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>< Michigan Tech Huskies 2022-23: Over One Century of Hockey ><

It is always great sweeping the Mildcats. Those 6 points were badly needed to keep pace with Mankato and keep us in the hunt. The great part, we control our own destiny.
 
giwan said:
the real fans want it the old way.
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njmav1 said:
The real fans or the old fans?
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Fans of the game of hockey want to watch 5v5, not a skills competition.

While Tech may control their own destiny, my gut feel is that they are going to be haunted by points left on the table with bottom half teams earlier in the season (LSSU twice, the Tommies, etc). Championship winning teams need to beat the teams they should beat. Here is Mankato in a "rebuilding" year, once again sitting atop the standings with a month to go, also in control of their own destiny.

PS - Hey CCHA.com... time to update the link to the MTU Huskies "Team Page" which currently connects users to the 2020-21 team roster...
 
JohnsonsJerseys said:
Fans of the game of hockey want to watch 5v5, not a skills competition.

While Tech may control their own destiny, my gut feel is that they are going to be haunted by points left on the table with bottom half teams earlier in the season (LSSU twice, the Tommies, etc). Championship winning teams need to beat the teams they should beat. Here is Mankato in a "rebuilding" year, once again sitting atop the standings with a month to go, also in control of their own destiny.

PS - Hey CCHA.com... time to update the link to the MTU Huskies "Team Page" which currently connects users to the 2020-21 team roster...
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Yes, those points are already haunting us. We could be tied/up on Mankato, but now are 3 points behind them.

Mankato, BG, and BSU also have had their fair share of "bad" losses. That said, the CCHA top to bottom is a much tougher league than it was last year. St Thomas has as many points as NMU. Ferris is significantly improved. LSSU has been playing better lately, beating Ferris, taking Mankato to OT, and beating BSU. The CCHA is still wide open.

Many of the current top CCHA teams are in "rebuilding" years. Tech, BSU, and Mankato lost a lot from last year. The real question, how is LSSU last, NMU tied for 6th and BGSU in their perennial 3rd position? Those teams were set up for this to be "their year."
 
Stellar weekend by Blake while we got a bit of help from the stumbles by Mankato and Bowling Green. Hope the Huskies are ready to keep up this momentum going into Carny weekend.
 
Here's another hockey story. ""In Montreal, the bench was strange. The crowd could actually walk behind the bench to get to or from their seats. One time, somebody suckered one of our guys on the bench and I reached for the bastard and just missed him. He was with his friend and they started running, so I bolted after them. They turned down the corridor and ran down the ramp. Boom! Through one doorway. Boom! Through a second set of doors and out of the building, over top of a snowbank beside the TV trucks and then they cut right towards Sainte-Cathrine Street.
I chased after them in my skates. They ran through traffic and I lost them. There I was, standing on the corner of Lambert-Closse and Sainte-Catherine with my Bruins uniform on. I was still wearing my skates. I could see the TV production truck, and everybody was watching the fight on television. A fan grabbed the guys and pointed at me, but I was done. Ace Bailey had followed me out of the Forum and was standing beside me. We looked at each other quizzically and he asked, ”Turk, what are we doing out here?” ”I don’t know, to tell you the truth,” I answered. ”I thought I had to catch the guys, but I couldn’t. Whaddya say we go back?”
Source: Crossing The Line: The Outrageous Story of A Hockey Original. Derek Sanderson with Keven Shea.
 
manurespreader said:
Here's another hockey story. ""In Montreal, the bench was strange. The crowd could actually walk behind the bench to get to or from their seats. One time, somebody suckered one of our guys on the bench and I reached for the bastard and just missed him. He was with his friend and they started running, so I bolted after them. They turned down the corridor and ran down the ramp. Boom! Through one doorway. Boom! Through a second set of doors and out of the building, over top of a snowbank beside the TV trucks and then they cut right towards Sainte-Cathrine Street.
I chased after them in my skates. They ran through traffic and I lost them. There I was, standing on the corner of Lambert-Closse and Sainte-Catherine with my Bruins uniform on. I was still wearing my skates. I could see the TV production truck, and everybody was watching the fight on television. A fan grabbed the guys and pointed at me, but I was done. Ace Bailey had followed me out of the Forum and was standing beside me. We looked at each other quizzically and he asked, ”Turk, what are we doing out here?” ”I don’t know, to tell you the truth,” I answered. ”I thought I had to catch the guys, but I couldn’t. Whaddya say we go back?”
Source: Crossing The Line: The Outrageous Story of A Hockey Original. Derek Sanderson with Keven Shea.
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Completely different time. Could you imagine if that happened now?
 
You know I don't really care all that much if our PP scores, but isn't the first responsibility they have to not let the other team score? I mean come on!
 
manurespreader said:
You know I don't really care all that much if our PP scores, but isn't the first responsibility they have to not let the other team score? I mean come on!
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I'm not blaming the coaches as last year the PP was outstanding. Sometimes players need to have situational awareness and not rely on Blake to save their mistake as much as they do.
 
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