The Fighting Sioux finally get their first series sweep of the season against the Harvard Crimson.
First off this game was tough to watch. The two people calling the game for the Harvard broadcast were absolutely horrible. These two Skippys from the Harvard broadcast team need to go to back Remedial Hockey 101 classes. These two guys were messing up basic hockey knowledge facts and it takes away from the hockey broadcast. Just because a player hits someone into the end boards or side boards, as long as it isn't result of a player taking more than three steps or if the opposition player doesn't chop his opponent face first into the boards it is not a penalty: you can't invent one just because it was hard check. Now if the opposition player is checking a person that isn't the puck carrier, that is interference.
Second the officials for tonight's game weren't even up to WCHA standards so they were God awful as well. To call a player for goalie interference, that player would actually have to interfere with the goalie. Standing in front of him without making contact is not interference. That was a brutal call.
Positives from tonight's game
~Jake Marto was a +1 for the night and +2 on the weekend.
~David Toews had three points on the weekend and is now (2-3-5) on the season.
~Ryan Duncan had two points tonight (1-1-2). That gives Duncan three points on the weekend and (6-8-14) on the season.
~Senior Ryan Martens was solid all weekend. Martens got another assist tonight to go along with six points last night. That would give Ryan Martens (5-6-11) points on the season eclipsing last season's (1-9-10) point total.
~For the Eidsness doubters; freshman goalie Brad Eidsness is now 7-5-1 and has a GAA of 2.67 and a SV% of .911. I have said this before, Eidsness was brought in to be the starter and should remain in that role. Walski's role should be on the bench, opening the players door and taking goalie stats. Unless Walski can stop .911 percent of the shots he faces, he isn't starter material. I don't see that happening based on his performance so far this season.
~The Fighting Sioux have now scored 22 goals in 4 games (7-1-10-4).
~Since losing the first three games of the season the Sioux are 7-5-1. I know it is a cliche folks, but I try to look for the silver linings. I am not a negative person by nature and I can only be negative for so long before I have to look at the positives. I have said before that I don't think UND is as bad as some think they are.
Box score
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1st Period (20:00)
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NDK-1 Chris VandeVelde (2-Tripping) HAR 1x1 0:33
NDK-2 Brad Malone (2-Hitting from Behind) HAR 1x2 1:50
HAR 1 - 0 6x4 PP Alex Killorn (3) (Michael Biega, Alex Biega) 2:07
HAR: 21,23,27,15,3,G34 NDK: 3,20,5,G31
HAR-1 Doug Rogers (2-Boarding) NDK 1x1 5:08
HAR-2 Pier-Olivier Michaud (2-High-Sticking) NDK 1x2 5:53
NDK 1 - 1 6x4 PP Ryan Duncan (6) (Brad Miller) 6:59
NDK: 16,14,29,26,5,G31 HAR: 9,7,28,G34
HAR-3 Chad Morin (2-Hooking) NDK 2x3 7:37
NDK 2 - 1 6x5 PP Chay Genoway (2) (Ryan Duncan, Chris VandeVelde) 7:53
NDK: 5,16,26,14,29,G31
NDK-3 Corey Fienhage (2-Hitting from Behind) HAR 1x3 9:21
NDK-4 Brad Malone (2-HITTING AFTER WHISTLE) HAR 1x4 11:38
NDK-5 Chris VandeVelde (10-Game Misconduct) 13:15
NDK-6 Chris VandeVelde (5-Hitting from Behind) (Served by Brent Davidson) HAR 1x5 13:15
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2nd Period (20:00)
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HAR-4 Alex Killorn (2-High-Sticking) NDK 2x4 2:24
HAR 2 - 2 6x6 Michael Del Mauro (2) (Chad Morin, Daniel Moriarty) 9:54
HAR (+): 7,11,27,28,13,G34 NDK (-): 16,26,10,14,6,G31
NDK-7 Brett Hextall (2-Interference) HAR 1x6 16:01
Timeout - Harvard 16:01
NDK-8 Brett Hextall (2-CONTACT TO THE HEAD) HAR 2x7 19:52
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3rd Period (20:00)
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HAR 3 - 2 6x5 PP Daniel Moriarty (2) (Pier-Olivier Michaud, Michael Biega) 0:08
HAR: 11,39,27,15,3,G34 NDK: 5,11,3,20,G31
NDK-9 BENCH (2-TOO MANY PLAYERS ON ICE) (Served by David Toews) HAR 2x8 1:20
HAR-5 Jimmy Fraser (2-Boarding) NDK 3x5 5:44
NDK 3 - 3 6x5 PP David Toews (2) (Ryan Martens, Jake Marto) 6:03
NDK: 18,8,25,20,21,G31 HAR: 28,7,12,39,G34
NDK 4 - 3 6x6 GW LL Matt Frattin (7) (Brad Malone, David Toews) 7:33
NDK (+): 21,25,18,4,22,G31 HAR (-): 7,11,13,27,28,G34
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End of Game
First off this game was tough to watch. The two people calling the game for the Harvard broadcast were absolutely horrible. These two Skippys from the Harvard broadcast team need to go to back Remedial Hockey 101 classes. These two guys were messing up basic hockey knowledge facts and it takes away from the hockey broadcast. Just because a player hits someone into the end boards or side boards, as long as it isn't result of a player taking more than three steps or if the opposition player doesn't chop his opponent face first into the boards it is not a penalty: you can't invent one just because it was hard check. Now if the opposition player is checking a person that isn't the puck carrier, that is interference.
Second the officials for tonight's game weren't even up to WCHA standards so they were God awful as well. To call a player for goalie interference, that player would actually have to interfere with the goalie. Standing in front of him without making contact is not interference. That was a brutal call.
Positives from tonight's game
~Jake Marto was a +1 for the night and +2 on the weekend.
~David Toews had three points on the weekend and is now (2-3-5) on the season.
~Ryan Duncan had two points tonight (1-1-2). That gives Duncan three points on the weekend and (6-8-14) on the season.
~Senior Ryan Martens was solid all weekend. Martens got another assist tonight to go along with six points last night. That would give Ryan Martens (5-6-11) points on the season eclipsing last season's (1-9-10) point total.
~For the Eidsness doubters; freshman goalie Brad Eidsness is now 7-5-1 and has a GAA of 2.67 and a SV% of .911. I have said this before, Eidsness was brought in to be the starter and should remain in that role. Walski's role should be on the bench, opening the players door and taking goalie stats. Unless Walski can stop .911 percent of the shots he faces, he isn't starter material. I don't see that happening based on his performance so far this season.
~The Fighting Sioux have now scored 22 goals in 4 games (7-1-10-4).
~Since losing the first three games of the season the Sioux are 7-5-1. I know it is a cliche folks, but I try to look for the silver linings. I am not a negative person by nature and I can only be negative for so long before I have to look at the positives. I have said before that I don't think UND is as bad as some think they are.
Box score
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1st Period (20:00)
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NDK-1 Chris VandeVelde (2-Tripping) HAR 1x1 0:33
NDK-2 Brad Malone (2-Hitting from Behind) HAR 1x2 1:50
HAR 1 - 0 6x4 PP Alex Killorn (3) (Michael Biega, Alex Biega) 2:07
HAR: 21,23,27,15,3,G34 NDK: 3,20,5,G31
HAR-1 Doug Rogers (2-Boarding) NDK 1x1 5:08
HAR-2 Pier-Olivier Michaud (2-High-Sticking) NDK 1x2 5:53
NDK 1 - 1 6x4 PP Ryan Duncan (6) (Brad Miller) 6:59
NDK: 16,14,29,26,5,G31 HAR: 9,7,28,G34
HAR-3 Chad Morin (2-Hooking) NDK 2x3 7:37
NDK 2 - 1 6x5 PP Chay Genoway (2) (Ryan Duncan, Chris VandeVelde) 7:53
NDK: 5,16,26,14,29,G31
NDK-3 Corey Fienhage (2-Hitting from Behind) HAR 1x3 9:21
NDK-4 Brad Malone (2-HITTING AFTER WHISTLE) HAR 1x4 11:38
NDK-5 Chris VandeVelde (10-Game Misconduct) 13:15
NDK-6 Chris VandeVelde (5-Hitting from Behind) (Served by Brent Davidson) HAR 1x5 13:15
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2nd Period (20:00)
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HAR-4 Alex Killorn (2-High-Sticking) NDK 2x4 2:24
HAR 2 - 2 6x6 Michael Del Mauro (2) (Chad Morin, Daniel Moriarty) 9:54
HAR (+): 7,11,27,28,13,G34 NDK (-): 16,26,10,14,6,G31
NDK-7 Brett Hextall (2-Interference) HAR 1x6 16:01
Timeout - Harvard 16:01
NDK-8 Brett Hextall (2-CONTACT TO THE HEAD) HAR 2x7 19:52
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3rd Period (20:00)
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HAR 3 - 2 6x5 PP Daniel Moriarty (2) (Pier-Olivier Michaud, Michael Biega) 0:08
HAR: 11,39,27,15,3,G34 NDK: 5,11,3,20,G31
NDK-9 BENCH (2-TOO MANY PLAYERS ON ICE) (Served by David Toews) HAR 2x8 1:20
HAR-5 Jimmy Fraser (2-Boarding) NDK 3x5 5:44
NDK 3 - 3 6x5 PP David Toews (2) (Ryan Martens, Jake Marto) 6:03
NDK: 18,8,25,20,21,G31 HAR: 28,7,12,39,G34
NDK 4 - 3 6x6 GW LL Matt Frattin (7) (Brad Malone, David Toews) 7:33
NDK (+): 21,25,18,4,22,G31 HAR (-): 7,11,13,27,28,G34
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End of Game
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