3rd poweplay must have been that good that I don’t remember. All I do remember is Gildon took it from the offensive blue line around the zone until he was back where he started from without a pass or sho. One of UNHs powerplays the puck was in the CC players hands more than UNH. Penalties that were called were pretty embarrassing. MacKinnon hold was pretty lame. Gildons hook was pretty lame. I feel Vela’s call was a shut up call from the ref to Vela because the penalty was a stick on stick trying to clear the zone not a karate chop. Vela had been barking up the officials tree from the moment Gildon sat down until the puck was dropped deep in the defensive zone.
UNH had a couple good cycles behind the CC net however couldn’t make anything happen. Looking forward to seeing how UNH comes out tonight. Hopefully their conditioning was better than the football teams second half conditioning when they played CU in Boulder a month or so back. Playing at over 6300 feet is draining. If UNH stays out of box and gets shots through they should have a good opportunity for Sousa’s first W.
If I've noticed one thing watching college hockey out here - its they call a lot of penalties in the NCHC. So will be something to keep an eye on tonight.