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Kendall Classic, Michigan,Mercyhurst,UA_, Uaa

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Because the INCH power poll is useless and their rating are the constant suck.
 
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Also typing on blackberry at work is the suck.
 
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Tundra said:
Ye gods, not this crap again about Aces and attendance. give it a rest.

Not sure why everyone thinks we'll do so well in the classic when we're ranked so low in the INCH power poll. #5 Michigan #23 Mercyhurst #30 UAF #38 UAA

I'll be happy if we can get 2 points at home.
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The Alaska teams have a 2 week head start on the other 2 teams.
 
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UAA Seawolves Fan said:
I wouldn't say that I am not a fan of the Aces because they win, and I fail to see what being a UAA fan has to do with anything. I dislike the Aces because the fans are rude and I'm not a fan of the fights. I have been to NHL games, AHL games, and hockey games of leagues that I don't follow. Out of the hundreds of professional games that I have witness, I have never seen as many fights as at ECHL games. Regardless of who I support in college hockey, I'm just not a fan of what the Aces are selling. It's just my opinion, doesnt mean you have to agree :p

and I won't even begin to deny that winning has a great deal to filling seats. The Aces have done that recently and it shows in attendance. Hopefully with time, UAA can return to a stature similar to the Seawolves teams of the early 90's.
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To each his own.
I think UAA is heading in the right direction. I think the best thing they ever did, was hire Coach Shiyak. Both Alaska schools are heading in positive directions. It's a good time for college hockey in Alaska.
 
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Tundra said:
Ye gods, not this crap again about Aces and attendance. give it a rest.

Not sure why everyone thinks we'll do so well in the classic when we're ranked so low in the INCH power poll. #5 Michigan #23 Mercyhurst #30 UAF #38 UAA

I'll be happy if we can get 2 points at home.
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Relax, just some discussion. Polls don't mean jack **** this eary in the season.
 
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Congrats Seawolves on a great game tonight. Special teams rocked. Two power play goals, one shorty, and you killed off all 6 penalties. Nice to see.

Jonnie O was solid, the freshmen looked pretty comfortable, and our goal scorers are scoring. Fun game.

Now lets put Michigan away tomorrow and win our tourney!
 
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Rms123 said:
Relax, just some discussion. Polls don't mean jack **** this eary in the season.
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That plus the further west you are the more you lose out because of eastern bias. :p (Mercyhurst #23, UAA #38, my aff.)

Courtesy GCI, I got to see the UAA game. I thought it was a strong opener. Looked like a lot of players saw icetime, Grant looked good, and Olthuis was - especially when the team clears rebounds well, as was the case last night. Win one more tonight, boys.
 
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solid game by the seawolves tonight, really liked that Portwood, Parkinson, & Crowell line. Nice to get some secondary scoring from our checking line. Our Dmen showed bits of inconsistency but solid also tonight (helps when your top two Dman are out in Backstrom & Hunt).
 
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seawolfpunk said:
solid game by the seawolves tonight, really liked that Portwood, Parkinson, & Crowell line. Nice to get some secondary scoring from our checking line. Our Dmen showed bits of inconsistency but solid also tonight (helps when your top two Dman are out in Backstrom & Hunt).
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A few freshmen mistakes by the defense, but overall okay for their first DI game. We stuck around to watch the players salute the crowd. Some skated off and some wanted to stay, but eventually left as well. Do they only do that on Saturday nights? It is always nice to see and I miss it when they don't do it. (Yup, I'm pretty traditional!)
 
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Perhaps just my perspective, but I think Michigan did a good job of outplaying UAF for a good portion of the game. The 1st period was more what I was expecting from a team like Michigan though. Even with the shots siding with UAF for the 2nd period, the physicality brought by Michigan was certainly noticeable. The 3rd period was easily won by Fairbanks though. I don't see either team play that often but just going with what I know of Michigan I expected more out of them. Congrats to UAF on the win!

The UAA game had a few spots that were interesting, but overall was a great game. I liked out much ice time some of the new guys were getting. Hope they can keep it up against Michigan tonight.
 
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I'll have to disagree and say we played poor-fair. C+ (won)
too many penalty 0-7, too many oddman rushes and too many defensive breakdowns. Grant still has the scoring touch. Parkinson (line) looked pretty good and we're off to another good start on the powerplay 2-5 lets see if we can maintain it.

Nanooks did a good job defensively, limited shots (23) penalty 0-3 shutout. A- , minus for "being Fairbanks". great win.
 
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Tonight was what I was expecting from this Michigan team. Sometimes it still looks scary, but they looked faster tonight and there were plenty of different players putting the puck in the net.

Thanks to everyone that said "hi". My friends and I had a great time up here. Flying back tomorrow.
 
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wolverineTrumpet said:
Tonight was what I was expecting from this Michigan team. Sometimes it still looks scary, but they looked faster tonight and there were plenty of different players putting the puck in the net.

Thanks to everyone that said "hi". My friends and I had a great time up here. Flying back tomorrow.
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Congrats to Michigan. From the moment both teams stepped on the ice, Michigan looked fired up and UAA looked ho hum. Pretty depressing game if you are a UAA fan. I hope they learn from it and that us fans don't have to sit through another game like that this season. Too bad too, because the Sully was pretty full. Gotta give those fans a reason to return, and they didn't get one tonight.
 
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Congrats to UAF for winning the kendall classic and Michigan for the victory.

I'll give us D+ for losing to Wolverine. good effort but I think we need a new strategy when playing against faster team speed. The slight speed differential hurt but the transition totally killed us. We need faster transition.

positive: limited shots 25, low penalty 2-3

negative: lousy penalty kill, lousy powerplay 0-4 (2shots on goal) poor defense: (giving too much distance/time) partly due to speed differential. Very poor/slow transition.

I'll give UAF A- (minus for being Fairbanks). total domination of Mercyhurst with faster wheel and transition... that looked like a carbon copy of the trashing we got from Michigan. I think we can kiss the governors cup goodbye
 
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