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Minnesota Golden Gopher Hockey: 2011-2012 Season Thread
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Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Hockey: 2011-2012 Season Thread
I ran into CrazyDave at the semifinal game on Saturday! And, according to my wife and daughter, who were watching on TV, I also was pictured on the tube during the final seconds of the Gopher's win today over North Dakota.
Question: has any school every won NCAA championships in both mens and womens in the same year? Now that would be quite an accomplishment...
I ran into CrazyDave at the semifinal game on Saturday! And, according to my wife and daughter, who were watching on TV, I also was pictured on the tube during the final seconds of the Gopher's win today over North Dakota.
Question: has any school every won NCAA championships in both mens and womens in the same year? Now that would be quite an accomplishment...
Badger Booster
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I ran into CrazyDave at the semifinal game on Saturday! And, according to my wife and daughter, who were watching on TV, I also was pictured on the tube during the final seconds of the Gopher's win today over North Dakota.
Question: has any school every won NCAA championships in both mens and womens in the same year? Now that would be quite an accomplishment...
Wisconsin did in the 2005-2006 season.
Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Hockey: 2011-2012 Season Thread
VERY impressive! I'm glad it was a WCHA (and future Big10 for the mens) school, and I really hope that in two weeks we'll be admitted into your exclusive company!
If I had to bet on which other schools would have the best chance of winning both championships in the same year - other than Wisconsin or Minnesota - and let's say in the next five years, it would have to be:
1) Boston College
2) UMD
3) Cornell
4) North Dakota
5) Boston University
Off hand I can't think of another school that would have a decent chance of winning both NCAA championships in the same year during the next five years...beyond that the landscape could well be very different for one or both mens or womens.
VERY impressive! I'm glad it was a WCHA (and future Big10 for the mens) school, and I really hope that in two weeks we'll be admitted into your exclusive company!
If I had to bet on which other schools would have the best chance of winning both championships in the same year - other than Wisconsin or Minnesota - and let's say in the next five years, it would have to be:
1) Boston College
2) UMD
3) Cornell
4) North Dakota
5) Boston University
Off hand I can't think of another school that would have a decent chance of winning both NCAA championships in the same year during the next five years...beyond that the landscape could well be very different for one or both mens or womens.
ARM
Fan of chipmunk-like mascots.
Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Hockey: 2011-2012 Season Thread
With a Burish on each team, and I think the sister/brother combination will not be duplicated any time soon.
Badger Booster
Registered User
Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Hockey: 2011-2012 Season Thread
Not sure how much each will play, but Wisconsin will again have a brother/sister combo. Chase Drake will be a junior for the men, while sister Kim is coming in next year from Shattuck. The Burish combo was unique as both were seniors and I believe both were captains.
At this point, the men's team has some work to do in order to be a legitimate title contender.
Not sure how much each will play, but Wisconsin will again have a brother/sister combo. Chase Drake will be a junior for the men, while sister Kim is coming in next year from Shattuck. The Burish combo was unique as both were seniors and I believe both were captains.
At this point, the men's team has some work to do in order to be a legitimate title contender.
brookyone
Deport Right Wing Nuts
Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Hockey: 2011-2012 Season Thread
Before we switch to off season mode I must convey my sincere and enthusiastic thanks to the senior class. To seniors Sarah Erickson, Jen Schoullis, Emily West, Kelly Seeler, Alyssa Grogan, Nikki Ludwigson and Anne Schleper, your immense contributions to GWH are hugely appreciated by all GWH fans. World class leadership skills throughout this senior class. Thanks a million for your dedication and hard work. A senior class that is the epitome of GWH and Pride on Ice.
Before we switch to off season mode I must convey my sincere and enthusiastic thanks to the senior class. To seniors Sarah Erickson, Jen Schoullis, Emily West, Kelly Seeler, Alyssa Grogan, Nikki Ludwigson and Anne Schleper, your immense contributions to GWH are hugely appreciated by all GWH fans. World class leadership skills throughout this senior class. Thanks a million for your dedication and hard work. A senior class that is the epitome of GWH and Pride on Ice.
ARM
Fan of chipmunk-like mascots.
Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Hockey: 2011-2012 Season Thread
Of the six signed, I've only seen the three MN HS products. Both of the D are tall and athletic, and have U-18 international experience. Stecklein is more of a stay-at-home D; McMillen can make an impact all over the ice, but may need to make more of an adjustment to the next level, coming from a smaller school and having been used in a far different fashion in HS than she will be in college. Hannah Brandt is special; how quickly she can make an impact will go a long way to determining how good the Gophs can be next season.
Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Hockey: 2011-2012 Season Thread
We'll let you root for her anyway.
We'll let you root for her anyway.
ManBehindTheCurtain
Great and powerful wizard
Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Hockey: 2011-2012 Season Thread
I noticed Anderson took all of the shifts on the Schoullis-Kessel line beginning about the middle of the 2nd.
Defensive adjustment? or did Bona get some sort of ding that I didn't see?
I noticed Anderson took all of the shifts on the Schoullis-Kessel line beginning about the middle of the 2nd.
Defensive adjustment? or did Bona get some sort of ding that I didn't see?
Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Hockey: 2011-2012 Season Thread
I noticed the same thing and I've been wondering, too.
I noticed the same thing and I've been wondering, too.
ARM
Fan of chipmunk-like mascots.
Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Hockey: 2011-2012 Season Thread
From informal conversations, my assumption is the former. Anderson brought both speed and fresh legs and was everywhere after being inserted. Once we get to March, just about everybody is dinged to some extent, so that could easily play a factor, but I thought Bona had a least one shift after Anderson started playing.
Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Hockey: 2011-2012 Season Thread
Coach Frost might want to use this little video when recruiting out-of-state players:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDH5il6FFiM&feature=youtu.be
Coach Frost might want to use this little video when recruiting out-of-state players:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDH5il6FFiM&feature=youtu.be
. Have to be a WCHA TEAM BECAUSE no other womens team has wonI ran into CrazyDave at the semifinal game on Saturday! And, according to my wife and daughter, who were watching on TV, I also was pictured on the tube during the final seconds of the Gopher's win today over North Dakota.
Question: has any school every won NCAA championships in both mens and womens in the same year? Now that would be quite an accomplishment...
ManBehindTheCurtain
Great and powerful wizard
Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Hockey: 2011-2012 Season Thread
I love Goldy.
Goldy comes and gets in front of me so that I cannot see the game at least a few times every season.
It is irritating.
The new scoreboard helps enormously. I have discovered that if Goldy obscures the ice I can still usually watch the game on TV on the board. Obviously I prefer the live game but . . .
The contribution to the atmosphere made by Goldy and the band (who is, after all, part of the band) are so huge that I gladly endure a few moments of inconvenience.
I don't like it.
But I am prepared to endure it. I endeavor to persevere.
I reread what I posted previously and have something I want to add. I dragged it off that other thread over here because it is not something that the entire forum is probably interested in. This is a comment about a specifically Ridder Arena issue.
I love Goldy.
Goldy comes and gets in front of me so that I cannot see the game at least a few times every season.
It is irritating.
The new scoreboard helps enormously. I have discovered that if Goldy obscures the ice I can still usually watch the game on TV on the board. Obviously I prefer the live game but . . .
The contribution to the atmosphere made by Goldy and the band (who is, after all, part of the band) are so huge that I gladly endure a few moments of inconvenience.
I don't like it.
But I am prepared to endure it. I endeavor to persevere.
Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Hockey: 2011-2012 Season Thread
Spin. Your. Head.
Spin. Your. Head.