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drew -> RE: Other college hockey (BSU, UND, SCSU, etc) (11/1/2014 6:51:19 AM)
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Sorry to leave you in here alone last night Matt. I took my son to the game last night, so you'll get an on-site report instead.
First off, the crowd was pretty sparse last night. They said the attendance was over 3,000 but there's no way that's accurate. Maybe with Halloween and Bemidji's HS team playing at home in the section final, there was some effect on attendance. The student section was full, and they were pretty loud.
It was a really entertaining game. The first period started out a little slow, but it was up and down the ice for both the second and third periods. Honestly, 6-1 was probably not indicative of the game played. Shots were pretty much even all the way throughout, and Alaska's goalie had a pretty rough 3rd period. I was waiting for him to get the hook, but he stayed out there. That SMF guy knows his hockey - he was telling us we'd like Bitzer, and I'm very excited to have him in the program for the next few years. He made some really good saves, and he seems pretty big in the goal.
I remember saying how young we are before the season. That's not entirely true. All of our forwards are very young, and I think there's a lot of potential there. But our defensemen are older and very experienced. Prapavessis and Rindle are good and big, and they really do a good job of controlling the play. Sounds like we're going with Walsh tonight. You were probably right about them splitting time at the beginning of the season and seeing who they like more. I will say that Walsh was very supportive and being a good teammate last night, which might be hard for a senior who's seeing a freshman taking his job.
Like you said Matt, Alaska's a pretty good team. They're ranked #16 and a lot of pollsters are just going to see we beat them by 5 goals. Let's do it again tonight, and get back into the polls!
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