Re: UM @ SCSU: Everything this series should be
Gophers are one point back if you factor in games in hand, so not sure how you figure a sweep is absolutely necessary.
WE didn't say it was a must win series for the Gophers. Stauber (so, a Gopher fan) said it was. We still have trips to CC (a dejected an angry squad) and UW (playing much better) so we could potentially split or worse in either of those series, and then MTU wants to get a win in in St. Cloud before we leave the league insanely bad and Mel will have them playing those games at their best. If either team gets swept I think their McNaughton chances are slim to none, but any other outcome keeps both alive and the most likely, a split, keeps both VERY alive. With the Gophers playing as well as they have been, I'm happy with a split and keeping a 5 point lead and (for the moment) the tiebreaker.
You misspelled GOPHERS and HUSKIES. Saint Cloud State education everyone...(apologies to my SCSU friends).
If you hadn't noticed, he always spells Huskies like that. And yeah, I'm sure that's the first time you've heard them referred to as Goofers. (Brent, s o h, Koho... enjoy this one, he's a gem

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Sweet. One less SCSU fan on here. tArrogance claims another victory!
I have a feeling we're better off without him/her.
I think we have just as good a chance of getting to Pittsburgh as you. Current brackets have us playing Niagara and then Quinnipiac or Notre Dame. The Gophers would play UMass-Lowell, then Western Michigan or Denver. We have at least split with every team we have played except for the first series of the year at UNH, and a terrible series against Northern Michigan. The NMU series was a turning point in the season I think.
The only teams that I would like to avoid in the brackets are BC, UNH, and Minnesota. Other than that, I would favor us against any team.
Well luckily after this weekend you won't fear MN anymore.
And I disagree on UNH... we played them really tough the first two games of the season with no warmup games in their building. We didn't play well at all and yet we were in those games. I'd love a rematch, say for a birth to the Frozen Four?
Honestly, the team I fear.... Niagra. Please oh please hockey gods.... WHATEVER you do, don't give us a game against Niagra!