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Big Ten Hockey 2016-2017
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klbaum1077
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Re: Big Ten Hockey 2016-2017
Taking nothing for granted I've seen Ohio state collapse before but I think this team is different. They have played Well on the road which is a switch from years past. The schedule is home friendly at the end with 6 of 10 so they have a chance to gain ground.
Taking nothing for granted I've seen Ohio state collapse before but I think this team is different. They have played Well on the road which is a switch from years past. The schedule is home friendly at the end with 6 of 10 so they have a chance to gain ground.
gopher wes
Dammit, Gorilla!!
Re: Big Ten Hockey 2016-2017
I think they are different too. Minnesota still has trips to Columbus, Happy Valley, and Ann Arbor on the schedule. Not to mention a pair of non-conference games this weekend that could hurt their PWR should they lose.
St. Clown
Ideas Posted are Likely Not My Own
Re: Big Ten Hockey 2016-2017
The Gophers face their own form of kryptonite this weekend - other Minnesota schools. Coming into this season the Gophers were something like 2-15-3 against other Minnesota schools, and they're 1-3-0 so far this season. This will be a tough weekend for the Gophers, no doubt.
The Gophers face their own form of kryptonite this weekend - other Minnesota schools. Coming into this season the Gophers were something like 2-15-3 against other Minnesota schools, and they're 1-3-0 so far this season. This will be a tough weekend for the Gophers, no doubt.
gopher wes
Dammit, Gorilla!!
Re: Big Ten Hockey 2016-2017
And the only Minnesota team they can seem to beat, Mankato(who accounts for the 2 in that 2-15-3), isn't even in the tourney this year.
ScoobyDoo
NPC
Hockeybuckeye
Well-known member
Re: Big Ten Hockey 2016-2017
Of course you would but don't make me beg. LOL!This makes me want to do it even more now
Speed Kills
Registered User
Re: Big Ten Hockey 2016-2017
With four teams currently among the top 15 in PWR I think it is safe to say that the Big Ten is back. People can say what they want about last year, and the truth of the matter is last year was a pretty dismal one for the entire conference. But I think the time has now come to eat crow for those who constantly badmouth the conference. Not only is it not so bad after all, it is in fact actually quite good.
With four teams currently among the top 15 in PWR I think it is safe to say that the Big Ten is back. People can say what they want about last year, and the truth of the matter is last year was a pretty dismal one for the entire conference. But I think the time has now come to eat crow for those who constantly badmouth the conference. Not only is it not so bad after all, it is in fact actually quite good.
dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
Re: Big Ten Hockey 2016-2017
Every year has been dismal for the conference. This year it's clear we're 1 or 2 and a very good argument can be made for 1.
Don't pretend the other years were just ok, they were not. Wretched is a better term. And it's still a lukewarm replica of what the WCHA used to be.
I hope the Big Ten is this good every year, and with the addition of ND next year, I suspect it will be for at least one more year.
Every year has been dismal for the conference. This year it's clear we're 1 or 2 and a very good argument can be made for 1.
Don't pretend the other years were just ok, they were not. Wretched is a better term. And it's still a lukewarm replica of what the WCHA used to be.
I hope the Big Ten is this good every year, and with the addition of ND next year, I suspect it will be for at least one more year.
BUtogether
New member
It would help to get a real D1 team at MSU and it's well past time for Berenson also...could be a tremendous conference if that happens
dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
Re: Big Ten Hockey 2016-2017
MSU had a flash in the pan team once every 4-7 years and has for decades. I don't see much changing there.
Even if Michigan recovered, I don't think it's reasonable for more than 80% of the conference to always be in the top of the sport. Teams will have swings.
The reason the WCHA was so dam good was because they had at least eight teams that could contend. Every year. Even they struggled to keep more than five teams in the top tier.
Intraconferenxe matchups will always take their toll. Just ask Penn State.
MSU had a flash in the pan team once every 4-7 years and has for decades. I don't see much changing there.
Even if Michigan recovered, I don't think it's reasonable for more than 80% of the conference to always be in the top of the sport. Teams will have swings.
The reason the WCHA was so dam good was because they had at least eight teams that could contend. Every year. Even they struggled to keep more than five teams in the top tier.
Intraconferenxe matchups will always take their toll. Just ask Penn State.
Wisko McBadgerton
Teaching you how to Bucky.
Re: Big Ten Hockey 2016-2017
Far be it for me to defend Sparty, but from '82-'08 MSU won 7 Conference Titles, 11 Conference Tourney's, went to 22 NCAA's, 8 Frozen Fours, and won 2 National Championships. I'd disagree with your characterization.
Far be it for me to defend Sparty, but from '82-'08 MSU won 7 Conference Titles, 11 Conference Tourney's, went to 22 NCAA's, 8 Frozen Fours, and won 2 National Championships. I'd disagree with your characterization.
dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
Re: Big Ten Hockey 2016-2017
So in 26 years, they won 7 conference titles? Like, every four years? What happened in between those titles? Outside of the 80s, they've been a flash in the pan. So, for 20 years they've been mediocre.
I'll give you the 80s we're not flash in the pan. But outside of that? Shrug.
So in 26 years, they won 7 conference titles? Like, every four years? What happened in between those titles? Outside of the 80s, they've been a flash in the pan. So, for 20 years they've been mediocre.
I'll give you the 80s we're not flash in the pan. But outside of that? Shrug.
Wisko McBadgerton
Teaching you how to Bucky.
Re: Big Ten Hockey 2016-2017
Goofs won 7 conference titles, 6 conference tourneys, and 2 NC's in the same time period.
Shrug.
Edit: I'd say under Mason and Comley overall they were as good a program as anyone in the country.
And yes, I wouldn't argue at all that the CCHA was as tough top to bottom as the WCHA by any means, but there were some very good teams that came out of it in that time period as well.
Goofs won 7 conference titles, 6 conference tourneys, and 2 NC's in the same time period.
Shrug.
Edit: I'd say under Mason and Comley overall they were as good a program as anyone in the country.
And yes, I wouldn't argue at all that the CCHA was as tough top to bottom as the WCHA by any means, but there were some very good teams that came out of it in that time period as well.
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dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
Re: Big Ten Hockey 2016-2017
The gophers also never finished below 3rd In a conference that actually mattered between 80-94.
Conley ran a pretty mediocre program. He won a single title. Compare that to what the teams out west were doing in the same time. I have the data on my computer. I'll take a look at KRACH and whatnot during the same period.
For now, suffice it to say thy have been a flash in the pan since Comley took over. That's not exactly a short amount of time.
The gophers also never finished below 3rd In a conference that actually mattered between 80-94.
Conley ran a pretty mediocre program. He won a single title. Compare that to what the teams out west were doing in the same time. I have the data on my computer. I'll take a look at KRACH and whatnot during the same period.
For now, suffice it to say thy have been a flash in the pan since Comley took over. That's not exactly a short amount of time.
BUtogether
New member
I will second your defense...a perennial power turned into one of the worst teams in college hockey by a clown car coach
Hockeybuckeye
Well-known member
Re: Big Ten Hockey 2016-2017
You can have a lower seeded team by the time conference tournaments come and finally peaking into the best team. But in the B1G format if you aren't the #1 or 2 seed you will have to win 3 games in 3 days and it's a simple fact you can't get rid of all the lactic acid buildup.
That's what happened to us, by the time you get to the last period of the championship game your legs are gone and there's no more gas in the tank and a team wins not because they were the better team at that point, simply because they were fresher.
You can have a lower seeded team by the time conference tournaments come and finally peaking into the best team. But in the B1G format if you aren't the #1 or 2 seed you will have to win 3 games in 3 days and it's a simple fact you can't get rid of all the lactic acid buildup.
That's what happened to us, by the time you get to the last period of the championship game your legs are gone and there's no more gas in the tank and a team wins not because they were the better team at that point, simply because they were fresher.