Official College Hockey Thread 2013-2014 II
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Dr Jan Itor
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Finally, someone gets it!!
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Yeah, shootouts in college hockey are lame. I'm fine with them in the NHL because A) there are 82 games, and B) you have more skilled players who can actually make the shootout entertaining.
Maybe this is the soccer fan in me (go Spurs) talking, but a tie is a perfectly legitimate outcome of a game. Sometimes the two teams are just even on the night, which is what happened last night.
And to pick up on what digitalbooya said in the previous thread, I think it's crap that a goalie can knock off the post (even by accident) in the shootout. Even as a Gopher fan, I was thinking they should award the goal to the MSU player. That rule should be looked at in the offseason.
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Finally, someone gets it!!
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Yeah, shootouts in college hockey are lame. I'm fine with them in the NHL because A) there are 82 games, and B) you have more skilled players who can actually make the shootout entertaining.
Maybe this is the soccer fan in me (go Spurs) talking, but a tie is a perfectly legitimate outcome of a game. Sometimes the two teams are just even on the night, which is what happened last night.
And to pick up on what digitalbooya said in the previous thread, I think it's crap that a goalie can knock off the post (even by accident) in the shootout. Even as a Gopher fan, I was thinking they should award the goal to the MSU player. That rule should be looked at in the offseason.
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Of course, because all Minnesota college hockey teams are the best.
Feel sorry for that one guy that cheers for Wisco.
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You probably could have guessed because I have nearly the same name and avi but i'm Jaykay3 over there.
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Of course, because all Minnesota college hockey teams are the best.
Feel sorry for that one guy that cheers for Wisco.
To Northland Wildman: Yost arena has literally one camera view. The arena is tiny and they cover it from what feels like a catwalk if it isn't one.
Edit: The badgers have also been doing really well without their leading scorer in Nic Kerdiles.
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Finally, someone gets it!!
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Yeah, shootouts in college hockey are lame. I'm fine with them in the NHL because A) there are 82 games, and B) you have more skilled players who can actually make the shootout entertaining.
Maybe this is the soccer fan in me (go Spurs) talking, but a tie is a perfectly legitimate outcome of a game. Sometimes the two teams are just even on the night, which is what happened last night.
And to pick up on what digitalbooya said in the previous thread, I think it's crap that a goalie can knock off the post (even by accident) in the shootout. Even as a Gopher fan, I was thinking they should award the goal to the MSU player. That rule should be looked at in the offseason.
I thought they would at least award him another shot since he didn't shoot it before the net came off.
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I think of it was a more deliberate motion, they would've had him re-shoot, but the fact that it was just a standard 'put your foot against the post and try to move over to recover' which is a legitimate hockey play, then there's nothing you can do. Yeah, if he would've flung himself into the crossbar for no apparent reason, then you re-shoot. I don't think it's a 'slippery slope' situation and more goalies are going to do it or anything.
Badgers lose in the gimmick. Wisconsin scored in OT but the ref waved it off and they didn't review it(at least I'm pretty damn sure). The goal was waved off because a badger was pushed into the Michigan goalie. The reffing was bad all weekend (6 Mich PPs vs 1 UW PP) and it gave the home team the advantage. Michigan's goalie also emphasized every one of his shootout saves ala Kuemper vs the Kings.
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To Northland Wildman: Yost arena has literally one camera view. The arena is tiny and they cover it from what feels like a catwalk if it isn't one.
It's just weird to watch. It reminds me a bit of a high school rink in Grand Forks.
The size of the rink felt like a high school rink. They said during the game that Yost Arena was built in the 1920s I believe.
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Yost is a throwback which doesn't exist around these parts. It'd be like if the Gophers still played at Old Mariucci across the street with the steep seats and wall and maybe a little bit of renovation.
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Minnesota has a few "throwback" arenas, just obviously not one large enough to be called home for a D1 hockey program....The Hippodrome in Eveleth and Hibbing Memorial are two of my favorites.
Regardless of who wins this Thursday and Friday, hopefully both Kerdiles and Barnes play for the badgers. I haven't seen Kerdiles (basically the badger offense) play since the world juniors
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Sounds like Kerdiles will be back and will play wing on the top line while Barnes is injured. Honestly a "championship lineup" with the team Wisconsin has should have Kerdiles on the first line. He has shown great chemistry with Zengerle and Barnes and with the chemistry that Navin-Dahl-Mersch now have this could be the norm going forward.
Prediction: 3-1 gophers, 3-2 badgers
Attendance prediction:roughly 12,500 tonight, sellout tomorrow
Cheers!
Sounds like Kerdiles will be back and will play wing on the top line while Barnes is injured. Honestly a "championship lineup" with the team Wisconsin has should have Kerdiles on the first line. He has shown great chemistry with Zengerle and Barnes and with the chemistry that Navin-Dahl-Mersch now have this could be the norm going forward.
Prediction: 3-1 gophers, 3-2 badgers
Attendance prediction:roughly 12,500 tonight, sellout tomorrow
Cheers!
gphr513
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I love how gopher fans get so excited over Kessel's goal..... The goalie was freshman Shane Connelly. The gophers went 2-0 vs Connelly and 0-3 vs Elliott (including 4-3 and 4-0 losses at Mariucci and a 4-0 loss at the X). Oh and they won the championship that year.
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Yeah and where did that get him and the gophers that year? The "greatest gopher team ever" (as some gopher fans say) had "their year" turn into a first round loss to Holy Cross.
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