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Wisconsin Hockey 25-26 Hastings Year 3 - Turning the Corner?

You're not wrong. I jist feel like it mirrors the Badgers in 17-18, Granato's 2nd year. Had all the momentum after coming up just short of the NCAAs and winning 20 to blowing the team off to coach the olympics. Now, Im not saying its not a great honor. But the timing was awful, it derailed the team, and signaled (IMHO) he looked at the UW prgm as a way to build NHL players, not win Championships.
digitalbooya said:
Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t the Spengler Cup at the end of December? It looks like the PSU players played against Minnesota (besides Fink).

Even with Fink at the beginning of the year, PSU lost to Clarkson, needed OT to beat Long Island, and needed a goal with 22 seconds left to avoid going to OT against Stonehill.
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I know the pair-wise ranking formula positively weighs wins over highly ranked opponents.
Are wins on the road also considered more valuable than wins at home?
 
fritz said:
I know the pair-wise ranking formula positively weighs wins over highly ranked opponents.
Are wins on the road also considered more valuable than wins at home?
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There is no pairwise anymore, for better or for worse. I dont know how different the NPI is from PW, but there are a few good primers on it. The biggest diff that I can see is that NPI gets rid of/excludes wins over bad teams. So those massive blowouts by Michigan over Robert Morris and Mercyhurst really wont help them.
 
Doogity said:
I line Bucci, but he can be pretty bias. Especially when it comes to teams out east.
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Yeah it's pretty hard to refute that there's always been a bias for the teams with more younger high end draft talent. I feel like it's been even more prevalent this year with all the new Canadians as well.

This is from USCHO/Jim Connelly article this morning:

"No. 1 Michigan State keeps looking more and more like a wagon
Michigan State came into the week on a tear and did nothing to cool the hype. At this point, the Spartans have checked basically every early-season box: nonconference wins in tough buildings, a statement sweep over a top-five opponent, and now a run through conference play that’s been more about managing expectations than chasing respect.

The most impressive part is how repeatable it all feels. No. 1 Michigan State rolls four lines, gets timely scoring from different guys each night, and has yet to show much in the way of emotional letdowns. With heavyweight series stacking up on the schedule, the Spartans have a chance to turn this from “great start” into “they’re going to sit on a No. 1 seed all year if you let them.” "

Was this just drafted before the weekend and Jim forgot to edit after the sweep? Maybe, but there is a very brief mention of Michigan State in the last little section of the article, so I'm not sure. I just think it's funny that Buccigross and now Connelly are heralding Michigan State as this amazing team (they are quite good, to be fair) but our Badgers go to East Lansing and grab 5/6 points but that's just a fluke. Maybe the underlying metrics and # of draft picks is more important than game results now?

Sorry I know this is a little ranty. Just think we deserve the national attention this week.
 
Bucci replied the main reason is because MSU has had a harder schedule. And that is simply not true.
MSU: UNH, BU (not very good right now) N. Michigan, Penn St. Notre Dame.
That is not a hard schedule. And I’d say ours has been equal or even a little harder.

Personally I think we should be ranked #2. Every team around us has at least 4 losses except Michigan. Denver has lost to Lindenwood and Anchorage. Quinnipicac has lost and tied Alaska, who we swept.

I agree that we deserve more attention for the success we are currently having
 
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