton of Freshmen who need to get used to playing the system....which reminds me...how much cycling in the offensive zone are we seeing in the past 8 games...minimal. I would tend to blame this on lack of experience ie. freshmen.

The Sioux this year do like to dump the puck in but as far as the lack of cycling? They are one of the best forechecking-cycling teams in the country.

They do sometimes seem to throw pucks at the net without much purpose but they are trying to get out of the slump. The lack of good finishers and a slumping power play are the main problems. Somehow they need to figure out how to score at least 1 powerplay goal per game.

[brianvf]

Re: UND 2009-2010 Season Thread - The Lawnmower and Cookie tossing edition!

Somehow they need to figure out how to score at least 1 powerplay goal per game.

At this rate, I would settle for 1 PPG a weekend.