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Miami @ Michigan - Is the building structurally sound yet?

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redhawk95 said:
Miami will not be flat. If you can't get up, and stay up, for this, I'll happily remind Rico that I have four years of eligibility remaining and will immediately enroll for an MBA!

After sweeping Michigan in Oxford, Miami will be motivated by last year's 5-1 and 4-0 thumpings at Yost. Though remember both Mercier and Camper were injured during the Saturday game and neither played on Sunday. And, Cody was pulled Saturday so I have to believe he'll be looking for a better effort.

Frankly, I would think the whole team will use last year's Yost experience as motivation. At least I would.
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I don't think they will be flat either, nor do I think they have a skill advantage.

I hope you have fun up there, but think you will be on the edge of your seat a little more.

This team isn't like the past, for me, you can throw the historical records out the window. In the last 4 years it's a 5-5-1 series I believe. Last year Michigan was playing their best and Miami their worst during that series and the team had a lot of freshmen who were trying to figure out how to deal with a little adversity. That is no longer a problem, this team has yet to play their best and after what happened in april in D.C. nothing will rattle them, IMO. They have played tough road games already this season and have had the toughest first 8 games than anyone in the country.

I know you are being cautiously optomistic :D , preparing yourself for the worst and hoping for the best but I think we have a good feel 8 games in that when this team needs too they step it up and dominate games. They did it at UNH twice, the did it friday at NMU, they did it in the third period in game two against MSU. I think they will be focused and prepared to play this weekend and should they put 60 min together they win atleast one and could possibly sweep.

Michigan is very very good, don't get me wrong. But I don't think this team is as good as they were two years ago, I think Michigan has a lot of good young talent but they don't have as many veteran superstar players as they have in years past. All my opinion, but this is the type of series as why the CCHA is probably the best conference in the country this year. You just never know what your going to get, we can all speculate but we wont know what we will get until sunday morning when it is all over.
 
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3-43-1 at Yost is just laughable. And, I know those are different teams, but a stat like that speaks for itself.
 
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redhawk95 said:
3-43-1 at Yost is just laughable. And, I know those are different teams, but a stat like that speaks for itself.
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Before 2002 Miami only had 2 relevant teams prior to that season. Look at recent history, that speaks more volume than numbers from the 80's and 90's when Miami didn't have very good teams and wasn't a strong program. BG also won a national championship in the 80's doesn't mean they are relevant today. Different mentality from this team and program over the past 6 years, so those numbers don't mean anything, IMO , JD put it out there and I think that is a more telling story.
 
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Also don't think you can say that "our system vs their skill" is going to be a problem either. Both clubs have very skilled forwards with great playmaking abilities, love to play physical and grind it out as well. I think thats why everyone's favorite team from Columbus (sarcasm) has taken to referring to Miami as Michigan South. These two teams are a lot alike, which is no surprise that this is definitely the premier CCHA, and probably national matchup this weekend.

The only difference I see between these two teams this year is that Miami doesn't have a youtube video of a forward dancing to Glamorous in the locker room (and at Mock Rock). :D
 
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mcfarljd said:
Also don't think you can say that "our system vs their skill" is going to be a problem either. Both clubs have very skilled forwards with great playmaking abilities, love to play physical and grind it out as well. I think thats why everyone's favorite team from Columbus (sarcasm) has taken to referring to Miami as Michigan South. These two teams are a lot alike, which is no surprise that this is definitely the premier CCHA, and probably national matchup this weekend.

The only difference I see between these two teams this year is that Miami doesn't have a youtube video of a forward dancing to Glamorous in the locker room (and at Mock Rock). :D
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I agree, Miami's system against their skill isn't the issue. Their core guys have yet to break out, so lets hope they don't this weekend. But you look at the results, outside of last year in ann arbor, they have been close games. Miami's system is designed to slow down quicker teams, it takes away the ice and puts pressure on them to make decisions and not just their speed.

I think the interesting story line is if Michigans defense can contain Miami's pressure in the offensive zone. Rust and Hagelin are the only guys who are putting up points early on. Caporusso and Wahlberg have yet to get going, but Miami has had very balanced scoring so far. Lots of interesting points of emphasis for this weekends games but with as good as both teams are you wouldn't expect anything less would you?
 
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redhawkman10 said:
I agree, Miami's system against their skill isn't the issue. Their core guys have yet to break out, so lets hope they don't this weekend. But you look at the results, outside of last year in ann arbor, they have been close games. Miami's system is designed to slow down quicker teams, it takes away the ice and puts pressure on them to make decisions and not just their speed.

I think the interesting story line is if Michigans defense can contain Miami's pressure in the offensive zone. Rust and Hagelin are the only guys who are putting up points early on. Caporusso and Wahlberg have yet to get going, but Miami has had very balanced scoring so far. Lots of interesting points of emphasis for this weekends games but with as good as both teams are you wouldn't expect anything less would you?
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Bolded part is what worries this Michigan fan. I enjoy watching when it seems Michigan can score at will, but sometimes they get frustrated and it just seems nothing goes in. I was hoping it was just last season, but I think we've seen a bit of it this season.

Who gets the first goal on Friday night is huge.
 
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wolverineTrumpet said:
Bolded part is what worries this Michigan fan. I enjoy watching when it seems Michigan can score at will, but sometimes they get frustrated and it just seems nothing goes in. I was hoping it was just last season, but I think we've seen a bit of it this season.

Who gets the first goal on Friday night is huge.
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I think your point was very relevant in oxford last year. Palushaj sp? got very frustrated and was seem at times mixing it up after the whistle and petty stuff behind the play. I don't know if that was out of character for him or not but it seemed like it.

Spot on again, but first goal in either game is huge. However Miami has played from behind in a couple key games this year already so if they go down 1-0 I won't be that worried depending on the point in the game it is. But twice Miami came back late in the third period this year once against St. Cloud state and another against Michigan st.
 
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wolverineTrumpet said:
Bolded part is what worries this Michigan fan. I enjoy watching when it seems Michigan can score at will, but sometimes they get frustrated and it just seems nothing goes in. I was hoping it was just last season, but I think we've seen a bit of it this season.
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When that frustration sets in, they tend to try doing too much as individuals and not enough as a team. It's a mark of good teams to have leaders who can step up and make plays to get their team back in a game, but it's the great teams who do it as a unit and turn a 2 goal deficit into a 2 goal lead.

I still have some concerns about leadership, but it's entirely possible that it's a misplaced concern. Too early to tell yet.
 
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KC8NIY said:
When that frustration sets in, they tend to try doing too much as individuals and not enough as a team. It's a mark of good teams to have leaders who can step up and make plays to get their team back in a game, but it's the great teams who do it as a unit and turn a 2 goal deficit into a 2 goal lead.

I still have some concerns about leadership, but it's entirely possible that it's a misplaced concern. Too early to tell yet.
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well especially with how young your team is, it takes those guys some time to get their feet wet and establish themselves at this level.
 
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redhawkman10 said:
well especially with how young your team is, it takes those guys some time to get their feet wet and establish themselves at this level.
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Leadership has a lot to do with that though. See: Porter/Kolarik 2007-2008. That was supposed to be a rebuilding/reloading year for Michigan due to the losses of Hensick, Cogliano, Hunwick, and Johnson. Instead, two of the best leaders this team has seen during Berenson's tenure emerged, embraced the freshmen, and took the team to places no one expected.
 
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KC8NIY said:
Leadership has a lot to do with that though. See: Porter/Kolarik 2007-2008. That was supposed to be a rebuilding/reloading year for Michigan due to the losses of Hensick, Cogliano, Hunwick, and Johnson. Instead, two of the best leaders this team has seen during Berenson's tenure emerged, embraced the freshmen, and took the team to places no one expected.
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No you make good points, but both of them were spectacular players. Michigan this year doesn't seem to have that senior superstar like they have had in years past. Caparusso is a junior and Walhberg a sophmore but not sure you can count on a sophmore to step up. Maybe he should, but again it also has to fit the players personality to be that type of vocal leader. Maybe Rust could be that player, but like I said it has to fit the players personality and both Porter and Kolarik had those leadership qualities in the lockeroom and on the ice. Im not close to the situation as you are, just an outsiders perspective. Could it be the case of not recruiting the right personel? I would tend to believe things will be alright in ann arbor though.
 
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KC8NIY said:
I still have some concerns about leadership, but it's entirely possible that it's a misplaced concern. Too early to tell yet.
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I think RHM10 - this is where we sit now- we've seen the play for real once- well, except for wT, who goes to the end of the world to see them. But it's really hard to tell who is the real leader. Chris Summers has shown a lot of strength in, but as we've seen them this season, not so much. Rust, Haglin, Cappy? One of them may do it. We really don't know what kind of leadership we have.

Like KC says above- it's a concern, and we just don't know.
 
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Impressive shut out tonight by Sparty....I will tell you mich folks, that team in east lansing is for real.
 
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Anyone have a bead on video stream? I would much rather watch than listen to these games.
 
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Palmer is a stud. Great play from faceoff to finish on the first goal. Props to Smith getting the insurance tally and Cody continuing his superb play this year. 4-41 all time at Yost!
 
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Wow! What a high-powered game! Michigan had a chance to show their speed in the 2nd and it was scary. Miami was lucky to escape that middle stanza and did a great job containing Michigan in the 1st and 3rd. And how about Cody Reichard? An outstanding night for him. Tomorrow should be a very intense 60 minutes.

Go Redhawks!
 
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RicoForPresident said:
Palmer is a stud. Great play from faceoff to finish on the first goal. Props to Smith getting the insurance tally and Cody continuing his superb play this year. 4-41 all time at Yost!
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all time record is meaningless.

Palmer isn't a stud, he is inconsistant. But he has played well this year, wish he would of done it his soph. and Junior year though.

Hats off to Cody Reichard, he is the reason Miami won tonight. I know shot totals were lopsided ( especially in the second ) but I don't put mych stock in that, with Michigan getting a lot of chances on the PP.

Michigan clearly carried the play majority of the game, but the early goal for Miami seemed to kill the early momentum that michigan had. One thing I will credit to miami is the fact that they burried the chances that they had. They missed the net an awful lot but 3 goals on 13 shots is capitalizing on your chances.

I expect a huge early push from Michigan tomorrow night, I think that is given. If Miami can weather it, they have a chance. Should Michigan get an early goal or two watch out. Mich is a very good team and this loss won't define them, but should Miami pull an inprobable sweep tomorrow I think it hurts their chances for a CCHA title.
 
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