SUMMARY: What can you say about last night’s game other than it was a weird night, and the Sioux lost and need to move on to next week. UND split the weekend on the road and, in general, that is not a bad thing. We can blame Don Adam for penalty calls, or make excuses because of the injuries, or be in awe of Eric Walsky’s four-goal performance -- but the bottom line is despite these distractions the Sioux fought hard and still had a chance to win.
THE GOOD: I liked the way the Sioux played this weekend and I feel that some of the players came into their own during this series- especially Eidsness and Hextall.
THE BAD: The five-minute major on Brett Hextall. I kept replaying the B2 webcast of the hit and although I thought it was a penalty (he hit the player into the net) I did not think it was worthy of a five-minute major game misconduct penalty. But with that said, there was no reason for Hextall to make that hit; Duncan had just scored and based on the replay it seemed like Hextall could have avoided hitting the CC player. He needs to show restraint. That penalty changed the momentum of the game.
THE UGLY: The own goal. These things happen and you just have to laugh about it. Just think of the "ribbing” Chris VandeVelde is going to get all week in practice.
UND’s record for the first eight games is very similar to last year’s record. UND is currently 3-3 in the WCHA and 3-5 overall for the first eight games. Compare this to the first eight games from last year when UND was 2-3 in the WCHA and 4-3-1 overall. Both are not are not very good starts. I think we have to take the positive out of this weekend which is UND did play well despite all the distractions. I truly believe it’s just a matter of time when all cylinders start clicking and they go on their post-December roll.
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