Just saw a clip from Motzko's post-game interview.......

[cheeseheadgophfan]

He was pissed....talked about NCAA mandate and that he shouldn't be the one sitting up there right now....don't know what that meant...

But he repeatedly referred to "2" and held up 2 fingers..."two calls that lead to goals......"

Obviously he's referring to the game winner, but what other call (or lack of call) lead to another UMass goal?

 

[Outsider]

I think it was Rinzel behind the net that got high sticked which resulted in a turnover that then got centered in front of the net and banged home for either the second goal or the tieing goal, can’t remember which. That play and the overtime play should have both been penalties.

 

[Gophers1992]

The second goal Mittelstadt got high sticked and they took the puck fired it to the guy out in front and scored. Instead of a 3-2 game we should have been on the powerplay up 3-1. Obviously never a good look when a coach brings it up in a postgame presser but he is completely right, the officials totally swallowed their whistles in the 3rd/OT and it screwed us over.

 

[upnorthkid]

The second goal Mittelstadt got high sticked and they took the puck fired it to the guy out in front and scored. Instead of a 3-2 game we should have been on the powerplay up 3-1. Obviously never a good look when a coach brings it up in a postgame presser but he is completely right, the officials totally swallowed their whistles in the 3rd/OT and it screwed us over.

cross checked, high sticked, and then tripped, but yes it's this one

 

[From the Parkinglot]

Go get 5 goals in regulation and you don’t have to worry about calls / no calls.

He tried to pack it in for the Championship game with the best D core to maybe ever play college hockey and it didn’t work.

When you play to win at 3 and not 5 you only have yourselves to blame be keeping the margin tighter. I thought Bob learned his lesson in the championship game loss, but obviously not. This is no different then Fleck when he predetermines the winning score and plays to that score regardless of how the game was going.

Plus just cause there could have been a penalty called doesn’t mean you have to allow them to score. You could have guarded the guy in the slot for the 2nd goal, you could have won the faceoff for the 3rd goal and Jimmy could have got the back door on the winner. Too much whining and not enough self reflection from this program.

 

[Gophers1992]

Go get 5 goals in regulation and you don’t have to worry about calls / no calls.

He tried to pack it in for the Championship game with the best D core to maybe ever play college hockey and it didn’t work.

When you play to win at 3 and not 5 you only have yourselves to blame be keeping the margin tighter. I thought Bob learned his lesson in the championship game loss, but obviously not. This is no different then Fleck when he predetermines the winning score and plays to that score regardless of how the game was going.

Plus just cause there could have been a penalty called doesn’t mean you have to allow them to score. You could have guarded the guy in the slot for the 2nd goal, you could have won the faceoff for the 3rd goal and Jimmy could have got the back door on the winner. Too much whining and not enough self reflection from this program.

This may have happened had the game been properly officiated.

 

[Ewert86PC]

I still can not get over what I saw on the UMass OT goal. Partly because it had parallels to the Quinipiac championship OT goal. The biggest was key players being out of position so much so that might as well have been a cartoon arrow pointing at the goal flashing "scoring opportunity".

I think some of it results from a mentality of playing not to lose versus playing to win. Playing not to lose means extra pressure to be in the right spot all the time. It is a defense first mindset, a tight mindset. It is hard to carry that mindset into overtime, because the pressure is to get to the end of regulation and not look beyond. It is also a mindset that needs to be "rebuilt" if you go another time period because of the weight it takes to stay in the defense mindset. On defense, goal opportunities are bad, while on offense goal opportunities are good.

I also think that the off-ice pressures build more the further your season goes. Players who have been drafted by pro teams get their agent checking in because the pro team could really use them on their squad ASAP. It splits focus and loyalties.

What I saw on that UMass OT goal were players who succumbed to the playing not to lose pressure by doing too much and others who didn't do enough.

The breakdown in communication and focus seemed to be at all levels.

Those are my observations, YMMV.

 

[WindyCityGopher]

He tried to pack it in for the Championship game with the best D core to maybe ever play college hockey and it didn’t work.

I grew up in Madison watching Badger hockey when it was the only game in town. Their defensive core of Chris Chelios and Bruce Driver from 1981-83 not only locked up back-to-back Frozen Four finals appearances, but also a natty. They played a collective 40 NHL seasons. Absolute studs, and undoubtedly the best blue line combo in college hockey history.