Denver 3, Michigan Tech 2 (OT)

Michigan Tech eliminated from postseason consideration.

Slight ding to NMU's RPI, extending our lead over them from .0027 to .0032.

North Dakota plays St. Cloud later tonight. St. Cloud must win out to make the tournament. North Dakota winning is fine with us.

Bronconick....Why don't we mind ND winning? What effect does SCSU have on us if they win.....I know one of the players on their team. However, wouldn't want them to win if it hurts us. Thanks

(03-15-2012 07:24 PM)MCBRONCFAN Wrote:  Bronconick....Why don't we mind ND winning? What effect does SCSU have on us if they win.....I know one of the players on their team. However, wouldn't want them to win if it hurts us. Thanks

If SCSU happens to win 3 games in a row, they'll steal a bid and lower the cut line.

Meaning WMU would need to finish lower than 15. St. Cloud would be #15 and the Atlantic Hockey winner would be #16.

North Dakota winning would eliminate another Cinderella

(03-15-2012 07:28 PM)broncos24 Wrote:  

(03-15-2012 07:24 PM)MCBRONCFAN Wrote:  Bronconick....Why don't we mind ND winning? What effect does SCSU have on us if they win.....I know one of the players on their team. However, wouldn't want them to win if it hurts us. Thanks

If SCSU happens to win 3 games in a row, they'll steal a bid and lower the cut line.

Meaning WMU would need to finish lower than 15. St. Cloud would be #15 and the Atlantic Hockey winner would be #16.

North Dakota winning would eliminate another Cinderella

This. The other side effect is like Tech, St. Cloud will have a positive impact on NMU's RPI if they win, as they swept St. Cloud, while we only split with them. (The irony in all this is that NMU losing to BG has kept them alive. If they had advanced and been swept by Western, they would not be able to pass WMU under any circumstance.)

Also, North Dakota is 11th right now and the only way we catch them is to win both our games this weekend.

At that point, I could care less about every other game played.

Thanks guys....appreciate your patience with me. Would kind of be like Bowling Green winning the CCHA and scr**ing everything up.

If you feel like watching behind the scenes WCHA hockey instead of bouncy hoops. Pretty much all their cameras, from what I can tell.

http://www.foxsportsnorth.com/pages/goph...livestream

(03-15-2012 07:33 PM)MCBRONCFAN Wrote:  Thanks guys....appreciate your patience with me. Would kind of be like Bowling Green winning the CCHA and scr**ing everything up.

Exactly.

I wish we would have played better on Saturday's in January and February; to put us in the position where we could cheer for Tech, BGSU and St. Cloud.

Alas, we're stuck with the cards in our hand, and any cinderella at this point could screw us out of a bid.

Actually I pay the extra 4.95/month to my Comcast cable and get all the various Fox Sports channels. Watching the ND/SCSU game as we post.

Another party crasher goes down.

North Dakota beats St. Cloud 4-1

Edit: UND added another ENG after I originally posted. Game much closer than score would indicate

2-0 Union in the first.