@/vs. Western Michigan (10/13-10/14)

[TalonsUpPuckDown]

Eigs gave the coaches talk tonight. We aren’t dressing the extra skater tonight. Everyone on the scratch list is hurt. Fyten has a back issue that sounds serious. Collin had ankle surgery and skated for the first time today. Pfoh and Lellig were dinged up last night. Malmstrom would play if it were a playoff game.

They’re adjusting the PP lines. Rejiggering our forecheck. Cross your fingers.

[mbenecke]

Lines are out. BG does not have an extra skater tonight, so it seems like health is taking a toll early in the season if we don’t have enough bodies to fill a full lineup.

[mbenecke]

Very early WMU goal. Literally less than 2 minutes into the game.

1-0 Broncos.

[mbenecke]

And another WMU goal. 2 in the first 5 minutes.

[jpfalcon09]

Good thing the Red Wings started tonight.

[mbenecke]

And a 3rd WMU goal before the end of the 1st.

We have 3 shots.

This offense is… not going to win us any games this year. It’s kinda pathetic, given the level of talent they’ve displayed in the past.

[mbenecke]

It’s now 4-0. There are only 20 seconds left in the period, but I’m worried they might score again so I won’t post this til the end of the period.

Pathetic effort. 4 goals on 11 shots for WMU. And we only had 4 shots. Barely even played that period.

[TalonsUpPuckDown]

Chuck-a-puck was as pathetic as the first period play.

[pdt1081]

Eigs gave the coaches talk tonight. We aren’t dressing the extra skater tonight. Everyone on the scratch list is hurt. Fyten has a back issue that sounds serious. Collin had ankle surgery and skated for the first time today. Pfoh and Lellig were dinged up last night. Malmstrom would play if it were a playoff game.

They’re adjusting the PP lines. Rejiggering our forecheck. Cross your fingers.

And Burke gets kicked in the ankle, but is able to return. Swankler gets hacked hard in front of their net and left with the trainer at intermission. We'll see if he returns.

[mbenecke]

5-0 now, on home ice, against a team that lost to Anchorage.

This might be a new low point in the modern era.

[Schadenfreude]

Given our splits with Northern Michigan and Michigan State, this is a shocking level of ugly. How is the home crowd handling it?

[pdt1081]

Swankler did not return for the second period.

[mbenecke]

Given our splits with Northern Michigan and Michigan State, this is a shocking level of ugly. How is the home crowd handling it?

Have a friend there. He said there weren’t a lot of people there to begin with, but it’s quiet and folks are tuning out the game.

Sad stuff.

[unfalconbelievable]

Given our splits with Northern Michigan and Michigan State, this is a shocking level of ugly. How is the home crowd handling it?

Not well, not well at all. Boo birds came out after the fourth goal.

Down 5-0 after our goal you would of thought we scored 5 at one time. I'm hoping those cheers will alot of sarcasm. At one point they had 5 goals we had 4 SOG 24 minutes into the game.

This is brutal to watch.

[pdt1081]

Given our splits with Northern Michigan and Michigan State, this is a shocking level of ugly. How is the home crowd handling it?

Not well, not well at all. Boo birds came out after the fourth goal.

Down 5-0 after our goal you would of thought we scored 5 at one time. I'm hoping those cheers will alot of sarcasm. At one point they had 5 goals we had 4 SOG 24 minutes into the game.

This is brutal to watch.

The boo birds were the result of the BG player being in the net on the 4th goal. Of course, they started playing the intermission ads on the video board early, so we didn't get to see a replay.... and neither did coach.