Friday College Hockey Watch (#1 Minnesota loses)

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COLLEGE HOCKEY WATCH

As many of us know now, Michigan is ranked #2 and is not playing this weekend. However,

#4 Notre Dame beat #1 Minnesota, 4-1
#7 Miami beat #3 St Cloud St, 2-0

Will be interesting to see what happens in the rankings next week as Michigan may start seeing first place votes. I would be shocked if we slid up to #1 as a ND-Minn split likely sees Minnesota stay at the top and a ND sweep likely sees them leap up to #1 but it's on the radar as of now.

Also, Tech, BC, and UNH won tonight which will be helpful for us down the road as far as SOS and RPI go.

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November 8th, 2013 at 10:41 PM ^

I think we are better off if Minnesota cuts the chicken's head off because that gives us more credit come tourney time because we play the Gophers.

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Canadian

November 9th, 2013 at 12:25 AM ^

Let me preface this by saying I HATE ohio more than anything but I do not consider them much of a rival in hockey. I went to the frozen diamond face off and just laughed at how little ohio fans knew about the game of hockey.
Obviously state is the biggest rival when it comes to hockey but after that who is it nowadays? Do we bump ohio up simply bc we lost the ccha rivalries?
I'm just really looking forward to B1G play. Can't wait to see the likes of Minnesota and Wisconsin playing in Yost every year.

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bacon1431

November 9th, 2013 at 7:51 AM ^

I think Minnesota and Wisconsin could both become big games for us year in and year out due to there only being 6 teams in the BTHC at this point. If it stays like that, those three teams will be contenders every single year, so there should be some high stakes games every conference slate.

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stephenrjking

November 8th, 2013 at 11:21 PM ^

Since the NCAA tournament is decided entirely by math, "looks" don't matter, but OOC record is big even between teams we play. Reason: we play four games against conference foes like Minnie, but only one against teams like BC. So Minnesota's stats matter a lot more.
Other than that, it's hard for me to give any consideration to Michigan's poll ranking. Many a season has seen Michigan graze #1 in autumn, immediately followed by a plunge into its worst stretch of play of the season.
I'm hopeful that this team is different (they have genuine quality wins, after all) but I'm still quite ambivalent about taking the top spot.

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Steves_Wolverines

November 8th, 2013 at 11:23 PM ^

I was at that ND/Minnesota game. Minnesota came out fast and physical in the 1st, just missing on some quality scoring changes. After the 1st intermission, it's like a whole different Gopher team came out of the locker room. They were slow, couldn't get out of the zone, bad passes, etc. 

I was hoping to see some high quality, fast paced college hockey. Instead, I saw a slow game bogged down by offsides and penalties. It's too bad. Let's just hope the Gophers can come back and win tomorrow. 

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