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***UND 2018 Off Season Thread***

Re: ***UND 2018 Off Season Thread***

omahasioux1 said:
Couldn't score on the PP and couldn't score period.
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I thought that North Dakota dominated Manitoba (as they should). The game was not nearly as close as the final score. I know some use the "hot goalie" as an excuse more often than they should (and do so simply when there were a lot of SOGs, and not necessarily a lot of great quality chances), but I thought that Manitoba's goalie made some very good saves on some high quality opportunities. It could have easily been an 8-2 game.
 
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Fighting Sioux 23 said:
I thought that North Dakota dominated Manitoba (as they should). The game was not nearly as close as the final score. I know some use the "hot goalie" as an excuse more often than they should (and do so simply when there were a lot of SOGs, and not necessarily a lot of great quality chances), but I thought that Manitoba's goalie made some very good saves on some high quality opportunities. It could have easily been an 8-2 game.
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I'm going to disagree with you a little here. Yes, UND did pour a ton of shots on goal, but it's hard for me to sit back and think of any really outstanding chances that UND had. A lot of pretty easy saves.

Before the season started I privately worried about where the goal scoring will come from on this team. I still worry about that. A lot. We're going to need our young goaltenders and a pretty decent d-corps to keep us in some games this year until we can get a greasy goal or two.

It's years like this when I wish we had Hakstol back as coach. It's certainly arguable that he might not have gotten everything he could have out of uber-talented UND squads, but those years where our best players were guys like Pattyn, Dave always knew how to keep the team detail oriented and in the games.

Koho said:
How did Hain look?
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I thought Hain looked decent. I guess if I had to choose one word to describe his play, it would be "energy." He was pretty relentless on the forecheck. There were a couple of times when he put himself in a good position to score just due to his own effort, but the game still seemed a little fast for him. There were other shifts though, where you didn't really notice him out there. That will change and I think he will be a fun player for UND fans to watch these next few years.
 
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