Irish hockey '10-11-Everyone bets on a sure thing, but it takes guts not to fold.

[SwedishJustice22]

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Maybe I am just out of the loop but where can I find this on tv JJfP?

 

[SwedishJustice22]

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Also and this is more of a general question rather than Irish related (yes yes I can feel the outrage) but does anyone know a good place to go learn how to ice skate? Im 23 but I gotta learn sooner or later. Growing up around Northwest Indiana there is really no good places to go and learn but I would like to be able to one day go and play a pickup game at some point in my life

 

[IrishHockeyFan]

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Maybe I am just out of the loop but where can I find this on tv JJfP?

broadcast info here

Also and this is more of a general question rather than Irish related (yes yes I can feel the outrage) but does anyone know a good place to go learn how to ice skate? Im 23 but I gotta learn sooner or later. Growing up around Northwest Indiana there is really no good places to go and learn but I would like to be able to one day go and play a pickup game at some point in my life

Not sure of his current schedule and offerings, but doesn't former Irish player and assistant coach Mike McNeill conduct some basic "learn to play hockey" sessons for any-age novices? Contact Mike McNeill here if you're interested. He will likely be able to point you in the right direction one way of another. As for pick-up hockey (or Drop-in hockey or Rat hockey depending on where you went for informal games), both the Ice Box and Merrifield Park Skating Rink have games, usually at set times/days. You can pick up some contact info at either of those locations as well.

 

[Jeff_Jackson_for_Pres.]

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Also and this is more of a general question rather than Irish related (yes yes I can feel the outrage) but does anyone know a good place to go learn how to ice skate? Im 23 but I gotta learn sooner or later. Growing up around Northwest Indiana there is really no good places to go and learn but I would like to be able to one day go and play a pickup game at some point in my life

The Ice Box also has public skating Sunday afternoons 1-3. Howard Park is open many times a day for public skating (although not today as we got 3 feet of snow and it's an outdoor rink). IHF is correct that Mike McNeill does hockey clinics (usually in the spring and summer) for newbies, but you need the gear first. Borrow some or buy some used. I'd caution a complete novice about playing rat as sometimes the skill level is A-B league and some of those guys aren't too keen on their ice time being used to teach novices. Learn a little first, then try a rat game. My coach is always looking for new blood (no pun intended) and I could ask if you could join the women for a practice. Am I correct in assuming you're female (I think I know who you are)? If that's the case, definitely come out for my women's team. We always need more players, and you can be talented or talentless. My coach is awesome at working with all kinds and between all of us, there is usually lots of gear to borrow. If you're a guy, my other coach may let you practice with our team (it has some newbies), but the gear is harder to come by for the men's teams. Let me know. I'd be more than willing to help you.

 

[SwedishJustice22]

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I am actually a male but thats for all the advice and the offer although I know my sex makes its null and void. I hope to get everything and have learned how to play by the end of next year.

 

[Jeff_Jackson_for_Pres.]

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I am actually a male but thats for all the advice and the offer although I know my sex makes its null and void. I hope to get everything and have learned how to play by the end of next year.

I'll ask my men's league coach if you can practice once with us if you're interested. He'd have gear to loan you for an hour.

If you're the male Calle fan, the other Swede reference on here must be the female...

 

[SwedishJustice22]

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Yes. Yes she is. And thanks for the offer. If you could ask that would be fantastic and maybe we can work something out

 

[Jeff_Jackson_for_Pres.]

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Yay. A sweep is always nice. Especially on the road. Sam Calabrese is on fire lately. Nice. Riley Sheahan appears to be putting the sophomore scoring slump in the rearview. But, grr. NMU scored with 11 seconds left in the 2nd. Have I mentioned that I loathe goals in the waning moments of the period?

I was surprised that the kneeing penalty against NMU's Cherniwchan was a major and DQ. Without the benefit of replays, it looked like a minor to me. Hopefully Calle Ridderwall will be okay as he skated off the ice under his own power, but I only saw him skate one shift in the 3rd. Some of the calls were questionable both ways, but I think NMU got the short end of the stick more than ND did. I was discussing this with Mr. JJfP. For the longest time, I believed Matt Shegos was biased against ND and for Michigan (oddly, UM fans feel the opposite way about his calls). I have thought (and still do to some degree) that the haves get the benefit of the calls, while the have-nots get rooked. For the longest time, my team was a have-not, so I was bitter much of the time. I don't want my team to get those haves benefits at the expense of a fairly called game, either because of their name, their record, their ranking or their coach, whatever the reasoning.

The NMU stream of the game was the best I've seen thus far. Their PBP guy calls a good, balanced game.

I like the cushion in the standings, but a bigger pillow would be even more comforting. The 'nooks await.

 

[IrishHockeyFan]

seeing more to this weekend than what it probably meant

seeing more to this weekend than what it probably meant

It seemed to me that the two games were played with a sense of putting things right for the long run, as much as trying to get two wins out of the toughest travel weekend of the regular season.

It all worked. Penalty kill was insane considering the two shorties, power play was clicking well with 4 goals, scoring was spread throughout the lineup, and Mike Johnson had his best back to back games of the year. They won two completely different kinds of games, which if we are lucky enough to make the CCHA finals or the NCAAs always comes in handy since you see different styles from one day to the next. The boys look like they are responding to the coaching staff like we became accustomed to, and the coaches had them well prepared for the weekend.

Like I said, I'm likely seeing more to this weekend than two wins, which is probably all it was, given the inconsistent way we've played from one weekend to the next. But if it was more than that, it bodes well for the next couple of months.

 

[Hockeybuckeye]

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Yay.

For the longest time, I believed Matt Shegos was biased against ND and for Michigan (oddly, UM fans feel the opposite way about his calls). I have thought (and still do to some degree) that the haves get the benefit of the calls, while the have-nots get rooked. For the longest time, my team was a have-not, so I was bitter much of the time. I don't want my team to get those haves benefits at the expense of a fairly called game, either because of their name, their record, their ranking or their coach, whatever the reasoning.

I can sympathize as I've felt that Shegos, Wilkins, & especially Piotrowski are biased refs against certain teams and that Pio was their leader. Did anyone find it strange that when Piotrowski was still on the ice without exception he officiated nearly ALL of Michigan's playoff games? I'm sure that he and Red being such great golfing buddies had absolutely nothing to do with it.

 

[swedenflag_inSEC7]

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If you're the male Calle fan, the other Swede reference on here must be the female...

Indeed I am.

UPDATE ON CALLE:
After the game Saturday I talked to Stephen Johns about Calle. He said he thought it was just a really bad charlie horse. After talking to Calle today, he said it is doing alright, a couple days of rehab and he should be okay. He hopes to be on the ice this weekend but he is not sure yet.

 

[Jeff_Jackson_for_Pres.]

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Yes. Yes she is. And thanks for the offer. If you could ask that would be fantastic and maybe we can work something out

My coach says okay. He suggested you go to a few open skates to get your feet wet (although rental skates will not really give you a good feel...) Come to a practice in a few weeks (they're verrrry informal and low key). Let me know if you need to borrow gear and what size skate you need. Unless of course you go ahead and get your own gear! I'll let you know when to come out.

 

[Third Family Member]

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Gosh, we have some good freshmen! Congrats AGAIN to TJ Tynan for taking ROTW honors in the CCHA. 4th time this year!

 

[Jeff_Jackson_for_Pres.]

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Aah, Michiana in January--where Alaskans come to warm up. While it is to be slightly below freezing for the highs this weekend here, the Nanooks may very well be wearing Bermuda shorts and Hawaiian shirts as we will be about 40 degrees warmer than Fairbanks.

UA(F) has been known to give ND fits, and this weekend has fits written all over it. Since splitting with Michigan and Miami (something ND has also done), UA(F) has gone 2-3-3 with 2 of those ties being SOL. Despite that, they are 5th in the league (good for a 1st round bye should the season end today) and 19th in the PWR.

Since splitting with Miami (the same timeframe of games), ND is 4-2-1 and is 1st in the league and 8th in the PWR.

UA(F) has a few injured parties, one of whom is one of their better scorers (Kevin Petovello). Their leading scorer is a freshman (where have I seen this before? ). Cody Kunyk has 16 points in 20 games. Andy Taranto and Nik Yaremchuk are their top sophomores with 12 pts. each. Joe Sova and Jarret Granberg lead the team with 3 PPG's each.

ND's leader is T.J. Tynan (duh) with 33 points in 24 games. Nick Larson is the top 2nd-year guy with 13 points. Calle Ridderwall and Jeff Costello lead the team with 4 PPG's each.

As UA(F)'s Scott Greenham goes, so go the Nanooks. He's been in goal 97.3% of the time, with the .3% being an open net. He's 9-7-4 with a great save % of .924 and a solid GA of 2.02. With those numbers, it sounds more like: as the offense goes, so go the 'nooks...

Mike Johnson is 11-5-3 with a save % of .902 and a GA of 2.52. I expect he'll start both nights. I was thinking maybe Steven Summerhays might see time in net against a team that didn't have a huge offensive threat, but his league numbers are still quite shaky, and let's face it--it's crunch time.

UA(F) is 16.3% overall on the PP and 83.5% on the PK. They have 15 PPG's for and 16 against. They've scored 2 shorties and given up 1. They average 2.3 GF while giving up 2.2 GA.

ND is 15.3% overall on the PP (even after this past weekend!) and 86.2% on the PK. ND has registered 19 PPG's for while giving up 15 PPG's against. They still lead the country in shorties with 11 while not surrendering any. ND averages 3.96 GF and gives up 2.75 GA.

Abraham Lincoln said, "Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other."

 

[mmf]

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Abraham Lincoln said, "Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other."

I think he also said "OK Mary Todd, time to put up or shut up," which gets me back to the Nooks. We're quickly running out of opportunities to get back into NCAA contention. We haven't looked very good lately (although we do look better than Mary Todd).

Petovello's heart and desire is at 110%, but the rest of him isn't, which we really miss. Since we tend to play a better game when we're in desperation mode, this road trip should provide the boys a number of opportunities to shine.

And BTW, it's a dry cold.

 

[StillaLeafsFan]

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Just spreadin' the word that T.J. Tynan is on the Hobey ballot
Vote early and often!

 

[IrishHockeyFan]

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And BTW, it's a dry cold.

The thing about Alaska in the winter that I always find most interesting isn't the cold (and yeah, -12° is cold, wet or dry! ) but the lack of sunlight. I think Fairbanks has about 4 hours or so a day in mid-January. And the northern locations along the Beaufort Sea/Arctic Ocean won't see another sunrise for days or weeks yet, and if I'm not mistaken haven't seen a sunrise in weeks. Almost as weird is the reverse in June and July, no sunsets.

 

[SwedishJustice22]

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Winner winner chicken dinner. Wasn't pretty but Ill take any points we can get. I am not really looking forward to seeing Alaska play again tomorrow. Either we looked really bad tonight on offense or they just have a very good D

 

[IrishHockeyFan]

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Winner winner chicken dinner. Wasn't pretty but Ill take any points we can get. I am not really looking forward to seeing Alaska play again tomorrow. Either we looked really bad tonight on offense or they just have a very good D

Its all -- or mostly -- in the style of the opposition. Alaska is one of the best teams around at doing what they do very, very well. Active sticks, unbelievable patience on defense even when trailing, some of the most disciplined players in the CCHA. Notre Dame simply had to match that patience on defense with their own on offense, and wait for the chances they worked for to materialize. They did.

In all the talk about the renewed enthusiasm in Columbus and Kalamazoo I think people tend to overlook the coach in Fairbanks a little bit. I'd hate to see how good Alaska would be if they had a handful of guys who could finish offensively a little more thoroughly than what they have right now. They'd be a very difficult match-up for any coach -- what would you concentrate on? As it is they are holding their own in the CCHA despite scoring fewer goals than any of the other 10 teams.

And kudos to Mike Johnson. I've been waiting for one of the goalies to step up and assert themselves between the pipes and he looks like he's doing just that. He gave his team a chance to win this game with a top notch performance. The one thing that bugs me, and I wonder if I just have to learn to accept it, is the number of mistakes we continue to make in our end. Their goal resulted from a turnover behind the net and a guy wide open in front who should have been accounted for even with the extra skater. We needed Johnson to play his head off, and he did.

*edit* oh yeah, did anyone else wonder what was up with the ice/pucks? We are all used to some pretty "mysterious" ice at the Joyce, but last night the pucks were bouncing from the opening faceoff to the final buzzer as bad as I've seen. Alaska actually looked like they responded better to it than we did.

 

[Jeff_Jackson_for_Pres.]

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Winner winner chicken dinner. Wasn't pretty but Ill take any points we can get. I am not really looking forward to seeing Alaska play again tomorrow. Either we looked really bad tonight on offense or they just have a very good D

While ND did miss some open nets, UA(F) plays a trap-style D, collapsing on their goalie and clogging it up. You think that was D? Better hope they don't score first tonight.

Last night, Mike Johnson looked like some of the past goalies who spoiled us.

Kudos to Ryan Guentzel for that sweet pass to Anders Lee for yet another shortie. Mr. JJfP had made the comment moments before the goal that going a man down may be ND's best bet for a goal as UA(F) would be more offensive-minded on the PP. I love those crystal ball moments.

Here's to being able to comment and cheer out loud tonight. I hate being sick.