Um it's called coaching, UMass coach told his players to play sit back and prevent hockey.Nope not even close
They put together a package of how quiet he was.
Buccigross and Melrose kept saying "why is he sitting back and not taking over this game and Pio's took it to them in the 2nd and 3rd.
The 1st period was hardly hockey because of the penalties. Each team had 5 minutes of straight PP time so it doesn't reflect the pace the of the game as the entire 1st was essentially a giant PP.
They called him out because they wanted to see him take over, but his coach was telling the entire team to sit back who is the kid going to listen to... His coach.
It was incredibly bad coaching, but Makar being the good trooper and highly coachable guy he is did what the coach wanted. Which was sit back, take no risks hockey.
Based on the first 30 minutes of the game where Makar got to play his style of game, he was utterly dominant and did whatever he wanted. When the coach made a poor decision is when Makar became less effective. Never tell your players to sit back. It never works and they got very lucky.
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