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Its like every rink rat came together and decided to team up

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ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser

I hated him because his teams were better than ours

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"I'm super proud of my team right now, I'm probably the luckiest goalie in the entire country," LaFontaine said. "We've got four lines…we can go all night long. We're building something special here."

Could see the tears flowing the last couple minutes
That meant a lot to him, especially the shutout. There.
Some of the best saves I have seen in last nights game. Incredible quickness and recovery.
He was focused in and unbeatable.

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Good stuff
Remember them both well
Sweeping rebounds for your goaltender can take him from good to elite
Meyers is so good, he's in the right place at the right time on every shift
Invaluable players

This bunch does things regular teams do not
Its like every rink rat came together and decided to team up
Sorensons getting harassed by two Wolverines, they come screaming into the Michigan zone down the wing, all three guys, they're hoping to drive him thru the boards .... he screeches to a halt, while they converge, he turns back into the play, this starts their confusion ... he spins his body to protect the puck, and wraps it forward, but off the boards as a bounce pass.
the two Michigan guys are following him like Washington Generals following a Globetrotter and you can almost hear them saying "we scared him off the puck" Uhhh, nope, theres a Gopher flying a step or two behind the play, reads it perfectly, picks up speed and the puck and drives it from the wall to the net for a great 1 on 0 chance. Meanwhile the two Wloverines and the Gopher are in a 3car pileup at the blueline, watching it unfold.
Hockey sense, reading the play, using each other. it takes the game from difficult to easy. Very smart kids on this team.
The outlet never changes we always say, its the same play ... thats true, but its done differently by different level of players
This group uses touch-touch-touch and we're out. No dangerous cross ice stuff that turns back on you. Everythings forward and with purpose.

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"I'm super proud of my team right now, I'm probably the luckiest goalie in the entire country," LaFontaine said. "We've got four lines…we can go all night long. We're building something special here."

Could see the tears flowing the last couple minutes
That meant a lot to him, especially the shutout. There.
Some of the best saves I have seen in last nights game. Incredible quickness and recovery.
He was focused in and unbeatable.

Congrats on the shutout.

It's kind of weird to me that if you're up by 4 goals in the 3rd period, you don't take that opportunity to rest the kid and get the backup some work. Rarely see that in hockey. It's something that should be explored.

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"I'm super proud of my team right now, I'm probably the luckiest goalie in the entire country," LaFontaine said. "We've got four lines…we can go all night long. We're building something special here."

Could see the tears flowing the last couple minutes
That meant a lot to him, especially the shutout. There.
Some of the best saves I have seen in last nights game. Incredible quickness and recovery.
He was focused in and unbeatable.

Congrats on the shutout.

It's kind of weird to me that if you're up by 4 goals in the 3rd period, you don't take that opportunity to rest the kid and get the backup some work. Rarely see that in hockey. It's something that should be explored.

nice try

There's not one hockey coach in the history of hockey ..... pulls him last night
And no, you didn't hook me, I'm here anyway.

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"I'm super proud of my team right now, I'm probably the luckiest goalie in the entire country," LaFontaine said. "We've got four lines…we can go all night long. We're building something special here."

Could see the tears flowing the last couple minutes
That meant a lot to him, especially the shutout. There.
Some of the best saves I have seen in last nights game. Incredible quickness and recovery.
He was focused in and unbeatable.

Congrats on the shutout.

It's kind of weird to me that if you're up by 4 goals in the 3rd period, you don't take that opportunity to rest the kid and get the backup some work. Rarely see that in hockey. It's something that should be explored.

nice try

There's not one hockey coach in the history of hockey ..... pulls him last night
And no, you didn't hook me, I'm here anyway.

They're off until January anyway

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Would Jason Zucker be a good fit on this Gophers team?

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Would Jason Zucker be a good fit on this Gophers team?

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Love Motzko
Knew if they left him alone and let the transition settle in, it'd be ok
Seems kinda too old-school, but he's not.
Super guy, part of his personna is a regular Joe, and it works.
But he's sharp as hell. Love what he did in St Cloud
And anyone around the Gophers program since the late 90s knew there were a couple guys who woulda killed for the job.
But Donny wasn't going anywhere.
Blais wanted in and got too old. It almost happened to Motzko too.
So glad he got the dream job he wanted. He bleeds maroon and gold.
The thing about his teams is they will get some talent, but no matter how much talent they get, they will work hard.
He had a couple St Cloud teams that were damn fun because of that.
My favorite Motzko story was about 5 years ago our lowly HS is playing in the section semis in St Peter
Weather delayed it several times, at GAC, you don't set a time, they set your time ...and we got a Monday night at 9 pm, which actually became like 10 pm before we started. There was one kid on the whole rink that was considered a recruit, and not even a top tier one.
Anyway, walked past the zamboni room between periods, its about 11:15, in an ugly game, and boom, walk right into Motzko
I think at the time they were like top 5 in the country. And here he is, probably the lowest rated semi-final in the state, 150 miles from St Cloud, and he's there. We chatted, I quiz him and he's like "its my job man, I love watching ANY hockey, have a great third"
Tells you about the man. And his humility level. Used to run into him when he was wearing out the road between St Cloud and Sioux Falls, same thing, getting gas In Marshall at midnight, there he'd be. Hard-working sob, always in a good mood. He loves the U. We're lucky.

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When the hell do we play again? The official schedule says that last Michigan game was it.