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Michigan State Hockey 202?-202?

So, the schedule is out.

After doing some snooping, it seems like we're either playing UM at LCA on 2/11 or we're not playing them in Detroit at all this year. (The Wings are out of town and the Pistons will be at home on 2/10. No other events have been scheduled at LCA for that date.)
 
Riley Bassen committed to MSU today. A highly skilled Texas kid…a good pick up…hopefully he makes it to campus in a couple years.
 
Season starts in 6 days with exhibition at Plymouth. Not sure what to expect this year, but defense and goaltending should be fine. Offense can’t get worse. Reports are that Lewie, Middendorf, and Davidson are especially looking good. Looking forward to the Air Force series when I can get my first look.
 
wsummers said:
Season starts in 6 days with exhibition at Plymouth. Not sure what to expect this year, but defense and goaltending should be fine. Offense can’t get worse. Reports are that Lewie, Middendorf, and Davidson are especially looking good. Looking forward to the Air Force series when I can get my first look.
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It’s been a year and a half since I’ve seen a hockey game in person so I’m very excited. It doesn’t feel like it’s been that long but the last 18 months sometimes feel like they never existed, somehow.

As a result, I’ve never known less about an MSU hockey team heading into the season.
 
In presser today Cole gave current first two lines.
1 - Middendorf Nodler Loughran
2 - Lewandowski Papp Davidson

3rd center is Muller
 
Pirateasaur said:
Well, good thing it doesn’t count.

Losing to the U18 doesn’t mean much. Getting shut out, however, feels like a bad omen.
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The U18 is a strong team. That having been said, it just feels like more of the same old, same old (e.g., lack of scoring) where this team is concerned.
 
FLHockeyMom said:
The U18 is a strong team. That having been said, it just feels like more of the same old, same old (e.g., lack of scoring) where this team is concerned.
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For what it’s worth(not much) Notre Dame also dropped their exhibition against the U-18 team.

But as we’ve already determined, it’s the goose egg that has us worried, not the loss.
 
Losing to the NTDP is never fun, even if they're good and even if the game doesn't mean anything.

But yeah, I'm also concerned that we don't have a goal-scorer this year. I think we have a bunch of assist guys, but I don't know if we have anybody that can put it in the cage. The sample size is limited, though. (Technically, it's a sample size of zero.) Hopefully, this is just an overreaction to a bad exhibition game on the road.
 
Looks like Mich blasted BG in an exhibition 7-1. A lot of these exhibitions sure seem secretive. I have to check team Twitter pages to know these games even happened.

But my point here is that Cole needs to have this team buzzing this year because another .300 record that might include getting thumped by Michigan might find his seat getting very uncomfortable.
 
Pirateasaur said:
Looks like Mich blasted BG in an exhibition 7-1. A lot of these exhibitions sure seem secretive. I have to check team Twitter pages to know these games even happened.

But my point here is that Cole needs to have this team buzzing this year because another .300 record that might include getting thumped by Michigan might find his seat getting very uncomfortable.
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Box score of sorts from USCHO.com for said same thumping of the Falcons by the Weasels, although as you say I'm not really sure what the take-aways are:

https://www.uscho.com/gameday/division-i-men/2021-2022/2021-10-06/game-2351/

In any event, your point re. Cole is well taken, and you are preaching to the choir!
 
Pirateasaur said:
But my point here is that Cole needs to have this team buzzing this year because another .300 record that might include getting thumped by Michigan might find his seat getting very uncomfortable.
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I’m not going to count the pandemic year against him, but enough time will have passed by the end of this season to look at trend lines. This is Cole’s year to show his work.
 
Well, we’re roughly as good as Air Force. Where do we think they would rank in the Big 10?

Might have even caught covid while watching. Who knows?

I’ll have actual thoughts later.
 
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