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Sioux vs Gophers - Sioux invade the John...

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MinnesotaNorthStar said:
Disagree. Part of the reason for the shot differential was UND's inability to break the puck out and bad giveaways in the defensive zone.
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Difficulty in moving the puck out of the defensive end into the offensive end isn't necessarily a reflection of their defensive shape/coverage, how well they get into passing lanes/block shots, or how well they pressure the puck carrier. UND did all 3 of those things tonight better than any team MN has played this year.

I'd add that I also don't think they were bad in breaking out, gaining the offensive zone or maintaining pressure once there. Certainly not up to the standards of Sioux teams in the past, but far from bad.

UND didn't generate many shots, but they did generate a fair number of quality opportunities, and in terms of territorial advantage they didn't trail all that much behind MN tonight.

EDIT: well, the first period they trailed significantly in terms of territory. But that evened out through the second and third.
 
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Talking with MNS, and I asked if the forechecking at this level was different than in years past (for the Sioux). His response? No, it's normal but we usually have the puck when we do that. :D

I totally understood, and agreed.
 
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Go4PuckFan2.0 said:
Anyone catch the 'face-off's won' stat? Seems like it would heavily favor the Gophers.
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The box scores on fightingsioux.com have faceoff stats. Thanks to Corban Knight's continuing success, this stat favored UND both nights. For the season, he's .606.

I would love to see Time On Ice stats, but those aren't there.

Friday:http://www.fightingsioux.com/downlo...SID=58684&SPID=6405&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=13500

Saturday:http://www.fightingsioux.com/downlo...SID=58684&SPID=6405&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=13500
 
Re: Sioux vs Gophers - Sioux invade the John...

So I just watched the BTN highlights and noticed Grimaldi felt the need to do his Tim Tebow impersonation. If he plans on doing that after every goal, it's gonna get old real fast...
 
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Gee, it would be so terrible if opposing fans didn't like something that Rocco or any other Sioux player did. :(
 
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J.D. said:
So I just watched the BTN highlights and noticed Grimaldi felt the need to do his Tim Tebow impersonation. If he plans on doing that after every goal, it's gonna get old real fast...
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It's already gotten old.
 
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J.D. said:
So I just watched the BTN highlights and noticed Grimaldi felt the need to do his Tim Tebow impersonation. If he plans on doing that after every goal, it's gonna get old real fast...
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It was sort of ironic to me that some Sioux fans were whining about Rau being happy and doing his little thing after his goals only to see Rocco call attention to himself with his Tebowing. Personally, I don't have any problem with Rocco celebrating in such a way. I want my players to be happy when they succeed.

Same thing goes for the entire team after they sweep a series. If you can't get excited after sweeping a big rival, then you shouldn't be playing. I want MY team to be excited and show a passion for winning games.
 
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Hammy said:
It was sort of ironic to me that some Sioux fans were whining about Rau being happy and doing his little thing after his goals only to see Rocco call attention to himself with his Tebowing. Personally, I don't have any problem with Rocco celebrating in such a way. I want my players to be happy when they succeed.

Same thing goes for the entire team after they sweep a series. If you can't get excited after sweeping a big rival, then you shouldn't be playing. I want MY team to be excited and show a passion for winning games.
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Verbatim what I was about to post. You beat me to it.
 
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Hammy said:
It was sort of ironic to me that some Sioux fans were whining about Rau being happy and doing his little thing after his goals only to see Rocco call attention to himself with his Tebowing. Personally, I don't have any problem with Rocco celebrating in such a way. I want my players to be happy when they succeed.

Same thing goes for the entire team after they sweep a series. If you can't get excited after sweeping a big rival, then you shouldn't be playing. I want MY team to be excited and show a passion for winning games.
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There isn't a goal scored (that I am aware of) that isn't celebrated to some degree. Rou's celebration is not excessive. He is not in anybody's face taunting them, so deal with it and let it go.
 
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