yzerman19

See you in St Paul!

Sioux-CIA, you won't believe this...I've got 119 row 21, seats 9 and 10!!! That's a nice, green row! I'll buy you a beer!

The other issue is that Merrimack might be a COP for a different team in Hockey East that could take NH's PWR. You can be ahead of a team in the PWR, even if you lose the individual PWR to them!

The hotels east of the MOA on 494 aren't really that far from the X either. Some might even have shuttle service!

SIoux-CIA, I'll look for you and your entourage. I'm glad to be near SIoux fans! I think we are right by you. GO SIOUX !

I'll be there in 119! Looking for a Sioux win

I respect the Wooger's opinions on college hockey. Frank, well, he is what he is... Why are we even talking about this clash of the #8 team vs the #10 team in the league?? We should be focusing on going 15 unbeaten and riding a Sioux sweep back into the stad!

I think the major junior route vs NCAA hockey is really a family decision. The Toews family is really high on education. The CHL does still offer more games and a schedule that more closely resembles the NHL. It would be a tough decision to go #1 in a bantam draft and choose college hockey, but I have to believe that there are other perks to being an 18 year old on a college campus. The clear success of Toews, Parise, Vanek, Stastny, etc certainly helps our cause.

Hey AZ, Who the heck is nuber 13 in your gallery? I'm assuming the 24 is from last year and is Porter...

INCH 4x4 is a projection. They do not look at it as if it were to end today, but look at it as a whole and try and project what will happen. Bracketology is set up as if the season ended today. I would guess that INCH is looking at the schedule of MN and thinking that they have a legit shot at grabbing a couple wins vs COP and TUCs (especailly vs UMD). They will also get a shot at a WCHA bubble team in the playoffs. MN can take a lot of pwrs against the likes of WI, UMD, SCSU as we finish out the season. A strong finish will catapult them over UMD and WI.

Don't you love how in this week's bracketology all the MN schools are in with the exception of the Golden Gophers!

Michigan came out like gangbusters, eh? Sounds like our regional quarterfinal last year. Red's teams always have skill, and they always play good, open, up tempo hockey as compared to say...Wisconsin. While I don't think Miami's record shows that they've really beaten anyone other than Michigan State, I don't think that they are a bad team. However, given the structure of the NCAA tournament, I would certainly rather play Miami than a lot of other teams to go to the FF.

Miami has not beaten anyone...only winning record against a tier 1 team is against Michigan State. They also beat SCSU in OT. Split with Notre Dame, Lost and tied vs MI. They have only played 9 games against TUCs: 2-0 vs MI State 0-1-1 vs MI 1-1-0 vs Notre Dame 1-0-0 vs SCSU 2-0-0 vs Vermont

Check out Krach...WCHA has 6 of the top 10, and 9 of the 10 WCHA teams are in the top 17. I think there is little doubt that outside of NH, BC, MI and MI State, everyone else with a snowball's chance of winning the NCAAs is in the WCHA.

You can buy beer at the Blue Line Club or the Curling Club. The Curling Club requires a small membership fee. Most people go to the Blue Line club between periods. It is bottles of beer for like $3.75 or so.

NH will come out of their bracket. Remember, we saw them without uberfrosh Van Riemsdyk, because he was leading the USA at the WJC. They are a team to be reckoned with.

NCAA tourney is always hard. Number one for us has to be to stay a #1 seed. One has to assume that CC, NH and MI are all going to remain #1s, and all 3 are dangerous teams that I would prefer not having to deal with until the frozen four or not at all if someone pulls an upset. I'd love to see Michigan end up in Madison and have to deal with the Badgers. It would be fitting after all of those years getting the Yost advantage. It is also important to maintain that last line change throughout the regional as the "home" team (highest seed).

Having to face Bucky in Mad Town is a bad draw. Fortunately there is still some hockey left to play.

I haven"t heard...game on!!!

losing Jones is a huge blow. He is the quiet rock back there.

AM i reading the lines correctly? Duncan back to the right wing, and Kozek on the off wing?

AZ- I like the new banner! Give Blood...play the Fighting Sioux!!!!

Are you sure he was passed out and not just sleeping? If a player is getting pass out drunk a night before a game, then we have some serious leadership issues on this team. That is a pretty insidious statement to make. I hope you are being truthful. Going out for a few after a series is common place, to get pass out drunk after the first game of a series is inexcusable. Wow...I hope it was Radke or someone else who isn't going to play today...

Not scared of you, but never want to play a big rival when all the chips are down. I'm not scared of any team, no one holds a winning record against us...we'd have to get swept by UMD or SCSU or lose to CC or Wisconsin in the Final Five for anyone to have a winning record against us going into the NCAAs. CC 1-1-0 .500 Denver 3-1-0 .750 Mankato 2-0-0 1.000 Minnesota 2-1-1 .6250 Michigan Tech 3-1-0 .750 Alaska Anchorage 2-0-0 1.000 Wisconsin 1-1-0 .500 SCSU 1-1-0 .500 UMD 1-1-0 .500 Michigan State 1-0-0 1.000 BC 0-0-1 .500 Northeastern 1-0-0 1.000 New Hampshire 1-1-0 .500 Bemidji State 1-0-0 1.000

A split flips the UNH pwr. we're at .6250 COP. A split moves NH to .6250 COP. This makes it worth 0 to both. We win RPI, they win TUC. We split H2H. RPI is the tiebreaker! Go BC Eagles!!!!!