RW Matthew Wood – Univ. of Minnesota, NCAA (2023, 15th, NSH)

[UrbanImpact]

And you are?

Someone Nashville should have listened to

 

[MNRube]

Snuggerud & Wood on the PP is an embarrassment of riches - who takes the Ovechkin spot?

 

[keppel146]

Snuggerud & Wood on the PP is an embarrassment of riches - who takes the Ovechkin spot?

Snuggie gets first dibs. Still not as stacked as BC this year.

 

[MNRube]

Snuggie gets first dibs. Still not as stacked as BC this year.

Agree on BC but having two howitzer RHS on the same PP is rare

 

[Bonin21]

Gophers need a goalie. But if they figure that out no excuse to not be a 1 seed.

 

[AintLifeGrand]

4gp , 2 goals , 5assists

change in scenery looking like the right move

 

[Fantomas]

Look at this tall drink of water

 

[Bonin21]

Gopher fans are loving him. He can't really skate which will hold back his NHL success, but will tear up college hockey this year and hopefully next.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

That goal last night reminded me so much of college Vanek.

 

[Corso]

His shot has always been elite, and it now seems that his skating has at least somewhat improved, but still needs work. I do like that he looks so much more involved now.

 

[AintLifeGrand]

2 assists tonight

now up to 3 goals, 9 assists in 6 games

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Numbers are impressive but Gophers have yet to play Big 10 opponents.

Is this a case of playing inferior opponents or is there something to Wood's game and how does the level of play for Minnesota compare to Hockey East?

 

[Bonin21]

Numbers are impressive but Gophers have yet to play Big 10 opponents.

Is this a case of playing inferior opponents or is there something to Wood's game and how does the level of play for Minnesota compare to Hockey East?

They have played mostly terrible teams. Check in at Christmas time after they play MSU and UM.

 

[AintLifeGrand]

They have played mostly terrible teams. Check in at Christmas time after they play MSU and UM.

havent most of the college juggernauts been playing terrible team?

The cream always rises to the top

 

[MS]

I don't really know what happened to him last year but it's nice to see him back on track as an elite scoring prospect at a top program.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

I don't really know what happened to him last year but it's nice to see him back on track as an elite scoring prospect at a top program.

Nothing “happened to him”… he was just on a team which didn’t have much offensive talent around him.

 

[slumpy43]

Recall reading somewhere that they tried to convert him to center last year

 

[Bonin21]

havent most of the college juggernauts been playing terrible team?

The cream always rises to the top

No.

BC played MSU
BU played UND
BC played WMU
UND plays Cornell next
Etc

 

[Gnashville]

Numbers are impressive but Gophers have yet to play Big 10 opponents.

Is this a case of playing inferior opponents or is there something to Wood's game and how does the level of play for Minnesota compare to Hockey East?

At Connecticut he was the only scoring threat and teams were aware of him and focused on shutting him down.

 

[MS]

Nothing “happened to him”… he was just on a team which didn’t have much offensive talent around him.

He was the previous year, too, and 8 of the top 10 scorers returned from his freshman year.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

He was the previous year, too, and 8 of the top 10 scorers returned from his freshman year.

The team as a whole scored significantly fewer goals. While Wood’s goals and goal share went up right?

 

[MS]

The team as a whole scored significantly fewer goals.

Yes, and I'm not sure what happened. Which was my initial point.

This is an elite talent and they had loads of returning players, and everything went to shit for both Wood and the team.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

Yes, and I'm not sure what happened. Which was my initial point.

This is an elite talent and they had loads of returning players, and everything went to shit for both Wood and the team.

“Returning players” maybe doesn’t mean a lot when none of them are NHL prospects? Tverberg was maybe the only other NHL prospect in Wood’s first season, then Wood was by himself in Year 2.

Anyway, his goals went up while the team dropped 40+ goals, so even though the team had issues, Wood himself still improved. But yeah the program had some troubles and Wood and others bailed, good call on his part. Nice thing about him playing college so young it doesn’t hurt him so much to play 3 or even 4 seasons. Especially when he needs the work on skating and balance more than anything else anyway.