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46 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:
Well ... dang.
Missed that news.
Andy was my favorite post-Gwoz.
I guess WMU is screwed now.
This is the type of game where we'll miss Andy for sure. I do expect our team to open things up a little more than in previous seasons. I think you'll see more goals, and more creativity offensively. Hopefully that also means more wins. I'm tired of all of the other NCHC teams having fun in the tournament while we stay at home at #16 or 17 in the pairwise.
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On 10/17/2021 at 9:40 AM, SiouxForever said:
Be interesting to see when Michigan gets their first lost.
Potentially until mid-November against Notre Dame unless Western Michigan pulls off something special next week.
Could go all the way to December until they play Minnesota.
I expect we'll get at least one win against them, but have a strong feeling we may sweep. They have a ton of talent, and might be looking ahead of "little" Western Michigan.
That Saturday Lawson crowd is going to be nuts.
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1 hour ago, I Ranger said:If not I would like to get some of that potion!
Andy gives up some of his life essence every year to keep his players from getting older. So far it has had no noticeable effect on his own aging........
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27 minutes ago, tnt said:
UND has had problems with Western even when they are loaded, and they will most likely take a little time to come together next year.
WMU's team was the same this past season. We knew they would take some time to gel, which isn't a very good time to play so many teams so quickly in the pod. The Bussi injury was just salt in the wound.
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1 minute ago, tnt said:
... and if not for a botched faceoff, who knows?
1 hour ago, ubish said:They were awful to start the year, no doubt about that but they finished with 6 wins over top five teams. There aren't many other teams in the country that could say that this past season.
I just checked.
WMU finished 6-7-0 vs top 5 teams
Other teams in the NCHC vs top 5 teams
St. Cloud - 6-4-0 (7-5-0 including NCAA tournament)
UMD - 2-6-1 (3-7-1 including NCAA tournament)
UND - 3-1-1 (3-2-1 including NCAA tournament)
Omaha - 3-6-1
Denver - 2-9-0
Miami - 1-12-0
CC - 2-7-0
I'm not saying that WMU should have been a top 5 team, but there is a enough talent on this team to beat top teams night after night. The consistency wasn't there due to goalie problems and a huge freshman class, but everyone should be older and theoretically they'll be playing more like they did at the end of the year when they went 8-4-1 rather than at the beginning of the year when they went 2-8-2.
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On 4/20/2021 at 4:51 PM, AJS said:
The NCHC is going to be tough next year no doubt. If UND is able to procure another legitimate Top-6 guy from the Portal, I think they'll still have as good of a chance as anyone next year.
One of the major components you have to look at when analyzing how a team will be is their performance this year. I'm going to pick on Western. They were awful this year. The players that are returning are great players, but, unless they really upgrade elsewhere, I still don't think they are a Top half team.
They were awful to start the year, no doubt about that but they finished with 6 wins over top five teams. There aren't many other teams in the country that could say that this past season.
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19 minutes ago, dustnyou said:
Ford-Pinto-Dickin
Probably not the first time those words have been put together like that
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If you guys are interested in a Goalie, WMU's Austin Cain has entered the portal...........
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10 minutes ago, SiouxFanatic said:
UMass will be without their starting goaltender and three other players vs UMD. It’s ridiculous the amount of breaks and advantages that has been going Duluth’s way. Pretty comical at this point. I’m sure just a matter of time before they get a bye to championship game. Cause why not.
Some day these guys are going to run out of luck. I guess today is not that day.
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On 4/2/2021 at 10:37 AM, cberkas said:
I almost ran over Rico Blasi in 2012 at Joe Louis Arena before WMU's CCHA championship game against Michigan. I was hurrying and it was dark as the roadway went underneath the arena. He didn't look both ways (was probably half asleep from having to play BG for 3rd place) and I had to slam on my brakes to avoid making a blasi mark on the pavement.
Anyway, we beat Michigan to take the title later that evening (which is pretty much the best feeling in the world) and I almost forgot about that "incident".
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20 hours ago, BusinessSiouxt said:
Actually, I think UNO would have preferred WMU. They match up much better skill-wise with them. You can’t make mistakes against Denver but you can get away with some smudge against Andy’s boys...
lol @ Andy's boys. Now I'm picturing this on the bottom of all the player's skates.
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22 hours ago, jk said:
This gets to the heart of how I think UND's tournament preparation suffered from the NCHC schedule. 2021 weekends against UMD, SCSU and WMU would have hurt the team's record but stiffened its spine. Playing CC and Omaha, with a diminished DU sprinkled in, did them no favors.
Two clarifying points. 1. UND was still very good, played well against UMD, and deserved a better fate that morning. 2. I don't blame the NCHC, as organizations had to choose the path they thought best in an unusual time.
That's a really good point actually. They had to split the "groups" somehow, but it was rather uneven this year. It would have been helpful for you guys if you would have had the opportunity to play the top teams in our league more than just a handful of times. That said, I'm thankful that WMU wasn't stuck in a group with SCSU, Duluth, AND North Dakota.
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9 hours ago, petey23 said:
I agree, WMU is solid.
When everyone was speculating about Denver and UNO at the end of the year I think a case could have and should have been made that WMU was better than both of them at the end of the year.
6 of WMUs 10 wins came against frozen four teams. But there were some pretty bad losses early in the season that knocked them out of the discussion.
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On 4/2/2021 at 12:41 AM, Rebel_Sioux said:Part of me sometimes wonders how we would have dated if we hadn't left the WCHA. The CCHA teams we took are often at the bottom of the conference as it is. MSU, MTU and BSU have had some decent teams that hit hard by the WCHA OOC record. But then I look and see how much the NCHC has dominated college hockey and those thoughts go away.
That being said, I'd love for the WCHA to get one. The NCHC clearly worked out very well for us, but I do still feel bad for our former conference members that got left behind.
I'm also ok with this scenario :-)
Wait a minute now, WMU has never finished at the bottom (though we did have a couple of tough years early on finishing 7th). The rest of the time we've usually been in the top 4, with a couple of 3rd place finishes in there. I don't think Tech or Bemidji would have done any better than that. We just haven't had any success in the post season (ncaas or frozen faceoff) and so it's easy to forget about those teams.
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I wouldn't mind seeing SCSU take the title as they were a late comer to the NCHC (along with us). I'm really fine with anyone winning as long as it's not Mankato. There is a very vocal minority of WMU fans who think we should have gone to the WCHA, and a WCHA national title will finally give them some positives about that conference to bring up.
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On 3/28/2021 at 9:01 PM, BusinessSiouxt said:And more so than that, look at the fan bases that suffer the years upon years of missing out. Middle of the pack guys (and put your bias aside for a moment) like Western and Omaha and Bemidji and the like. Their pain is different and nothing they can control. At least we have that culture and draw and fan base to pull the best recruits and carry that swagger into any rink in this country confident that we will play the game at the highest level..
This exactly. We'd trade anything to have had 1/10th of your success. WMU is rarely in the NCAAs, and we've never won a game when we've been in. It's literally been nothing but an occasional conference championship and some pretty close "almost" moments.
Enjoy what you have.
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On 3/13/2021 at 11:31 PM, Wilbur said:
Andy can scream and holler all he wants but his team had complete control on the face off and his kid put it on a tee for the Duluth kid.
But yeah, probably should have been blown dead.
It was the most "western" way to lose a game ever. Oh well, maybe next year.... ugh....
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On 3/7/2021 at 10:00 PM, Wilbur said:
-Miami needs a fantastic goaltending performance from a freshman to have any hope....
-CC needs the same.....
-Western vs. Duluth is a toss up. If someone can convince Western they are playing at Lawson instead of REA they'll win.
-Denver vs. Omaha. Must win for Denver. I think Omaha needs at least one more win to be sure of the NCAA. Denver is better when they're interested. I'll go with them.
I agree that WMU - UMD is a toss up. I would have rather played SCSU to be honest, but oh well. For WMU Bussi is back in the lineup and looks to be healthy and we're getting hot at the right time. It's been too many damn years since we last lost in the 1st round of the NCAA tournament. I'm hoping we make a little run this year and sneak in.
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On 2/16/2021 at 1:59 PM, UNDBIZ said:
Would the state of Michigan allow any fans to attend?
Only family members. We're keeping things as safe as possible over here.
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Can we play these games at Lawson instead of the Ralph? .... please?
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After their first series with Arizona State, I saw some Michigan fans saying they could have the best college hockey team ever assembled..... Those guys are simply the worst. But I hate Minnesota now too because of fleck, so eff em both! I hope Mninnesota goes undefeated and loses to AIC or Colgate or something in the 1st round of the tournament (if we have one this year).
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On 12/6/2020 at 6:00 PM, NoDak Fan said:
Saw on the Western Fan site a few days ago they were discussing how they need
to make the move to the Can't Cut It Hockey Association (CCHA). And that was before the beat down today.
No need to be the punching bag of the NCHC anymore, I guess. I understand they are in a tough spot with their starting goalie hurt, but is it too early to give up on this. A move isn't going to guarantee they are going to be the class of the CCHA. I don't think talent like Wade Allison , Mattias Samuelssons and Dawson Diepietro will be coming to Kalamazoo to face the likes of Ferris State, LSSU and Northern Michigan on a regular basis.
I hope they understand you need about a .700 winning percentage to have a chance at an at-large NCAA bid if you are in that conference.
I'm not sure which fan site you were looking at, but most of us believe the NCHC is the right place for the program. There is one idiot who keeps talking about how he wanted us in the WCHA, but the NCHC has really given the program an opportunity to grow. No way we would have been able to bring in the talent we've been bringing in if we were playing LSSU and Bemidji every night. The team last year had the talent to beat any team in the country (and with a Detroit frozen four anything was possible). I'm still upset at the timing of this whole Covid thing cancelling the season last year.
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On 12/5/2020 at 12:08 PM, Wilbur said:
Not sure if their top goalie plays. If he's out I think 6-2 type score for the green and white.
He's out the entire pod, so yeah..... this is going to be a fun couple of weeks....
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18 hours ago, BarnWinterSportsEngelstad said:
Your on the right track. Michigan won't play us unless they're forced to in the NCAA's, beat them whenever you get the chance.
They had a similar thing with us when they left the CCHA. Red wouldn't schedule us unless we played both games at Yost. Murray told him to F off and so we only got to beat them when we were invited to the GLI. That changed when Red retired.
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I read a stat that said WMU was 5-7 vs #1 teams the last 12 times we've played one. We always seem to get up for the big teams, and then lose to CC.