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Michigan Wolverines 2015-2016 Season

Re: Michigan Wolverines 2015-2016 Season

Bonin21 said:
Blame wisconsin.
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No kidding. Never did I expect this when the B1G formed. That Wisconsin would suck this badly and still keep their coach after sucking that badly.

There's nothing good about it. A win over them is equivalent to one over AIC now in the PWR. Hell, Minnesota TYING Wisconsin hurt them.
 
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UMICH said:
You can tell that you are a MAC alum. B1G schools refers to the B1G TEN. Those are, in theory, warm-up games. Every major program has them in every sport.
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yes, that would explain the large "Bowling Green St. Univ." in my sig. we're familiar with the B1G down here--our football team is on a 3-1 run against the B1G. good warm-up for the MAC season. :D

in hockey, the general idea is to schedule out-of-conference games that will draw well and won't bugger your RPI and Pairwise ranking. but if you're happy that your post-realignment OOC scheduling is the best that you can get, god bless.
for reference, Sparty's OOC schedule includes 8 games against ranked teams; OSU has 9. UM has what...two?

I've got nothing against the B1G hockey conference, and RIP CCHA. it's a pity that your OOC scheduling sucks. but hey, maybe the new AD can fix it. dumping the ridiculous 2-for-1 policy (that's so far doing a great job of pulling in lots of Atlantic teams) would help immediately.
 
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blackswampboy said:
yes, that would explain the large "Bowling Green St. Univ." in my sig. we're familiar with the B1G down here--our football team is on a 3-0 run against the B1G. good warm-up for the MAC season. :D
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Purdue would go 5-7 in the MAC. Maryland as well.

blackswampboy said:
UM has what...two?
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Robert Morris is gonna be ranked by the time Michigan plays them. They're getting more votes than three B1G teams.

Still no excuse. I'm actually excited at the possibility of beating Bowling Green in the 2016 GLI final.
 
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MGoBlueHockey said:
Tomato cans or not, there are going to be less than 3,000 people for those games. Book it. Especially with them scheduling the Niagara game at the same time as the Basketball season opener.

You just know they're going to drop one to two of those games against those awful teams. We had to come from behind to beat freaking RPI last year at home.
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There is no way that Michigan will draw less than 3,000 for a game. This isn't the 1980's. I can see less than 6,000 and maybe even less than 5,000 under the "wrong" circumstances but no way less than 3,000.

I never said that the schedule was great, just that it was a result of DB Brandon and somehow he could get more marketing from playing those teams. It still doesn't concern me...
 
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http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2015/09/29_2015-16_chn_preseason_all-america.php

First Team
F Jimmy Vesey, Sr., Harvard — The Hobey finalist decided to return to last year's NCAA team for his senior season, a rarity these days. He had an NCAA-best 32 goals last season, the most by far of any returning player.

F Mike Vecchione, Jr., Union — A key contributor to the NCAA champs as a freshman, had to carry the load more as a sophomore last season, and did it admirably.

F Danton Heinen, So., Denver — Returns for his sophomore, and likely final, season with the Pioneers. Burst on the scene for 16 goals last season as Denver made the NCAAs.

D Zach Werenski, So., Michigan — One of the youngest players in college hockey last season, was taken in the first round of the 2015 NHL Draft by Columbus.

D Andy Welinksi, Sr., Minnesota-Duluth — Like Vesey, a highly-touted senior comes back to a team with a chance to go a long way. Had 21 points from the backline last season.

G Kyle Hayton, St. So., Lawrence — His save percentage was just .002 worse than the other top returning goaltender, Yale's Alex Lyon, last season while facing a lot more shots.

Second Team
F Kevin Roy, Sr., Northeastern — The Anaheim pick returns for his senior season. He's been a consistent offensive force for the Huskies, while improving the rest of his game steadily.

F Danny O'Regan, Sr., Boston University — He won't have Jack Eichel with him this season, but it's hard to overlook 23 goals last year.

F Alex Petan, Sr., Michigan Tech — Overlooked at times because of where he plays, but the 5-foot-9 Petan puts up consistently good numbers.

D Paul LaDue, Jr., North Dakota — A steady force on the backline, underrated because he's not flashy.

D Matt Grzelcyk, Boston University — The only reason he's not higher on this list is because he starts the season injured.

G Carmine Guerriero, Jr., Alabama-Huntsville — Had a .927 save percentage last season while facing more shots per minute than any goaltender in the country. Edges out Jamie Phillips and Thatcher Demko, who had offseason hip surgery and may miss the early part of the season.
 
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UMICH said:
There is no way that Michigan will draw less than 3,000 for a game. This isn't the 1980's. I can see less than 6,000 and maybe even less than 5,000 under the "wrong" circumstances but no way less than 3,000.

I never said that the schedule was great, just that it was a result of DB Brandon and somehow he could get more marketing from playing those teams. It still doesn't concern me...
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Considering Yost's new capacity is 5,800, it could very well happen.
 
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blackswampboy said:
yes, that would explain the large "Bowling Green St. Univ." in my sig. we're familiar with the B1G down here--our football team
I've got nothing against the B1G hockey conference, and RIP CCHA. it's a pity that your OOC scheduling sucks. but hey, maybe the new AD can fix it. dumping the ridiculous 2-for-1 policy (that's so far doing a great job of pulling in lots of Atlantic teams) would help immediately.
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Andy Murray has said he won't play Michigan again unless they drop the 2 for 1. Too bad, I miss playing Michigan every year. At least there's always the GLI.
 
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ubish said:
Andy Murray has said he won't play Michigan again unless they drop the 2 for 1. Too bad, I miss playing Michigan every year. At least there's always the GLI.
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I can guarantee there will be no more of that stuff. Michigan has made a 180 reform in how it conducts itself as the interim AD is an actual person. He has done amazing things that were unimaginable a year ago like signing Jim Harbaugh and securing the largest apparel deal in the nation with Nike. He's also trying to get the Michigan-ND football series renewed, one of the thousands of things the AD that we ran out of town screwed up because he didn't value it.
 
MGoBlueHockey said:
I can guarantee there will be no more of that stuff. Michigan has made a 180 reform in how it conducts itself as the interim AD is an actual person. He has done amazing things that were unimaginable a year ago like signing Jim Harbaugh and securing the largest apparel deal in the nation with Nike. He's also trying to get the Michigan-ND football series renewed, one of the thousands of things the AD that we ran out of town screwed up because he didn't value it.
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Is he the guy that decided to go with the shiny aluminum benches at Yost? Just doesn't look right in such an old barn.
 
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ubish said:
Is he the guy that decided to go with the shiny aluminum benches at Yost? Just doesn't look right in such an old barn.
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The AD we ran out town did that and he put the windows back in Yost. The atmosphere is a shell of what it was pre-renovation.
 
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MGoBlueHockey said:
The AD we ran out town did that and he put the windows back in Yost. The atmosphere is a shell of what it was pre-renovation.
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Yet some of us really enjoy the new look. We love the windows- both seeing Yost at night when coming and going, and having natural light for early games.

I'm not goth enough to like dark and closed in barns.
 
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alfablue said:
Yet some of us really enjoy the new look. We love the windows- both seeing Yost at night when coming and going, and having natural light for early games.

I'm not goth enough to like dark and closed in barns.
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This looked great in addition to the atmosphere being a lot closer to what it was in the 90s-
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Michigan has not made the tournament since that has been gone in addition to the windows being there. I say board them back up as all that was there was plywood covering them up.
 
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MGoBlueHockey said:
This looked great in addition to the atmosphere being a lot closer to what it was in the 90s-
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Michigan has not made the tournament since that has been gone in addition to the windows being there. I say board them back up as all that was there was plywood covering them up.
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Oh yea, are those banners still on display somewhere in Yost?
 
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MGoBlueHockey said:
This looked great in addition to the atmosphere being a lot closer to what it was in the 90s-
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Michigan has not made the tournament since that has been gone in addition to the windows being there. I say board them back up as all that was there was plywood covering them up.
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To each his own.

We won a NC before the renovation to the north end- should we get rid of that, too? We also won 7 NC's in the tiny colesum- should we go back?

I prefer how it is.

And I have been going to games continuously since 1990.
 
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All, a reminder that we have a game this weekend- 5:05 on Sunday- against U of Toronto.

Should be interesting, since today is the first day that the coaches can practice with the players.
 
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Sort of a win.

Not sure what to make of the game- was Toronto that bad, or are we better this year? Most the game, we looked like we were on the power play... And it took a while for all of those shots to roll in.
 
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