The Sicatoka

The Bradley-Terry method looks to create a model of actuality based on history. Given the nature of KRACH (the Bradley-Terry method), I say it is a far better choice. The PWR still has "arbitrary" aspect to it, namely (as pointed out) 25 teams, not 20, not 30, not all, and it has RPI which is an arbitrary formula (made up of negotiated percentages of your, your opponents', and your opponents' opponents' winning percentages). My thought (and I'm about to contradict myself because I'm going to put some "arbitrary" into my plan): Let's run two KRACH calculations after the conference tournaments. One would be the currently generated full-season KRACH. The other would be the from the end of the season back to enough games to make the analysis statistically valid (that'd probably work out to be "since Christmas"). Apply a weighting to each (oops, sorry, arbitrary) and seed the tourney from that.

The team that played Saturday night was not the team that played Friday afternoon. Too many penalties. There were a couple of sightings of Porter's line, but not enough. And Kaip's line was MIA. Full, full, effort for 60, mental and physical, from everyone, and nothing else, from here out, will do.

They prefer "Landcow Arena .... - Mankato".

Doesn't "since" imply Mankato has NHL-sized ice? They don't, unless something's changed recently.

Is this "strike when the iron is hot", or is there something else going on up on the shores of Gitchigumi.

Folks chatting about all of the active games: http://board.uscho.com/forumdisplay.php?f=7

Hey, the winner tomorrow night doesn't worry about PWR.

I want a Broadmoor. No, I want to keep a Broadmoor.

Back to even strength. Icing on the Sioux. 8.5 seconds to play.

"One minute left to play. One minute left in the third period."

It's 6-2 with under 3 to play. Don't give up a grand slam.

In a couple years ...

Sioux penalty. Bina off at 17:36.

Under 3 to play .... 6-2 Sioux.

5:20 to go. Lamoureux another big save. 6-2 Sioux.

17,511 in the Xcel Energy Center this afternoon.

6-2 North Dakota. 9:37 left.

Porter out of the box and into the net on a 2-0 breakaway. 6-2 North Dakota.

13:01 left in the third, 5-2 UND. 4 on 4 now. SCSU will have 1:05 of power play in :55.

17:59 left in the third, 5-2 Sioux.

(honk!) End of two. 5-2 North Dakota. Saves: Goepfert: 27 game, 10 in period Lamoureux: 16 game, 7 in period VandeVelde twice, Toews, Watkins, in the period.

North Dakota penalty, Radke for charging.

5:25 left in the second. 5-2 North Dakota.

Watkins off a power cycle in the zone (VandeVelde and Jones assist). At 13:12 of the second, 5-2 Sioux.

7:20 left in the second, 4-2 Sioux.