OT: General College Hockey Talk

[Chainshot]

Michigan offering up a thumping on Colgate, 6-0 now.

 

[NotABadPeriod]

Big 10 up to 31-3 combined score in the first round. Insane.

 

[Chainshot]

Big 10 up to 31-3 combined score in the first round. Insane.

The conference reputation is well-earned.

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

Colgate player gets 5 and a game for spearing.

 

[Puppa2Miller]

Big 10 up to 31-3 combined score in the first round. Insane.

I think Michigan St. and ND would have both been capable of good showings in this tourney as well. This is easily the deepest the Big 10 has been and I have been following it since its inception.

They need to get rid of that archaic Pairwise system, and as much fun as Canisius making the tourney is, they need to get rid of auto-bids if there are only going to be 16 teams. The hockey today was just not entertaining from a competitive standpoint.

 

[Chainshot]

 

[misterchainsaw]

I think Michigan St. and ND would have both been capable of good showings in this tourney as well. This is easily the deepest the Big 10 has been and I have been following it since its inception.

They need to get rid of that archaic Pairwise system, and as much fun as Canisius making the tourney is, they need to get rid of auto-bids if there are only going to be 16 teams. The hockey today was just not entertaining from a competitive standpoint.

I cannot disagree more with getting rid of the autobid. That exists in NCAA Soorts that have less teams than hockey. It's absolutely essential that lesser conferences have a way into the tournament. Getting rid of the auto bid would badly damage college hockey as a whole.

The AHA has historically been very competitive playing against one of (and often THE) best team(s) in the country in the tournament. Colgate beat one of the best teams in the country to earn their way in the tournament. Harvard, Western Michigan, and Mich Tech were at large bids and got smoked. And no thank you to adding subjectivity to the at large selection process.

Simply put this year's first round was an anomaly when it comes to the competitiveness of the games.

 

[RabidBadger]

I'll go out on a limb and say St. Cloud shocks the Goofs tonight. A lot of my picks have been caca so far...why not chuck another turd atop the dung heap, eh?

 

[NotABadPeriod]

These refs have to do a lot better at physically not getting in the way of the play, already once at each end they've goofed.

 

[NotABadPeriod]

BU to the Frozen Four!

 

[Chainshot]

St. Cloud hanging on for dear life right now.

 

[NotABadPeriod]

Minnesota picks up a critical insurance marker. Looks like it will be two more weeks before they can try to sign Johnson.

 

[Zman5778]

Minnesota picks up a critical insurance marker. Looks like it will be two more weeks before they can try to sign Johnson.

I don't understand why there's an extra week off before the round of 8 and the frozen four. Makes no sense to me.

 

[NotABadPeriod]

I don't understand why there's an extra week off before the round of 8 and the frozen four. Makes no sense to me.

I always assumed they just didn't want the Frozen Four to be the same weekend as the basketball Final Four? It's always lined up that way where the basketball championship was in that week off.

 

[RabidBadger]

Kudos to tOSU: I didn't think they would hang with The Cats this well. Quinnipiac has been the best team all year and the Bux have been underachievers given their personnel.

 

[Chainshot]

That was in.

 

[Fezzy126]

Alright Lions, time to light up Portillo!

 

[Fezzy126]

McMenamin just trucked Hughes, who's still trying to figure out what happened

 

[Chainshot]

Alright Lions, time to light up Portillo!

I'm of that mind too. End this all-star collection of players' season.

 

[Fezzy126]

Whoa, that certainly seemed like it was in, but nope! Pings for good boys!!!

 

[Fezzy126]

Woooo!

 

[Chainshot]

Hmmm... Portillo flailing around and had two go through him in that sequence.

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

Michigan can't buy a goal.

 

[Ehran]

I want to see Michigan lose but I hate, hate, hate, Penn State.

I'm so confused!

 

[Chainshot]

I want to see Michigan lose but I hate, hate, hate, Penn State.

I'm so confused!

It's like watching the Leafs and Lightning play - just root for body checks.