Despite the fact that the actual 1st place team in the conference is the only team that's beaten you in your own building all season? The only game you've lost, as well this season, that you scored first in?
Looked like a couple pretty evenly matched teams to me. I begrudgingly give you the edge on the power play and in goal right now, but, the season isn't over, either.
When Searfoss scored with 2:02 left on Saturday night in our 3-2 loss we could hear sphincters puckering in Mariucci all the way down here in Omaha.
You might have the better team when it's all said and done but I think some of it just might be that Coach Blais just knows how to play a game against a Lucia coached team.
Does anybody know what the all time Blais vs. Lucia record is? I don't. And, my impression about their head-to-head has been formulated since we joined the WCHA, only.
I've seen the Gophers play many times on the tube this year so far and the best performances by any of your opponents against you I have seen this this season has been by us with apologies to Mankato. I did not see those particular games. I also did see the Tech series, but we swept them in their own building right after you split with them and they aren't really a factor in this conversation as they are in 11th place.
Even if you win the two games in hand right now that would only earn you a tie for first. UNO and Mankato have 2 of the easiest 3 schedules remaining in the WCHA (AA is the other). We only have 4 games left with teams that are even tucs right now. Two of those are this weekend.
If we come out of this weekend still in first, I really like our chances. The defense needs to stiffen up some. That's my only real concern.
