The Frozen Four-Viva Las Vegas!

[SIOUXFAN97]

1 minute ago, nascar99 said:

 

"had to"......?

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

28 minutes ago, SJHovey said:

Carle coached his team to two shutout NCAA wins in his first season, before losing a one goal game in the semi’s.

"We (humans) are hard wired to seek out patterns for predictability and safety."

There have been a few posts on here that reminded me of this quote recently, not to call you out specifically. I'm guilty of it too, being a fellow human and all.

[Wilbur]

12 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

"had to"......?

Yeah, can't have conference matchups right away.  Badgers luckily didn't get sent out to Colorado to die like Western Michigan. 

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Is there any doubt Denver is going to win this game? What a spot to be in as a program.

[Dustin]

21 minutes ago, nascar99 said:

 

Interesting twist that I would not have thought of. Cool.  

[SIOUXFAN97]

6 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

Yeah, can't have conference matchups right away.  Badgers luckily didn't get sent out to Colorado to die like Western Michigan. 

why can't you....computer prints out the numbers...match them up accordingly.

[nascar99]

11 minutes ago, Username Taken said:

Is there any doubt Denver is going to win this game? What a spot to be in as a program.

The only doubt would be them coming out in the 1st period a bit complacent/flat like North Dakota did

[Brett0909]

11 minutes ago, nascar99 said:

The only doubt would be them coming out in the 1st period a bit complacent/flat like North Dakota did

Who knows. They completely knocked UND off their game (#2 in the country and steamrolling through the regional..even if we’re frustrated they didn’t have their best game) and forechecked and took away space better than I saw DU or UM in the following game. They beat Mich. St. and had success regular season against the best in their conference. Hastings almost got it done a couple times with the resources/talent at MANKATO. Sure they’ve been inconsistent, but I’m not considering this a gimme, even if it seems like Carle always just finds a way. 

[SJHovey]

28 minutes ago, Username Taken said:

Is there any doubt Denver is going to win this game? What a spot to be in as a program.

I would not sleep on this Wisconsin team. DU should absolutely win, and it could be a 5-1 snoozer. But Wisconsin is on a free roll. They shouldn’t be here. Everyone “knows” they are going to lose. 

[nascar99]

Just now, Brett0909 said:

Who knows. They completely knocked UND off their game (#2 in the country and steamrolling through the regional..even if we’re frustrated they didn’t have their best game) and forechecked and took away space better than I saw DU or UM in the following game. They beat Mich. St. and had success regular season against the best in their conference. Hastings almost got it done a couple times with the resources/talent at MANKATO. Sure they’ve been inconsistent, but I’m not considering this a gimme, even if it seems like Carle always just finds a way. 

And remember in 2022 that Minnesota State was the better team for the first 40 minutes as Denver weathered the storm before breaking through in the 3rd period to win the National Championship.

[TwamleyShuffle]

Puck drops at 2:30 pm Vegas time. Why not a later time? Does the Frozen Four have an early bedtime? Guessing it’s an ESPN decision?

[TwamleyShuffle]

1 hour ago, SJHovey said:

Carle coached his team to two shutout NCAA wins in his first season, before losing a one goal game in the semi’s.

Hope Jax follows this trend at UND

[SJHovey]

1 hour ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:

"We (humans) are hard wired to seek out patterns for predictability and safety."

There have been a few posts on here that reminded me of this quote recently, not to call you out specifically. I'm guilty of it too, being a fellow human and all.

Yeah, patterns are fun:

 

siouxsports 2003: “there is no reason we shouldn’t have the same success as Minnesota.”

2005: “there is no reason we shouldn’t have the same success as Denver.”

2012: “there is no reason we shouldn’t have the same success as BC.”

2019: “there is no reason we shouldn’t have the same success as Duluth.”

2026: “there is no reason we shouldn’t have the same success as Denver.”

[Username Taken]

36 minutes ago, SJHovey said:

I would not sleep on this Wisconsin team. DU should absolutely win, and it could be a 5-1 snoozer. But Wisconsin is on a free roll. They shouldn’t be here. Everyone “knows” they are going to lose. 

Wisconsin is playing well but it just seems like whatever it takes to win is what Denver is going to do. I wonder what Denver’s save percentage is in the NCAA tourney under Carle? Gotta be mid to high 90s. I believe it was .97 in 2024.