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Bump.

During February of 2007, Duncan had a streak where he scored 14 goals on 28 shots. If there’s ever been a better streak, I’d be shocked.

The REA with an announcement tomorrow 9am. https://twitter.com/TheREA/status/1761797453672775714 50/50 odds on indoor football?

Re penalties tonight: * Happy - and a bit amazed that UND gave them only 1 PP. UMD working hard to goad guys into penalties, and we kept our composure well. * Surprised that nothing was called at 20:00 of the 3rd. UMD (Menghini?) should have gotten a couple minors and misconducts for hitting after the whistle. Not to mention all the other garbage. * Very happy that the facemasking major got called. (Without us needing to formally ask for a review.) That was hideous and dangerous. Hoping for supplementary discipline, but not really expecting it.

Pairwise #14 vs #18 or so ... just by playing the game, both team's RPI will have risen slightly. Otherwise, "meh". In a one-and-done format, CC is the toughest out, with the conference's best goaltender, by a country mile. Mbereko stole a point tonight. SOG 19-42 favoring UNO.

Yeah, near term. Longer term we play both 4 times in regular season, so it’s a wash.

PK did an excellent job leaving him covered. Helps that we only gave them 2 pp.

Assist of the year candidate.

Not the same since Jason Herter left…

CC now with the string of games not losing in regulation. 10 games and counting. yes CC is good. And both nights, while the game was close, they got some puck luck.

Bound to happen once every 75 years or so. Just wish it wasn’t this year.

Sometimes that is a major on Wiebe …. CTH

I’m hoping the coaches spend a lot of time reviewing film overnight and offer some real coaching before tomorrow’s game. Lot of coachable moments.

So … pending review UND 1 Cc 1 refs 3

Not even a minor much less a major.

If the NCAA regionals were seeded 1v16 etc, some great historical matchups come up: 8v9 is a rematch of the last final, Minnesota vs Quinnipiac, 7v10 is Denver vs UMass, who played a classic OT matchup in 2019. 3v14 BU v Cornell would be a rematch of 1972 final, the last time Cornell made the final game. And 2v15 (which won’t happen due to auto bids) is UND vs Michigan, who last met in the FF in 2011 argh. Speaking of finding the corners and hot goalies.

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 ....

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.

I’ve met the Grand Poobah, and worship the ground he walks on. With all due respect, ”Adam Wodon, you’re no Grand Poobah.”

Count me impressed you went back to 2001. Looks like UND's lead over Wisconsin as #1 is safe for this year. Next year, if Hastings keeps the momentum, might be a close battle.

Longer run, it helps our RPI and our comparison vs BC if BU beats BC. And yes, I would like more distance between UND and #4-8. Too easy for the rankings to change quickly. (See DU dropping to #8 as case in point.)

BU getting the jump on BC early 2-0. Game on ESPN plus for those interested. (Or NESN I imagine if you're in their range.)

Well, the KRACH rating for both teams, accumulated over the full season so far, implies 80% chance of SCSU beating Miami. So by that measure, a sweep is 64% (80x80).

Cam Rowe would be a good pick. Omaha's Simon Latkoczy with the only sweep would be a conventional pick.

Eddie Belfour was robbed!