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Minnesota Women's Hockey 2016-2017 (aka Season 20)

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I have a feeling that the Gophers are going to play very well today; I'm just not sure that will be enough. If UMD plays like it did in the 3rd period Sunday, then sure, but I doubt that the puppies will be that worn out.

Anyway as fans, this is a good match up: reasonable distance drive, playing an opponent whose style of play suits us, and versus a coach who isn't likely to spend the game in histrionics and flinging orange Gatorade all over the ice while wearing a jacket she bought while working undercover for the Calgary P.D. If this version of UMD wins, I can sincerely wish it well in the next round.

A salute to our seniors -- fantastic careers. Dani, I'm thankful that you'll get to finish your career in uniform, as it should be. Schip, you are one of my all-time favorites; through four years, you always tried very hard and unselfishly gave everything that you had for your teammates. Wolfie, you elevated your game in the biggest moments, and had Saturday lasted just a couple of shifts longer, I'm confident you'd have made a play to win it. Paige and Kelsey -- D, F, D, F? One never knew, but you kept working despite ever-evolving roles and put the team first. Lee, your three rings are just a hint of the great things that you'll accomplish in life, and I'm sorry for all of the times that we took you for granted; great defensive-D are never truly appreciated until they are gone.

To the entire squad, you wound up a far better team than I thought that you'd become. :cool: Go Gophers!
 
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ARM said:
I have a feeling that the Gophers are going to play very well today; I'm just not sure that will be enough. If UMD plays like it did in the 3rd period Sunday, then sure, but I doubt that the puppies will be that worn out.

Anyway as fans, this is a good match up: reasonable distance drive, playing an opponent whose style of play suits us, and versus a coach who isn't likely to spend the game in histrionics and flinging orange Gatorade all over the ice while wearing a jacket she bought while working undercover for the Calgary P.D. If this version of UMD wins, I can sincerely wish it well in the next round.

A salute to our seniors -- fantastic careers. Dani, I'm thankful that you'll get to finish your career in uniform, as it should be. Schip, you are one of my all-time favorites; through four years, you always tried very hard and unselfishly gave everything that you had for your teammates. Wolfie, you elevated your game in the biggest moments, and had Saturday lasted just a couple of shifts longer, I'm confident you'd have made a play to win it. Paige and Kelsey -- D, F, D, F? One never knew, but you kept working despite ever-evolving roles and put the team first. Lee, your three rings are just a hint of the great things that you'll accomplish in life, and I'm sorry for all of the times that we took you for granted; great defensive-D are never truly appreciated until they are gone.

To the entire squad, you wound up a far better team than I thought that you'd become. :cool: Go Gophers!
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Wonderful salute to the seniors, ARM.

The StarTribune has a very nice article about Miss Stecklein in this morning's paper:

"Her accomplishments read like something a sixth-grader might dream: Win a state championship, play for Olympic gold and have a chance to become the only hockey player — men’s or women’s — to win four NCAA titles. Graduate from the Carlson School, double major. Become one of 15 nominees for the Humanitarian Award, which goes to "college hockey's finest citizen". :cool:

Lee Stecklein leads Gophers in push for another NCAA women's hockey title
http://www.startribune.com/lee-stec...secutive-ncaa-women-s-hockey-title/415929374/
 
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ARM said:
I have a feeling that the Gophers are going to play very well today; I'm just not sure that will be enough. If UMD plays like it did in the 3rd period Sunday, then sure, but I doubt that the puppies will be that worn out.

Anyway as fans, this is a good match up: reasonable distance drive, playing an opponent whose style of play suits us, and versus a coach who isn't likely to spend the game in histrionics and flinging orange Gatorade all over the ice while wearing a jacket she bought while working undercover for the Calgary P.D. If this version of UMD wins, I can sincerely wish it well in the next round.

A salute to our seniors -- fantastic careers. Dani, I'm thankful that you'll get to finish your career in uniform, as it should be. Schip, you are one of my all-time favorites; through four years, you always tried very hard and unselfishly gave everything that you had for your teammates. Wolfie, you elevated your game in the biggest moments, and had Saturday lasted just a couple of shifts longer, I'm confident you'd have made a play to win it. Paige and Kelsey -- D, F, D, F? One never knew, but you kept working despite ever-evolving roles and put the team first. Lee, your three rings are just a hint of the great things that you'll accomplish in life, and I'm sorry for all of the times that we took you for granted; great defensive-D are never truly appreciated until they are gone.

To the entire squad, you wound up a far better team than I thought that you'd become. :cool: Go Gophers!
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Maybe Robb Stauber wasn't fond of the jacket, histrionics, and orange gatorade...

Anyways...very nice tribute.
 
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One goal on our last eighty five shots is not going to cut it.
 
D2D said:
"Her accomplishments read like something a sixth-grader might dream: Win a state championship, play for Olympic gold and have a chance to become the only hockey player — men’s or women’s — to win four NCAA titles. Graduate from the Carlson School, double major. Become one of 15 nominees for the Humanitarian Award, which goes to "college hockey's finest citizen".
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Second you kudos for ARMs tribute. He writes well and it was obviously heart felt.

As for Ms. S, she is someone special even by the incredible standard the whole team sets. I am forced to admit Frost is on the level when he says he recruits good kids who happen to be good hockey players.
 
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ne7minder said:
I hope Sid never heard the kvetching like went on here. She has been an absolute stud since that break she got. That is not surprising and people just need to calm down and let her do her thing.
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I think she was well aware of the issues she was having regardless of any "complaining". I'm very happy that she calmed down and started doing her thing.
 
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Taking D2D'2 comments from the Kaz' thread:
D2D said:
I don't know if "spurning" is the right word, but you would think by now everyone who is on the ice with her would have learned to be ready for the pass at all times. As is so often the case with players on the other team, the Gophers out there with her come to think that she'll put the puck somewhere else, to where logic says it should go, instead of positioning and readying themselves to receive and doing something with it (i.e. "expect the unexpected").
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The hard thing for all of them is that you can't be "ready" at all times. They have opponents trying to tie up or lift their sticks, block their paths, and otherwise make it impossible to be ready. Why did Pannek's pass to Marshall work so well? There wasn't a Bulldog there.

D2D said:
Hopefully, with Dani now having some extremely competitive games under her belt, our No. 1 line will really start to crank it up again and find ways to put the puck in the net like they did in the first half. If they can do that, while getting the kind of goaltending and team defense we saw earlier today, I do think this team is capable of winning it all...again.
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It's a nice thought, but as much as we'd like to credit the opponents, especially the goalies, it has been like pulling teeth to get the puck in the net all year. Even yesterday when there wasn't a goalie, the puck stayed out. Back when the top line carried all of the offense, there were quite a few games when they wouldn't break through to the third. Now that the PP no longer converts, I don't know where the goals are going to come from to defeat Clarkson and Wisco/BC back to back.

As for Peters (or Peterson -- apparently when she's playing in Duluth), Frost was asked after the Bemidji quarterfinal loss what she needed to do, and he said simply, "Stop the puck." I think others in higher positions than any of us may have pointed out to her a time or two that her play had room for improvement. She's also not stupid and knows without being told that certain shots that went in earlier this season have to be stopped for her team to have success.
 
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FiveHoleFrenzy said:
I think she was well aware of the issues she was having regardless of any "complaining". I'm very happy that she calmed down and started doing her thing.
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I remember whining and fretting about Nora and Lev when it was their turn in the barrels. What a goalie deals with in their head and what they have to hear from the outside are different so whatever voices she heard inside I hope she didn't hear those outside.
 
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ne7minder said:
I remember whining and fretting about Nora and Lev when it was their turn in the barrels. What a goalie deals with in their head and what they have to hear from the outside are different so whatever voices she heard inside I hope she didn't hear those outside.
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I'm still hearing those two crossbars and the one post from yesterday ie: "her friends".
 
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Blackbeard said:
I'm still hearing those two crossbars and the one post from yesterday ie: "her friends".
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There was a lot of metal hit by both sides over the last two games between these teams. Neither should feel especially good about their finishing.
 
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ARM said:
Taking D2D'2 comments from the Kaz' thread:
The hard thing for all of them is that you can't be "ready" at all times. They have opponents trying to tie up or lift their sticks, block their paths, and otherwise make it impossible to be ready. Why did Pannek's pass to Marshall work so well? There wasn't a Bulldog there.
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Very true, but with Marshall's goal she took the initiative to get in the clear (avoiding any Bulldog) and anticipate the pass. As she was quoted in this morning's Strib: "Kelly's a heads-up player, so I just tried to find a seam back door and she found me."

ARM said:
It's a nice thought, but as much as we'd like to credit the opponents, especially the goalies, it has been like pulling teeth to get the puck in the net all year.
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Not so much for the first line in the season's first half. In fact as I recall weren't all three in the nation's top 10 in scoring at the break? Cameranesi is still shaking off some rust, but she's getting very close IMO. Hopefully that first line is ready to break out of the scoring slump they've been in. They've obviously shown they're capable.
 
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D2D said:
Not so much for the first line in the season's first half. In fact as I recall weren't all three in the nation's top 10 in scoring at the break?
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Yes. But even when that line was going well and carrying the team, they would start slowly and it required a lot of 3rd-period heroics in the wins at Ohio State, Bemidji, versus UMD, etc. If they get behind Clarkson or Wisconsin, it won't end well. Yesterday was probably their poorest start over the last three games; they came out very strong in the other two. But for all of the buzzing around and carrying play, they scored two-first period goals against Bemidji State and none against Duluth. Part of the offensive success has been wearing teams down until they are so tired that you can score on them. I don't think that will happen against the teams that are left with TV timeouts. Are they capable of playing better offensively? I would think so based on past performance, but I've seen it so intermittently of late that I don't know that I can count on pucks suddenly finding the net.
 
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Points well taken. The Gophers will definitely need to start a lot stronger than they did yesterday, when they managed just 4 shots on goal in the first period. From here on out scoring first would dramatically increase their chance of success.
 
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D2D said:
Points well taken. The Gophers will definitely need to start a lot stronger than they did yesterday, when they managed just 4 shots on goal in the first period. From here on out scoring first would dramatically increase their chance of success.
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Was it Minnesota that only had 4 shots on goal or was it UMD that had 4? Stats say Minnesota had 11 which seems correct to me.
 
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