Miami has still lost only one CCHA game and has opened up a huge lead. With one win or even a shootout win or with a Ferris State loss Miami can clinch this weekend at BG. This would be our 3rd CCHA title, the others coming in 1992 and 2007. Miami is now a near unanimous #1 in the national polls. Other than the tragic fatal auto crash in which our student manager died on Friday, it has been an amazing season. Miami has no players under consideration for the Hoby Baker award, and we are 27th of the 58 teams in scoring. We are on pace to set an alltime CCHA record for fewest goals given up, so puck controll and shotblockiong and good goaltending have been the keys. While we lack the big stars, we seem to have much more depth than other teams, and in hockey they all play.
However unlikely, its a perfect setup for a BG upset this weekend.
Obviously, whenever a #1 ranked team in any sport goes on the road, it presents a great opportunity for the home team, and sometimes they really elevate their game. Plus in college hockey, any team can beat any other team. I think there will be an unusually large group of Miami fans at the hockey games, and we have a group going up for the basketball game on Sunday, too.
Another factor which could effect Miami's performance this weekend is that today the entire team is in Toronto attending the funeral of team manager Brandon Burke.
=>If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does anyone care about hockey?
(02-10-2010 12:19 AM)mollautt Wrote: [ -> ]=>If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does anyone care about hockey?
Don't see how some tree falling somewhere would effect whether people care about hockey or not.
(02-10-2010 12:19 AM)mollautt Wrote: [ -> ]=>If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does anyone care about hockey?
Sure. It's much better than boys in shorts playing with balls.