October 16th, 2021 at 7:35 PM ^
Spoiler Alert: We good and getting better!
October 16th, 2021 at 7:36 PM ^
Wooooooooooo!!!
October 16th, 2021 at 7:37 PM ^
Next week will be a challenge too with WMU.
October 16th, 2021 at 8:24 PM ^
We’ll row their boat!
October 16th, 2021 at 8:30 PM ^
... and pillage their village.
October 16th, 2021 at 8:53 PM ^
…and hear the lamentations of its fans!
October 16th, 2021 at 7:45 PM ^
That was huge. 3rd was intense. Great win. Go Blue!
October 16th, 2021 at 8:18 PM ^
Especially right at the end when Blankenburg was penalized with 2 minutes to go!
October 16th, 2021 at 7:47 PM ^
Damnit. Not a huge hockey fan but they sucked me in in 2010 and I almost had a heart attack during the championship game that year. Might have to jump back in this year.
October 16th, 2021 at 7:48 PM ^
Imagine being first in football, hoops, and hockey, all the same season.
October 16th, 2021 at 7:52 PM ^
Its '97 all over again!
October 16th, 2021 at 8:21 PM ^
That year it was especially great to be a Michigan Wolverine!
October 16th, 2021 at 7:54 PM ^
Fun to imagine but I think Georgia (at least) would raise an objection...
October 16th, 2021 at 8:19 PM ^
Who cares if Tom Crean objects?
October 17th, 2021 at 7:12 AM ^
Ladies hoops as well! *hysterically happy emogi*
October 16th, 2021 at 7:58 PM ^
Can't see how it won't be unanimous #1.
October 16th, 2021 at 8:06 PM ^
St. Cloud is very good and going for a sweep of Minnesota tonight.
October 16th, 2021 at 8:17 PM ^
They also split with Minnesota State last weekend. So it’s not like Michigan’s win tonight is going to really put them over the top, as SCSU has the same win. It’ll be interesting what the rankings look like.
I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see SCSU at #1 if they complete the sweep against #4 Minnesota. In fact I’d say that’s the more likely #1
October 16th, 2021 at 8:41 PM ^
Not so fast: MN won 4-3 in OT.
October 16th, 2021 at 8:54 PM ^
Well that was the “if” part of my statement. Getting a road win against #1 Minnesota State and sweeping #4 Minnesota would have given #2 SCSU a good claim on the #1 ranking. Splitting with Minnesota makes it more likely Michigan goes to #1
October 17th, 2021 at 9:52 AM ^
I'm sorry, but are we the only D1 hockey team outside the State of Minnesota?
October 17th, 2021 at 12:47 PM ^
Sometimes seems like it, but the state of Michigan actually has more D1 hockey teams (7: MTU, NMU, LSSU, FSU, WMU, UM, MSU) than Minnesota (5: UMD, BSU, SCSU, UM, MSU).
October 16th, 2021 at 8:14 PM ^
Polls in college hockey are absolutely meaningless.
This was the best way to achieve #1 in a meaningless poll in October imaginable. Go Blue.
October 16th, 2021 at 8:16 PM ^
More important is the wins will help our pairwise rating come tourney time.
October 16th, 2021 at 8:19 PM ^
Early season/sample size caveats apply, but Pairwise had us #4 after last nights game. Added a win against #9 Minnesota State today. Duluth is #17 after last night for comparison. Definitely a strong resume building tournament for us.
Edit: Duluth beats Providence and moves up to #6. Michigan’s win over Minnesota State makes Michigan the new #1 in the Pairwise Rankings.
October 16th, 2021 at 8:35 PM ^
Who knew Minnesota State was a school. And good at hockey!
October 16th, 2021 at 9:43 PM ^
Luther and Dauber knew
October 16th, 2021 at 8:49 PM ^
Honestly, a #1 ranking was only a matter of time. This team has the potential to be historically good but it might come down to the opposing teams goaltending.
October 16th, 2021 at 8:52 PM ^
With SCSU splitting tonight, I think we'll be a near unanimous #1. SCSU and Minnesota both might pick up a few stray votes since they were both getting votes before and split, but we should be a clear #1 this week with probably 2-3-4 being a tight grouping of SCSU, MSU, and Minnesota not necessarily in that order
October 16th, 2021 at 8:54 PM ^
TBH when you make history with five first rounders and when the rankings come out only to have us at #3, I thought that was a little silly.
Maybe that's their motivation!?
October 16th, 2021 at 9:10 PM ^
Nobody cares about polls. It’s the games in March and April that matter.
And to be fair there’s some history of teams with significant levels of draft picks underperforming in college hockey. Experience and age really are key factors. Getting guys back for a second year is absolutely massive.
October 16th, 2021 at 9:16 PM ^
Bingo
October 16th, 2021 at 9:25 PM ^
Ok, that's fair.
We should be #1 anyway
October 17th, 2021 at 1:25 AM ^
Pairwise Rankings agree.
October 16th, 2021 at 9:55 PM ^
You're correct about everything except "nobody cares about polls." Evidence: this thread.
October 17th, 2021 at 1:04 AM ^
No one has had this many first round picks before, though. What Pearson has assembled is unprecedented and we should just keep getting better over the course of this season.
Beecher isn't even playing yet.
October 17th, 2021 at 1:04 AM ^
No one has had this many first round picks before, though. What Pearson has assembled is unprecedented and we should just keep getting better over the course of this season.
Beecher isn't even playing yet.
October 16th, 2021 at 10:20 PM ^
Young teams struggle sometimes because there can be such a difference in age between schools that recruit draft picks and schools like Mankato that focus on building with overagers. There have been some recent Wisconsin and I think BU teams that had several first rounders but they didn’t amount to anything truly great. It looks like Michigan may be something different
October 16th, 2021 at 8:54 PM ^
The opposing students section confirms Michigan will be #1
https://twitter.com/umichhockey/status/1449529894724120577
October 17th, 2021 at 7:13 AM ^
Classy people.
October 16th, 2021 at 9:15 PM ^
What a great weekend.
October 16th, 2021 at 10:29 PM ^
Reminds me of that NoDak fan giving our player the bird after the EN goal in 2010/2011. Makes it that much sweeter!
Free upvotes if someone posts the photo!
October 16th, 2021 at 11:44 PM ^
That was a great game to be at. Love going to frozen fours.
October 17th, 2021 at 12:00 AM ^
Way to grind out that W tonight boys!! #HAIL
October 17th, 2021 at 1:20 AM ^
Don’t look now, but currently #1 in Pairwise Rankings. First time for that in a long time.
October 17th, 2021 at 4:18 AM ^
Rightfully so! Go Blue!
October 17th, 2021 at 8:02 AM ^
October 17th, 2021 at 8:50 AM ^
Here's hoping that this Hockey team has that once in a lifetime season and completely dominates to win a National Championship.