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Ohio State 2013/2014 - Third year in Oz

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Great weekend 6 Points and tonights outburst was nice to see. No help coming from Northern as they are down 4-2 late 2nd as i am typing this. Nice to get a sweep and sounds like they played really inspired tonight. Next weekend will be huge against the Irish. With 2 good results as mentioned below they will be in place to not only get a bye but host that 2nd round.
 
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Don't feel bad about that loss to PSU, sparty lost tonight at their rink.

PSU has definitely got my attention now. Not going to be the easy 4 wins any of us thought net year.
 
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3 of the last 5 weekends of regular season are home games for us. That should be an advantage for us in the stretch. If we're peaking that last weekend at Miami will be the acid test.
 
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MGoBlueHockey said:
Don't feel bad about that loss to PSU, sparty lost tonight at their rink.

PSU has definitely got my attention now. Not going to be the easy 4 wins any of us thought net year.
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Yeah but we all know both you and sparty are having an off year. I heard our loss to Penn was a combination that our coach was at the World Juniors and a lack of considering them a real threat. Underestimating an opponent will get you every time.
 
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OSUmab said:
Well you can't beat jumping out five nothing huh? Maybe 6-0 (sarcasm). Much needed 6 points.

The first shift of the game was awesome. Immediate pressure, good cycle, hit the post but hold it in, cycle again and Sesh buries it from the slot. 2 on the night from him and Riley Simpson with a goal on back to back nights!
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All true. I'm really proud of what the guys what the guys accomplished this weekend. And yet, we do need to be a little realistic. The blowout score was the direct result of "less than stellar" goalkeeping on the part of the Visitors. The Buckeyes were going to win either way, but Lake State is much better than Saturday's score indicates.

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Yeah but we all know both you and sparty are having an off year. I heard our loss to Penn...
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:eek:Noooooooooooo. They Are: Penn State. Please, please let's NOT adopt the vapid, dopey humor of Brady Hoke. I felt dirty just reading that a Buckeye fan had posted that.

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...was a combination that our coach was at the World Juniors and a lack of considering them a real threat. Underestimating an opponent will get you every time.
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Excellent insight, and I strongly suspect you're correct in applying that to the Penn State game.
 
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I would say that just because they are Penn State does not instantly give them credibility as a hockey team as this is a completely new and unestablished sport for them. Looking at their record and who they have played I feel they are not a real threat to anyone yet. We have a coach at OSU here who has the credentials to really take our program somewhere and he's in his 3rd year here, it would be presumptuous to assume Penn State can rise to a higher level quicker than we can. There is no Brady Hoke humor being played here, just the opinion after talking with our players and others we pretty much let them win. Now that we have a number of key players back from injury last night shows what we're capable of and if we had a rematch with Penn State now I think they'd lose to us bigger than the Lakers did last night. I think we're at least 5 years from Penn State being truly competitive in the B1G.
 
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looks like a very interesting and pivotal weekend coming up. There are five teams ahead of OSU in the standings and the Bucks play one of them in Notre Dame. Alaska and Miami are both ahead of OSU and they play a series in Oxford. Western Michigan and Ferris are also ahead of OSU and those two play each other. If the Bucks are going to make a move - this is definitely the weekend to do it.
 
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looks like a very interesting and pivotal weekend coming up. There are five teams ahead of OSU in the standings and the Bucks play one of them in Notre Dame. Alaska and Miami are both ahead of OSU and they play a series in Oxford. Western Michigan and Ferris are also ahead of OSU and those two play each other. If the Bucks are going to make a move - this is definitely the weekend to do it.
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Correct! Western plays next weekend at Ferris, Alaska plays at Miami and we of course host ND. So all teams ahead of us play each other.
Best case scenario is Western, Miami and we all sweep which would catapult us into 3rd place and not a bad place to be going into the last month of the regular season.
I'm not concerned about catching Miami or Western at this point, simply finishing high enough to earn a first round bye and a home ice second round!
 
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I would say that just because they are Penn State does not instantly give them credibility as a hockey team as this is a completely new and unestablished sport for them. Looking at their record and who they have played I feel they are not a real threat to anyone yet. We have a coach at OSU here who has the credentials to really take our program somewhere and he's in his 3rd year here, it would be presumptuous to assume Penn State can rise to a higher level quicker than we can. There is no Brady Hoke humor being played here, just the opinion after talking with our players and others we pretty much let them win. Now that we have a number of key players back from injury last night shows what we're capable of and if we had a rematch with Penn State now I think they'd lose to us bigger than the Lakers did last night. I think we're at least 5 years from Penn State being truly competitive in the B1G.
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Penn State has a very experienced collegiate coach in Guy Gadowsky: Click_here to read his bio. Coached at Princeton, Alaska, in the WCHL. Played for Colorado College and in the ECHL, IHL and AHL.

I wouldn't sell the PSU program short, nor put it on a 5 year growth program. I expect to see them come out relatively strong right from the opening whistle in the B1G--they'll be playing with a lot of emotion and desire. They have two young goaltenders: Skoff a freshman and Musico a sophomore. Their team is relatively young as well, and they have all played through many of the same feeder systems as any other college player.
 
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Penn State has a very experienced collegiate coach in Guy Gadowsky: Click_here to read his bio. Coached at Princeton, Alaska, in the WCHL. Played for Colorado College and in the ECHL, IHL and AHL.

I wouldn't sell the PSU program short, nor put it on a 5 year growth program. I expect to see them come out relatively strong right from the opening whistle in the B1G--they'll be playing with a lot of emotion and desire. They have two young goaltenders: Skoff a freshman and Musico a sophomore. Their team is relatively young as well, and they have all played through many of the same feeder systems as any other college player.
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And as I said, we have a very experienced coach as well but bringing a high level of play takes time no matter who your coach is. What I'm voicing is just an opinion based on how new programs have typically had a history of doing statistically speaking. We'll simply have to let those years roll by to see if I was right or wrong.
 
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...There is no Brady Hoke humor being played here, just the opinion after talking with our players and others we pretty much let them win...
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You totally misunderstood my comment. The only point I was making was that the Nittany Lions are not "Penn." Penn is an Ivy League school located in Eastern PA. I meant to be mostly lightedhearted; when you see an :eek:, the poster is probably having some fun. At the same time, I really don't like the idea of insulting other schools by calling them by the wrong name. Leave that to Hoke.

If it really must be said, your analysis of PSU's situation is fine.
 
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Correct! Western plays next weekend at Ferris, Alaska plays at Miami and we of course host ND. So all teams ahead of us play each other.
Best case scenario is Western, Miami and we all sweep which would catapult us into 3rd place and not a bad place to be going into the last month of the regular season.
I'm not concerned about catching Miami or Western at this point, simply finishing high enough to earn a first round bye and a home ice second round!
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This is a pretty big weekend with the top 6 teams all playing each other we will see some moving around in the standings. I wasnt able to make it down this weekend but looking at the box scores and reading the game stories if they get this kind of effort for the last month of the season good things will happen. Remember Ohio state still has 2 games in hand to Alaska and Ferris and they play Alaska 2 games so any ground made up this weekend would be great.
 
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You totally misunderstood my comment. The only point I was making was that the Nittany Lions are not "Penn." Penn is an Ivy League school located in Eastern PA. I meant to be mostly lightedhearted; when you see an :eek:, the poster is probably having some fun. At the same time, I really don't like the idea of insulting other schools by calling them by the wrong name. Leave that to Hoke.

If it really must be said, your analysis of PSU's situation is fine.
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Apologies if I misunderstood.
 
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No need to apologize. There was a disconnect between the two thoughts, so I clarified mine. Let's just leave it that.
 
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also very interesting with the bottom two teams playing each other.:D
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I've been around OSU's program since it's beginning in the early 1960's and although my memory isn't exactly stellar anymore I can't ever recall Michigan & Michigan State both being in the basement at the same time this late in the season before. LOL!
 
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