Minnesota @ Ohio State: 3/7 & 3/8

[Driftryder]

Re: Minnesota @ Ohio State: 3/7 & 3/8

Weekend preview from Gophersports

http://www.gophersports.com/sports/m...030514aaa.html

The top-ranked Minnesota men’s hockey program returns to action this weekend with a Big Ten Conference series at Ohio State. Friday’s series opener is set for 6:30 p.m. CT on FOX Sports North PLUS (Doug McLeod, Tom Chorske) while Saturday’s finale is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. CT on ESPN News (Clay Matvick, Sean Ritchlin). Radio broadcasts for both games will be on the Gopher Radio Network and flagship station 1500 ESPN (Wally Shaver, Frank Mazzocco).

Ohio State Notes

Minnesota enters the weekend series with a 14-1-0 all-time record against the Buckeyes including two wins at home earlier this season. The Gophers topped Ohio State 1-0 on Jan. 17 at TCF Bank Stadium in the 2014 Hockey City Classic and followed up with a 4-2 victory at Mariucci Arena this next evening on Hockey Day Minnesota. Sam Warning tallied a hat trick in the game and is Minnesota’s active leading scorer against the Buckeyes with three goals and three points. Minnesota is 2-0-0 all-time at Ohio State.

[The Rube]

Re: Minnesota @ Ohio State: 3/7 & 3/8

We'll sweep. Next?

[Go4PuckFan2.0]

We'll sweep. Next?

So, just out if curiosity, how accurate have your predictions been this year?

[The Rube]

Re: Minnesota @ Ohio State: 3/7 & 3/8

So, just out if curiosity, how accurate have your predictions been this year?

I'm always right. I'm a Gopher fan.

[Tiggsy]

Re: Minnesota @ Ohio State: 3/7 & 3/8

History doesn't always repeat and history won't influence this weekend. You're pretty darn lucky we didn't win the Classic! You got a fluke with that one.

So you need crappy outdoor conditions and an overplayed gimmick to almost win a game? I feel pretty good about our chances this week playing inside, unless your facilities people are going to do their best to trash the conditions there.

[Hockeybuckeye]

Re: Minnesota @ Ohio State: 3/7 & 3/8

So you need crappy outdoor conditions and an overplayed gimmick to almost win a game? I feel pretty good about our chances this week playing inside, unless your facilities people are going to do their best to trash the conditions there.

Boy, the Wisconsin fans are right, some of you guys do bark like little kicked dogs. I suppose their sweep of you was full of BS excuses too?

[Tiggsy]

Re: Minnesota @ Ohio State: 3/7 & 3/8

Boy, the Wisconsin fans are right, some of you guys do bark like little kicked dogs. I suppose their sweep of you was full of BS excuses too?

Yes. Bucky lulled the Gophers to sleep with their incredibly dull play, plus they were at home where they are pretty good for some reason. Too bad their fans don't know enough to realize that. But big picture, you just can't win them all and we're still comfortably on top looking down on everyone else. So most of us can accept that even if it means a couple of losses to bucky.

Edit: So how do you explain your 2 losses to them?

[firstpusk]

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Boy, the Wisconsin fans are right, some of you guys do bark like little kicked dogs. I suppose their sweep of you was full of BS excuses too?

You don't do your credibility any good with us if you take seriously anything a badger fan says about hockey. They know nothing about hockey.

[Tiggsy]

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You don't do your credibility any good with us if you take seriously anything a badger fan says about hockey. They know nothing about hockey.

Dang, forgot to mention that part too. Thanks!

[firstpusk]

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Dang, forgot to mention that part too. Thanks!

No problem. We've got a lot of 'splainin' to do.

[Slap Shot]

Boy, the Wisconsin fans are right, some of you guys do bark like little kicked dogs. I suppose their sweep of you was full of BS excuses too?

Hilarious. Not only should you not listen to drunks for advice, but no excuses are needed - they swept fair and square. The only person trying to rationalize being swept here is you.

[goldy_331]

Hilarious. Not only should you not listen to drunks for advice, but no excuses are needed - they swept fair and square. The only person trying to rationalize being swept here is you.

I wonder how he'll rationalize after this weekend sweep?

I think there were more fans at the single A games at the X today.

[Stauber1]

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Boy, the Wisconsin fans are right, some of you guys do bark like little kicked dogs. I suppose their sweep of you was full of BS excuses too?

If your program can make some gains maybe someday we can have excuses for losing to you too, instead of excuses for only beating you by a small margin.

Something to shoot for!

[klbaum1077]

Re: Minnesota @ Ohio State: 3/7 & 3/8

We all know your team is good but you guys are the most arrogant bunch of people i have ever seen. Besides Minnesota being the better team the big difference tonight was the Gophers putting in 2 rebounds infront of the ohio state net and the buckeyes could not do the same when the game was close. Tomorrow is a new day.

[osualum86]

Re: Minnesota @ Ohio State: 3/7 & 3/8

I left the game after the second period. I do not normally do that, but the way we came out not ready to play and getting dominated throughout, didn't see any point in staying. The team decided not to show up, so why should I hang around. I may go to tomorrow's game since it's senior night. It was disappointing to see us come out playing that poorly this late in the season. I definitely didn't go into this weekend expecting to sweep, but I expected us to be competitive, which we were not tonight. There was never a point in that game where I thought we were going to come back and win. Congrats Minnesota fans, you called it ... sweep. We will probably be a little more competitive tomorrow night if we clean up all the sloppiness that I witnessed tonight, but I don't expect a W for us. If there is any positive about tonight, at least Rohlik and our team know what they need to work on to get to that level. Oh, and thanks to Coach Lucia and the Gophers for calling off the dogs in that third period when they could have run it up on us. We did nothing defensively all night to stop Minnesota.