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Ohio State Buckeyes 2012-2013 Thread
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Re: Ohio State Buckeyes 2012-2013 Thread
I think WI losing Knight, Ammerman and who I think will hurt the most Provost her speed was huge. I like Minnesota's D better than WI even with the losses. UMD's D are very good and play only 4. I put WI D at 4 in the league If UND has Lam back at D and playing every other shift. I do like Rigsby as the 2nd best goalie and Decker is top 4. Teams will really key on her though and time will tell. Like I said see them 4 but could be 1. I do hope you're right about UMD I would rather see UMD 4-5 as there fans are Mean, cruel, wrong etc.
Pre season picks are fun and nobody really knows. This is when all are even and fun to speculate.
I think WI losing Knight, Ammerman and who I think will hurt the most Provost her speed was huge. I like Minnesota's D better than WI even with the losses. UMD's D are very good and play only 4. I put WI D at 4 in the league If UND has Lam back at D and playing every other shift. I do like Rigsby as the 2nd best goalie and Decker is top 4. Teams will really key on her though and time will tell. Like I said see them 4 but could be 1. I do hope you're right about UMD I would rather see UMD 4-5 as there fans are Mean, cruel, wrong etc.
Pre season picks are fun and nobody really knows. This is when all are even and fun to speculate.
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Re: Ohio State Buckeyes 2012-2013 Thread
At least at this point of hockey history, Buckeye Hockey needs to recruit beyond Ohio. Sure it's great when a Mulvaney or a Stojack comes along. But to be competitive, OSU needs to recruit the Women's Hockey hotbeds, including the Upper Midwest. That's a much easier sell as a WCHA member. Among other reasons, some of the Buckeyes come from Minnesota-based families who attend most of the WCHA road games, yet make it to Columbus only occasionally. If we were to switch to the CHA, that source of recruits would largely dry up.
Oh, I should mention April Stojack's last team before she landed at OSU: Shattuck-St. Mary's. Although an Ohio native, the WCHA connection may have meant something to her as well.
Further, there isn't really a recruiting downside to WCHA membership. Ontario is another important recruiting ground for us. Yet those players will be attracted by the chance to play in the top league, and the home games in Columbus are accessible from much of Ontario. Granted, the CHA wouldn't be a bad situation at all for the Ontario kids. But overall, recruiting is yet another reason why OSU should stay in the WCHA.
Cali (and others) take note. Connections like this are not uncommon. But would they exist if OSU belonged to the CHA? Perhaps, but they'd be less frequent. My point is that league choice has recruiting consequences.
At least at this point of hockey history, Buckeye Hockey needs to recruit beyond Ohio. Sure it's great when a Mulvaney or a Stojack comes along. But to be competitive, OSU needs to recruit the Women's Hockey hotbeds, including the Upper Midwest. That's a much easier sell as a WCHA member. Among other reasons, some of the Buckeyes come from Minnesota-based families who attend most of the WCHA road games, yet make it to Columbus only occasionally. If we were to switch to the CHA, that source of recruits would largely dry up.
Oh, I should mention April Stojack's last team before she landed at OSU: Shattuck-St. Mary's. Although an Ohio native, the WCHA connection may have meant something to her as well.
Further, there isn't really a recruiting downside to WCHA membership. Ontario is another important recruiting ground for us. Yet those players will be attracted by the chance to play in the top league, and the home games in Columbus are accessible from much of Ontario. Granted, the CHA wouldn't be a bad situation at all for the Ontario kids. But overall, recruiting is yet another reason why OSU should stay in the WCHA.
Re: Ohio State Buckeyes 2012-2013 Thread
Buckeye Hockey: Feelin' the Luv!But..... I do love you!
Re: Ohio State Buckeyes 2012-2013 Thread
Don't be worried. Been happily married for 23 years...I'd call it hockey love
Buckeye Hockey: Feelin' the Luv!
Don't be worried. Been happily married for 23 years...I'd call it hockey love
wmnshkyfan
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Re: Ohio State Buckeyes 2012-2013 Thread
All this talk of love is making this the sappiest hockey board ever. my goodness the season can't start soon enough!
As far as I'm cocerned it all comes down to goaltending for Ohio as far as rankings hard to tell if Knapp will step up this year or Steffes but one of them will need to step up and close the door, I have watched alot of soft goals over the years... both of these girls have the ability to be outstanding... hopefully for the Bucks this is the year we see it. A hot goalie can make up for many many deficiencies. A goalie coach is a GREAT addition! I expect to see a fast, hard working, new uniformed Bucks team. We have a very good coaching staff who has now seen all that the WCHA has to offer. They will definitely compete! And I bet rattle a few cages too!
All this talk of love is making this the sappiest hockey board ever. my goodness the season can't start soon enough!
As far as I'm cocerned it all comes down to goaltending for Ohio as far as rankings hard to tell if Knapp will step up this year or Steffes but one of them will need to step up and close the door, I have watched alot of soft goals over the years... both of these girls have the ability to be outstanding... hopefully for the Bucks this is the year we see it. A hot goalie can make up for many many deficiencies. A goalie coach is a GREAT addition! I expect to see a fast, hard working, new uniformed Bucks team. We have a very good coaching staff who has now seen all that the WCHA has to offer. They will definitely compete! And I bet rattle a few cages too!
Re: Ohio State Buckeyes 2012-2013 Thread
Agree with you 100% about goalies being the difference. Why was BSU so well thought of last year even though OSU had the better record, better record againt the two and just as many quality wins. BSU's goaltender last year.
Wait 99% agree. Gotta have the love!
Go Bucks!!!
Agree with you 100% about goalies being the difference. Why was BSU so well thought of last year even though OSU had the better record, better record againt the two and just as many quality wins. BSU's goaltender last year.
Wait 99% agree. Gotta have the love!
Go Bucks!!!
ARM
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Re: Ohio State Buckeyes 2012-2013 Thread
While I agree with that to a point, BSU is admired by many because they work so hard. At least when I watched them, the Beavers compete level was as good as anyone.
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First off let me say I do like your posts ARM.
Yes, BSU works hard as I think most college teams do. I am a fan. Just pointing out last year seemed like they got a lot more love and Tomcikova was a main reason with a less than 2.5 GAA in the WCHA. And yes OSU had the desaster at UND which hurt them a ton. I do believe OSU was the better team in my opinion.
I do think all D1 teams I saw last played their butts off including MSU SCSU and don't feel BSU played any harder. Also my opinion.
First off let me say I do like your posts ARM.
Yes, BSU works hard as I think most college teams do. I am a fan. Just pointing out last year seemed like they got a lot more love and Tomcikova was a main reason with a less than 2.5 GAA in the WCHA. And yes OSU had the desaster at UND which hurt them a ton. I do believe OSU was the better team in my opinion.
I do think all D1 teams I saw last played their butts off including MSU SCSU and don't feel BSU played any harder. Also my opinion.
brookyone
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Sorry for the Bemidji "promo" in your Ohio State thread...it won't be a habit...I promise.
For me it was a consistent all out 110% team wide effort whenever I watched them play...in addition to Tomcikova's stellar performances. I only saw them play Minnesota but from box scores and eyewitness accounts they had those same levels of effort against several other teams including those ahead of them in the standings. It looks as though they played the Buckeyes pretty tough last season. I know Zuzana was huge in any success the Beavers had and they're sure likely to miss her...but I'm not assuming her departure is going to result in a less competitive BSU or a fall in the standings. I guess my pre season expectation would be the Beavers will be the team battling OSU in the standings more closely than SCSU or MSU. In other words I see the Beavers prospects being similar to the Buckeyes...in no small part related to what I think Sertich is capable of getting out of his players.
Sorry for the Bemidji "promo" in your Ohio State thread...it won't be a habit...I promise.
wmnshkyfan
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Respectfully I don't fully agree Brooky... Bemidji does skate hard yes. I really didn't see any teams last year that didn't. With that said, Tomkat saved their bacon HUNDREDS of times! She flat out stole games for the beavers...and kept them in games that they really could've gotten smoked. And they rode that through the rankings all year. They will forsure be a different team without her. Buckeyes certainly are hard enough working team that if they can even the playing field in goaltending they'll be just fine! Enough about the beavers.... GO BUCKS!!
Respectfully I don't fully agree Brooky... Bemidji does skate hard yes. I really didn't see any teams last year that didn't. With that said, Tomkat saved their bacon HUNDREDS of times! She flat out stole games for the beavers...and kept them in games that they really could've gotten smoked. And they rode that through the rankings all year. They will forsure be a different team without her. Buckeyes certainly are hard enough working team that if they can even the playing field in goaltending they'll be just fine! Enough about the beavers.... GO BUCKS!!
brookyone
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Well...one thing I'm keeping in mind is the possibility those in line to replace Zuzana prove to be capable goalers. For the Beavers, obviously a great deal depends on that. But I also think they have some potential to increase scoring and improve specialty units. Pretty big senior class...experience. We'll see if they can compensate somehow for Tomcikova's departure.
For the Buckeyes...have the fans posted thoughts...or mulled likely or preferred lines for 2012-2013? Top six forwards? Some obvious picks I know but...? PP and PK?
Well...one thing I'm keeping in mind is the possibility those in line to replace Zuzana prove to be capable goalers. For the Beavers, obviously a great deal depends on that. But I also think they have some potential to increase scoring and improve specialty units. Pretty big senior class...experience. We'll see if they can compensate somehow for Tomcikova's departure.
For the Buckeyes...have the fans posted thoughts...or mulled likely or preferred lines for 2012-2013? Top six forwards? Some obvious picks I know but...? PP and PK?
Well, OSU had Spooner, BSU had Tomcikova. I don't understand why people comment on a team's goalie as though they are not part of the team. Just saying....
brookyone
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A few posts above reads..."Tomkat saved their bacon HUNDREDS of times! She flat out stole games for the beavers...and kept them in games that they really could've gotten smoked".
It's not just on this particular post, but rather in general people tend to comment as such. Example...."bad team, but good goalie".
No intention to offend you brook. Easy... easy....
brookyone
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Re: Ohio State Buckeyes 2012-2013 Thread
I can relate to and understand those observations though. At times during her career, often enough she was the reason her team was in the games. The Beavers improved and became significantly more competitive while she was there and I thought were much better in front of her her final two seasons. They were very good at blocking shots in front of her the last two seasons especially. Definitely not just Tomcikova...her teammates deserve much credit.
Hard to replace though.
That's the info I was looking for. I read those posts and should have remembered them. My fault entirely.
I can relate to and understand those observations though. At times during her career, often enough she was the reason her team was in the games. The Beavers improved and became significantly more competitive while she was there and I thought were much better in front of her her final two seasons. They were very good at blocking shots in front of her the last two seasons especially. Definitely not just Tomcikova...her teammates deserve much credit.
Hard to replace though.