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I could see Duncan coming back and coaching at UND in the future. He seems like the kind of player who could end up being a coach...maybe as head coach, maybe as an assistant. If I were a betting man, I'd put money on it.
Duncan is the best, in my book, but I'm not sure he can be a tough enough SOB to his own players that he would have to be sometimes to succeed as a head coach at this level. Assistant is another story.
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These young former Sioux forwards all have great plus/minus scores. I wonder if that's just because they and their linemates have been scoring well, or if can be attributed to a program that produces good defensive forwards.
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Got absolutely owned on the boards first period--at both ends.
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signal now
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Anyone else having problems with the webcast?
Yup. Just getting the Jump TV banner.
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I would like to see the cup return tonight, too, but I would really like to be there to see the crowd give Ryan Duncan his last home cheer. I know that this team is not made up of individuals and that they succeed because of their overall strength, but he's been special, and I think the crowd will let him know it.
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didn't the 97 team have an all American by the name Jason Blake on it?
He was a second team west all american the next year as a junior (98), but he wasn't a Heatley, Toews or Parise in his second year. I don't believe he was better as a sophomore than Duncan is as a senior.
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I wondered if anybody would mention '97. This team Reminds me of them in some ways. Michigan was heavily favored then as BU is now, and I don't think very many saw the Sioux winning it. A lot of very good hockey players but not a superstar among them.
I really like this team, but it would take some real breaks to win it all. It will be real interesting to see how they fare in game 2 of the regionals, if they make it that far.
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UW is the team I fear may reach out and steal the WCHA autobid. They can play well at times and are only two wins from the NCAA if they make the Final Five. I'm really hoping to relive the '04 WCHA Finals. Have CC and UW get rolled in the 1st round. Gophers sneak by SCSU and DU setting up another classic with the Sioux in the Final. Yeah I'm still drinking the maroon kool-aid.
I agree about Bucky, but you understand that wanting the Gophers to lose early is obligatory for fans everywhere. Still, when the Badgers are playing their best, only their own fans could want to watch that stifling brand of hockey. I'd much rather see a UND/Gopher barnburner, as long as there are no toothy grins afterward.
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Well, I think Blais would have them running up and down stairs.
Really the Sioux played well for 2 and a half periods. Certainly well enough to win. Connelly stood on his head. The Mitchell goal broke the Sioux spirit. Kozek and Watkins missed a number of opportunities. I thought the Sioux were the better team up to Mitchell's goal. Wisconsin was opportunistic and capitalized on some mistakes. Genoway had at least a half dozen very poor turnovers and really hurt the Sioux today, this is the second poor game the last 2 weeks for him. He has got to get under control. I think that loss will probably eliminate the slim shot that UND had at a #1 seed. 2 games against Tech will do nothing for us.
Just got back from the game. Looked to me like UW definitely outplayed the Sioux. They were consistently beating us to pucks. All that talent they have on the blue line shows at times--pretty tight. The Sioux were not passing particularly well. They didn't look like they were less intense, but UW had more jump, and they had the edge in physical play as well. I think Duncan felt he should have buried the one shot he had all alone from his office space.
If the Sioux meet these guys in the FF, they can make up for this one.
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Do you think he was our best D vs. CC?
It's not a question of whether the player played his position, much less whether he played it better than a teammate. The question is whether he played his role. I think Joe has played his very well. The layoff hurt him, but he can interrupt the flow along the boards and behind the net in ways that look unspectacular but are critical to this team. There were times earlier this year when our D simply could not gain control along the boards in order to start the transition. That has improved, and Joe has played a big part in it, IMO.
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Nate Wright
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Mr Shepherd says: "You remember when Bob Johnson walked on the ice right?
Everyone thought Bob Johnson walked on water--Shepherd is just confused again.
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OK, I'm a knuckledragger when it comes to pairwise, so let me ask this: We keep winning and everything takes care of itself--I get that. But do we always want our sworn enemies (think gophs) to lose if we probably will not pass them in pairwise ? Is it likely we would have benefitted from the gophs winning last night? I know it's impossible to know now for certain, but is it likely?
Be nice if someone cited a rule saying we are always better off when the gophs lose, either by a lot or painfully in overtime.
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im sure it helps that jonny speaks their language as well. hes gona be one of the greats
Watching him tonight, he's starting to do with the Hawks just what he did so well for the Sioux. He controls along the boards and comes out of the corner better than any Sioux player I've seen. He has dominated a couple of shifts that way tonight.
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Play by play guys on the Hawks/Ducks game tonight really went on for a long time what good things folks in Montreal were saying about Toews and what a great example he has set for the city of Chicago and the Hawks. Compared him to the Golden Jet the way he always has time for fans.
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The last thing the refs should have done was give Gwoz an audience. When I saw him walking across the ice, my first thought was that the refs should treat him like he's invisible. Wait until he got across the ice and calmly skate back cross to the Denver bench and tell the assistant coach and the players that their coach has no business being on the ice and that if he wasn't off right now, the team would get another bench penalty. The officials have complete control of that ice, and they blew it when they even acknowledged Gwoz' presence other than issue another penalty. I don't have a problem with Gwoz, acutually. He's a good coach, and the move proved to be a shrewd one. But when he went on the ice he was fair game for being humiliated. Making his own captains talk him off the ice would have done that.
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You better get in with that windchill.
Yeah, that's why I'm so eager to give Jim the benefit of the doubt.
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I'm missing it -- what's different?
I still disagree with the pessimism in this thread. Three weeks ago I tried to debunk the "UND can't make the tournament" discussions, noting that winning about 75% of their remaining games would land them in the top 15 of the PWR. Here they are 6 games later having gone 4-0-2, already climbed to #15 in the PWR with 10 games remaining in the regular season, and the pessimism only seems to have gotten worse!
At a quick glance, about half of UND's comparisons look flippable with a ~70% win percentage (which would land UND around a .542 RPI).
Keep in mind that 10 games is also just the end of the regular season. The conference tournament can provide up to 6 more games (though realistically, a max 4-0-0 contribution for our purposes). In addition to an opportunity to move the RPI somewhere in the neighborhood of .01-.02, it can also present golden opportunities to secure additional h2h points against the likes of Denver, Minnesota, and UMD (each of whom has a tenuous 0-1 point lead over UND).
I'll run some real numbers tomorrow, but at first glance my guess would have been that the Sioux could make the tournament at large by winning something in the neighborhood of 60-70% of its remaining games. I even wonder if the Sioux could land in the neighborhood of #8 in the PWR by the end of the regular season if they keep up their 2009 performance to date (a goal that would seem entirely unrealistic if last year's team hadn't done it).
So does that mean we can come in from the ledge now? It's getting crowded out here.
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Finley was also uncharacteristically weak on a bunch of clearing passes last night too. I guess Denver deserves credit.
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The question has been raised in the Denver game thread about our pairwise ranking, and I thought it might deserve a separate thread. I know little about the system and usually just enjoy the games and hope things work out--a "you win and you're in" way of looking at it. But I'm a little concerned that, even though this team is really playing good hockey, they might find it difficult to make the cut.
You can win and move down in the rankings or lose and move up, depending on the ranking of your opponent. The Sioux have no more games on the schedule where they play a team ranked above them (T 14). If they run the table for the remaining schedule (not talking about the conference playoffs), you have to figure they will be in, but if they lose even a game or two against poorly ranked teams, it seems they might face some real problems. Even if we make it to the Final Five, only the gophs and Pios are there to provide highly ranked opposition. It would be especially unfortunate for this team, which appears to now be as good as anybody, to miss the cut. But that seems all too possible, even if they win most of their games from here on in. I know that you can only play one game at a time on the ice and that the computer games play themselves, but anyone else concerned about how difficult it might be for this team to get in?
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I am as well and I hope the weekend in Duluth doesn't come back to bite this year's team.
Falling below the cut-line would be especially hard for this team, since it is starting to play like the team we all were expecting this year (solid D and goaltending and scoring up and down the lines). This could be a very good tournament team, especially if BE can be that big-game player, but I'd hate to have to rely on winning the conference tourney to get in.
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We're getting to that time of year when goaltending means everything, and it's huge that BE had the kind of game he had tonight. He's been very good this year, but this was he first showing that he can be the difference maker against a playoff caliber team. The point is nice, but getting that game out of Eidsness is bigger IMO.
Speaking of points, is anyone else a little concerned that pairwise points might be hard to come by from here to the FF, given the low rankings of the teams we will play from here on out? I don't understand the system very well (even Algebra made my head hurt), but there don't appear to be many point-rich weekends ahead.
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I think there is one thing that everyone here can agree on, there is no correct mix of recruits that is guaranteed to win a championship. In fact, recruiting is only about 1/4th of the equation. Player development, coaching, and chemistry all have the same level of importance, in some cases, like player development, it's more important.
Do you need to have a strong base of recruits to win? That's an obvious yes. But it's definitely only one piece of the puzzle.
Some people argue that argue that you don't have enough blue chippers, some argue that you should be more balanced, and the fact is, no one really knows the true balance if what you need. You just have to trust that the coaching staff is doing the absolute best it can do to win a championship.
And you know what, complaining because you have been to the last 4 frozen 4's and haven't won one is a cop out. Consistently finishing in the top 4 in the nation is something to be proud of, even if you don't get a banner for it. And you know what, a break or 2 here or there, and one of those could have been a banner. That's all hockey is, a game of breaks. When Wisconsin won in 2006, they were a crossbar away in the Cornell game from not even making the frozen 4 that season.
I applaud the effort that your coaching staff and players have put in. Getting where you have the past 4 seasons is something to be proud of. I have no doubts that the Sioux will be a threat again this season.
Pretty good, Chuck, but you totally overlooked the quality of cheerleaders. Your credibility took a little hit here, I'm afraid.
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Any relation to Kip?