Well, it was one of those nights. The Sioux outshot CC 18-4 in the first period, but trailed 1-0 after giving up a shorthanded goal.
Despite the shots on goal, there were a number of things I saw in the first period that did not bode well for the rest of the game. Players weren’t finishing checks and there were multiple odd-man rushes. I would venture a guess that UND allowed more outnumbered situations in this game than they had the entire season up until this point.
I am not sold on Marto and LaPoint as a defensive pair. I think there are different ways to get them both in the lineup.
Once again, CC looked faster than any team we’ve seen so far.
It would be tempting to talk about all of the things that could have gone differently, but I’d rather focus on the things CC was able to do to play their game. They were very effective on the forecheck, tipped passes and got in the way of shots, and cleared rebounds away from the net. In short, they played the game they needed to play to get a win on the road.
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UND did not have nearly the physically dominant game that they acheived Friday. I commented during the game that “We are playing CC’s style tonight”. As it turns out, the Sioux never broke out of playing CC’s style.