Kevin G
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3 minutes ago, farce poobah said:
Yes (technically each conference can select the means by which they select their AQ, but currently everyone picks their conference-tourney champion).
Trying to find the votes to change ....
Interesting. I didn't know that conferences could choose another way to select their AQ. I suppose if a conference used its regular-season champ for its AQ, the conference tourney would be irrelevant.
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39 minutes ago, farce poobah said:
Wodon argues the Pairwise is not a good way to select teams for home ice, so lets keep the status quo regionals. That's a major error of logic, and any middle-school debater would tear that argument to pieces.
My preference?
Let's start with Schlossman's round of 16 at 8 rinks, followed by a round of 8 at 4 rinks. I think this, all by itself, and regardless of how the home teams are awarded, is vastly better than current.
Since everyone can host a home game, the only exclusion I can think of is an arena that doesn't allow broadcasting to the standards of ESPN's contract. At the team's option, they can select an arena that's not their regular home arena.
Home ice can be selected by a variety of mechanisms. I would favor giving the Automatic Qualifiers home ice in round one; and randomly selecting the last two home ice, and all of the visiting team matchups. (Process should have a sequence of selections to avoid interconference matchups.) Have the Selection Show be a live and interesting event with some real drama! Part of my rationale in favor of this random element is to avoid incentives where at-large teams can benefit by losing in conference tournaments.
Importantly, it becomes harder for any conference to argue against solely on the grounds they never rank high enough to host. This may increases the votes in favor of the new regionals structure.
Alternatively, award all the Round of 16 home ice by random selection.
Or a third alternative, a weighted random selection where the PWR ranking gives you better odds, but not certainty, of hosting regional games. (Similar to NHL draft lottery.)
For the round of 8, I would prefer the serpentine 1v8, 2v7 etc.
Just to clarify, in your system, every conference-tourney champion would get home ice in round one?
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Michigan-Michigan St on B1G Network right now.
Halfway thru second period, Sparty leads 2-1.
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18 minutes ago, Kevin G said:
Upset alert
St. Larry 3, Quinnipiac 1
That's PWR 55 vs PWR 6.
ST. LAWRENCE WINS! HOLY COW!
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14 minutes ago, Kevin G said:
Upset alert
St. Larry 3, Quinnipiac 1
That's PWR 55 vs PWR 6.
Same score. Less than a minute left.
St. Larry's goalie is Ben Kraws, who backed up Ludwig for a year in Miami.
Do you believe in miracles?
Will the fans rush the
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10 minutes ago, Kevin G said:
Upset alert
St. Larry 3, Quinnipiac 1
About 12 minutes left in 3rd period. That's PWR 55 vs PWR 6.
About 3 minutes left. Same score. Rand pulled his goalie.
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8 minutes ago, Kevin G said:
Upset alert
St. Larry 3, Quinnipiac 1
About 12 minutes left in 3rd period. That's PWR 55 vs PWR 6.
In case you're wondering, it's about a six-hour drive from Quinnipiac to St. Lawrence, which is in Canton, NY.
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Upset alert
St. Larry 3, Quinnipiac 1
About 12 minutes left in 3rd period. That's PWR 55 vs PWR 6.
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I was today year's old when I learned that there actually exists an award for "the best American-born Division I college hockey player in New England." It's called the Walter Brown Award. That's so oddly specific. There's provincial, and then there's northeast provincial.
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Definitely want to stay out of the box against these teams.
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On 1/29/2024 at 7:03 PM, Kevin G said:
If I'm not mistaken (feel free to check), every team in the NCHC has won 10 conference games in a season at least once--except for Colorado College. (Yes Miami achieved the feat in 2014-15 with 14 conference wins).
CC currently has nine conference wins and will almost certainly join the 10-Conference-Win club soon. So pre-congratulations to the Tigers.
And...CC has now won at least 10 conference games for the first time in the NCHC era.
- 2013-14: 6
- 2014-15: 2
- 2015-16: 4
- 2016-17: 4
- 2017-18: 8
- 2018-19: 9
- 2019-20: 4
- 2020-21: 6
- 2021-22: 6
- 2022-23: 8
- 2023-24: 10 and counting
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22 hours ago, TwamleyShuffle said:
Off topic but if BU beats BC on Monday, will UND move into first in the pairwise?
If BU beats BC on Monday, the top three would be (1) BC, (2) BU, (3) UND.
If BC beats BU, the top three would be (1) BC, (2) UND, (3) BU (which is the current order as of Sunday night).
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Apparently broadcasting from the shower.
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15 minutes ago, Sweethockey said:
These guys are saying Livanavitch
Too bad they don’t get a pronunciation guide…
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You just know that if we’re talking bowels pre-game, we’re feeling loose.
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Fri - Gaber
Sat - Berg
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13 hours ago, sparky8701 said:
I've liked Kunz game the last 2 weekends. He's earned some time higher up in the lineup. Let Johannes get 100%
When Kunz is aggressive hunting pucks and aggressive screening the goalie, he can be a legitimate x-factor.
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I'm ready for some more hockey. Is it really just Tuesday?
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If I'm not mistaken (feel free to check), every team in the NCHC has won 10 conference games in a season at least once--except for Colorado College. (Yes Miami achieved the feat in 2014-15 with 14 conference wins).
CC currently has nine conference wins and will almost certainly join the 10-Conference-Win club soon. So pre-congratulations to the Tigers.
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2 hours ago, farce poobah said:
So, we started the year with 8 new defenders, and a "new" guy, Dillon Simpson, hired to coach the D.
Couple months together, they're playing very cohesively, with each other and with the forwards and goalie.
The defense and goaltending have exceeded my expectations. UND is currently tied for eighth in the nation at 2.4 Goals Allowed/Game. And it seems like they're getting better.
Offensively, the defensemen have scored just seven goals so far this season. Seven of the 100 goals UND has scored.
Two seasons ago, defensemen scored about 26% of UND's goals. Last season, 20% of UND's goals. This season, 7%. But it doesn't seem like it's holding the team back.
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Miami is currently PWR 43. Even though it could be a hangover weekend, UND needs to take care of business. It doesn’t have to be pretty.
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What a great weekend for the team. DU is very, very good, and DU even played well defensively. The key though was our defensive execution against the best offense in the country. So impressive. The coaches had the team ready to play.
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BOOM goes the dynamite!!
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Wooooooooooooooooo!!
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Klee and Boisvert each with 2 goals tonight for Muskegon. In the same game, Strathmann was a -3 for Youngstown.