tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14201311.post229264363360294342..comments2024-03-27T02:14:47.710-05:00Comments on The Blog That Yost Built: Michigan 4, NMU 3Packer487http://www.blogger.com/profile/04807642066292189138noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14201311.post-64235001021518194932007-10-23T06:22:00.000-05:002007-10-23T06:22:00.000-05:00Definitely strange. Had Kyle left Janzen in and N...Definitely strange. Had Kyle left Janzen in and NMU tied/won the game or lost 3-2 (4-2 empty net), no one would have ever even brought up leaving him in after the third goal. It wouldn't be an issue.<BR/><BR/>But he put in a cold goalie with 5 minutes left. Whether it was to try sparking the team or one of my NMU friends theorized it's because he knew he'd have to pull the goalie and Stewart has more experience in that department (though that seems to be stretching it a bit), I don't know. Hopefully the student paper might have more answers than the Mining Journal.<BR/><BR/>It is very nice having a solid defensive rock as our #1 d-man. Last year it was like, "We have no faith in our goalie, therefore the best defense is a good offense," and that's why Sauer got hung out to dry a lot of times. We tried to win most games by putting up 5+ goals. Having Jack and Matt out there was almost like playing five forwards at times.<BR/><BR/>So far this season the team's mentality seems to be the complete opposite. It's "Lets help out our goalie as much as possible." We have enough skill up front that the goals are going to come, so lets do our best to prevent them at the other end. We might have more close games, but we can put up 3-4 goals and win many of them with the effort the team is giving at both ends of the ice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14201311.post-90995958655442927122007-10-23T01:28:00.000-05:002007-10-23T01:28:00.000-05:00Thanks for the comments Jason. You can only tell s...Thanks for the comments Jason. You can only tell so much from the radio (and I only got to listen to maybe 15 minutes this weekend) and boxscores. It's nice to hear from someone who was actually there.<BR/><BR/>It's really nice to see Mitera gracefully stepping into that #1 defenseman role. It might end up being really helpful to have our #1 dman be a defense-first kind of guy.<BR/><BR/>I honestly can't think of another situation where I've seen the starting goalie yanked with under 5 minutes to go in a 3-2 hockey game. Even if they all have been bad goals, don't you have to ride him at that point? And he had made 10 straight stops in the 3rd before he let in that goal. <BR/><BR/>Definitely one of the stranger things I've seen...and it clearly bit Kyle in the ass. Of course, if the goalie switch sparked the team and they went on to win, I guess he'd look like a genius. Strange, strange time to change goalies though.Packer487https://www.blogger.com/profile/04807642066292189138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14201311.post-88800371984725305852007-10-22T18:46:00.000-05:002007-10-22T18:46:00.000-05:00The Mining Journal had one quote from Walt regardi...The Mining Journal had one quote from Walt regarding Janzen and I took it as pretty harsh...<BR/><BR/>“I was really disappointed,” NMU coach Walt Kyle said of Janzen’s play. “Honestly, he’s a great kid. I’m sure he’ll come up with a bigger effort at some point. But I didn’t like any of the three goals that went in on us.”<BR/><BR/>As for the game, Mitera had another great game. Not just scoring (which is a bonus with him) but lots of good defensive plays.<BR/><BR/>Vaughan I agree with. Had a solid game. Didn't notice him making too many mistakes, which is always a good sign.<BR/><BR/>I like Matt Rust's physical game, too. He put the body on a lot of guys. Red just needs to keep him off the ice during the final few minutes!<BR/><BR/>Turnbull took a stupid 10-minute misconduct arguing with the ref over Kampfer's penalty and not relenting. Someone in blue should have grabbed and dragged him away. He wouldn't stop complaining to McInchak...big mistake!<BR/><BR/>Sauer's not going to have the best save percentage, nor should we ever expect him to when he only faces 20 shots a game and gives up two or three. But as I've said before, what's important is the quality of the shots he's facing and letting in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com