stickboy1956

A network can put standard def programming on a HD channel. Watch the major network's evening news (save NBC - their studio cams are HD).

Sioux cant go to Yale's region if they are both #2 seeds.

http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vau...53332/index.htm SI's Micheal Farber attended the Minn HS tourny.

FCS is showing CCHA action but no WCHA - women's WCHA F4 is replayed this weekend though - check out the Lammy twins and GG Marvin

Dogs and Gophs are in if this happens (Dogs loseThur.) Hockey East Semifinal #2: Northeastern defeats Mass.-Lowell. Hockey East Semifinal #1: Boston University defeats Boston College. Hockey East Championship game: Boston University defeats Northeastern. ECAC Semifinal #2: Cornell defeats Princeton. ECAC Semifinal #1: Yale defeats St. Lawrence. ECAC Championship game: Yale defeats Cornell. ECAC Consolation game: Princeton defeats St. Lawrence. Atlantic Hockey Semifinal #2: RIT defeats Mercyhurst. Atlantic Hockey Semifinal #1: Air Force defeats Bentley. Atlantic Hockey Championship game: Air Force defeats RIT. CCHA Semifinal #2: Michigan defeats Alaska. CCHA Semifinal #1: Notre Dame defeats Northern Michigan. CCHA Championship game: Notre Dame defeats Michigan. CCHA Consolation game: Alaska defeats Northern Michigan. WCHA Play-in #1: Minnesota defeats Minnesota-Duluth. WCHA Semifinal #2: Denver defeats Wisconsin. WCHA Semifinal #1: North Dakota defeats Minnesota. WCHA Championship game: North Dakota defeats Denver. WCHA Consolation game: Minnesota defeats Wisconsin. UMD and Minn are big Denver fans this weekend - its hard for Wisco to pass them unless they win Fri. The potential CCHA 3rd place game with NMU/Alaska is huge as well. It looks like OSU is out if Alaska wins, if NMU wins OSU jumps up, which hurts the UMD/UMinn.

On an olympic sheet, you will have more time and space, so there is a tendency for the puck to stop moving as quickly as an NHL rink. Way back when in the '70s the Soviet/Montreal game at the Forum was as good as it gets re: precision hockey. Having less time and space actually showcases the skill level of great players ("How did he have time to make that pass/play/shot?). Bobby Orr's skill was magnified on the small ice of Boston Garden - he had players hanging all over him and was still able to make rediculous plays few have ever made. That's my take.

Exactly - just keep winning, baby!! Big sheet/small sheet; East/West; #1 seed/#2 seed - main thing is to keep playing well. If we end up as a #5/#6 seed, I think Mich, Notre Dame or Denver will be a little nervous to see North Dakota in their bracket.

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ! Ever watch Michigan Tech play on a Olympic sheet?

Both Uminn and UMD get if this happens: Hockey East Semifinal #2: Northeastern defeats Mass.-Lowell. Hockey East Semifinal #1: Boston University defeats Boston College. Hockey East Championship game: Boston University defeats Northeastern. ECAC Semifinal #2: Cornell defeats Princeton. ECAC Semifinal #1: Yale defeats St. Lawrence. ECAC Championship game: Yale defeats Cornell. ECAC Consolation game: Princeton defeats St. Lawrence. Atlantic Hockey Semifinal #2: RIT defeats Mercyhurst. Atlantic Hockey Semifinal #1: Air Force defeats Bentley. Atlantic Hockey Championship game: Air Force defeats RIT. CCHA Semifinal #2: Michigan defeats Alaska. CCHA Semifinal #1: Notre Dame defeats Northern Michigan. CCHA Championship game: Notre Dame defeats Michigan. CCHA Consolation game: Alaska defeats Northern Michigan. WCHA Play-in #1: Minnesota-Duluth defeats Minnesota. WCHA Semifinal #2: Denver defeats Wisconsin. WCHA Semifinal #1: North Dakota defeats Minnesota-Duluth. WCHA Championship game: North Dakota defeats Denver. WCHA Consolation game: Wisconsin defeats Minnesota-Duluth.

In the below scenario, Duluth is in after losing the play-in game and Minn is out going 1-2 in the F5. Hockey East Semifinal #2: Northeastern defeats Mass.-Lowell. Hockey East Semifinal #1: Boston University defeats Boston College. Hockey East Championship game: Boston University defeats Northeastern. ECAC Semifinal #2: Cornell defeats Princeton. ECAC Semifinal #1: Yale defeats St. Lawrence. ECAC Championship game: Yale defeats Cornell. ECAC Consolation game: Princeton defeats St. Lawrence. Atlantic Hockey Semifinal #2: RIT defeats Mercyhurst. Atlantic Hockey Semifinal #1: Air Force defeats Bentley. Atlantic Hockey Championship game: Air Force defeats RIT. CCHA Semifinal #2: Michigan defeats Alaska. CCHA Semifinal #1: Notre Dame defeats Northern Michigan. CCHA Championship game: Notre Dame defeats Michigan. CCHA Consolation game: Alaska defeats Northern Michigan. WCHA Play-in #1: Minnesota defeats Minnesota-Duluth. WCHA Semifinal #2: Denver defeats Wisconsin. WCHA Semifinal #1: North Dakota defeats Minnesota. WCHA Championship game: North Dakota defeats Denver. WCHA Consolation game: Wisconsin defeats Minnesota.

Using the PWR Predictor - I have tried getting 5 WCHA teams in but cannot so far. Wisco beating UND in the final and UMD beating Den in the 3rd place game gets both in, with UMTC outside at 16.

Correct. In the big picture, there is not a big advantage being #4 v #5 - the only way we get placed in Mlps as a #1 seed is if Mich or Notre Dame lose twice this weekend - unlikely - and if Minn is a #4 we get moved anyway to avoid a 1st round conf matchup. If we want to go to Mlps, we would have to be a #2 seed, which is probably more likely right now than a #1 seed.

If the other conf tournaments go according to chalk, for us to get #1 seed, we need Wisco to beat Den Friday. They only way we flip the comp is overcoming them in TUC and COP - it looks like we can't catch them in RPI if they only lose once in St. Paul. Also, it looks hard to keep Minn out of the tournament. If UMD goes 2-1 it looks like they are in (barring wierd stuff in other conf). 2 wins get Air Force in as conf champ but also put them in 13-14 in the PWR. This makes it easier for Minn to get in even if they lose Thur. MSU can still become a TUC, which kills the Yale comp for us and prevents us from a #1. One way for MSU to become a TUC is for Alaska to win a game in the CCHA tourney.

Mich or Notre Dame will be placed in Mlps before us if we are #4. Hello Bridgeport.

As said above - we will probably go down in PWR, no matter what we do, if MSU is a TUC. After this weekend, Yale will have enough TUC games for this comp to count and if they win out, they will flip the PWR with us. If MSU is not a TUC they will not have 10 TUC games and the TUC comp will not be used and we can stay ahead of them. Regarding Denver - if we both win Fri, we will gain RPI slightly due to our opponent being ranked higher in RPI (UMD and UMTC both have higher RPI vs Wisco - the winner's RPI will jump more after the game Thur). Beating Den head to head on Sat. may be enough to overtake them in the PWR. Can't wait for the Pairwise Predictor/You are the Committe tools to come out within hours so we can see for ourselves what outcomes are needed to be a #1 seed. If so, I can't see us being sent to Mlps, though. Notre Dame or Mich will get that call on Sun, if we are the 4th #1 seed.

This week's play could also adjust RPI's of teams near the TUC cliff, no?

From the UND media guide: Blake: 40g 06-07 Christian 41g 85-6; 37g 87-8 D.Hextall 30g 72-3 T. Murray 45g 85-6 Smail 31g 84-5 Parise 31g 06-7; 32g 07-8 Career total Christian 340 Murray 230

If they win the F5, they will have beaten strong teams to beef up their PWR to a point where they would be in regardless, probably 12-13 range. If the pay-in winner goes 2-1 on the weekend, they probably sneak in. 1-2 I'm not sure.

Speaking of the Minn HS Tournament - anyone catch the interview between periods of the Edina game w/Marty Nanne re: one of his Edina teammates recently passing away? Was that an Englestad/23 hat he was wearing? There are several Edina connections to UND, including Brad Becker being Willard Ikola's son-in-law but I was suprised to see Marty wearing the cap. The cap looked good with his black fleece.

I don't think the bubble teams can afford to go 2-1 in their playoff series. I think it would better for CC to play in the playin game and beat MN than have wisco or den upset so they jump to #3 seed. It would give them 1 more game with a TUC. I predict if they win the play-in game vs the Gophs they make the tourny, unless they drop a game to UMD in their playoff series.

Mafia - we have plenty of content to trash Gopherz (Alex is back, etc.) - we don't need to trash NE. They had a good year (tied BU twice). The larger point is to ask why the Gophs schedule a good NC road trip once/twice a decade. Is this why they seem to have a problem handling adversity over the past few years? Especially at the end of the season?

I only saw the last 5 min but when FSN played a highlight reel of his "great saves" Sat night, they were mainly Tech shots from out that hit him in the M. Maybe he was having trouble with those saves lately. Maybe his a changed man. Now he is playing like a bantam instead of a squirt. Good luck this weekend.

FYI - if we would have beaten the Badgers Sat we would be 4th in the PWR

Did you watch our team get swept by CC a few weeks ago? I also saw them give the conf champs all they could handle. Anything can happen but I think CC is the darkhorse in the F5 right now. It would be a barnburner if we end up playing CC on Fri nite of F5.

Looking ahead using the "build you own PWR" at Slak.net. If the favorites (higher seed not higher rpi/pwr) win the conf tourny games ... 1. We end up 7. If we want to move up we need Yale to lose along the way. We win that comp now but will lose it once they play 2 more Tuc - that will happen in the ECAC semis/finals. Even if we beat Denver in the F5 they still have a slightly better RPI. It probably would go down if AA takes a game in Den this weekend. If not and Den only loses to us they get 3 in the PWR. To flip VT in the end we need them to lose a game this weekend before they would play and lose to BU in the HE semis (there is no 3rd place game in HE). 2. The play in game is huge for the Gophs - if they lose it to CC, the Tigers pass them for 14 in the PWR (barring unforseen upsets in other conf playoffs that could effect PWR), even if CC loses the next 2 to us and Wisco/Den. 3. But that doesn't mean the Gophers are out because, lo and behold, if the favorites win, the Falcons of AF would be 13 in the PWR. Without any other upsets the Gophers would be last in. The RPI is so close for many of the comps that even one loss for a team if the first round playoffs could have a big impact on the rankings. 1 Boston Univ (HE) 24 .6050 2 Notre Dame (CC) 23 .5883 3 Denver U (WC) 21 .5586 4 Michigan (CC) 21 .5712 5 Vermont (HE) 20 .5614 6 Yale (EC) 19 .5569 7 North Dakota (WC) 18 .5577 8 NorthEastern (HE) 18 .5706 9 New Hampshire (HE) 16 .5529 10 Cornell (EC) 15 .5483 11 Princeton (EC) 14 .5464 12 Miami (CC) 13 .5477 13 Air Force (AH) 12 .5404 14 CO College (WC) 11 .5339 15 Minnesota (WC) 10 .5333 16 Wisconsin (WC) 9 .5316 17 St Lawrence (EC) 8 .5322 18 Minn-Duluth (WC) 7 .5199 19 Ohio State (CC) 5 .5315 20 Boston Coll (HE) 5 .5221 Here the "remaining games" you can plug in at slack.net to do your own rankings. (I found a list like this on uscho forum) 20090313 SH 0 AF 1 NC 20090313 HC 0 RT 1 NC 20090313 Ar 0 MH 1 NC 20090313 Ca 0 By 1 NC 20090314 SH 0 AF 1 NC 20090314 HC 0 RT 1 NC 20090314 Ar 0 MH 1 NC 20090314 Ca 0 By 1 NC 20090320 By 0 AF 1 NC 20090320 MH 0 RT 1 NC 20090321 RT 0 AF 1 NC 20090308 LS 0 WM 1 NC 20090313 NO 0 Nt 1 NC 20090313 WM 0 Mi 1 NC 20090313 NM 0 Mm 1 NC 20090313 OS 1 Ak 2 NC 20090314 NO 0 Nt 1 NC 20090314 WM 0 Mi 1 NC 20090314 NM 0 Mm 1 NC 20090314 OS 1 Ak 2 NC 20090320 Ak 0 Nt 1 NC 20090320 Mm 0 Mi 1 NC 20090321 Ak 0 Mm 1 NC 20090321 Mi 0 Nt 1 NC 20090313 AH 0 BS 1 NC 20090313 RM 0 Ni 1 NC 20090314 AH 0 RM 1 NC 20090314 Ni 0 BS 1 NC 20090308 Cg 0 Qn 1 NC 20090313 Bn 0 Ya 1 NC 20090313 Un 0 Pn 1 NC 20090313 RP 0 Cr 1 NC 20090313 Qn 0 SL 1 NC 20090314 Bn 0 Ya 1 NC 20090314 Un 0 Pn 1 NC 20090314 RP 0 Cr 1 NC 20090314 Qn 0 SL 1 NC 20090320 SL 0 Ya 1 NC 20090320 Cr 1 Pn 0 NC 20090321 SL 0 Pn 1 NC 20090321 Cr 0 Ya 1 NC 20090308 BU 1 Pv 0 HE 20090313 Me 0 BU 1 NC 20090313 MA 0 NE 1 NC 20090313 BC 0 NH 1 NC 20090313 ML 0 Vt 1 NC 20090314 Me 0 BU 1 NC 20090314 MA 0 NE 1 NC 20090314 BC 0 NH 1 NC 20090314 ML 0 Vt 1 NC 20090320 NH 0 NE 1 NC 20090320 Vt 0 BU 1 NC 20090321 BU 1 NE 0 NC 20090313 MT 0 ND 1 NC 20090313 AA 0 DU 1 NC 20090313 Mk 0 Wi 1 NC 20090313 MD 0 CC 1 NC 20090313 SC 0 Mn 1 NC 20090314 MT 0 ND 1 NC 20090314 AA 0 DU 1 NC 20090314 Mk 0 Wi 1 NC 20090314 MD 0 CC 1 NC 20090314 SC 0 Mn 1 NC 20090319 Mn 0 CC 1 NC 20090320 CC 0 ND 1 NC 20090320 Wi 0 DU 1 NC 20090321 CC 0 Wi 1 NC 20090321 DU 0 ND 1 NC