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Its Back! The 2011-12 UNO Season Thread!

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UNO beats the purple cows tonight 2-1 in OT. Unfortunately freshman goalie Ryan Massa taken to the hospital after being hit in the crease. Thoughts and prayers Ryan!
 
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LincolnMav said:
UNO beats the purple cows tonight 2-1 in OT. Unfortunately freshman goalie Ryan Massa taken to the hospital after being hit in the crease. Thoughts and prayers Ryan!
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I hope he's O.K., too. Been trying to find info online with no luck tonight since the game ended.

Was going and then the wife talked me out of it last night due to the impending weather conditions we'd have had to drive through to get there. Upwards of 6" to 8" of snow all across the NW Iowa, 4", even, in Mankato. The wife hates winter.

Sigh. Will get to work on her in the A.M. for tomorrow night. It's less than a 5 hour drive.

The march to the NCAA's is on. Up to 19th in Pairwise now. That is my goal for this team, this season. Getting there this year, with the level of experience we have, in my book, will be more of an accomplishment than doing so last year. I think it is doable and my gut is that we will do it.
 
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Massa discharged from the hospital in Mankato about 2:00 A.M. and went back to his hotel room, where he rooms with Johnnie Searfoss (from Mavpuck). No word on his status for tonight. Supposedly, Faulkner did not even make the trip and Belfour was the only other goalie in Mankato. My guess is that either Faulkner or Bergman are enroute today. Good thing Mankato is "close".
 
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I hope the kid is okay. Looked to me like he was knocked out, so probably a concussion.
 
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Bad loss last night. The kind you'd worry about a team this young potentially having. All that work just to get it tied and then to just give it away. This is one that may end up really haunting us.

Aneloski sailing along at -5. A number that, on this team, playing as much as he does, playing the position he does, stands out.

This team's "problem" area is on defense. Nobody else in the league that has given up as many goals as we have has a winning record. I think our goalies would look a lot better (even Faulkner) if we could get this resolved, somehow. I wonder how much different our record would look, if it would, if we'd had Hudson and Sustr every night this season.

Montpetit (one of the smallest guys on the whole team) now threatening for the team lead in penalty minutes. A close # 2, with absolutely nobody in his rear view mirror (or, Simonson's, either, who is #1).
 
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Interesting, but useless UNO trivia tidbit for today.

Of the 59 D-1 teams in the country, UNO has played them all at least once except for:

1. Northeastern
2. Cornell
3. Brown
4. Clarkson
5. Vermont
6. Rensselaer
7. Sacred Heart

I wonder how many other D-1 teams, if any, have a list this big? My guess would be, few.
 
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We played Clarkson in last years Stampede. Not sure about any of the others though. This weekend is huge. We have to get 3 points minimum. Hopefully Broadhurst lights the lamp again and the Mavs make a serious push. The schedule is there to make a run! GO MAVS!
 
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LincolnMav said:
We played Clarkson in last years Stampede. Not sure about any of the others though. This weekend is huge. We have to get 3 points minimum. Hopefully Broadhurst lights the lamp again and the Mavs make a serious push. The schedule is there to make a run! GO MAVS!
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Oops. my bad, you're right about Clarkson. I forgot because I did not go to that game. Shame on me.

Agreed. We need 3+ points this weekend real bad if we want to make a serious run at the NCAA's. With our remaining schedule, its there for the taking. I think its gonna take a minimum of 7-3 the rest of the way or 6-4 and a strong run or win in the WCHA tourney to get in. Who those wins and losses are against is everything as well. And that would probably just get us in as a #4, too. 8-2 would be a lot better. I think that is asking a lot of such a young team. We'll find out just how many rabbits Coach Blais has in his hat.

If I knew for sure that Sustr was going to be back and we still had Huddy..............
 
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Think this team misses Alex Hudson?

With him 8-5-3. 53 goals for, 48 against

Without? 4-6-2. 31 goals for, 35 against.

I sure hope whatever Alex did was really egregious enough for Coach Blais to gut this team of what little upperclassmen leadership it has. IMHO, it has tanked whatever hopes we may have had for the season.

Sustr, coincidentally, was gone for 5 of those games since Hudson was dismissed and part of a 6th. We were 3-3-1 in those games without both of them. Sustr looks visibly rusty to me.

This team is reeking of youth, and, after what I saw tonight, I think we can throw in the towel on working our way into any NCAA bid. Yeah, we outshoot lots of teams, but, the quality of those shots is very suspect to say the least. You can't lose 3 out of 4 points to what was the 10th place team in the league before the weekend started in your own arena. This is getting to be a very similar (and old) refrain, now, from the last couple seasons. We put 40+ shots on a team and outshoot them 2, or, even 3 to 1 and still lose. We aren't finishing and the shot selection is not there. Very few shots taken from the point or the blue line go in for any team.

The real problem, though, on this team is the defense, with taking stupid penalties a close 2nd. At this rate, Montpetit is going to get into the top ten in program history for penalty minutes in a season if he keeps this up. Besides Simonson, who has only played in 16 games and has almost as many minutes as he does, Montepetit has more than twice as many minutes as any other two players on the team! For a team that does not commit a lot of penalties, we sure commit a lot of stupid ones and Montpetit is one of the biggest offenders, tonight's idiocy (particularly the last one, getting whistled down, again, a mere 13 seconds after getting out of the box) being a beautiful example. He sucked the life out the third period taking those 3 minors in it, all at bad times.

Only 4 teams have given up more goals than UNO in league play and UNO has given up the most goals in league play, by far, of any team in the league that has a winning record.

Between the World Juniors and the trials and tribulations of this team, maybe Coach Blais is just personally having an off-season. He can't be happy with the lack of discipline this team has shown (or what he got up in Canada over the holidays, either).
 
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Red Cows said:
Think this team misses Alex Hudson?

With him 8-5-3. 53 goals for, 48 against

Without? 4-6-2. 31 goals for, 35 against.

I sure hope whatever Alex did was really egregious enough for Coach Blais to gut this team of what little upperclassmen leadership it has. IMHO, it has tanked whatever hopes we may have had for the season.

Sustr, coincidentally, was gone for 5 of those games since Hudson was dismissed and part of a 6th. We were 3-3-1 in those games without both of them. Sustr looks visibly rusty to me.

This team is reeking of youth, and, after what I saw tonight, I think we can throw in the towel on working our way into any NCAA bid. Yeah, we outshoot lots of teams, but, the quality of those shots is very suspect to say the least. You can't lose 3 out of 4 points to what was the 10th place team in the league before the weekend started in your own arena. This is getting to be a very similar (and old) refrain, now, from the last couple seasons. We put 40+ shots on a team and outshoot them 2, or, even 3 to 1 and still lose. We aren't finishing and the shot selection is not there. Very few shots taken from the point or the blue line go in for any team.

The real problem, though, on this team is the defense, with taking stupid penalties a close 2nd. At this rate, Montpetit is going to get into the top ten in program history for penalty minutes in a season if he keeps this up. Besides Simonson, who has only played in 16 games and has almost as many minutes as he does, Montepetit has more than twice as many minutes as any other two players on the team! For a team that does not commit a lot of penalties, we sure commit a lot of stupid ones and Montpetit is one of the biggest offenders, tonight's idiocy (particularly the last one, getting whistled down, again, a mere 13 seconds after getting out of the box) being a beautiful example. He sucked the life out the third period taking those 3 minors in it, all at bad times.

Only 4 teams have given up more goals than UNO in league play and UNO has given up the most goals in league play, by far, of any team in the league that has a winning record.

Between the World Juniors and the trials and tribulations of this team, maybe Coach Blais is just personally having an off-season. He can't be happy with the lack of discipline this team has shown (or what he got up in Canada over the holidays, either).
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If what I heard about Alex Hudson and why he was dismissed is true, TRUST ME, UNO is better off.

Also, I find it surprising you think UNO doesn't take a lot of penalties. Every time I've seen them play they've been pretty undisciplined. Maybe it varies game to game?
 
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sfo19 said:
If what I heard about Alex Hudson and why he was dismissed is true, TRUST ME, UNO is better off.

Also, I find it surprising you think UNO doesn't take a lot of penalties. Every time I've seen them play they've been pretty undisciplined. Maybe it varies game to game?
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Being a season ticket holder and knowing a lot of other ones, I'd be interested in whatever story there is about why Alex is gone. I have had that conversation with many others like me sitting around me and everybody is like Sergeant Schultz, "I know nothing!". I haven't heard even a single rumor about this. You must be better connected than I am.

Up until the first of the year, UNO had been in the top 2 or 3 of the least penalized teams in the WCHA all season. Since then they have fallen all the way down the list to 8th in the league. Taking major penalties in 3 games out of 4 has a way of moving you down in the rankings.
 
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Red Cows said:
Interesting, but useless UNO trivia tidbit for today.

Of the 59 D-1 teams in the country, UNO has played them all at least once except for:

1. Northeastern
2. Cornell
3. Brown
4. Clarkson
5. Vermont
6. Rensselaer
7. Sacred Heart

I wonder how many other D-1 teams, if any, have a list this big? My guess would be, few.
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That's an interesting topic- and a pretty good list for only being a D1 program for 13 seasons.

Michigan's list is filled with quite a few teams- many like Kent State, Ohio, St.Louis and Illinois-Chicago that were part of the old CCHA and are now defunct. Penn (1975) Illinois (1943) and California (1949) also had teams that do not compete at D1 any more.

The Wolverines have played a total of 47 of the 57 other D1 teams currently competing. (Michigan makes 58.)

The other teams they have not played are:
1. Minnesota State-WCHA
2.U-Mass-HEA
3. Vermont-HEA

The other teams are all part of the AHA and the year they went D1:
4. RIT (2005) conference affiliation since 2006
5. Robert Morris (2004) conference affiliation since inception
6.Holy Cross (1966) conference affiliation since 1998
7.Canisius (1998) conference affiliation since inception
8. American International (1948) conference affiliation since 1998
9.Army (1903) has had conference affiliation twice w/ ECAC prior to 1991, current affiliation since 1999
10.Sacred Heart (1993) conference affiliation since 1998

I think with the move to the BTHC and the need to fill many non-conference game slots, we'll see more of the teams we haven't seen before from the AHA. Ironically, Red Berenson has only coached against 46 of the 57 teams currently in D1. He has not coached against Dartmouth for instance, although Michigan has played them in their past. Michigan played Bentley and Union for the first time this season. I am surprised that Michigan had not played Army, AIC or Holy Cross in the past since they seem to be the teams with the longest D1 history in the AHA.
 
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Oh, and if my friend MavRick is lurking... I liked your op-ed posts in the National Anthem thread on Mavpuck. Seems Jon and Bridget are super protective of their baby which is why outsiders like me got tossed for telling the emperor he doesn't have any clothes on. Keep up the fine work! "Nerdgasm". That was priceless. :)
 
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Jeez, its almost another WCHA weekend. Make or break weekend fellas. Are we going to contend for home ice or not? Lets get it done! GO MAVS!
 
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3 HUUUUUUUUUUUUGE points in Houghton! Wow these last 3 weeks are going to be a barnburner. Bring on CC!
 
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If everybody wants to drink a little koolade with me..................

IF UNO wins out (6-0, 12 points) they finish with 37 points.

That would mean that we would finish in front of Colorado College, for sure, as we play them twice, so the best they could finish is 4-2, which would give them 33 points.

It would also mean we'd finish ahead of Denver, since we also play them twice, so the best they can do is 4-2, which would give them 36 points.

Then, we have UMD, who we do not play down the stretch. They have away at Minnesota State and St. Cloud State, and home with Colorado College. If they win out, they will finish with 41 points. We need help where they are concerned and the teams we really need it from are MSU and SCSU.

Finally, we have the Gophers. Even if we win our two games with them but they win their other 4, they would finish 1 point ahead of us at 38 to our 37. Their other two series besides us are both home, against Bemidji State and Wisconsin. We'd need help here, too, just not as much as where UMD is concerned.

I think UMD has the inside track to the MacNaughton Cup, looking at the remaining schedules.

That said, it's pretty clear that UNO is going to have a huge say in who does, or who does not, win the Cup, more so that any other team in the conference since they are the only team that is going to play 3 of the 5 contenders (which UNO is also one of). Even North Dakota might play their way back into this but they'd have to win out and they'd need even more help than UNO since they only play Denver in the field of contenders. They can't help themselves as much as we can and that one point that they are right now behind UNO and CC really looms large for them, now.

So, there are still "plausible" scenarios by which UNO could still win this thing, inversely proportional to the likelihood of UNO winning out and getting some help from the likes of MSU, SCSU, BSU, and the Badgers. Like I said, we are drinking koolade here.

My realistic hope is that UNO finishes at least 3rd and goes a solid 4-2 down the stretch that would give us a 33 point regular season and an overall 17-13-6 record. Then, maybe a good run in the conference tournament or, perhaps, winning it, and maybe UNO can sneak into the NCAA's. I have my doubts that even an 6-0 finish, all by itself, would even get us where we need to be in Pairwise (currently, #24) to get us in the NCAA's. It would be close, I think. Maybe somebody can weigh in on that one.

I want this team as battle tested as it can get since I think UNO is going to be a Frozen Four contender next year, if somebody on that bench really is a goalie.
 
Red Cows said:
If everybody wants to drink a little koolade with me..................

IF UNO wins out (6-0, 12 points) they finish with 37 points.

That would mean that we would finish in front of Colorado College, for sure, as we play them twice, so the best they could finish is 4-2, which would give them 33 points.

It would also mean we'd finish ahead of Denver, since we also play them twice, so the best they can do is 4-2, which would give them 36 points.

Then, we have UMD, who we do not play down the stretch. They have away at Minnesota State and St. Cloud State, and home with Colorado College. If they win out, they will finish with 41 points. We need help where they are concerned and the teams we really need it from are MSU and SCSU.

Finally, we have the Gophers. Even if we win our two games with them but they win their other 4, they would finish 1 point ahead of us at 38 to our 37. Their other two series besides us are both home, against Bemidji State and Wisconsin. We'd need help here, too, just not as much as where UMD is concerned.

I think UMD has the inside track to the MacNaughton Cup, looking at the remaining schedules.

That said, it's pretty clear that UNO is going to have a huge say in who does, or who does not, win the Cup, more so that any other team in the conference since they are the only team that is going to play 3 of the 5 contenders (which UNO is also one of). Even North Dakota might play their way back into this but they'd have to win out and they'd need even more help than UNO since they only play Denver in the field of contenders. They can't help themselves as much as we can and that one point that they are right now behind UNO and CC really looms large for them, now.

So, there are still "plausible" scenarios by which UNO could still win this thing, inversely proportional to the likelihood of UNO winning out and getting some help from the likes of MSU, SCSU, BSU, and the Badgers. Like I said, we are drinking koolade here.

My realistic hope is that UNO finishes at least 3rd and goes a solid 4-2 down the stretch that would give us a 33 point regular season and an overall 17-13-6 record. Then, maybe a good run in the conference tournament or, perhaps, winning it, and maybe UNO can sneak into the NCAA's. I have my doubts that even an 6-0 finish, all by itself, would even get us where we need to be in Pairwise (currently, #24) to get us in the NCAA's. It would be close, I think. Maybe somebody can weigh in on that one.

I want this team as battle tested as it can get since I think UNO is going to be a Frozen Four contender next year, if somebody on that bench really is a goalie.
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I just hope BSU gets to play UNO at Omaha in the first round. :)
 
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