Nice to have TV hockey overload for Friday’s snow day. I watched the surprising UND loss to Denver in the afternoon game, followed by the Gopher’s overtime win versus the regular-season champs, Colorado College. Turning the channel to KSTC, I watched the first part of the Wild game in Vancouver before setting the DVR to record the second and third periods. And it starts all over again today too!
A few notes from Friday:
- The Gophers seem to have endless energy. The Wild should hire their strength trainer.
- Anxious to see how the NCAA hockey seedings shake out.
- While watching the Wild recording, I kept waiting for the late tying goal. Nice to shake off that monkey.
- Simon tops Gaborik in faceoff wins stat: Simon – 100% (1-1), Gabby 0% (0-1).
- Demitra needs to get better at face-offs down the stretch (Bennie – 67%, Koivu – 52%, Shep – 45%, Pavol – 27%).
- Benny played well, 19 shifts for 9:47, including key late shifts again.
- Johnsson got to play workhorse for the missing Foster – 31 shifts for 25:18.
- A plus game for Skoula, who only had 17:40 of ice time.
Today: Gophers play Denver for the WCHA title and Wild at Calgary.