The NEW Official Thread of the Augustana Vikings

[SW_Mustang]

They're finding out that D1 hockey is expensive, so they need to cut costs elsewhere.

Elmen has actually been one of my favorite NSIC environments, so this doesn't bother me at all.

Gotcha. I thought the environment was... pretty nonexistent. Probably because it was a Thursday game after students left? It had less energy that the Stewart Center.

The Pentagon was nice because I didn't have to drive into town and back out again. And they had videoboards.

I try to see Augie (and USF) play once a year, so it's not that much of a detriment though.

[SW_Mustang]

You would think they would have realized that before jumping in.

IMO - if sacrificing a basketball venue was the biggest loss in adding hockey, they did made the right choice.

Midco Arena makes the Elmen Center look sad though.

[Augieholic]

They're finding out that D1 hockey is expensive, so they need to cut costs elsewhere.

I'm sure Athletic Director Josh Morton had no idea about the costs of hockey based on his previous stops at North Dakota and Michigan State. What else should we know about D1 hockey?

[Augieholic]

You would think they would have realized that before jumping in.

They did.

[vikingfaithful]

Vikings win 2 consecutive conference games. Codys boys making progress. Starters in good physical shape as they played a lot of minutes

[Augieholic]

Vikings win 2 consecutive conference games. Codys boys making progress. Starters in good physical shape as they played a lot of minutes

21-14 from Te Slaa, that dude is relentless.

Tameron Ferguson had 16 which included some really solid dribble drive attacks. That's two out of three games he's consistently utilized his speed and ability to finish at the rim.

The offense isn't great but it's doing enough right now. For a relatively young team they are solid defensively.

Cody dragged them through a dark stretch and found a way to win on the other side.

[laker]

I'm sure Athletic Director Josh Morton had no idea about the costs of hockey based on his previous stops at North Dakota and Michigan State. What else should we know about D1 hockey?

UND dropped women's hockey due to the great expense. And hockey is the #1 sport there. I can see why AU didn't start it.

[Augieholic]

Cody continued turning the tanker this weekend.

A gritty win on Friday as they overcame a ref show and an injury to Sam Rensch. Akoi had a tremendous defensive play to ice the game. He was in the paint, jumped to contest a pass, landed, and jumped again to block the potential go ahead basket. Second game this season he's had a pivotal one on one defensive play.

Saturday was a frolicking win with little stress. Everyone was hot from 3 and they didn't let off the gas all night.

Four straight wins and returning home for Mary/Northern.

[Augieholic]

Six in a row.

Kelton Coleman didn't play a lot this weekend but made an impact when he did. The bench mob was slow to join the party but they've had back to back solid weekends.

Next Saturday vs Minot will be a great test to see if they can keep this rolling against a quality opponent.

[MrAugustana]

Fun to keep seeing the pieces come together for Coach Schilling. A 6-game streak seemed unlikely a few weeks ago, but here we are. Excited to see what happens against the Beavers.

[Augieholic]

Akoi breaking out of his offensive and foul induced funk was going to happen eventually but I'm especially glad it happened last night in Marshall. He controlled the action offensively and did another amazing job on Felon Stevens. However this will always be the Jack Hastreiter game.

In the last four games before last night Jack had one DNP and three nights where he played, 9, 4, and 1 minute. I'm sure he was on the SMSU scout but definitely at the bottom of the page with only a bullet point or two about not letting him catch and shoot. Jack proceeded to catch and shoot like the RA was a glue factory. The amount of focus it takes to pull that off while not playing consistent minutes all season is undeniably impressive.

Also the second straight game vs SMSU where Cody has effectively removed Stevens from the offensive equation. That came at the expense of an avalanche of Omot threes in the first half but he cooled off in the second half. Stevens shot more 3s than 2s last night, that's an incredible strategic victory for Augie and it paid off in the second half.

[Purple Mav Man]

Also the second straight game vs SMSU where Cody has effectively removed Stevens from the offensive equation. That came at the expense of an avalanche of Omot threes in the first half but he cooled off in the second half. Stevens shot more 3s than 2s last night, that's an incredible strategic victory for Augie and it paid off in the second half.

0-5 on 3ptFG
3-4 on 2ptFG
2-3 on FT

preheat oven to 375 and bake for 40 minutes. Chef Schilling strikes again