SCSU Euro
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Re: WCHA First Round - UNO at SCSU
Or we could just cut to the chase
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9xBJwkL3Oc
Or we could just cut to the chase
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9xBJwkL3Oc
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WCHA First Round - UNO at SCSU
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scsutommyboy
Frozen four or Bust!!
Re: WCHA First Round - UNO at SCSU
It has zero chance to sell out. Crowds have been way down this year and students are on spring break.
It has zero chance to sell out. Crowds have been way down this year and students are on spring break.
SCSU Euro
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Re: WCHA First Round - UNO at SCSU
While I completely agree with the games not selling out, does the students not showing up factor into that? Like... do they end up selling the extra tickets to the public if they were to sell out for everyone else? 'Cause I know that now that students will be asked to spend whatever tickets are (is it $12 now?) that there will be much fewer, I was curious if that will make it easier for a UNO fan to get.
Every year I hear people ask, "Oh, won't playoff tickets be hard to get?" Them being "playoffs" doesn't mean much... its about the matchup. People would rather watch us play the Gophers if it means nothing than Omaha in the playoffs... so the matchup won't be marquee and on top, there won't be many UNO fans. Tix should be aplenty.
While I completely agree with the games not selling out, does the students not showing up factor into that? Like... do they end up selling the extra tickets to the public if they were to sell out for everyone else? 'Cause I know that now that students will be asked to spend whatever tickets are (is it $12 now?) that there will be much fewer, I was curious if that will make it easier for a UNO fan to get.
Every year I hear people ask, "Oh, won't playoff tickets be hard to get?" Them being "playoffs" doesn't mean much... its about the matchup. People would rather watch us play the Gophers if it means nothing than Omaha in the playoffs... so the matchup won't be marquee and on top, there won't be many UNO fans. Tix should be aplenty.
The Boomer
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Re: WCHA First Round - UNO at SCSU
About 6,000.
About 6,000.
SCSU Euro
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Re: WCHA First Round - UNO at SCSU
We've had over 6,500, but it won't come close to that.
Two years ago we had a home-ice series... two months before we had almost 6,200 in announced attendance for the Gophers. The playoff series against Mankato, which is technically a bigger rival and a much closer trip for away fans, had 3,000, 3,500, and 3,500.
We've had over 6,500, but it won't come close to that.
Two years ago we had a home-ice series... two months before we had almost 6,200 in announced attendance for the Gophers. The playoff series against Mankato, which is technically a bigger rival and a much closer trip for away fans, had 3,000, 3,500, and 3,500.
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Spring break always coincides with the first round.
Tipsy McStagger
Falling on fans at NHC since 2001
Re: WCHA First Round - UNO at SCSU
Personally, I have a very hard time having any sort of animosity towards St Cloud on any level. UNO playing them is sorta a hard one for me.
My mom grew up there and her immediate family lived most of their lives there. My mom and her brother are both St Cloud State alums. My Grandmother's brother, Larry Anderson, played hockey for St. Cloud. Here he is, back row, third from the left:
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/b...s/1948SCSU.jpg
.........a member of SCSU's 1947-1948 team. Still with us, by the way, and living in Towner, ND.
Dunno how many times I have been to St. Cloud--hundreds. I mean, I love the House of Pizza. I've been eating there since the late '60's when I was a kid. Coming back from the Duluth/UNO series last March, we stayed in St. Cloud on the way back because the weather was so bad, ate at Granite City, and the wife and I purposely wore UNO gear in there. 3 different very friendly groups of folks stopped to talk hockey with us while we were there as a result. All wished us well in the NCAA's.
Hard to hurl any sort of invective at what you consider your home away from home and you have a lifetime of warm fuzzies about a place.
This series could go either way. UNO has a winning record on the road in conference play this season. UNO is, however, 4-8-2 since the first of the year. A lot of that is who we played in those 14 games, though (the likes of UMD, CC, Gophers, DU, etc., and Bemidji, who owns some sort of magic elixir they use when they play us since they have owned us). Our defense has really been bad this season and Sustr and Aneloski are the two most overrated players on the team and both are on defense. Our power play has steadily gotten worse since the season started and lately has been borderline ridiculous. Against DU last Friday night, for example, on 4 power plays we managed three shots on goal. We have a very good penalty kill although we don't take a lot of penalties but we have taken an extraordinary number of stupid ones this season at the most inopportune times that have just burned us. UNO just broke the single season team record for short-handed goals (10) and leads the WCHA in that department and is #2 in the nation. Matt White has 4 of those. Our goaltending has been spotty with Massa being the best of the lot. We have an enormous team. To give you an idea, there are 6 guys on this team 6' 4" or taller. Of our 6 defensemen that play a lot, 4 of them are 6' 4", 6' 4", 6' 6", & 6' 8". Our forwards can skate with anybody in this league.
The biggest problem with this team is youth and a total lack of any upper classmen leadership. There are only two seniors on the team and they don't play a lot and only 4 juniors and only 3 of them play. Plus, when it comes to shooting the puck, we are the gang that couldn't shoot straight. And, Coach Blais kicked our senior captain off the team mid-season for reasons unknown and he was not only the most popular player on the team with the fans, he was the one that made us go. We have not been the same team since. I did an analysis of UNO with and without Hudson a few weeks back in the UNO thread and I shudder to think what that would look like now. Our season pretty much went down the drain when he got booted. We also are currently bitten by the injury bug as Searfoss and Raubenheimer have both been out now for awhile and I don't know what their status is going forward here.
I think we sweep you, or, you sweep us. Which one is going to happen? With this Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde team, who the heck knows? Looks like your penalty kill is the one real Achilles heal that stands out. Since my dad always said good defense beats good offense every time, the edge has to go to SCSU who has a vastly better goalie than UNO and, as a team, has also given up less goals than UNO. I also think SCSU has played a bit tougher schedule, too. Couple that with home ice..............
Personally, I have a very hard time having any sort of animosity towards St Cloud on any level. UNO playing them is sorta a hard one for me.
My mom grew up there and her immediate family lived most of their lives there. My mom and her brother are both St Cloud State alums. My Grandmother's brother, Larry Anderson, played hockey for St. Cloud. Here he is, back row, third from the left:
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/b...s/1948SCSU.jpg
.........a member of SCSU's 1947-1948 team. Still with us, by the way, and living in Towner, ND.
Dunno how many times I have been to St. Cloud--hundreds. I mean, I love the House of Pizza. I've been eating there since the late '60's when I was a kid. Coming back from the Duluth/UNO series last March, we stayed in St. Cloud on the way back because the weather was so bad, ate at Granite City, and the wife and I purposely wore UNO gear in there. 3 different very friendly groups of folks stopped to talk hockey with us while we were there as a result. All wished us well in the NCAA's.
Hard to hurl any sort of invective at what you consider your home away from home and you have a lifetime of warm fuzzies about a place.
This series could go either way. UNO has a winning record on the road in conference play this season. UNO is, however, 4-8-2 since the first of the year. A lot of that is who we played in those 14 games, though (the likes of UMD, CC, Gophers, DU, etc., and Bemidji, who owns some sort of magic elixir they use when they play us since they have owned us). Our defense has really been bad this season and Sustr and Aneloski are the two most overrated players on the team and both are on defense. Our power play has steadily gotten worse since the season started and lately has been borderline ridiculous. Against DU last Friday night, for example, on 4 power plays we managed three shots on goal. We have a very good penalty kill although we don't take a lot of penalties but we have taken an extraordinary number of stupid ones this season at the most inopportune times that have just burned us. UNO just broke the single season team record for short-handed goals (10) and leads the WCHA in that department and is #2 in the nation. Matt White has 4 of those. Our goaltending has been spotty with Massa being the best of the lot. We have an enormous team. To give you an idea, there are 6 guys on this team 6' 4" or taller. Of our 6 defensemen that play a lot, 4 of them are 6' 4", 6' 4", 6' 6", & 6' 8". Our forwards can skate with anybody in this league.
The biggest problem with this team is youth and a total lack of any upper classmen leadership. There are only two seniors on the team and they don't play a lot and only 4 juniors and only 3 of them play. Plus, when it comes to shooting the puck, we are the gang that couldn't shoot straight. And, Coach Blais kicked our senior captain off the team mid-season for reasons unknown and he was not only the most popular player on the team with the fans, he was the one that made us go. We have not been the same team since. I did an analysis of UNO with and without Hudson a few weeks back in the UNO thread and I shudder to think what that would look like now. Our season pretty much went down the drain when he got booted. We also are currently bitten by the injury bug as Searfoss and Raubenheimer have both been out now for awhile and I don't know what their status is going forward here.
I think we sweep you, or, you sweep us. Which one is going to happen? With this Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde team, who the heck knows? Looks like your penalty kill is the one real Achilles heal that stands out. Since my dad always said good defense beats good offense every time, the edge has to go to SCSU who has a vastly better goalie than UNO and, as a team, has also given up less goals than UNO. I also think SCSU has played a bit tougher schedule, too. Couple that with home ice..............
Tipsy McStagger
Falling on fans at NHC since 2001
Re: WCHA First Round - UNO at SCSU
Bad news for us Husky fans. I was over at playoffstatus.com and according to their calculations, the only way we make the NCAA's is to win the Broadmoor. Not a total shocker, but I thought maybe we could flip a couple of comparisons with a sweep next weekend and some losses by teams in front of us in the PWR, then if we lost in the championship game still be okay. Apparently it isn't that easy to jump over 10 teams in the rankings. Who knew.
Bad news for us Husky fans. I was over at playoffstatus.com and according to their calculations, the only way we make the NCAA's is to win the Broadmoor. Not a total shocker, but I thought maybe we could flip a couple of comparisons with a sweep next weekend and some losses by teams in front of us in the PWR, then if we lost in the championship game still be okay. Apparently it isn't that easy to jump over 10 teams in the rankings. Who knew.
gopher wes
Dammit, Gorilla!!
Re: WCHA First Round - UNO at SCSU
Congrats to SCSU on home ice!
SCSU is not a team I would want to play right now. I have been saying that all along that I would not want to be the team that has to play SCSU in the first round.
Congrats to SCSU on home ice!
SCSU is not a team I would want to play right now. I have been saying that all along that I would not want to be the team that has to play SCSU in the first round.
scsutommyboy
Frozen four or Bust!!
Re: WCHA First Round - UNO at SCSU
I love playoff hockey! I know blais will have his team ready to play so I hope the Boys come out and bring their "A" game. IF they play like they did last weekend they should do very well and have a great chance to win.
I love playoff hockey! I know blais will have his team ready to play so I hope the Boys come out and bring their "A" game. IF they play like they did last weekend they should do very well and have a great chance to win.
Re: WCHA First Round - UNO at SCSU
TB, you and I know that'll go three just to make us nervous wreaks with game 3 going into triple ot...and the winner is...
TB, you and I know that'll go three just to make us nervous wreaks with game 3 going into triple ot...and the winner is...
Re: WCHA First Round - UNO at SCSU
That's wreck, or maybe we'll be wreaks too because of all the ot.
That's wreck, or maybe we'll be wreaks too because of all the ot.
Re: WCHA First Round - UNO at SCSU
Playoffstatus.com has no bearing or relationship to Pairwise, according to a reply to a post I made in another thread by FS23. Something that I did not realize until he pointed it out.
Playoffstatus.com has no bearing or relationship to Pairwise, according to a reply to a post I made in another thread by FS23. Something that I did not realize until he pointed it out.