Denver at North Dakota: Big Rivalry, Big Weekend

[MinnesotaNorthStar]

Re: Denver at North Dakota: Big Rivalry, Big Weekend

don't be wrecking a good sue cry fest with facts. I want to read about some lawnmower tossing, elevator whizzing, and a few arrests before this is put to bed.

Notice it was a Gopher fan and a Badger fan that commented on the call. You're a better troll then that Happy, who should be held to only the highest standards.

 

[bik4u62]

Re: Denver at North Dakota: Big Rivalry, Big Weekend

UND PP misses Genoway in the worst way.

The PP misses Chay, but there's more. They couldn't get set up very well, hesitant passing, even had trouble just keeping it in sometimes. They didn't work 2-man adv much different than 1-man. Most shots were straight into the body. Rebounds are one method, but there's others. 2 for the last 36!

There! I fixed everything.

 

[du78]

Re: Denver at North Dakota: Big Rivalry, Big Weekend

It is GAMEDAY

GO DU!!!!!

DU looking for a sweep against the Sioux.

I watched the replay of the interference call over on Siox Sports.com. Knight definitely pushed Wiercioch down well before the goal was scored and the refs arm was up in the air. IMHO good call. There definitely was no goalie interference as the Soux announcers thought and, therefore, not reviewable.

 

[du78]

Re: Denver at North Dakota: Big Rivalry, Big Weekend

Mike Chambers is a busy man today with three new posts on his blog. He saw Jesse Martin and his dad at lunch today. Jesse is out 2 to 4 weeks with a shoulder injury.

http://blogs.denverpost.com/sports/2010/01/30/dus-jesse-martin-out-2-4-weeks/

He also spoke with Gwoz and Chevy about last night's win.

http://blogs.denverpost.com/sports/2010/01/30/gwozdecky-and-cheverie-quotes/


He also posted some news and notes from Grand Forks.

http://blogs.denverpost.com/sports/2010/01/30/news-and-notes-from-grand-forks/

 

[Puck Swami]

Re: Denver at North Dakota: Big Rivalry, Big Weekend

SATURDAY NIGHT LINE CHARTS

UND lines

17Jason Gregoire--29 Chris VandeVelde--21 Matt Frattin
19 Evan Trupp--22 Brad Malone--7 Danny Kristo
10 Corban Knight--27 Carter Rowney--18 David Toews
9 Mario Lamoureux--11 Darcy Zajac--13 Brett Bruneteau

2 Andrew MacWilliam--24 Ben Blood
3 Derrick LaPoint--25 Jake Marto
20 Joe Gleason--4 Corey Fienhage

31 Brad Eidsness
32 Aaron Dell

Denver lines

17 Matt Glasser--23 Drew Shore--11 Chris Knowlton
16 Anthony Maiani--22 Brian Gifford--19 Kyle Ostrow
9 Rhett Rakhshani--15 Tyler Ruegsegger--12 Joe Colborne
27 Brandon Vossberg--37 Nate Dewhurst

28 Patrick Wiercioch--5 John Lee
4 Matt Donovan--6 Chris Nutini
7 Paul Phillips--25 Cody Brookwell
24 John Ryder

1 Marc Cheverie
33 Adam Murray

 

[HoosierPioneer]

Re: Denver at North Dakota: Big Rivalry, Big Weekend

Chirp chirp chirp....

 

[Puck Swami]

Re: Denver at North Dakota: Big Rivalry, Big Weekend

Statement win for the Pios.

UND is not the same team without Genoway, but to go up to Grand Forks and get two wins including a shutout and a come-from-two goals down with four unanswered is certainly the best weekend of the season for DU.

Hopefully, this will give the Pioneers the kind of push they will need to peak at the right time.

 

[Old Pio]

Re: Denver at North Dakota: Big Rivalry, Big Weekend

Statement win for the Pios.

UND is not the same team without Genoway, but to go up to Grand Forks and get two wins including a shutout and a come-from-two goals down with four unanswered is certainly the best weekend of the season for DU.

Hopefully, this will give the Pioneers the kind of push they will need to peak at the right time.

Yup. Remember when we were all saying two weeks ago about how 4 points against these two teams would be a good deal? And even after getting only 1 against Bucky, we wind up with 5 (and came this close to 6).

This team has some serious comeback abilities, no doubt.

 

[MagnessMan]

Re: Denver at North Dakota: Big Rivalry, Big Weekend

Can you say 8 points? Sweet!

 

[dggoddard]

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The WCHA league office on the campus of the University of Denver must really be worried. No Minnesota or North Dakota hosting first round playoff series will cost the league hundreds of thousands of dollars.

 

[jdr1]

Re: Denver at North Dakota: Big Rivalry, Big Weekend

Good job DU. You showed tonight what a championship team looks like. The sioux are really reeling without genoway and hextall!! Good luck the rest of the way !!!

 

[GOPHER FREAK]

Re: Denver at North Dakota: Big Rivalry, Big Weekend

Honest question.


How do Sioux fans feel about still be ranked in the top five. I realize UND *could* turn it on and be one of the better teams in the country, But seriously this team is almost as likely as Minnesota to start the playoffs on the road.

 

[Puck Swami]

Re: Denver at North Dakota: Big Rivalry, Big Weekend

UND has many talented players and they work very hard, but without a puck-moving defenseman q-b like Genoway, their transition game is hampered. Additionally, the Sioux goaltending has been decent, but rarely at the game-stealing level. If Genoway comes back, and if the goaltending can step up, UND can be as good as anyone, but right now, without those two elements, they struggle to be elite.

 

[bik4u62]

Re: Denver at North Dakota: Big Rivalry, Big Weekend

Honest question.

How do Sioux fans feel about still be ranked in the top five.

Somewhere around early Dec. they were ranked #2 (or #3?), and deserved it 100%. There might actually be something to that old wives tale that when you lose your best players, your team has less talent on it.

Congrats to Denver. They're in a good place.

 

[MinnesotaNorthStar]

Re: Denver at North Dakota: Big Rivalry, Big Weekend

Honest question.


How do Sioux fans feel about still be ranked in the top five. I realize UND *could* turn it on and be one of the better teams in the country, But seriously this team is almost as likely as Minnesota to start the playoffs on the road.

Seeing how well this team has played all year, it's not surprising to be that high (I don't think it should be in the top 5, but still pretty high). If this team could figure out the finishing thing and start scoring the way they look like they can (and we've seen from them at times)...there's no team in the country they can't beat. Eidsness has been inconsistent, especially with his positioning (See the Rhakshani goal tonight), which has played into the "2 goal lead" thing which I think is now in their heads. They have to break that if they hope to salvage this season. Tonight the Sioux controlled the play for the first half of the game. If not for some good defensive plays and great goaltending from Cheverie, they could have put it away early. After the first goal it seemed like they said "Here we go again" and just started going through the motions which Denver was more then happy to take advantage of.

The Genoway loss has hurt a lot, no doubt, for all the reasons Swami mentioned...but, I'm not convinced this team is only the 6th best in the WCHA without him. This season has been very frustrating to be a Sioux fan.

 

[MagnessMan]

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To add to what's been said already about the Sioux struggles. I think the PP drought is directly related to what PS was saying about missing CG. Their PP is something like 0-30. Not pretty at all. I didn't see Friday's game (heard it on the radio). I did watch last nights on the Sioux Sports feed--I heard that our kill was dominant Friday. Last night I felt like it was more just poor execution by the UNDies. If you can't convert at this point in the year--you've got trouble. As far as rankings go--PWR is all that really matters, There UND is 15th.

 

[Sloe Gin]

Re: Denver at North Dakota: Big Rivalry, Big Weekend

Teams lose players all the time to injuries. By the end of each season, every guy on a hockey team is a little banged up. And yes, you can make the argument that Genoway might be the best player in the WCHA. But I mean, as a team, you need to respond and step up. One player going down should not make or break your entire season. When I watch the Sioux, it's almost like they have thrown in the towel already.

It's safe to say home ice is out of reach, but they still could reach the F5 if they play tough down the rest of the stretch. And the guys need to realize that they aren't getting Chay back, that they are still a deep team, and can make an impact if they play with a little more inspiration.

Hats off to DU, btw. They played a great series. I've watched this team a lot and they are loaded. Good luck the rest of the way.

 

[Goon]

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To add to what's been said already about the Sioux struggles. I think the PP drought is directly related to what PS was saying about missing CG. Their PP is something like 0-30. Not pretty at all. I didn't see Friday's game (heard it on the radio). I did watch last nights on the Sioux Sports feed--I heard that our kill was dominant Friday. Last night I felt like it was more just poor execution by the UNDies. If you can't convert at this point in the year--you've got trouble. As far as rankings go--PWR is all that really matters, There UND is 15th.

Well that was a fun weekend of hockey. The UND power outage is at 0-32. They just missed getting a powerplay goal on the second goal last night.

 

[Goon]

Re: Denver at North Dakota: Big Rivalry, Big Weekend

Honest question.


How do Sioux fans feel about still be ranked in the top five. I realize UND *could* turn it on and be one of the better teams in the country, But seriously this team is almost as likely as Minnesota to start the playoffs on the road.

There seems to be a lot of Gopher fans concerned about where UND is ranked in the national rankings. It's not the Sioux fans fault that our team is ranked, I blame the hockey writers. Most of us know that these rankings at this point in the season mean nothing. Seriously, the only thing that matters is that UND is a bubble NCAA team, and could go either way. The Gophers not so much.

 

[SJHovey]

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Well that was a fun weekend of hockey. The UND power outage is at 0-32. They just missed getting a powerplay goal on the second goal last night.

I'm sure it's been posted elsewhere, just too lazy to go back and credit it, but Jim Scanlan had maybe the line of the season last night after Pat Sweeney stated, "UND is now zero for their last 30 on the power play." Scanlan: "Those are Nick Punto-like numbers."