What's new
By:
USCHO Fan Forum

This is a sample guest message. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!

  • The USCHO Fan Forum has migrated to a new plaform, xenForo. Most of the function of the forum should work in familiar ways. Please note that you can switch between light and dark modes by clicking on the gear icon in the upper right of the main menu bar. We are hoping that this new platform will prove to be faster and more reliable. Please feel free to explore its features.

2014-2015 Minnesota Women's Hockey: The Maroon & Gold Strike Back!

Status
Not open for further replies.
Re: 2014-2015 Minnesota Women's Hockey: The Maroon & Gold Strike Back!

After three games to evaluate the changes, my view is that I like Wolfe a LOT as a D.

She is assertive and confident moving the puck, a very strong player at this postion.

And if Wolfe is a D that moves Garzone back to F and here again my view is that I like Garzone quite a bit up front.

She has been fine at D but watching her back up front it just seems like her natural in game instincts are better suited to F than D.

I think the change has made the Gophers stronger.
 
  • Like
Reactions: D2D
Re: 2014-2015 Minnesota Women's Hockey: The Maroon & Gold Strike Back!

I agree with you on Wolfe. She usually puts the puck where it is supposed to go. She had the one high-profile "oops!" moment where she wound up on her posterior and a two-on-one resulted, but she does a lot more good things than bad. I think Garzone is starting to get more comfortable, but she hasn't played all that many game shifts at forward in her Gopher career, so it will likely take time for her to reach her potential there. The more I watch Stecklein, the more I fully comprehend how big a hit it was to the team last year when they didn't have her services. It kind of did to the back end what losing Kessel did up front this year. Stecklein defends the two-on-one rushes as well as anyone, and she's very patient about holding the puck even when pressured, rather than just throwing it anywhere for the sake of getting rid of it.
 
Re: 2014-2015 Minnesota Women's Hockey: The Maroon & Gold Strike Back!

I like Wolfe's potential at D, too, but there were several incidents last night that would have been scary had the game been closer. Late in the third she had the puck behind the net and brought it out almost through the crease with a forechecker in her face.
 
Re: 2014-2015 Minnesota Women's Hockey: The Maroon & Gold Strike Back!

ManBehindTheCurtain said:
After three games to evaluate the changes, my view is that I like Wolfe a LOT as a D.

She is assertive and confident moving the puck, a very strong player at this postion.

And if Wolfe is a D that moves Garzone back to F and here again my view is that I like Garzone quite a bit up front.

She has been fine at D but watching her back up front it just seems like her natural in game instincts are better suited to F than D.

I think the change has made the Gophers stronger.
Click to expand...

I agree, and would add Haley at F
despite where they may have played in HS, all 3 appear to take to these positions like a duck to water
with Kelsey Cline playing so well at D, they have found the 6 D, that IMO, approaches 2012/13 in skill
no small accomplishment, the only better blueline corp in the world would be Team Canada & USA
if they need a sub, they can always move Garzone back there

Eeyore said:
I like Wolfe's potential at D, too, but there were several incidents last night that would have been scary had the game been closer. Late in the third she had the puck behind the net and brought it out almost through the crease with a forechecker in her face.
Click to expand...

so, IOW, she plays like every other blueliner ;)
that sounds more like an endorsement than a criticism
 
Last edited:
Re: 2014-2015 Minnesota Women's Hockey: The Maroon & Gold Strike Back!

Brandt is killing my fantasy team, I drafted her #1 overall. What gives? Is she going to turn it around or what?
 
Re: 2014-2015 Minnesota Women's Hockey: The Maroon & Gold Strike Back!

Lee Stecklein is growing, her listed height on the roster is up to 6'!
 
Re: 2014-2015 Minnesota Women's Hockey: The Maroon & Gold Strike Back!

How many games can be played before a medical redshirt is not allowed? Not even sure where to look that up, but I'm betting someone here has already done that.
 
Re: 2014-2015 Minnesota Women's Hockey: The Maroon & Gold Strike Back!

OldDave said:
How many games can be played before a medical redshirt is not allowed? Not even sure where to look that up, but I'm betting someone here has already done that.
Click to expand...

A medical redshirt, called a "medical hardship" by the NCAA, can be granted by the governing body for a season lost completely or almost completely to injury. If a player plays in 30% or less of his/her team's games, then suffers a season ending injury, a medical redshirt may be granted. On rare occasions, a player may be allowed to play in his or her sixth year of college if he or she suffered a serious injury which kept him or her from playing for more than one season.
 
Re: 2014-2015 Minnesota Women's Hockey: The Maroon & Gold Strike Back!

skatefast said:
A medical redshirt, called a "medical hardship" by the NCAA, can be granted by the governing body for a season lost completely or almost completely to injury. If a player plays in 30% or less of his/her team's games, then suffers a season ending injury, a medical redshirt may be granted. On rare occasions, a player may be allowed to play in his or her sixth year of college if he or she suffered a serious injury which kept him or her from playing for more than one season.
Click to expand...
Thank you for the info!
 
Re: 2014-2015 Minnesota Women's Hockey: The Maroon & Gold Strike Back!

OldDave said:
The article also confirms that Kate Flug will miss the rest of the season.
Click to expand...
College career not going very well for Kate Flug. Hope she can bounce back and finish strong if that's what she still wants.
 
Re: 2014-2015 Minnesota Women's Hockey: The Maroon & Gold Strike Back!

brookyone said:
College career not going very well for Kate Flug. Hope she can bounce back and finish strong if that's what she still wants.
Click to expand...

There are some other former USA u18/ Minny Products not doing very well as well.
 
Re: 2014-2015 Minnesota Women's Hockey: The Maroon & Gold Strike Back!

Eeyore mentioned the difficulty the team has finishing. I've been thinking the same thing. I checked the stats, and it is definitely a trend.

The 2010-2104 stats are for the whole season:
(sorry, the tabs are making this less clear than I hoped when I posted this-it's per game stats)

Shots For % Goals For Goals Against % Shots against
2015 41.4 0.095 3.9 1.2 0.058 21.2
2014 40.4 0.118 4.8 1.2 0.054 22.2
2013 38.5 0.137 5.3 0.9 0.04 21.9
2012 38.5 0.115 4.4 1.3 0.058 22.9
2011 34.1 0.102 3.5 1.8 0.062 29.3
2010 34.7 0.093 3.2 1.9 0.072 25.6

It is striking to me how much they don't feel like the #1 team, how vulnerable they seem, yet how dominant they still are.

Clearly BC deserves the #1 ranking at this point. It will be interesting to see how the bottom half of the Gopher roster develops throughout the season, and how they are playing at the end of the year.

I still think the Gophers are enjoying not being #1 for a minute after the pressure of the streak and all of that the last few years.
 
Last edited:
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top