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WCHA 2020-21: We Can Do Better than Two Bids and Eight Teams Exiting

Just curious as an outsider. If all game one winners win the series, who does BG fall behind in the WCHA at large race? I noticed both LSSU and Bemidji have better H2H records against BG.
 
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I think the two wins against Quinny will be huge for the NCAA selection. BG gets in if they win one against NM is my opinion. Winner of L State and Bemid gets in too.
 
We need to get past NMU this round to at least have a chance. The only thing we have going for us right now is Pairwise and the committee might not even factor that in. After QU our best win is Bemidji (before losing 3 to them) and after that it's Tech. No wins against Mankato or Lake State. Add a loss to Mercyhurst, another one from NMU, and things look bad.
 
Tough to know how valuable the Quinnipiac wins are when QU has feasted on SLU, Colgate and Atlantic Hockey. I agree about the QF series. Lose to NMU and I think they'll end up on the outside.
 
So, the WCHA is not reseeding for the semifinals? A poster over on The BeaverPond Facebook Page had a picture from the WCHA Playoff program stating such.
 
https://www.facebook.com/beaverradio...40679749289340
...says this:


Just got confirmation from the WCHA...as there was some confusion about whether or not the four remaining teams will be re-seeded for next weekend.

The league says that the highest seed (MSU Mankato) will play the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals. This is the same as previous years. The Tournament Program claims that the teams will NOT be re-seeded, which caused the confusion.

So, if Bowling Green wins today, BSU would play MSU Mankato in the semis. If Northern wins today, BSU would play Lake State on Friday.
 
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So after starting 16-3, BG peaked in the last weekend of January. Since then they went 4-6-1 and played themselves right out of the NCAA tournament.
 
LSSULaker889294 said:
I recently looked at Griffin Loughran's stats and was shocked to see he only have five goals this season. What happened?
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Despite the lack of goals he'll still likely finish 4th on the team in scoring. A few factors:
Shorter 2020-21 season...
Made shorter by carry over suspensions...
Made even shorter by a game misconduct...
Made even shorter by a coach (unsuccessfully) trying to make his point and not playing him at times...

You have to be on the ice to put up points. Last year he was 1.05 PPG, this year he is 0.94 PPG. However he played 21 less games this year (stats through Saturday night).

Last year after he finished #2 in the country in PIMs. (#1 in the country was a teammate.) NMU PIMs are down slightly this year but still a very high 14 PIM per game average. There is playing with an edge and then there is hurting one's team on a consistent basis. You also need to consider the type of penalties he takes. At times a penalty is a good thing if it prevents a scoring chance. However Loughran has a long list of misconduct, game misconduct, roughing, slashing, diving, elbowing, high sticking, cross checking, etc. These are not penalties saving goals. These generally go in the selfish category. Here is a look at Griffin's contributions to NMU's totals to date:

PIMs PER GAME
2018-19 2.05
2019-20 2.51
2020-21 2.38
 
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