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2018-19 NMU Hockey Season

giwan said:
Come on these early rankings mean about squat. The KRACH and Pairwise mean even less.

Regardless of how elite SCSU "may be" I was a little disappointed on how slanted the games were. Long season, see how things evolve.
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I think RB was being a litte “tongue in cheek” with the season’s over comment. And you’re right. A wedding vow on a daytime soap opera is far more meaningful than the PWR at this point and the KRACH is completely meaningless, since it has no bearing on anything whatsoever.
 
giwan said:
Come on these early rankings mean about squat. The KRACH and Pairwise mean even less.
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I put more faith in the obviously flawed Pairwise Rankings than I do the weekly polls or the Buccihack Top 10. I wouldn't rely on the PWR this early because of the volatility, but it's better than the subjective eye test.
 
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It's a long journey from #49 PairWise to #16 PairWise so I'd rather be at #20 at any given time during the season.... At least you have a chance at #20 so that would be a good number to shoot for.... Lots can happen yet as it's very early in the season....
 
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purpleinnebraska said:
In the 15-16 season, MSU-M went up to St. Cloud and got shut out twice. We still went on the get a share of the MacNaughton and to reach the conference championship game that season. St. Cloud is a top-notch program and that's a tough place to play. You guys will be fine.
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It's still early, but NMU was clearly outplayed most of the weekend. If SCSU truly is a Top 5 team, I'm fine with how this weekend went as I'm sure it exposed a lot of things that will be improved upon by the coaching staff. I'm not knocking SCSU at all, but it is early and it has been seen where teams that were "Top 5" in Oct. are not around in March. Polls are what they are early on....

davyd83 said:
I think RB was being a litte “tongue in cheek” with the season’s over comment. And you’re right. A wedding vow on a daytime soap opera is far more meaningful than the PWR at this point and the KRACH is completely meaningless, since it has no bearing on anything whatsoever.
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DING! DING! DING! DavyD wins a prize :D
 
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Anybody know what the deal is on the live streaming? What's with this Flohockey crap? Is it true you can't cast it to your TV?
 
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KRACH, having no memory, isn't useful until the turn of the year. Something Elo-based has a little bit more value.

GFM
 
DonorRoomDrinker said:
It's a long journey from #49 PairWise to #16 PairWise so I'd rather be at #20 at any given time during the season.... At least you have a chance at #20 so that would be a good number to shoot for.... Lots can happen yet as it's very early in the season....
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Both the Hockey News and USCHO don’t have PWR rankings saying theyvare “incalculable” at this point. I did find one site with a PWR and it has Notre Dame (#1 in the poll) at 6, #2 St Cloud at 14, #3 UMD at 50 and #4 Ohio St at 10. #5 Minnesota is #29 PWR,, #6 Providence at 20, #7 Minnesota St at 35 and #8 Cornell at 58.
 
davyd83 said:
Both the Hockey News and USCHO don’t have PWR rankings saying theyvare “incalculable” at this point. I did find one site with a PWR and it has Notre Dame (#1 in the poll) at 6, #2 St Cloud at 14, #3 UMD at 50 and #4 Ohio St at 10. #5 Minnesota is #29 PWR,, #6 Providence at 20, #7 Minnesota St at 35 and #8 Cornell at 58.
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If you're talking about Jim Dahl's site, that sounds right. Very disappointed that #26Union isnt actually 26th in the Pairwise.

I've always been the first to admit that the PWR isn't good for anything until Christmas, but it certainly beats the *other* rankings that continually list BC, BU, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Miami, Denver, Maine, Harvard, and Dartmouth as the top 10 for three straight months.


Circling back around to the PWR, it's easy to lose ground all season. Starting in a hole isnt doing any favors to our comparison, other than we start our season rooting for SCSU and MSU to win their conference titles and go undefeated the rest of the regular season.
 
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I'm curious if this is a serious inquiry into fielding a team or a glorified attempt at fundraising... I'm happy that we're spending cash on the teams we already have. Not exactly happy that we're possibly opening up a program that will cost a significant amount of cashflow.... We'll see what comes tomorrow...

Also a late Friday presser is odd.... Seems like a news dump that is being pushed under the radar....
 
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It's likely it's a way for NMU to tap into that sweet NHL money to see if expanding into womens NCAA hockey would be feasible.
 
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RaceBoarder said:
I'm curious if this is a serious inquiry into fielding a team or a glorified attempt at fundraising... I'm happy that we're spending cash on the teams we already have. Not exactly happy that we're possibly opening up a program that will cost a significant amount of cashflow.... We'll see what comes tomorrow...

Also a late Friday presser is odd.... Seems like a news dump that is being pushed under the radar....
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It is a serious inquiry and more.
 
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Called it. We found a way to get that sweet, sweet NHL money to have someone tell us what we already knew:

With a sizable donation, renovations to the arena, and the potential addition of a men's sport to offset the women scholarships, it's doable.

See Illinois, University of; and Oakland University.


Also, I'd like to point out that a small division II school is looking to add D1 Womens hockey while three schools in Chicagoland continue to remain silent on adding (or reviving) D1 Mens hockey.
 
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aparch said:
Called it. We found a way to get that sweet, sweet NHL money to have someone tell us what we already knew:

With a sizable donation, renovations to the arena, and the potential addition of a men's sport to offset the women scholarships, it's doable.

See Illinois, University of; and Oakland University.


Also, I'd like to point out that a small division II school is looking to add D1 Womens hockey while three schools in Chicagoland continue to remain silent on adding (or reviving) D1 Mens hockey.
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Basically what I meant when I said "Glorified Fundraiser". It's a round-about way to generate interest in donating. "Hey if you want to see NMU Field a _____ team, we can use your $100."
Forrest mentioned during the intermission that this is a bigger picture thing involving the entire athletic department. They are looking at the feasibility of other sports, despite D-I W Hockey getting the headlines.

Overall it seems like this is part of an updated "Master Plan" that the university set in motion around 2007/08/09. Basically seeing where they currently are and where they see the school heading over the next 10 years...

Nothing set in stone... Basically just flinging stuff on the wall and seeing if it sticks then going from there...
 
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√ Seats adjusted higher.
√ Beer sales.
√ Improved promotions.
√ Video scoreboard.
√ Fired the coach.
√ 25 wins last season.
√ Played in the WCHA Championship.
X Increased home attendance at first home game of season.

Hockeyville, USA, my a**.
 
Re: 2018-19 NMU Hockey Season

aparch said:
√ Seats adjusted higher.
√ Beer sales.
√ Improved promotions.
√ Video scoreboard.
√ Fired the coach.
√ 25 wins last season.
√ Played in the WCHA Championship.
X Increased home attendance at first home game of season.

Hockeyville, USA, my a**.
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Also reason 1a why Women's Hockey probably isn't a solid idea...
 
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