Re: NMU Hockey 2012-2013 Season Thread
If the team doesn't get bit by the injury bug like it did in the first half (we were without 5 of our top 9 forwards for the OSU series in Columbus), get strong goaltending and continue to play up to our capabilities, the sky's the limit, but lose a Thurber, Seckel, Daugherty, Vigier, MacAulay or Ludwig, or Coreau for any period of time and it could be quite difficult. As far as the size of the ice surface, I think the team plays better on the bigger sheet. In the CCHA, Fairbanks has big ice, Notre Dame has a 90' wide sheet and all the rest are regulation 200x85. In the current WCHA, six of the 12 schools have Olympic sheets. Minnesota, Wisconsin, St Cloud, Colorado College will leave the league at the end of the year, while Anchorage and Mankato will remain. As for NMU refiguring the surface to a regulation sheet, that would be very costly to do, so I think there is very little chance that happens.
Originally posted by aygwm2
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