Minnesota State 2021-22 Meet the new conference- same as the old conference

[MavsFan]

MSU beat St. Cloud 1-0 in front of a near-sellout crowd of 4,555. Dryden McKay made 20 saves to record his NCAA career record tying 26th shutout. The crowd was really into it; it was great to back to hockey in person.

[MavsFan19]

Oh, but they do mean a lot. nCCHA was 4-4 this weekend against non-conference teams. If we lost both games the CCHA would be 2-6 against non-conference opponents. These games that we win against quality opponents mean a lot, not only to us, but the whole conference as far as pairwise.
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All wins are good but looking at UMass I didn't see a team that would be top 10 at the end of the year. St. Cloud looked the part against St. Thomas and even last night they were very good team. I think theres little doubt cloud will be a top 10 team.

Not sure who was all there last night but that game started off extremely fast. I'll be interested to see how much energy they have tonight. It was a really good game. Much more entertaining then 1-0 game usually is.

[St. Clown]

All wins are good but looking at UMass I didn't see a team that would be top 10 at the end of the year. St. Cloud looked the part against St. Thomas and even last night they were very good team. I think theres little doubt cloud will be a top 10 team.

Not sure who was all there last night but that game started off extremely fast. I'll be interested to see how much energy they have tonight. It was a really good game. Much more entertaining then 1-0 game usually is.

I didn’t get to see either of the games this weekend, but tonight’s score updates were certainly much more entertaining.

[MavsFan]

I don't claim to be enough of a hockey maven to tell whether St. Cloud was better tonight or if the Mavs were a little worse. I do know those were two very good hockey teams the last two nights.

[SCSU BlackandRed]

Was able to watch both games. Tight defensive minded games both nights from both teams. Scoring chances extremely limited both ways. Both goalies played well but neither had to make many highlight reel saves. Saturday night had a ton of penalties as both teams were getting frustrated by the lack of open ice and ability to get much offense going.

Long way to go but both teams have games that point to potential for a deep run in the NCAAs.

[MavsFan]

It would sure be nice to be able to watch these Icebreaker games.

What a schedule to start things out. Two against then-#1 Umass at Amherst. Two against #2 St. Cloud. One against #10 Providence.

First-ever matchup with the #3 Wolverines tomorrow. Wow.

[Iwearpurple]

Walker Duehr just called up to the Calgary Flames, now 2 Mavericks on their roster.

[MavsFan]

Well. That wasn't good.

[purpleinnebraska]

Well. That wasn't good.

No, but we bounced back on Saturday, and got to the hard areas for some goals. Ferris is much improved (That Marek kid is quite good), and Daniels is an outstanding coach, but those are points that might cost us. Oh well, time to focus on BGSU.

[maverick2009]

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[MavsFan]

Could be a dangerous weekend at Bowling Green. They always play the Mavs very tough, and Nathan Smith and Coach Hastings are in Beijing.

[purpleinnebraska]

Could be a dangerous weekend at Bowling Green. They always play the Mavs very tough, and Nathan Smith and Coach Hastings are in Beijing.

True. But, pretty much everyone has missed players for some games this year. Next man up! At least we have a bye next week.

[Iwearpurple]

In my opinion, Nathan Smith did himself and MSU proud at the Olympics. The experience he gained by playing at this level can only help himself and the Mavericks as we go into the playoffs and the NCAA. We'll see if he plays Friday (I doubt it), but I'm certain he'll be on the ice on Saturday.

And what could have been the outcome had he has scored in the shoot out, we will never know. Coach Quinn showed his confidence in Smith by letting him take the shot. He earned that right, by his play in the previous games.

[Bale]

In my opinion, Nathan Smith did himself and MSU proud at the Olympics. The experience he gained by playing at this level can only help himself and the Mavericks as we go into the playoffs and the NCAA. We'll see if he plays Friday (I doubt it), but I'm certain he'll be on the ice on Saturday.

And what could have been the outcome had he has scored in the shoot out, we will never know. Coach Quinn showed his confidence in Smith by letting him take the shot. He earned that right, by his play in the previous games.

I thought he played well. It spoke volumes that he was on the "4th line" but was in the shootout. If any of those guys could have/would have just lifted the puck, they had a decent amount of net to work with.

I highly doubt he will play this weekend. From my understanding, they need 2 negative tests before they can leave. That being said, I think the earliest that they could be on US soil is likely on Friday (and that may be stretching it) and playing that soon after that long of a flight is dicey. They MAY be in the building for 1 or both of the games, but Smith playing seems very unlikely. Hasty coaching could happen.

[Iwearpurple]

Early on (Post # 2), I said if we went 7-3 in non-conference, we'd be in great shape in the pairwise. Well, we went 8-2, and we are almost guaranteed a # 1 seed.