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NCAA West Regional - 3/25, 3/26 - BC, Michigan, UNO, CC
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Re: NCAA West Regional - 3/25, 3/26 - BC, Michigan, UNO, CC
I think you're on to something. Keep the puck out of your own net, score on the other net...WINNING!
I think you're on to something. Keep the puck out of your own net, score on the other net...WINNING!
Re: NCAA West Regional - 3/25, 3/26 - BC, Michigan, UNO, CC
Yes. It usually helps to score more then the other team.
I think you're on to something. Keep the puck out of your own net, score on the other net...WINNING!
Yes. It usually helps to score more then the other team.
Re: NCAA West Regional - 3/25, 3/26 - BC, Michigan, UNO, CC
You are missing my point - In UNO's losses they have heavily, and I mean heavily, outshot their opponent and still lost the games - If you are finishing your shots there should be some correlation between SOG and goals - Yes, it happens that you can have fewer SOG and still win or you can run into a hot goalie and nothing goes in but when it happens consistently in losses something else is going on - that's the point I was trying to make.
I think you're on to something. Keep the puck out of your own net, score on the other net...WINNING!
You are missing my point - In UNO's losses they have heavily, and I mean heavily, outshot their opponent and still lost the games - If you are finishing your shots there should be some correlation between SOG and goals - Yes, it happens that you can have fewer SOG and still win or you can run into a hot goalie and nothing goes in but when it happens consistently in losses something else is going on - that's the point I was trying to make.
Re: NCAA West Regional - 3/25, 3/26 - BC, Michigan, UNO, CC
Just messing with you. What year is Faulkner? Sounds like Blais is a couple snipers away from building the team he wants.
Just messing with you. What year is Faulkner? Sounds like Blais is a couple snipers away from building the team he wants.
Re: NCAA West Regional - 3/25, 3/26 - BC, Michigan, UNO, CC
He is a sophomore - but a really old one
- Its ok to mess with me - I usually deserve it - Leave tomorrow a.m. for St. Louis - looking forward to it.
He is a sophomore - but a really old one
- Its ok to mess with me - I usually deserve it - Leave tomorrow a.m. for St. Louis - looking forward to it.claver2010
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Re: NCAA West Regional - 3/25, 3/26 - BC, Michigan, UNO, CC
Good luck, $400 R/T flights & a day off from work on 4 days notice is a little tough to swing for me.
He is a sophomore - but a really old one
Good luck, $400 R/T flights & a day off from work on 4 days notice is a little tough to swing for me.
FiveHole12
Registered User
Re: NCAA West Regional - 3/25, 3/26 - BC, Michigan, UNO, CC
Depends on the shots. Are you guys throwing shots on net and crashing, hoping to cash in on rebounds... or just trowing shots on net for the hell of it? Or, perhaps the shot counter doesn't have a clue what a SOG is and is counting everything that is in the general vicinity of the net.
Re: NCAA West Regional - 3/25, 3/26 - BC, Michigan, UNO, CC
Fair enough assessment.
The X factor for us, to me, is our Head Coach. He's been here done this. That has to be a big plus. He is certainly going to know how to handle the situation.
For you fellow Nebraskans, think about the UNL women's basketball team last year winning the conference for the first time ever and getting a #1 seed in the tournament. Then, they gotten beaten by a 19th ranked Kentucky team in the quarters(?) and the season ended on a unexpected downer. I think they didn't get to the Final Four because Connie Yori, good coach that she may be, simply had never had to coach in that situation before, and if you haven't, you don't know what buttons to push. The Huskers sure didn't look like the team that opened 33-0 in the tournament. If the coach doesn't know what to do, the players sure aren't going to either.
I really don't think Michigan is any markedly superior team to ours (if they even are superior) and we played a tougher schedule than they did, that's for sure. This one looks pretty even to me. I said somewhere else in another thread that I thought UNO might have very have won the CCHA this season, had they still been in it. Alas, we'll never know. Michigan's coach is certainly no slouch, either. Ought to be a great game and I'd expect max effort out of both teams.
Fair enough assessment.
The X factor for us, to me, is our Head Coach. He's been here done this. That has to be a big plus. He is certainly going to know how to handle the situation.
For you fellow Nebraskans, think about the UNL women's basketball team last year winning the conference for the first time ever and getting a #1 seed in the tournament. Then, they gotten beaten by a 19th ranked Kentucky team in the quarters(?) and the season ended on a unexpected downer. I think they didn't get to the Final Four because Connie Yori, good coach that she may be, simply had never had to coach in that situation before, and if you haven't, you don't know what buttons to push. The Huskers sure didn't look like the team that opened 33-0 in the tournament. If the coach doesn't know what to do, the players sure aren't going to either.
I really don't think Michigan is any markedly superior team to ours (if they even are superior) and we played a tougher schedule than they did, that's for sure. This one looks pretty even to me. I said somewhere else in another thread that I thought UNO might have very have won the CCHA this season, had they still been in it. Alas, we'll never know. Michigan's coach is certainly no slouch, either. Ought to be a great game and I'd expect max effort out of both teams.
Re: NCAA West Regional - 3/25, 3/26 - BC, Michigan, UNO, CC
Good question - clearly a lot of our goals are from crashing the net and being in position but others have said some of our players shoot like they are still in the USHL - I frankly don't know - just know we have to take advantage and we haven't always done that - if we had won a few of the games with Bemidji, the game with Huntsville and split with Qunnipiac we would have 25 wins or more instead of 21 - woulda,shoulda,coulda
Depends on the shots. Are you guys throwing shots on net and crashing, hoping to cash in on rebounds... or just trowing shots on net for the hell of it? Or, perhaps the shot counter doesn't have a clue what a SOG is and is counting everything that is in the general vicinity of the net.
Good question - clearly a lot of our goals are from crashing the net and being in position but others have said some of our players shoot like they are still in the USHL - I frankly don't know - just know we have to take advantage and we haven't always done that - if we had won a few of the games with Bemidji, the game with Huntsville and split with Qunnipiac we would have 25 wins or more instead of 21 - woulda,shoulda,coulda
Re: NCAA West Regional - 3/25, 3/26 - BC, Michigan, UNO, CC
driving - its about seven hours from Omaha... BTW I hear Blais was in rare form at the press conference this evening
driving - its about seven hours from Omaha... BTW I hear Blais was in rare form at the press conference this evening
Re: NCAA West Regional - 3/25, 3/26 - BC, Michigan, UNO, CC
Ya, Blais definitely has the edge as far as coaching in the tourney goes
Ya, Blais definitely has the edge as far as coaching in the tourney goes
Showstopper
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Re: NCAA West Regional - 3/25, 3/26 - BC, Michigan, UNO, CC
And for those of you travelling to St. Louis. The crazy spring weather in Missouri may provide us all with a couple inches of snow. Not a problem for you guys, but for people in St. Louis even the mention of the word snow causes everyone to ransack the stores for milk, bread, and eggs. Luckily i'm not one to get freaked out by the weather.
And for those of you travelling to St. Louis. The crazy spring weather in Missouri may provide us all with a couple inches of snow. Not a problem for you guys, but for people in St. Louis even the mention of the word snow causes everyone to ransack the stores for milk, bread, and eggs. Luckily i'm not one to get freaked out by the weather.
Eaglefan06
Quest to be the Best
Re: NCAA West Regional - 3/25, 3/26 - BC, Michigan, UNO, CC
Tonight is the night! Can't wait, Go Eagles!
Tonight is the night! Can't wait, Go Eagles!
Re: NCAA West Regional - 3/25, 3/26 - BC, Michigan, UNO, CC
Berenson once said that "it's not the best team that always wins, but the team that plays the best." Throw out all the nonsense talk about who is "superior" and the if's and buts about the schedule and whether UNO could have won the CCHA. They had ten years to prove it before and never did it. That kind of talk is ignorant and insulting to teams like Notre Dame and (especially) Miami who, in my opinion, have as much or more "superior" talent than UNO.
There is a reason why these two teams are in the NCAA playoffs, so the slate is clean.
The key will be which team has the better goaltender, wins the individual battles, the races for the puck and finishes. Line up and play. Salute the winner, the loser goes home.
Berenson once said that "it's not the best team that always wins, but the team that plays the best." Throw out all the nonsense talk about who is "superior" and the if's and buts about the schedule and whether UNO could have won the CCHA. They had ten years to prove it before and never did it. That kind of talk is ignorant and insulting to teams like Notre Dame and (especially) Miami who, in my opinion, have as much or more "superior" talent than UNO.
There is a reason why these two teams are in the NCAA playoffs, so the slate is clean.
The key will be which team has the better goaltender, wins the individual battles, the races for the puck and finishes. Line up and play. Salute the winner, the loser goes home.
Re: NCAA West Regional - 3/25, 3/26 - BC, Michigan, UNO, CC
I am a Sioux fan in town for work this week and am gonna be at the Scottrade Center to watch some good hockey and WCHA bias means cheering for CC and UNO. I have seen both CC and UNO a few times this year and both of those teams can beat anyone in a one and done game--my guess is that BC and Michigan can play with anyone as well so should be some fun games to watch. GO SIOUX
I am a Sioux fan in town for work this week and am gonna be at the Scottrade Center to watch some good hockey and WCHA bias means cheering for CC and UNO. I have seen both CC and UNO a few times this year and both of those teams can beat anyone in a one and done game--my guess is that BC and Michigan can play with anyone as well so should be some fun games to watch. GO SIOUX
sterlippo1
Well-known member
Re: NCAA West Regional - 3/25, 3/26 - BC, Michigan, UNO, CC
Yes, BC can play with anyone. That has been confirmed for the past 10 years.
Yes, BC can play with anyone. That has been confirmed for the past 10 years.