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All Things Denver XXXII

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Chris said:
All sports, at all levels, are becoming more and more aware of any hit which has the potential for injury. The NCAA has come out strong in their stance on potentially dangerous hits and that obviously trickles on down to the various conferences (obviously WCHA in regards to us), which trickles on down to the leadership (McLeod, Sheperd, et al...), which leads to the refs erring on the side of caution and being more harsh in assessing these hits. Like it or not, agree or disagree but it is a big point of emphasis for all refs (on and off-ice) to watch for this...obviously the off-ice refs' assessment would only be needed if on-ice refs had an obscured view or something.

The players know this as well as anyone -- or they should.

Mermis needed to be smarter. Nothing grey about this, he f-u-cked up and took a stupid 5 minute penalty with 6 minutes to go in a one goal game. The refs, with how they are supposed to officiate, probably made the right call in my opinion.
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Horrible timing, no doubt. But for the 1st and 3rd the Tigers were dominating, getting to most of the loose pucks, winning face offs and the ever popular, moving their feet. Close game. Good game. The problem, of course, is the enormous pressure they're under tonight to avoid the sweep.

One more thing, I hate to b*tch about calls, makes one sound like what's his name, Doofus, who blogs for UAA.
 
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Umm, my question is.... is ANYBODY else out there going to the Badger series with 32 Degrees!? C'mon Pioneer fans... help me turn Kohl Center into Magness East! I'll see you on the plane! Suh-weep!
 
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Congratulations to the Cadets on the sweep of RIT at home. AF takes first place and once again is looking at a possible NCAA birth. GO FALCONS~!
 
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The Seawolves knock off the Bulldogs in Jay Stickney's "last frontier". UMD drops to 5th in the PWR.
 
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dggoddard said:
Its Sam & Adam the rest of the way.

UC is State Farm - An insurance policy if Sam gets hurt again or leaves early. Red-shirt UC next season and you have an experienced Sophomore when NCHC play begins.

I'd say Adam won Round 1 last weekend.
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Looks like that crystal ball is on the fritz again DG.
 
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It's a little hard to be positive this morning but....

Jussi played really well last night and I don't believe anyone has said he let in a "weak" goal.

Senior smarts? He may not be the most talented player on the Pios, but Nate Dewhurst deserved to get a goal last night/this season. He has filled in wherever needed, and he has been needed.
 
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Old Pio said:
Horrible timing, no doubt. But for the 1st and 3rd the Tigers were dominating, getting to most of the loose pucks, winning face offs and the ever popular, moving their feet. Close game. Good game. The problem, of course, is the enormous pressure they're under tonight to avoid the sweep.

One more thing, I hate to b*tch about calls, makes one sound like what's his name, Doofus, who blogs for UAA.
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CC has played DU and Minnesota the past two weekends and, I believe, only gave up 5 goals in those four games. Apparently the tiggers have upped their defensive game at the right time. If DU ends up on the bubble or even out of the NCAA tourney, weekends like this and one-pointers against Tech and UMD will have contributed mightily to that "feat".

All I was saying about the call is that the refs are all under a lot of pressure to make sure they don't **** up any calls which are part of their points of emphasis as outlined by the NCAA. A hit that would likely have not been a penalty before is now a minor, a minor not all that long ago is now all of a sudden a major, a former game misconduct is now a game DQ, etc... It is what it is and the players need to adjust or they face taking a major at a really, really inopportune time.

I wonder if DU has ever started three different goalies over the course of four games before?
 
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The only time Wisconsin (12-13-2, 7-12-2 WCHA) was truly aggressive is when Ramage threw his right shoulder into an unsuspecting Oliver...The hit caused a 10-player mini-brawl along the boards 5:46 into the game that eventually was sorted out with Ramage getting a two-minute roughing penalty, a five-game major for contact to the head and a game misconduct.
Per SCSU's coach, “A few years ago, that was a heck of a hit.”

Ramage wasn’t the only UW player shown the gate, as freshman Brendan Woods received a game disqualification with 20 seconds left after checking Eddy from behind. According to Motzko, Eddy is ‘dinged up’ and is questionable for Saturday’s series finale, calling it ‘not a good hit.’
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Read more: http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2012/02...to-lopsided-win-over-wisconsin/#ixzz1lcwcIFJD

If both hits are illegal why the misconduct vs the DQ? Saw the clip of the Ramage hit and it could be shoulder to shoulder. Haven't seen anything on the Woods hit.
I've often wondered when a player gets a misconduct within the last 2 minutes is that the appropriate penalty since it doesn't carry over??
 
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Chris said:
CC has played DU and Minnesota the past two weekends and, I believe, only gave up 5 goals in those four games. Apparently the tiggers have upped their defensive game at the right time. If DU ends up on the bubble or even out of the NCAA tourney, weekends like this and one-pointers against Tech and UMD will have contributed mightily to that "feat".

All I was saying about the call is that the refs are all under a lot of pressure to make sure they don't **** up any calls which are part of their points of emphasis as outlined by the NCAA. A hit that would likely have not been a penalty before is now a minor, a minor not all that long ago is now all of a sudden a major, a former game misconduct is now a game DQ, etc... It is what it is and the players need to adjust or they face taking a major at a really, really inopportune time.

I wonder if DU has ever started three different goalies over the course of four games before?
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That's a very good question. Certainly not in my era.

The emphasis on concussion avoidance is only going to grow, now that the NFL is getting involved big time.
 
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MagnessMan said:
Looks like that crystal ball is on the fritz again DG.
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Thats OK. I've never had a good read on Gwozdecky's goaltender rotations. Adding a third guy to the mix just complicates it all the more.

So with that in mind. Brittain starts both games this weekend.
 
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dggoddard said:
Thats OK. I've never had a good read on Gwozdecky's goaltender rotations. Adding a third guy to the mix just complicates it all the more.

So with that in mind. Brittain starts both games this weekend.
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Getting a good read on what Gwozdecky is EVER going to do can be tricky. Loney goes from "indefinite suspension" to starting and skating on the first line in the same weekend...
It's gonna be interesting to see how his rotation pans out. I guess Brittain-Murray one weekend then Brittain-Juho could be it for a while...or not. The weird thing is that Brittain (in just 2 games, however) and Juho both have superior goaltending stats compared to Murray but they only have .500 records while Murray is 8-2-1.
 
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dggoddard said:
Thats OK. I've never had a good read on Gwozdecky's goaltender rotations. Adding a third guy to the mix just complicates it all the more.

So with that in mind. Brittain starts both games this weekend.
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I think Sam gets the start again on Friday. If he's dialed in--he's back for a second helping Saturday. Let's hope he is, because our chances of making it to the field of 16 is riding on our performance this weekend. Time for some Gopher hunting!
 
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MagnessMan said:
I think Sam gets the start again on Friday. If he's dialed in--he's back for a second helping Saturday. Let's hope he is, because our chances of making it to the field of 16 is riding on our performance this weekend. Time for some Gopher hunting!
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I don't see it. There have been years where Gwozdecky had one of the top one or two goalies in the country, and still platooned them with lesser goalies. I feel like there was one year when Dubie and Berkhoel platooned where some coaches might have just thrown Berkhoel in every five or sic games, same a couple years later with Berkhoel and Fisher and a couple years later with Mannino and Fisher. Although Mannino was always prone to the terrible game from time to time. (Berkhoel too, to a lesser extent)

With two serviceable goalies on the bench, I don't see Gwozdecky going with Brittain both nights.

But then, like DG and Chris said, who knows what Gwoz will do.
 
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Per Gwoz's press conference Adam Murray will be in Anchorage for a funeral and may not be available for the weekend. That puts the net in the hands of Sam and Jussi.
 
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