NCHC First Round: Miami University at St. Cloud State

[First Time, Long Time]

I hope SCSU gets throttled in the NCAA, if they even make it now.

Way to be a fan buddy.

[redhawk95]

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On to Minneapolis. This is getting interesting...

[Tipsy McStagger]

I hope SCSU gets throttled in the NCAA, if they even make it now.

What purpose would that serve?

[scsutommyboy]

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Miami deserved to win. Good luck next weekend in Minneapolis. How far can SCSU fall after getting swept.

[Stauber1]

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Miami deserved to win. Good luck next weekend in Minneapolis. How far can SCSU fall after getting swept.

Not far enough to keep them out of the tournament. Probably end up as a 3 seed. Season ain't over.

[SCSU Beat Anyone]

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What purpose would that serve?

They deserve it? This team isn't that good, sweet they won the cup for regular season champions. You're up 2-0 after 2, and you come out and try to play prevent hockey. It NEVER works, and it was a prime example again tonight. Motzko needs to seriously learn how to make in game adjustments, you ever watch him behind the bench? Seriously, do it one time. He got his famous pose, just lean against the glass and don't say much to your players all game long. Also it's funny when he's got his glasses down to the end of his nose, looks like a grandpa. And don't get me started on Faragher, the guy sucks and yet Motzko thinks he is the greatest thing since sliced bread. The only person that I thought had a good weekend was Gravel.

[MavHockey14]

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I hope SCSU gets throttled in the NCAA, if they even make it now.

I don't usually side with Tipsy, but you sir, are an absolute idiot.

[Dude Love]

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St. Cloud will make the NCAAs. They have some work to do over the next two weeks if they expect to play more than once, though.

[The Boomer]

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Congrats to the Red Hawks. They came into The Brooks Center and willed themselves to win. Worked harder and worked smarter than SCSU. My homer view is that now the Huskies can take a break, heal up Prochno and get back on track. Maybe some consistency will appear, because now it is one loss and go home. The other good news is that SCSU are done with home games for the year!! For whatever reason, the Huskies were much better on the road. They have been a high-energy cohesive unit all season and a pleasure to watch. Hope the season extends, but it won't get very far by giving up 4+ goals a game . . .

ASIDE from the results, the Huskies-Red Hawks played hard-nosed hockey all weekend. Very little chippy/dirty play. The Red Hawks have impressed the Husky faithful by beating us 4 out of 6 times this season. Hope they run the table the rest of the way. A rematch at the Frozen Four would be a great hockey game!!

[redhawk95]

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Congrats to the Red Hawks. They came into The Brooks Center and willed themselves to win. Worked harder and worked smarter than SCSU. My homer view is that now the Huskies can take a break, heal up Prochno and get back on track. Maybe some consistency will appear, because now it is one loss and go home. The other good news is that SCSU are done with home games for the year!! For whatever reason, the Huskies were much better on the road. They have been a high-energy cohesive unit all season and a pleasure to watch. Hope the season extends, but it won't get very far by giving up 4+ goals a game . . .

ASIDE from the results, the Huskies-Red Hawks played hard-nosed hockey all weekend. Very little chippy/dirty play. The Red Hawks have impressed the Husky faithful by beating us 4 out of 6 times this season. Hope they run the table the rest of the way. A rematch at the Frozen Four would be a great hockey game!!

Clearly the teams match up well. There were four one-goal games, but Miami won three of those four. SCSU actually has a bit of an advantage heading into the tournament. Rest, get healthy and ready. Their spot looks pretty secure as they are currently tied for 9th in the PWR. Bubble teams will be rooting against Miami who has nothing to lose next weekend. Hopefully they play loose in Minneapolis as they did this weekend. I was surprised SCSU did not win Friday after the dramatic comeback -- we always lose in those situations. Huskies have to work on the PK and their defensive zone coverage. Certainly Faragher wasn't great, but he didn't get a lot of help. That's been our story all year....poor defense with average goaltending. But, if the offense is clicking again, then we can allow a few goals and still win. That's how Miami is going to advance. We're not going to win a lot of 2-1 games.

[hockeykrazy]

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Clearly the teams match up well. There were four one-goal games, but Miami won three of those four. SCSU actually has a bit of an advantage heading into the tournament. Rest, get healthy and ready. Their spot looks pretty secure as they are currently tied for 9th in the PWR. Bubble teams will be rooting against Miami who has nothing to lose next weekend. Hopefully they play loose in Minneapolis as they did this weekend. I was surprised SCSU did not win Friday after the dramatic comeback -- we always lose in those situations. Huskies have to work on the PK and their defensive zone coverage. Certainly Faragher wasn't great, but he didn't get a lot of help. That's been our story all year....poor defense with average goaltending. But, if the offense is clicking again, then we can allow a few goals and still win. That's how Miami is going to advance. We're not going to win a lot of 2-1 games.

Congrats to Miami and good luck next weekend. I agree that we have some time to get Prochno back in the lineup and get the team healthy. We really missed him this weekend. Hopefully things work out for the best for the Huskies in the NCAA's.

[Tipsy McStagger]

They deserve it? This team isn't that good, sweet they won the cup for regular season champions. You're up 2-0 after 2, and you come out and try to play prevent hockey. It NEVER works, and it was a prime example again tonight. Motzko needs to seriously learn how to make in game adjustments, you ever watch him behind the bench? Seriously, do it one time. He got his famous pose, just lean against the glass and don't say much to your players all game long. Also it's funny when he's got his glasses down to the end of his nose, looks like a grandpa. And don't get me started on Faragher, the guy sucks and yet Motzko thinks he is the greatest thing since sliced bread. The only person that I thought had a good weekend was Gravel.

I am rooting for this team to lose in the NCAAs too. And then I will root for the team next year to lose every game. And then next two years after that, as well. Until every player that was on the ice is no longer playing for SCSU. Maybe that will teach them a lesson.

[section16rowA]

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Clearly the reason St. Cloud lost is the ghost of Maurice Richard....still mad about plagiarizing the Canandiens logo. Even the Whioux got rid of the Blackhawk logo, maybe the Huskies need to get an original logo.

[Pump It Up]

They deserve it? This team isn't that good, sweet they won the cup for regular season champions. You're up 2-0 after 2, and you come out and try to play prevent hockey. It NEVER works, and it was a prime example again tonight. Motzko needs to seriously learn how to make in game adjustments, you ever watch him behind the bench? Seriously, do it one time. He got his famous pose, just lean against the glass and don't say much to your players all game long. Also it's funny when he's got his glasses down to the end of his nose, looks like a grandpa. And don't get me started on Faragher, the guy sucks and yet Motzko thinks he is the greatest thing since sliced bread. The only person that I thought had a good weekend was Gravel.

Someone needs to strap this guy to a rocket and fire him at the sun.

[HumRsky]

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That was terrible to be sure, and I'd always rather win than lose, but I see some silver linings here too. Like others, I think it will be good to have the extra week to get Prochno all the way back and try to work out a defensive plan that works. Also, we had been playing good D/bad D every-other game, so maybe we just saved up a couple good games for the NCAAs