Like any other team would win this conference, but still we have to give others thanks for trying I guess.
M-I-N-N-E-S-O-T-A Minnesota Minnesota yay Gophers!
Like any other teams fans would start a thread to congratulate themselves. This is sad.
Originally posted by SJHovey
Pretty sure this post, made on January 3, 2016, when UNO was 14-3-1 and #2 in the pairwise, will go down in USCHO lore as The Curse of Tipsy McStagger.
Originally posted by Brenthoven
We mourn for days after a loss, puff out our chests for a week or more after we win. We brave the cold for tailgates, our friends know not to ask about the game after a tough loss, we laugh, we cry, we BLEED hockey, specifically the maroon'n'gold. Many of us have a tattoo waiting in the wings, WHEN (not IF) the Gophers are champions again.
You know, as sweet as it is that as of right now, this win over Michigan has relegated Michigan to the status of a NON-tourney team, it really has to make you wonder what kind of system punishes a team for taking the #1 team in the country into OT before losing?!
The RPI is one of the worst, if not THE worst, rating system ever conceived, and it is THE main, or only actually when you really look at it, determining factor considered to determine the NCAA field and seedings, etc..
I looked at the RPI rankings of teams this week and compared it to the PWR and they are virtually identical.
Hockey is a great sport and deserves better than the RPI and the PWR based almost completely from the RPI.
...says the fan from the team that hangs participation banners.
I didn't hang ****. And I sure as hell didn't start a thread congratulating my team for winning a 6 team conference.
Originally posted by SJHovey
Pretty sure this post, made on January 3, 2016, when UNO was 14-3-1 and #2 in the pairwise, will go down in USCHO lore as The Curse of Tipsy McStagger.
Originally posted by Brenthoven
We mourn for days after a loss, puff out our chests for a week or more after we win. We brave the cold for tailgates, our friends know not to ask about the game after a tough loss, we laugh, we cry, we BLEED hockey, specifically the maroon'n'gold. Many of us have a tattoo waiting in the wings, WHEN (not IF) the Gophers are champions again.
...says the fan from the team that hangs participation banners.
You could say that about a fan of pretty much every other team that had been to the NCAA tournament except NoDak (and BU and Michigan, who appear to only have Frozen Four participation banners). At least we don't put up individual banners for each NCAA appearance like Miami, Colorado College, Western Michigan, Bowling Green and a number of others. While I could take or leave the participation banner, I refuse to be embarrassed.
It is a B1G deal to be the regular season champs for the first year of the Big 10 hockey. Count all of the Championships won by its members. This hockey conference of 6 have more championships than any other conference. It will be great when the Gophers pull off the double when both the Men and Women both win the championships. Both are going to be the overall number one seed.
Using the criteria that titles follow the school here are the title breakdown by current affiliation.
Conference/Titles
Big 10/23
NCHC/17
Hockey East/12
WCHA/7
ECAC/5
Last edited by Gopher1977; 03-15-2014, 12:17 PM.
Reason: Facts to bakup statement.
And then there is Holy Cross do not count your chickens, that is why they play the games.
I enjoyed the OT winner at Yost last night via TV, hope you get the sweep.
And then there is Holy Cross do not count your chickens, that is why they play the games.
I enjoyed the OT winner at Yost last night via TV, hope you get the sweep.
Btw. Huskiefan, since you are bringing up upsets, gotta ask you how you can lose to Miami of Ohio for heaven's sake?! WOW, not sure there is more than 1 or 2 teams in the entire country that has sucked worse than Miami of Ohio has the last 2 months or so?! I think they were on a 1-8-1 run pretty recently.
But here you guys figured out a way to lose to them?! lol
Btw. Huskiefan, since you are bringing up upsets, gotta ask you how you can lose to Miami of Ohio for heaven's sake?! WOW, not sure there is more than 1 or 2 teams in the entire country that has sucked worse than Miami of Ohio has the last 2 months or so?! I think they were on a 1-8-1 run pretty recently.
But here you guys figured out a way to lose to them?! lol
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