Re: Ohio State 2013/2014 - Third year in Oz
I'm in agreement with THE OHIO STATE. It was a subpar effort from our team. I don't want to take anything away from Ferris State because they were obviously the better team tonight, but I didn't see any urgency from our guys at all. And as was alluded to, we are still taking stupid, undisciplined penalties (this late in the season). If we play like that tomorrow, it will be an early exit in the tournament. Ferris seemed to win the board battles tonight and also got to the loose pucks. I lost count of how many times we turned the puck over in our own zone or in the neutral zone. Folks sitting near me used the bad ice surface as an excuse for some bad bounces of the puck, but that did not appear to have an adverse effect on Ferris State. It's really not a viable excuse for our team in any case since they practice there on a regular basis. Coach Oz even said something earlier regarding the OSU Ice Rink being more of a home ice for our guys than the Schott, probably since we spend a lot of time practicing there. Hopefully we see more of a sense of urgency out of our team tomorrow. @Freddie, as usual our guys get kicked out of their own building for the playoffs due to OHSAA State Girls Basketball. In other years, it's been wrestling. I don't completely understand why they couldn't hold girls basketball in St. John Arena as I doubt if girls basketball draws 13,000 and change. It's just one more reason most of us here have been screaming for a hockey-only facility for our programs. It's a sore subject around here, to say the least. Thankfully, this will be the last season of that. All six Big Ten teams will be in the postseason tournaments, and all games will be held at the chosen sites. There won't any further playoff games at campus sites, so it will no longer be an issue.