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Minnesota State Offseason Thread

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crossjcek said:
Are you just trying to rile mavhockey14 up again? The subject has been covered in a couple of threads. If they have the chance they will move. I will continue to support Mav hockey no matter which conference they are in and go to games to watch the Mavericks. Yes it is fun to see drafted talent in the building from the visiting team and the in state rivals but it doesn't sway my attendance. I know it does for some casual fans. I don't know if it would bring the students back, that is one segment that disappoints me these days.
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I think that's something we can all agree upon. I'm not sure I understand the students. It bizarre that every game there is a stream of people leaving after the second period. Are the happy hour specials really starting that early? If I remember correctly, student parties didn't get started until 10 or 11 on any given Friday or Saturday.
 
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Bale said:
I think that's something we can all agree upon. I'm not sure I understand the students. It bizarre that every game there is a stream of people leaving after the second period. Are the happy hour specials really starting that early? If I remember correctly, student parties didn't get started until 10 or 11 on any given Friday or Saturday.
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Scheduling hasn't helped with the students, either. This year, the UAH and NMU series were over the Christmas break, and the conference tournament weekends were during spring break. Kudos to the band, though. They showed up all year, and performed rather well.
 
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MavHockey14 said:
Just spoke to Bob Motzko, FWIW he doesn’t think Mike is moving to St. Cloud.
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I agree as was with a number of people this past weekend with Mankato ties and that person closest to program confirmed that as well as there's a number of things at play here and NCHC isn't really a factor.
 
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Daniel Brickley made his NHL debut tonight for the Kings. Got an assist on what may well be the game winning goal.
 
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Iwearpurple said:
Daniel Brickley made his NHL debut tonight for the Kings. Got an assist on what may well be the game winning goal.
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The Wild announcers said he wasn't eligible for the playoffs, while Louie Belpedio - who just signed yesterday with the Wild - is. Those are some weird rules.

Anyone, well done, Brick!
 
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I don't know if this is news or not: http://www.sprucegrovesaints.ca/media-centre/news-archives.html?nID=13411

For immediate release

Saints forward Chris Van Os-Shaw announces that due to unforeseen circumstances he will not be attending the University of Alaska- Anchorage in the fall of 2018.

In lieu of this development, the Saints are proud to announce that Chris has committed to play for the University of Minnesota State-Mankato Mavericks for the upcoming season.

The Mavericks, located in Mankato, Minnesota compete in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA). The program has 5 NCAA tournament appearances to their credit and won the WCHA Regular Season Title this season.

The Saints would like to congratulate Chris and his family on this new opportunity.
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purpleinnebraska said:
The Wild announcers said he wasn't eligible for the playoffs, while Louie Belpedio - who just signed yesterday with the Wild - is. Those are some weird rules.
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Belpedio was drafted by the Wild so he was already technically part of their organization at the trade deadline, while Brickley was a free agent.
 
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Ralph Baer said:
I don't know if this is news or not: http://www.sprucegrovesaints.ca/media-centre/news-archives.html?nID=13411
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Just saw it on Twitter, and was digging around a little. His numbers are enormous, but I don't know how that translates to college hockey. Obviously, you can find some gems in the AJHL (Parayko, Foo, Makar), and that's where we got Johnny McInnis a few years back. But McInnis might be instructive on looking at AJHL numbers skeptically. Johnny was 42-31-73 in 58 games his last year in the AJHL, but barely contributed for about a year and a half at MSU.

Don't know what the "unforeseen circumstances" are, but I hope everything works out for the best for him.
 
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purpleinnebraska said:
Just saw it on Twitter, and was digging around a little. His numbers are enormous, but I don't know how that translates to college hockey. Obviously, you can find some gems in the AJHL (Parayko, Foo, Makar), and that's where we got Johnny McInnis a few years back. But McInnis might be instructive on looking at AJHL numbers skeptically. Johnny was 42-31-73 in 58 games his last year in the AJHL, but barely contributed for about a year and a half at MSU.

Don't know what the "unforeseen circumstances" are, but I hope everything works out for the best for him.
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Chris almost averaged a goal a game this season, we needed whatever he could provide.
 
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CJ Suess becomes the 7th Maverick to earn All American honors being named to the West 1st Team.
 
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Well every league needs a villain. It seems as were starting to get people looking at us that way.:(
 
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Bale said:
Well every league needs a villain. It seems as were starting to get people looking at us that way.:(
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Nice poaching Mankato. I hope he remains academically eligible for you.
 
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Suze said:
Nice poaching Mankato. I hope he remains academically eligible for you.
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I don't like kids changing "commitments" but when you fire your coach I think that opens the door. The notion that one commits to the program and not the coach doesn't do it for me. The coach is part of the program and an important one as I think ALL MSU fans would agree with. Do you have proof that the MSU reached out to him or is it possible he made some calls?
 
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crossjcek said:
I don't like kids changing "commitments" but when you fire your coach I think that opens the door. The notion that one commits to the program and not the coach doesn't do it for me. The coach is part of the program and an important one as I think ALL MSU fans would agree with. Do you have proof that the MSU reached out to him or is it possible he made some calls?
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The writing was on the wall for any recruit to see. Any program who would actually retain a coach with Thomas's record doesn't care about their university.
 
Suze said:
The writing was on the wall for any recruit to see. Any program who would actually retain a coach with Thomas's record doesn't care about their university.
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No one’s saying you shouldn’t have fired your coach. But you also have to admit there is a downside to that decision, and that downside includes risking the loss of a bunch of players who committed to that coach.
 
purpleinnebraska said:
No one’s saying you shouldn’t have fired your coach. But you also have to admit there is a downside to that decision, and that downside includes risking the loss of a bunch of players who committed to that coach.
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Agreed, and you can’t read a recruit’s mind, so to blame a 20 year old kid for making a decision he felt was best for his future is ridiculous. This stuff happens all the time. Heck, look at College Football, for example. Guys commit, decommit, and commit elsewhere all the time —they’re kids trying to make decisions that will put them in the best spot to succeed moving forward — clearly in this case, he felt coming to Mankato rather than Anchorage put him in the best spot to succeed for his future.
 
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MavHockey14 said:
Agreed, and you can’t read a recruit’s mind, so to blame a 20 year old kid for making a decision he felt was best for his future is ridiculous. This stuff happens all the time. Heck, look at College Football, for example. Guys commit, decommit, and commit elsewhere all the time —they’re kids trying to make decisions that will put them in the best spot to succeed moving forward — clearly in this case, he felt coming to Mankato rather than Anchorage put him in the best spot to succeed for his future.
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Yeah, I know. I'm just super frustrated. I figured something like this was gonna happen. I was counting down to the signing date (2 days away now), and checking every day to see that he was still listed as a UAA recruit. I swear UAA is cursed. They NEED a player like this.
 
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