szavodnik Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 As of today, I heard UMD will not be traveling until tomorrow.. Practice tonight, and a light practice tomorrow morning. Now judging by the weather.. I would have thought they would be leaving tonight or even this afternoon. Anyways....eventhough Union had a dissappointing series against Colgate...i do have reason to believe that they may be an overlooked team. Looking at Air Force (not a push over by any means) and Union (beating Yale in the second half of the season). Do you guys think that Union could have enough steam to take UMD down and possibly Yale? Following mostly the WHCA, I can't go ahead and say that UMD and Yale are the clear winners here. Any insight on these teams? Any comments? lets hear it! Oh yeah..I'm sure you all remember who UMD lost to in the final five....UMD looks shaky coming into this, especially with travel now a factor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fargosioux Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 As of today, I heard UMD will not be traveling until tomorrow.. Practice tonight, and a light practice tomorrow morning. Now judging by the weather.. I would have thought they would be leaving tonight or even this afternoon. Anyways....eventhough Union had a dissappointing series against Colgate...i do have reason to believe that they may be an overlooked team. Looking at Air Force (not a push over by any means) and Union (beating Yale in the second half of the season). Do you guys think that Union could have enough steam to take UMD down and possibly Yale? Following mostly the WHCA, I can't go ahead and say that UMD and Yale are the clear winners here. Any insight on these teams? Any comments? lets hear it! Oh yeah..I'm sure you all remember who UMD lost to in the final five....UMD looks shaky coming into this, especially with travel now a factor I said it earlier this year that I wouldn't be suprised to see Union in the Frozen Four, as this year's verion of RIT (first time in the NCAAs and making the F4). Now, seeing the bracket they are in, I feel they have a very good shot. I'm not sold on Duluth right now, and I believe Union is a better team than Yale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franchise Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 I don't expect much out of Union. They were far from impressive when they faced BSU for the holiday title. Kinkaid gave up 3 goals on like 17 or 18 shots in a 3-1 loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Traveling Wednesday seems early. To me it would seem travel Thursday (early) and get in a late skate, then a light, early skate Friday morning is all a team should need this time of year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwing77 Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 I think Union is better than Yale and, to top it off, I think if Union doesn't beat UMD, then UMD will beat Yale. PUt it in the bank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siouxman Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Union gave Yale a good run this year. 5 of Yale's 6 losses were on the road. They were 6-5 on the road. I think Union can beat them and I believe that top line of UMD will drive them crazy. It depends upon whether UMD's defense and goaltending can keep Yale off the scoreboard or at least slow them down. I believe that Yale will have some difficulty coming out of the region, but so could the Sioux with Denver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szavodnik Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 Union gave Yale a good run this year. 5 of Yale's 6 losses were on the road. They were 6-5 on the road. I think Union can beat them and I believe that top line of UMD will drive them crazy. It depends upon whether UMD's defense and goaltending can keep Yale off the scoreboard or at least slow them down. I believe that Yale will have some difficulty coming out of the region, but so could the Sioux with Denver. I def. think that Yale will win it's first round game...Air Force may give them a run for thier money though...UMD has a VERY high amount of penalty minutes..I i can't be sure but if Scott told his team to be mindful of penalties A) it could send them in trouble with Union having a pretty good power play or B) it could make UMD less physical and alter thier normal style of play....Either way i think the cards are in Union's hand to be dealt! With a prediction of Yale coming out of the first round but pretty beat up...Do you think this could be the opportune time for Union to really own the second game? At first glance the brackets seemed easy to fill out....Guess not!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tho0505 Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Even though Union and Yale on paper have been impressive, if they were in the WCHA they would be probably 5 or 6th tops IMO. Duluth, in October, would be the favorite out of that region, now its a toss up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fighting Sioux Fan Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 I believe UMD is going to come out with a vengeance in this regional bracket because they have something to prove! Union and (likely) Yale aren't going to know what is going to hit them! I am looking forward to a UMD/Yale game! I bet that is going to be a shootout! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beersong Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 ...UMD has a VERY high amount of penalty minutes..I i can't be sure but if Scott told his team to be mindful of penalties A) it could send them in trouble with Union having a pretty good power play or B) it could make UMD less physical and alter thier normal style of play....Either way i think the cards are in Union's hand to be dealt! UMD is #1 in overall PIM's but only #7 if you count WCHA games only. They had 33 mins one game against LSSU and 59 one game against Clarkson which really skewed the numbers. On second thought, maybe that proves your point even further, that the Bulldogs need to be careful with the non-WCHA refs. UMD doesn't like to play physical, their penalties mostly are a result of lazy play. It'll be a shootout I'm sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwing77 Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 UMD is #1 in overall PIM's but only #7 if you count WCHA games only. They had 33 mins one game against LSSU and 59 one game against Clarkson which really skewed the numbers. On second thought, maybe that proves your point even further, that the Bulldogs need to be careful with the non-WCHA refs. UMD doesn't like to play physical, their penalties mostly are a result of lazy play. It'll be a shootout I'm sure. I agree 100%. That's the biggest disadvantage WCHA teams have in that they are used to the crap WCHA refs throw at them. IMO, bad refs exist outside of the WCHA but they tend to hold closer to the NCAA rulebook than WCHA refs do. UMD needs to be VERY careful. I feel that Union and Yale have faced officiating similar to that of the HEA and CCHA this season whereas UMD did and got bombed by it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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