2017-2018 NCAA Hockey Thread

[Dr Jan Itor]

Am I mis-reading that, or does BC not have 4 titles and 3 other championship game losses?

I get parity, but the University of Minnesota should be a legit contender for more than 2 years out of 12.

 

[Dakota Sioux]

Interesting
Ranking the ultimate lineups in NCAA men's hockey history

 

[TJL48]

Am I mis-reading that, or does BC not have 4 titles and 3 other championship game losses?

I get parity, but the University of Minnesota should be a legit contender for more than 2 years out of 12.

I agree and I am not even a Gopher fan. I saw that they have missed the tournament 5 out of the last 10 years. That is unacceptable. Lucia should have been gone about 5 years ago.

 

[gphr513]

Am I mis-reading that, or does BC not have 4 titles and 3 other championship game losses?

I get parity, but the University of Minnesota should be a legit contender for more than 2 years out of 12.

Yeah, BC went on kind of a crazy run there. 5 out of 7 years in the National Championship Game. They've essentially been the gold standard in college hockey for the last 20 years.

I agree with you though, the Gophers should be more nationally relevant than we've been over the last decade or so. Really kinda started with the years where Don was ill, and hasn't quite recovered to the heights it was at prior.

 

[gphr513]

I really appreciated Don's press conference yesterday, particularly where he said that Gopher fans need to move on from hating on the B1G, it's for the good of the program. He even made a point to say that the WCHA he grew up with was Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Michigan State, Notre Dame, etc. Things change.

 

[Northerner]

Maybe I just never paid attention to it or forgot, but didn't recall Lucia was a native of Grand Rapids, Minnesota.


So who are they going to use/get to replace him? What happened to whatshisname - defenseman assistant coach who was on the 2002 championship team? Potulny?

 

[gphr513]

Maybe I just never paid attention to it or forgot, but didn't recall Lucia was a native of Grand Rapids, Minnesota.


So who are they going to use/get to replace him? What happened to whatshisname - defenseman assistant coach who was on the 2002 championship team? Potulny?

He just finished his first year as a head coach at NMU.

 

[Northerner]

Oh.


Her e is an article. Would not like to see Motzko there!


Five men who could be the Gophers' next hockey coach

 

[57special]

I really appreciated Don's press conference yesterday, particularly where he said that Gopher fans need to move on from hating on the B1G, it's for the good of the program. He even made a point to say that the WCHA he grew up with was Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Michigan State, Notre Dame, etc. Things change.

So, the "minds" pushing the Big 10 know better than us what we like? Crap. It's a money grab that they benefit from, not the fans, who have to deal with irregular start times, soaring prices, and unfamiliar and distant competitors, all the while depriving fans of the wonderful rivalry games against the Not Sioux, Bulldogs, and Huskies/Mankato just a drive away.

Piss on them. I am not a life long Gophers fan, but know many of them. Quite a few have given up their, or cut down on the number of tickets that they held for decades, and they aren't coming back. What's more, their kids are not coming to games anymore, either, depriving MN of the next generation of fans.

 

[gphr513]

So, the "minds" pushing the Big 10 know better than us what we like? Crap. It's a money grab that they benefit from, not the fans, who have to deal with irregular start times, soaring prices, and unfamiliar and distant competitors, all the while depriving fans of the wonderful rivalry games against the Not Sioux, Bulldogs, and Huskies/Mankato just a drive away.

Piss on them. I am not a life long Gophers fan, but know many of them. Quite a few have given up their, or cut down on the number of tickets that they held for decades, and they aren't coming back. What's more, their kids are not coming to games anymore, either, depriving MN of the next generation of fans.

The Gophers had no choice in the matter. They didn't want the B1G, it was forced upon them. It's not like they sat in a room and actively tried to take away the WCHA.

We've still continued to play UMD, SCSU, and North Dakota. And people seem to always come back with "Well yeah, but no conference points are on the line!" but with the way the PWR are set up, non conference games are arguably more important than conference games. The ticket prices are high, but that was happening well before we went to the B1G.

The B1G is turning into a damn fine hockey conference. Penn State hit the ground running like nobody expected. Notre Dame was a very strong addition. And we've got 4 teams in the tournament this year while the vaunted NCHC has 3.

I get it, leaving the WCHA sucked. I hated it, how could you not? It was easily the best and most unique conference in the country. But I got over it. I looked at the positives, and looked forward to developing new rivalries with classic B1G opponents, all while knowing that we would continue to play our old WCHA foes year in and year out.

Quite honestly, the ones who constantly rag on the B1G, I wish they would just leave, because they're hurting the program. Are you a WCHA fan or are you a Gopher fan?

 

[57special]

That's the point...they have left. You have your wish.

 

[gphr513]

That's the point...they have left. You have your wish.

Oh no, there's still plenty of people at Mariucci who complain about the B1G...

 

[Saga of the Elk]

Interesting
Ranking the ultimate lineups in NCAA men's hockey history

Pretty close to accurate and there's no way they'd have UMD and Minnesota on there but I'd take the Bulldogs over Maine. Derek Plante, Mark Pavelich and Brett Hull would be my forwards and take your pick of Curt Giles, Justin Faulk, Matt Niskanen, Norm Maciver, Jim Johnson, with obviously Chico Resch in net.

 

[Digitalbooya]

Driving to Lake Placid tomorrow into Friday for the D3 Frozen Four. Should be a treat.

D1 predictions:
St Cloud > Air Force
Mn Duluth > Mn St
Ohio State > Princeton
Denver > Penn St
Cornell > BU
Northeastern > Michigan
Notre Dame > Michigan Tech
Clarkson > Providence

 

[MNNumbers]

Gophers would be in the field if they had managed to tie either of the first two games with Penn State, or had taken the playoff series to three games. How you can lose 4 straight like that is beyond me.

 

[Mickey the mouse]

Driving to Lake Placid tomorrow into Friday for the D3 Frozen Four. Should be a treat.

D1 predictions:
St Cloud > Air Force
Mn Duluth > Mn St
Ohio State > Princeton
Denver > Penn St
Cornell > BU
Northeastern > Michigan
Notre Dame > Michigan Tech
Clarkson > Providence

St C >AF...MN Dul>Mn st
StC> Mn Dul

Den>Pst...OHst>Prin
Den>Ohst

BU>Cor...NE>Mich
NE>BU

ND>Mtk...Prov>Clark
Prov>ND

StC>Den...NE>Prov
STC > NE

 

[Al Lagoon]

Want the Huskies to go far and win.

 

[SupremeNachos]

I think the Gophers had quite a few 1 and done guys just like UND did.

 

[gphr513]

Saint Cloud over Air Force
UMD over Mankato

Saint Cloud over UMD

Northeastern over Michigan
BU over Cornell

Northeastern over BU

Ohio State over Princeton
Denver over Penn State

Denver over Princeton

Clarkson over Providence
Notre Dame over Tech

Notre Dame over Clarkson


Frozen Four:

Notre Dame over Denver
Saint Cloud over Northeastern

Notre Dame over Saint Cloud

 

[nickschultzfan]

Am I mis-reading that, or does BC not have 4 titles and 3 other championship game losses?

I get parity, but the University of Minnesota should be a legit contender for more than 2 years out of 12.

You are correct. My eyes glossed over them.

 

[Digitalbooya]

Cloud down 2-0? Might be one of those days. Just got out of the UWSP vs Salve Regina D3 Frozen Four opener. Outshot them 57-21 and lost 3-0.

 

[gphr513]

Notre Dame and Tech going to OT

 

[123TripleDoge]

st cloud down 2-0!?

 

[gphr513]

Notre Dame looks nervous

 

[gphr513]

Wow, Notre Dame wins it!

Heartbreak for Tech, they played a great OT. They probably should have won.