Non-UND College Hockey 2023-24

[farce poobah]

So ... with Duluth losing and UND winning, we won't be hearing from gfhockey for a whole week, at least.

[brianvf]

15 minutes ago, cberkas said:

Denver beats Duluth 5-2

UMD season over. 
That's a shame.

[cberkas]

2 minutes ago, brianvf said:

UMD season over. 
That's a shame.

I thought they were going to tie it at the end 

[burd]

18 minutes ago, farce poobah said:

So ... with Duluth losing and UND winning, we won't be hearing from gfhockey for a whole week, at least.

gf is probably a Ledgie Leader over at UMD too.   His hedge against abject failure.   

BTW--the dogs won only 12 games this year.  Is Sandy on sabbatical?   

[cberkas]

Surprised Duluth didn't start Sandy in net tonight. 

[cberkas]

Sounds like Close has kept Minnesota in the game.

[Frozen4sioux]

2 minutes ago, cberkas said:

Sounds like Close has kept Minnesota in the game.

It's a pretty interesting game to watch actually 

[cberkas]

2-1 Michigan 

[burd]

1 minute ago, Frozen4sioux said:

It's a pretty interesting game to watch actually 

Shyt-ton of talent on the ice.  

[Username Taken]

UND could be dangerously close to losing a #1 seed if Denver and Michigan State keep winning and they drop the first game next weekend. Pairwise is tight 3-5. 

[cberkas]

2 minutes ago, Frozen4sioux said:

It's a pretty interesting game to watch actually 

The two Michigan goals I saw I was wondering what Minnesota was doing.

[Godsmack]

CC badly outshot and outplayed UNO in the second period but couldn’t solve Latkoczy. Omaha played much better in the third and limited the chances for CC. 

[cberkas]

Michigan beats Minnesota 2-1

Minnesota you had one job to do. 

[burd]

2 minutes ago, cberkas said:

Michigan beats Minnesota 2-1

Minnesota you had one job to do. 

I guess we're pulling for Mich against MSU?   Painful to pull for Mich in anything.  

[Oxbow6]

Pairwise.....UNO tied at 11 and CC tied at 13. Loser tomorrow is done for the year?

[brianvf]

11 minutes ago, cberkas said:

2-1 Michigan 

That's a bummer.  Was hoping for no spelling tests during that game.
At least Michigan held it to just one.

[Frozen4sioux]

4 minutes ago, brianvf said:

That's a bummer.  Was hoping for no spelling tests during that game.
At least Michigan held it to just one.

Think mathematically we wanted the gophers to win I'd think.

 

[Blackheart]

5 minutes ago, Frozen4sioux said:

Think mathematically we wanted the gophers to win I'd think.

 

Yeah, that's a hard one for me...but ok.

[brianvf]

9 hours ago, brianvf said:

A lot of big games tonight that could really get some movement for those teams on the bubble:

17 - Cornell vs Harvard
13 - Prov vs 15 - UMass
19 - NE vs BU
18 - UNH vs Maine
12 - WMU vs 16 - SCSU
14 - UNO vs 10 - CC
11 - UM vs UMN

A couple surprise wins from NE or UNH could cause even more of a logjam for those final few spots in the 13-14 range.

Results-

Cornell beats Harvard and moves up to 15
UMass wins, they moved to 14 and Prov dropped to 16
NE stays at 19 with the loss
UNH stays at 18 with the loss
WMU to 11, SCSU to 17
UNO to 12, CC to 13
Mich to 10, UMN to 8

[jk]

If you believe CHN's probabilities, the field is almost set.  They have WMU, Omaha and CC at 99%, 93% and 84% to get in.  There are three possible big bubble events left:  SC winning the NCHC, UMass winning HE, and any school not starting with the letter Q winning the ECAC.  If all three happen, you'd have to be in the top 11.  The ECAC with Cornell is perhaps the most likely of those.

There are only 23 teams left, and 41 done. 

[jk]

In the grain of salt category, CHN still has OSU with a 7% chance of getting the Big Ten autobid.  Interesting since the title game will be played by two other teams.  

[cberkas]

40 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:

Pairwise.....UNO tied at 11 and CC tied at 13. Loser tomorrow is done for the year?

No, they are still alive. It would depend on St Cloud getting the auto bid and UMass beating BC. other than an upset in the ECAC. If Cornell beats Dartmouth, they move to 14th with UMass losing to BC and Western Michigan and CC or Omaha making it to St Paul. 

WMU 11th

CC 12th

Omaha 13th

[Dustin]

17 minutes ago, brianvf said:

UNO to 12, CC to 13

Omaha bouncing around the 3-4 regional seed is really bumming me out.

[jk]

UND will likely end up in the 3-5 range, so a 1 or 2 seed.  Omaha will likely be 11-14, so a 3 or 4 seed.  It's very possible UND is a 1 and Omaha a 4, so UND would be elsewhere.  Also very possible UND is a 2 and Omaha a 3, which also moves UND far away.

The easiest solution is Omaha losing tonight, maybe slipping to 14, and then having an ECAC surprise winner move the cut line to 13.

[AJS]

Want Omaha to lose tonight. Would Western stay ahead of Omaha if both lost? Think the best possible scenario would be CC / Western winning tonight.