Week#2....Here comes the Q.

[Wilbur]

Big boy hockey next weekend at the Ralph when America's favorite hockey coach visits with the Schlossman trophy preseason champion Quinnipiac Bobcats. 

De Jong is a dude, and they've got themselves a pretty good French Canadian goaltender.

My heart says win Friday and split the weekend.  De Jong should see a lot of Hain-Jammer-Senden.  

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

Zach Metsa is possibly the best 5th year SR in the country. His dad was an Iron Ranger and he grew up in Milwaukee, curious how he ended up out east.

[gfhockey]

Why’s everyone hate rand

[siouxforce19]

I’m not as high on Q-pac as others. Still think they’re solid though.  They have 8 freshmen so they’ve had some turnover from last year. I’ll be curious to see how we match up. 

[Frozen4sioux]

2 hours ago, gfhockey said:

Why’s everyone hate an ungrateful festering sore on their taint?

FYP

[siouxfan512]

8 hours ago, gfhockey said:

Why’s everyone hate rand

Cuz he is a jack a$$, and was a huge baby when we beat them in the championship. Whining and complaining that we check too hard. 

[Wilbur]

3 hours ago, siouxfan512 said:

Cuz he is a jack a$$, and was a huge baby when we beat them in the championship. Whining and complaining that we check too hard. 

He and Jeff Dubay tied for biggest whiny b#tch moments post championship game.  

[The Sicatoka]

Q is easy to hate.

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

Watching this LIU game, Quinny looks very beatable.

[brianvf]

1 hour ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:

Watching this LIU game, Quinny looks very beatable.

They probably said the same thing about us after the 1st period of yesterday's HC game. 

I don't see the updates on that game...what's the score?

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

13 minutes ago, brianvf said:

They probably said the same thing about us after the 1st period of yesterday's HC game. 

I don't see the updates on that game...what's the score?

Q won in the shootout. LIU tied it at 2 with 3 or 4 minutes left in the 3rd. Lots of penalties both ways.

[Wilbur]

Maybe the Q was looking ahead a bit, but not a great tie for them.  

Watched some highlights of them @BC and they seemed very much in control of things.  Given our history against BC I'll give them an atta boy for that road performance.

I'll still say a split.  Rand will have them prepared. 

[fightingsioux4life]

2 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

Maybe the Q was looking ahead a bit, but not a great tie for them.  

Watched some highlights of them @BC and they seemed very much in control of things.  Given our history against BC I'll give them an atta boy for that road performance.

I'll still say a split.  Rand will have them prepared. 

Why does everyone talk about Boston College like they are still national title contenders? They haven't been a factor for several years now.

[brianvf]

6 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

Maybe the Q was looking ahead a bit, but not a great tie for them.  

Watched some highlights of them @BC and they seemed very much in control of things.  Given our history against BC I'll give them an atta boy for that road performance.

I'll still say a split.  Rand will have them prepared. 

Yeah, agreed with fs4life...the BC of today is nowhere near the teams that used to have UND's number for all those years.
Still, not a great look for a top 10 team like QU to tie (shootout win) against LIU.

I'm still hoping for a split...if better than that, I'll be ecstatic.

[brianvf]

The QU twitter feed has highlights of the QU goals...man those LIU uniforms are heinous.

https://twitter.com/QU_MIH

[jk]

Super excited for the next few weeks.  And glad HC showed up to play for the last five periods so we got a taste of competitive hockey. 

[Wilbur]

1 hour ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Why does everyone talk about Boston College like they are still national title contenders? They haven't been a factor for several years now.

I can never forget what Nate Gerbe did....ever....ever...

[MafiaMan]

2 hours ago, brianvf said:

The QU twitter feed has highlights of the QU goals...man those LIU uniforms are heinous.

https://twitter.com/QU_MIH

They’re no worse than the Quinnipiac jerseys with the cat-head and the 6 foot long paw that forms a Q.  That logo is awful.  

[tnt]

23 hours ago, gfhockey said:

Why’s everyone hate rand

I know Hennessy isn’t too enamored with him. He has called him a jerk because of his attitude and arrogance, and he might have stood him up after saying he would do an interview. Listen to him this week and he might tell what his issues are with him.

[hockeytherapy13]

3 hours ago, Wilbur said:

I can never forget what Nate Gerbe did....ever....ever...

Ugh that 2008 F4 was the first ever frozen 4 I went to….but then 2011 was the 2nd one which was so much worse on the heart. It’s still a deep burn 

[siouxforce19]

1 hour ago, hockeytherapy13 said:

Ugh that 2008 F4 was the first ever frozen 4 I went to….but then 2011 was the 2nd one which was so much worse on the heart. It’s still a deep burn 

Lol same for me.
 

And then after those 2, I went to the 2014 Frozen Four in Philly to see the disaster of 0.6. 

… then I went to Tampa. 

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

UMass fans hate him for taking the job and then changing his mind, Cornell's coach called him an A hole, and he refused to give an update on Sam Anas' status before the championship game in Tampa. Can only imagine what else is out there. 

[stoneySIOUX]

Omg, I forgot about Rand Peckbold. Ugh, dislike that dude.

In all honesty, of all the teams we played last year, I thought they were the best. I haven't taken a deep dive, but I know their stud goalie is back. They played a crazy good possession game last year, so I expect something similar. 

We have plenty of guys who thrive in that possession game. Looking at Hain, Sendo, Jammer. It feels like we have more skill this year and if we can wear the game down and match their grind, I feel like this could be a good weekend. 

Would love a sweep, but anything more than one win this weekend should be well received. I say we win and tie... Take the 66% in the PWR with an OT winner. I'd be thrilled. 

[brianvf]

11 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:

Would love a sweep, but anything more than one win this weekend should be well received. I say we win and tie... Take the 66% in the PWR with an OT winner. I'd be thrilled. 

Agreed for sure.

And I'll take Dylan James for the OT winner on his first career goal.  

[siouxforce19]

16 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:

Omg, I forgot about Rand Peckbold. Ugh, dislike that dude.

In all honesty, of all the teams we played last year, I thought they were the best. I haven't taken a deep dive, but I know their stud goalie is back. They played a crazy good possession game last year, so I expect something similar. 

We have plenty of guys who thrive in that possession game. Looking at Hain, Sendo, Jammer. It feels like we have more skill this year and if we can wear the game down and match their grind, I feel like this could be a good weekend. 

Would love a sweep, but anything more than one win this weekend should be well received. I say we win and tie... Take the 66% in the PWR with an OT winner. I'd be thrilled. 

I’ve looked into them a bit. I read somewhere they have the largest roster turnover in the ECAC this year but considering the amount of wrong info in season previews I read last week, I will take that info with a grain of salt. 
 

They have eight freshmen but just looking at early stats, don’t think they have actually played 8 freshmen. 
 

I think we are deeper up front and that’s where we may have an edge. They lost some significant offensive contributors from last year’s team, but there were still a few names I recognized.