There is a lot of luck involved in winning hockey. A puck can bounce in a favorable direction or a stick can break at an opportune time. But when Bowling Green took down the second-ranked Minnesota State Mavericks in overtime, everything went according to plan. Assistant coach Maco Balkovec walks us through how it happened.
It starts with a Maverick possession. Defenseman Jack McNeely initializes the start of the Mankato zone entry with a dump-in that is deflected to the boards. From there, Will Cullen attempts to clean up his own end.
Balkovec: “When we have pressure—especially when we’re five-on-five—we want to switch the side as fast as we can.