2024-25 Gopher Hockey Season

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First time back to Mariucci for me since a 2022 beat down 8-0 over Wisconsin, felt good to see the team in person. They looked sluggish in the 2nd to the 3rd, but maybe because they were just bored 🤷‍♂️
 

Watching the WJC it's clear.

If BC wins the title it will be because of absolutely incredible talent
If MSU wins the title it will be because of Augustine
If UMN wins the title it will be because of four basically even lines rolling
If DU wins the title it will be because of Buium and knowing what it takes to win one
 


Team Boston, I mean Team USA ties it up 3 3
 


Team Boston/USA wins the WJC. All goals from BC/BU kids. Yay.
 


Matoska said:
Finns looking way better than team USA.
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As I was trying to go back and forth with this game and the Vikings debacle, it seemed to me that once the play went into OT, the US had many more chances. Maybe this should not be surprising as individual performances can shine much more on 3-on-3 OT than 5-on-5 team regulation play. Too bad the OT has to be settled in this way.
 

This upcoming series warrants a bigger write up later this week, but it should be a couple good games at OSU.

They are another Transfer Portal team. Five of their top six in points per game are transfers as well as one of the two goalies that rotate starts.
 



Remember how stupid it was that the Big Ten awarded the 2020-21 regular season title based on win percentage instead of point percentage which gave uw the title instead of the Gophers? It treated OT wins the same as regulation wins which is the main reason to implement the three point system... Anyways, still annoying.
 

I hate our PP so much.

Is L Mittelstadt, who has completely fallen off, and Koster really the best PP2 D pairing we can put out there? Give Gruba and Chesley a shot at this point.

1-0 OSU. Airey ain't good.
 






Pretty disappointing game so far. They look a little like they are stuck in 2nd gear.
 


I’m at the game, stupid penalty pretty much puts the game out of reach. Gophs had a 2 on the goalie and couldn’t score it.
 

Well, Bonin is correct. Goalie play has been brutal tonight in addition to our lack of scoring punch.
 






Donkey shit and you wonder why I rarely believe in these rosters other than 22-23
 

bonin21 said:
Donkey shit and you wonder why I rarely believe in these rosters other than 22-23
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You rarely believe because you’re incapable of long view rational thought. I’ve been attending games since the 80’s at old Mariucci and I’ve learned to simply shrug my shoulders at a game like this. They happen and they happen all the time. Look back at the ‘02 and ‘03 seasons and you’ll see they’re littered with frustrating head scratching losses. I wish you could enjoy Gopher hockey like the rest of us. You’re missing out.
 

This roster has massive fundamental problems. Special teams are awful. Goaltending sucks. Faceoffs suck.

And the real issue is I'm not seeing improvement in any of those over the course of the season.
 

bonin21 said:
I hate our PP so much.

Is L Mittelstadt, who has completely fallen off, and Koster really the best PP2 D pairing we can put out there? Give Gruba and Chesley a shot at this point.
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Koster scores on the PP and preserves his spot on PP2 for at least a few more series
 




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