Michigan HockeyCast 6.21: Munn-Dane
1 hour and 11 minutes
With David Nasternak and Alex Drain
This Podcast Has a Sponsor: Michigan Law Grad Jonathan Paul is the guy with the C you want skating next to the ref and pleading your case. He's also a good guy to sit next to at the hockey games.
Segment 1: Whatever That Was
- Opener
- Early Dominance
- Whatever That Call Was
- Goaltending and Other Oddities
Segment 2: NCAA Tournament Preview
- North Dakota Fighting Not Sioux
- MSU again?? Maybe Western.
- The Other Regionals
- Final Thoughts and Takeaways
[Player after THE JUMP]
MUSIC
- NHL on ESPN Theme
- "I Don't Wanna Talk" -- Glass Animals
- Ice Hockey (NES) theme
THE USUAL LINKS
Final Score:
Saturday - (Michigan 4, Michigan State 5 (OT))
It's been a long while since I've watched NHL games, but... I cannot remember a Redwings season with as poor officiating as the Big Ten showed this time.
It's perplexing, isn't it? Is it really possible that these are the best available officials? If so, what kind of officiating are we getting in the NAHL or in High School hockey?
I also suspect that replay (in all sports) has made officiating worse. Officials do a MUCH better job in "real time" of keeping their bias out of their calls--a bang-bang play on the ice and you don't even notice who is wearing which color jersey. But on replay, it's going to be hard to keep your subconscious and conscious biases out of your calls because you know exactly who will benefit and who will be hurt when you call that phantom goal.
March 26th, 2024 at 10:23 AM ^
I would think replays would have to be more objective because there is (usually) more clear and obvious answers that are more heavily scrutinized, given the 10 minutes the zebras take to make a call.
March 26th, 2024 at 10:30 AM ^
You'd think so, but maybe they take such a long time because the refs are rationalizing whatever call they're making against U-M. /s
March 26th, 2024 at 11:00 AM ^
A black-and-white call (like a safe/out call in baseball or an offside call in hockey) is easier, yes.
But there are situations where officials are asked to review a judgement call. Did the goalie have it covered before it was knocked in by the other team? Was the knee-to-knee collision intentional or unintentional? Was the check to the player's back or his side?
When you give the ref time to reflect on judgement calls, their judgement doesn't seem to get any more accurate. Like they say when you are taking a standardized test, your first guess is more likely to be right than your second.
March 26th, 2024 at 12:42 PM ^
It's hilarious to me that there is a loud debate on twitter about regionals because there is, for once, a regional that has actually sold out. But it sold out because it seats 3000 people and drew three huge draws.
Of course, what would really be interesting is if Michigan were playing in Grand Forks and Western were playing at MSU. You'd sell 15k+ tickets and both places would be electric. It's amazing that people are trying to keep the old system when *that* is available.
March 26th, 2024 at 12:53 PM ^
I just had to pass on to the hockey fans on Mgoblog 2 interesting facts that I just read:
(1) The smallest post-pandemic crowd that North Dakota has played in front of, home or away, was at an NCAA regional.
(2) The smallest post-pandemic crowd that Michigan has played in front of, home or away, was at an NCAA regional.
It would be just fine if UM had to return to Munn in the regional final to earn their way into the Frozen Four, should both teams win their first round games.
Yes! MSU had a better season. An earned advantage... and extra delicious were Michigan to end their season on their own ice. The same for any other hockey team. How do people not understand this?
March 27th, 2024 at 10:34 AM ^
RE: dressing the 19th skater.
I don't really see a downside here. That skater is a buffer against an on-ice injury or a different guy struggling.
Yeah, it's hard to get into the flow of the game if that guy isn't getting ice time and the coaches shouldn't be putting him out there just to get said ice-time, but there's really no downside. The guy gets to dress when he otherwise wouldn't and he has an outside shot of playing for the reasons mentioned above.
I don't have a problem with it.
Also, was anyone else really annoyed by MSU's backup goaltender standing the entire time at Munn? Every time Michigan was in the offensive zone on the left of the broadcast and the puck would come out to the blue line near MSU's bench, there would be a white sweater right there. A few times I thought Michigan was about to give up a breakaway and the other times you couldn't see what was going on at that part of the ice.
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