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Alaska Nanooks 2017-2018 Season

Re: Alaska Nanooks 2017-2018 Season

Squarebanks said:
Well, that was ugly. Coach had some choice words for Mankato after the fact...I’d say the gong show actually started Friday night when they took a run at Martinsson. But taking a run at one of our best players 15 seconds into the game makes your intentions pretty obvious. Mankato knew we could beat them 5x5 so they made it a special teams game and it worked out in their favor.
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Exactly. And they also knew that our guys wouldn't just take it. Our guys are good 5x5 and can skate with anybody. But to beat a team that wants to play like that, you have to let them dig their own grave and keep taking penalties. You can't come back at them - especially with the officiating in our league.

Heading to Houghton this weekend. Hoping for a good time.
 
UAFHockeyFan314 said:
Exactly. And they also knew that our guys wouldn't just take it. Our guys are good 5x5 and can skate with anybody. But to beat a team that wants to play like that, you have to let them dig their own grave and keep taking penalties. You can't come back at them - especially with the officiating in our league.

Heading to Houghton this weekend. Hoping for a good time.
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In other words, they were fishing and we took the bait.

Have fun with the wood knockers at Tech.
 
Re: Alaska Nanooks 2017-2018 Season

Sure would be nice if Hope and Leiter, two of our top goal scorers and energy guys were available. Do we have any clue how long they might be out?...game to game, a couple of weeks, not till the playoffs, the rest of the season?
 
mmf said:
Sure would be nice if Hope and Leiter, two of our top goal scorers and energy guys were available. Do we have any clue how long they might be out?...game to game, a couple of weeks, not till the playoffs, the rest of the season?
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Leiter travelled - so there's obviously a good chance he can play. Hope may be out for a while - rest of the season, perhaps from what I've heard.
 
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UAFHockeyFan314 said:
Leiter travelled - so there's obviously a good chance he can play. Hope may be out for a while - rest of the season, perhaps from what I've heard.
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Happy to see Hope in the lineup!

Bruce mentioned Leiter did not travel. Guess it was backwards. Either way, hope to see Leiter back soon!
 
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Re: Alaska Nanooks 2017-2018 Season

Saturday night.
Nooks on the PK but up 2-0 with 6 seconds left in the first.
Nooks up 2-1 with 5 seconds left in the first.
Nooks had a perfect opportunity to clear the puck but decided to skate a bit and wrap it around the boards. Unfortunately didn't get it out which lead to the MTU score. We sure shoot ourselves in the foot too often.
 
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Nooks trail 3-2 after two.
This game is frustrating. We can't play with a lead. Period.
We always seem to sacrifice a "quick" shot when the other team and goalie is out of position, for a fancy dippsy-doddle pass that seldom connects.
How about just getting the puck on net and working your butt off for the rebound.
We're losing way to many individual puck battles.

The Nooks seemed a little p$$$ed at the buzzer so maybe they'll come out with a little fire in the third.

Go Nooks!
 
Re: Alaska Nanooks 2017-2018 Season

The Nooks give up a goal with a minute left in the game and fall 4-3.
But a good effort and third period by the Nooks. You win some, you lose some.
 
Re: Alaska Nanooks 2017-2018 Season

Is there any game night score board that is even close to being reliable?
WCHA, CNN, and USCHO are a joke.
 
Re: Alaska Nanooks 2017-2018 Season

UAFIceAngel said:
I follow the WCHA teams on twitter. Those are usually pretty reliable.
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John J. MacInnes said:
Boards were all seemingly an hour behind for WCHA scores last night. I ended up flipping around on WCHA.tv to do some score hunting.
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Saturday night was particularly bad, and I read a little blurb about certain arenas using a certain system as a reason.
But throughout the season WCHA and CNN have not been that reliable, which doesn't seem to make a lot of sense in "this day and age."
Twitter is usually the best bet, if you find what you're looking for and not buried in an avalanche of tweets.
I guess my expectations of arena technology are just too high.
 
Re: Alaska Nanooks 2017-2018 Season

I'm fairly sure that most everyone is getting the data from the same source(s) these days, namely collegehockeystats.net.

GFM
 
Re: Alaska Nanooks 2017-2018 Season

gfmorris said:
I'm fairly sure that most everyone is getting the data from the same source(s) these days, namely collegehockeystats.net.

GFM
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Well it's funny that CHN has a lot better numbers than USCHO does, if it indeed is the same source. BTW , Alaska is a good team. The record is not representative of how good they play.
 
manurespreader said:
Well it's funny that CHN has a lot better numbers than USCHO does, if it indeed is the same source. BTW , Alaska is a good team. The record is not representative of how good they play.
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Our problem is we are thin on the blue line and inexperienced in goal. I see that as the main reason we can’t hold a blasted lead to save our lives.

As a shining example, we had leads both nights at SCSU early this season (including up 3-0 the first game) and blew it both times.
 
Re: Alaska Nanooks 2017-2018 Season

So we have a game tonight against a Michigan pharmaceutical college. I’m going to go out on a limb and say that winning will help our position in the standings.
 
Re: Alaska Nanooks 2017-2018 Season

FSU is not fancy. They throw the puck on net and go hard to the crease. They earn what they get. They typically outwork everyone.
Be the exception. Outwork FSU this weekend on home ice. Don't let them get that half step going to the crease.
We need these points.

Go Nooks!
 
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