Joseph Baldarotta is an American retired ice hockey player and coach who was the NCAA Division III coach of the year.[1] (wikipedia)
The old joke around here is we'll play the Russians on roller blades at the mall for a chance to keep playing at this time of year.
We know we're not going to beat him with something from the perimeter. He has good pads and contains long shots. We've got to get traffic in front of him. If he stops the shot we have to get the puck back.
They're the masters of playing for break and when they get one making it count.
We were good all over the ice really. We were all over them, but we couldn't bang one by him. We played well and came up with nothing.
In the mini-game format everyone understands what their up against. I told the guys to get a lot of rest tonight because you're going to be playing a lot of hockey tomorrow if we play our cards right.
We had a couple goals disallowed. One they said didn't cross the line and the other they said the whistle blew. On their fourth goal, the net was off and they counted it.
When are goalies are good, we're a dynamite team.
It's a tough way for our season to end, but it doesn't come down to this game. It's that game you should have won in November or December.
Because of the way we did things here at Stevens Point, when professional coaches are looking for players who are ready for tryouts, they're not afraid to call us.
