The Rest of the NCHC 2021-22

[The Sicatoka]

News about the rest of the NCHC ... 

[The Sicatoka]

So SCSU gets UNO minus basically a starting five. 

[The Sicatoka]

Big news for DU ... 

 

[Wilbur]

The rules are just different for certain teams.  

[siouxfaninseattle]

2 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

So SCSU gets UNO minus basically a starting five. 

Is this a COVID thing? 

[Sodbuster]

1 hour ago, siouxfaninseattle said:

Is this a COVID thing? 

Gotta be.....

[Kevin G]

Watching SCSU-Omaha game, and the Huskies immediately score on the PP. I gotta know, why in the world is SCSU's PP always so dang good?

[tnt]

8 minutes ago, Kevin G said:

Watching SCSU-Omaha game, and the Huskies immediately score on the PP. I gotta know, why in the world is SCSU's PP always so dang good?

I think the large ice surface helps a little bit because typically you can’t be aggressive killing penalties on a large sheet.  That said, their power play the last few years was 21% and 18%.  In comparison, ours was 23% and 21% on a smaller ice sheet.

[BusinessSiouxt]

On 11/9/2021 at 5:00 PM, siouxfaninseattle said:

Is this a COVID thing? 

No, all injuries from what I read.

[BusinessSiouxt]

2 hours ago, tnt said:

I think the large ice surface helps a little bit because typically you can’t be aggressive killing penalties on a large sheet.  That said, their power play the last few years was 21% and 18%.  In comparison, ours was 23% and 21% on a smaller ice sheet.

Went over to the game with the missus. Omaha looked flat out of the gate and didn’t recover. Cloud looked like they were fired up from the drop and it was all over. Interested in what tomorrow brings, but the drive killed me. That Roden, the back up goalie, looked lights out for Omaha.

[cberkas]

1 hour ago, BusinessSiouxt said:

No, all injuries from what I read.

See if theres a suspension on that major for tomorrow

[cberkas]

Ever since Omaha decided to make black and white their main colors and take red out of the jerseys they have been cursed. 

[brianvf]

DU outshot WMU almost 2-to-1 in their 5-3 win tonight.
Impressive performance against a strong Western team.
DU's big line back firing again after putting up nothing the week before against UND.

[Godsmack]

7 hours ago, BusinessSiouxt said:

Went over to the game with the missus. Omaha looked flat out of the gate and didn’t recover. Cloud looked like they were fired up from the drop and it was all over. Interested in what tomorrow brings, but the drive killed me. That Roden, the back up goalie, looked lights out for Omaha.

I think Gabinet does his team no favors by front loading 10 consecutive home games with 8 of those games coming against weak to average non-conference opponents. DU, Duluth, and UND come to mind as doing a nice job of mixing in some really tough competition and are willing to play some of these tough opponents on the road. Gabinet and Co., rack up some gaudy numbers in the beginning but does their non-conference schedule really prepare them well for the grind of the NCHC? We shall see. 

[BusinessSiouxt]

6 minutes ago, Godsmack said:

I think Gabinet does his team no favors by front loading 10 consecutive home games with 8 of those games coming against weak to average non-conference opponents. DU, Duluth, and UND come to mind as doing a nice job of mixing in some really tough competition and are willing to play some of these tough opponents on the road. Gabinet and Co., rack up some gaudy numbers in the beginning but does their non-conference schedule really prepare them well for the grind of the NCHC? We shall see. 

The home games aren’t up to him, the Olympic curling trials run in Omaha and they don’t have ice. Kind of puts them in a bad spot I think, what with all the road games between now and Christmas. On the flip side, my bet is it’s a small group willing to travel to Omaha noncon and they get who accepts.

[BusinessSiouxt]

50 minutes ago, BusinessSiouxt said:

The home games aren’t up to him, the Olympic curling trials run in Omaha and they don’t have ice. Kind of puts them in a bad spot I think, what with all the road games between now and Christmas. On the flip side, my bet is it’s a small group willing to travel to Omaha noncon and they get who accepts.

Current view of Baxter. My wife is from Omaha…

 

[Wilbur]

6 hours ago, brianvf said:

DU outshot WMU almost 2-to-1 in their 5-3 win tonight.
Impressive performance against a strong Western team.
DU's big line back firing again after putting up nothing the week before against UND.

Can't say enough about the job that 27-19-10 did against that line.  

[Blackheart]

1 hour ago, Wilbur said:

Can't say enough about the job that 27-19-10 did against that line.  

Looks pretty impressive based on what that line did last night!

[UNDBIZ]

1 hour ago, BusinessSiouxt said:

Current view of Baxter. My wife is from Omaha…

 

Beautiful

[BusinessSiouxt]

11 minutes ago, UNDBIZ said:

Beautiful

Fun as hell to follow. Awesome sport.

[Kevin G]

3 hours ago, BusinessSiouxt said:

Fun as hell to follow. Awesome sport.

Someone once told me that "curling" ice and "hockey" ice are completely different. Don't know if he was pulling my leg or not. 

[WiSioux]

12 minutes ago, Kevin G said:

Someone once told me that "curling" ice and "hockey" ice are completely different. Don't know if he was pulling my leg or not. 

It is. Curling ice is made with tiny droplets on the surface to give it a texture

[Kevin G]

3 minutes ago, WiSioux said:

It is. Curling ice is made with tiny droplets on the surface to give it a texture

So is it less slippery too?

[BusinessSiouxt]

35 minutes ago, Kevin G said:

So is it less slippery too?

Yeah, even fat old men like me can walk on it!

[LuvHockey]

I know the value of early polls.....but just looked for the first time this season. NCHC has 6 teams in the top 13.  Wow.