WCHA offseason thread 2017.

[John J. MacInnes]

Re: WCHA offseason thread 2017.

Per an email just received from the conference office, the WCHA will release the composite conference schedule on Thursday 4 May at 2pm EDT.

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Sadly, MTU booked ASU a week too late. Should have booked them a week sooner, and asked them to bring some ringers with for Carnival queen competition.

Sorry, but there's an academic requirement.

[JohnsonsJerseys]

Re: WCHA offseason thread 2017.

Sadly, MTU booked ASU a week too late. Should have booked them a week sooner, and asked them to bring some ringers with for Carnival queen competition.

I saw on Twitter a couple of them were planning to borrow their daddy's Bimmer for that series and come up to Tech and get their MRS degree.
Ryan

[gfmorris]

Re: WCHA offseason thread 2017.

http://www.wcha.com/men/pres1617/201705/may4wcm.php

s currently scheduled, the WCHA will face two Atlantic Hockey teams for a total of six games, four Big Ten programs (14 contests, including the GLI semifinals), a pair of ECAC Hockey foes (three games, including the Icebreaker semifinal), two Hockey East teams (three games, including the Ice Vegas semifinal), the entire eight-team NCHC for 24 contests and Arizona State in five games (including the Ice Vegas semifinal).
A full breakdown of nonconference opponents and tournaments, by institution:
Alabama Huntsville – at Notre Dame, vs. Arizona State
Alaska Anchorage – vs. North Dakota, at Colorado College
Alaska – vs. Air Force, at St. Cloud State
Bemidji State – vs./at Minnesota Duluth, vs. Air Force, at Princeton, vs./at North Dakota
Bowling Green – at/vs. Western Michigan, vs./at Michigan State, vs. Miami, Great Lakes Invitational (Michigan, Michigan State and Michigan Tech)
Ferris State – at/vs. Western Michigan, at Mercyhurst, at Michigan, at/vs. Michigan State
Lake Superior State – at Denver, at Michigan State, Three Rivers Classic (opponents TBA)
Michigan Tech – Icebreaker Tournament (Minnesota, Minnesota Duluth and Union), Great Lakes Invitational (Bowling Green, Michigan and Michigan State), Ice Vegas Invitational (Arizona State, Boston College and Northern Michigan), vs. Arizona State
Minnesota State – vs./at St. Cloud State, at Boston University, at/vs. Minnesota Duluth
Northern Michigan – vs. Wisconsin (in Green Bay), at Omaha, Ice Vegas Invitational (Arizona State, Boston College and Michigan Tech)

Additionally, a pair of WCHA rivalry groups will play a nonconference home-and-home series: Alaska Anchorage vs. Alaska (Oct. 20-21) and Lake Superior State vs. Northern Michigan (Oct. 6-7).

Ouch.

The season ends on the last weekend in February.

GFM

[John J. MacInnes]

Re: WCHA offseason thread 2017.

Maximum number of non-conference games (against non-WCHA opponents) is 62, 58 of those are certain.

22 non-conference home games total (as quoted in WCHA release), 27 not at neutral sites. That seems to be a much better percentage than last season.

[gfmorris]

Re: WCHA offseason thread 2017.

I saw the UAH schedule and (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻) a few times. Five consecutive home weekends during BAMA season, then nine weeks away from home.

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻)

GFM

[davyd83]

I saw the UAH schedule and (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻) a few times. Five consecutive home weekends during BAMA season, then nine weeks away from home.

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻)

GFM

Ouch. NMU plays 18 of its first 24 on the road, then 9 of 12 at home.

[gfmorris]

Re: WCHA offseason thread 2017.

Ouch. NMU plays 18 of its first 24 on the road, the 9 of 12 at home.

UAH might average 1300 fans next year.

GFM

[Crocodile Tears]

Arizona State already released its 2017-18 schedule:
http://www.thesundevils.com/schedule.aspx?path=mhockey

BURRITOS VS. BISCUITS DEC. 1-2!

You need to start making shirts, ala the classic Catholics vs Convicts shirts in the late 80s

[gfmorris]

Re: WCHA offseason thread 2017.

You need to start making shirts, ala the classic Catholics vs Convicts shirts in the late 80s

We're alumni and can't get thrown out of school over it!!!

GFM

[Shirtless Guy]

Re: WCHA offseason thread 2017.

For those of you that are interested in checking it out, I posted a poll of THG's 16 candidates to be the next HC of MTU. I'm 99% sure it will be one of them.
http://board.uscho.com/showthread.ph...-Michigan-Tech
Also have a link to all the profiles we did at THG.

[Huskiefan906]

Re: WCHA offseason thread 2017.

Interesting, Potulny went with an established new assistant and retained an established one to fill his staff.

No Gopher ties to the top assistant surprised me a bit.

[RapidsCity]

Interesting, Potulny went with an established new assistant and retained an established one to fill his staff.

No Gopher ties to the top assistant surprised me a bit.

Which Gopher would you suggested?

[Huskiefan906]

Which Gopher would you suggested?

Not one in particular, I thought possibly one of the teammates from the championship teams, Troy Riddle, Nick Anthony.

[Wi.Huskies Fan]

Re: WCHA offseason thread 2017.

I honestly hope next year that the WCHA can find a television network to broadcast the championship game for the conference title. What an amazing atmosphere for the game to go into double overtime this past season. Any true hockey fan would have enjoyed watching that game. Like many said after game too bad there had to be a loser.
The league missed the boat on that one.