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Michigan Tech '11-'12 Season Thread I: Hope Springs Eternal

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Re: Michigan Tech '11-'12 Season Thread I: Hope Springs Eternal

FadeToBlack&Gold said:
People, it is time to move on. What's done is done, and we'll never be playing the CO schools or UND again in less than two years (outside of any sort of potential NCAA tourney situation), so I see no reason to continue letting the pot boil over. The only serious bummer in all of this is the loss of the Final Five, and I suspect that the check from that is less important to Tech than we've assumed over the years.

I, for one, have no desire to wade through a bunch of catfights in our series threads vs. the future NCHC and B1G teams this year. We're better than that (I hope).
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Yeah, lets stick to the usual Tech shinangins of posting while drunk and making fun of wisconsin and trolls and how the Pep band needs new stripe bibs, or more of them.

Biddco said:
IMO, I believe Tech and UMD will continue to play each other. UMD should play regional teams when they can. I have yet to ask our AD how we plan to use our scheduling with the NCHC will be.
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Go to a football game and ask him yourself ya hoser!! :p

JohnsonsJerseys said:
I hear you, but at this point I'm not willing to give them a free pass either. The Bi6Ten I think pretty much everyone saw it coming once PSU came on board. But those teams already play each other in every other sport so yeah, why not have the same rivals in hockey as well. The WCHA would have been fine with 10 teams. But then the fools out West go on an ego trip and figure they are too good for the WCHA, grab all the "best" teams from the WHCA to make a new league.

Then when they start getting turned down by other teams on their want list, they came back and grab another WCHA team (SCSU: "We're not invited? We're not a good fit anyway. Wait we're invited? Sure we would love to join, it's the best fit for us...").
So in the end the "new" NaCHo ends up being 60% of the remaining WCHA plus one new "good" program and one bottom feeder from the CCHA. Why not just ask Miami to join the WCHA when you were still members? It would have been the same net effect and woudn't have thrown the rest of western college hockey into a blender. It was greed and ego. It had nothing to do with making college hockey "better."

I think Tech will be just fine, if not better off in the new "WCCHA". Winning breeds winning and I expect Tech to do a lot more of it in the coming years. I don't think anyone would have called the CHA a powerhouse, but the Beavers did just fine and made a few tourney runs. I expect Tech might be able to do the same in the future. However just because Tech finds themselves in a better situation doesn't mean that I should kiss and make up with the teams that caused this mess. I'm 100% behind Tech, but I'm in no way going to validate what those teams did as even remotely acceptable. They can do whatever they want, I have no interest it in and could care less where they go from here, but they better not come knocking on the WCHA's door for a cup of sugar or anything else in the next 10 years if it all goes sour on them. That was the bed they wanted to make for themselves, now go sleep in it.

...And if the NaCHo is to blame, then isn't this an indictment of our college hockey conferences in general? I put it to you, fellow posters - isn't this an indictment of our entire college hockey system? Well, you can do whatever you want to Michigan Tech, but I'm not going to sit here and listen to you badmouth the greatest college sport in America!

Was it over when the Sue bombed the WCHA?
The Sue? I thought this was all Denver's fault?
Forget it, he's rolling...

Respectfully submitted this 13th day of October, two thousand and eleven,
Douglas C. Neidermeyer, Sargeant at Arms
:rolleyes:
(Ryan J)
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Must spread rep.......


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You're welcomed husky fans!
 
Re: Michigan Tech '11-'12 Season Thread I: Hope Springs Eternal

I would appreciate a steady stream of updates, though I know many of you will be on thg. I will be off to the wings game so keep the updates coming please.
 
Re: Michigan Tech '11-'12 Season Thread I: Hope Springs Eternal

I'll be at the Air Force game, so I too, would appreciate the steady stream of updates. GO TECH!!!
 
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stuckinwi said:
Kind of like we went to the CCHA for a couple years and then asked for a cup of sugar from the WCHA? ;) Yeah, good thing they hated us and wouldn't look past us leaving.
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How could the WCHA say no to us returning? Have you seen the size of our Cup that goes where we go?
:-)
Ryan J
 
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JohnsonsJerseys said:
How could the WCHA say no to us returning? Have you seen the size of our Cup that goes where we go?
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Ryan J
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The size of the cup sure hasn't impressed the last six different schools who have won it. :p


Funny how it's MTU's old fall back girlfriend from 1991 who wouldn't mind winning that cup again... ;)
 
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Flashy Man said:
Tommy Brown had his appendix removed and will be out a couple of weeks.
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Timeframe was updated by Stephen Anderson today on twitter.

steander A few updates since I wrote the article: Tommy Brown is now projected to be out 6-8 weeks after complications from appendectomy. #mtuhky
 
Re: Michigan Tech '11-'12 Season Thread I: Hope Springs Eternal

Tempo was awesome by Tech all game. Love to see them playing this pace. Really fun to watch.
 
Re: Michigan Tech '11-'12 Season Thread I: Hope Springs Eternal

Sounding like the 06-07 Huskies from what I heard on the radio, actually outworks an opponent and out shoots them, haven't seen that since the 06-07 season.
 
Re: Michigan Tech '11-'12 Season Thread I: Hope Springs Eternal

Just a fun game to watch tonight. Nice win.


Mel Pearson post game thoughts:
Very happy with how the kids are working, they're buying in with what we're trying to do
Happy to get these guys the win, we were rewarded for our efforts
On Kero's goal, great shot by Sweeney, great redirect by Kero, happy for Tanner to get that first goal out of the way
The guys were disciplined, played hard but clean
Rix - hard to let up on the hit and got called on the penalty
One of our "standards of play" is to play with a lot more discipline
Huge to keep cycling all 4 lines through the game
The system ask a lot of guys, all 4 lines played well
Rix-McLeod-Pietila line did a nice job, want more puck pocession and they played strong in the other teams zone
On non call in OT - those kind of plays even themselves out, Mel didn't see it, but from what he was told we didn't hit the goalie and they made the correct call
Robinson stopped 23, looked solid, playing with confidence, don't underestimate Steve Shields
On UW goal - very good job all night except that goal, our Dman should rotate over and we gave them too much room/time - Steve though maybe Josh could've poke checked the UW guy there
Hope the fans apprecaite how hard the kids are working, we feed off each other, we need more people in the stands
Want the word to get out that we're playing an up tempo style and get people in the seats
 
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