brassbonanza
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Re: BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
going over to the umass hockey forum, they didn't argue it either.
going over to the umass hockey forum, they didn't argue it either.
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BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
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massattack49
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Re: BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
Go BC!
Go BC!
brassbonanza
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Re: BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
it appears someone is confused.
it appears someone is confused.
Re: BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
That's OK, JD. We're used to seeing misinformation posted on this thread, much of it intentional.
That's OK, JD. We're used to seeing misinformation posted on this thread, much of it intentional.
JDUBBS1280
MN Hockey Enthusiast
Re: BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
Thought you guys would be interested in this...
SCHEDULE UPDATE
Lucia said he is happy North Dakota is playing the Gophers at Mariucci Arena. The Gophers have played nine of the last 11 games in the series at the Ralph. That's partly because Minnesota had to travel there for a three-game, first round WCHA playoff series at the end of the 2009-10 season.
Lucia said he hopes to play North Dakota when the Gophers join the Big Ten Conference in 2014-15 and the Fighting Sioux become members of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. But how often will depend on how many conference games the NCHC will play. The new conference could play up to 28 league games, he said, leaving room to schedule only six nonconference games.
He said the Gophers and the Fighting Sioux would play at Mariucci one year and at the Ralph the other in any scheduling arrangement they make after they are in different conferences.
Boston College coach Jerry York e-mailed Lucia about a fourth-year scheduling agreement. One year, the Gophers would head East and play Boston College and Boston University the same weekend, Lucia said, the next year, Boston College would play at Mariucci, then the Gophers would play at BU and BC and, in the fourth year, BU would visit the Gophers.
Lucia said the Gophers and Notre Dame have discussed playing each other, too. The Irish and Gophers*play one game, the U.S. Hall of Fame Game, in early January this season.
<A HREF="http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/132972948.html">http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/132972948.html</A>
Thought you guys would be interested in this...
SCHEDULE UPDATE
Lucia said he is happy North Dakota is playing the Gophers at Mariucci Arena. The Gophers have played nine of the last 11 games in the series at the Ralph. That's partly because Minnesota had to travel there for a three-game, first round WCHA playoff series at the end of the 2009-10 season.
Lucia said he hopes to play North Dakota when the Gophers join the Big Ten Conference in 2014-15 and the Fighting Sioux become members of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. But how often will depend on how many conference games the NCHC will play. The new conference could play up to 28 league games, he said, leaving room to schedule only six nonconference games.
He said the Gophers and the Fighting Sioux would play at Mariucci one year and at the Ralph the other in any scheduling arrangement they make after they are in different conferences.
Boston College coach Jerry York e-mailed Lucia about a fourth-year scheduling agreement. One year, the Gophers would head East and play Boston College and Boston University the same weekend, Lucia said, the next year, Boston College would play at Mariucci, then the Gophers would play at BU and BC and, in the fourth year, BU would visit the Gophers.
Lucia said the Gophers and Notre Dame have discussed playing each other, too. The Irish and Gophers*play one game, the U.S. Hall of Fame Game, in early January this season.
<A HREF="http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/132972948.html">http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/132972948.html</A>
ericredaxe
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Re: BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
Would be a nice OOC situation.
Interesting, just when Hockey East is going to free up some of their OOC schedule, by reducing the number of conference games, one of the other conferences may be going to 28 games... I wonder how many games the Big10 will play... it could be that while Hockey East now has plenty of space for OOC, some of the other big teams may not due to their new conference schedules.
Would be a nice OOC situation.
Interesting, just when Hockey East is going to free up some of their OOC schedule, by reducing the number of conference games, one of the other conferences may be going to 28 games... I wonder how many games the Big10 will play... it could be that while Hockey East now has plenty of space for OOC, some of the other big teams may not due to their new conference schedules.
JDUBBS1280
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Personally, I would love to see the Gophers schedule BU and BC more often. Fan the flames of a once great Minnesota/Boston rivalry
ericredaxe
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Re: BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
It makes sense... (for fear of sounding stuck up), if a big name Western team is coming to Boston area, what two Eastern teams would they most want to play?
It makes sense... (for fear of sounding stuck up), if a big name Western team is coming to Boston area, what two Eastern teams would they most want to play?
Re: BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
Can't believe that BU actually rose one spot to 12th in the poll this week. I know it partially depends on what the teams around you do, but after losing Friday at UMass and then just beating them in OT at home, I figured a hefty drop.
Can't believe that BU actually rose one spot to 12th in the poll this week. I know it partially depends on what the teams around you do, but after losing Friday at UMass and then just beating them in OT at home, I figured a hefty drop.
Harry Cleverly
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Re: BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
Who lost on Friday?
OT Tie, then OT win.
Who lost on Friday?
OT Tie, then OT win.
ericredaxe
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Re: BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
What is surprising about that? We tied and won. Union, who I believe we jumped ahead of, lost to UNH and beat American International.
What is surprising about that? We tied and won. Union, who I believe we jumped ahead of, lost to UNH and beat American International.
Re: BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
Whoops, I guess it just felt like a loss!
Whoops, I guess it just felt like a loss!
candycanes99
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Re: BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
Nice feature.
Curious about the Ruikka comment: "Ruikka will definitely need to enroll in graduate school if he wants to stay at BU for four years."
Why would this be? If he redshirted and has a "fifth" year of NCAA eligibility, it doesn't matter on that end, and academically even a student with a 4.0 GPA and has already fulfilled their degree requirements can elect to delay graduation to take additional courses. At least, that was my impression.
Nice feature.
Curious about the Ruikka comment: "Ruikka will definitely need to enroll in graduate school if he wants to stay at BU for four years."
Why would this be? If he redshirted and has a "fifth" year of NCAA eligibility, it doesn't matter on that end, and academically even a student with a 4.0 GPA and has already fulfilled their degree requirements can elect to delay graduation to take additional courses. At least, that was my impression.
Federal League
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Re: BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
That's my understanding as well, although I am admittedly not an expert on this. The example I always think of is Matt Leinart returning to USC for a fifth year and taking ballroom dancing and a couple other makeshift classes so he still qualified as a student.
That's my understanding as well, although I am admittedly not an expert on this. The example I always think of is Matt Leinart returning to USC for a fifth year and taking ballroom dancing and a couple other makeshift classes so he still qualified as a student.
ericredaxe
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Re: BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
I'm not sure and I had the same impression. Maybe he does not "have to"... but if he really is Mr 4.0, then he might not have much interest in taking home economics and ballroom dancing to play hockey for a year, and would instead opt for legit courses in Grad school.
I'm not sure and I had the same impression. Maybe he does not "have to"... but if he really is Mr 4.0, then he might not have much interest in taking home economics and ballroom dancing to play hockey for a year, and would instead opt for legit courses in Grad school.
Re: BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
The "need to enroll in graduate school" comes from Parker, who said that's what Ruikka will have to do to remain a student at BU. I think he had enough credits to graduate last year. There's only so long you can delay graduation for before it isn't beneficial to be taking random classes anymore (trust me, I'm having this problem as well). The most interesting thing to me about Parker's comments on Ruikka was that Parker was not sure Ruikka will come back next year.
The "need to enroll in graduate school" comes from Parker, who said that's what Ruikka will have to do to remain a student at BU. I think he had enough credits to graduate last year. There's only so long you can delay graduation for before it isn't beneficial to be taking random classes anymore (trust me, I'm having this problem as well). The most interesting thing to me about Parker's comments on Ruikka was that Parker was not sure Ruikka will come back next year.
Re: BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
Cahoon admitted (as much as he could without getting fined) that there was a non-call he wasn't happy about right before the call against UMA that could have gone against BU who did the same thing as the UMA player. I didn't hear any complaints about the call itself being a dive.
Cahoon admitted (as much as he could without getting fined) that there was a non-call he wasn't happy about right before the call against UMA that could have gone against BU who did the same thing as the UMA player. I didn't hear any complaints about the call itself being a dive.
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