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out of curiosity how long have you been watching und hockey? as from my memory I can list at least six teams that would be better than this one..87,97,98,99,00,04,11. and there are several others that could be on the list as well.

let's compare apples to apples in fan turnout and which fan base had more people in grand rapids last year? I wasn't there, I am just asking if anyone on here went and would be able to answer that. my guess is about the same.

saunders isn't the reason und lost, if you can't score you can't win. giving up two goals on the road to a good opponent is not a bad thing.

common trend over the last few seasons is on the road get a big win on friday and then run into the hot goalie on saturday.

they stated it several times last night that the championship game was at 7 tonight betweent he two winners regardless of who won.

you shootout lovers I tell ya.

a win tonight and und is 12-13, a loss puts und in that 16-18 range.

so you're saying there's a chance

really? you jump my case because I say und will go 2-2 over the next 4 games or if I say anything remotely unsupportive about und yet you are hoping that we see the rookie, which would be a result of saunders getting shelled from what you said here. so which way is it? all support und or hope saunders gets shelled so we can see the third goalie?

it happens, we have a quality babckup that will get us through the next few weeks. go 2-2 over the next four games and that is no worse than what zane would have done.

I stand corrected, I thought I saw somewhere about the fri night bemidji game being more important because it was on the road and NC.

it did because bemidji was non conference so und would have gotten a few extra rpi points if they would have won on friday., scsu, denver and duluth are in conference so you don't get the extra points.

the biggest thing hurting und right and preventing it from getting into those "bubble" postions is its rpi. the biggest cure for that problem is wins and it won't matter too much who they beat as long as they beat them. so winning eight of the next 12 and three in the nchc tourney "should" get them in. in reference to marriucci and his thinking that und would or could play minny inthe first round is absolutely correct. my only thinking otherwise would be if minny is the number 1 overall seed and would be slated to playthe 16 seed which could be like air force or someone else from atlantic hockey as they would have earned that right to play the lowest seed. if minny is the number 2-4 seed and und is a 13-15 seed then yes I can't see any other scenario in which they wouldn't under those circumstances.

if say und were to go say 8-4 the rest of the way and were sitting around 13th heading into the nchc tournament, I think if they won three games they would sneek in as a four seed.

i guarantee you that miami will be on some kind of roll coming into that series, they are too good.

I just can't see them winning 8 games here on out with this schedule. the 9 game unbeaten streak has come against no one except for western michigan. i see 7-5 or 7-4-1 which will leave them right where they are at in the 17-20 range. it will be win tourney or go home.

there should be an asterisk beside your number of posts because just posting something in a thread that has nothing to do with the thread shouldn't count towards your post number.

I'm not quite sure I would label scsu as a really good team compared to the other teams in the conference, they are good but not head and shoulders above the rest. they got off to a great start and have come back to the pack a little bit, we'll see how the rest of the season plays out.

und needs to find a way to get three points this weekend at worst.

that is why I said earlier it is important for them to lose both games this weekend at the minnesota cup to knock their rpi down a few pegs.

best thing for und this weekend would be a split at du and msum to lose both games this weekend

it will all come down to their rpi, as the nchc ooc record isn't stinging und too bad. every team that is above und in the pairwise their comparison can be flipped if und gets a better rpi. rpi obviously goes up with wins and down with losses, it's a lot to ask considering they are on a 9 game unbeaten streak but und will at some point need to have another stretch of 5-7 games where they go unbeaten to start to put them self in into a more comfortable bubble situation.

anything less than a split here on out and it will be win nchc tourney or go home.

I see a 3-2, 2-1 type game, other than last fri against cc they have have a hard time scoring three let alone 4 goals or 6. bemidji is a decent team that gives und fits.

I wonder if the fire blasi threads are flaming today at miami?