RECAP: Sioux 2, UMass 3

He is my recap of last night's game:

SUMMARY: Where have you been for five periods of hockey?


THE GOOD: The third period of the game.

The first two periods of this game were similar to the BU game, although I will have to say the Sioux did carry a lot of the play. However, in the third period the Sioux looked like the team we all want to see. Skating fast, winning battles for the puck and putting shots on net for the whole period. Hopefully this is a sign of the way they will play the rest of the season.

Ryan Martens had a good game and Walski was ok. Granted he was only tested with 16 shots but two of the goals were power play goals.

THE BAD: FACEOFFS and OFFSIDES

Did it seem like there were a lot of offsides and players being thrown out of the face off circle? Sioux Fan from Boston and I could not figure it out. It appeared like last night the referees were calling the offsides very tight. As for players being thrown out of the playoff circle, I think I have seen more players thrown out of the circle in this game than I did all of last season.

On a side note: did it really feel like UND won the faceoff battle 41 – 30? When I looked at the summary I couldn’t believe it. Other than the third period, it felt like the Sioux lost every faceoff.

THE UGLY: POWER PLAY!

Until the third period of the UMass game, the Sioux had the following stats on their power play:

Power Play Opportunities: 13
Shots on net: 12
Shots on net by the opponent: 6
GOALS: 0

It’s sad when your opponent has over 30% of the shots on your power plays and the Sioux had only an average of less than one shot per opportunity.

Compare this to the third period of the UMass game:

Power Play Opportunities: 2
Shots on net: 6
Shots on net by the opponent: 0
GOALS: 1

This period had a much better performance on the power play by the Sioux. Although not a power play, when Walski was pulled in the last minute the Sioux carried the play there as well.

With both the Sioux and Wisconsin coming out of the New England area 0-2 it will make the early match-up with Wisconsin the last weekend in October a big one.

It was a good third period so let's hope the Sioux can build on that period and move forward.

GO SIOUX!!!