Re: WCHA Pick-em
UNO fan appreciates the unanimous consensus about this weekend by all the "pickers" here but we'd like to remind everyone that UAH has stuck a couple of the most disappointing recent losses on us that I can recall.
On 1-29-11 (the last season in which UNO played in the NCAA tournament), UAH defeated UNO 2-1, in overtime, a game in which UNO set a school record for shots on goal in a loss. The Mavs outshot UAH 59-19 in that game, and lost a game in which UNO made Clarke Saunders look like he was Dominik Hašek. This was EASILY the greatest performance by an opposing goaltender I have ever seen in 10 years of holding UNO season tickets.
Then, the following season, on 12-2-11, in what was supposed to be a a series against UAH on their home ice in Huntsville that was moved to Nashville by UAH, UNO lost the 1st game of that weekend series to the Chargers, 3-1, in a game that featured two third period goals by the Chargers that allowed them to notch their first win of the season and move their record to 1-14-1 at the time. A game from which, IMHO, UNO never recovered from that season. Oh, and UNO outshot UAH in this game 45-17 and again made Clarke Saunders look like a first round draft pick while making me wish we had NEVER driven to Nashville to see these games despite the fact that UNO stomped them the next night, 6-2.
Forgive me if I view the upcoming weekend with a certain level of trepidation.