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Omaha coach Mike Gabinet is a proponent of athletes having a consistent routine (file photo: Omaha Athletics).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With Omaha having three consecutive series moved due to positive COVID-19 tests, contact tracing and quarantining within the UNO program, many might see Mavericks coach Mike Gabinet as being in an unenviable situation these days.<\/p>\n

Certainly, the UNO alum never envisioned something like this global pandemic coming during his playing days. The same positive mindset he had then is still there, though, and although the Mavericks haven\u2019t played in nearly a month, Gabinet is working to make sure his team\u2019s morale stays high in a trying time.<\/p>\n

Omaha\u2019s Baxter Arena recently hosted a three-week pod that saw all eight NCHC teams start the regular season there, but UNO\u2019s first post-pod series \u2014 scheduled to take place at home Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 against North Dakota \u2014 was moved to Jan. 29-30.<\/p>\n

A continuing combination of positive tests, contract tracing and quarantining of individuals within UNO\u2019s program led to another series against the Fighting Hawks \u2014 set for last weekend in Grand Forks, N.D. \u2014 moved to Feb. 19-20. UND faced Colorado College on the road last Sunday and Monday instead.<\/p>\n

UNO is still scheduled to visit those same CC Tigers later shortly, but not quite as originally scheduled. Whereas the teams would\u2019ve normally played this Friday and Saturday in Colorado Springs, the series will take place next Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 18-19.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a really clean bill of health, COVID-wise, for a couple months even leading up to the pod, so I know we had very, very few cases in our program,\u201d Gabinet said. \u201cI was getting a little nervous for after the pod, just because when you haven\u2019t had very many cases or few cases before, you know you\u2019re susceptible to getting something in the second half (of the season), and that\u2019s something we knew could happen just because we haven\u2019t had a lot of issues for quite a few months leading up to the pod.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always in the back of your mind that it could happen, but you can\u2019t avoid what you can\u2019t control. I know some teams had a tougher time before the pod, a couple months before that, and then you\u2019re in that window that you\u2019re probably not testing as many athletes after that.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew we didn\u2019t have a lot of guys that had been exposed to it yet,\u201d Gabinet continued. \u201cYou do everything you can to prevent it, and our guys were being responsible and being safe, but as we\u2019re seeing, sometimes there\u2019s no rhyme or reason to getting it.\u201d<\/p>\n

A native of Edmonton, Alberta, Gabinet stayed in Omaha during UNO\u2019s recent holiday break.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was no pinpoint event or anything that happened that triggered anything,\u201d Gabinet said of individuals in UNO\u2019s program testing positive. \u201cIt\u2019s just one of those fluky things where you can\u2019t really explain where it came from or how it got into our program, but it happened.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t blame a guy going home or things like that. (COVID-19) is just out there, and unfortunately it found its way into our program.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since then, the Mavericks have faced a challenge of trying to get their team not just healthy, but in game shape. On Monday, they finished a team practice with three defensemen, one goaltender and seven forwards on the ice. They began the practice with more players than just those 11, although some could only skate for limited windows while following protocols.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re slowly allowed back on the ice now,\u201d Gabinet said. \u201cWe\u2019d been off for quite a long time, and it was nice to get back on the ice and just get moving again and stuff, but we\u2019re still limited on personnel.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve actually kind of enjoyed it, where it\u2019s a bit of a challenge where we\u2019ve got four guys skating by themselves, and we\u2019ve got 10 guys skating and then we lose two guys after 15 minutes and we lose two more after 15 minutes, and we\u2019ve got no goalie out there for some skates.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been interesting to come up with practices where we have forwards practicing as D-men, and you\u2019re trying to tweak your drills where you don\u2019t have balanced lines or numbers there,\u201d Gabinet continued, \u201cBut it\u2019s been fun to be back, and even if it\u2019s just where you have just half the guys, or a limited number of guys, out there to get back on their skates and handle the puck again. It\u2019s so important to get yourself back familiar with playing. There\u2019s lots of protocols to follow, but you can\u2019t get frustrated by it. You\u2019ve just got to follow it and keep moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coaches generally keep close to the vest how individual players are doing in getting into game shape. However, most people don\u2019t see how a player gets into that kind of condition in the first place, and getting there amid a pandemic can involve a different kind of process.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese guys might be cleared for a game played, but really they\u2019ve only had two full practices in that protocol, so if you get COVID and you\u2019re out for 10 days in isolation and you start your seven-day return to play (protocol), you can play after that 17th day but you\u2019ve only been cleared for two full practices before that,\u201d Gabinet said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re not at game shape after two full practices, so that\u2019s the balance you have to try to find, making sure guys are getting healthy enough to play and also go through the physical demands of a NCHC game. That\u2019s where you get hurt when you lose guys for those extended periods of time. It\u2019s not that they\u2019re gone for two weeks; it\u2019s that it takes a little bit more time for them to get back into the shape they were before, and especially some of our guys, coming off of Christmas break, where they were already off the ice for a while.\u201d<\/p>\n

It isn\u2019t just college hockey teams that have been affected by the pandemic, though, and Gabinet doesn\u2019t have to look far to find examples.<\/p>\n

Omaha\u2019s men\u2019s basketball team saw two games scheduled for this week canceled due to athletic department and Summit League COVID-19 protocols. An hour down the road, Nebraska\u2019s men\u2019s basketball team announced Monday that the Huskers were pausing full-team activities due to positive tests among the team\u2019s Tier 1 personnel. This tier includes players, coaches and any staff member whose job requires close regular contact.<\/p>\n

Gabinet stressed that UNO\u2019s athletic department has done well in communicating between medical staff and the hockey program, keeping the team abreast of what\u2019s going on and why measures are in place.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a coach, you always want to practice and keep playing, but they do a good job of explaining why we\u2019d need to shut things down or why we have to keep guys away from the rink for an extended period of time,\u201d Gabinet said. \u201cPlaying and practicing is what we love to do, but it isn\u2019t all about on-ice performance. It\u2019s about being safe for our athletes and staff.\u201d<\/p>\n

Players\u2019 mental health is important amid the pandemic, too, and that\u2019s where people like Gabinet take a leading role.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important to keep our guys busy,\u201d he said. \u201cI think that\u2019s one of the biggest things, and I\u2019m an advocate for sports continuing to go on because I think it\u2019s really important to have a routine and some consistency in your day.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know our guys enjoy, even if it\u2019s just a practice, coming to the rink and having a hard skate with their teammates. I think the morale has been great here, but it comes down to your mindset, and your situation is whatever you think it is. It\u2019s the monk in the mirror: your problem\u2019s solution is right in front of you, and so I think it\u2019s upon us to have that positive mindset.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re bringing enthusiasm and that love for the game whenever we\u2019re around our players, or our players are around each other at the rink. We\u2019ve been looking at this whole situation as, \u2018We get to,\u2019 rather than, \u2018We have to.\u2019 It\u2019s not, \u2018We have to keep practicing because we can\u2019t play.\u2019 We get to practice, and I think when you look at that mindset, that you get to, not have to, do something, you can change in a positive way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Latest round of games still busy<\/h4>\n

North Dakota moved up one spot to No. 2 in this week\u2019s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll after earning a sweep Sunday and Monday at Colorado College.<\/p>\n

UND goaltender Adam Scheel earned his second shutout of the season on Sunday, making 27 saves in a 3-0 win for the Fighting Hawks. Tyler Kleven scored in his first game back after winning gold for the United States at the recent World Junior Championship, and Collin Adams and Grant Mismash also scored in Sunday\u2019s series opener.<\/p>\n

The Hawks then bumped their current winning streak to six games Monday in a 2-1 victory. Mismash and Riese Gaber scored, and Scheel made 23 saves,<\/p>\n

No. 4 St. Cloud State also had a good weekend, earning a sweep over No. 7 Minnesota Duluth. SCSU senior Kevin Fitzgerald scored a game-winning goal 2:29 into the third period of Friday\u2019s 4-3 victory, and Nick Perbix grabbed an overtime goal Saturday, helping the Huskies win 1-0. Perbix\u2019s goal saw him skate coast-to-coast and nutmeg a UMD skater before slotting home.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Western Michigan earned a win and a tie at Miami. Four unanswered WMU goals, including a game-winner from Josh Passolt, helped the Broncos to a 4-1 win Friday. Freshman Ty Glover earned his first collegiate goal in that game, and he scored again Saturday as WMU salvaged a 3-3 tie. The Broncos scored three third-period goals and then took the extra point in a shootout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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