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3 minutes ago, gfhockey said:It was actually their assistant coach on a podcast. And msu media reported it
I'm gonna chime in here for a bit as the resident MSU fan (although I rarely post anymore cause you guys don't really care about MSU, nor should you). He and Pritchard de-committed at the same time. Frankly, it was assumed they were both going to the Gophers. Troy Ward went on the Live In Five podcast and talked in pretty broad terms what was happening starting at about the 48 minute mark. His comment was that they got an email from the parents of one of the recruits and one guy got an offer of $70K-$80K (I think that was the number) from a Big Ten school. People were assuming the parents one was Kernan and the Big Ten one was Pritchard. I'm not sure either of those are correct, just assumptions made. Ward's comments were very harmless, but they were pretty vague. I suspect he kept them vague to take a shot across the bow of certain programs that are hiding behind the veil of secrecy and not admitting what they are doing (and how much they are paying kids) without directly saying it. He's pretty smart when it comes to playing those word games to get his point across without necessarily throwing colleagues under the bus.
For a little context, MSU has been killed again this year in terms of the roster. We were obviously forced to re-build the roster with transfer kids 2 years ago after Hastings left (we lost 5 guys to the portal that year, I think). Additionally there was not a single commit that stayed on with MSU after he left. This year we had 9 guys graduate (many transfers from the last 2 years). We had multiple portal entrants that left us with 5 forwards, 4 defensemen and 2 goalies coming back. We had some really good recruits (as seen above) that we've been hearing about for a year and a half and that went into thin air. Add to that the feeling of our players being snubbed for awards and fans are grumpy and viciously going after whoever they feel grievances should be aired at.
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On 2/12/2024 at 3:09 PM, RedFrog said:
What is up with the CCHA this year? Mankato is their highest Pairwise team at 29 and the AHA has two teams higher (RIT 22 and Holy Cross 27). I don't have the inter-conference records but the CCHA must have been blasted this year.
Another note is on CC. They have a couple of comparisons they are losing to Augustana and Arizona State that will take a sweep of DU at the end of the year to flip. Those two comparisons could prove very costly to their NCAA aspirations.
I mean, Mankato has typically propped up the conference when it comes to non-conference for years. We lost our top 9 scorers either through graduation, leaving early or going in the transfer portal in addition to all 3 coaches, the hockey ops and strength and conditioning coach. To put the player in context, the 3 that went to wisconsin have 23 goals and 65 points.
As for the rest of the conference, tech shat the bed. BG had a police investigation a week or two before the season. Nmu lost a few guys and are badly underachieving. Msu is still in 1st place (Granted we have a couple games in hand, so that plays into it. Just goes to show how important one or two teams are in non-conference results.
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7 hours ago, brianvf said:
And you thought Persson had a rough save % tonight...BSU lost 5-1 despite outshooting Mankato 32-15.
https://www.collegehockeynews.com/box/final/20231117/bmj/mns/
Weird game, I never felt like bsu was really in the game though. Lots of outside shots. First goal was a Maverick player being checked into the goalie and laying on top of him while the goal was scored. The tone was set there. Between that, an extremely good cross ice pass, a breakaway goal and an empty netter, the goalie didn't play badly. Msu just took advantage of opportunities
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1 hour ago, SiouxFanSince1990 said:
Whatever, I loved it. A lot of pride on that Purple cow team.
There is a 2 ton chip on the shoulder.of these guys. You could hear it in some of the quotes from Sam Morton this summer. That dude is the definition of a leader. It's unfortunate that all our Pairwise building Games are at the beginning of the year because I see this team like the sandelin teams where they build throughout the year and peak at the end. I'm not predicting a national championship, but I do believe they are going to get stronger and stronger as the year goes on.
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15 hours ago, siouxforce19 said:
Statistically, for the record, UND has a slightly better power play percentage by a couple tenths or so lol. I looked up some national stats the other day to see if there was anything interesting.
I.mean, we were 0-14 on the weekend. Now, I will say, you can definitely see there is a lack of chemistry that's just going to take some time. It will get better. I'm certain of that.
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There are a few that have them, but not many. I've always thought it would be awesome to have a stadium full of cowbell ringing at once. I can only imagine how annoying it would be.
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2 hours ago, burd said:
Do cowboys and girls pack their cowbells when they go on the road?
Why wouldn't you?
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Strangely enough, I thought msu played better this last weekend than against scsu. Defense was very good Saturday, Friday got away from them when they were taking risks to get tied back up. That UMass team will be top 5 by the end of the year. They are super talented, but Carvel is going to need to cut them down on the needless clutching and grabbing. They are so talented, they don't need to do that stuff.
That being said, they gave us chances with a ton of penalties. our pp was just awful though. You will likely see a more uptempo team than msu had under hastings. Msu skated well with UMass, but the chemistry.just wasn't there. Lots of passes behind guys, a ton of missed one-timers, and no one crashing the net. The goalie was leaving juicy rebounds, but no one there to put it home. You can tell it's a team that is still growing together. It's a team that lost the top 11 scorers, it's going to take some time.
it should be a fun series. I'm not sure how fast a team can pull together.
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12 hours ago, siouxforce19 said:
They had to stop doing that due to them currently having a 25 year old Canadian goalie.
Not true.....its different with him because it's a covid year or it's only one guy or some other reason that conveniently applies to them but no one else.
https://twitter.com/DanMyers/status/1659934731222368257
Make sure to read the replies
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Just now, The Sicatoka said:
Admit it.
You loved us Mar 12, 1999.
You've hated us since Mar 14, 1999. 
https://fightinghawks.com/sports/mens-ice-hockey/schedule/1998-99I have to admit, that was my pre-Maverick days. I was a senior in high school and hadn't even been introduced to college hockey. So, I guess I've always hated you guys.
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Am I gonna have to hate you guys too? My list of "Teams to Hate" is growing longer by the day.
Dang, we should have had another title contender this year. This sucks.
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15 minutes ago, N of GF said:
Looks to me like he didn't do Jack for Mankato long term; What he did was for himself, and he took it all with him when he left.
He did do a ton. The facilities are sooooo much better than before. Got fan support behind our team (not coming to see our opponents). Built an operational structure that is built to win. I'm not going to say that I'm not disappointed in the way he left because I am. I just hope strand is as good as people think he is and it's almost a larson/scsu situation where he takes us another level. I wouldn't be surprised if he was mercilessly booed if he ever came back though.
My bigger concern is that college hockey is becoming like football and basketball. Those cesspool are something I want no part of. I firmly believe the sec and big ten are going to destroy college sports as we know it and I'm not sure that's a good thing.
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I'll tell ya. I think Hastings hurt his legacy in Kato with all of this. Just the few comments I've heard have not been all that flattering. Everyone respects what he did for us and understands the business side of it, but lots of people holding on to some hard feelings.
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F 'em.
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I thi k im developing a genuine hatred for the big ten.
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9 hours ago, SiouxFanSince1990 said:
Take it easy dude.
I'm guessing you haven't been following along with the msu stuff. Purely a joke. I wish no ill will on the kid.
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12 hours ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:
Doesn't seem like as big of a loss as the rest. It's possible Strand didn't want him, too.
Still.....
F 'em
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8 hours ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:
Klavs Veinbergs bails on Mankato. He needs another year of juniors before playing college hockey though.
F' em.
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19 minutes ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:
On CHNs last podcast of the year McMahon mentioned that every portal entrant he spoke with said they want to go to a Big Ten team. Not sure what sort of selection bias was applied, but NCHC seems to be dethroned in the eyes of current players.
I truly think it's because of TV and NLI. As soon as hockey programs can start capitalizing on NLIs, the Big Ten is going to have a VERY wide advantage on everyone else.
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My new response is just going to be "F 'em" from now on. Apparently lost Jack Phelan today too....not sure who that dude is though.
I think I'm going to start keeping track of how many goals/points/other we lost for the next couple seasons with all the defections. I have a feeling this is going to be mind blowing. Lots of high enders leaving. Guys that our program has missed out on for years that were finally considering us.
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All was already known. Strand is letting guys out of their nil no questions asked. He only wants guys that want to be there
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22 minutes ago, Kevin G said:
Mankato being absolutely gutted.
Gamache has the potential to be a difference maker.
I have high hopes for strand as coach, but, man, it could be a rough road.
I honestly thought we had the makings of another contender next year with the guys returning and the recruits coming in. This is tough. On the flip side, strand has signed a couple of pretty good looking recruits in the last few days.
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6 hours ago, SiouxFanatic said:
One(Gamache) switched to Providence, the other(Morrissey) switched to UW.
Both supposed to come this year.
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Yay, 2 kato recruits going elsewhere in the last 2 days. More to come, it seems. Fun times.
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I'm not gonna lie, it's getting harder and harder to rationalize spending money on Blue Line Club (read: donation) and seats for my family. I feel like apathy is setting in to a lot of the fans that are casuals and not diehards.