2015-2016 College Hockey (non UND Hockey)

[scpa0305]

I seem to remember several times when UND needed late goals or overtime to beat Bemidji State and Air Force where there were pile ons.   A win is a win, and if they can't get excited, that is where I would be concerned.

Bingo.  Let's not hate.

[The Sicatoka]

 

But where is the tree nut free allergy zone? 

Already answered ...  

 

Looks like Home Benches are on the far side ... 

 

[The Sicatoka]

"Have some walnuts!" ...  < clap, clap, clap-clap-clap > 

[GFG]

 

Dean Blais is proposing a "standard ice surface" in college hockey.

 http://www.sctimes.com/story/sports/college/hockey/husky-hockey/2015/12/03/hatten-column-blais-propose-same-sized-rinks/76642764/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin=

This is nothing new at all with Dean. IIRC he was one of the biggest advocates of moving away from campus sites due to the different ice sizes. After UND lost to Ferris State 5-2 in the west regional at Mariucci in 2003 there was a story in the Grand Forks Herald with a lot of strongly worded quotes from Blais being extremely PO'd that they had to play an NCAA tournament game on Olympic size ice. I wish I could find the article...

[Goon]

http://www.insidehockey.com/nchc-power-rankings-poll-12082015/

 

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

Bingo.  Let's not hate.

Not hate the Gophers? No thanks

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

 

Looks like Home Benches are on the far side and there are no penalty boxes on the close side.

Wait, so Baxter willingly put the benches on either side of the rink? Ugh, that looks so weird to me.  I thought that was only something old arenas like Compton Ice in South Bend had.

[GFG]

Wait, so Baxter willingly put the benches on either side of the rink? Ugh, that looks so weird to me.  I thought that was only something old arenas like Compton Ice in South Bend had.

I didn't realize 2011 is classified as old 

[NoDakFan]

Wait, so Baxter willingly put the benches on either side of the rink? Ugh, that looks so weird to me.  I thought that was only something old arenas like Compton Ice in South Bend had.

It's not even old. Opened in 2011.

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

It's not even old. Opened in 2011.

Holy crap.. I could've swore Compton was an old rink.   Mind blown

[farce poobah]

Its time to change the rules on rink setup.

I propose the following amendment to Rule 1, Section 10 "Penalty Bench".  

http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/rules/fielddiagrams/IceHockey.pdf

Specifically, to add a subsection c:  "In the event the Team Benches are not equally distant from the Penalty Benches, the Visiting Team shall have the choice of which Team Bench they choose to use.   In the event the Team Benches are equally distant from the Penalty Benches, the Home Team shall have the choice of which Team Bench they choose to use.

Rationale: to prevent home teams from gaining an unfair competitive advantage by situating their own bench much closer to the penalty box.   Its unfair, and should be eliminated from the game.

Edited December 10, 2015 by farce poobah

[cberkas]

Its time to change the rules on rink setup.

I propose the following amendment to Rule 1, Section 10 "Penalty Bench".  

http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/rules/fielddiagrams/IceHockey.pdf

Specifically, to add a subsection c:  "In the event the Team Benches are not equally distant from the Penalty Benches, the Visiting Team shall have the choice of which Team Bench they choose to use.   In the event the Team Benches are equally distant from the Penalty Benches, the Home Team shall have the choice of which Team Bench they choose to use.

Rationale: to prevent home teams from gaining an unfair competitive advantage by situating their own bench much closer to the penalty box.   Its unfair, and should be eliminated from the game.

Or everyone can put the penalty box on the opposite side of the rink from the team benches.  

[nodak651]

We should move our away penalty box to the other side of the blue line.  That way when the away team penalty expires the player will be offsides.     Pretty much the same logic Omaha uses.

[burd]

For the regular season anyway, they could also alternate benches Fri/Sat if the setup is not fair.   Wouldn't help in any single game, but it would be easy to implement for series.  

[brianvf]

In the "Who loses 1st/Unbeaten Contest", Providence and Brown are tied at the halfway point, 1-1.

[brianvf]

Now 2-1 Providence.

BC and ND are tied 1-1.

[TrueSioux2000]

All 75 fans came out to support the glorious #1 Prov. Coll. Friars! Putting a beat down on power house Brown

[cberkas]

Notre Dame beats BC 4-3

[brianvf]

All 75 fans came out to support the glorious #1 Prov. Coll. Friars! Putting a beat down on power house Brown

Excellent fan support at home.

[Let'sGoHawks!]

Excellent fan support at home.

Actually, that might be a decent turnout for them....

[keikla]

I'm sure UND fans would put up better numbers, but we're also aided by having a Fri/Sat game schedule.

[keikla]

http://collegeblog.weei.com/sports/college/2015/12/10/notre-dame-coach-jeff-jackson-explains-why-he-supports-big-tens-freshman-age-limit-proposal/

Notre Dame is one of the supporting schools.

[snova4]

It's just a weak argument at best. We're supposed to believe these kids aren't going to have success against someone that's three or four years older in college whose skill level isn't as high as there's, but then they are going to be able to go into the NHL and all of a sudden an age gap isn't an issue? B.S. These big name schools are just p*ssed that the small schools are able to compete.

[brianvf]

Already 3 goals scored in the UMN/UM game...2-1 Mich only 6 min in.

Defense much?

Edited December 12, 2015 by brianvf

[Godsmack]

I got a hall pass from the Mrs. so heading to the DU-SCSU game tonight. I will grudgingly be pulling for DU to win as UND is in a dog fight with the Huskies for first place. Man, this is almost the most difficult thing I've had to do, I can't stand either team! I think I'll need to take a shower when I get home!