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.
Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2018-19: The Motzko Era Begins!
- Thread starter SteveO
- Start date
- Status
Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2018-19: The Motzko Era Begins!
Sure didn't look like 8,238, the official "announced" attendance. "Butts in the seats", more like 5,000.Packed house again I see
Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2018-19: The Motzko Era Begins!
IMHO Robson appears to have lost his edge. The Gophers are 2-8 when opponents score 4 or more GAs. Last night was 5th game in a row and the 8th time this season Mat Robson has allowed 4 GAs. Including his 3 straight 4 GAs vs PSU at the end of last season, he now has 11 over 24 games. If he has one more game of 4 or more GAs this season he will tie Alex Kangas (2009-10) with 9.
The 2009-10 team ended their season with the lowest W% in the last 20 years (.487). The Gophers will have to win tonight and then notch another sweep before season end to win 6/9 remaining games to surpass the infamous 2009-10 W%.
Gophers are now 1-4 in their last 5 and based upon the poor effort I saw last night at HOME, it appears to me that morale is declining and Motzko is losing grip of controlling their on-ice performance.
IMHO Robson appears to have lost his edge. The Gophers are 2-8 when opponents score 4 or more GAs. Last night was 5th game in a row and the 8th time this season Mat Robson has allowed 4 GAs. Including his 3 straight 4 GAs vs PSU at the end of last season, he now has 11 over 24 games. If he has one more game of 4 or more GAs this season he will tie Alex Kangas (2009-10) with 9.
The 2009-10 team ended their season with the lowest W% in the last 20 years (.487). The Gophers will have to win tonight and then notch another sweep before season end to win 6/9 remaining games to surpass the infamous 2009-10 W%.
Gophers are now 1-4 in their last 5 and based upon the poor effort I saw last night at HOME, it appears to me that morale is declining and Motzko is losing grip of controlling their on-ice performance.
directmagna
New member
Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2018-19: The Motzko Era Begins!
I really do not see what is accomplished by bold faced lying to the media by the athletic department -
The lying about attendance needs to stop --
I really do not see what is accomplished by bold faced lying to the media by the athletic department -
The lying about attendance needs to stop --
Last edited:
directmagna
New member
Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2018-19: The Motzko Era Begins!
I remember Lucia's first year - it was a bit rough - I don't think they had bottomed out as bad as this team, thought --
We know Motzko is a very good team - we know he will be able to rebuild the program -- it looks like this year's team has given up -
I hope Motzko sends a strong message that he does not care that the boys have not bought in and do not like him or his assistants. I think Motzko would be justified in benching players who have bad attitudes, playing the guys who have commitment, cutting players who don't want to be here - taking their scholarships away - recruiting to fill those open scholarship spots --
Basically doing a tear down and a rebuild of SCSU 2.0 --
I remember Lucia's first year - it was a bit rough - I don't think they had bottomed out as bad as this team, thought --
We know Motzko is a very good team - we know he will be able to rebuild the program -- it looks like this year's team has given up -
I hope Motzko sends a strong message that he does not care that the boys have not bought in and do not like him or his assistants. I think Motzko would be justified in benching players who have bad attitudes, playing the guys who have commitment, cutting players who don't want to be here - taking their scholarships away - recruiting to fill those open scholarship spots --
Basically doing a tear down and a rebuild of SCSU 2.0 --
Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2018-19: The Motzko Era Begins!
From what I've been hearing (I listen to the games on the radio), the freshmen are busting their balls, and Robson (even on an off night) is still a brick wall overall. It's the elder classmen that are the issue.
From what I've been hearing (I listen to the games on the radio), the freshmen are busting their balls, and Robson (even on an off night) is still a brick wall overall. It's the elder classmen that are the issue.
Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2018-19: The Motzko Era Begins!
I have to strongly disagree with you here, SteveO. You can certainly fault him for the 4th goal, when he failed to fully cover the post on the wrap-around, and maybe the 3rd goal (on which he appeared to be screened by his own D) but the number of huge saves he made (too many to count) in this and most every game he's played have bailed this team out, time and time again. Once again in last night's game the final score was a lot closer than what actually transpired on the ice.
Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2018-19: The Motzko Era Begins!
All schools count and announce their game attendance by the number of tickets sold, so the U's not different in that respect. What makes the Gophers' announced attendance somewhat unique is that the numbers are larger than most, and the number of no-shows is larger than anywhere else. The other factor that makes the disparity that much larger is the size (capacity) of the arena, which makes all the empty seats that much more noticeable.
Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2018-19: The Motzko Era Begins!
Mat Robson is a good goalie who is capable of making big saves. But there have been peaks and valleys to his game this season, which is what the stats seem to indicate. I can't recall any Gopher netminder in recent years that has allowed a streak of 4 GA in 5 consecutive games. Before the streak, he only allowed 1 goal for three consecutive games.
A key predictor in those outcomes has also been the inconsistent play and poor decision making of the D in front of him. However, there have been several times at key junctures in games where he's struggled with his lateral movement and rebound control.
The last 4 losses against MSU, WIS, and MICH:
SHORTHANDED vs MSU
SV GA SV%
7 3 0.700
CLOSE vs MSU
SV GA SV%
23 4 0.852
CLOSE vs WIS
SV GA SV%
19 4 0.826
CLOSE vs MICH
SV GA SV%
19 3 0.864
Close - Events that happen when the game is 'Close,' i.e. within 1 goal (up 1, down 1 or tied) in the 1st or 2nd period, or tied in the 3rd, at even strength.
Mat Robson is a good goalie who is capable of making big saves. But there have been peaks and valleys to his game this season, which is what the stats seem to indicate. I can't recall any Gopher netminder in recent years that has allowed a streak of 4 GA in 5 consecutive games. Before the streak, he only allowed 1 goal for three consecutive games.
A key predictor in those outcomes has also been the inconsistent play and poor decision making of the D in front of him. However, there have been several times at key junctures in games where he's struggled with his lateral movement and rebound control.
The last 4 losses against MSU, WIS, and MICH:
SHORTHANDED vs MSU
SV GA SV%
7 3 0.700
CLOSE vs MSU
SV GA SV%
23 4 0.852
CLOSE vs WIS
SV GA SV%
19 4 0.826
CLOSE vs MICH
SV GA SV%
19 3 0.864
Close - Events that happen when the game is 'Close,' i.e. within 1 goal (up 1, down 1 or tied) in the 1st or 2nd period, or tied in the 3rd, at even strength.
Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2018-19: The Motzko Era Begins!
And I can't recall any Gopher team in recent years that was this bad defensively. I think Robson is the least of this team's problems.
Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2018-19: The Motzko Era Begins!
It would be difficult to quantify how much variance is explained due to poor play and decision making by the D in the current 4 GA streak. It's an important variable to consider as they've obviously played a role, but so has Robson at those very important junctures I highlighted in my post (Close) in the 4 previous losses and others this season as well.
It would be difficult to quantify how much variance is explained due to poor play and decision making by the D in the current 4 GA streak. It's an important variable to consider as they've obviously played a role, but so has Robson at those very important junctures I highlighted in my post (Close) in the 4 previous losses and others this season as well.
trixR4kids
New member
Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2018-19: The Motzko Era Begins!
This team continuously gives up way too many shots and might even be a bottom 5 in that category at even strength (haven’t checked recently but they were bottom ten and couldn’t have gotten better these last few series). All goalies have ups and downs including Robson but I wouldn’t say he’s the main reason for the goals against totals. If he was letting in that many goals on 20 or less shots consistently I’d tend to agree but that’s clearly not what’s happening.
This team continuously gives up way too many shots and might even be a bottom 5 in that category at even strength (haven’t checked recently but they were bottom ten and couldn’t have gotten better these last few series). All goalies have ups and downs including Robson but I wouldn’t say he’s the main reason for the goals against totals. If he was letting in that many goals on 20 or less shots consistently I’d tend to agree but that’s clearly not what’s happening.
trixR4kids
New member
Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2018-19: The Motzko Era Begins!
First goal against by Robson was kinda weak but the other two weren’t his fault. He totally made up for it on the prolonged PP (5 min PP with 2 mins of 5v3). Also some of those rebound sequence saves where he improbably kept the puck out of the net were incredible.
First goal against by Robson was kinda weak but the other two weren’t his fault. He totally made up for it on the prolonged PP (5 min PP with 2 mins of 5v3). Also some of those rebound sequence saves where he improbably kept the puck out of the net were incredible.
Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2018-19: The Motzko Era Begins!
And Tyler Sheehy, wow, is he on a roll, so good to see.
Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2018-19: The Motzko Era Begins!
Apparently tBob chewed the ever-living sh* out of the team today. Sheehy said, paraphrased, "Yeah, we needed that."
Good sign that things are different, and better sign that some are owning up to it.
Apparently tBob chewed the ever-living sh* out of the team today. Sheehy said, paraphrased, "Yeah, we needed that."
Good sign that things are different, and better sign that some are owning up to it.
Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2018-19: The Motzko Era Begins!
Sheehy was terrific, great energy and great skill. The question remains, can they put together a string of these high energy/high skill games? I still have my doubts, but tonight's effort gives me renewed hope that it's still possible.
trixR4kids
New member
- Status