WCHA first round: UAA @ Minnesota

[TigerStripes]

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go Gophers!!

 

[ScoobyDoo]

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Exactly! All this Gopher playoff run talk is idiotic.

Right. Cause any team like the Gophers with no offense, defense, or goaltending couldn't possibly make a run. Hockey is that one sport where strange things never occur and there never are any upsets. Ever.

 

[Bronzebacks]

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Honestly, go away! No one here is overlooking AA. We are hoping for a sweep and driftryder is looking forward to what could be a playoff run should the Gophers sweep this weekend, get to St. Paul, and hopefully secure an NCAA bid in the process. I don't think anyone here is saying anything is a done deal(only jokingly if they are). I wouldn't be suprised by any outcomes this weekend in the WCHA aside from the Tech/sue series. Please kindly leave us alone now and go cheer for AA elswhere so we can discuss this series.

I agree. Go do something constructive. Get out of your Mommy's basement and head to Fargo. They could use some help sandbagging.

Here is to a Minnesota school winning the Fival Five. Hope the McNaughton anchor drowns the dirty UNDies. They could use a bath anyway.

 

[uaafanblog]

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Please kindly leave us alone now and go cheer for AA elswhere so we can discuss this series.

And by "discuss this series" of course you mean "examine all the potential Gopher pairwise implications" and "imagine who the Gophers might play in the Final Five".

 

[state of hockey]

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And by "discuss this series" of course you mean "examine all the potential Gopher pairwise implications" and "imagine who the Gophers might play in the Final Five".

Am I mistaken, or does this series have a lot to do with all of that?

It certainly has RPI implications. If the Gophers lose, they don't play anyone in the final five, therefore the "might."

 

[Tiggsy]

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So scanning through the thread I see maybe one or two actual UAA fans. Everyone else is simply a gopher hater. Why is this the case? I've always hated anti-fans. Cheer for your own team or games you actually have a stake in. Oh wait, you're all Gopher obsessed so I guess you can't. Nevermind. Lots of hatred directed towards a measly 5th place team. Looks like some fans must be pretty worried about drawing the Gophers in the Final 5 so much they want us to lose. Go Gophers!

 

[uaafanblog]

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Am I mistaken, or does this series have a lot to do with all of that?

I always find discussion of Pairwise on any day other than the actual day it means something to be meaningless. Cos it is.

In any case, there has only been sporadic discussion of "this series" at best. I don't care much personally. It's not like any Gopher fans ever bring much to USCHO that might enlighten opposition fans. With that being the case, then the real reason you don't want Sioux fans in here "cheering for UAA" is something other than the desire to "discuss the series".

See, the last thing any Gopher fan really wants to consider is just how tight a #5/#8 series might be. That's OK, I get that. If I was a Gopher fan, I'd be the same way no doubt. And since I'm not (a Gopher fan), I thank prudence every day. Everyone loves an underdog so if UND, DU or any other fan wants to come in here and say "Go Seawolves" ... that's perfectly fine by me.

 

[gopher wes]

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I don't understand where you are getting this from? I don't think anybody here has really discounted AA from this series.

 

[ScoobyDoo]

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{sigh}

I don't think any Gopher fan is so myopic to believe that there isn't a chance the Seawolves could win the series.

As for insight, I gave mine early on in the thread. UAA is big, strong, and tough defensively. Minnesota is going to have to beat them with the two guys they have that are just as big and more skilled. Bjugstad and Hoeffel. I think Lucia has it right as well. Minnesota is going to have to get the puck deep consistently. When they didn't execute that properly they lost. UAA as far as I can tell mitigates the speed advantage with sound disciplined defense. So, to open up the ice Minnesota is going to have to fight fire with fire to get a lead and then the gates should open up.

As for the PWR, it feels good to be talking about it at least. After the Duluth series most rational Gopher fans figured they had no shot at a berth.

 

[Happy]

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Right. Cause any team like the Gophers with no offense, defense, or goaltending couldn't possibly make a run. Hockey is that one sport where strange things never occur and there never are any upsets. Ever.

Beside, the UND fans have already decided that UND has already won it, they are just arguing over on suesports whether the team should get invited to the white house, or to the Canadian Prime Ministers place after they win.

 

[Driftryder]

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{sigh}

I don't think any Gopher fan is so myopic to believe that there isn't a chance the Seawolves could win the series.

As for insight, I gave mine early on in the thread. UAA is big, strong, and tough defensively. Minnesota is going to have to beat them with the two guys they have that are just as big and more skilled. Bjugstad and Hoeffel. I think Lucia has it right as well. Minnesota is going to have to get the puck deep consistently. When they didn't execute that properly they lost. UAA as far as I can tell mitigates the speed advantage with sound disciplined defense. So, to open up the ice Minnesota is going to have to fight fire with fire to get a lead and then the gates should open up.

As for the PWR, it feels good to be talking about it at least. After the Duluth series most rational Gopher fans figured they had no shot at a berth.

This

 

[uaafanblog]

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{sigh}

Well then lets quantify the myopia thoroughly shall we?

Post#20

math reports indicate that Minnesota could still get an at large berth

Post #21

make a run at the F5!

Post #28

Entering the F5, they'd be somewhere very close to the bubble. Winning the QF game and losing the SF probably is enough to get them in, albeit barely. Making a run to the title game gets them into the tournament far more comfortably, perhaps as a #3 seed.

MN is still alive for an at-large if they win 2 of 3, but it complicates things greatly and places more emphasis on games elsewhere.

Post #31

No you wouldn't - because that'd eliminate the chance of MN facing UND in the Friday night game. The F5 isn't the same when there isn't a game featuring 19,000 angry fans yelling at each other inside/outside the X.

Post #79

Thursday at the final 5. #3 seed vs #6 seed and #4 seed vs #5 seed. I thought I heard Woog say the winner of the #4 and #5 seed plays the #2 seed is this correct? I hope thats right. It would be much more satisfying to punish North Dakota in the Championship game rather than a semi. That is if North Dakota makes it to the Championship game.

Post #80

If #1 has to play #3, that is retarded. I would hope they would re-seed after the first round to ensure proper alignment. Then if there is upsets, so be it.

Post #82

Do I have it right?

I have it as the winner of #3 v #6 plays #2, and the winner of #4 v #5 plays #1. No re-seeding after Thursdays' games.

Post #92

Wrong. We are fully aware that we won't be crowned until April 9th at the X.

Post #128

Which isnt really all that unlikely, to be honest. Throw in a couple % chance that UND miraculously doesnt make it and its probably something like 75/25 that Gophers play UND on Friday night as opposed to someone else.

Post#135

Correct.
Now, we want BU to win on Saturday, and then NE to win on Sunday. Reason being:
BU losing out of the HEA playoffs at this point gives Minny the compare with them should we sweep the Seawolves. However, we don't want NE to sweep, because that would make them a TUC. If they become a TUC, that helps New Hampshire's record vs TUCs to such an extent that Minny can no longer win the UNH compare.
Complicated enough for ya??

Well, I'd say in some ways you're correct Scooby and in some ways you aren't. There definitely is some myopia. It hasn't overwhelmed the thread.

 

[ScoobyDoo]

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Well, I'd say in some ways you're correct Scooby and in some ways you aren't. There definitely is some myopia. It hasn't overwhelmed the thread.

Well, every fanbase has issues. Still, I'd rather have Gopher fans talking about the math then not talking about it. I'm a little scared about tonight. I'll get to see it live and frankly they've stunk most of the times I've been there this year. I won't feel confident either way. I think UAA could steal games 2 and 3 if they need to. Even against Bemidji last weekend the Gophers showed their inconsistent nature.

 

[SoCalSiouxFan]

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Beside, the UND fans have already decided that UND has already won it, they are just arguing over on suesports whether the team should get invited to the white house, or to the Canadian Prime Ministers place after they win.

Former Sioux player and now Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews was at the Whitehouse today. Those glowing comments from Obama about Captain Toews assured us that Canadian born Sioux players are indeed welcomed at the Whitehouse. http://video.blackhawks.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=894&id=102431&navid=DL|CHI|home

 

[ronmexico]

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Go Seawolves...

 

[uaafanblog]

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Well, every fanbase has issues. Still, I'd rather have Gopher fans talking about the math then not talking about it. I'm a little scared about tonight. I'll get to see it live and frankly they've stunk most of the times I've been there this year. I won't feel confident either way. I think UAA could steal games 2 and 3 if they need to. Even against Bemidji last weekend the Gophers showed their inconsistent nature.

UAA has been pretty good on Friday nights. After opening the season with consecutive one goal losses on Friday nights they won their next 4 Friday night games before dropping another one goal loss to DU (EN goal made it 5-3) and then after that the pattern didn't exactly hold. In any case, they got 8 of their 12 WCHA wins in the 1st game of the series.

 

[SoCalSiouxFan]

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I think UAA could steal games 2 and 3 if they need to. Even against Bemidji last weekend the Gophers showed their inconsistent nature.

Typical Gopher fan. Thinking that the Gophers own this series and UAA is trying to steal it away from the Gophers.

The series is up for grabs and whichever team works the hardest will likly earn the victory.

Go Seawolves!

 

[Bakunin]

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Typical Gopher fan. Thinking that the Gophers own this series and UAA is trying to steal it away from the Gophers.

Maybe if you actually saw the two games these teams played this season against each other, you'd realize how badly outplayed UAA was. They were very fortunate to be able to ride their goalie to a split; he stole the 2nd game, no ifs ands or buts about it.

 

[cross cheque]

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I have to see a UND v UM series at the X, so without further adieu, win gophers.

 

[ScoobyDoo]

Typical Gopher fan. Thinking that the Gophers own this series and UAA is trying to steal it away from the Gophers.

The series is up for grabs and whichever team works the hardest will likly earn the victory.

Go Seawolves!

Dope.