CCHA has a rough night

[Squarebanks]

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The ironic thing is if you look around, I bet at least half the CCHA fans on here are glad at the teams that lost. There's very, very little "Yay Conference" in this league. I feel a bit of kinship with Miami and BG because of other sports, but other than that, it's a whole lot of shrug at best. I did a celebratory shot when UMD beat Michigan last year. So much for conference pride.

I am with you on that. I don't really have anything against any of the other schools (actually a good friend and co-worker of mine in Oregon is a WMU alum), but Anastos did so much pandering to certain schools during his reign that it came at the expense of strong conference unity. Combine that with the fact that CCHA revenue sharing is an absolute joke compared to the present incarnation of, say, the WCHA and I think it played a big part in the reason the conference is dissolving.

Don't get me wrong, the CCHA has been good to my school in more ways than it hasn't (i.e. we probably wouldn't have a hockey program anymore without the CCHA), but I'm ready for all the realignment drama to be over. Everybody's cards have been played, and time to move on from this lame duck.

[sm2pk]

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Haven't you been laughing at your program for nearly 15 years?

Yea but it is always nice to have some new jokes to make you smile.

[alnike]

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What a great playoff this year . I enjoyed the hell out of watching MI,MI State,Miami,and Western going down in flames in the first round and Ferris moving on to the final 4 . With one more year of CCHA play , maybe we can see a repeat of this year to give us laughs for the future .

Haven't you been laughing at your program for nearly 15 years?

[sm2pk]

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What a great playoff this year . I enjoyed the hell out of watching MI,MI State,Miami,and Western going down in flames in the first round and Ferris moving on to the final 4 . With one more year of CCHA play , maybe we can see a repeat of this year to give us laughs for the future .

[UMICH]

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What's this CCHA talk? All I know is the B1G lost twice (Michigan, Michigan State) and the NCHC lost twice (Miami, Denver). The New WCHA was rolling with Ferris State tho...

Nice to see your insecurity and bitterness. Where did Northern play again?

[mattmi]

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Still proud to be a Wolverine, even though...

I agree michigan hada great year and they should hold their heads up high

[bronconick]

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Let's hope Ferris can go all the way . As for the other members of the CCHA , it was nice watching you go down in flames .

It was nice sending those heifers you call female fans home from Lawson chewing on their cud three weeks ago.

[5mn_Major]

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There's alot of good but vulnerable teams in the CCHA this year. That's why you got 5 schools in. The best teams were always being beat by the next best team.

The ironic thing is if you look around, I bet at least half the CCHA fans on here are glad at the teams that lost. There's very, very little "Yay Conference" in this league. I feel a bit of kinship with Miami and BG because of other sports, but other than that, it's a whole lot of shrug at best. I did a celebratory shot when UMD beat Michigan last year. So much for conference pride.

The WCHA has been pretty good on that score. Usually there's decent support for fellow schools once you get to the tourney.

But its always easier to share love when you have a program on top. We gophers often feel that UMD is our brother...but they often don't feel that way about us.

[sm2pk]

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Let's hope Ferris can go all the way . As for the other members of the CCHA , it was nice watching you go down in flames .

[4four4]

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Western is having thier problems with UND.

[pgb-ohio]

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This was a year of unusual parity, even by CCHA standards. The CCHA had lots of very good teams, but no truly great teams. Lots of teams capable of clearing the lower bar -- making the tournament. But perhaps no team that would be a clear favorite for the Frozen Four. And the results so far seem to be playing out that way.

If conference winning percentage really matters, a better formula would be as follows: A couple of dominant teams earn top seeds, everyone else fails to qualify for the tournament. And yet it's tough to argue that result would prove "conference supremacy."

Getting lots of teams into the field AND having a high winning percentage = bragging rights. Note that the 2005 WCHA accomplished that. But my sense is that's been relatively rare. Still, the 2005 WCHA proved it can be done...

[aparch]

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What's this CCHA talk? All I know is the B1G lost twice (Michigan, Michigan State) and the NCHC lost twice (Miami, Denver). The New WCHA was rolling with Ferris State tho...

[satyking]

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CCHA to HE is like comparing AHL to the NHL.....its an annual ritual

[MichPieGuy]

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The ironic thing is if you look around, I bet at least half the CCHA fans on here are glad at the teams that lost. There's very, very little "Yay Conference" in this league. I feel a bit of kinship with Miami and BG because of other sports, but other than that, it's a whole lot of shrug at best. I did a celebratory shot when UMD beat Michigan last year. So much for conference pride.

If you're at St. Paulie, make a little extra noise for the Broncos today and get them a win! I will have two in WMU garb there making noise with you. Let's hope momentum from the Mason Cup run continues...and that Friday's trend of the "marquis teams" with the high number of NHL picks and potential early exiting players take a pill in their opening games. Any idea on the status of the "walking wounded" for WMU?

[bronconick]

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The ironic thing is if you look around, I bet at least half the CCHA fans on here are glad at the teams that lost. There's very, very little "Yay Conference" in this league. I feel a bit of kinship with Miami and BG because of other sports, but other than that, it's a whole lot of shrug at best. I did a celebratory shot when UMD beat Michigan last year. So much for conference pride.