2012-2013 College Hockey Thread

[darell1976]

I thought I would start a new thread since the new hockey season starts next month. Plus this is the last season of the WCHA as we know it today, and the disbanding of the CCHA. Next season begins the new NCHC (National Collegiate Hockey Conference), and the BTHC (Big Ten Hockey Conference).

WCHA Preseason Poll:
http://www.undsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=13500&ATCLID=205697216

(1st place votes)
1. Minnesota (24)
2. North Dakota (1)
3. Denver
4. Wisconsin
5. Minnesota Duluth
6. St. Cloud State
7. Colorado College
8. Nebraska Omaha
9. Michigan Tech
10. Minnesota State
11. Bemidji State
12. Alaska Anchorage

PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Nick Bjugstad, forward, Minnesota (16 votes)
Others receiving more than one vote: Erik Haula, forward, Minnesota (4); Mark Zengerle, forward, Wisconsin (3)

PRESEASON ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Rocco Grimaldi, forward, North Dakota (8 1/2 votes)
Others receiving more than one vote: Nic Kerdiles, forward, Wisconsin (5); Jordan Schmaltz, defenseman, North Dakota (2 1/2); Brady Skjei, defenseman, Minnesota (2); Andy Welinski, defenseman, Minnesota Duluth (2)

PRESEASON ALL-WCHA TEAM
Forwards
Nick Bjugstad, Minnesota (20 votes); Mark Zengerle, Wisconsin (17); Ben Hanowski, St. Cloud State (8)

Others receiving more than one vote: Danny Kristo, North Dakota (7); Erik Haula, Minnesota (6); Rylan Schwartz, Colorado College (5); Corban Knight, North Dakota (3)

Defensemen
Joey LaLeggia, Denver (20 votes); Nick Jensen, St. Cloud State (9)

Others receiving more than one vote: Nate Schmidt, Minnesota (7); Wade Bergman, Minnesota Duluth (3)

Goalie
Sam Brittain, Denver and Josh Thorimbert, Colorado College (7 1/2 votes each)

Others receiving more than one vote: Juho Olkinuora, Denver (3), Joel Rumpel, Wisconsin (2)

Oct 6th UND opens with U of Manitoba in exhibition play, then Oct 12th exhibition against the US under 18 team. UND opens the season Oct 19th at Alaska-Anchorage in the Brice Alaska Goal Rush Tournament

[Laker]

UAH gets new head coach

http://www.uscho.com/2012/09/25/kleinendorst-replaces-luongo-as-alabama-huntsville-coach/

The hockey world as we know it will completely change in a year. Will it be for the better?

[darell1976]

UAH gets new head coach

http://www.uscho.com/2012/09/25/kleinendorst-replaces-luongo-as-alabama-huntsville-coach/

The hockey world as we know it will completely change in a year. Will it be for the better?

It is sad to leave the WCHA. I remember when they added St. Cloud State, then Mankato State, then UAA. The league got tougher and tougher now next year we split. Who will be the new top dog in the WCHA?

[Laker]

That is a great question. I remember some great games with UND- the hockey rivalry helped carry over to the other sports. I would love to say that this will help MSU- but the crowds were getting pretty thin last year and people were complaining about the loss of the old rivals. Will this bring them back? Lots of people would come to MSU games, not because they were hockey fans, but because it was D1 and trendy. Hopefully the new coach, Hastings, will turn it around.

WCHA (9 teams, loses 8, adds 5)
Alaska-Fairbanks (from CCHA) #
Alaska-Anchorage #
Bemidji State #
Bowling Green * (from CCHA)
Ferris State (from CCHA) #
Lake Superior State (from CCHA) #
Michigan Tech #
Minnesota State #
Northern Michigan (from CCHA) #

http://www.uscho.com/from-the-press-box/2011/10/05/how-the-conferences-look-with-bowling-green-notre-dame-moving/

[LakesBison]

as a gopher fan and season ticket holder, i cant wait until this crap season is over, big ten 2013 baby! finally legit D1 hockey

[Laker]

as a gopher fan and season ticket holder, i cant wait until this crap season is over, big ten 2013 baby! finally legit D1 hockey

Interesting. You think that a brand new program in Penn State, and an Ohio State team that is at best mediocre is going to be better than what the WCHA had?

[LakesBison]

Penn State & Ohio State will catch up quickly with the money flowing in from big ten network, no?

[Bisonoline]

Penn State & Ohio State will catch up quickly with the money flowing in from big ten network, no?

I seriously doubtt it will be quickly. Sorry.

[darell1976]

The NCHC will rival the BTHC, UND-Minnesota will always be big since playoffs will always be on the line.

[Laker]

Penn State & Ohio State will catch up quickly with the money flowing in from big ten network, no?

No. You need players and how many players will be attracted to those two spots where football is king is debatable. Right now the NCHC looks like it will be a better conference than the Big Ten- or at least just as good. Long term it may not be that way, but for now........

[LakesBison]

Haha laughable. Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan Michigan St are so much better than top 4 of nchc

[darell1976]

National Titles:

Michigan 9 last title: 1998
Wisconsin 6 last title : 2006
Minnesota 5 last title: 2003
Michigan State 3 last title: 2007
Total 23

Denver 7 last title: 2005
North Dakota 7 last title: 2000
Colorado College 2 last title: 1957
Minn-Duluth 1 last title: 2011
Total 17
http://www.uscho.com/stats/

Wins:
Michigan 1556 wins 982 losses 138 ties .607
Wisconsin 1161 wins 773 losses 136 ties .594
Minnesota 1646 wins 939 losses 171 ties .628
Mich State 1223 wins 903 losses 133 ties .571

(using the NCHC teams with National Titles)

Denver 1303 wins 864 losses 127 ties .596
UND 1355 wins 898 losses 122 ties .596
CC 1118 wins 1109 losses 114 ties .502
UMD 986 wins 1008 losses 135 ties .495

Going by winning percentage:
.628 Minnesota BTHC
.607 Michigan BTHC
.596 Denver NCHC
.596 UND NCHC
.594 Wisconsin BTHC
.571 Mich St BTHC
.502 CC NCHC
.495 UMD NCHC

Attendance: (Attendance = $$$$) http://www.uscho.com/stats/attendance/division-i-men/2011-2012/
2011-2012 season: To make it fair I will use % Capacity

UND 95.9% NCHC
UMD 95.9% NCHC
Minn 95.4% BTHC
Miami 94.4 % NCHC
W Mich 93.9% NCHC
CC 92.0% NCHC
Mich 90.4% BTHC
Denver 88.9% NCHC
St. Cloud St 85.7% NCHC
Mich St 82.9% BTHC
Wisc 77.3% BTHC
Omaha 47.1% NCHC
Ohio St 29.6% BTHC

Penn State???? We will find out next season

[LakesBison]

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^ lemme guess he used attendence as a barameter

[darell1976]

http://www.uscho.com/rankings/d-i-mens-poll/?DB_OEM_ID=13500

1 Minnesota (46) 2- 0-0 991 2
2 North Dakota ( 1) 0- 0-0 894 4
3 Boston College ( 2) 0- 1-0 878 1
4 Miami 2- 0-0 751 8
5 Michigan 1- 1-0 726 3
6 Cornell 0- 0-0 714 5
7 Denver 0- 0-0 690 7
8 Union ( 1) 2- 1-0 606 10
9 Notre Dame 2- 0-0 583 14
10 Massachusetts-Lowell 0- 0-1 576 6
11 Boston University 1- 0-0 549 12
12 Western Michigan 1- 1-0 422 9
13 Minnesota-Duluth 1- 1-0 308 13
14 Northeastern 2- 0-0 283 NR
15 New Hampshire 2- 0-0 273 NR
16 Ferris State 0- 1-1 218 11
17 Harvard 0- 0-0 213 17
17 Northern Michigan 2- 0-0 213 NR
19 Colorado College 2- 0-0 194 NR
20 Quinnipiac 2- 1-0 74 18
Others receiving votes: Air Force 47, Wisconsin 47, Maine 40, Rensselaer 40, Ohio State 39, Nebraska-Omaha 37, Merrimack 33, Michigan State 17, Rochester Institute of Technology 12, St. Cloud State 9, Lake Superior 7, St. Lawrence 6, Providence 4, Minnesota State 3, Yale 3.

[TheValleyRaider]

Colgate comes back having lost a bunch of goals from last year, most notably Hobey Baker finalist Austin Smith and his high-flying linemate Chris Wagner. Lots of young talent coming in, including 4 players from CCHL finalist Cornwall (headlined by the Spink twins, Taylor and Tyson), but it will almost certainly take some time to adjust to Division I play. Ranked 9th in ECAC Preseason poll, I think this team should compete for a home ice spot in the 1st Round. They may need some time to adjust, but could wind up being a very potent bunch by season's end and into future seasons

Colgate opened its season last week by thumping Niagara 10-2 at home, before getting swept 3-0 and 5-1 at #4-Miami over the weekend

1-2 start to the year

Next weekend, the Raiders come home again for two against Bowling Green

[darell1976]

Funny how UND moved up from 4 to 2 with just playing two exhibition games, one against U. of Manitoba, and one against the under 18 team. UND plays in the Brice Alaska Goal Rush in Fairbanks, against Alaska-Anchorage on Friday and U of Alaska on Saturday. UND will be without a bunch of players this weekend due to 1 game suspensions:

http://www.undsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=58684&SPID=6405&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=13500&ATCLID=205690593

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - University of North Dakota Director of Athletics Brian Faison announced today additional suspensions for a violation of team rules stemming from a Sept. 15 men's hockey team party. Today's suspensions were determined based on additional information gathered during the athletic department's investigative process.
Sophomores Connor Gaarder, Andrew Panzarella and Stephane Pattyn have been suspended for UND's Oct. 20 regular season game at Alaska Fairbanks. On Monday, Faison had announced 1-game suspensions for senior captains Andrew MacWilliam, Corban Knight, Danny Kristo and Carter Rowney to be served during UND's Oct. 19 regular season opener against Alaska Anchorage in Fairbanks.

Faison also announced today that Kristo and sophomore forward Brendan O'Donnell have each received a 1-game suspension for a violation of UND Athletics Department policy unrelated to the team party. O'Donnell will serve his suspension on Oct. 19 versus Alaska Anchorage, while Kristo will serve his additional suspension Oct. 20 at Alaska Fairbanks.

[Laker]

Minnesota State won one and tied one at UA-Huntsville this weekend.

[darell1976]

Minnesota State won one and tied one at UA-Huntsville this weekend.

I didn't think UAH was still in DI hockey. Are they an Independent?

[Laker]

I didn't think UAH was still in DI hockey. Are they an Independent?

Yes- I might be wrong but I think that this was their only home weekend series against a D1 team. They will have to go on the road a lot and play D3 and club teams. They had over 7,000 there on Friday night. But unless they get into a conference they will be screwed.

[dbackjon]

I didn't think UAH was still in DI hockey. Are they an Independent?

They originally were going to drop Hockey, but a new President came in and saved the program.

[frozennorth]

No. You need players and how many players will be attracted to those two spots where football is king is debatable. Right now the NCHC looks like it will be a better conference than the Big Ten- or at least just as good. Long term it may not be that way, but for now........

i suppose you would expect michigan, michigan state, and wisconsin to struggle as well then? Because football is king at those schools too.

fact is that 4 of the 6 b10hc schools are among the top 10 programs, while only 2 of the 8 nchc can make that claim.

[darell1976]

i suppose you would expect michigan, michigan state, and wisconsin to struggle as well then? Because football is king at those schools too.

fact is that 4 of the 6 b10hc schools are among the top 10 programs, while only 2 of the 8 nchc can make that claim.

Wisconsin has struggled and didn't make the playoffs recently while Michigan hasn't won a title since '98 and Michigan State isn't even ranked this year proves the BTHC is not above everyone else in college hockey in fact only Michigan and Minnesota are the only ones ranked while UND, DU, Miami, WMU, and CC are all ranked. They will battle for the 1-2 conference next year but the better "hockey" teams is in the NCHC.

[NoDak 4 Ever]

Wisconsin has struggled and didn't make the playoffs recently while Michigan hasn't won a title since '98 and Michigan State isn't even ranked this year proves the BTHC is not above everyone else in college hockey in fact only Michigan and Minnesota are the only ones ranked while UND, DU, Miami, WMU, and CC are all ranked. They will battle for the 1-2 conference next year but the better "hockey" teams is in the NCHC.

I mostly agree with this. UND and Denver are perennial contenders. UMD is a solid 3 with success and Miami has also had tournament appearances.

Don't count out UNO, they will make some noise soon.

B1G is Minnesota and Michigan. Ohio State has never been a strong contender and MSU will always be Second Banana to U of M.

[frozennorth]

Wisconsin has struggled and didn't make the playoffs recently while Michigan hasn't won a title since '98 and Michigan State isn't even ranked this year proves the BTHC is not above everyone else in college hockey in fact only Michigan and Minnesota are the only ones ranked while UND, DU, Miami, WMU, and CC are all ranked. They will battle for the 1-2 conference next year but the better "hockey" teams is in the NCHC.

und hasn't won a title since 2000, glad that looks so much better to you.

since 2000, bthc schools have won 4 titles to the nchc's three. Some proof you have there, one year's preseason rankings.

[frozennorth]

MSU will always be Second Banana to U of M.

wtf does that have to do anything? xeyebrowx

[darell1976]

und hasn't won a title since 2000, glad that looks so much better to you.

since 2000, bthc schools have won 4 titles to the nchc's three. Some proof you have there, one year's preseason rankings.

Actually since 2000 the NCHC has won 4 titles..UND (2000) Denver (04, 05) and Minnesota-Duluth (2011). 7 NCHC teams have made it to the title game since 2000 compared to 6 for the BTHC.

[NHwildEcat]

http://www.uscho.com/rankings/d-i-mens-poll/?DB_OEM_ID=13500

1 Minnesota (46) 2- 0-0 991 2
2 North Dakota ( 1) 0- 0-0 894 4
3 Boston College ( 2) 0- 1-0 878 1
4 Miami 2- 0-0 751 8
5 Michigan 1- 1-0 726 3
6 Cornell 0- 0-0 714 5
7 Denver 0- 0-0 690 7
8 Union ( 1) 2- 1-0 606 10
9 Notre Dame 2- 0-0 583 14
10 Massachusetts-Lowell 0- 0-1 576 6
11 Boston University 1- 0-0 549 12
12 Western Michigan 1- 1-0 422 9
13 Minnesota-Duluth 1- 1-0 308 13
14 Northeastern 2- 0-0 283 NR
15 New Hampshire 2- 0-0 273 NR
16 Ferris State 0- 1-1 218 11
17 Harvard 0- 0-0 213 17
17 Northern Michigan 2- 0-0 213 NR
19 Colorado College 2- 0-0 194 NR
20 Quinnipiac 2- 1-0 74 18
Others receiving votes: Air Force 47, Wisconsin 47, Maine 40, Rensselaer 40, Ohio State 39, Nebraska-Omaha 37, Merrimack 33, Michigan State 17, Rochester Institute of Technology 12, St. Cloud State 9, Lake Superior 7, St. Lawrence 6, Providence 4, Minnesota State 3, Yale 3.

UNH reappears in the rankings for the first time in a year! Been too long. Hopefully, things keep on rolling this weekend with our first HE game against BU. I was very happy with the results of the first weekend!

Also, a congrats to Coach Umile who won his 500th career game on Friday night.

[darell1976]

UNH reappears in the rankings for the first time in a year! Been too long. Hopefully, things keep on rolling this weekend with our first HE game against BU. I was very happy with the results of the first weekend!

Also, a congrats to Coach Umile who won his 500th career game on Friday night.

All UND fans will cheer for you guys when you play BC.

[NHwildEcat]

All UND fans will cheer for you guys when you play BC.

We'll need the support.

[NoDak 4 Ever]

wtf does that have to do anything? xeyebrowx

Meaning they are about as important to the Big 10 as Minnesota Duluth is to the NCHC. Just because they are in a different conference doesn't mean they will suddenly become an every year contender.

[darell1976]

Meaning they are about as important to the Big 10 as Minnesota Duluth is to the NCHC. Just because they are in a different conference doesn't mean they will suddenly become an every year contender.

The big difference between the conferences is the number of schools. The Big 10 can only have 6. Who else from the Big 10 is going to join? Nebraska? Illinois? Iowa? The NCHC has 8. Penn State and Ohio State will (IMO) never be a contender. So you have 4 and it may seem they are a powerful conference because the same four will be in contention for the playoffs every year. For the NCHC you could have UND, Denver contend year after year but also fomer CCHA teams in WMU and Miami contend as well. Add in the 2011 NC Minnesota-Duluth and you have a strong conference top to bottom. 2013 is going to be an interesting year when the conferences split.

[NoDak 4 Ever]

The big difference between the conferences is the number of schools. The Big 10 can only have 6. Who else from the Big 10 is going to join? Nebraska? Illinois? Iowa? The NCHC has 8. Penn State and Ohio State will (IMO) never be a contender. So you have 4 and it may seem they are a powerful conference because the same four will be in contention for the playoffs every year. For the NCHC you could have UND, Denver contend year after year but also fomer CCHA teams in WMU and Miami contend as well. Add in the 2011 NC Minnesota-Duluth and you have a strong conference top to bottom. 2013 is going to be an interesting year when the conferences split.

Like I said earlier, don't sleep on Dean Blais and UNO either.

[NHwildEcat]

Once UCONN joins HE in 2 years, it will only be a matter of time before they contend nationally. Once UCONN spends money they usually find some level of success. They will certainly be more successful than Penn State.

[darell1976]

Like I said earlier, don't sleep on Dean Blais and UNO either.

They could be a very scary team, and Blais is a hell of a coach. They dropped football so more money will go into hockey I wouldn't be surprised to see them in the Frozen Four within the next few years.

[darell1976]

Once UCONN joins HE in 2 years, it will only be a matter of time before they contend nationally. Once UCONN spends money they usually find some level of success. They will certainly be more successful than Penn State.

Hopefully with Penn State and UCONN joining we can see an increase in hockey teams. Maybe more club hockey teams will spend more money and join DI. I know Minnesota State-Moorhead wanted to join the WCHA but money wasn't there.

[NHwildEcat]

Hopefully with Penn State and UCONN joining we can see an increase in hockey teams. Maybe more club hockey teams will spend more money and join DI. I know Minnesota State-Moorhead wanted to join the WCHA but money wasn't there.

My alma mata is one of a handful of the remaining D2 schools as part of the Northeast-10 conference. I wish they would move up, but it will never happen. So I am not aware of any other schools in the northeast they could be on the cusp of making the move, unfortunately. I say more hockey the better!

[TheValleyRaider]

The big difference between the conferences is the number of schools. The Big 10 can only have 6. Who else from the Big 10 is going to join? Nebraska? Illinois? Iowa? The NCHC has 8. Penn State and Ohio State will (IMO) never be a contender. So you have 4 and it may seem they are a powerful conference because the same four will be in contention for the playoffs every year. For the NCHC you could have UND, Denver contend year after year but also fomer CCHA teams in WMU and Miami contend as well. Add in the 2011 NC Minnesota-Duluth and you have a strong conference top to bottom. 2013 is going to be an interesting year when the conferences split.

I believe you on tOSU, but Penn State will probably be competitive sooner rather than later. Lots of money sunk into the program, brand new arena, strong brand in a decent hockey state, a very good coach in Gadowsky. Look out for the Lions in 3-4 years

[UNDBIZ]

The big difference between the conferences is the number of schools. The Big 10 can only have 6. Who else from the Big 10 is going to join? Nebraska? Illinois? Iowa? The NCHC has 8. Penn State and Ohio State will (IMO) never be a contender. So you have 4 and it may seem they are a powerful conference because the same four will be in contention for the playoffs every year. For the NCHC you could have UND, Denver contend year after year but also fomer CCHA teams in WMU and Miami contend as well. Add in the 2011 NC Minnesota-Duluth and you have a strong conference top to bottom. 2013 is going to be an interesting year when the conferences split.

UNO and CC aren't exactly pushovers either. SCSU is the worst heading into the conference, but even they've had good, competitive seasons in the last decade (not competitive for a national title but still respectable seasons).

[PhoenixSupreme]

I know nothing about college hockey but I'll say the same thing I said last year... I'm pulling for Alabama-Huntsville cuz it's the only southern college hockey team I know.

[TheValleyRaider]

I'm pulling for Alabama-Huntsville cuz it's the only southern college hockey team I know.

You can delete the "I know" part at the end there, and your post would still be true xsmiley_wix

[darell1976]

UNO and CC aren't exactly pushovers either. SCSU is the worst heading into the conference, but even they've had good, competitive seasons in the last decade (not competitive for a national title but still respectable seasons).

That's why I said the NCHC will be strong from top to bottom. SCSU I think will be the worst of the conference but that might change to with the new conference.

[darell1976]

You can delete the "I know" part at the end there, and your post would still be true xsmiley_wix

There are club hockey teams (ACHA) in the south you could cheer for..Oklahoma, Central Oklahoma, and Arizona.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c7/ACHA_D1.png

Funny about that map is there are some Big 10 teams with club hockey like Illinois and Indiana. If the conference wishes to expand they could see if those two schools could use a boost to move up to NCAA DI.

[Laker]

There are club hockey teams (ACHA) in the south you could cheer for..Oklahoma, Central Oklahoma, and Arizona.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c7/ACHA_D1.png

I had no idea that there was an NAIA school in Illinois called Robert Morris. I just knew about the one in PA. Learn something new every day.

[darell1976]

I had no idea that there was an NAIA school in Illinois called Robert Morris. I just knew about the one in PA. Learn something new every day.


Only 5 teams west of the Missouri river? Club hockey like college hockey has a lot of teams in the Northeast.

[dbackjon]

NAU (who used to have a REAL hockey team), has D2 and D3 club teams

[dbackjon]

There are club hockey teams (ACHA) in the south you could cheer for..Oklahoma, Central Oklahoma, and Arizona.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c7/ACHA_D1.png

Funny about that map is there are some Big 10 teams with club hockey like Illinois and Indiana. If the conference wishes to expand they could see if those two schools could use a boost to move up to NCAA DI.

Used to enjoy watching the Illini Hockey team play - crappy ice, but a good time.

[darell1976]

NAU (who used to have a REAL hockey team), has D2 and D3 club teams

I wished more BSC teams had hockey. I am surprised more nothern teams like Montana, and Montana State doesn't have hockey. I guess other sports like Lacrosse takes over that sport.

[woffordgrad94]

I've seen a couple of minor league hockey games in Greenville. I thought I hated hockey until I saw it live. It's a fun, fast paced intense sport that TV does no justice to. I wish some Southern schools would add hockey. It'd be a good time.

[NHwildEcat]

Not sure if they are ACHA sanctioned but BU has club hockey. Along with Maine, UNH, and Vermont.

[darell1976]

Not sure if they are ACHA sanctioned but BU has club hockey. Along with Maine, UNH, and Vermont.

NDSU has club hockey but I guess it all depends on what schools want to fund what sport. UND was one of the founders of the WCHA(1951), we also gained women's hockey after Title IX wiped out wrestling.

[LakesBison]

NDSU 8 TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

1 - Men's National Club Hockey Champions (1991)
1 - Men's National Club Hockey Champions (1993)
1 - Men's National Club Hockey Champions (1994)
1 - Men's National Club Hockey Champions (1985)
1 - Men's National Club Hockey Champions (1986)
1 - Men's National Club Hockey Champions (1987)
1 - Men's National Club Hockey Champions (1988)
1 - Men's National Club Hockey Champions (1989)

[NoDak 4 Ever]

NDSU 8 TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

1 - Men's National Club Hockey Champions (1991)
1 - Men's National Club Hockey Champions (1993)
1 - Men's National Club Hockey Champions (1994)
1 - Men's National Club Hockey Champions (1985)
1 - Men's National Club Hockey Champions (1986)
1 - Men's National Club Hockey Champions (1987)
1 - Men's National Club Hockey Champions (1988)
1 - Men's National Club Hockey Champions (1989)

Oh stop it. You don't even like hockey. Go find another thread to throw up on.

[LakesBison]

I have season tickets for minnesota gophers hockey. I enjoy hockey, but i dont love it, and honestly with junior's, instead of high school recruits, no one even knows these kids anymore.

[darell1976]

http://www.uscho.com/scoreboard/division-i-men/

Exhibition play is over let the season begin (for UND)!!!

WCHA teams this weekend:

Friday:
Minnesota at Michigan Tech (only conference game of the weekend)
CC at Air Force
Lake Superior at Bemidji State
UMass-Lowell at Denver
Rensselaer at Minnesota State
Minnesota-Duluth at Notre Dame
Alabama-Huntsville at St. Cloud State
Northern Michigan at Nebraska-Omaha
UND at Alaska-Anchorage (non-conference tournament game)

Saturday:

Minnesota at Michigan Tech (conference play)
Lake Superior at Bemidji St
UMass-Lowell at CC
AF at DU
Rensselaer at MSU
UAH at SCSU
NMU at UNO
Merrimack at UAA
UND at Alaska

[darell1976]

#2 UND beat UAA on Friday but lost 2-1 to Alaska last night.

[Laker]

MSU tied RPI 3-3 Friday after trailing by two goals with ten minutes to go on Friday, then won 4-3 in OT last night.

Does anyone know why some schools are referred to as Polytechnic (RPI, Cal Poly) and others just Tech (Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech)? I've never heard of any explanation.

[darell1976]

MSU tied RPI 3-3 Friday after trailing by two goals with ten minutes to go on Friday, then won 4-3 in OT last night.

Does anyone know why some schools are referred to as Polytechnic (RPI, Cal Poly) and others just Tech (Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech)? I've never heard of any explanation.

Just to shorten it. Michigan Tech also goes by Michigan Technological.

[TheValleyRaider]

Does anyone know why some schools are referred to as Polytechnic (RPI, Cal Poly) and others just Tech (Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech)? I've never heard of any explanation.

Some of it is nicknaming. VaTech's actual name is Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and you still hear the school referred to as VPI at times. GT is the Georgia Institute of Technology, so shortening to Tech makes sense. Then there are schools like Texas Tech, which is not a shortened version, but the full name

[NHwildEcat]

UNH blew away BU on Saturday night 4-1 to start the season 3-0 (1-0 HE). Much better start then last year...thankfully.

[dgtw]

I've seen a couple of minor league hockey games in Greenville. I thought I hated hockey until I saw it live. It's a fun, fast paced intense sport that TV does no justice to. I wish some Southern schools would add hockey. It'd be a good time.

I think nearly everyone in the SEC has a club hockey team. Alabama's team has to drive to a rink in Birmingham, however. Auburn goes to Columbus, Georgia. Yeah, it would be cool for the SEC to have hockey, but I can give you IX reasons why that will never happen. I thinkif a men's sport in the SEC ever takes off, it will be soccer, right now just two teams have that sport.

[NHwildEcat]

I think nearly everyone in the SEC has a club hockey team. Alabama's team has to drive to a rink in Birmingham, however. Auburn goes to Columbus, Georgia. Yeah, it would be cool for the SEC to have hockey, but I can give you IX reasons why that will never happen. I thinkif a men's sport in the SEC ever takes off, it will be soccer, right now just two teams have that sport.

I didn't know that. Only 2 schools have soccer in the SEC? That is a joke. I think it should be a basic that all schools have soccer. It is cheap and easy to maintain. I am very surprised.

[dgtw]

Well, they all have women's soccer. If they added men's soccer, they'd have to add a women's sport.

[NHwildEcat]

Well, they all have women's soccer. If they added men's soccer, they'd have to add a women's sport.

Interesting. I always assumed that every school had soccer. It just seems to simple to me.

[darell1976]

Well, they all have women's soccer. If they added men's soccer, they'd have to add a women's sport.

There is women's hockey at the DI level.

[Laker]

There is women's hockey at the DI level.

I just looked it up yesterday- 59 men's teams, 35 women's teams. I think, but I'm not 100% sure, that the only school that has a D1 women's team but not a men's team is Lindenwood, who started last year.

[NHwildEcat]

I just looked it up yesterday- 59 men's teams, 35 women's teams. I think, but I'm not 100% sure, that the only school that has a D1 women's team but not a men's team is Lindenwood, who started last year.

I would expect over the next decade both of those numbers will rise as the sport continues to grow.

[Laker]

I would expect over the next decade both of those numbers will rise as the sport continues to grow.

I was pretty impressed when I read that the MSU-Mankato women were ranked tenth- they have been just terrible. 10th out of 35 isn't quite as impressive. But it is a start.

[TheValleyRaider]

I just looked it up yesterday- 59 men's teams, 35 women's teams. I think, but I'm not 100% sure, that the only school that has a D1 women's team but not a men's team is Lindenwood, who started last year.

Syracuse does also. The Syracuse men's team starting up seems unlikely at this point, but you never know when that kind of money or desire will appear. Still, probably a long shot right now at best

[dgtw]

Interesting. I always assumed that every school had soccer. It just seems to simple to me.

Well, I'm sorry. Down here we play baseball, not commie sports like soccer.

[Laker]

Syracuse does also. The Syracuse men's team starting up seems unlikely at this point, but you never know when that kind of money or desire will appear. Still, probably a long shot right now at best

Thanks for the info- I didn't know that. I wonder if the Big Ten will ever get another team to start men's hockey at the D1 level. Can't see the I schools doing it, or Purdue.

[darell1976]

#5 UND beat #12 Boston U last night 4-2 in front of 11,589 at Ralph Engelstad Arena.

Game two is tonight. UND is 1-0-1 in the WCHA and 3-1-1 overall.

[Laker]

MSU-Mankato beats the Goofers 5-3 in Kato last night after losing 3-2 in Minneapolis on Friday.

And since I'm on here- MSU is now 10-0 and has clinched at least a share for the NSIC football title. :)

[NoDak 4 Ever]

MSU-Mankato beats the Goofers 5-3 in Kato last night after losing 3-2 in Minneapolis on Friday.

And since I'm on here- MSU is now 10-0 and has clinched at least a share for the NSIC football title. :)

My loyalties are totally screwed now. I'm pulling for UNO, they gave my wife an interview. Mankato wanted her to be graduated in January, completely impossible.

[Laker]

My loyalties are totally screwed now. I'm pulling for UNO, they gave my wife an interview. Mankato wanted her to be graduated in January, completely impossible.

Job interview at MSU too? Didn't know that. What job area was she looking at?

[darell1976]

MSU-Mankato beats the Goofers 5-3 in Kato last night after losing 3-2 in Minneapolis on Friday.

And since I'm on here- MSU is now 10-0 and has clinched at least a share for the NSIC football title. :)

I saw the beginning of that game flipping between that and the UND-BU game. I noticed that the Mavs has the same goal horn as UND. Any win against the Goofs is a great win in any eyes of a UND fan.

[darell1976]

UND fell to BU 4-2. Giving up 2 late goals.

[Laker]

I saw the beginning of that game flipping between that and the UND-BU game. I noticed that the Mavs has the same goal horn as UND. Any win against the Goofs is a great win in any eyes of a UND fan.

I would loved to have had a booth outside selling Holy Cross apparel when they beat the Goofers in the regional in Grand Forks. Could have made some big bucks.

[darell1976]

I would loved to have had a booth outside selling Holy Cross apparel when they beat the Goofers in the regional in Grand Forks. Could have made some big bucks.

You can still get those in Grand Forks.:)

[Laker]

You can still get those in Grand Forks.:)

Ha! That is great. xthumbsupx

[darell1976]

This was posted on Facebook from UND athletics:


University of North Dakota Athletics

‎University of North Dakota Men's Hockey is the top Hockey draw in the US right now with 11,731 fans per game - outdrawing every NCAA, AHL and ECHL team. Limited tickets do remain for all home games - join the largest Hockey crowd in the US!

I was like huh?? That's right without NHL hockey, minor league and college hockey is all that counts now.

[NHwildEcat]

Well, I'm sorry. Down here we play baseball, not commie sports like soccer.

If anything soccer is more socialist based on its popularity in Europe.

My point being, that soccer is cheap to field. So money is not a reason for a school not having it. Just surprising to me. UMaine also does not have soccer, but I have no expectations of Maine.

[NHwildEcat]

Thanks for the info- I didn't know that. I wonder if the Big Ten will ever get another team to start men's hockey at the D1 level. Can't see the I schools doing it, or Purdue.

They already have. With Penn State hockey, they now have 6 programs. That was why all the hockey conference have changed so drastically over the past couple years.

[Laker]

They already have. With Penn State hockey, they now have 6 programs. That was why all the hockey conference have changed so drastically over the past couple years.

I knew that Penn State had started, which caused the birth of the Big Ten hockey conference. I was wondering about any more than that. Nebraska's new basketball arena is supposed to be big enough to have hockey, but I think that the deal Trev Alberts made with the devil to drop UNOmaha football and wrestling was so only UNO would have hockey and not UNL. I guess that they figure they can survive with only six teams- but Ohio State isn't very good and PSU is just starting. If they ever added Notre Dame to the Big Ten, which is unlikely, they would have a team already. But the other teams that they are looking at probably wouldn't. Maryland and Rutgers won't.

The whole college realignment scene is such a mess.

[344Johnson]

I knew that Penn State had started, which caused the birth of the Big Ten hockey conference. I was wondering about any more than that. Nebraska's new basketball arena is supposed to be big enough to have hockey, but I think that the deal Trev Alberts made with the devil to drop UNOmaha football and wrestling was so only UNO would have hockey and not UNL. I guess that they figure they can survive with only six teams- but Ohio State isn't very good and PSU is just starting. If they ever added Notre Dame to the Big Ten, which is unlikely, they would have a team already. But the other teams that they are looking at probably wouldn't. Maryland and Rutgers won't.

The whole college realignment scene is such a mess.

IMO the B1G hockey conference is going to be very good. Biggest names playing against the biggest names. That usually leads to higher competition. Harder for the UND's, Duluth's, Denver's to recruit without being able to talk to recruits about games against Minnesota, Wisconsin, etc.

[NHwildEcat]

I knew that Penn State had started, which caused the birth of the Big Ten hockey conference. I was wondering about any more than that. Nebraska's new basketball arena is supposed to be big enough to have hockey, but I think that the deal Trev Alberts made with the devil to drop UNOmaha football and wrestling was so only UNO would have hockey and not UNL. I guess that they figure they can survive with only six teams- but Ohio State isn't very good and PSU is just starting. If they ever added Notre Dame to the Big Ten, which is unlikely, they would have a team already. But the other teams that they are looking at probably wouldn't. Maryland and Rutgers won't.

The whole college realignment scene is such a mess.

Yeah, Notre Dame would help solidify the Big Ten but now that they are in Hockey East I really doubt they will ever move to a smaller Big 10. HE is so powerful with 12 programs, with mostly deep pockets for hockey (Merrimack College is a joke).

[NHwildEcat]

UNH is #3 now in the nation with 1 first place vote! Great start to the season as they have but 1 loss on the year!

[Laker]

IMO the B1G hockey conference is going to be very good. Biggest names playing against the biggest names. That usually leads to higher competition. Harder for the UND's, Duluth's, Denver's to recruit without being able to talk to recruits about games against Minnesota, Wisconsin, etc.

I've talked to MSU Mankato season ticket holders who are planning on dropping because of losing MN, WI, and even UMD, UND and SCSU. The new WCHA doesn't have the name teams.

[darell1976]

http://www.uscho.com/rankings/d-i-mens-poll/

Here is the latest poll: (FCS teams)

2. New Hampshire
7. North Dakota
11. Dartmouth
12. Cornell
15. Yale
19. Harvard

Top 10:

1. Boston College
2. New Hampshire
3. Minnesota
4. Miami
5. Denver
6. Notre Dame
7. North Dakota
8. Union
9. Boston University
10. Western Michigan

[darell1976]

#7 North Dakota 3-1-2 in the WCHA and 6-4-2 overall plays at #18 Colorado College 4-2-0 in the WCHA and 7-6-1 overall this weekend. UND split with Notre Dame last weekend in South Bend. Both UND and CC are tied for 5th place with 8 points in the WCHA 6 points behind WCHA leader Denver. Just a side note on the new conferences next season only Big 10 teams with a winning record is Minnesota, Ohio State and Penn State( Penn State is 6-5 as a DI Independent) while the NCHC teams have 7 out of 8 teams have winning records..only Minnesota Duluth (2011 NC) does not.

[UNDBIZ]

IMO the B1G hockey conference is going to be very good. Biggest names playing against the biggest names. That usually leads to higher competition. Harder for the UND's, Duluth's, Denver's to recruit without being able to talk to recruits about games against Minnesota, Wisconsin, etc.

They're the teams with the biggest names in other sports. Kids who have grown up watching hockey are aware of which schools are the best/most committed to fielding a good hockey program. The Ralph at UND will bring in plenty of high-end talent by itself. Throw in the 7 national championships, conference championships, and games against Wisconsin and the bigger Hockey East teams and UND will be just fine.

Edit: Also, the new arena at Duluth and the recent championship along with games every year against UMN will keep Duluth relevent. Denver's location, education, and media connections will keep prospects flowing.

[darell1976]

They're the teams with the biggest names in other sports. Kids who have grown up watching hockey are aware of which schools are the best/most committed to fielding a good hockey program. The Ralph at UND will bring in plenty of high-end talent by itself. Throw in the 7 national championships, conference championships, and games against Wisconsin and the bigger Hockey East teams and UND will be just fine.

Edit: Also, the new arena at Duluth and the recent championship along with games every year against UMN will keep Duluth relevent. Denver's location, education, and media connections will keep prospects flowing.

Right now Michigan, and Michigan State are towards the bottom of the CCHA, and Wisconsin is towards the bottom of the WCHA. I think winning and National Title appearances are a bigger factor for recruits than just the name of the school each team plays against. You are right UNDBIZ hockey kids want to go to hockey schools and Ohio State is not, Penn State is not, Minnesota is, and Wisconsin is to a point, but so is North Dakota, Denver, St. Cloud State, Nebraska-Omaha. Plus new facilities help a great deal like at UND, UMD, and UNO. Like I said before it will be interesting to see what the attendance is after the 2013-2014 season compared to this season or previous seasons.

[darell1976]

Top 20 poll:
http://www.uscho.com/rankings/d-i-mens-poll/

1 Boston College (35) 11- 2-1 981 2
2 New Hampshire ( 9) 11- 2-2 921 1
3 Notre Dame ( 3) 13- 4-0 902 5
4 Minnesota ( 3) 11- 3-3 815 4
5 Miami 10- 3-3 775 3
6 Boston University 10- 5-0 727 7
7 Western Michigan 10- 3-1 723 7
8 North Dakota 8- 5-3 630 9
9 Quinnipiac 12- 3-2 541 13
10 Dartmouth 7- 2-2 529 10
11 Denver 9- 5-2 519 6
12 Cornell 6- 3-2 438 11
13 Nebraska-Omaha 10- 5-1 389 14
14 Union 8- 3-4 385 12
15 Yale 6- 3-2 246 15
16 Niagara 10- 2-3 239 18
17 St. Cloud State 9- 7-0 234 17
18 Harvard 4- 3-1 126 20
19 Ferris State 7- 6-3 116 16
20 Minnesota State 9- 5-2 96 NR

[darell1976]

North Dakota tied and won against Denver last weekend... Now this weekend #8 UND (5-2-3 WCHA) (8-5-3 overall) is at Michigan Tech (3-6-3 WCHA) (4-8-3 overall).

[BisonBacker]

Since this thread is about Hockey this link and the story fit right in here.

http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/content/small-numbers-big-impact-bsu-hockey-attendance-makes-substantial-difference-revenues

First off this is why I'm glad NDSU didn't do the Hockey thing. It's also why I said it was a Joke that MSUM was looking at hockey. UNO's AD during the time of DI hockey coming to UNO has said since that it was a huge mistake for UNO to bring on DI hockey. It also cost them their football program unless they bring it back sometime. Even in a state where you would think Hockey would be king schools are struggling to pay for it. It's also why Scheels arena in Fargo has struggled and will continue to do so. Bailout after Bailout won't fix this either. Even Wisconsin is seeing sharp revenue drops in it's hockey program and thats a Major school where one wouldn't think funding and attendance would be an issue.

[darell1976]

Since this thread is about Hockey this link and the story fit right in here.

http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/content/small-numbers-big-impact-bsu-hockey-attendance-makes-substantial-difference-revenues

First off this is why I'm glad NDSU didn't do the Hockey thing. It's also why I said it was a Joke that MSUM was looking at hockey. UNO's AD during the time of DI hockey coming to UNO has said since that it was a huge mistake for UNO to bring on DI hockey. It also cost them their football program unless they bring it back sometime. Even in a state where you would think Hockey would be king schools are struggling to pay for it. It's also why Scheels arena in Fargo has struggled and will continue to do so. Bailout after Bailout won't fix this either. Even Wisconsin is seeing sharp revenue drops in it's hockey program and thats a Major school where one wouldn't think funding and attendance would be an issue.

I hope UND continues to schedule Bemidji State. They are only 114 miles from Grand Forks (an easy road trip). I just hope the Big 10 doesn't force these teams to fold up their hockey programs because of the conference shuffle. BSU needs UND, UMD, UM, and St. Cloud State to help generate even more fans but all of them are in the NCHC(except UM) and scheduling BSU may be a lot tougher. Wisconsin used to lead the country in attendance especially with the Kohl Center's capacity but with their poor record that lead has gone to UND.

2012-2013 attendance (Top 20): http://www.uscho.com/stats/attendance/division-i-men/2012-2013/

Rank, Team, Games, Total Attendance, Avg Attendance, Capacity, % Capacity

1 North Dakota 8 93,999 11,750 11,634 101.0
2 Minnesota 8 78,171 9,771 10,000 97.7
3 Wisconsin 6 58,339 9,723 15,237 63.8
4 Colorado College 12 83,283 6,940 7,343 94.5
5 Boston College 7 46,705 6,672 7,884 84.6
6 Minnesota-Duluth 8 49,601 6,200 6,600 93.9
7 Michigan State 6 33,063 5,510 6,470 85.2
8 New Hampshire 7 38,519 5,503 6,110 90.1
9 Denver 11 58,383 5,308 6,026 88.1
10 Nebraska-Omaha 8 42,127 5,266 16,680 31.6
11 Michigan 9 46,869 5,208 6,637 78.5
12 Massachusetts-Lowell 8 40,506 5,063 6,496 77.9
13 Boston University 7 35,053 5,008 6,221 80.5
14 Notre Dame 10 47,896 4,790 5,000 95.8
15 Maine 8 35,077 4,385 5,124 85.6
16 St. Cloud State 8 34,679 4,335 5,763 75.2
17 Massachusetts 11 47,658 4,333 8,373 51.7
18 Cornell 7 29,766 4,252 4,267 99.7
19 Vermont 6 21,948 3,658 4,035 90.7
20 Minnesota State 9 32,261 3,585 4,832 74.2

29 Bemidji State 6 17,612 2,935 4,373 67.1

[UNDBIZ]

Since this thread is about Hockey this link and the story fit right in here.

http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/content/small-numbers-big-impact-bsu-hockey-attendance-makes-substantial-difference-revenues

First off this is why I'm glad NDSU didn't do the Hockey thing. It's also why I said it was a Joke that MSUM was looking at hockey. UNO's AD during the time of DI hockey coming to UNO has said since that it was a huge mistake for UNO to bring on DI hockey. It also cost them their football program unless they bring it back sometime. Even in a state where you would think Hockey would be king schools are struggling to pay for it. It's also why Scheels arena in Fargo has struggled and will continue to do so. Bailout after Bailout won't fix this either. Even Wisconsin is seeing sharp revenue drops in it's hockey program and thats a Major school where one wouldn't think funding and attendance would be an issue.

There is a pretty direct correlation with their record as to why they're losing money. Also, most college sports do not support themselves. Even at the great NDSU a large portion of the athletics budget deficit is covered using student fees (appropriate) and interest income (less appropriate).

[Laker]

MSU Purple Mavs top Red Mavs from UNO 6-3 for their 7th straight win! Men's and women's basketball also win, so it is a great day to be a Mav!

http://www.msumavericks.com/news/2012/12/14/MHOCKEY_1214124316.aspx?elinkdata=14846

[darell1976]

UND beat Michigan Tech 6-1, UND hasn't lost in 4 straight games and is now tied for 4th place with Minnesota in the WCHA.

Denver 17 pts
Minnesota State 16 pts
St. Cloud State 16 pts
UND 15 pts
Minnesota 15 pts
Nebraska-Omaha 13 pts
Colorado College 11 pts
Minnesota-Duluth 11 pts
Bemidji State 9 pts
Michigan Tech 9 pts
Wisconsin 9 pts
Alaska-Anchorage 5 pts

[darell1976]

WCHA Standings:

#16 St. Cloud State 18 pts
#14 Denver 17
#7 UND 17
#18 MSU 16
#4 UM 15
#12 UNO 15
UMD 13
BSU 11
CC 11
MTU 9
UW 9
UAA 5

Next Conference games Jan 4th Wisconsin at UAA, CC at UNO

[Laker]

WCHA Standings:

#16 St. Cloud State 18 pts
#14 Denver 17
#7 UND 17
#18 MSU 16
#4 UM 15
#12 UNO 15
UMD 13
BSU 11
CC 11
MTU 9
UW 9
UAA 5

Next Conference games Jan 4th Wisconsin at UAA, CC at UNO

I hope that this is a trend that continues..........I'd like to have the Mavs host in the playoffs. And I really like being ahead of the Goofers.

[darell1976]

I hope that this is a trend that continues..........I'd like to have the Mavs host in the playoffs. And I really like being ahead of the Goofers.

Its nice to see UM down a bit, but its odd to see St. Cloud in first. What's up with that. We can't have that happen.

[Laker]

Sometime I would like to see UAA in first place. They just can't seem to move up very far. And what has happened to the Badgers???

[darell1976]

Sometime I would like to see UAA in first place. They just can't seem to move up very far. And what has happened to the Badgers???

They have roughly 1 or 2 good seasons then they go down then back up just like the Gophers. Except the Gophers seem to sneak into the playoffs somehow. It would be nice to see UAA up there but they are like Michigan Tech always towards the bottom. Looking at the teams this season and with the new conferences next year the BTHC is going to be a joke.

#4 Minnesota 11-3-3
Ohio State 7-6-5
Penn St 7-8
Michigan 6-9-2
Wisconsin 4-7-5
Michigan St 5-10-2

Is it going to be worth moving teams to new conferences and crushing rivalries all because the Big Ten wants whatever hockey money there is.

[Laker]

Is it going to be worth moving teams to new conferences and crushing rivalries all because the Big Ten wants whatever hockey money there is.

I think that the Big Ten Hockey Conference is a giant step backwards for hockey. But like you said, $$$. MSU will probably win more games, but the schedule won't be very attractive and that will hurt recruiting and attendance.

[darell1976]

I think that the Big Ten Hockey Conference is a giant step backwards for hockey. But like you said, $$$. MSU will probably win more games, but the schedule won't be very attractive and that will hurt recruiting and attendance.

Maybe the NCHC will make it a 10 team league with MSU and Bemidji State joining. The WCHA is going to be a real mess, all you need is to have Alaska vs Alaska-Anchorage in the WCHA Final Five Championship and you would hear the crickets chirp.

[344Johnson]

They have roughly 1 or 2 good seasons then they go down then back up just like the Gophers. Except the Gophers seem to sneak into the playoffs somehow. It would be nice to see UAA up there but they are like Michigan Tech always towards the bottom. Looking at the teams this season and with the new conferences next year the BTHC is going to be a joke.

#4 Minnesota 11-3-3
Ohio State 7-6-5
Penn St 7-8
Michigan 6-9-2
Wisconsin 4-7-5
Michigan St 5-10-2

Is it going to be worth moving teams to new conferences and crushing rivalries all because the Big Ten wants whatever hockey money there is.

Big Ten hockey teams are going to probably collectively get better. Recruiting will be easy for them with all the big names on the schedule. I for one, am about as excited about college hockey as i have ever been.

[Laker]

I saw Rennselaer beat St. Cloud in the Granite City last night 4-3. Huskies were just pounding them late in the 1st to go up 2-0. The teams must have switched jerseys between periods because the Engineers scored thrice and could have had more. SCSU tied it up with about 7 minutes to play, then RPI got the winner with 2:12 to go. The last place team in the ECAC beats the top team in the WCHA on the road.

The NHC is bigger than Mankato's Cell, but not all of the seats are chair backed, and the ones that are seem pretty narrow. I was stuffed in between two guys about my size so we were trading elbows- not in anger, just that tight. I bought a $20 ticket for $10- eight rows up on the blue line. Nice location.

[344Johnson]

Perhaps the WCHA is overrated?

[darell1976]

Perhaps the WCHA is overrated?

Only St. Cloud State.

[Gil Dobie]

Gophers win their own tourney, beating Defending National Champion Boston College, and surprise, surprise, the All-Tourney team is All-Gophers LMAO!

[Laker]

Gophers win their own tourney, beating Defending National Champion Boston College, and surprise, surprise, the All-Tourney team is All-Gophers LMAO!

I was going to go to that game but stayed home to watch the Vikings win instead. I watched part of it on TV- what a blowout. Everything went the Gophers way- nothing went right for BC. I know that UM handled Air Force on Sat while BC played UA-Hunstville.

[Laker]

Purple Mavericks beat Brown and UConn at the UConn tourney. Nine wins in ten games!

http://msumavericks.com/news/2012/12/30/MHOCKEY_1230125626.aspx?elinkdata=15176

[darell1976]

With the Gophers beating BC and with Minnesota State on a hot streak, I think the WCHA race is going to be a very very close one. No one is out of it (except the usual bottom feeders of the league in MTU, and UAA).

[Laker]

This is a rare night- not just college hockey on a Tuesday, but I'm pulling for the Gophers to win. Of course, they are playing Notre Dame...........

[darell1976]

It has arrived!!!!! UND-Gophers....the final conference series!!

http://www.uscho.com/2013/01/17/minnesota-north-dakota-prep-for-one-last-series-as-wcha-rivals/


The series circled in red on most every WCHA fan’s calendar is finally here and as usual, the league title may be determined by its outcome.

No. 1 Minnesota hosts No. 6 North Dakota in the final WCHA series between two fierce rivals who are tied for third place in points but tied for first in winning percentage. Minnesota will be part of the new Big Ten league next season while UND is moving to the new National Collegiate Hockey Conference.

It promises to live up to the billing with stars aplenty. Minnesota (16-3-3, 8-3-3 WCHA) has recent home wins over then-No. 1 Boston College and then-No. 2 Notre Dame and a 6-0-1 record against nationally ranked teams this season.

Minnesota leads the WCHA in overall scoring (3.82 goals per game) but may be missing Erik Haula (game-time decision) while North Dakota leads the WCHA in scoring during league games (3.71). Nationally, Minnesota and North Dakota (3.45 goals per game overall) rank first and sixth, respectively, in scoring offense.

North Dakota (13-6-3, 8-3-3) has Division I’s only set of teammates with 30-plus points. Senior linemates Corban Knight (31 points, 21 assists) and Danny Kristo (30 points, 17 assists) have combined for 32 points (14 goals) in the last seven games.

[bulldog10jw]

A second straight weekend sweep for Yale

http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2013/01/20/sports/doc50fb671ce7cdb773279894.txt?viewmode=fullstory

It marked the second straight weekend sweep for No. 12 Yale (11-4-3, 7-3-1), unbeaten in its last five games. It also avenged a 7-4 loss to No. 11 Dartmouth (10-6-2, 6-4-1) on Nov. 2, allowing the Bulldogs to vault past the Big Green into sole possession of second place in the conference.

[Laker]

MSU-Mankato wins at Alaska Anchorage 4-0 after a tie on Friday night.

http://msumavericks.com/news/2013/1/20/MHOCKEY_0120131403.aspx?elinkdata=16448

[dgtw]

The WCHA has a new member.


The Western Collegiate Hockey Association, in a vote of its presidents, extended an invitation to UAH today at the NCAA Convention in the Dallas suburb of Grapevine. The Chargers, led by school President Dr. Robert Altenkirch and Director of Athletics E.J. Brophy, accepted

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2013/01/uah_accepts_invitation_to_join.html

Got to love a league that has teams in both Alaska and Alabama. This may save the program, but I don't see how UAH can afford the travel costs. If they want to have an oddball sport (for the state), they should drop hockey and add wrestling.

[darell1976]

UND lost Friday night 5-1, and tied 4-4 at Minnesota. We are at home against Wisconsin this weekend. UND is 8-4-4 in the WCHA and 13-7-4 tied for 3rd place.

[darell1976]

WCHA Standings:

Minnesota 22 pts
St. Cloud St 22 pts
Denver 20 pts
Neb-Omaha 20 pts
North Dakota 20 pts
Minn State 19 pts
Minn-Duluth 19 pts
Wisconsin 17 pts
CC 15 pts
Bemidji State 12 pts
Mich Tech 12 pts
Alaska-Anchorage 6 pts

[SUPharmacist]

I am so disappointed in the Big 10 for wrecking the WCHA. I will miss the regular UND-MN games.

[darell1976]

I am so disappointed in the Big 10 for wrecking the WCHA. I will miss the regular UND-MN games.

Paul Allen of KFAN had Don Lucia on for an interview before the UND-Minn game Friday and Allen said it didn't make sense to disband the CCHA, the WCHA, all for Penn State to join DI hockey. They wanted to know why couldn't Penn State just join the CCHA with Ohio State, Michigan and Michigan State. I think that would have made more sense than creating a conference of its own kind. PSU won't be competitive in college hockey just like Ohio State. It will be a 4 team race in that conference between the Michigan's, Gophers and Badgers. We will see what happens 9 months from now.

[Laker]

The Purple Mavs defeat the Rodents 2-1 in Mariucci last night!

Darell, you're welcome!xthumbsupx

[darell1976]

The Purple Mavs defeat the Rodents 2-1 in Mariucci last night!

Darell, you're welcome!xthumbsupx

Thank you Mavs.... Too bad UND blew it against now first place St. Cloud St.

[frozennorth]

Paul Allen of KFAN had Don Lucia on for an interview before the UND-Minn game Friday and Allen said it didn't make sense to disband the CCHA, the WCHA, all for Penn State to join DI hockey. They wanted to know why couldn't Penn State just join the CCHA with Ohio State, Michigan and Michigan State. I think that would have made more sense than creating a conference of its own kind. PSU won't be competitive in college hockey just like Ohio State. It will be a 4 team race in that conference between the Michigan's, Gophers and Badgers. We will see what happens 9 months from now.

i think it makes alot of sense to have all the big 10 schools in the same conference? what sense is there in all the big10 schools being in the same conference in every sport EXCEPT hockey?

[darell1976]

i think it makes alot of sense to have all the big 10 schools in the same conference? what sense is there in all the big10 schools being in the same conference in every sport EXCEPT hockey?

Maybe because only 5 of them...6 with Penn St play DI hockey. If all 12 teams played DI hockey then group them in the same conference but the WCHA housed all the Big 10 schools at one time except Ohio St and Penn St. so you throw all that history away for Penn State hockey? Lame! On a side note on this there is NO Big 10 conference on the women's side, and Ohio St is part of the WCHA.

[darell1976]

UND couldn't get a W against St. Cloud State but did manage a tie. Next up we host Wisconsin.

WCHA Standings:

SCSU 25 pts
UM 24 pts
UNO 24 pts
MSU 21 pts
UND 21 pts
UW 21 pts
DU 20 pts
UMD 19 pts
CC 15 pts
BSU 12 pts
MTU 12 pts
UAA 6 pts

[dgtw]

The Big Ten does not sponsor women's hockey because only four schools have teams. Michigan and Michigan State only have men's teams.

[darell1976]

The Big Ten does not sponsor women's hockey because only four schools have teams. Michigan and Michigan State only have men's teams.

Exactly just like only 5 teams on the mens's side has hockey as Penn St would be number 6. So why disband conferences and history for Penn St hockey.

[Bisonoline]

Exactly just like only 5 teams on the mens's side has hockey as Penn St would be number 6. So why disband conferences and history for Penn St hockey.

They dont make changes for the good of the game or the sport no matter what it may be. It all revolves around dollars. Now and more importantly in the future.

[darell1976]

They dont make changes for the good of the game or the sport no matter what it may be. It all revolves around dollars. Now and more importantly in the future.

You are 100% correct.

[Bisonoline]

You are 100% correct.

Its a shame as many great rivalries will now be in the crapper in many sports.

[Laker]

Exactly just like only 5 teams on the mens's side has hockey as Penn St would be number 6. So why disband conferences and history for Penn St hockey.

The other thing is- the Big Ten doesn't have any likely new hockey candidates on the horizon. The three I schools and Purdue- too far south, too much into basketball. Northwestern would have the best market in Chicago but also very high admission standards. Nebraska already has UNO. Maryland and Rutgers can't afford it. So it will be six teams- and two of them won't be competitive for awhile.

[darell1976]

The other thing is- the Big Ten doesn't have any likely new hockey candidates on the horizon. The three I schools and Purdue- too far south, too much into basketball. Northwestern would have the best market in Chicago but also very high admission standards. Nebraska already has UNO. Maryland and Rutgers can't afford it. So it will be six teams- and two of them won't be competitive for awhile.

I can't wait until the only playoff team to come out of the Big Ten is the AQ.

[gotts]

I can't wait until the only playoff team to come out of the Big Ten is the AQ.

You might have to wait awhile...

[Gil Dobie]

How about that Gophers women's team, undefeated and a NCAA record winning streak of 34 consecutive games.

[darell1976]

You might have to wait awhile...

If it was the 2013-2014 season only Minnesota would go, and if someone else from the Big 10 got the AQ from their conference tourney they would go but the next closest team in the pairwise is Wisconsin at #23. While in the NCHC... you have 5 teams in the top 16. Only 16 teams make the tournament. The SOS may hurt them greatly if the Michigan's don't improve. Because Penn State and Ohio State are going to be bottom feeders of that league.

[darell1976]

How about that Gophers women's team, undefeated and a NCAA record winning streak of 34 consecutive games.

They have an incredible team.

[Laker]

How about that Gophers women's team, undefeated and a NCAA record winning streak of 34 consecutive games.


They have an incredible team.

And the women's Frozen Four is in Ridder Arena again this year. I saw UMD beat Cornell in triple OT a couple of years ago- walked up a minute before the start and got a blue line seat for $20. If this streak keeps going I probably won't even get in the door..........

[bulldog10jw]

Big weekend at home for Yale.

http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-hockey/2012-13/releases/20130128eclceq

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Bulldogs host a pair of hot cats in a big upcoming weekend of ECAC Hockey at Ingalls Rink. The Yale men's team takes on Princeton (7-8-4, 5-4-3), winners of four of its last five outings, on Friday night at 7. Quinnipiac (18-3-3, 11-0-1), owners of the nation's longest unbeaten streak and ranked No. 1 in the Pairwise, comes to the Whale on Saturday for a 7 p.m. game that airs live on CPTV Sports.

[Gil Dobie]

They have an incredible team.

Amanda Kessel has 75 points in 25 games this year. She said in an interview that she does get advice from her brother.

[NHwildEcat]

Amanda Kessel has 75 points in 25 games this year. She said in an interview that she does get advice from her brother.

Blake or Phil?

J/K I know its Phil.

But Blake was an All-American Defensemen for UNH.

[darell1976]

http://www.uscho.com/rankings/pairwise-rankings/d-i-men/


Rank Team PWR W-L-T Win % Win % Rank RPI RPI Rank vs. TUC TUC %

1 Quinnipiac 28 18-3-3 .8125 1 .5871 1 10-2-1 .8077
2 Minnesota 27 18-4-4 .7692 2 .5722 2 7-3-2 .6667
3t New Hampshire 25 15-6-2 .6957 4 .5673 3 10-5-0 .6667
3t Miami 25 15-6-5 .6731 7 .5546 4 10-4-4 .6667
5t Yale 24 12-5-3 .6750 6 .5539 5 3-3-3 .5000
5t Boston College 24 14-7-2 .6522 8t .5522* 6 8-3-2 .6923
7 Massachusetts-Lowell 22 14-7-2 .6522 8t .5457 7 2-6-0 .2500
8 Western Michigan 21 16-6-4 .6923 5 .5455 8 6-2-0 .7500
9 St. Cloud State 19 15-10-1 .5962 16t .5434* 9 8-7-1 .5312
10 North Dakota 18 13-8-5 .5962 16t .5415 10 6-6-3 .5000
11t Boston University 17 13-9-1 .5870 18 .5405 11 7-7-1 .5000
11t Alaska 17 12-8-4 .5833 19t .5329 18 9-5-2 .6250
13 Denver 16 13-8-4 .6000 13t .5396 12 8-7-3 .5278
14t Notre Dame 15 16-10-0 .6154 11t .5383 13 6-7-0 .4615
14t Dartmouth 15 11-7-2 .6000 13t .5366 14 3-4-2 .4444
16 Minnesota State 13 16-9-3 .6250 10 .5350* 15 7-9-0 .4375
17 Niagara 12 15-4-5 .7292 3 .5347* 16 2-2-0 .5000


16 teams reach the playoffs: Conference leaders are Niagara, Western Michigan, Quinnipiac, Boston College, and St. Cloud State.

[darell1976]

Here is the attendance for women's hockey: Only 4 teams have more than a thousand fans. Top 10

http://www.uscho.com/stats/attendance/division-i-women/2012-2013/


Rank, Team, Dates, Total Atten, Avg Att, Capacity, Cap %

1 Wisconsin 14 25,070 1,791 2,400 74.6
2 Minnesota 12 17,710 1,476 3,400 43.4
3 Minnesota-Duluth 12 16,533 1,378 6,600 20.9
4 North Dakota 14 18,022 1,287 11,634 11.1
5 Dartmouth 8 6,169 771 4,500 17.1
6 RIT 12 8,295 691 2,100 32.9
7 Mercyhurst 14 8,125 580 1,300 44.6
8 Cornell 10 5,106 511 4,267 12.0
9 Harvard 9 4,475 497 2,776 17.9
10 Boston University 12 4,953 413 3,684 11.2

Top 10 Mens Attendance:

http://www.uscho.com/stats/attendance/division-i-men/2012-2013/

Rank, Team, Dates, Total Att, Avg Att, Capacity, Cap %

1 North Dakota 14 163,571 11,684 11,634 100.4
2 Wisconsin 12 119,988 9,999 15,237 65.6
3 Minnesota 16 158,417 9,901 10,000 99.0
4 Boston College 12 83,627 6,969 7,884 88.4
5 Colorado College 14 97,267 6,948 7,343 94.6
6 Minnesota-Duluth 10 62,553 6,255 6,600 94.8
7 Michigan State 12 70,131 5,844 6,470 90.3
8 Nebraska-Omaha 12 67,103 5,592 16,680 33.5
9 New Hampshire 11 61,327 5,575 6,110 91.2
10 Denver 16 85,801 5,363 6,026 89.0

[Laker]

Darell- I was in Crookston to watch the basketball game- got to the hotel to see period 3 and OT of the hockey game on TV (I don't get UND on TV at home). UND did a great job of killing off that five minute power play at the end or regulation- probably lucky to get the tie. Then I listened to the end of the game on Sat- sounds like they really came to play.

[darell1976]

Darell- I was in Crookston to watch the basketball game- got to the hotel to see period 3 and OT of the hockey game on TV (I don't get UND on TV at home). UND did a great job of killing off that five minute power play at the end or regulation- probably lucky to get the tie. Then I listened to the end of the game on Sat- sounds like they really came to play.
They needed something to break that winless streak of 5 games. Gotta stay in the hunt for home tournament playoffs.

[darell1976]

http://www.uscho.com/rankings/pairwise-rankings/d-i-men/

Pairwise Rankings:

WCHA teams:

2. Minnesota
8. St. Cloud State
9(tied). North Dakota
12. Denver
13 (tied). Minnesota State
21. Nebraska-Omaha
22. Wisconsin

http://www.uscho.com/rankings/rpi/d-i-men/

WCHA teams RPI:

2. Minnesota
8. St. Cloud State
10. Denver
11. North Dakota
12. Minnesota State
16. Nebraska-Omaha
21. Wisconsin
35. Colorado College
37. Minnesota-Duluth
44. Michigan Tech
54. Bemidji State
55. Alaska-Anchorage

[Laker]

11. North Dakota
12. Minnesota State


Besides the obvious hate for the vermin rodents and the long time rivalry with SCSU, the best hockey rivalry for MSU has been UND. People show up and get fired up more than for weekends with BSU, UMD and Whiskey. For whatever reason that was a good rivalry in basketball too. UNO used to be bigger when they were in the NCC than it is now.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

The UND-UNO game was fantastic! The crowd was about 50/50 which made for a great atmosphere. You can tell there's no love lost between these two teams. Tomorrow's outdoor game should be awesome assuming the weather cooperates.

[Laker]

Purple Mavs win at UMD!

[Ivytalk]

God, the Harvard men's team sucks this year. They have about as much chance of putting one in the net as I have of scoring with Kate Upton.xcoolx

[Laker]

They have about as much chance of putting one in the net as I have of scoring with Kate Upton.xcoolx

Yes, but if it happened you would be having a lot more fun!:D

MSU-Mankato sweeps AT UND! xthumbsupx

[darell1976]

UND sweeps Omaha including winning their first ever outdoor hockey game. UND is off this weekend then plays at Denver.

WCHA Standings:

St. Cloud State 31 pts 6 games left
North Dakota 28 pts 6 games left
Minnesota 26 pts 8 games left
Neb-Omaha 26 pts 6 games left
Denver 25 pts 6 games left
Minn State 25 pts 6 games left
Wisconsin 25 pts 6 games left
Colorado Coll 20 pts 6 games left
Minn-Duluth 19 pts 6 games left
Mich Tech 16 pts 6 games left
Bemidji State 13 pts 6 games left
Alaska-Anch 10 pts 4 games left

[Ivytalk]

Yes, but if it happened you would be having a lot more fun!:D

MSU-Mankato sweeps AT UND! xthumbsupx

I love you, Laker!

No homo.

[Laker]

I love you, Laker!

No homo.xthumbsupx

I'm so embarrassed- I'm turning Crimson...........xsmiley_wix

[Laker]

Future plans for the WCHA playoffs- they will have 8 teams in with 2 sitting out. The "Alaska Plan" of having those two teams play each other each year was shot down.

http://mankatofreepress.com/breakingnews/x503846570/WCHA-ADs-approve-future-playoff-format

[Laker]

MSU-Mankato beats Michigan Tech 6-1 tonight, sweeping the Huskies.

[Laker]

Just watched Denver get an empty net in the last seconds to win in Mariucci against the Goofers 2-0. :D

[Laker]

St. Cloud and the Goofers tie for the top spot in the WCHA. MSU-Mankato beat UND in OT and now will host UNO next weekend.

Purple Mavs v the Red Mavs. xthumbsupx

[darell1976]

UND hosts Michigan Tech next weekend for a trip to St. Paul.

[NHwildEcat]

UNH chokes to Maine, drops to the 5th seed and will have to travel to Providence for the Hockey East Quarterfinals....ugh.

[Laker]

Bracketology Blog After the results of March 9 By Jayson Moy • Senior Writer • Sunday, March 10, 2013 Here we go, here’s how I see it after Saturday’s games.

Providence
16 Notre Dame vs. 1 Quinnipiac
12 St. Cloud State vs. 5 Boston College

Grand Rapids
15 Boston University vs. 2 Minnesota
10 Western Michigan vs. 8 Denver

Toledo
13 Niagara vs. 3 Miami
11 Yale vs. 7 North Dakota

Manchester
14 Rensselaer vs. 4 Massachusetts-Lowell
9 Minnesota State vs. 6 New Hampshire

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/bracketology/#ixzz2NM153zOq

I don't know how many schools of AGS fans that I missed highlighting- just the ones who I saw posting recently.

[darell1976]

Bracketology Blog After the results of March 9 By Jayson Moy • Senior Writer • Sunday, March 10, 2013 Here we go, here’s how I see it after Saturday’s games.

Providence
16 Notre Dame vs. 1 Quinnipiac
12 St. Cloud State vs. 5 Boston College

Grand Rapids
15 Boston University vs. 2 Minnesota
10 Western Michigan vs. 8 Denver

Toledo
13 Niagara vs. 3 Miami
11 Yale vs. 7 North Dakota

Manchester
14 Rensselaer vs. 4 Massachusetts-Lowell
9 Minnesota State vs. 6 New Hampshire

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/bracketology/#ixzz2NM153zOq

I don't know how many schools of AGS fans that I missed highlighting- just the ones who I saw posting recently.

I like our region. UND-Miami would be a good preview of future conference mates.

[darell1976]

WCHA playoffs Best of 3:

Bemidji State 1
Minnesota 2 OT

Colorado College 3
Denver 5

Michigan Tech 3
North Dakota 5

Alaska-Anchorage 1
St. Cloud State 6

Minnesota-Duluth 1
Wisconsin 3

Nebraska-Omaha 3
Minnesota State 4 OT

All home teams won.

[bulldog10jw]

Yale moves on to ECAC championship weekend

http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-hockey/2012-13/releases/20130316wfrqim

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Bulldogs will make their third trip to the conference tournament championship weekend in five seasons thanks to an all-around dominating performance in the best-of-three ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals at Ingalls Rink. No. 13 Yale got goals from three different players and limited the opposition to 17 shots in a 3-0 win over St. Lawrence to advance to the semifinals next Friday night at Atlantic City, N.J.

[Laker]

UNO beats MSU-Mankato, setting up game three tonight. But I'll be at the men's basketball regional semifinal up the hill.

[darell1976]

Game 2 of the WCHA Playoffs:

Bemidji State 3
Minnesota 4 UM wins series

CC 2
Denver 1 Series tied 1-1

MT 2
North Dakota 1 Series tied 1-1

UAA 1
SCSU 5 St. Cloud State wins series

UMD 1
UW 4 Wisconsin win series

UNO 2
Minnesota State 1 Series tied 1-1

[Laker]

The Purple Mavs beat the Red Mavs tonight to advance to the Frozen Five. Great job by Coach Hastings in his first year.

[darell1976]

CC 4
DU 3 CC wins series 2-1

MTU 0
UND 6 UND wins series 2-1

UNO 1
MSU 3 MSU wins series 2-1

WCHA Final Five (uh 6)

CC vs UND
MSU vs UW

SCSU and UM bye

[Laker]

MSU lost badly to Whiskey yesterday, UND lost to CC, SCSU lost badly to Whiskey today, the Goofers are down 2-0 to CC but just got a 5 minute power play in the third so this is pretty much the game.

[Laker]

No matter what the sport, 40 wins in a row is impressive.

A Sarah Davis goal 1:39 into overtime punched undefeated University of Minnesota's ticket to its second consecutive national championship game, lifting the Gophers to a 3-2 Frozen Four semifinal win over No. 4 Boston College at Ridder Arena Friday night. Now 40-0-0, host Minnesota will have an opportunity to defend its 2011-12 national title Sunday afternoon.

[Laker]

Colorado College beat the Goofers 2-0 to advance to the WCHA finals against Wisconsin tomorrow. I heard the announcers say that CC has never won the Broadmoor Trophy for the WCHA playoff champion. The trophy is named for a Colorado Springs hotel which supports hockey.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadmoor_Trophy

[Laker]

This is pretty interesting- the MacNaughton Cup for the regular season WCHA champ.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacNaughton_Cup

[darell1976]

Selection Sunday tomorrow...UND will be in. I hope a lot of WCHA teams will be in the tourney.

[Laker]

Selection Sunday tomorrow...UND will be in. I hope a lot of WCHA teams will be in the tourney.

I believe that they will. I'd be shocked if MSU didn't make it. But stranger things have happened.

No matter what happens, I still want CC to win over Whiskey. Then let the chips fall where they may.

[darell1976]

I believe that they will. I'd be shocked if MSU didn't make it. But stranger things have happened.

No matter what happens, I still want CC to win over Whiskey. Then let the chips fall where they may.

For the last WCHA Final Five Championship (as we know it) it would be sweet for CC to win it. Then Wisconsin can go to their own conference with the Goofs. During the UND/CC game the announcers on FSN said the new NCHC is going to be the toughest conference in the country. I could see them expanding to include the other Minnesota schools of MSU and Bemidji State.

[Laker]

NORTHEAST (Verizon Wireless Arena - Manchester, N.H.)

(3) UMass Lowell vs. Wisconsin
Denver vs. New Hampshire

EAST (Dunkin' Donuts Center - Providence, R.I.)

(1) Quinnipiac vs. Canisius
Boston College vs. Union

MIDWEST (Huntington Center - Toledo, Ohio)

Miami vs. Minnesota State
(4) Notre Dame vs. St. Cloud State

WEST (Van Andel Arena - Grand Rapids, Mich.)

(2) Minnesota vs. Yale
North Dakota vs. Niagara

The Northeast and West brackets will open play on Friday, while the other two uncap the semifinals on Saturday. Winners in each bracket will advance to the Frozen Four, which will be held April 11 and 13, for the first time at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Looks like the seeding committee wants UND and the Gophers to beat up on each other. Miami will be a tough draw for MSU- I'm hoping that the Purple Mavs and SCSU can both win to play each other.

[NHwildEcat]

If history has taught me anything, UNH will beat Denver and then lose to UMass-Lowell.

[darell1976]

Looks like another UND-Gophers matchup to go to the Frozen Four, unless Yale can pull off a Holy Cross against the Goofs.

[bulldog10jw]

Looks like another UND-Gophers matchup to go to the Frozen Four, unless Yale can pull off a Holy Cross against the Goofs.

Not likely. Yale backed into the tournament. But in hockey, you never know.

[Laker]

Looks like another UND-Gophers matchup to go to the Frozen Four, unless Yale can pull off a Holy Cross against the Goofs.


Not likely. Yale backed into the tournament. But in hockey, you never know.

For whatever reason, I was at home listening to the Gophers play Holy Cross on that historic night. I must not have had a basketball game and I didn't get the game on TV. I wasn't paying a lot of attention at first but as the game went on and the UND fans filled the building you could almost feel the atmosphere change. When Holy Cross won there was an explosion that carried over the disappointed voices of the Gopher announcers. Unbelievable, unbelievable- but true.

Believe in miracles, bulldog10jw, even when they don't come true. :)

[bulldog10jw]

Believe in miracles, bulldog10jw, even when they don't come true. :)

Yale is perfectly capable of playing well and making it a game and even winning. They are also perfectly capable of getting blown out. They have been a "streaky" team this year. Win 6 in a row. Lose 4 in a row, etc. The thing that worries me is they have lost two straight. Not the best way to go into a tournament.

[darell1976]

For whatever reason, I was at home listening to the Gophers play Holy Cross on that historic night. I must not have had a basketball game and I didn't get the game on TV. I wasn't paying a lot of attention at first but as the game went on and the UND fans filled the building you could almost feel the atmosphere change. When Holy Cross won there was an explosion that carried over the disappointed voices of the Gopher announcers. Unbelievable, unbelievable- but true.

Believe in miracles, bulldog10jw, even when they don't come true. :)

Holy Cross never heard so many fans cheer for them (of course they were UND fans). I hope the West Regional can return to the Ralph.

[Laker]

Yale is perfectly capable of playing well and making it a game and even winning. They are also perfectly capable of getting blown out. The have been a "streaky" team this year. Win 6 in a row. Lose 4 in a row, etc. The thing that worries me is they have lost two straight. Not the best way to go into a tournament.

Darell and I will be Yale fans that day. In the spirit of Brian Dowling- "Bulldog, Bulldog, bow wow wow!"

[gotts]

Darell and I will be Yale fans that day. In the spirit of Brian Dowling- "Bulldog, Bulldog, bow wow wow!"

I remember going to many games at Mariucci when I was growing up, let's go Gophers!

[Laker]

I remember going to many games at Mariucci when I was growing up, let's go Gophers!

The old or the new Mariucci? My first game in the old one was Jan. of 1971 when they beat UND. That place was pretty dumpy, nothing like the new one. Now the volleyball team plays there.

[darell1976]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnRfpcc3LZA

These HC announcers are great!!!!!!!!!!

[gotts]

The old or the new Mariucci? My first game in the old one was Jan. of 1971 when they beat UND. That place was pretty dumpy, nothing like the new one. Now the volleyball team plays there.

I was born in 87 if that helps :)

[Laker]

I was born in 87 if that helps :)

xthumbsupxWell, the new one opened in 1993, so you would have been really young to be in the old one............

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariucci_Arena

[Laker]

Fox Sports North will carry the MSU v Miami game as well as the SCSU-Notre Dame game. I hope that both Mavs and Huskies win to set up a rematch.

http://www.msumavericks.com/news/2013/3/26/MHOCKEY_0326132919.aspx

[Laker]

Congratulations to Mav head coach Mike Hastings, Coach of the Year!

http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/27_chn_coach_of_the_year_mike.php

[darell1976]

Congratulations to Mav head coach Mike Hastings, Coach of the Year!

http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/27_chn_coach_of_the_year_mike.php

Congrats to him!!! I hope you guys kick butt next season in the "new" WCHA.

[Laker]

Congrats to him!!! I hope you guys kick butt next season in the "new" WCHA.

Thanks Darell! He has done a great job in his first year. Attendance and interest has been going up. I will miss playing teams that are leaving the "old" WCHA. It seems like a lot of UND fans would come to Mankato, just like they did for the other sports in the NCC days. I'm guessing that you will be playing the Goofers and you have a chance to move on!

[darell1976]

Thanks Darell! He has done a great job in his first year. Attendance and interest has been going up. I will miss playing teams that are leaving the "old" WCHA. It seems like a lot of UND fans would come to Mankato, just like they did for the other sports in the NCC days. I'm guessing that you will be playing the Goofers and you have a chance to move on!

Seeing that Luccia basically wants to meet UND only in the playoffs (at least for the next few years) this will be a preview of what he will be missing.

[Hammerhead]

Does the NCAA attempt to seed all 16 teams? It looks that way with Niagra and Yale in the West Regional and Denver in the Northest Regional

[darell1976]

Does the NCAA attempt to seed all 16 teams? It looks that way with Niagra and Yale in the West Regional and Denver in the Northest Regional

Pretty much, they try to do it that would gain the most attendance.

[NHwildEcat]

They tend to band teams together...1-4 are the 1 seed, 5-8 the 2 seeds and so on...by and large they stick to that formula. They try to avoid first round matchups of conference teams, and if you host and qualify you are placed in your local regiona, hence UNH in Manchester. Denver is 12th in the country and got the 3 seed because of it...

This year they def took into play the regional/attendance factors, thus BC in Providence.

[NoDak 4 Ever]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnRfpcc3LZA

These HC announcers are great!!!!!!!!!!

That was essentially the 1/16 game that year. I really wanted Briggs to have a crappy game but win barely so he would be really shaken the following night against the Sioux. I bought tickets for the whole weekend so I had to haul back up to Grand Forks for the HC/Sioux game. Not really the one I wanted to see.

[BisonFan02]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BGZWXPXCIAAJLkD.jpg:large

Niagra's game notes.....Aside from the school being wrong, I thought they couldn't use the Sioux mascot for the postseason?

[BisonFan02]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BGi9x_uCQAAdaxp.jpg:large

....and I guess South Dakota plays hockey? On a roll I suppose.

[bulldog10jw]

Yale 3 Minn 2 OT

Don't know anything about what happened, yet. Still in work and no recap available yet. Huge win for Yale no matter what happens going forward.

http://www.ncaa.com/game/icehockey-men/d1/2013/03/29/yale-minnesota#recap

[Gil Dobie]

Fastest overtime goal in NCAA hockey tourney history 9 seconds.

Wonder what former Yale goalie and current Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton is feeling.

[Gil Dobie]

Yale 3 Minn 2 OT

Don't know anything about what happened, yet. Still in work and no recap available yet. Huge win for Yale no matter what happens going forward.

http://www.ncaa.com/game/icehockey-men/d1/2013/03/29/yale-minnesota#recap

Nice win Yale!

Now the NCAA has to figure out who plays Niagara, NDSU, South Dakota or North Dakota. :(

[darell1976]

Nice win Yale!

Now the NCAA has to figure out who plays Niagara, NDSU, South Dakota or North Dakota. :(

Typical ESPN idiots. As for Yale nice win. We will see you after we beat Niagra.

[Laker]

Yale is perfectly capable of playing well and making it a game and even winning. They are also perfectly capable of getting blown out. They have been a "streaky" team this year. Win 6 in a row. Lose 4 in a row, etc. The thing that worries me is they have lost two straight. Not the best way to go into a tournament.

Congrats to Yale! I told you to believe in miracles!

[Laker]

Nice win Yale!

Now the NCAA has to figure out who plays Niagara, NDSU, South Dakota or North Dakota. :(

And they pay the people who are in charge of this? Idiots, I say!

I don't screw up the difference between North and South Carolina!

[Laker]

Gophers get beat. Whiskey gets beat. The teams in the new Big Ten conference didn't do so well.

UNH ahead of Denver 4-2 with 5 minutes to go but the Pioneers are on the power play.

I am pulling for the team with a football team. :D

[Mattymc727]

UNH! UNH! UNH!..... In all honesty though, i must be the only person around these parts that prefers UNH football over the hockey team....

[yorkcountyUNHfan]

UNH! UNH! UNH!..... In all honesty though, i must be the only person around these parts that prefers UNH football over the hockey team....

Nope

[Laker]

St. Cloud is ahead of the Golden Domers 4-0 with 3:36 to go in the 2nd.

[Laker]

I just heard the commentators say that MSU-Mankato and St. Cloud shared a charter flight to Toledo to save money. Now that makes sense.

And as I type, ND scores to trail 4-1 with just over 12 minutes to go.

[darell1976]

UND 12 minutes from a trip to the Frozen Four leading Yale 1-0.

[Laker]

Miami just scored on a 3-1 as their penalty expired with their man coming out of the box. MSU is 0-3 on their power plays, but also killed off a five minute major. Miami 1, MSU 0 with 7 minutes to go in the 2nd.

[darell1976]

Yale scored two goals now UND trails 2-1 with about 3 minutes left.

[Laker]

I checked over from the Mav game- UND seemed to be dominating, then comes the two quick goals. You have got to be holding your breath.

[Laker]

Yale scores again with 2:21 to play to go up 3-1.

[Laker]

Yale wins 4-1. Who would have thought that they would beat the Gophers and UND back to back. Unreal.

[bulldog10jw]

Yale 4 ND 1 final.

I'm ecstatic that Yale played so well.

[Laker]

Yale 4 ND 1 final.

I'm ecstatic that Yale played so well.

Congrats to you. They beat two of college hockey's top programs back to back. Have a large chocolate milk on me.

[bulldog10jw]

Congrats to you. They beat two of college hockey's top programs back to back. Have a large chocolate milk on me.

Thanks. Funny thing is, Yale was in this same situation, regional finals, but in Connecticut, basically a home ice advantage, with better teams in 2010 and 2011, and lost both times. This year, I was surprised they even made the tournament since they ended the year so badly, and look what happens.

[Laker]

Mavs are down 3-0 to Miami with ten minutes to go. I'm afraid our inability to score on power plays did us in. You don't count times that you hit the pipe as goals.

[Laker]

Final- Miami 4, MSU 0. Nice year for the Mavs, hopefully we can be back and do better next year.

[darell1976]

UND lost 4-1 to Yale. There is always next season.

[bulldog10jw]

http://www.uscho.com/rankings/d-i-mens-poll/?DB_OEM_ID=13500

1 Minnesota (46) 2- 0-0 991 2
2 North Dakota ( 1) 0- 0-0 894 4
3 Boston College ( 2) 0- 1-0 878 1
4 Miami 2- 0-0 751 8
5 Michigan 1- 1-0 726 3
6 Cornell 0- 0-0 714 5
7 Denver 0- 0-0 690 7
8 Union ( 1) 2- 1-0 606 10
9 Notre Dame 2- 0-0 583 14
10 Massachusetts-Lowell 0- 0-1 576 6
11 Boston University 1- 0-0 549 12
12 Western Michigan 1- 1-0 422 9
13 Minnesota-Duluth 1- 1-0 308 13
14 Northeastern 2- 0-0 283 NR
15 New Hampshire 2- 0-0 273 NR
16 Ferris State 0- 1-1 218 11
17 Harvard 0- 0-0 213 17
17 Northern Michigan 2- 0-0 213 NR
19 Colorado College 2- 0-0 194 NR
20 Quinnipiac 2- 1-0 74 18
Others receiving votes: Air Force 47, Wisconsin 47, Maine 40, Rensselaer 40, Ohio State 39, Nebraska-Omaha 37, Merrimack 33, Michigan State 17, Rochester Institute of Technology 12, St. Cloud State 9, Lake Superior 7, St. Lawrence 6, Providence 4, Minnesota State 3, Yale 3.

Interesting from back in October. Bolded teams still alive as of right now.

[Laker]

I don't know about anyone else but I'm sure happy to see Union ahead of BC 3-0 with 11:38 to play in the 2nd.

[Laker]

Why do they also refer to them as Union and never as the Dutchmen? Are the announcers Belgian?

[Laker]

Union scored on the power play- up 5-0 with 14:41 to play. Now it might get chippy. Excuse me, now it IS chippy.

[Laker]

None of the six teams left have won an NCAA D1 hockey title.

[bulldog10jw]

Union scored on the power play- up 5-0 with 14:41 to play. Now it might get chippy. Excuse me, now it IS chippy.

Looks like there will be two ECAC teams in the final four. I bet that hasn't happened in a while.

[Laker]

St. Cloud beats Miami 4-0 to go to their first Frozen Four.

[darell1976]

St. Cloud beats Miami 4-0 to go to their first Frozen Four.

Looks like we have to cheer for the Huskies. At least it's not the Gophers or Boston College.

[Laker]

Looks like we have to cheer for the Huskies. At least it's not the Gophers or Boston College.

Yep- I will be cheering for SCSU. But I don't dislike any of the schools that are left. Very odd year.

[Gil Dobie]

Yale Fan this week :)

[NoDak 4 Ever]

Looks like we have to cheer for the Huskies. At least it's not the Gophers or Boston College.

SCSU was one of the 5 schools I attended, so go Huskies!

[Laker]

SCSU was one of the 5 schools I attended, so go Huskies!

:D I got a college credit for a seminar that I took at SCSU so I'll count that too! Some of my St. Cloud friends are looking into going to Pittsburgh- I told them to go if they can get tickets. I enjoyed going to men's and women's basketball Final Fours- great atmosphere.

[NHwildEcat]

Go Lowell.

Glad to see BC get bounced. Can't stand those d-bags :)

[NoDak 4 Ever]

:D I got a college credit for a seminar that I took at SCSU so I'll count that too! Some of my St. Cloud friends are looking into going to Pittsburgh- I told them to go if they can get tickets. I enjoyed going to men's and women's basketball Final Fours- great atmosphere.

It's only 2 1/2 hrs away but way too last minute to get good value for tickets.

[NoDak 4 Ever]

Go Lowell.

Glad to see BC get bounced. Can't stand those d-bags :)

This.

Jerry York can eat a dick.

[Hammerhead]

North Dakota/South Dakota New Hampshire/New Jersey. They're all the same. :)


Nice win Yale!

Now the NCAA has to figure out who plays Niagara, NDSU, South Dakota or North Dakota. :(

[Hammerhead]

I wonder if the TV ratings will do down when casual hockey fans see schools they may not have heard of before instead of "big name" schools.

[NHwildEcat]

I wonder if the TV ratings will do down when casual hockey fans see schools they may not have heard of before instead of "big name" schools.

I wouldn't be shocked if ESPN burried the frozen four on ESPN Classic.

Such a joke that they have rights to the college hockey tournament. They don't show one damn game all season long and then they have the final authority on the tourny games...pathetic.

[NHwildEcat]

North Dakota/South Dakota New Hampshire/New Jersey. They're all the same. :)

Nobody is confusing New Jersey with anything else...

[darell1976]

North Dakota/South Dakota UND/NDSU. They're all the same. :)

FIFY:D

[bulldog10jw]

I wonder if the TV ratings will do down when casual hockey fans see schools they may not have heard of before instead of "big name" schools.

Does college hockey even have measurable TV ratings....or casual fans?

[IBleedYellow]

I just want to point out how these amazing "Division I Hockey" schools are that are playing in the Frozen Four.

The Frozen Four:
UMass-Lowell Division 2 in all sports.
Yale: Ivy League (Personally say they are their own "Division" being Ivy League.)
Saint Cloud State: Division 2 in all sports.
Quinnipiac: Division 1. No football. <- ONLY TRUE Division I team that I see here.


Note: I don't count Yale as Division I since they don't even compete for the FCS Title.

So there you have it guys, two Division II teams, an Ivy League team and ONE true Division I school that compete in the "Best of the best" for college hockey.

Such a popular sport, indeed. I'm not even bringing up how empty the hockey rinks were this weekend.

College hockey is in a sad state. UND, UM, and UMD, please please please tell me how you aren't in the Frozen Four EVERY year with the facilities you guys have. UND especially, that Ralph should be an instant recruiting tool. You're also playing against Division II and III schools. Can't believe this is the big time...


I guess the best thing that I can say is it's what you love, you'll cheer for it. No matter who you are playing.

[Laker]

College hockey is in a sad state. UND, UM, and UMD, please please please tell me how you aren't in the Frozen Four EVERY year with the facilities you guys have. UND especially, that Ralph should be an instant recruiting tool. You're also playing against Division II and III schools. Can't believe this is the big time...

I guess the best thing that I can say is it's what you love, you'll cheer for it. No matter who you are playing.

I heard them talking on WCCO radio last Sunday about the Gophers collapse at the end of the year. They were comparing MSU and SCSU, who were happy to make the tournament, to the Gophers, who should consider any year that they don't make the Frozen Four as a failure. For none of the "big names" to make it this year was really surprising. I don't see a lot of schools adding hockey, and the new rules that they have actually discourage teams from starting up a D1 team. MSU-Moorhead was looking at it but they couldn't afford it.

[darell1976]

I just want to point out how these amazing "Division I Hockey" schools are that are playing in the Frozen Four.

The Frozen Four:
UMass-Lowell Division 2 in all sports.
Yale: Ivy League (Personally say they are their own "Division" being Ivy League.)
Saint Cloud State: Division 2 in all sports.
Quinnipiac: Division 1. No football. <- ONLY TRUE Division I team that I see here.


Note: I don't count Yale as Division I since they don't even compete for the FCS Title.

So there you have it guys, two Division II teams, an Ivy League team and ONE true Division I school that compete in the "Best of the best" for college hockey.

Such a popular sport, indeed. I'm not even bringing up how empty the hockey rinks were this weekend.

College hockey is in a sad state. UND, UM, and UMD, please please please tell me how you aren't in the Frozen Four EVERY year with the facilities you guys have. UND especially, that Ralph should be an instant recruiting tool. You're also playing against Division II and III schools. Can't believe this is the big time...


I guess the best thing that I can say is it's what you love, you'll cheer for it. No matter who you are playing.

I love when NDSU fans bring up non-DI teams in hockey, why don't you talk about the non DI teams in wrestling?

[darell1976]

New coaching opening at Denver.

http://www.denverpost.com/du/ci_22916338/george-gwozdecky-out-du-hockey-coach-after-19


George Gwozdecky is out as University of Denver hockey coach, ending a 19-year tenure at the school that included two NCAA championships.

[IBleedYellow]

I love when NDSU fans bring up non-DI teams in hockey, why don't you talk about the non DI teams in wrestling?

So your rebuttal to my points is "Well wrestling in the same way." That's cool, I'm talking about hockey, not wrestling. It's not even worth having this debate with you, and I am not biting that bait.


I heard them talking on WCCO radio last Sunday about the Gophers collapse at the end of the year. They were comparing MSU and SCSU, who were happy to make the tournament, to the Gophers, who should consider any year that they don't make the Frozen Four as a failure. For none of the "big names" to make it this year was really surprising. I don't see a lot of schools adding hockey, and the new rules that they have actually discourage teams from starting up a D1 team. MSU-Moorhead was looking at it but they couldn't afford it.

UND, UmD and the Gophers should consider it a failure if they don't make the Frozen Four, I agree with what they were saying on WCCO. You can't even say "Those expectations are too high!" You are THE state of hockey, kids grow up wanting to play hockey at these schools.

[darell1976]

So your rebuttal to my points is "Well wrestling in the same way." That's cool, I'm talking about hockey, not wrestling. It's not even worth having this debate with you, and I am not biting that bait.



UND, UmD and the Gophers should consider it a failure if they don't make the Frozen Four, I agree with what they were saying on WCCO. You can't even say "Those expectations are too high!" You are THE state of hockey, kids grow up wanting to play hockey at these schools.

Good then don't slam the sport which NDSU isn't a part of, in a thread about it. If you want to add to the conversation that's fine but when you slam the teams in it because they are in other divisions that's where you look the fool. Why not slam DI Lacrosse because John Hopkins is in it, or wrestling because of the DIII schools in it. They (St. Cloud State, Union, etc) are allowed to be in DI hockey because of the lack of teams in the sport. There is DI, and DIII hockey. Hockey is growing as teams like Penn State is joining and hopefully it will allow more teams (possibly Big 10 teams) to join as well. Big named schools like Iowa State, Illinois, West Virginia has club hockey and maybe will find funds (as hockey is an expensive sport) to join DI NCAA hockey.