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SCSU 2009-2010 Season Thread

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motox said:
Two soft goals that they scored on or two soft goals Dunn let in? From your post I would assume Tech let in two softies. From listening on the radio Lyons said a number of times that St. Cloud wasn't doing much of anything on the ice. Didn't seem to be a ton of flow with all the penalties. Since it was their guys taking them I'm fine with it. Either way, a win is a win and gets us two more pts in the conference. Will be interesting to see if Motzko goes to Lee tomorrow or sticks with Dunn.
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I didn't see Dunn's first one but the second goal he let in wasn't his fault; he made 2 good saves and the D was no where to be found and they got the goal on shot #3
 
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"We have no choice but to hold ourselves to a high standard the rest of the way," said Gaudet, who has never appeared in a postseason game and would like to make the most of his last chance.
"Sure, we won 4-2 and it's nice to have the points. But I think I can speak for all of us when I say that we could've played better. At the end, there, we have to battle for Dunn. Myself included. There was a rebound there and they scored on it. In a big game, that's something that will kill us."

"We had way too many turnovers and I didn't like our antics there at the end," SCSU coach Bob Motzko said, referring to a roughing penalty by Garrett Roe at 18:59 of the third that led to a shoving match at center ice — sending Jon Ammerman and two MTU players off with 10-minute misconducts. "We looked like a rinky-dink team in the last minute of play. That was all our mistake." "We had a couple of defensemen who played very well. I thought Oliver Lauridsen had his best game as a Husky and (captain Garrett Raboin) is playing much better. That was a bright spot. We did some good things with our forwards, but not enough."

"We didn't have a killer instinct," said Motzko, whose team nonetheless outshot MTU 35-23. "We had a couple of moments, but not enough. We played well in spurts, but then we got disinterested. That's when we got in trouble."


"I think it was a good game, but we turned the puck over too many times and when we got up in the third we weren't sticking to our systems and weren't playing as hard or smart," Mosey said. "I think that's why (Motzko) is so fired up."


"I think we are turning a corner and this will be a good challenge for us to see how mature of a team we are going down the stretch," said Gaudet, who was on ice for both MTU goals. "We have won a couple of games lately. But we didn't play so well tonight and we squeaked out with a win. We're either going to realize that and know that we have to play better or you can just leave the rink thinking 'Oh, great. We won 4-2,' and be happy. I think it's up to us how we take it from here on out."



Huskies notebook
Mike Lee, who won a gold medal with Team USA at the World Junior Championship earlier this week, will be honored during the first intermission of today's 5:07 p.m. rematch — which Motzko said Lee will start in goal.
Huskies recruit Joey Benik, who is a senior forward at St. Francis High School, has chosen to play junior hockey next season for former SCSU assistant Fred Harbinson and the Penticton Vees of the British Columbia Junior Hockey League. That means there likely will be three future Huskies playing for Harbinson next season: Benik, who previously broke Jared Festler's Minnesota prep record for goals in a season, and forwards Garrett Milan and Joey Holka.

 
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First Time said:
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"We have no choice but to hold ourselves to a high standard the rest of the way," said Gaudet, who has never appeared in a postseason game and would like to make the most of his last chance.
"Sure, we won 4-2 and it's nice to have the points. But I think I can speak for all of us when I say that we could've played better. At the end, there, we have to battle for Dunn. Myself included. There was a rebound there and they scored on it. In a big game, that's something that will kill us."

"We had way too many turnovers and I didn't like our antics there at the end," SCSU coach Bob Motzko said, referring to a roughing penalty by Garrett Roe at 18:59 of the third that led to a shoving match at center ice — sending Jon Ammerman and two MTU players off with 10-minute misconducts. "We looked like a rinky-dink team in the last minute of play. That was all our mistake." "We had a couple of defensemen who played very well. I thought Oliver Lauridsen had his best game as a Husky and (captain Garrett Raboin) is playing much better. That was a bright spot. We did some good things with our forwards, but not enough."

"We didn't have a killer instinct," said Motzko, whose team nonetheless outshot MTU 35-23. "We had a couple of moments, but not enough. We played well in spurts, but then we got disinterested. That's when we got in trouble."


"I think it was a good game, but we turned the puck over too many times and when we got up in the third we weren't sticking to our systems and weren't playing as hard or smart," Mosey said. "I think that's why (Motzko) is so fired up."


"I think we are turning a corner and this will be a good challenge for us to see how mature of a team we are going down the stretch," said Gaudet, who was on ice for both MTU goals. "We have won a couple of games lately. But we didn't play so well tonight and we squeaked out with a win. We're either going to realize that and know that we have to play better or you can just leave the rink thinking 'Oh, great. We won 4-2,' and be happy. I think it's up to us how we take it from here on out."



Huskies notebook
Mike Lee, who won a gold medal with Team USA at the World Junior Championship earlier this week, will be honored during the first intermission of today's 5:07 p.m. rematch — which Motzko said Lee will start in goal.
Huskies recruit Joey Benik, who is a senior forward at St. Francis High School, has chosen to play junior hockey next season for former SCSU assistant Fred Harbinson and the Penticton Vees of the British Columbia Junior Hockey League. That means there likely will be three future Huskies playing for Harbinson next season: Benik, who previously broke Jared Festler's Minnesota prep record for goals in a season, and forwards Garrett Milan and Joey Holka.
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I'd skate everybody. That seemed to work!
 
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First Time said:
:rolleyes:
Seriously, get over yourself when it comes to Motzko.
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Seriously, get over YOURSELF as the defender of anything that someone criticises regarding either the team or the coaches. They supposedly had one of their toughest practices ever, in which everyone did, and should, participate, and they come out and play like that against Tech? You've got players once again saying in the press that they need to do better? Really?
NO SH1T!!! Quit freaking saying it and do it. Tell me FTLT how the saturday game against Brown and this game against Tech should give those of us who dare question this program any reason to believe this is a team who is going to turn a corner and start to show up with the DU's,and CC's, and UMD's, and UW's, and UND's in the top of the standing's this year, let alone with the BSU's and UNO's who show up next year? What, Motzko is going to become a savant in that time?
 
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wchaforever said:
Seriously, get over YOURSELF as the defender of anything that someone criticises regarding either the team or the coaches. They supposedly had one of their toughest practices ever, in which everyone did, and should, participate, and they come out and play like that against Tech? You've got players once again saying in the press that they need to do better? Really?
NO SH1T!!! Quit freaking saying it and do it. Tell me FTLT how the saturday game against Brown and this game against Tech should give those of us who dare question this program any reason to believe this is a team who is going to turn a corner and start to show up with the DU's,and CC's, and UMD's, and UW's, and UND's in the top of the standing's this year, let alone with the BSU's and UNO's who show up next year? What, Motzko is going to become a savant in that time?
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I never said it did *******.
But why is it always the coaches who end up hammered for it as though they have to find some magic touch to get all these guys to pull their heads out of their asses and do it?
When does it fall on the players to try and take care of it themselves, I mean do they need to have their hands held for them?
I mean wild talks about sitting people, who exactly needs to sit and just what is the person they are sitting for going to provide that the other player doesn't?
Yes they need to do more than win, they need to start playing better as well and let downs are a pain in the *** but they are going to happen, they happen to every team, even ones that win championships.
The skating wasn't enough, so they got an *** chewing, ok, move on and now IMO, it falls on the players.
I've said this before and I believe it, you can't motivate something that isn't there in the first place, so if there are guys on this team who don't respond to it, then there are guys who don't respond to it but it doesn't mean that they aren't putting in the work and they aren't giving their all.
The same type of motivation isn't going to work on everybody and some guys really don't "need" a coach to motivate them to play.
Basically, if one thing doesn't work, you try something else, but I don't believe you sacrifice your teams chances to win by sitting guys, stars (whoever the hell wild thinks needs to sit) just to make a point.
When we are healthy, I think the 12 best forwards are the ones playing and they give us the best chance we have to win, others don't think that, fine, I don't expect anyone to agree with me.

I don't pretend to have all the answers and I know for a fact Motzko knows a hell of a lot more about this game and this team than any of the people posting on here and I'm sorry if I find it way too convenient to come on here and do nothing but ***** about how he's screwing up or the players are screwing up or that Rioux should play and there's something behind why he's not without ANY evidence as to what and Lee will be "handed" the job despite not earning it and whatever else this "fanbase" continues to spout out what "needs" to happen without knowing jack **** about the reasoning behind any decision this staff makes.
I also think it's too easy to say a bad game against a weak team means they can't compete with the big boys, especially when they've already shown they can.
Hell, Denver tied UAA at home last night, you think any of their fans are worried about whether they can compete at a high level because of it?
No, it was a bad game and they need to do better, same thing here, it was a bad game and they need to do better, I don't think anyone would argue that.
The schedule sets up easier than in the first half and they should benefit from that, but the sky isn't falling because they played badly and still won just like the sky isn't falling when they lose.
 
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wchaforever said:
Seriously, get over YOURSELF as the defender of anything that someone criticises regarding either the team or the coaches. They supposedly had one of their toughest practices ever, in which everyone did, and should, participate, and they come out and play like that against Tech? You've got players once again saying in the press that they need to do better? Really?
NO SH1T!!! Quit freaking saying it and do it. Tell me FTLT how the saturday game against Brown and this game against Tech should give those of us who dare question this program any reason to believe this is a team who is going to turn a corner and start to show up with the DU's,and CC's, and UMD's, and UW's, and UND's in the top of the standing's this year, let alone with the BSU's and UNO's who show up next year? What, Motzko is going to become a savant in that time?
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No doubt FTLT needs to get over the constant need to defend every little thing to no end when it comes to this team, the players, and coaches. I do give Motzko a lot of credit for bringing quality players in and getting the talent he has considering what he has to compete with in the area (specifically MN, UND, WI.) That said, TB repeated this constantly during the offseason (and I'm surprised we haven't heard more of it at this point) that Motzko needs to prove he can coach the team to success. IMO, the past season's inconsistent play has probably been a combination between coaching and players. Motzko and his staff can only take the guys so far and then they have to step up and put the effort on the ice. Just as was pointed out in the quoted post, the players need to quit talking about what needs to be done better and get it done.

The Huskies are on a decent little run right now (6-1-1 in their last 8) and their upcoming schedule is set up in their favor. The first half schedule was brutal and although it would've been nice to have a few of those games back they came out of it relatively healthy and didn't take themselves out of contention. They gave themselves a chance to turn it on in the 2nd half and really make some noise. It's there for the taking and if this team can fix their little mistakes and the D picks up a notch we could see a pretty good finish to the season. They've proven they can play with the best in the nation but now they need to do it on a consistent basis.

Hope to see Lee feed off his good performances from the WJ's and have a good start to the 2nd half tonight.
 
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Ummm, you really made your case by going to the a55h0le card FTLT, but your agruments would have been much more compelling if you had also gone to the ALL CAPS METHOD OF REALLY SHOWING EVERYONE HOW MUCH MORE YOU KNOW THAN THEY DO. You're satisfied with lack of effort, because in your mind we have NO ONE on the bench to replace them? Hell, I don't even care if we only skate 9 guys if they skate. You keep saying that there is little that Bob can do about bad decisions made by players and lack of effort made by players...blah blah blah. I'm going to point to a little press conference yesterday that you may have seen by some black guy who took the blame for another black guy who boarded a plane in Amsterdam, while the first black guy was in HAWAII. It's called the top boss accepting accountability. No, Bob can't put on skates, he can't sit in the penalty box for stupid players. But he can decide who plays, again even if it is only 10 guys....12 guys...15 guys..total. However many want to prove that they DESERVE to play. I don't care if Riuox, or Ryan, or Volpei never play again this year, but I sure as hell expect my staff to get the guys he is putting out there to do better, or I am going to ask myself why I am in charge.
 
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Wow! I must've been typing up my post as I didn't have chance to read that tirade beforehand. FTLT, there are a number of things in your post I disagree with but one is your comment that none of us that follow the team know "jack****" about why decisions are being made. Maybe that's part of the problem. Some things should be kept internal but it's the coaches job to communicate to the fanbase WHY decisions are being made the way they are. When that doesn't happen it leads to an extremely frustrated group of people. It's our responsibility to hold the team, players, AND coaches responsbile for their decisions and performance. A few of your thoughts seem to be in direct contrast to most everyone else, such as Lee getting more slack, Rioux's situation, etc. Just sayin.
 
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wchaforever said:
Ummm, you really made your case by going to the a55h0le card FTLT, but your agruments would have been much more compelling if you had also gone to the ALL CAPS METHOD OF REALLY SHOWING EVERYONE HOW MUCH MORE YOU KNOW THAN THEY DO. You're satisfied with lack of effort, because in your mind we have NO ONE on the bench to replace them? Hell, I don't even care if we only skate 9 guys if they skate. You keep saying that there is little that Bob can do about bad decisions made by players and lack of effort made by players...blah blah blah. I'm going to point to a little press conference yesterday that you may have seen by some black guy who took the blame for another black guy who boarded a plane in Amsterdam, while the first black guy was in HAWAII. It's called the top boss accepting accountability. No, Bob can't put on skates, he can't sit in the penalty box for stupid players. But he can decide who plays, again even if it is only 10 guys....12 guys...15 guys..total. However many want to prove that they DESERVE to play. I don't care if Riuox, or Ryan, or Volpei never play again this year, but I sure as hell expect my staff to get the guys he is putting out there to do better, or I am going to ask myself why I am in charge.
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just be like the rest of us and skip over her posts

motox said:
A few of your thoughts seem to be in direct contrast to most everyone else, such as Lee getting more slack, Rioux's situation, etc. Just sayin.
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well of course because we know absolutely nothing about the sport, no matter how much or little we actually played the game, or our opinions are obviously inferior
 
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You guys have long posts. But I only read the last few that are on this page.

Just had a thought from attending the game last night.

The atmosphere at the SCSU arena last night was terrible. It was worse than the Ralph. Boring! I really hope it's not always like that there. Is it just because the students are not around?

I give Tech credit on 2 things though: They did get 2 goals, which exceeded my expectations. And the 4 fans in attendance (that weren't related to the Tech players) were all girls.

SCSU has a lot of small, fast players. I enjoyed watching them. I also enjoyed getting Lasch's autograph while decked out in my Tech attire. He's one of my favorite players in the WCHA :)
 
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motox said:
Two soft goals that they scored on or two soft goals Dunn let in? From your post I would assume Tech let in two softies. From listening on the radio Lyons said a number of times that St. Cloud wasn't doing much of anything on the ice. Didn't seem to be a ton of flow with all the penalties. Since it was their guys taking them I'm fine with it. Either way, a win is a win and gets us two more pts in the conference. Will be interesting to see if Motzko goes to Lee tomorrow or sticks with Dunn.
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Dunn Played fine. The sieves were the two Tech Goalies.
 
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motox said:
No doubt FTLT needs to get over the constant need to defend every little thing to no end when it comes to this team, the players, and coaches. I do give Motzko a lot of credit for bringing quality players in and getting the talent he has considering what he has to compete with in the area (specifically MN, UND, WI.) That said, TB repeated this constantly during the offseason (and I'm surprised we haven't heard more of it at this point) that Motzko needs to prove he can coach the team to success. IMO, the past season's inconsistent play has probably been a combination between coaching and players. Motzko and his staff can only take the guys so far and then they have to step up and put the effort on the ice. Just as was pointed out in the quoted post, the players need to quit talking about what needs to be done better and get it done.

The Huskies are on a decent little run right now (6-1-1 in their last 8) and their upcoming schedule is set up in their favor. The first half schedule was brutal and although it would've been nice to have a few of those games back they came out of it relatively healthy and didn't take themselves out of contention. They gave themselves a chance to turn it on in the 2nd half and really make some noise. It's there for the taking and if this team can fix their little mistakes and the D picks up a notch we could see a pretty good finish to the season. They've proven they can play with the best in the nation but now they need to do it on a consistent basis.

Hope to see Lee feed off his good performances from the WJ's and have a good start to the 2nd half tonight.
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Nice post.
 
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SiouxTechie said:
You guys have long posts.

The atmosphere at the SCSU arena last night was terrible. It was worse than the Ralph. Boring! I really hope it's not always like that there. Is it just because the students are not around?
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I'll try to shorten it up a bit for you.

1. Students on break
2. Bitter cold (I know, not much of an excuse)
3. It's Tech
 
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This from KA's blog....
"After St. Cloud State won for the sixth time in the past eight games, and had little trouble dispatching Michigan Tech 4-2 on Friday night at the National Hockey Center, you'd have thought any criticism from the home coach would've been somewhat muted. Instead, Bob Motzko lit into his team, saying he didn't like the way his players played 5-on-5 and that, once again in recent games, the power play made the difference."

Funny, I recall a certain someone ripping Wild for bringing up the 5 on 5 lack of success.
 
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Motox, Motzko doesn't answer to you he doesn't have to tell you squat about the decisions he makes. Wcha, yeah they were bad five on five i'm not arguing that. But there is no need to be a jerk about it. It's real simple, you don't like what i say, put me on ignore.
 
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First Time said:
Motox, Motzko doesn't answer to you he doesn't have to tell you squat about the decisions he makes. Wcha, yeah they were bad five on five i'm not arguing that. But there is no need to be a jerk about it. It's real simple, you don't like what i say, put me on ignore.
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Why don't you just scroll on up to post #647 and tell me who acted like a jerk! And if you don't think Motzko answers to the public to a certain degree as a PUBLIC employee, you are wrong.
 
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