All things Denver XXVI: From Boonetown to Motown

[co14ers]

Re: All things Denver XXVI: From Boonetown to Motown

Thats one reason why I'd start Murray on Friday and play him again on Saturday if he did well.

I'd start Vossberg ahead of Murray in net -- much better save percentage.

[du78]

Re: All things Denver XXVI: From Boonetown to Motown

I'd start Vossberg ahead of Murray in net -- much better save percentage.

[du78]

Re: All things Denver XXVI: From Boonetown to Motown

After all the dust settles in Toronto, Tyle Bozak is now on the #1 PP unit.

The 24-year-old blueliner was also given the No. 3 for his jersey, courtesy of teammate Garnet Exelby who took No. 7. Phaneuf also joined new teammates Tomas Kaberle, Tyler Bozak, Alexei Ponikarovsky and Phil Kessel in Ron Wilson's new top power play unit.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=308584

[du78]

Re: All things Denver XXVI: From Boonetown to Motown

DU also up to #2 in USA Today Poll.

[cetihcra]

Re: All things Denver XXVI: From Boonetown to Motown

Mannino selected as the AHL goaltender of the month:
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[MagnessMan]

Re: All things Denver XXVI: From Boonetown to Motown

I'd start Vossberg ahead of Murray in net -- much better save percentage.

I'm with ya 14er! Maybe Cody B would be a better choice--keep him from taking stupid penalties.

[MagnessMan]

Re: All things Denver XXVI: From Boonetown to Motown

If DU gets up by 4 or more goals on Mercyhurst or maybe Michigan Tech or MSUM, you might see Murray get some playing time. Chances are they won't put up those kinds of scoring margins. Blowouts for this DU team are very rare. They need to play Murray sometime, or you won't know if he's game ready or not.

I can't see Miami dropping out of that top seed, given they should keep winning. I think they had their wakeup call against Robert Morris.

As for DU "running the table" I think that's unlikely. They'll likely drop some games that they shouldn't lose on paper, because that's been the pattern all year. Should get 2 wins against Mercyhurst and Air Force. AFA always play DU tough, though. Then comes the Gophers, and they haven't played well this year, but will come into Denver with a chip on their shoulder after losing to DU at home earlyin the season. That weekend is a place where DU will likely split. Then comes Michigan Tech at home- should be a home sweep there. They they go on the road to MSUM, which should be a sweep on paper but probably won't be. MSUM is a scrappy bunch. Then you have CC to finish up, and that's probably a split there, with DU getting the Gold Pan back based on the first DU/CC three point weekend for the Pios. I see DU going 7-3 or 7-2-1 and finishing around 23 or 24 wins, around 9-10 losses and 4-5 ties. Probably will end up somewhere beween 2-4 in the league race, and enter the NCAAs as a #2 or #3 seed.

The only one I contest is the Gopher weekend--that should be a sweep. They are not firing on anything more then three cylinders right now and DU should be able to beat them handly like SCSU did weekend before last. That's one DU will be up for. That's another even more legitimate (more so then what our chances at the Ralph were) for a season sweep.

I agree with 78--play the regulars and bring your 'A' game. Keep the momentum rolling. I hope Gwoz shuffles the lines--to me this weekend is the perfect time to experiment with them. I'd like to see someone else paired with Knowlton and Glasser.

Redhawks have Lake and OSU left for possible challenges. To catch them they'd have to lose two and we'd have to run the table which would be sweet but looks unlikely.

Bean Pot gets rolling tonight. HE has some weird dynamics going on this season. Who would of picked UNH to win it? BU and VT the two teams that made it to the FF last year are struggling.

[Puck Swami]

Re: All things Denver XXVI: From Boonetown to Motown

Here are the NCAA probablities as of now:

http://www.playoffstatus.com/ncaahoc...nseedprob.html


Here are DU's WCHA probabilities as of now:

http://www.playoffstatus.com/wchahoc...standings.html

[MagnessMan]

Re: All things Denver XXVI: From Boonetown to Motown

Those WCHA numbers seem questionable. I'd give the Cloudies a better than 10% chance to finish on top. Also giving us a 60% chance seems high. How are these probabilities calculated? With a one point lead how do we have a better than 1-2 chance to win it? BC up 1 nil on the Crimson after one at the Garden.

[dggoddard]

Re: All things Denver XXVI: From Boonetown to Motown

Those WCHA numbers seem questionable. I'd give the Cloudies a better than 10% chance to finish on top. Also giving us a 60% chance seems high. How are these probabilities calculated? With a one point lead how do we have a better than 1-2 chance to win it? BC up 1 nil on the Crimson after one at the Garden.

Our remain series are against the #10, #9, #7 & #5 seeded teams. 5 of the 8 games are at home. Simple math.

If these were Vegas odds they'd be:

DU 4/5
UMD 4-1
SCSU 9-1
WI 10-1
CC 90-1
UND 100-1
MN 100-1

[MagnessMan]

Re: All things Denver XXVI: From Boonetown to Motown

So no need to play the games--call it good? Simple math can also turn into messy math. SCSU has a better than 10% chance to win the WCHA the way their playing. They have AA, State, Badgers and UNDies. Basing probabilities solely on schedule doesn't work for me. If Vegas gave that line I'd drop some money on the Cloudies in a heart beat.

[Puck Swami]

Re: All things Denver XXVI: From Boonetown to Motown

So no need to play the games--call it good? Simple math can also turn into messy math. SCSU has a better than 10% chance to win the WCHA the way their playing. They have AA, State, Badgers and UNDies. Basing probabilities solely on schedule doesn't work for me. If Vegas gave that line I'd drop some money on the Cloudies in a heart beat.

They might well win the WCHA.

But history has not been kind to the Huskies in NCAA play, where they have never won an NCAA game.

[Puck Swami]

Re: All things Denver XXVI: From Boonetown to Motown

Vote for Rhett for the NCAA Skills Challenge:

http://www.ncaa.com/frozenfourskillschallenge/

Hopefully, he'll be busy that weekend with other Ford Field hockey activities!

[A Shot and a Goal]

Re: All things Denver XXVI: From Boonetown to Motown

Winning the orange in this afternoon's practice was Joe Colborne, who scored on four consecutive shots to end the contest early. Four wrist shots, none of them more than a foot off the ice and none of which Adam Murray came close to stopping.

Two days later Colborne scored the game winning goal in the first game against North Dakota.

Three days later Colborne scored the game winning game in the second game against North Dakota.

I'll be interested to see who wins the orange later this week in practice.

[MagnessMan]

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Crosby has a hat trick all in the 2nd tonight against the Sabres on 4 shots.