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Michigan Tech Offseason III: Two Years To Prove It Can Be Done

Re: Michigan Tech Offseason III: Two Years To Prove It Can Be Done

Hockey 101

Defensive Pairings

Offensive Pair
Shutdown Pair
Pair that plays when the the offensive and shutdown pair are resting

I don't see Seigo playing with Nielsen. Isn't Nielsen a shutdown defenseman with his size and hitting ability?
 
Re: Michigan Tech Offseason III: Two Years To Prove It Can Be Done

bigblue_dl said:
I think the creature we know of as TundraWookie is the first of her kind.
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I heard "wookie" about 9-10 years ago, when my buddy The Ohj was attending UW-Stout, but had never heard "tundra wookie" until I met Techies.

So, it is up to the technicalities.
 
Re: Michigan Tech Offseason III: Two Years To Prove It Can Be Done

So I've roughly estimated that there have been 516 season ticket seats sold this year. Including the students and band, roughly 1365 of the available 2800 seats are already called for per game.
 
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Flashy Man said:
So I've roughly estimated that there have been 516 season ticket seats sold this year. Including the students and band, roughly 1365 of the available 2800 seats are already called for per game.
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You're assuming that the students show up, which is a big assumption.
 
Re: Michigan Tech Offseason III: Two Years To Prove It Can Be Done

So it's about that time... The skates are on and we're under a month to the first real game. Let's hear your predictions. To keep it simple, just post the number of NCAA wins Tech will get this year (don't count Oct 1st v Lakehead). If you wish to expand on your prediction, state if you feel your number will fall below, meet, or exceed expectations for Mel's first year.

I'm going with the combined total of our last three seasons (6+5+4) and will predict 15 wins this year. Assuming we sweep AIC right out of the box, that gives us 36 games (including two 1st round WCHA games) to pick up 13 more wins - a fairly easy to obtain 0.361 win percentage over the remainder of the season. Considering the schedule contains UAA x 4, Mankato x 4, St Lawrence x 2, and SCSU at home I don't think that is an unreasonable total. I think the coaching shake up alone is worth two wins in close games that we might have lost last season. The boys are going to motivated to play for their spots and if they are not, they won't be in the line up for long with the size of our roster. I expect 1st and 2nd year players to see a ton of ice time early in the year even it turns into losses.

Although on paper this appears to be an easy goal, I think a 15 win season also far exceeds expectations for most people based on what we have done for the last couple decades. If Mel goes higher and finishes at 0.500 or above, he's a lock for WCHA coach of the year (assuming tUMD doesn't win another title).

Ryan J
 
Re: Michigan Tech Offseason III: Two Years To Prove It Can Be Done

Just browsing the schedule I would say 4 conference wins, and 2-3 Non-Conference wins. So a 7 win season, which I guess is an improvement.
 
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Flashy Man said:
I think you meant to post that in this thread.
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Cept it wouldn't be an improvement then. :p

I hope Tech wins a lot more games than 7. But I was being realistic with my prediction. Also there will be ties, so its not like every non-win is a loss.
 
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I haven't posted here before but I'll put my 2 cents in. I've seen what a difference a coach can make just in attitude, discipline and work ethic. Allowing the players to be creative will help. Add in some new skaters with potential and count on a reduction in injuries and you have the recipe for a much improved season. I predict an overall record close to 500.
 
Re: Michigan Tech Offseason III: Two Years To Prove It Can Be Done

10 wins, and below the expectations of the local yokels. tMel will be unrealistically expected to do what Blashill did for Western last year.
 
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