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Saint Cloud currently losing in the 2nd period 1-0 to Air Force.

I always liked any murrays thoughts about Air Force "You cant outwork air force" YES YOU CAN! YOU GOTTA WANT TO OUTWORK AIR FORCE AND WANT TO WIN! The players obviously followed Andy's gameplan and thus is why we lost last year....

Make that 2-0 AF

Meanwhile, Michigan Tech and Notre Dame headed to OT tied at 3

This is what can happen in one game eliminations it's not always the best team that wins.

Notre Dame beats Tech in OT 4-3

4-1 AF win. Probably St. Cloud needed to play in the Atlantic Conference to get them ready to play in the tournament.

(03-23-2018 05:35 PM)brovol Wrote:  4-1 AF win. Probably St. Cloud needed to play in the Atlantic Conference to get them ready to play in the tournament.

Looks like it took 1 day to eliminate all the WCHA teams from the NCAA Tourney. Better luck next year.

(03-24-2018 12:44 AM)BroncoMinor Wrote:  

(03-23-2018 05:35 PM)brovol Wrote:  4-1 AF win. Probably St. Cloud needed to play in the Atlantic Conference to get them ready to play in the tournament.

Looks like it took 1 day to eliminate all the WCHA teams from the NCAA Tourney. Better luck next year.

You miss out on the obvious when your eyes are closed so tightly brother.

(03-23-2018 05:35 PM)brovol Wrote:  4-1 AF win. Probably St. Cloud needed to play in the Atlantic Conference to get them ready to play in the tournament.

Big surprise to me. But, you have to hand it to AF.

(03-24-2018 01:43 PM)BroncoPhilly Wrote:  

(03-23-2018 05:35 PM)brovol Wrote:  4-1 AF win. Probably St. Cloud needed to play in the Atlantic Conference to get them ready to play in the tournament.

Big surprise to me. But, you have to hand it to AF.

The absolute reality is that there is not an enormous difference between teams who get to the NCAA's. The focus should be to get there as often as possible.

As for the Minnesota State/Minnesota Duluth game, those two teams were evenly matched. Minn St is a very good team, and we all know how good Duluth is. Michigan Tech took Notre Dame to OT, and after the game the Notre Dame captain said they lucked out to win, as Tech had a great opportunity just before the Irish scored. That is hockey.

College hockey has more parity, from the top team to the bottom, than any sport at any level. Those "laughing-stock" leagues and teams are very good too, and only folks who don't really understand college hockey will say otherwise. The real difference between the haves and the have-nots in college hockey is the consistency and consistent support of the programs. A league like WCHA will have three or four teams having a good year, but those teams will vary from year. Those top WCHA teams though will be quite good, and the best teams among that group each year will be able to play with the teams who make the NCAA from other conferences. The NCHC, on the other hand, has far more depth as a conference, and even teams near the bottom of the nchc any given season will be able to compete with anyone in the country. This is because the nchc consists mostly of "hockey schools" with very strong hockey programs. Only because they are in the nchc are those teams "bottom feeders", for lack of a better term. But that all doesn't matter at the end of the season. The bottom teams in both leagues stay home for the NCAA tournament. And the teams from both leagues who do make the tournament have as legitimate chance of making a run as any other team.

So, again, the goal each season should be to get to the NCAA tournament. While the nchc may get twice as may teams as the WCHC in the tournament, I still think it is easier most years to get one of the two WCHA spots than one of the four NCHC spots.

(03-24-2018 01:43 PM)BroncoPhilly Wrote:  

(03-23-2018 05:35 PM)brovol Wrote:  4-1 AF win. Probably St. Cloud needed to play in the Atlantic Conference to get them ready to play in the tournament.

Big surprise to me. But, you have to hand it to AF.

....and anyone watching knows just how close it was for that regional final being AF vs Minn St, with the two NCHC power teams being gone. Just the way the puck bounces.

Minnesota D loses both games last weekend and they get thru this weekend , i said earlier in one game eliminations it's not always the best teams getting thru.

Headed towards a possible 3/4 pig ten frozen four

scUM vs Notre Lame

Duluth vs Ohio State / Denver (Ohio State currently up 2-0 over Denver late 2nd)

(03-25-2018 06:58 PM)Broncodan Wrote:  Headed towards a possible 3/4 pig ten frozen four

scUM vs Notre Lame

Duluth vs Ohio State / Denver (Ohio State currently up 2-0 over Denver late 2nd)

Like it or not, the B10 has been very good, and probably the best conference this year. Might stay that way for a while too.

I still wouldn’t count out Duluth to win it.

Ohio state up 3-1 with 8 mins to go.

I have a feeling Denver is gonna lose a lot of players in the next week or so to pro contracts

go UMD.

5-1 Ohio state wins

Go Duluth!

As expected, Terry and borgstrom both sign nhl contracts but Denver doesn’t ever rebuild they reload

Gambrell as well . I know some of there recruits coming in and other than their goaltender "Larsson" it is a far cry from what they have been bring in. UND lost Wollanin and Geirsh early as well i expect two early departures from St Cloud as well. UMD might lose one early but i doubt it.