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Ohio State Buckeyes 2021-2022 ... Destination: Happy Valley

Hockeybuckeye said:
And everyone else's goal as well! We shall see.
I'll be at our home opener a week from today along with my friend John Becker who wore the A on our first Ohio State men's team back in '63. That old barn was his home ice.
I'm glad the game isn't today, getting a port installed today for 6 months follow up chemo!
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Glad you are planning on making it to the game, and how cool that a former Buckeye on the men’s side will be there to cheer on the ladies. Hope you both enjoy it.

Best wishes in this next step of your treatment. Take care Buckeye!
 
I think a lot of us are very interested in how St.Thomas will do in their first season.
Since we play them first I'll try to post an accurate assessment and I'm sure Mr. PGB will as well since he'll be there too, he's VERY through in his summaries.
 
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Hockeybuckeye said:
I think a lot of us are very interested in how St.Thomas will do in their first season.
Since we play them first I'll try to post an accurate assessment and I'm sure Mr. PGB will as well since he'll be there too, he's VERY through in his summaries.
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Be sure to share all of your observations, regardless of anything I do.

People frequently refer to my "Three Stars" posts as summaries, but they're really not. My objective is to give credit to deserving players on both teams; to promote Women's Hockey in general; and the Women's WCHA in particular. I specifically choose to minimize or even ignore negatives. Yes, I try to "tell the story" of the game, but from a relentlessly positive point of view.

I hope it's obvious that I strive for accuracy within my chosen mission. But my posts aren't intended as comprehensive summaries, and they aren't.

An accounting of both the strengths & weaknesses of the new league member should be a good read. Have at it!
 
And I will get out the box scores this weekend and give my usual rundown of who scored and how many saves the goaltenders had. Mrs 86 and I are so stoked to actually be able to get to the games in person this season! Saw where the football game vs Akron is a night game (7:30 start). Maybe we can get some of the tailgaters to check out some OSU Women's Hockey! For those who are coming to the games this weekend, the start times are 6:00 pm EST Friday and 2:00 pm EST Saturday. Cannot wait to get there! I think St. Thomas will have a long season, but I think they will be more competitive than people may think. No team in this league should ever be overlooked. Joel Johnson will have his team ready to go. Cannot wait to get everything started!
 
My friend Dr.Becker is getting a trifecta this visit up from Florida. The OSU women's hockey game Friday night, the OSU football game on Saturday and to Cleveland on Sunday for the Browns game.
 
I had an unexpected pleasant experience today. I went to the women's rink today to browse the pro shop now that's it's finally open and our women's team was having a practice which I didn't know was happening so I watched a bit and liked what I saw immensely. Believe it or not I never really had an opportunity to meet Coach Nadine before and I got to chat with her for a few and I found her extremely pleasant and gracious. And let me tell you she's sharp too! Even though I never brought up the USCHO forums she quickly deduced I'm Hockeybuckeye which made me extremely grateful I'm a fan of hers and not a critique!
She wished me luck on the cancer and I wished her luck on the season. She may seem tough as nails when behind the bench but that sure isn't the impression you get when when you just talk with her.
This really made my day! (Big Grin)
 
Hockeybuckeye said:
I had an unexpected pleasant experience today. I went to the women's rink today to browse the pro shop now that's it's finally open and our women's team was having a practice which I didn't know was happening so I watched a bit and liked what I saw immensely. Believe it or not I never really had an opportunity to meet Coach Nadine before and I got to chat with her for a few and I found her extremely pleasant and gracious. And let me tell you she's sharp too! Even though I never brought up the USCHO forums she quickly deduced I'm Hockeybuckeye which made me extremely grateful I'm a fan of hers and not a critique!
She wished me luck on the cancer and I wished her luck on the season. She may seem tough as nails when behind the bench but that sure isn't the impression you get when when you just talk with her.
This really made my day! (Big Grin)
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Wait...So you're saying the Muzzinator reads the forum?

If true, that is both awesome and terrifying at the same time!
 
robertearle said:
Sitting here contemplating Mark Johnson reading the stuff here.... never in a million years. Just utterly inconceivable.
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Why is it inconceivable? Not saying he does or doesn’t. But I don’t think it’s inconceivable at all.

Justin Bourne wrote about this somewhere but I can’t find it. He was saying coaches in the pros read everything they can get their hands on. He was talking about his days working for the Marlies I think, and how coaches passed the time on the bus
 
Coach Johnson could be sandbagging, but he paints himself as being rather old school in his approach. For example, a decade ago he would show up for the media conference at the conclusion of the WCHA tourney and claim to have no knowledge of where any team was in terms of the PairWise and who would be likely to be paired against whom. Maybe not so much recently, after having served on a selection committee or two. I always thought that was the kind of thing a coach would want to know, but Johnson didn't seem to care. Maybe it was a task delegated to Dan Koch, similar to yelling at the officials.

By comparison, Brad Frost has always seemed to be more aware of things like what the PairWise showed and the chatter on this forum that went beyond the straight PWR numbers. Of course, that didn't serve him that well this spring when he thought his team was safe, and there wasn't an endorsed computer model to show him that it wasn't. Before him, Laura Halldorson would even post on the forum, such as when a person who was connected to the program passed away. Although, that was a different era when players, coaches, and their family members would all more routinely post on here. Once we got down to "The 17", there just wasn't room for all of those people.
 
FiveHoleFrenzy said:
Wait...So you're saying the Muzzinator reads the forum? If true, that is both awesome and terrifying at the same time!
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Ummm, well, I ummm am sure an glad I never posted anywhere on this site where I sit at the UW homes games. Whew! The last thing I want is for the Muzzinator complaining to the Labahn ushers like the Kato coach did, or worse yet come over the glass and kick my arse. Haha. I may have to move up a few rows for those games LOL.
 
robertearle said:
Sitting here contemplating Mark Johnson reading the stuff here.... never in a million years. Just utterly inconceivable.
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I agree 100%. He's just not the kind of guy who is the least bit interested in anything the outside world has to say about him or the team. It's all about the process of a season and his family. Certain people are motivated by what they read the outside world says about him or the team, like Aaron Rodgers for instance. MJ is the polar opposite of him.
 
ARM said:
Coach Johnson could be sandbagging, but he paints himself as being rather old school in his approach. For example, a decade ago he would show up for the media conference at the conclusion of the WCHA tourney and claim to have no knowledge of where any team was in terms of the PairWise and who would be likely to be paired against whom. Maybe not so much recently, after having served on a selection committee or two. I always thought that was the kind of thing a coach would want to know, but Johnson didn't seem to care. Maybe it was a task delegated to Dan Koch, similar to yelling at the officials.

By comparison, Brad Frost has always seemed to be more aware of things like what the PairWise showed and the chatter on this forum that went beyond the straight PWR numbers. Of course, that didn't serve him that well this spring when he thought his team was safe, and there wasn't an endorsed computer model to show him that it wasn't. Before him, Laura Halldorson would even post on the forum, such as when a person who was connected to the program passed away. Although, that was a different era when players, coaches, and their family members would all more routinely post on here. Once we got down to "The 17", there just wasn't room for all of those people.
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If the OSU coach would decide to post on here, she already has THE moniker...
 
One period in the books and OSU outshoots St Thomas 14-6 but there is no score in the game. St. Thomas looks alright so far. OSU has more speed but the St. Thomas is holding up pretty well so far.

Correction...shots were 15-6 in favor of OSU.
 
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Scoreless after the first period. St Thomas handling the speed of a WCHA team quite well, and even drew two tripping penalties on OSU (the only penalties of the period?)

The center ice camera from Ohio State is about as bad as ever, but on occasion the stream switched to secondary cameras from the corners of the rink, and they were MUCH better picture quality; the same quality as you would see from a telecast from Minn or Wisconsin, etc. So what the heck is with that lousy center-ice camera?
 
Well, the Muzzinator must have give quite a speech during the intermission as OSU has scored 4 goals in the first half of the second period.
 
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