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I don't see why not. He's dominating the tournament.

I don't think other teams will be too scared of QU after this.

Should have been embellishment on QU. They're holding on by the skin of their teeth and the help of the refs.

Terrible call for 2 mins. OSU got screwed there. Should have been 5.

You started with "nothing to worry about" and ended with "we must fight for our lives!!!" Being in the Rockies and 90 mins from NYC will likely always be a slightly stronger draw than the amenities of Grand Forks or St. Cloud. But I'd generally agree...Most of NCHC will still be very, very good over time. I hope, anyhow, bc college hockey needs that. But I don't think this is just law of averages for the Big. MN and Michigan, and to a slightly lesser degree, 'Sconi, will always be what they are. And schools with reps and cash like OSU and Penn State aren't going to fade away over time. They'll most likely only get better.

That will be interesting because this game has been surprisingly up-and-down tempo-wise for two teams who generally pack it in and hope their snippers pot a few.

OSU taking it to 'em a bit here.

Terrible penalty call.

They've beat them 3 times this year...hell this month. It's not shocking anymore.

Sheesh. If stating a simple fact is all it takes to make you guys short and snarky I can imagine how you would react to someone actually trolling or replying in kind.

Lol, are u always angry? The point was just that, it's worth one not zero. Some people may not know that. You do. That's good.

Counts as a tie everywhere but the Big 10 standings.

And Duncan was older and had two absolute studs on his line to set him up. He was a very good college player has done nothing post college. Bjugs line mates were nowhere near as good and he will have a solid NHL career.

CHN has if different than Moy on USCHO: http://www.collegeho..._projection.php

Which is also a complete joke....the fact that they somehow had a death grip on the number one seed for like the last two months is asinine. They win an average to crappy league. They needed a third game with Cornell to win the first round, then got handled by Canisius. I'm sure they're a nice team and will be a tough out, but they should not have been the clear and away lock for the one seed for so long. It's not like they are that good and there are several teams I'd fear more than them. The Gopher's could have theoretically won the league, and even beaten say a UND and SCSU on the way to a final five championship...had QU lose to Cansius AND Yale...and they still would have lost the top PWR comparison to QU because QU won like 300 games against teams ranked between 20 and 30 and swept UNO. This system needs tweaking.

That's what is so crazy is we have this math driven...supposively objective system....so that "the criteria are the same for everyone, you know where you stand, there's no bias", blah, blah, blah and then they just throw it out the window and shift things around at will once it's done anyhow.

"ass clown" as you call him has been pretty accurate in the past...but this will be one of the tougher years to get it correct in the event Notre Dame wins. I'm not sure how you guys could be furious in drawing Niagra in either scenario. IMO that team doesn't even belong in the tourney. I get their spot in the pairwise but they have a HORIIBLE strength of schedule...I mean...they played and beat NO ONE. They win the worst league in the country and then go get beat bad in their tourney...screw them.

Holy balls. I'm not sayiing you're wrong but that would be a lot of moves. And remember they don't have to avoid the intra-conference with 5 or more in from one league.

If that happens, and I think it wil....you'll know that you probably drew the easiet team in the tourney and I'm consdering Canisius.

I'll try to give some perspective as a Gopher fan without being biased or troll-like. Championships are constantly determined by a couple of factors: 1) Great goal-tending. 2) Solid Defense 3) Getting hot at the right time. 4) Depth It's not hard to see...that at least at this moment...UND is not firing on all four of these factors. There's no clear number #1 goalie that is playing well, the D has had a lot of let down moments, their energy/effort is not as good as it has been at other points, and they are getting most of their production from about 3 guys. I don't see 1 or 4 changing anytime soon; unless of course a goalie just gets hot...it can happen. When you're still debating line combos and who should dress that suggests there's not great depth. Saying the role players suck or can't help is going too far. All the players on a team like MN or UND are talented...but not all are high-end game changers. Regarding #2; the defense has some talent but hasn't seemed to gel. I always remember a Sioux D-core having big, tough guys to play against...not sure that edge is there this year...IDK though because I obviously don't follow it that closely. I know from our perspective we expect a hard hitting (cheap vs tough-nosed depending on your bias) effort from the Sioux and this years series there were hardly many scrums or penalties...they were way more tame than I remember them. Hell UMD played us with way more physicality. Seems there's a lot of concern they fired the wrong assistant. MN certainly did this with Hill and Guentzel and the squad went from very mediocre to very good pretty quickly once it was rectified. I'd say the Sioux's best shot a a run lies with #3. They have historically been a team that plays very well at crunch time and they certainly can play with a lot of heart and pride; even if it's not happening right now. For this years squad to win...I think they need to get hot, play with passion, and probably get some good fortune to overcome some atypical shortcomings that they wouldn't normally have to worry about. I wouldn't bet on them because when your wondering if you'll even make the tourney that doesn't usually bode well for your chances. That said, I'd rather not face them and they will certainly be a tough out if they do get in...which I think they will. Serious question...what point in the season would you cite that would give you faith that this team had the winning formula? In other words, what is their high mark you want them to get back to? With MN I could certainly point to efforts against BC, Notre Dame, UND Friday night, even a blowout against a lesser Mich St. What is the Sioux top end effort and, if they could get there, would that be good enough to consistently beat the best in the nation? Time will tell I guess. I'd wish you luck but I'd be lying.

I think you mistake caring for finding humor. It's all good. Both MN and UND should win and may well see each other in th F5. That will be a fun game regardless of the outcome.

Lol. This post is fairly ridiculous. MN out shot them 23-10 in the 2nd where they were apparently "dominated". And to call an upper corner water bottle shot of Paretua's a "cheapie" is pretty rich. You don't see a lot of 5-1 games where the winner was outplayed and got a cheap win. Let me guess...it was the refs giving it to us right?

Funny how often "luck" occurs when you make an outstanding effort.

That's stretchng to find an excuse if you ask me. It's simple...if Kristo skates and gets back, Condon cannot cut around that side past Gleason. If he does, Gleason lets him go and Kristo picks him up as they switch and Gleason takes the trailor. But Kristo wasn't in place to support him so Gleason makes a pretty weak effort to try and push Condon as wide as he can and it wasn't wide enough. If Kristo goes to Condon and Condon drops it to the trailor...the only way the trailor is "wide open" is if both Gleason and Kristo stay with Condon...which would be idiotic team D. Again...in that case Gleason picks up the trailor after releasing Condon to Kristo...if Kristo would have been in place; which he wasn't because he hung a guy without a stick out to dry. It's team defense 101. Kristo didn't get back...period.

What was with Kristo's total non-effort on that shorty? They were down 2 and on the PP. If he skates at all that goal never occurs. Gleason got walked but at least he made an effort. There was a post earlier about "good luck keeping Kristo off the score sheet". It's not hard when he brings that kind of effort. Not good from a team leader.