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Michigan Tech Huskies 2020-21: * Our 100th Anniversary * No Catchy Title Needed *****

HuskyDut said:
I agree that the constant criticism of officiating is probably going to hurt the cause more than help it. Anyone who saw the penalty shot call on Friday night knows it was a joke, but you still won the game. Have to move on. If we didn't end up with the W, then I can see a case for going off. But still, is there a process by which coach can file a complaint with the league office? Better to do that than berate the officials publicly and face their backlash in future games.

p.s. Griffin Loughran is a little punk.
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I think his gripe is with the WCHA and how they handle officials. From what he has said, the league doesn't do anything with complaints. One thing that drives coaches I have played for crazy is when the officials don't know the rules, inconsistent, and aren't reprimanded/made/trained to improve. WCHA officials are horribly inconsistent, even within a game.

That poor little man is why hockey needs enforcers.
 
manurespreader said:
John MacInnes was someone with a very even keel. He never, to my knowledge anyway, lost control.
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My namesake and the rest of the legendary coaches from that era also had referees like Topper Ricci who were just as good at managing personalities as they were at managing the game. Those two qualities in tandem are not something you find from current officials.

There were also very few 'firebrand' coaches in that era. Badger Bob, Murray Armstrong, Jeff Sauer, Gino Gasparini, Lefty Smith...all were pretty stoic. Amo Bessone might have been the most animated, but I don't remember seeing much of that directed toward the officials.
 
My seat as a student was right behind the bench. I only heard Coach M raise his voice once. Steve Coates had lined someone up from across the rink and was heading in to smash the guy into the boards. Coach M shouted, loud enough for everyone in the rink to hear, " Stay away from him Coates"! Coates didn't.
 
Lost_Husky said:
I welcome the hate! :D
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gfmorris said:
*starts shaking the gloves loose*
GFM
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Well hockey fans, time to rumble. It's game day!
The beginning of the end for the WCHA.
Time to start the conference portion of the schedule.
(As opposed to the "in-conference non-conference" schedule we had been playing previously.)
Go Huskies! Go Tech!
It's 2021, bring forth the 100th jerseys!
 
JohnsonsJerseys said:
Well hockey fans, time to rumble. It's game day!
The beginning of the end for the WCHA.
Time to start the conference portion of the schedule.
(As opposed to the "in-conference non-conference" schedule we had been playing previously.)
Go Huskies! Go Tech!
It's 2021, bring forth the 100th jerseys!
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Great sentiments.

But they don't play until tomorrow and Sunday.
 
We had a good weekend, and a good start to 2021! Nice to see Sinclair get the W against his old team.

A couple of worries. The only goals Sunday were from the point. Nice to see those two goals (really nice!) but it really worries me that we are not getting much else. We have the talent for sure. I believe it is coming from the dump and run style we are playing, but I would like to hear what others think.

The other concern is our propensity to give the puck away in front of our own net. Does anyone track turnovers as a stat? Or is it just tracked by +/-? I hope this does not get exposed by the better teams in our league.
 
JohnsonsJerseys said:
Well hockey fans, time to rumble. It's game day!
The beginning of the end for the WCHA.
Time to start the conference portion of the schedule.
(As opposed to the "in-conference non-conference" schedule we had been playing previously.)
Go Huskies! Go Tech!
It's 2021, bring forth the 100th jerseys!
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The in-conference non-conference returns next week with NMU-LSSU.
 
Tech with a sweep although maybe a little too nerve racking on Sunday afternoon. But at the end of the year, "They don't ask how, they ask how many..." and Tech has two more wins than they did at this time last week. On paper, Tech has a very soft conference schedule this year. If Tech wins 6 of the next 8 games with at least one of them vs Mankato, they're going to contend for the Cup. If they get swept by the Mavericks and lose another game or two in Jan they're going to be struggling just to get home ice at the end of the year. With so few games ANY loss will be huge, but especially to Mankato as we only get two true conference games against them. A four point gap with no further head to head games will be almost impossible to overcome. Couple that with the unknown if the WCHA will even get a second bid for the tourney... this year the MacNaughton Cup means more than ever.
 
JohnsonsJerseys said:
Tech with a sweep although maybe a little too nerve racking on Sunday afternoon. But at the end of the year, "They don't ask how, they ask how many..." and Tech has two more wins than they did at this time last week. On paper, Tech has a very soft conference schedule this year. If Tech wins 6 of the next 8 games with at least one of them vs Mankato, they're going to contend for the Cup. If they get swept by the Mavericks and lose another game or two in Jan they're going to be struggling just to get home ice at the end of the year. With so few games ANY loss will be huge, but especially to Mankato as we only get two true conference games against them. A four point gap with no further head to head games will be almost impossible to overcome. Couple that with the unknown if the WCHA will even get a second bid for the tourney... this year the MacNaughton Cup means more than ever.
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i am not sure if i agree 100%... for sure don't disagree.

MNSU is a beast of it's own... and all other seven teams are on the same boat. being in second place two points or 22 points behind mankato, is still second place. a tech's bird eye view should in a way divide the league this way for the other seven teams;

1) MNSU (the outlier), 2) the next best three, and 3) the worst three.

don't bother (as much) with MNSU, win against the 'best three', and don't loose to the 'worst three'.

UAH (and even the AK teams) have been teaching us lessons for years and lord-have-mercy we don't seem to learn from history.

we are one series down, with six to go... focus!

just FOCUS and we will be contenting for both trophies.

who are the best three? hmm... BGSU is one of them. also BSU and NMU/LSSU?
who are the worst three? hmm... FSU and UAH are two of them. NMU or LSSU?

show up with heart for these next 12 games and the let the cards fall where they may.

but what do i know?

GO TECH GOLD!
 
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DrunkTrainPolka said:
MNSU is a beast of it's own...
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Well this is a point I raised a few weeks ago. I think Mankato over the last few years has shown that anyone who wants to win the WCHA needs to knock them off the top. As Tech fans we always get amped up to play Northern. I get it. They are the longstanding local rivals from 90 miles away that everyone loves to hate. BUT...if the goal is to be a championship quality team at some point (WCHA regular season, WCHA tourney, NCAA tourney, etc) Mankato really should be the key games that are the focus of the season and circled on the calendar because they will make or break your chances to win any of those championships. Given the lack of fans that will be in the building, this will be a great chance to play Mankato on a near neutral rink.
 
I believe I saw where MTU wore those cool anniversary jerseys during the first series of 2021
​​​Will they be worn again? If so, when?
 
Remember the MacNeil Lehrer report? well after Lehrer died it became the PBS news hour and tonight MTU made the national news via the PBS news hour.. Specifically, the MTU hockey team made the national news, and Dirk was featured calling a game. It was about a 4 second clip but still....
 
manurespreader said:
Remember the MacNeil Lehrer report? well after Lehrer died it became the PBS news hour and tonight MTU made the national news via the PBS news hour.. Specifically, the MTU hockey team made the national news, and Dirk was featured calling a game. It was about a 4 second clip but still....
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If you want to see it, here's the link. The clip is at 53:53 near the end of the show, it's from a game against UAA.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/january-5-2021-pbs-newshour-full-episode
 
This weekend’s Tech-Minnesota St series is postponed due to a Covid outbreak with the Huskies. Good luck and quick recovery to all involved.
 
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