Well, the Wild didn't die, while the Gophers proved that officials can win ball games. The Wild were down 1-0, 3-1, and 4-2. The final score? Obviously 7-4. Manny Fernandez was terrible in goal, and it looked like Dwayne Roloson wouldn't do much better, but we won, which is what counts. The Gophers, meanwhile, had all the ingredients necessary for a Big 10 road win, except that the officials hated their guts. They called something like 18 fouls against Minnesota, to two versus Penn State. It was ridiculous. Plays which were being called against the Gophers on one end were allowed for the Nittany Lions. I normally don't fault the officials, because after all, they're only human, but this game was truly horrendous. The fact that we only lost by 3 points is a testament what should have happened. This is not a good team by any stretch of the imagination, but they deserved to win this ball game. Anyway, back to the positive, we are just a point behind Phoenix for the final playoff spot, and we meet them in XCEL on Friday night. Any suggestions?
Posted by Greenmantle at January 7, 2004 09:45 PM