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2011-12 MN Gophers Season Thread Pt II: Still Full Of Pride!

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Bakunin said:
That doesn't make any sense. Why would you care when MN faces them in the NCAA's? The stakes are the same: lose and you're done.
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It makes perfect sense. I don't like the match up. If UMD and Minnesota meet in the Frozen Four or the Final Five it will be an unavoidable situation where both teams progressed in the tournament.

If they meet in the regional it will be because they were placed there together by the NCAA.
 
Bakunin said:
Per Sioux Sports, if MN wins the Final Five, they have about a 3 in 4 chance of getting a #1 seed. If they don't get the #1 seed, they will almost certainly be 5th-6th overall (strong #2 seed). There's a tiny chance (about 1 in 100) that they'd be 7th-8th.

If MN loses Friday night, there's a 93% chance they'll be 7th-10th overall (weak #2 / strong #3).

With all that said, if we take the probability of MN winning their games into account, I would estimate the following:
#1 seed: 20%
#2 seed: 60%
#3 seed: 20% (55% of scenarios put them here with a loss Friday)
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According to Jim Dahl at <a href="http://blog.siouxsports.com/2012/03/12/ncaa-tournament-selection-pwr-possibilities/">SiouxSports</a>, here is how he breaks down our seeding probability:

Win 0: 1 Seed - 0%, 2 Seed - 45.5%, 3 Seed - 54.4%
Win 2: 1 Seed - 76.1%, 2 Seed - 23.9%
 
Re: 2011-12 MN Gophers Season Thread Pt II: Still Full Of Pride!

That's basically what I said. You didn't have to repeat it. :rolleyes:
 
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It's pretty sad when we've had all this great coverage of college hockey this year and the best ESPN can do for the regionals is ESPNU/ESPN3 and the best they can do for the Frozen Four is ESPNU/ESPN2.

Sad.
 
ScoobyDoo said:
It's pretty sad when we've had all this great coverage of college hockey this year and the best ESPN can do for the regionals is ESPNU/ESPN3 and the best they can do for the Frozen Four is ESPNU/ESPN2.

Sad.
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I thought NBC did an amazing job of covering the select few games they televised this season, I would totally be in favor of them covering all college hockey from now on.
 
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ScoobyDoo said:
It's pretty sad when we've had all this great coverage of college hockey this year and the best ESPN can do for the regionals is ESPNU/ESPN3 and the best they can do for the Frozen Four is ESPNU/ESPN2.

Sad.
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While this sucks, it may virtually guarantee they win it all. I will not be around for the NCAA weekends and was going to rely on my brother to tape them (and hope he can give me the tapes with a poker face so I don't know what happened. Unlike my Dad who either has a smile, or one time said, in a somber tone, "you can waste your time watching this if you want to". Really makes it hard to guess the outcome. Makes for wonderful viewing.) Anyway, the point is, I am not sure my brother gets these channels so I might miss all the games. Given the agony of the past few seasons, it would make sense that when I can't watch the NCAA for the first time in years, it would be one where the Gophs win. If this happens, you can send cash or checks to me. (And I can't help it, so don't tell me what an idiot I am. I already know.)
 
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Go4PuckFan2.0 said:
They're going lose on Friday.
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Gophs could well lose on Friday. Its been a pattern. I do wonder how much of it has to do with faithfully rolling 4 lines. It may well be the right thing to do...but it puts risk of a slow start to any weekend.
 
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Justin Kloos tweet to Jake Guentzel :D

“@jkloos15: @jakenbake20 god you look like a gopher”
 
5mn_Major said:
Gophs could well lose on Friday. Its been a pattern. I do wonder how much of it has to do with faithfully rolling 4 lines. It may well be the right thing to do...but it puts risk of a slow start to any weekend.
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I suspect that the coaches have attempted to address the Friday "Take-The-Night-Off" phenomenon.

To little avail.

They could roll 3 lines. They could roll 2. Hell, they could roll 5.

They could break a chalkboard (do locker rooms still have those?)

Won't matter.

They play one game this weekend then hope for a favorable draw in the NCAA's.
 
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Go4PuckFan2.0 said:
I suspect that the coaches have attempted to address the Friday "Take-The-Night-Off" phenomenon.

To little avail.

They could roll 3 lines. They could roll 2. Hell, they could roll 5.

They could break a whiteboard

Won't matter.

They play one game this weekend then hope for a favorable draw in the NCAA's.
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fyp

Although I disagree. I think they are past the Friday doldrums. (OK, I hope so anyway.)
 
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goldy_331 said:
fyp

Although I disagree. I think they are past the Friday doldrums. (OK, I hope so anyway.)
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Yeah, I don't get the negativity. I would hope they are past it. Plus they will be playing in front of (what should be) an electric crowd regardless of who wins tonight. It will be a lot of fun. I bet they come to play. Not positive they will win but I bet they come to play.
 
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Do the Gophers adjust to the NHL rink well? They obviously were able to get wins all season on the NHL sheet to be able to win the WCHA title, but did they play well and look sharp? That is a nice advantage for UMD, DU, UMD, & MTU who all have NHL size rinks.

It will be interesting to see how SCSU looks tonight, especially on their special teams.
 
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Despite all the crap that Friday's have brung the Gophers still have an 11-8 record on Friday night. Given that, the favorable match-up, and a team that's hungry for hardware and banners, I expect them to win.
 
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Bronzebacks said:
Do the Gophers adjust to the NHL rink well? They obviously were able to get wins all season on the NHL sheet to be able to win the WCHA title, but did they play well and look sharp? That is a nice advantage for UMD, DU, UMD, & MTU who all have NHL size rinks.

It will be interesting to see how SCSU looks tonight, especially on their special teams.
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They played pretty well in Omaha and Duluth this season if that counts for anything. I would assume the team has been practicing at Ridder to prepare for the smaller rink which is what they have done this season in weeks leading up to away games played on smaller rinks.
 
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Bronzebacks said:
Do the Gophers adjust to the NHL rink well? They obviously were able to get wins all season on the NHL sheet to be able to win the WCHA title, but did they play well and look sharp? .
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Yeah I think they do adjust, IMO it's easier for a team to adjust to an NHL size sheet rather than the other way around.
 
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Driftryder said:
Yeah I think they do adjust, IMO it's easier for a team to adjust to an NHL size sheet rather than the other way around.
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That makes sense. It will be nice when the NHC renovation is complete. They are converting the practice rink to NHL size. Right now the team has to go across town to practice at the MAC in St. Cloud.

Hope to read a bunch condescending remarks towards SCSU after tonight's game. If we are not in it, I'd like to see the Gophers prevail. I have a feeling UMD will not make it to the final.
 
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Bronzebacks said:
Hope to read a bunch condescending remarks towards SCSU after tonight's game. If we are not in it, I'd like to see the Gophers prevail. I have a feeling UMD will not make it to the final.
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Yeah I'm looking forward to watching tonight's game, should be a great matchup.
 
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