November 23rd, 2020 at 3:16 PM ^
Hail yes!
November 23rd, 2020 at 3:22 PM ^
Gotta love it when teams that haven't played a single game are ranked above those that have multiple wins and are undefeated.
November 23rd, 2020 at 3:32 PM ^
Those votes are easy to steal though. One mediocre showing, even in a win, and they slide a spot or two.
November 23rd, 2020 at 3:39 PM ^
Also hilarious that Penn State, at 0-2, is ranked 14 and above 2-2 Wisc.
November 23rd, 2020 at 4:05 PM ^
#HockeySchool
November 23rd, 2020 at 5:47 PM ^
HocketballSchool
November 23rd, 2020 at 4:17 PM ^
this team has a shot - the combo of goaltending, talent on D and O and the upperclassmen having 200ft ability to defend (and the new guys living up to the hype) means they have everything you need
November 23rd, 2020 at 5:12 PM ^
Early rankings mean little.
Yah, but, ain't it fun to see 'em #3?
November 23rd, 2020 at 5:36 PM ^
It's surprising that ND not only isn't ranked, they're not even receiving any votes, Haha Fucking Irish!!!
November 23rd, 2020 at 6:57 PM ^
Perfect – rising as deserved, but paced...
Knowing we won't get too big of a surge of hype at once is nice. Wish the football team could've gotten more of that medicine in the last six years.
November 23rd, 2020 at 7:17 PM ^
What's the "this weekend" modifier all about?
November 24th, 2020 at 7:50 AM ^
The user name checks out.
November 23rd, 2020 at 7:32 PM ^
Anyone watching this Penn State vs Wisconsin game? PSU outshooting the Badgers 44-9 and there’s still a whole period to play! Badgers up 3-2 at the end of 2.
November 23rd, 2020 at 9:43 PM ^
Penn State has never seen a shot they didn't like. Unfortunately for them, they lost almost everyone who could actually score goals from last year's team. They'll be one of the teams that breaks the Corsi rankings, but in a bad way (through their three games, they're at 59% Corsi For, and yet they're 0-3 and have been outscored 13-6).
November 24th, 2020 at 6:08 AM ^
I knew Penn State had the reputation of taking every shot they could, but wow. They outshot Wisconsin 52-20...and lost 6-3. I'm no hockey strategist, but it seems like PSU must just be hucking a bunch of crappy shots from distance vs. maybe taking the time to try to set something good up. Doesn't seem like the greatest strategy, but they've made a few tournaments so I guess it's working for them on some level
Certainly good to see Wisconsin come out and thump PSU. Would seem to support the perception that they are a legit team
November 24th, 2020 at 6:09 AM ^
It's sure fun that we're playing when most of the rest of D1 hasn't started yet because no way are we flying up the rankings like that if everyone is playing. We probably still would've gotten into maybe the 7-9 range, but we've flown into 1 seed territory after just 4 games.
November 24th, 2020 at 7:31 AM ^
Because of the unusual scheduling due to COVID, polls may mean more this year than others. Pairwise and RPI won't work so well without nonconference games. We're off to a great start but it is hard to measure competition this early. ASU seems worse than expected and Wiscy perhaps better than expected.
November 25th, 2020 at 9:32 PM ^
Anyone know where I can find full replays of the hockey games? I've missed all of them so far.