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Last chance for the Wolverines at-large chances, facing #1 Minnesota on senior night. The game in on BTN.

Seniors in bold.

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Guptill-Compher-DeBlois

Motte-Copp-Hyman

Di Giuseppe-Nieves-Moffatt

Kile-Lynch-Allen

Defense

Downing-Bennett

Clare-Lohan

Serville-Sinelli

Goalies

Nagelvoort

Racine

Janecyk

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A split this weekend and a win over PSU in the B1G Tournament First Round could get Michigan a sure spot in the NCAA Tournament.

Maybe.

Game is at 6:30 on ESPNEWS.

Win The Game!

Conference Tournaments:

Are they exploitative of the athletes? Potentially 4 games in four days right in the middle of the term. Of course the athletes are "exploited" to an extent, though the return of a free college education is the other side of an argument that has been gone over. I just think the conference tournaments are a big money grab for the schools and the networks. I don't see how there's any other way to see it. Yeah, these kids are sled dogs and if you ask them to pull, they'll pull. But wow. It's entertainment for us, and I don't see how it benefits the players who have already been at this for months. Sure, some teams can get hot and get in. What was the season for?

It's even worse for the smaller conferences. My local college team plays in a very minor D1 conference. In almost every year, except one or two over the last 15, the only team that makes the NCAA is the tournament champion, thereby relegating the regular season meaningless. This year the team that dominated the conference all year was upset in their tournament. Season over. Injustice.

Now, the timeouts. It is covered also in a topic down on mglicious below, but I think there is a wider council in the forum so I revisit it.

I went to see said local college team play a few times this season. They are mediocre, struggle badly for attendance, and are unable to put on much of a show during the constant and long timeout breaks. You almost pray for a non-close game because you know there are going to be 8 to 10 timeouts in the last three minutes alone. A timeout is a painful development. You find yourself rolling your eyes and contemplating leaving no matter how good the game is. Basketball is about flow, build-up, back and forth, a rising crescendo of emotion. The timeouts kill it.

It happens in football too, to an extent. Do we wonder why even a powerhouse like Michigan cannot get students to their football games. Its becoming a TV show, on a huge HD set, with cheap beer in the fridge, for FREE. Play the fucking games. Let real be real.

The Dallas Stars and Columbus Blue Jackets just stopped abruptly when a player appeared to collapse near the bench. They rushed him into the locker room, and the arena is silent right now. The announcers said that the player in questions may be Rich Peverly. It is a truly scary scene.

Some of the older folks here may remember Terry Sawchuk, the Red Wings goalie during the 1950's.  He played with Gordie Howe, Ted Lindsay, Alex Delvecchio, etc. when the Wings won several Stanley Cups.

This was before a wise engineer invented face masks.

Time had this as a cover once during those days:

http://life.time.com/culture/terry-sawchuk-a-face-only-a-hockey-puck-could-love/?iid=lf|mostpop#1

Hockey players have always been a different breed.

Michigan goes for the sweep in East Lansing. No changes in the lineup tonight for Michigan; Matt Berry and Rhett Holland will not play for MSU. The game is on FSD.

Forwards

Guptill-Compher-DeBlois

Motte-Copp-Hyman

Di Giuseppe-Nieves-Moffatt

Shuart-Selman-Allen

Defense

Downing-Serville

Clare-Sinelli

De Jong-Lohan

Goalies

Steve Racine

Zach Nagelvoort

Audio