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The is directly related to the Blais-clone Principle that Wilbur and I discussed a week or two ago.

I like Martin St Louis a lot and he has had an incredible career. I have no problem with him being an Olympic selection. But to say he's a no-brainer over Claude Giroux is rather absurd.

Get well soon, Kris Letang!

Again, I beg to differ. From 2007-2013, 5 different CCHA teams made the men's ice hockey national championship game (as I already stated) and 10 of the conference's 12 teams qualified for the NCAA tournament. Only Bowling Green and Lake Superior State did not made the NCAA's in those 7 seasons. If that's not a strong conference, I don't know what is. I do agree that Miami's tournament performance has been less than stellar.

Your initial point, siouxsweet, was to point out how "weak" the CCHA has been in recent years. Since 2007, FIVE different CCHA teams have advanced to the NCAA championship game. I'd say that that's pretty impressive, considering during that same time span, the WCHA has been in the title game twice. Still care to claim the CCHA NCAA tournament performance as a conference whole has been "weak" over the past few years?

Wilbur's dad = mind blown.

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Hmnnnn...a sentence that rolls on forever...no capital letters for things like SLU...states instead of stats...all that's missing is a 'in hak we trust' and I'd swear you look familiar!

Nice call.

...and Denver ties it up in St Cloud!

Canada's are awful...Sweden's look ridiculous...Finland? Good heavens.

You were saying...?

Lucia whining last week for replays of contact to head calls after one of his own gets the gate...I'm sure he'll be silent on the rule tonight...

Michigan State recent title...Notre Dame recent title game appearance...

Controversy in South Bend...Irish goal with 20-some seconds left overturned. I don't know why...

Western wins in Oxford for first time in 10 years!

Is it just me or are the NBCSN and Big 10 productions tonite infinitely better than CBSSN? It's like WMU vs Miami is being broadcast on Prairie Public TV...

So based on the Bills losing four Super Bowls, the AFC East sucked in the 1990's? I wouldn't call the CCHA a 'weak' conference based on two teams losing national championship games in recent memory.

Ferris State had a heckofa team that gave BC all it could handle in the title game just a couple of years ago...and Miami would be the home of a national champion if it wasn't for that epic collapse against BU a few years prior to that.

That girl is from Boston. DaveK hates her.

They're a solid 8-0 in conference play.

It's not as bad as it sounds, NDH. Originally, Jim Delany wanted the team captains to hug and exchange flower bouquets after every game but the athletic directors voted down that idea.

I'd take our year over Tech's and LSSU's...

Any team playing 8 games non-conference games against Atlantic Hockey teams doesn't have much of a defense to the 'strength of schedule' argument. OK, so OSU did play Minnesota tough two weeks ago, what does that prove? Ferris State was tough in the CCHA the last couple of seasons. Because they have a different conference logo on their jerseys now means they suck?

You're kidding me, right? Ohio State's 14 wins this year include: 2 against Robert Morris 2 against Niagara 2 against Canisius College 2 against Mercyhurst Seriously, Ohio State should consider raising an Atlantic Hockey Conference Champions banner next fall inside Value City Arena! Their other 6 wins are against Bowling Green, UMD, Michigan State, Wisconsin, and Penn State (2). Please tell me you don't think that THAT résumé makes Ohio State NCAA tournament-selection material.