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  1. ARM

    Fun With Numbers: 2025-2026 NPI, KRACH, GRaNT, and whatever else is out there

    I'd be surprised if UW weighed the PairWise that heavily in NC scheduling. Over the years, Johnson looks to have transitioned from trying to include an OOC NCAA tourney team to including weeks in the schedule where the focus can be largely on the Badgers and playing the way that they want to...
  2. ARM

    Fun With Numbers: 2025-2026 NPI, KRACH, GRaNT, and whatever else is out there

    Hardly, although some with the mathematical abilities needed to do so aren't social enough to find their way to a social media site to talk about it.
  3. ARM

    Fun With Numbers: 2025-2026 NPI, KRACH, GRaNT, and whatever else is out there

    Why don't they just use a system that doesn't have a ridiculous concept like a "bad win"? It's not like such a system doesn't exist. Instead, every so often they roll out another bandage to try to hide that blemish. Thanks for all of the work that you're doing, both figuring out what needs to...
  4. ARM

    Minnesota Women's Hockey 2025-26

    Nothing anyone else has said is incorrect. Maybe if you add up star levels for recruits, if such a thing exists for women's hockey, this is one of Frost's best classes; I certainly wouldn't know. A few years ago, Marney Gellnar hosted a 30-minute program on FSN with Hannah Brandt, Lee...
  5. ARM

    Minnesota Women's Hockey 2025-26

    In the context of life in the USA, I suppose this qualifies as a very minor disappointment, especially given that it has been difficult to care for a while now. However, it does serve as another reality check on where this program is (and isn't).
  6. ARM

    WCHA 2025-26

    I accept the truth of your first sentence. Given how narrow the gap between UM and BC was, getting swept by any team better than BC is the only rational conclusion.
  7. ARM

    Minnesota Women's Hockey 2025-26

    I thought of your program while at Ridder this week. I've seen them play in a variety of locations over the years, from All-Seasons Arena in Mankato to the National Hockey Center in St. Cloud and several different Frozen Fours. Coach Sisti always was willing to talk and always had pride in his...
  8. ARM

    Boston College Women's Hockey '25-'26: It's The Hope That Kills You

    She had her reasons, even if I don't agree with them. In the case of #2, that was payback for a play last night where she ran her into the boards. Personally, I wouldn't be putting my team down a skater when my goalie is 2 minutes from a shutout, but then I wasn't the one who got drilled. For...
  9. ARM

    Minnesota Women's Hockey 2025-26

    I thought that BC played some decent stretches tonight. The game turning one-sided on the road this early in the season was foreseeable, but not to that extent. I suppose the coach has her reasons, but I wouldn't have made the starting goalie go back out there for the third. She deserved better...
  10. ARM

    Minnesota Women's Hockey 2025-26

    That's good to hear. Maybe I'm too influenced by talking to non-Minn. Gophers from 20 years ago about their path to UM who would say, "I'd heard of their men's team, but I didn't know they had a women's team until they started recruiting me."
  11. ARM

    Minnesota Women's Hockey 2025-26

    I agree that pride in the program is important, and that's part of my concern. By my count (so take it with a grain of salt), there are 16 former women's WCHA players coaching in the league. UM is the only program without one, but there are five former Gophers on the list. A lot of what Muzzy...
  12. ARM

    Boston College Women's Hockey '25-'26: It's The Hope That Kills You

    This was my first time to watch BC live in person since ... the 2015 FF maybe? I guess they are still playing the same basic style of be aggressive, force turnovers, and capitalize. Defend? Hey, we wasted one of our six players by having a goalie, and we aren't sacrificing any more offensive...
  13. ARM

    WCHA 2025-26

    Google makes it seem that promoting tourism is a driving factor.
  14. ARM

    WCHA 2025-26

    That could be, but if it is the case, I think that's a mistake for eastern contenders. If a team likes its chances to make the tournament, get a look at the Badgers in October thru January if you can. Even if the opponent gets lit up, at least the roster then has some idea of the bar it has to...
  15. ARM

    WCHA 2025-26

    Don't be too critical of that "AC team" that looks to be the toughest team on your favorite team's NC schedule. MJ has developed quite the sweet tooth in his later years. Meanwhile, I see that the 'Dogs are heading to Belfast in January as part of a 4-team showcase. I suppose it gives those...
  16. ARM

    WCHA 2025-26

    Wisconsin is an even bigger favorite for the WCHA regular season than it is for the NCAAs, so little analysis is needed as to why tOSU's coach voted as she did. Even dominant teams typically find themselves in a tenuous situation at some point in the tournament, where one loss knocks you out...
  17. ARM

    WCHA 2025-26

    Does that mean that players are allowed to play the puck with the stick above the shoulders/crossbar at any time, or only on deflections toward the net? E.g., if a defender uses her stick to knock a high clearance out of the air and then recovers the puck, is that a whistle as it has been, or is...
  18. ARM

    Minnesota Women's Hockey 2025-26

    GWH is still more of a boutique sport. The program has always relied on getting key contributions from outside the state, but part of its charm and the reason it existed in the first place was that it included the same kids who fans had followed in the prep ranks. I'm not sure if the casual fan...
  19. ARM

    Minnesota Women's Hockey 2025-26

    For anyone familiar with how this works in NCAA programs, what is the role of a college GM? In the pros, the GM has managerial control over the roster and the coaching staff, but delegates many of the day-to-day tasks to underlings. In college, it would seem that this would be a lot of...
  20. ARM

    Minnesota Women's Hockey 2025-26

    No apologies necessary; thanks for doing all of this. I only noticed the one surname transpose. You put more substance into a UM post than I have this decade.
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