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1 hour ago, Wilbur said:
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Gooch didn't win the Hobey. The banner has been shipped to Stearns County.
Pretty sure SCSU has their own banner making equipment in house.
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Just found this interesting...
In their program's history, Minnesota Duluth has had only 10 Hobey Baker Finalists (read: Top 10 Finalist, not Hobey Hat Trick). 60% of their finalists have won the award. Of the programs with at least 1 Hobey Baker Award winner, this is by far the highest percentage (next best: Massachusetts (33%, 1/3); Harvard (27%, 4/15); Minnesota (25%, 4/20); Bowling Green (25%), 2/8).
North Dakota has had 25 Hobey Baker Finalists. 8% of their finalists have won the award. Of the programs with at least 1 Hobey Baker Award winner, this is the second lowest percentage (Wisconsin at 7.7%, 1/13; next lowest: New Hampshire (9%, 1/12); Miami (9%, 1/12); Michigan (9.1%, 2/22).
Presuming that a certain amount of luck is involved in winning this type of award, Minnesota Duluth is, by far, the luckiest program when it comes to the Hobey Baker Award, while North Dakota is one of the unluckiest programs. Crazy stuff.
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5 minutes ago, Benny Baker said:
With the 2020 NCHC title, Engelstad will be hanging 27 championship banners next year.
Let's not start hanging participation banners now.
Agreed.
I agree with the idea mentioned earlier that take a wall and honor the team that way. I'd also be open to other/additional ways to honor the team as well, but banners at the Ralph are meant for very specific, and very special, accomplishments. Not for what could have been.
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On 3/23/2020 at 10:39 AM, mn_sioux said:
Just looking ahead... how many Hobey Baker award winners returned to play another year of college hockey? Besides Ryan Duncan.
Duncan was the last to do so. Marty Sertich, Ryan Miller, Paul Kariya (well...half a season), and Robb Stauber also came back after winning the Hobey Baker. Of course, many Hobey Baker winners are Seniors, so they don't really get that chance. Hopefully we can add Kawaguchi to this list.
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33 minutes ago, Frozen4sioux said:
No i did not see that one game where a team played two good periods against a also mediocre team in a holiday tourney.
You are WILDLY over crediting the results of a single game in evaluating overall performance.
If laying a mild beating on a B1G team is the crowning achievement, over half the damn NCAA can lay claim to a #1 seed.
They lost two games. They deserved to be a #1 seed.
Also, nobody is claiming they would lay waste to the NCAA field; however they would be the favorite over a team that was not as good as a mediocre Ohio State team.
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10 minutes ago, Frozen4sioux said:
Yes, They were a #1 seed because the lost 2 games. Stregth of that schedule 38th.
The beat Ohio 5-2... in a holiday tourney, in Vegas, total crap shoot, not a curb stomping. By any stretch.
Unfourtunetly, its a disagreement, well never get a true answer to... sucks.
Correct. I would just point out that Cornell crushed Ohio State. Cornell was up 4-0 midway through the third...despite Ohio State being the beneficiary of a 5-minute major. Based on your take, I am assuming you did not catch that game.
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5 minutes ago, Frozen4sioux said:
I watched Cornell 4 times or more this season.
They are most definitely overrated. They "might" have hosted a home playoff in the B1G.... maybe.
They played 6 games against top 20 teams, highest rank Ohio state.
Cornell would not have advanced out of that region.
Being ranked 1 in the uscho poll is the definition of east coast bias. Its rediculous to believe they are even a 1 or 2 seed.
We can agree to disagree. Cornell was a very good team, and would have been capable of winning it all.
Cornell destroyed Ohio State (at a neutral venue). Was that one of the Cornell games you watched this season?
Nobody cares about the USCHO Poll.
They are a #1 seed because they lost 2 games all season. They weren't the #1 overall seed because they played a middle-of-the-road schedule.
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3 minutes ago, brianvf said:
Cornell played a grand total of 3 games all season against teams that made the NCAA tourney, and never on back to back nights.
Michigan turned it on in the 2nd half, and were 7-1-2 in their last 10 games. They played 12 games during the season against teams in the NCAA tourney.IMO, Cornell was the definition of a team not battle tested against quality opponents. Any team they faced in the NCAA would have been one of the best, if not the best, team that they'd faced all season. That doesn't bode well for them rattling off multiple wins.
I'd take Michigan in that 1st round matchup.
We'll have to agree to disagree. Cornell only played 3 games against NCAA Tournament teams (at least according to my simulation), but went 3-0 against them, outscoring them 14-5. As you noted, Michigan played 12, and went 4-6-2. Michigan was also 7-1-2 in their last 10...but against Michigan State (x4), Minnesota (x2), Notre Dame (x2), and Wisconsin (x2). Not really a murderer's row. Cornell went 9-0-0 in their last 9, outscoring their opponents 40-12.
Cornell this year reminded me of Harvard from 2016-2017. A very strong ECAC team capable of winning it all.
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1 hour ago, brianvf said:
My guess is that Michigan would have gotten past Cornell in the first round.
21 minutes ago, Frozen4sioux said:This. Cornell was possibly the most overrated team I can remember in college hockey.
Strength of schedule was abysmal.
Marriuci Cupcake Classic bad.
Honestly I'd give Cornell less than 5% chance coming out of that bracket.
I think you are both discounting Cornell too much. They are ranked #3 overall in KRACH (Michigan is ranked 12th). They curb-stomped Ohio State (which is ranked higher than Michigan and beat Michigan 3 out of 4 times this season), Michigan State (who Michigan lost to twice this season), and Clarkson (who Michigan lost and tied to), and made it through nearly 30 games with only 2 losses. Michigan lost 14 games...and were barely above .500 in the Big Ten. Unless of course you think the Big Ten is a true monster of a conference...I just don't see Cornell being overrated, and certainly would be favored against Michigan.
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1 minute ago, Frozen4sioux said:
In that scenario... Bermidchee would have a heck of a great shot of coming out of it.
I'd have put money on the Beavers
I think Bemidji would have a good chance to get by Boston College. They play a somewhat similar style to Maine, who had very good results against BC this year. Of course, if they matched up against Cornell in the Regional Final, the game might start an infinite loop where the puck never leaves the neutral zone.
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3 hours ago, NDinCO said:
No banner. But make a display case type-thing in the hallway somewhere to acknowledge the great team, the 'what if', and to document the historic nature of these crazy times we live in. Would be interesting reading 50 years from now.
I really like this idea. Putting up a banner and treating it anything like a national title is something that Minnesota would do (and does...see their 1940 "National Champions" banner). This team deserves to be permanently recognized, but not with a national championship banner. We're better than that. I feel terribly for the kids on this year's squad that they weren't given the chance to hang a green banner. But give them a permanent display to acknowledge what they did was special.
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1 minute ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:
Can you stack them, i.e. Alaska and HoF game?
Yep.
You get 34 regular season games, plus 1 exhibition game.
Games in Alaska (or Hawaii in other sports), Hall of Fame game, and Icebreaker Tournament are exempt from that 34 number.
Games against the US U-18 team are exempt from the 1 exhibition game.
So, a team could theoretically play 43 games in the regular season: 34 regular games, 4 exempt games at the Alaska schools, 1 HOF game, and 2 Icebreaker Tournament games, then 1 regular exhibition game, and 1 against the US U-18 team.
Then of course, a team could play as many as 8 conference tournament games, and 4 NCAA Tournament games.
The Ivy League teams have their own restrictions to 29 regular season games. That is why they start later. The Non-Ivy ECAC teams do not have those same restrictions, which is why they start earlier and play more games.
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Just now, crb1 said:
So UMD sweeps DU and UMD moves up in the pairwise but how does DU still stay at 4.
They had a pretty large lead in RPI. DU, BC, and UMD are all tied with 55 PWC. DU wins the tiebreaker due to RPI. It is rapidly shrinking though.
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Just now, crb1 said:
And Anchorage blows it in the final couple minutes and gives up two goals to go into OT with Minn St. Unreal
GTG scored with 1 second left.
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Wow. The last time North Dakota won 1-0 (against Western), they responded with an 8-2 win for the sweep. Looks like we are well on our way to a similar result. Keep it up boys!
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43 minutes ago, Bemidji State Beaver said:
I joined this forum a couple years back seeking knowledge from Sioux fans. It has become obvious 80% of you are douchebags that have no hockey knowledge at all. When your team is losing you put up 12 pages on a game night, when you are winning and number one in the country nobody says anything on this forum. If you are wondering what I am getting at, it is that if you have nothing to bitch about you don't say anything. The ultimate definition of a douchbag. UND 4-1
It seems like what you are complaining of in your post, is exactly what you are doing in your post. Are you a douch_bag?
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1 minute ago, George M. Bluth said:
I saw it at a Gophers basketball game a few years ago too. Still think it’s funny.
For sure. It is hilarious.
Michaud just saved a goal...great backcheck after a really bad turnover in the neutral zone.
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1 minute ago, Wilbur said:
Okay, did we copy Simba cam from them or did they copy us?
We all copied it. I saw Simba cam at an Atlanta Braves game in 2015. I'm sure it was around before then as well.
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North Dakota kills the penalty.
14:20 left in the 2nd. 1-0 DU.
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That's the end of the 2nd. 1-0 DU.
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1:09 left in the 2nd. 1-0 DU.
North Dakota with another couple great chances, but unable to finish.
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Tychonik beats Larsson, but it trickles wide.
North Dakota has picked it up the last couple minutes.
4:30 left in the 2nd. 1-0 DU.
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6:30 left in the 2nd. 1-0 DU.
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Denver definitely with the edge in play right now.
9:06 left in the 2nd. 1-0 DU.
2020-21 University of North Dakota Hockey Season
in Men's Hockey
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What's crazy is there was only a single Senior in that entire lineup (Prpich). Imagine that group the following year with the addition of Chay Genoway and Chris VandeVelde.