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UMD - Bulldogs -'11-'12 Season Thread

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grrrrrrrrrr....

sappysbud... I'll try to give you a meaningful answer after I stew a little.

Schmoe- a goalie coming in from Canada I think. Yes, a freshman, but maybe seasoned already?
 
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I think the Swedish (I think?) goalie is the seasoned one and the Canadian is a work in progress? I also think Paige Turner if she stays on the team will play.. just been hearing that she's been practicing well this year.. not that I'm saying that practice equates to game experience of course.

The only way I see UMD getting an at large bid is beating Wisconsin or Minnesota during the Final Faceoff.. along with beating Bemidji at least once and the must-sweep vs Mankato to finish the regular season, then sweep whoever comes to Duluth for the first round of WCHA (if they do the previous and OSU doesn't shock Minnesota and Wisconsin)
 
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dhmn said:
The only way I see UMD getting an at large bid is beating Wisconsin or Minnesota during the Final Faceoff.. along with beating Bemidji at least once ...
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One thing that UMD will have on its side next weekend is incentive. These games are huge for the Bulldogs, while the Beavers are locked into sixth and have no chance of an at-large bid into the NCAA. So while the games are big for BSU in terms of getting to play in front of its fans with a chance to beat UMD, the series is meaningless for the hosts in the big picture.
 
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ARM said:
One thing that UMD will have on its side next weekend is incentive. These games are huge for the Bulldogs, while the Beavers are locked into sixth and have no chance of an at-large bid into the NCAA. So while the games are big for BSU in terms of getting to play in front of its fans with a chance to beat UMD, the series is meaningless for the hosts in the big picture.
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They should have had enough incentive tonight to put OSU 2 games behind
 
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ARM said:
One thing that UMD will have on its side next weekend is incentive. These games are huge for the Bulldogs, while the Beavers are locked into sixth and have no chance of an at-large bid into the NCAA. So while the games are big for BSU in terms of getting to play in front of its fans with a chance to beat UMD, the series is meaningless for the hosts in the big picture.
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While true, I just don't think that will make winning two in Bemidji any less difficult for UMD. Expect the typical monster effort from the Beavers, and as Sertich said, ZT has been playing the best she's ever played for them. That's saying something indeed.
 
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dhmn said:
They should have had enough incentive tonight to put OSU 2 games behind
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Yes, but OSU had almost as much incentive (not as much as UMD in the at-large bid sense.)

brookyone said:
While true, I just don't think that will make winning two in Bemidji any less difficult for UMD. Expect the typical monster effort from the Beavers...
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I admire the heck out of BSU. However, over the last three weeks, they've traveled to face the teams that are currently #2, #1, and #4 in the PWR. How's that for a brutal schedule? For a team that prospers on hard work, I'd think that at some point the energy tanks would have to be a bit depleted after that stretch.
 
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On a positive note, tonight had to be THE largest non-Minnesota/Wisconsin crowd, with over 2000 people at Amsoil.. it was Scouts (boy scouts/girl scouts) night
 
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I'd also be curious to hear from other UMD fans how the Pairwise rankings work. Seven of UMD's 12 losses were to the teams who have consistently been #1 and #2 all year. We have actually beat the #2 team once. The two things that really puzzle me about UMD's #9 ranking: first, how can North Dakota be ranked 4th, five places above UMD, when UMD has played ND four times, beat them twice, tied and won the shootout once, and lost only once; second, how Northeastern can be ranked ahead of UMD when they've played Boston College four times and not won a game, and we've won against Boston College by 7-2 and lost by 3-2. And Northeastern has not played many other games against higher ranked opponents, while UMD has played a total of 14 games against higher ranked opponents and won or tied 5 of those. I thought strength of schedule was a factor.

Here's an experiment that in my hockey fantasy world, I'd love to see. Take the 8th ranked team in the WCHA and the top ranked team in any of the other leagues, whichever league is considered the best of those. Switch them for one season. See what happens. My guess is that the bottom ranked WCHA team finishes somewhere in the top half of their "new" league. The top ranked team from the non-WCHA league finishes in the bottom half of the WCHA. If wishes were horses...
 
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sappysbud said:
I'd also be curious to hear from other UMD fans how the Pairwise rankings work. Seven of UMD's 12 losses were to the teams who have consistently been #1 and #2 all year. We have actually beat the #2 team once. The two things that really puzzle me about UMD's #9 ranking: first, how can North Dakota be ranked 4th, five places above UMD, when UMD has played ND four times, beat them twice, tied and won the shootout once, and lost only once; second, how Northeastern can be ranked ahead of UMD when they've played Boston College four times and not won a game, and we've won against Boston College by 7-2 and lost by 3-2. And Northeastern has not played many other games against higher ranked opponents, while UMD has played a total of 14 games against higher ranked opponents and won or tied 5 of those. I thought strength of schedule was a factor....
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Every team can use that logic to appeal the truth of the matter:

UMD vs...(so far)

UW: 0-4
UM: 1-3
UND: 2-1-1

BSU: 1-1
OSU: 2-2

STC: 4-0
MSU: 2-0

The only teams they have done well against are STC and MSU, and somewhat UND.
I believe the Bulldogs put themselves in the position they are in now. They are having a down year to say the least (.554 win%).

sappysbud said:
Here's an experiment that in my hockey fantasy world, I'd love to see. Take the 8th ranked team in the WCHA and the top ranked team in any of the other leagues, whichever league is considered the best of those. Switch them for one season. See what happens. My guess is that the bottom ranked WCHA team finishes somewhere in the top half of their "new" league. The top ranked team from the non-WCHA league finishes in the bottom half of the WCHA. If wishes were horses...
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I believe if you put the any of the 6 teams of the wcha in ANY other conference, they would contend for the top spot.
 
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The 'Dogs take on BSU in Bemidji today and tomorrow with early games at 2 pm.

Tune in here if you are at work and need a little background to get through the end of the day: http://www.beaverradionetwork.com/

BSU is not going to be a pushover. Their program has come a long way and we have a long way to go with this season, still.
 
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Ouch...that lose dropped us out of the top 10...this does not look good. Can we make up enough ground to climb back in. The teams that moved ahead of us may be tough to knock out. We may have to win the playoff title to get in...?

Any comments on this? It looked like every body dropped off the radar after Fri...
 
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1996 said:
Ouch...that lose dropped us out of the top 10...this does not look good. Can we make up enough ground to climb back in. The teams that moved ahead of us may be tough to knock out. We may have to win the playoff title to get in...?

Any comments on this? It looked like every body dropped off the radar after Fri...
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"Ouch" is right. I don't know what it will take (statistically) to move up . . . but, it doesn't matter. They need to focus on winning their next game. Their only chance is to play each game as their last . . . this team has been hard to figure. So far, very little has "clicked". I'm just going to cheer them on . . . until/unless they're out!!

GO DOGS!!!!!!!
 
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Blackbeard said:
...the career save percentage credited to Harss (.940) doesn't jive with the stats on UMD's own site (.929).
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That seems to be Steck's career save percentage. The author likely looked at the wrong line in the stats when compiling the information.
 
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Tonight's game is a 6 pm start, if anyone happens along here. Haley Irwin will hit the 200 point mark tonight with just 1 point. Cournoyer and Wong each have a shot (if either has a 3 point night) to hit the 100 point mark tonight also.
 
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Photos from last night

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