Official 2013-2014 Minnesota State University, Mankato Mavericks Season Thread

[purpleinnebraska]

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What's with the 200' x 90' ice?????
Who thought that up and why?
I'm not positive but the extra 5' shouldn't throw too many teams off if that was the thought.
Just seems kinda strange.
You don't owe anyone an explanation however it'd be interesting to know the thought process behind it.

We were Olympic size until this summer. Lotsa rink modifications took place, and we're hoping more will take place over the next few years. Coach Hastings talked about the merits of NHL-sized rinks, but I don't think we were able to convert all the way to 85'. Not sure what may have prevented that.

[MAVSFAN4EVER]

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It was nice salvaging a split this weekend after Friday night's debacle. Let's see if we can have a four point weekend against an interesting UAA squad...

I agree. We can't continue to split with everyone in the conference. Go Mavs!

[MavHockey14]

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Zach Stepan, who was on the preliminary roster for Team USA this summer, doesn't make the WJC team. Unfortunate break for the kid, but a fortunate break for the Mavericks, who won't be without him at all. Another "surprise" and a bigger one in my opinion is Cammarata from UMN not making it.

[state of hockey]

Zach Stepan, who was on the preliminary roster for Team USA this summer, doesn't make the WJC team. Unfortunate break for the kid, but a fortunate break for the Mavericks, who won't be without him at all. Another "surprise" and a bigger one in my opinion is Cammarata from UMN not making it.

Cams has been having back issues lately. Might be that, or Lucia doesn't want to gut the Gophers.

The most likely thing is that he just wasn't good enough.

[Bale]

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Got my North Star Cup tix this week. Looks as though they did a pretty good job of keeping people as close to their normal seats as possible.

[MavHockey14]

Got my North Star Cup tix this week. Looks as though they did a pretty good job of keeping people as close to their normal seats as possible.

Agreed.

Stepan is hurt, BTW. Unfortunate break for the kid.

[gfmorris]

Re: Official 2013-2014 Minnesota State University, Mankato Mavericks Season Thread

Agreed.

Stepan is hurt, BTW. Unfortunate break for the kid.

He played again today, though.

GFM

[MavHockey14]

Re: Official 2013-2014 Minnesota State University, Mankato Mavericks Season Thread

Josh Nelson returns to he lineup tonight against the Nanooks. Huge series for the Mavs to kick off the second half of the season. Let's hope they can keep it rolling.

[MAVSFAN4EVER]

Re: Official 2013-2014 Minnesota State University, Mankato Mavericks Season Thread

Eriah Hayes made his NHL debut tonight for San Jose. Hopefully he becomes a regular in the Sharks lineup.

[MavsFan]

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How do you outshoot a team 28-10 and lose the game? SMH.

[Jimjamesak]

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How do you outshoot a team 28-10 and lose the game? SMH.

If it makes you feel better, we're not entirely sure ourselves. Honestly, it was not really a lack of effort by MSU. Maybe a couple of breaks for UAA and a really good play we're the difference tonight.

[MavsFan]

Re: Official 2013-2014 Minnesota State University, Mankato Mavericks Season Thread

Un-effing-believable. Again a huge margin in shots, and another loss. 1-3 on the Alaska swing. I'm glad they enjoyed the sight-seeing.

[MavHockey14]

Un-effing-believable. Again a huge margin in shots, and another loss. 1-3 on the Alaska swing. I'm glad they enjoyed the sight-seeing.

They better get things figured out fast or this is going to be a season to forget. Tough series this weekend.

[Wayfarnorth]

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They better get things figured out fast or this is going to be a season to forget. Tough series this weekend.

Against a tough team!

[Bale]

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They better get things figured out fast or this is going to be a season to forget. Tough series this weekend.

I'm a bit confused as to what happened. They were playing so well before Christmas and now....nothing. Giving up 2 goals on 10 shots and 3 goals on 16 shots is just asinine. Not being able to score on a guy that MSU has historically been pretty successful against and going 1-10 on the PP is even more baffling.

This weekend could be very ugly. Maybe this is just one of those teams that's very different at home than they are on the road and it will all be OK, but that might just be wishful thinking.