Re: Minnesota @ Penn State: 2/20 & 2/21
If they only lose 1 more, and it doesn't come to OSU, I have to think they will be sitting pretty good for an at-large bid.
If they lose 2 more, it could start to get a little dicey.
This was, on paper, the toughest weekend remaining in the regular season. If MI wins tomorrow, we will come out of it sitting exactly where we were in the conference heading into the weekend.
This was also the weekend that offered the most opportunity for teams around them in the PWR to make moves. With 1 result still pending (Harvard v BC on Monday) we look like we'll come out of the weekend 1 spot up from where we entered it.
All in all, not that bad. I didn't get to see the game today, but from the sounds of it they played pretty well for most of the game. They won both the 2nd and 3rd periods. Seems the PK, a bad penalty or two and a wasted 1st period cost them.
The rest of the RS is filled with winnable games and sweepable weekends. If they take care of business they should be fine heading into post-season play. I've been holding out hope that they can somehow creep into a #2 seed, and going undefeated starting with this weekend at PSU would have gone a long way toward that. But considering where they were sitting a month ago, I can't be too disappointed with their position right now.
Originally posted by Slap Shot
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If they lose 2 more, it could start to get a little dicey.
This was, on paper, the toughest weekend remaining in the regular season. If MI wins tomorrow, we will come out of it sitting exactly where we were in the conference heading into the weekend.
This was also the weekend that offered the most opportunity for teams around them in the PWR to make moves. With 1 result still pending (Harvard v BC on Monday) we look like we'll come out of the weekend 1 spot up from where we entered it.
All in all, not that bad. I didn't get to see the game today, but from the sounds of it they played pretty well for most of the game. They won both the 2nd and 3rd periods. Seems the PK, a bad penalty or two and a wasted 1st period cost them.
The rest of the RS is filled with winnable games and sweepable weekends. If they take care of business they should be fine heading into post-season play. I've been holding out hope that they can somehow creep into a #2 seed, and going undefeated starting with this weekend at PSU would have gone a long way toward that. But considering where they were sitting a month ago, I can't be too disappointed with their position right now.
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