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Friddy has reinjured her shoulder again. She did have surgery this off season, but rehurt it like a month into the season. She is playing in the "defenseman" slot, like Wong is, on the second line, and is obviously in some pain.
All credit in the world to the Dogs for two great performances against the Goofs!!! For the first 5 minutes or so of that first period in game one it looked like a replay of the UCONN series!! I think the SOG was like 11-0! Just a few comments . . .
Haley Irwin is such the real deal. Skate, shoot, puck control, pin-point passing . . . and ahem, passion for the game The opposition cannot give her an open look or she will bury it.
Harss and Santa both looked really sharp . . . is that comforting, or what?? With their teammates flying and defedning so well in front of them it's going to take some sharp-shooting and/or breakaways to capitalize. wow!
Winberg's game winner on Friday was a thing of beauty. Harss' head's up pass to Holmlov, the perfect feed ahead to Winberg and then the finish . . . and a good example, I think, of the opportunities a torpedo mindset can produce.
Speaking of Holmlov. . . did she play like a possessed woman on Saturday or what?? She was all over the ice and nearly single handedly kept the Gophers in their own end on several occasions.
I'm glad to hear that despite the blood and cuts that Tara's injury is not "serious". I couldn't see it as I was at the opposite end of the arena when it happened, but it sure sounded horrific. I'm hard pressed to think of any other time coach Miller went on the ice to check out a player.
We could go to games the rest of the season and not see two more exciting, hard fought, evenly played games. Kudos to both teams.
Well done Dogs!!!!!!!!!!!!
U-M-D!!!!!!!
She has taken her game up a couple notches since her sophomore season. Personally, I really enjoyed her delay of game penalty.
Either one could have been seriously injured because they both hit the boards very hard. It was a good sign when Gray was outside the boards at postgame.
Here I disagree; I think you will see better games. Minnesota is not a good offensive team right now. They have potential, but that doesn't always translate onto the scoreboard, like the Wayne St game or game 2 vs UND. I wasn't that impressed by UMD defensively. Yes, they have two strong goalies, but their team D was nowhere close to what it has been in recent years. I'm sure it will get better over time, but I think Fridfinnson for one is being played out of position. She is an excellent wing, but seemed pretty vulnerable when back as a defender. The problem won't show up against overmatched opponents that won't be able to get the puck out of their own zone. Minnesota was too ragged to take advantage, but I think better offenses like Wisconsin and Ohio State will do more damage. The question when you play those teams is if the Badgers' goaltending and the Buckeyes' team D will be able to keep your offense in check. So you might see some very entertaining shootouts down the road.
It was a possible icing situation, but I think that the same play would have resulted under the old rule. Both players were racing for the puck, but the Gopher player got her stick on it before it reached the goal line extended. In general though, I agree that the new rule adds more risk with very little reward.
Good to see you ARM.
