Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2019-2020: Motzko 2.0

[The Rube]

Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2019-2020: Motzko 2.0

Pitchforks & torches.

Yep. They are out for blood right now.

[Koho]

Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2019-2020: Motzko 2.0

I said the same things for the most part. Especially the hook with the bent stick. My god, I’ve never seen that much effort put into a hook before.

Then there was the crotch shot by that little ****er doogie.

Frank and Doug were biased but they would have been all over the crotch shot of a gopher did it.

frank and Doug clearly rooted for the home team, as do most announcers announcing for a primarily home audience. But they did tend to call penalties as they saw them, calling out weak calls or missed calls pretty much equally both ways. Doug also offered more play analysis in a period than the WI guys probably do in a season.

[Timothy A]

Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2019-2020: Motzko 2.0

Pitchforks & torches.

Rope, you forgot rope.

[Greyeagle]

Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2019-2020: Motzko 2.0

Rope, you forgot rope.

Rope....I always forget the rope part.

[Slap Shot]

Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2019-2020: Motzko 2.0

Big series coming up. Will the Gophers continue along their recent climb out of the cellar or...

[Bonin21]

Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2019-2020: Motzko 2.0

Gophers have had trouble shutting down dominant lines in recent years. They've been good at shutting down superstar players. MSU comes in with a dominant line.

But seriously, it's Michigan State. They're not that good. Penn State is the best hockey team in the conference. Everyone else is sweepable. If the Gophers keep it simple and play the way they've been playing this is a sweep.

[4four4]

Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2019-2020: Motzko 2.0

Big series coming up. Will the Gophers continue along their recent climb out of the cellar or...

...well they have finally made it fun to watch this year.

[state of hockey]

Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2019-2020: Motzko 2.0

Another solid effort. Stringing things together.

[D2D]

Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2019-2020: Motzko 2.0

First place! Who would have thought possible after the first half?

https://www.uscho.com/standings/big-ten/2019-2020/

[Bonin21]

Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2019-2020: Motzko 2.0

Like I said, all these Big Ten teams are sweepable if they keep it simple and play their game except PSU who have the Gophers' number. That's not to say the Gophers couldn't sweep them, just that even playing well they may not.

[BlackI]

beating on the cheeseheads, beating on the cheeseheads...

Settle to score.

[4four4]

Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2019-2020: Motzko 2.0

The defense has really been coming around. Let's keep hope they keep this going.

[Happy]

Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2019-2020: Motzko 2.0

First place! Who would have thought possible after the first half?

https://www.uscho.com/standings/big-ten/2019-2020/

They are a younger team with talent. Typically that means more improvement over a season than a team built with older players.

[D2D]

Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2019-2020: Motzko 2.0

They are a younger team with talent. Typically that means more improvement over a season than a team built with older players.

Same could be said about Wisconsin, but obviously they've gone in the opposite direction! Which, I suppose, is why you prefaced with "typically".

[Gopho Sapiens]

Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2019-2020: Motzko 2.0

I am loving watching this team develop. They are getting back to being fun to watch. Don't look away or you missed it kind of fun.

It seems to me that one of the things that has been missing for the last ten to fifteen years is the chaos and opportunism that speed and unpredictability creates. There were still some missed chances last night, but there also enough capitalized on to keep MSU a step off their game.

Matzko is turning this into a team that has some serious sizzle.