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Re: Irish hockey '12-'13: Why would you not wanna go there?
So this weekend ND has a chance to finish as high as a #1 seed or as low as dropping completely out. The likely mathematical scenarios involve us being a #3 seed. Oddly enough, we don't even need to win Saturday and we could still make the tourney. Of course winning takes care of everything. Michigan winning helps us even more as they remain a TUC and beating them 4 times this season will look pretty sweet.
Aside from the overall records and a few other minor stats, OSU and ND are remarkably similar. Both teams' top scorers have 37 points (Ryan Dzingel and Anders Lee), both teams' top PPG scorers have 5 PPG's each (Dzingel and Bryan Rust and Mario Lucia), both teams' top 5 scorers total 144 points. OSU has one player with 8 game-winning points (Alex Szczechura) while ND has 2 players with 7 each (T.J. Tynan and Sam Calabrese). Both teams have great goaltending (although at times I question Notre Dame's...). Brady Hjelle has a slightly better save % while Steven Summerhays has a slightly better GA.
Both teams' special teams totals are virtually identical (OSU's total is 100 while ND's total is 100.1). OSU has scored 3 more PPG's than they've allowed while ND has scored 2 more PPG's than they've given up. Both teams have scored 5 shorties and given up 3. Both teams start off slowly and pick up steam, both offensively and defensively, as the game wears on. Both teams give up fewer than 2.5 goals/game (although ND gives up fewer than 2.25).
Both teams split with UMD early in the season, and both have had stretches where they've struggled. They had some success against teams like UA(F), but got swept by Michigan at home. ND got swept by UA(F) at home, but swept Michigan.
Some of the differences include overall records (ND is 11 games over .500 while OSU sits at .500) and contribution to wins of their top 2 players (ND's combined winning % when Lee or Rust register a point is .712 while OSU's combined winning % when Dzingel or Tanner Fritz get on the score sheet is .581). ND also scores nearly 3 goals/game while OSU scores fewer than 2.5/game.
Motivational speaker and Canadian Brian Tracy is famous for stating, "Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event."
So this weekend ND has a chance to finish as high as a #1 seed or as low as dropping completely out. The likely mathematical scenarios involve us being a #3 seed. Oddly enough, we don't even need to win Saturday and we could still make the tourney. Of course winning takes care of everything. Michigan winning helps us even more as they remain a TUC and beating them 4 times this season will look pretty sweet.
Aside from the overall records and a few other minor stats, OSU and ND are remarkably similar. Both teams' top scorers have 37 points (Ryan Dzingel and Anders Lee), both teams' top PPG scorers have 5 PPG's each (Dzingel and Bryan Rust and Mario Lucia), both teams' top 5 scorers total 144 points. OSU has one player with 8 game-winning points (Alex Szczechura) while ND has 2 players with 7 each (T.J. Tynan and Sam Calabrese). Both teams have great goaltending (although at times I question Notre Dame's...). Brady Hjelle has a slightly better save % while Steven Summerhays has a slightly better GA.
Both teams' special teams totals are virtually identical (OSU's total is 100 while ND's total is 100.1). OSU has scored 3 more PPG's than they've allowed while ND has scored 2 more PPG's than they've given up. Both teams have scored 5 shorties and given up 3. Both teams start off slowly and pick up steam, both offensively and defensively, as the game wears on. Both teams give up fewer than 2.5 goals/game (although ND gives up fewer than 2.25).
Both teams split with UMD early in the season, and both have had stretches where they've struggled. They had some success against teams like UA(F), but got swept by Michigan at home. ND got swept by UA(F) at home, but swept Michigan.
Some of the differences include overall records (ND is 11 games over .500 while OSU sits at .500) and contribution to wins of their top 2 players (ND's combined winning % when Lee or Rust register a point is .712 while OSU's combined winning % when Dzingel or Tanner Fritz get on the score sheet is .581). ND also scores nearly 3 goals/game while OSU scores fewer than 2.5/game.
Motivational speaker and Canadian Brian Tracy is famous for stating, "Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event."
-- Knute Rockne: All American
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