Michigan Tech, best season in 30 years, part two!

[bigblue_dl]

Re: Michigan Tech, best season in 30 years, part two!

It seemed that the Mavs had the speed advantage, Margonari shot past our d on the breakaway.
Gervais had to be called for goalie interference as he rammed Jamie into the goal.
The Mavs played better tonight and Jamie Phillips got us a tie.
Gould's cross bar was that close to beating them.
We need to get more shots from our gunners tomorrow, Tech had several fine moments tonight, but aswas said, they were stuck in their own zone far too often.
We needed a tie and a win this weekend. It is all left for tomorrow night, Go Tech.

I disagree on the speed advantage. Yeah they're fast, but they're not that much faster than Tech. There were some big chunks of the game where Tech was getting to pucks quicker and generally showing more speed, mostly in the 2nd period.

 

[Huskiefan906]

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Agreed, but we were chasing a lot of the play in the first and third periods. Mankato was controlling the play.
If we cashed on 3 of our grade A's it was a 4-1 game.
Petan in slot, Steman cross crease pass to Sturos, and Gould cross bar.
Actually do not know how Margonari missed so 4-2.

 

[Pure Mel]

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Agreed, but we were chasing a lot of the play in the first and third periods. Mankato was controlling the play.
If we cashed on 3 of our grade A's it was a 4-1 game.
Petan in slot, Steman cross crease pass to Sturos, and Gould cross bar.
Actually do not know how Margonari missed so 4-2.

Mavs were overall faster and controlled the puck much more effectively...

 

[John J. MacInnes]

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Patrick Anderson and Walker Hyland have been inserted into the lineup for Saturday night, replacing Hietala and Roy respectively.

 

[bose301s]

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Well, the MacNaughton is all but decided. They just clog the lanes and block a ton of shots. They also capitalized on their shots from the point, we need to not allow those. Our PK and PP both need tons of work, shouldn't be this far into a season and be so bad on both sides of special teams play.

 

[mtu_huskies]

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That's disapointing. Still amazed at only 2 PP on the weekend.
Didn't hear Pietila or Petan's name much tonight I thought.

Mel's postgame interview:
Much better game, like the effort per person much better
we have to learn to play bette,r had a lot of guys with a tough weekend
This is the kind of team you hvae to beat for a champiosnhip
Credit to Mankato, good group of seniros, been in NCAA etc
We had our chance on the PP in 3rd, not sure Hyland is a penalty, but we have to kill it
Back to the drawing board to get ready for next weekend
The last Mankato goal, special player, special goal on the PP
Their best players were the best this weekend, our best players struggled all weekend
Draining series, put it behind us, get ready for next weekend, and the playoffs
Hope to get a great turnout Friday for our seniors, they deserve a great send off

 

[HuskyNation]

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Mel was definitely not happy with the officiating. But he's right, we capitalized on our chances early, and then couldn't get anything more to go.

Not a good weekend, but we were outplayed for chunks of the games. Mankato deserves the 3pts. Sure they are a bunch of hacks, but we have to play through that to beat them.

 

[The Rube]

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Listened to tonight's game, and even Dirk wasn't really ripping the refs. MSU is no slouch. And there is no shame in losing to them. Good test of what's to come, come tourney time, though. MTU is in, which is HUGE, obviously. I'd call this weekend a success, given the recent history of MTU hockey.

 

[manurespreader]

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Things I'd like to see us better at.
1. Pk. 2. PP. 3. Blocking shots 4. Coming out of the zone under a heavy forecheck. 5. Dealing with the hacking.

I wonder if we will see Davis next week.

 

[Pure Mel]

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Mel was definitely not happy with the officiating. But he's right, we capitalized on our chances early, and then couldn't get anything more to go.

Not a good weekend, but we were outplayed for chunks of the games. Mankato deserves the 3pts. Sure they are a bunch of hacks, but we have to play through that to beat them.

I don't think Mel is ever too excited about the officiating but the taller linesman was absolutely terrible! Hope to not run into him again.

 

[HuskyNation]

Listened to tonight's game, and even Dirk wasn't really ripping the refs. MSU is no slouch. And there is no shame in losing to them. Good test of what's to come, come tourney time, though. MTU is in, which is HUGE, obviously. I'd call this weekend a success, given the recent history of MTU hockey.

No, Dirk wasn't, because he generally doesn't. But he does point out calls that should be made. My counter last night was up to 5. We got exactly 1 PP. Tech was playing no different than they were at times - the difference to the officials when we were, they weren't? Really?

And again, the officials were not the difference in the outcome - but they sure didn't help for momentum's sake or for fair play.

 

[HuskyNation]

Things I'd like to see us better at.
1. Pk. 2. PP. 3. Blocking shots 4. Coming out of the zone under a heavy forecheck. 5. Dealing with the hacking.

I wonder if we will see Davis next week.

To be honest, needs to be:
1. Blocking Shots (helps the PK in turn)
2. PP (of course if we don't get any, what's the use there?)
3. Zone breakout under heavy forechecking
4. Will and determination.
5. Desperation.

The one thing I was really happy about from this weekend, they never stopped playing. They gave it their all.

 

[Huskiefan906]

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The Mankato broadcast team was talking about a tiebreaker for the Cup.
If 2 teams finish tied, I would assume the tiebreaker settles playoff seed, but the two would be co- regular season champs and co-keepers of the cup.

I am not holding out much hope, but anything can happen and Bemidji is fighting for home ice.

Mankato almost got it last year, but carried through to win the playoff championship, all the fans need to relax and remember it is a process. Making the WCHA title game is the team's next immediate goal. Anyone know what the discussion between Hastings and Shawhan at the end of the first period was about? He shot down to Shawhan so quickly, but it diffused rather quickly.

 

[purpleinnebraska]

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The Mankato broadcast team was talking about a tiebreaker for the Cup.
If 2 teams finish tied, I would assume the tiebreaker settles playoff seed, but the two would be co- regular season champs and co-keepers of the cup.

I am not holding out much hope, but anything can happen and Bemidji is fighting for home ice.

Mankato almost got it last year, but carried through to win the playoff championship, all the fans need to relax and remember it is a process. Making the WCHA title game is the team's next immediate goal. Anyone know what the discussion between Hastings and Shawhan at the end of the first period was about? He shot down to Shawhan so quickly, but it diffused rather quickly.

I'm pretty sure you're right. I think it was just a couple years ago with Minnesota and SCSU that both got to skate with the cup (Not 100% certain on that). Tiebreakers are only for playoff seeding.

 

[bigblue_dl]

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Disappointing weekend. Mankato is a **** good team, but a team we can beat, we just didn't play well enough this weekend. I do think these 2 teams are fairly even, despite the disparity in head to head records. I couldn't help but think after the game last night that the game Mankato plays is just a really tough matchup for Tech. It would be nice to see Mankato on the opposite side of the bracket come late March.

 

[huskyfan]

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woke up just plain depressed about the weekend.

but keeping it in perspective - as a #3 team we just battled a #2 team - we lost but not by much. we will finish 2nd in the WCHA. most likely we will be in the tournament. who would have thought this a year ago? the NCAAs! I thought that would be years down the road!

 

[geezer]

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and did it get posted that Tanner Kero is up for the CLASS award?

Vote early and often. The votes actually mean something in this one. http://www.seniorclassaward.com/vote/hockey_2014-15/

 

[The Rube]

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I'm pretty sure you're right. I think it was just a couple years ago with Minnesota and SCSU that both got to skate with the cup (Not 100% certain on that). Tiebreakers are only for playoff seeding.

They both got the Cup, but SCSU was all pizzy because our coach had the trophy in his minivan and SCSU couldn't skate around with the trophy at their game.

 

[JohnsonsJerseys]

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Things I'd like to see us better at... 4. Coming out of the zone under a heavy forecheck.

I gave myself the evening away from posting to let this weekend sink in a bit. I would agree with #4 is the biggest difference between games that Tech wins and games that they don't. I saw a lot of dump the puck off the boards out of the D-zone and a lot of dump and chase in the O-zone (when we were actually across center ice). I am surprised to see that Mel was more pleased with Saturday's game. Regardless of the score, I don't think Tech carried the play for more than 10 minutes total on Saturday night. Most of the game was played in Tech's D-zone. A lot of bad passes by both teams, but since Tech had the puck so little, any missed pass seemed to be that much more crucial. Tech just seemed to be off their game. Whether it was a better team across the ice or pressure to win I do not know.

Tech needs to be focused on sweeping NMU (one of two WCHA teams they have not beaten) and then let the chips fall where they may. BSU is going to be hungry and its their barn. MSU needs two points to lock up the cup as their own. Tech just needs to get four points and then get ready for the playoffs. There is still a chance that Anchorage ends up in Houghton in two weeks. After what Tech did to them in their barn, I don't want to see them again this season. They would be highly motivated.

Ryan J

 

[MaizeRage]

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I'm pretty sure you're right. I think it was just a couple years ago with Minnesota and SCSU that both got to skate with the cup (Not 100% certain on that). Tiebreakers are only for playoff seeding.

Minnesota got to skate with the Cup the night they clinched a share of the title in Bemidji because they still had possession of the trophy from the previous year after the WCHA never bothered to get it back. St. Cloud had to wait until the next weekend's playoffs even though they held the tiebreaker over Minnesota and were top seed in the playoffs. It seems like the league office has their stuff a little more together these days.

Anyone know what the discussion between Hastings and Shawhan at the end of the first period was about? He shot down to Shawhan so quickly, but it diffused rather quickly.

Just minor heat-of-the-moment stuff. Mel came over to apologize to Hastings after the game but it was all water under the bridge by that point.