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We lose we likely play CC. We win we play Miami, most likely. Who would we rather play or not play?

Wearing my green glasses but here goes, don’t know what towns they will play in except Denver/UND in Loveland: 1. Mankato CCHA vs 16. AIC bottom dwellers/AQ 8. Norte Dame BIG vs !0. Clowns NCHC (moved/clowns and U Mass) 2. Michigan BIG vs 15. BU H.E. (I pick BU as AQ from Hockey East) 7. Western NCHC vs 9. U Mass H.E. (moved Western/Quinn, maybe got that wrong, but had selfish reasons) 3. Gopher BIG vs 14 North Eastern H.E. 6. Quinn ECAC vs 11 Duluth NCHC (Duluth/clowns will split next 4/5 games so that GF hockey boys will make it, I know that is part of Sandelins plan) 4. UND NCHC vs 13 O State BIG (yes UND sweeps O and we move to a #1, either way DU/UND will be 4 and 5 And both will go to Loveland) 5. Denver NCHC vs 12 Tech CCHA Round 2: Mankato vs Clowns Michigan vs Western (the matchup everyone wants to happen) Gophers vs Duluth UND vs Denver. (That puts 5 NCHC teams in final 8 and the NCAA will never allow that, but we can dream a little, that’s what this site is all about) Frozen four: Mankato, Western, Minnie and UND Write this down, not my final pick but might be!

Should we consider the coaches fortunate that they don’t have to find room for Pinto, Weatherby and JDB in this line up?

Who in the hell recruited this bunch of sissies?

After being embarrassed by Cornel, many of use would have traded Driscoll for a good HS goalie (myself included). We all agreed it was time to try another goalie, which Berry did and proved to be brilliant timing. He didn’t lose faith in Driscoll but he tested Helsten and gave Driscoll a wake up call. The series at Western was a sweep for the Broncos but we played respectably. After losing to the High School All Stars, Cornel and Western we gained 27 of the next 30 points all the time playing with a short roster or key guys missing. We have to give credit to coaches and players who’ve bought into their leadership. Last weekend we moved ahead of Duluth in the pairwise, we weren’t far from the bubble and now they are near the bubble. This weekend we took Western out of an NCAA #1 seed position. We are almost guaranteed no less than NCAA #2 seed with possibility of a #1 seed depending on the next couple weekends results! Gaber, Sanderson and Frisch all deserve to play as soon as they are healthy but we don’t have anyone who deserves not to play. The coaching staff will have difficult decisions to make. It’s been fun to watch and how could a fan have expected such a fun season? No matter how it ends, it’s been most excellent so far! This team should not surprise any of us, they are capable of anything they set their minds to. Hope they keep it going into April!

OT?

No one should be held responsible or shamed for something their brother, sister or cousin has done. Very poor taste!

Jammer!

Saw a week or so ago his coach said he was suspended indefinitely for disciplinary reasons.

Kunz or Judd with Jammer and Senden? Judd has been playing/scoring well recently and that started when he played with Sanden/Jammer line.

Ive only been to Denver, CC and Duluth (the Decc) but would love to go to Kalamazoo, like them or not the fans there get into it and are a lively/rowdy bunch.

Getting anyone back (just one) would allow a full lineup with extra skater. I’m comfortable playing the guys that are available but we need more bodies, hard to believe team is playing so well without Senden, Gaber and Sanderson.

St clown PP is like it is in slow motion

Predicting the final Brackets: Worcester: 1. Michigan v 16. AIC 8. U Mass V 9. Duluth Allentown: 2. Mankato v 15. U Conn 7. Western v 10. Michigan Tech. (UND will pick up points vs Western but not enough to become a #1 seed) Loveland: 3. Denver v 14. BU 5. Sioux v 11. Norte Dame Albany: 4. Gophers v 12. St Cloud 6. Quinn v 13. Ohio St. Not sure if i did this correct but had to move St. Cloud, Norte Dame and Ohio St around so that teams did not meet conference foe in the first game.

Inept bunch of coaches got lucky and with a short lineup happened to pull into 1st place even after getting out coached by Sandy the wonder coach!

DU has Western/CC/Omaha remaining. DU must lose one of those games and UND has to win out to catch them, or similar scenario. UND owns the tie breaker! UND needs to go 3-3 (doable) and neither Duluth or St Cloud can catch them. If UND goes 3-3 and Western goes 4-2 UND gains 2nd seed. Western has a leg up on Duluth/St Cloud since they have 3 games against each other remaining. But Western has both DU/UND. They’d like Duluth/St Cloud to split points. Duluth has one more point than St Cloud but Duluth has UND/Miami while St Cloud has Omaha/Miami remaining besides the 3 games against each other. St Cloud trails Duluth by 1 but play winnable games vs Omaha/CC besides 3 games vs Duluth. If St Cloud gets 4 to 5 points from Duluth they’d be favored for home ice. Omaha is likely safely in 6th. They are at home the rest of the way but against St Cloud/DU/UND so they will be fortunate to gain another 6 to 9 points. CC and Miami will play for 7th/8th in their series, one of them could catch Omaha but it’s unlikely because besides their own series they play DU/St CLoud/Western/Duluth. UND has a prayer at 1st seed (unlikely), but should be favored for 2nd seed. It would take some self-destruction (which we’re capable of) to be 3rd seed. 4th seed cannot happen unless either Duluth or St Cloud wins all 9 points remaining between them and we go 1-5 or less.

I thought Jake was going to punch Jody when Jody brought up the possibility of the SO!

We’ve seen what Mel would do!

Anyone seen line charts. No Moore?

All things considered, 4 respectable lines!

We have the utmost respect for their team and nothing comes easy in this league but if we bring our A game, do all the little things, take one for the team we wont b denied and we’ll send a message....3-1 Ford, Gaber and Klevin

Ford

Denver is a lock (almost) for first, mathematically it’s possible to finish 2nd/3rd. Western Probably has better odds at 2nd than UND only because of our injuries. With everyone healthy and back (after CC) we are even odds with Western for a 2nd or 3rd place finish, in my opinion. Duluth would be the favorite for 4th but they will be beating up on St Cloud or the other way around. Those two play each other 4 times in the remaining 8 games. I would say they will face each other 7 times in the next 5 weeks because they are likely to finish 4th and 5th. Also Duluth plays UND and Miami while St Clown plays Western and CC. My picks on March 11: Miami travels to Denver, CC to UND or Western, Omaha to Western or UND and the Clowns and Dogs play somewhere, probably Duluth. Then there is Omaha, who cares? We need to sweep them at their place but even a split with them is OK if we sweep CC and spit with Duluth and Western.

Probably better if CC doesn’t know for as long as possible

What would Michigan do?