Official College Hockey Thread - 2014-2015 Edition

[Digitalbooya]

Ouch.

Clearly expecting juniors and seniors to take a step and having freshmen play great was too much to ask for. My gawd my predictions were way off.

No one cares about college puck unless it's an "event" like the outdoor games. This is why I can't stand them stealing certain nicknames.

Source: I lived there for 15+ years.



My buddy (Badgers fan) is in town for the weekend for the Wild games, and I was telling him what I told you about how I was worried if Wisconsin matched up against the U.

Then we watched the game last night on DVR, and after the third goal, just looked up the score and he's like "just delete it".

I must say, the puck luck / fluke nature of some of those was ridiculous. Rumpel is a good player, and he made some key saves, and maybe if weird crap like a CHIP SHOT goal doesn't go in, they make it more of a game....even though I'm sure the B1G Six is over the moon Michigan/MSU is now on the cards so 4000 people will show up.

Sad to see. They're football people for sure.

I quit after the 4th Michigan goal. Wisconsin had been shutout something like 6 out of their last 9 games. They weren't coming back.

I still can't believe Besse missed that wide open net... The funny part is I only saw one goal from that game while flipping between them, the Wild, and Purdon't.

 

[melinko]

I miss the old WCHA. BIG10 killed all the excitement of college hockey.

 

[gphr513]

Wilcox just went into brick wall mode.

 

[Digitalbooya]

It's so frustrating listening to Wisconsin play Minnesota. It seems like the Badgers dictate play and get a whole bunch of chances and then Minnesota comes down and scores an easy one.

 

[Ban Hammered]

Big win for Cloud

 

[AdmiralsFan24]

Michigan vs Michigan State and there's still nobody there.

 

[PAYHA]

Big win for Cloud

Ehhhhh you can have this one. Would like to see Cloud get in the dance

 

[tyratoku]

Is UND still going to play in the NCAA tournament or no?

Not really sure how that works.

 

[PAYHA]

Belpedio just scored a nice one timer

 

[PAYHA]

Is UND still going to play in the NCAA tournament or no?

Not really sure how that works.

I'm pretty sure they're a lock

 

[Ban Hammered]

Big win for Cloud

 

[gphr513]

Is UND still going to play in the NCAA tournament or no?

Not really sure how that works.

Yeah they're like one of the top PWR teams. They were a lock regardless of what happened in the conference tournament.

 

[Dee Oh Cee]

NCHC is going to send like, 6 out of their 8 teams to the NCAA's. Something crazy like that. (UND, SCSU, Denver, Miami, UMD, UNO).

 

[gphr513]

NCHC is going to send like, 6 out of their 8 teams to the NCAA's. Something crazy like that. (UND, SCSU, Denver, Miami, UMD, UNO).

Yeah, high water mark year for them.

 

[gphr513]

NCAA Bracketology

These teams will play in the NCAA Tournament: Minnesota State, North Dakota, Boston University, Michigan Tech, Minnesota Duluth, Miami, Denver, Nebraska-Omaha, St. Cloud State, Boston College, Quinnipiac

These teams can still make the Tournament with an at-large bid: Minnesota(still eligible for autobid), Harvard,(still eligible for autobid), Providence, Yale, Bowling Green

These teams need to win their conference tournament tomorrow to get into the tournament: RIT, Mercyhurst, Colgate, UMass Lowell, Michigan

...

Minnesota is obviously in the tournament with a win, but is still in pretty good shape even if they lose.

 

[Slick Willy*]

Michigan vs Michigan State and there's still nobody there.

That's sad. Very sad.

 

[57special]

I miss the old WCHA. BIG10 killed all the excitement of college hockey.

Yes, and also you never know when they are playing, and when they are going to be televised. Hope the big 10 bean counters are happy. MN hockey fans hate it. Not playing the Sioux every year absolutely sucks.

 

[Paul Bunyan]

That's sad. Very sad.

It's hockey in Michigan. This is why I said before that Minnesota (and Wisconsin in part) would have to carry the B1G six when they created it.

They were hoping for all this fanfare from some other teams, but it's not there and apparently still isn't two years in.

 

[00xtremeninja]

I hope we can get other Big10 schools to get some D1 programs going. Maryland and Rutgers could easily make the jump with their club teams, Northwestern could maybe support it.

hell, invite ASU to join us. Would make a lot of us super happy to make a road trip down to Arizona during December to go watch puck.

 

[Dee Oh Cee]

whenever I see something like that, the Minnesotan in me always fears the worst

 

[Slick Willy*]

Yes, and also you never know when they are playing, and when they are going to be televised. Hope the big 10 bean counters are happy. MN hockey fans hate it. Not playing the Sioux every year absolutely sucks.

I don't know if I hated it - seems like a move that will take years to pay off, and if it does pay off it will probably be the strongest NCAA conference in the country.


But I guess I didn't like it - like to see all the in-state teams playing more regularly than us playing...Penn State.

It's hockey in Michigan. This is why I said before that Minnesota (and Wisconsin in part) would have to carry the B1G six when they created it.

They were hoping for all this fanfare from some other teams, but it's not there and apparently still isn't two years in.

I hope we can get other Big10 schools to get some D1 programs going. Maryland and Rutgers could easily make the jump with their club teams, Northwestern could maybe support it.

hell, invite ASU to join us. Would make a lot of us super happy to make a road trip down to Arizona during December to go watch puck.

Iowa. Maryland. Illinois has a history of producing some NHL players - would like to see Illinois get a club here in the next decade.

Nebraska is a possibility also.

 

[00xtremeninja]

Nebraska would be a possibility, but I think after the novelty of it wore off, if they were a subpar program, people would show no interest.

We have schools in all the right regions for it to work, but the interest in higher up hockey for all of these schools will take time to build. Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan are the three that will have to carry this conference for a while.

 

[Paul Bunyan]

Nebraska would be a possibility, but I think after the novelty of it wore off, if they were a subpar program, people would show no interest.

We have schools in all the right regions for it to work, but the interest in higher up hockey for all of these schools will take time to build. Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan are the three that will have to carry this conference for a while.

I still can't see many teams doing it, especially with Title XI too, as apparently even if you did men's and women's teams they'd take a massive hit in the women's game which is why even established programs don't have them.

They are building a new rink in Iowa, but I'm pretty sure that's USHL.

 

[Ban Hammered]

Ehhhhh you can have this one. Would like to see Cloud get in the dance

Looks like we are locked in after the win.

 

[PAYHA]

Looks like we are locked in after the win.

I'm a UND fan first and foremost, but i grew a spot in my heart for Cloud town after my sister went to school there....wouldn't mind a re match down the road