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Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013 Part II: Mmmm, Iron City Beer!

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SanTropez said:
Good point.

If CC can step it up at home and even split with Jan Brady U,I like to think we will will only be down 1pt going into the Denver series at home. Then it's on.
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Denver is the one that worries me. Those boys just don't get swept very often.
 
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mnstate0fhockey said:
Interesting stuff. Still think the word "amazed" was a bit over-the-top, but this context certainly sheds a different light on the situation. Thanks for putting this together Harley.
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Thanks...sweeping the next three opponents is not only essential as a last ditch effort for the Mac, it's a fairly relevant performance metric of their playoff readiness as well. They need to be demonstrating some peak performances now. I hate to admit it, but I'm not sure how deep this team can go if they can't sweep at least 2 of the final three series.

Biddco said:
You sound like me at about this time last year.
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Judging by the point spread, I think the parity is even more ridiculously tighter this year. 6 pts. separating the top 7 teams with three weeks left. Playoff hockey starts this weekend.;)

SanTropez said:
Good point.

If CC can step it up at home and even split with Jan Brady U,I like to think we will will only be down 1pt going into the Denver series at home. Then it's on.
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I agree, a sweep of UMD is a MUST, not an option now. Meeting UMD after they've gone winless in their last 6 games will make a series sweep a little tougher though.
 
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HarleyMC said:
Judging by the point spread, I think the parity is even more ridiculously tighter this year. 6 pts. separating the top 7 teams with three weeks left. Playoff hockey starts this weekend.;)
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That is definitely true. The WCHA is much tighter this year than last year.
 
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state of hockey said:
And they own us lately. It has seemed that way, anyway.
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Yeah, there was the sweep at DU last year that almost ended up being a season killer for the Gophers. Split at home the year before that and DU took all four games in the 09-10 season. So yeah, DU kinda has the Gophers number of late.
 
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Zach Budish on finishing the season strong.

"It seems like we play a really solid game one night, and the next we drop off," said Budish, the Gophers' sixth-leading scorer with 10 goals and 16 assists. "We've had good weeks of practice leading up to Friday games, and we've won the last couple of Fridays. On Saturdays, maybe we didn't have the same intensity or preparation during the day. ... We have to make sure that focus and intensity is there every day.''
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HarleyMC said:
Zach Budish on finishing the season strong.
"It seems like we play a really solid game one night, and the next we drop off," said Budish, the Gophers' sixth-leading scorer with 10 goals and 16 assists. "We've had good weeks of practice leading up to Friday games, and we've won the last couple of Fridays. On Saturdays, maybe we didn't have the same intensity or preparation during the day. ... We have to make sure that focus and intensity is there every day.''
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Well, from my perspective, this seems like as good an explanation of what I've seen on the ice the past couple months as anything I'd have been able to come up with on my own. Hoping that the fact that he's recognizing this, and talking openly about it, means that they're going to get past this.

Although, going back a few weeks, they certainly came out strong on Saturday at 'Kato. But yes, they need to put TWO full 60 minute games together in a weekend, they haven't done that really since AFA/BC.
 
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How about the fact that the Gophers are one of only two WCHA that haven't been swept this year? The only other team that can say that is UND and they only avoided a sweep by getting a tie not a split. I wonder if there's any correlation to success in that.
 
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GopherFan89 said:
How about the fact that the Gophers are one of only two WCHA that haven't been swept this year? The only other team that can say that is UND and they only avoided a sweep by getting a tie not a split. I wonder if there's any correlation to success in that.
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Even we have swept twice.
 
gopher wes said:
One of which was Tech, who the Gophers only managed to split with!:eek:
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In their first conference series when the Gophers were playing, I think we can all agree, not nearly as well as they have since break. This Gopher team just needs to consistently get to the net more. When they do, good things happen.
 
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mnstate0fhockey said:
In their first conference series when the Gophers were playing, I think we can all agree, not nearly as well as they have since break. This Gopher team just needs to consistently get to the net more. When they do, good things happen.
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I was just joking around. Obviously this is a different team since the holiday break. Shoulda thrown a ;) in there too. :)
 
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Remember when people thought that the Mankato loss in the first series would kill us in the PWR?
 
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One point back with ten still on the table. We aren't out of this yet. Then again, neither is half the conference.
 
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state of hockey said:
One point back with ten still on the table. We aren't out of this yet. Then again, neither is half the conference.
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If through next weekend we can hold serve with SCSU and stay ahead of UND, I'll start displaying some optimism.
 
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