NCAA seeding

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

9 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Mr. Latkoczy thought he was going to come in and steal the series. Didn't happen (gave up nine goals in two games). Mr. Kotai will have to learn the same lesson if we end up playing Augustana. If we can roll four lines and play tight defense, I think we can beat anybody.

<sigh> never mind

[fightingsioux4life]

3 minutes ago, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said:

<sigh> never mind

What's wrong with having confidence in the team? I haven't felt truly confident in this team for quite a few years and it is nice to feel that again.

[Big Green]

4 hours ago, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said:

No you can’t sleep on anyone as the field is so deep but UND might be able to squeak by Holy Cross with their C- game. Meanwhile Auggie has one of the hottest goalies in the country Josh Kotai sporting 5 shutouts and a .936 save %

No shot to beat any team in the field with your C- Game.  I don't think you are beating Mercyhurst with a C- game.

[burd]

Tell me if I’m completely lost:    

Managing the last-change advantage is probably more important against teams with one or two lines that are extremely talented and require good personnel matchups—teams like UMD which have one line that is the core of their offense.    In addition to this weekend, UND could meet up with UMD two more times but would have last-change rights for all of those due to superior ranking and home team designation.   
 

in fact, the home team designation and accompanying last-change rights may be the most important part of the discussions about ranking, site locations, and matchups.

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[thUNDer]

Believe we are all excited for this team just need to breathe & savor smelling the roses for some. 

[cowboys5xsbs]

It sucks we are going to end up with Duluth in Sioux Falls 😫

[fightingsioux4life]

Just now, cowboys5xsbs said:

It sucks we are going to end up with Duluth in Sioux Falls 😫

I'll wait until all the conference postseason tournaments are completed before I worry about that.

[hockeytherapy13]

3 hours ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Mr. Latkoczy thought he was going to come in and steal the series. Didn't happen (gave up nine goals in two games). Mr. Kotai will have to learn the same lesson if we end up playing Augustana. If we can roll four lines and play tight defense, I think we can beat anybody.

Kotai is remarkably better than Latkoczy. Also Latkoczy has never had much success against us to begin with. But Kotai can and could steal a game from us. We've had games against Denver and ASU at home where we got goalie'd despite being the much better team. It could happen against Auggie for sure. If we have to get sent out east to play HC instead of Augustana or even Mankato I'll take it because those goalies scare me. 

[fightingsioux4life]

9 minutes ago, hockeytherapy13 said:

Kotai is remarkably better than Latkoczy. Also Latkoczy has never had much success against us to begin with. But Kotai can and could steal a game from us. We've had games against Denver and ASU at home where we got goalie'd despite being the much better team. It could happen against Auggie for sure. If we have to get sent out east to play HC instead of Augustana or even Mankato I'll take it because those goalies scare me. 

There are no easy games from now on. My attitude is we'll have to beat whomever we'll have to beat. Focus on what you can control.

This team does a good job of net-front presence in the offensive zone. That helps screening the goaltender and having players in position for second and third chance opportunities. Because beating a goaltender at long range or even cleanly up close at this level is very difficult.

If Denver can win three titles in seven years (not counting the 2020 COVID year), they must have had to go up against good goaltenders to do it. The team cannot let certain opposing goaltenders get into their heads, it can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

[franchise]

2 hours ago, burd said:

Tell me if I’m completely lost:    

Managing the last-change advantage is probably more important against teams with one or two lines that are extremely talented and require good personnel matchups—teams like UMD which have one line that is the core of their offense.    In addition to this weekend, UND could meet up with UMD two more times but would have last-change rights for all of those due to superior ranking and home team designation.   
 

in fact, the home team designation and accompanying last-change rights may be the most important part of the discussions about ranking, site locations, and matchups.

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2 more after Saturday?

[brianvf]

I remember a UND NCAA game a few years ago when all we heard during the pre-game was how good the MSU goalie was.  How unbeatable he was.
Some kid named Ryan Miller.

And then Spiewak scored on him on his first shift I believe. 

And the UND goalie on the other end pitched a shutout.   

[siouxfan512]

4 hours ago, burd said:

Tell me if I’m completely lost:    

Managing the last-change advantage is probably more important against teams with one or two lines that are extremely talented and require good personnel matchups—teams like UMD which have one line that is the core of their offense.    In addition to this weekend, UND could meet up with UMD two more times but would have last-change rights for all of those due to superior ranking and home team designation.   
 

in fact, the home team designation and accompanying last-change rights may be the most important part of the discussions about ranking, site locations, and matchups.

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How would that work (in addition to this weekend)? Once this weekend in the NCHC tourney? Possible once in the NCAA Tourney? Everything is one and done.

[Scratch]

4 hours ago, Big Green said:

No shot to beat any team in the field with your C- Game.  I don't think you are beating Mercyhurst with a C- game.

Unless your St. Cloud C- should be more than sufficient to beat anyone in Atlantic their best team any given year is like an ok Bemidji State team

[burd]

3 hours ago, franchise said:

2 more after Saturday?

Yeah—one.  My bad

[siouxfaninseattle]

1 hour ago, siouxfan512 said:

How would that work (in addition to this weekend)? Once this weekend in the NCHC tourney? Possible once in the NCAA Tourney? Everything is one and done.

As long as UND wins in the NCHC tourny they are the home team. I think that in the NCAA tourny if you are playing a lower seeded team you are the home team. If all number one seeds make the FF (yeah not likely) the highest seeded team is the home team. 

[tnt]

4 hours ago, Scratch said:

Unless your St. Cloud C- should be more than sufficient to beat anyone in Atlantic their best team any given year is like an ok Bemidji State team

We’ve had our problems with Bemidji State.

[Blackheart]

5 hours ago, brianvf said:

I remember a UND NCAA game a few years ago when all we heard during the pre-game was how good the MSU goalie was.  How unbeatable he was.
Some kid named Ryan Miller.

And then Spiewak scored on him on his first shift I believe. 

And the UND goalie on the other end pitched a shutout.   

Found this game in my stash; not sure why I hadn't put it on YouTube.

 

 

 

[SuhakiYeahYeah]

15 minutes ago, Blackheart said:

Found this game in my stash; not sure why I hadn't put it on YouTube.

 

 

 

THAT is what happens when Spiewak realizes that this isnt the Icecapades 

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

11 hours ago, fightingsioux4life said:

What's wrong with having confidence in the team? I haven't felt truly confident in this team for quite a few years and it is nice to feel that again.

Never said that, but the conversation was geared toward who would we rather face. And I pointed out that Holy Cross is a significantly worse team than Augustana in large part due to a goalie that can and has stolen games for them. I have all the confidence in the world in UND and they probably would beat Augustana but if they show with anything less than their best(goalie lets in a softie, dman falls down leading to a breakaway, etc), I like their chances against Holy Cross more vs having Auggie pack it in with their stud goalie. The margins in the NCAAs are razor thin so I’ll take every advantage I can get. Survive and advance