SCSU 2015-2016 Season: This Year Is Our Year

[First Time, Long Time]

Does anyone else think its dumb that we beat DU for the tiebreaker when they have one more tie than us and we have one more loss? I would be really upset if I was a DU fan.

Not when we swept them.

[St. Clown]

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George Awada scored THREE shorties against Michigan Tech--Valentine's Day, 1998. This was at the Concrete Center. Final goal won the game for the "Good" Huskies!!

Huh. I missed so few home series that year that I just thought Awada's SHG hat trick was during a road series. Remarkable how the memory skews things eighteen years down the line.

[SCSU Euro]

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Not when we swept them.

And I didn't think that that would come into play since we only played them twice instead of four times. I am perfectly ok with head to head being a factor, but I think I'm thinking of WCHA days where I thought a 2 game series didn't count as a tiebreaker. I'd be upset if I was DU and that was the tiebreaker and we'd lost in St. Cloud, but getting swept at home by the team you end up tying leaves you little to complain about.

Again, think its weird though that we finish higher than someone with a better record than us.

[Tipsy McStagger]

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Again, think its weird though that we finish higher than someone with a better record than us.

But it's not a better record. Our 3 on 3 win is part of the record. Just as both of their 3 on 3 losses are part of the record.

[Dude Love]

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Huh. I missed so few home series that year that I just thought Awada's SHG hat trick was during a road series. Remarkable how the memory skews things eighteen years down the line.

I actually still have all of my early ticket stubs from that era. I went back and saw that I was at the February 13th game against MTU...but for some reason missed the game the next night.

[St. Clown]

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I actually still have all of my early ticket stubs from that era. I went back and saw that I was at the February 13th game against MTU...but for some reason missed the game the next night.

Were you not a student in 1998? The only games for which I have tickets stubs for games back then are Gopher games. All others would just have our student IDs scanned and walk on down to our seats. I don't know if things have changed since then. Based upon student section attendance, I'd say that the only difference now is the series for which tickets are actually issued to students changed to UND.

[SCSU Euro]

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I actually still have all of my early ticket stubs from that era. I went back and saw that I was at the February 13th game against MTU...but for some reason missed the game the next night.

You were celebrating my birthday, DUH

[Pump It Up]

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Were you not a student in 1998? The only games for which I have tickets stubs for games back then are Gopher games. All others would just have our student IDs scanned and walk on down to our seats. I don't know if things have changed since then. Based upon student section attendance, I'd say that the only difference now is the series for which tickets are actually issued to students changed to UND.

2005-2009 was just like that. You'd have to get Gophers, (sometimes) Sioux, and WCHA first round tickets in advance and were issued a physical ticket, all other games just show up with your student ID.

[SCSU BlackandRed]

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Ok, maybe getting ahead of myself, but assuming things go chalk in the first round (UND, SCSU, Denver, UMD)...

Do you think UND will opt for the afternoon game on Friday of the Frozen Faceoff? Think the thought last year was to play early and get the most rest leading up to the championship game last year. Seeing how that didn't work out for them last year, wonder if they'll switch it up.

I get the rest thing but from a fan perspective, I'd rather have the night game. Don't have to leave work early to get to that 4pm start in the early game.

[SCSU Euro]

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Ok, maybe getting ahead of myself, but assuming things go chalk in the first round (UND, SCSU, Denver, UMD)...

Do you think UND will opt for the afternoon game on Friday of the Frozen Faceoff? Think the thought last year was to play early and get the most rest leading up to the championship game last year. Seeing how that didn't work out for them last year, wonder if they'll switch it up.

I get the rest thing but from a fan perspective, I'd rather have the night game. Don't have to leave work early to get to that 4pm start in the early game.

If they took the early game last year, I'd assume they do again. Its not like they're gonna go "afternoon game didn't work for us, better switch it up"

[SCSU BlackandRed]

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If they took the early game last year, I'd assume they do again. Its not like they're gonna go "afternoon game didn't work for us, better switch it up"

Yeah, I get that. But if you watched the game last year they looked pretty sluggish early and that cost them the game. Something to be said for keeping a regular schedule (i.e. playing the night game). But hey, I'm all good with them playing early and us late. Again, assuming we take care of business. Over/under on goals against WMU, I'll set at eleven for the two game series (not expecting it to go three).

[Tipsy McStagger]

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If they took the early game last year, I'd assume they do again. Its not like they're gonna go "afternoon game didn't work for us, better switch it up"

It's a different person making the decision. Berry might have thought last year that they were better off playing the late game.

[SCSU Euro]

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Yeah, I get that. But if you watched the game last year they looked pretty sluggish early and that cost them the game.

They may not have gotten off to a good start, but I don't know that I'd say that's what cost them. They came really close to getting out of the first up 1-0 and its hard to say but I don't know that the Butterfly Effect of a slow start is what caused St. Cloud to pump 2 goals in the last minute or not.

[Biddco]

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If they took the early game last year, I'd assume they do again. Its not like they're gonna go "afternoon game didn't work for us, better switch it up"

It didn't work last year so maybe they won't.

I would prefer them playing in the evening because if UMD wins their playoff series they'll probably play UND>

[SJHovey]

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It didn't work last year so maybe they won't.

I would prefer them playing in the evening because if UMD wins their playoff series they'll probably play UND>

Assuming UND advances, I don't see them selecting the evening game. There is literally nothing to gain by doing so, and they run the risk of losing Friday night, only to have to turn around and play Saturday afternoon.