After giving up a power play goal, Knowles makes it 4-1 from Pannek and Schammel.
I'm not sure just how much better the D is playing today (obviously some, just based on the scoring), because the backchecking forwards are just swallowing the Saints whole. Which is a positive development in its own right.
Pannek nets another shortie to make it 5-1. Over the last two weeks, the Gophers are scoring far more goals on their opponents' power play than on their own.
Edit: The balance of play is indicated by the fact that I didn't even realize that Minnesota was short handed until I looked at the box score.
I may stop praising a Gopher player's play. It seems when I do they have issues in their next game (see #13). Also, with less than a minute to go in the 2nd period there was another example of the defense getting too "cute" with the puck around their own goal, whew.
The score is great, though.
Last edited by bluffrinkrat; 11-23-2018, 04:26 PM.
Reason: Officiating? Just plain weird.
"Everything that rises must converge." Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
I do feel for those who have to deal with HEA officiating on a regular basis. This game is not an outlier; they love to blow their whistles.
It's not that what they call couldn't be interpreted as penalties. They just don't have any feel for the game, and their silly calls on things that wouldn't impact the flow of play, do end up having an impact because it totally tilts the ice. I've definitely seen worse games than this in terms of what they call.
On the plus side, the video coverage of today's game is very watchable. Fine work, UVM.
"... And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;" -- Rudyard Kipling
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