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NCAA Tournament: NMU Wildcats vs. SCSU Huskies

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This is St. Cloud's year. Dean Blais said Mike Lee will lead St. Cloud to a national championship. Dean wouldn't lie, would he?

What does Barry Melrose say?
 
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I think that SCSU will win its first NCAA tournament game. When UMD played Northern Michigan, they were very average, and albeit that the game was played very very early in the season, I believe that St. Cloud has more skill and more importantly, more depth than NMU... and I never thought I'd say this... but since SCSU is the only REAL Minnesota :p team in the NCAA tournament... I guess I have to say... GO Huskies!!
 
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Dirty Bottles said:
I think the UNM vs. SCSU game is a toss up. While there is no reason to be "scared" of SCSU they certainly are capable of beating anyone in the country. We've had quality road wins against Denver, UND, and Wisconsin this year.
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I didnt know New Mexico had a team? :rolleyes:
 
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DaTruthinDaluth said:
I think that SCSU will win its first NCAA tournament game. When UMD played Northern Michigan, they were very average, and albeit that the game was played very very early in the season, I believe that St. Cloud has more skill and more importantly, more depth than NMU... and I never thought I'd say this... but since SCSU is the only REAL Minnesota :p team in the NCAA tournament... I guess I have to say... GO Huskies!!
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Let's make sure we are on the same page. That was third game of the year AT UMD which NMU WON 3-1? Hmmm. Ok. Study that tape hard boys...it will serve you well. Oh yeah, the goalie was our back-up who hails from Minnesota. Walt likes to give the local boys a little time in front of the "home" crowd.

Average we were in that WIN on the ROAD in the THIRD game of the season with our BACKUP goalie on what I believe was a SUNDAY night.

Peace
 
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I'd be interested in the size and speed of SCSU. It seems to me that after Michigan any team NMU faces will look slow in comparison. The experience and, hopefully, the lessons learned from Michigan game should serve the Cat's well.

Thoughts?
 
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840MD said:
I'd be interested in the size and speed of SCSU. It seems to me that after Michigan any team NMU faces will look slow in comparison. The experience and, hopefully, the lessons learned from Michigan game should serve the Cat's well.

Thoughts?
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I think we are one of the fastest teams in the country, and I would bet on novak head to head against anyone in the country.
 
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Wisconsin Wildcat said:
Nobody in the St Paul regional scares me, least of all St Cloud. The traditional second half swoon seems to be late in arriving this year, so now would be an excellent time for that to happen. NMU can beat the Huskies, Badgers, and Catamounts. I know some people very close to the team read this so I've got just one thing I want to say to the team: Shoot the mother effing puck more! You may get a weird deflection, and it may end up at the back of the net, or you may get a nice rebound that you can go top shelf with. The PP looked way out of sync. Wasting half the PP cycling the puck isn't going to win games. I think part of the problem is the Swedes looking for that finesse goal. Some of the Canadian and American boys need to teach them to appreciate the hack and whack garbage goal, like the one Cherny got on Saturday.

There's no way I'll be able to make it Friday, but I'm hoping to be there Saturday to watch the Cats take down Bucky, and punch their ticket to their first Frozen Four in 19 years.
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Nice motivational speech, coach. As for your "shoot any chance you get" strategy, sure, you might get a deflection OR with St. Cloud's speed you could just as easily get a blocked shot that leads to a breakaway or 2-1 going the other way.

MOJO said:
This is an interesting matchup and reminds me a lot of both NMU series vs. UNO. In those two series the home team swept and it was a tale of two different NMU teams. NMU was dominant at home on the large ice and looked lost and a always a step behind in Omaha when the much smaller UNO team showed tremendous quickness.

If this game feels less like a St. Cloud home game and more of a neautral nice affair then I'm sure NMU will find a level of comfort in the building and play well.
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This game should feel like a St. Cloud home game (key word in bold.) I can't imagine any Wisconsin fans will be rooting for St. Cloud (Huskies just beat the Badgers even though Wisco carried most of the play) so hopefully we have a big contingent of Husky fans there. SCSU plays on a bigger sheet as well and in the past has struggled on the small ice. That hasn't really been the case this year and I think the fact that they just played two big games in the exact same rink is going to go a long way, especially for our younger guys who seemed to make a significant number of mistakes over the weekend.

Dirty Bottles said:
I think Wisco is the hands down favorite. Yes, we beat them 2-0 but it took M Lee standing on his head to do so and you can't count on those types of performances game in game out.

I think the UNM vs. SCSU game is a toss up. While there is no reason to be "scared" of SCSU they certainly are capable of beating anyone in the country. We've had quality road wins against Denver, UND, and Wisconsin this year.
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I think they prefer "NMU" ;) But yes, it's St. Cloud in the NCAAs. Even though they're the higher seed it's definitely a toss up.
 
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whats the deal with espn360.com? is that a tv channel as well as a website?
 
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Wisconsin Wildcat said:
I disagree. The top 3 seeds in this region have very similar records. I think it's up for grabs, and the people who think Bucky has something in the tank to win "it all" are sadly mistaken.
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Just to clarify, when I said favorite I was referring to this bracket only not the entire thing.

I'm confused by the "something in the tank" comment though. Bucky only played 2 games in the first round of the WCHA, only 2 games (no OT) this past weekend so why would they have anything less in the tank then the other teams?
 
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Dirty Bottles said:
Sorry, just an honest mistake, no disrespect intended.

If you want to call us Jan, SCCC, or One and Done U to make things even, go ahead!
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Haha no problem...just giving you a hard time...no disrespect taken. Our own radio guy two years ago called us UNM.

I think this is going to be one of the best first round matchups in the NCAAs. Two evenly matched teams, the team who wins the turnover battle will win the game.
 
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johnnyredshoes said:
whats the deal with espn360.com? is that a tv channel as well as a website?
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ESPN web TV deal. You have to have a certain internet provider to be able to use it.

Comcast Internet users get it, Qwest does not offer it. I am thinking you have to have cable Internet for it to work, but I'm not 100% on that.

Myself, The Vicer, Big Guy, The Polish Prince and the Mad Texter will be in Section 104 Row 15! Center Ice does sound good DL!
 
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Husky4Life said:
ESPN web TV deal. You have to have a certain internet provider to be able to use it.

Comcast Internet users get it, Qwest does not offer it. I am thinking you have to have cable Internet for it to work, but I'm not 100% on that.

Myself, The Vicer, Big Guy, The Polish Prince and the Mad Texter will be in Section 104 Row 15! Center Ice does sound good DL!
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Also, every college campus gets ESPN360.com for free.

Im still trying to work on getting my way out there. Northern may be offering a fan bus...more to come on that.
 
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guess I will just have to listen on the radio for friday's game. My internet doesn't work with it.
 
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what does ESPN Syndication mean? Anyone know if the game will be on tv in the twin cities ? one of the espn alt channels or fsn maybe??
 
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Dirty Bottles said:
Just to clarify, when I said favorite I was referring to this bracket only not the entire thing.

I'm confused by the "something in the tank" comment though. Bucky only played 2 games in the first round of the WCHA, only 2 games (no OT) this past weekend so why would they have anything less in the tank then the other teams?
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I should clarify as well. There are some prognosticators who believe that Wisconsin has a legitimate shot to win it all, including some talking heads at ESPN who cover college hockey a whole 3 weeks out of the year. Mark my words, Wisconsin WILL lose in this tournament.
 
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