burd Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 Andy Baggot is officially a moron.....I can't believe I lowered my hockey IQ by reading his worthless drivel.... He should have just left Ben Blood off the third team, no reason to put any UND players on any of the All Conference Teams. I read Baggot pretty regularly in the MSJ, and he's usually pretty good. He missed the boat big time on that one, though. Quote
tnt Posted March 8, 2012 Posted March 8, 2012 One thing I would ask Baggot is why didn't Wisconsin finish in fourth place or better when they have two All-WCHA players in his eyes, including the POY. Hakstol certainly should have been coach of the year if he didn't have enough talent to only be worthy of one third-team member, plus playing with basically two lines of walk-ons or defensemen-turned forward. Our first line obviously didn't warrant much with him, so he must have been pretty impressed with our second line -- just not good enough to warrant much recognition. Seriously, Hakstol must have manufactured home ice from smoke and mirrors, which isn't far off, but then shouldn't that warrant attention. Quote
Wilbur Posted March 8, 2012 Posted March 8, 2012 Nick Jensen must have played the games of his life when SCSU and Wisconsin played this year....I guess Farragher didn't. Faragher is the reason that SCSU was able to stay somewhat in the hunt for home ice before Mike Lee got back. I mean he stole games for his team that I saw against UND and Minnesota. Quote
Goon Posted March 8, 2012 Posted March 8, 2012 Has anyone seen Roman's picks? I don't think he has posted his yet. Quote
Johnny Five Posted March 8, 2012 Posted March 8, 2012 Goon I thought your picks were pretty solid except for Eidnsess. Curious as to your reasoning behind that one? Quote
buckysieve Posted March 8, 2012 Posted March 8, 2012 Goon I thought your picks were pretty solid except for Eidnsess. Curious as to your reasoning behind that one? I know Eidsness officially played enough minutes to qualify in the goalie stats but for me I still find it hard to place him on any of the all league teams. He played great, just didnt play enough IMO to warrant an award. Quote
as15 Posted March 8, 2012 Posted March 8, 2012 Goon I thought your picks were pretty solid except for Eidnsess. Curious as to your reasoning behind that one? Take a look at Eidsness' in-conference stats Quote
as15 Posted March 8, 2012 Posted March 8, 2012 I know Eidsness officially played enough minutes to qualify in the goalie stats but for me I still find it hard to place him on any of the all league teams. He played great, just didnt play enough IMO to warrant an award. I totally agree, but with his stats I can see how people can make an argument for him. Quote
Goon Posted March 8, 2012 Posted March 8, 2012 Goon I thought your picks were pretty solid except for Eidnsess. Curious as to your reasoning behind that one? I think that there really hasn't been any other starting goalie that has impressed me that much this season, Paterson, Thwhen he has played, for the most part he has played just as good as anyone else. The Numbers speak for themselves. 1 Kent Patterson (COL) Minnesota SR 1659:41 57 2.06 2 Brad Eidsness (BUF) North Dakota SR 576:12 21 2.19 3 Juho Olkinuora Denver FR 775:57 30 2.32 4 Josh Thorimbert Colorado College SO 1028:52 40 2.33 5 Kenny Reiter Minnesota Duluth SR 1602:37 69 2.58 Quote
buckysieve Posted March 8, 2012 Posted March 8, 2012 I think that there really hasn't been any other starting goalie that has impressed me that much this season, Paterson, Thwhen he has played, for the most part he has played just as good as anyone else. The Numbers speak for themselves. 1 Kent Patterson (COL) Minnesota SR 1659:41 57 2.06 2 Brad Eidsness (BUF) North Dakota SR 576:12 21 2.19 3 Juho Olkinuora Denver FR 775:57 30 2.32 4 Josh Thorimbert Colorado College SO 1028:52 40 2.33 5 Kenny Reiter Minnesota Duluth SR 1602:37 69 2.58 Thorimbert was the best goalie I saw all season. Quote
Goon Posted March 8, 2012 Posted March 8, 2012 Take a look at Eidsness' in-conference stats They are eye popping in my opinion. Quote
MissSioux85 Posted March 8, 2012 Posted March 8, 2012 Official Winners: First Team Connolly Bjugstad Brown Schultz LaLeggia Patterson Second Team Schwartz Shore Zucker Guentzel Schmidt Reiter Third Team Zengerle Nelson Oleksuk Jensen Blood Thorimbert Rookie Team Rau Lafontaine Megna LaLeggia Prochno Olkinuora Player of the Year: Connolly Rookie of the Year: LaLeggia Coach of the Year: Mel Pearson Outstanding Student Athlete of the Year: Eidsness http://www.wcha.com/...203/mar8awa.php Quote
Johnny Five Posted March 8, 2012 Posted March 8, 2012 They are eye popping in my opinion. I agree the numbers themselves are impressive just not a large body of work to go by as opposed say ... The top 10 or so goalies in the league but I understand your perspective. Snubs from the official list? Kristo...hanowski...rylan Schwartz. Hakstol, although is tough to argue with Pearson. Quote
burd Posted March 9, 2012 Posted March 9, 2012 Official Winners: First Team Connolly Bjugstad Brown Schultz LaLeggia Patterson Second Team Schwartz Shore Zucker Guentzel Schmidt Reiter Third Team Zengerle Nelson Oleksuk Jensen Blood Thorimbert Rookie Team Rau Lafontaine Megna LaLeggia Prochno Olkinuora Player of the Year: Connolly Rookie of the Year: LaLeggia Coach of the Year: Mel Pearson Outstanding Student Athlete of the Year: Eidsness http://www.wcha.com/...203/mar8awa.php That fact that there are no green names on the first and second teams or the Rookie team underscores even more why Hak should get COY. (Though it is true--who can gripe about Pearson) Quote
Wilbur Posted March 9, 2012 Posted March 9, 2012 I'll just gripe about Blood being on the third team. Coach of the year is okay, not sure how Faragher doesn't make the all rookie team, but the experts have spoken. I think Benny lost himself some points with the Minnesota incident. 1 Quote
UND99 Posted March 9, 2012 Posted March 9, 2012 15 fellow bloggers and I did our own little Blogger All-WCHA Poll. A link to the results is below: http://atraditionofexcellence.blogspot.com/2012/03/2011-12-blogger-all-wcha-awards.html Quote
SiouxForever Posted March 9, 2012 Posted March 9, 2012 15 fellow bloggers and I did our own little Blogger All-WCHA Poll. A link to the results is below: http://atraditionofe...cha-awards.html I like the final outcome with this list much better. Seems more accurate and no, I'm not being UND bias. Quote
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