February 25th, 2016 at 11:00 PM ^
I wonder how much we can move up the seed line with a win tomorrow and a sweep against psu.
February 25th, 2016 at 11:30 PM ^
You'd be a fool to overlook OSU at this point.
Not like many people will be able to actually see the series, though.
The Friday game at Yost is a BTN+($) game and the Sunday game at Nationwide Arena (WTF?) isn't even going to be streamed, much less televised.
February 26th, 2016 at 5:41 AM ^
I've been to the game at nationwide before (2 years ago) and am going to the Sunday game next week. I have to say, nationwide is a way better venue than the schott. It's actually pretty cool to see a college game on a pro venue. There's no atmosphere at the schott anyway, so you aren't losing anything. Tickets are a few dollars more. I wonder if they do it to sell more tickets to the bluejackets once people get to check out nationwide.
February 25th, 2016 at 11:01 PM ^
That was a big win. If Racine can stay hot going into the tournament, watch out!
February 25th, 2016 at 11:56 PM ^
I thought Racine played great tonight, need to keep it going, this team has the talent to dominate and win it all!!!
February 26th, 2016 at 8:09 AM ^
14:52 Goal by Mich Kile
16:27 Goal by Mich Shuart
17:12 Goal by Mich Connor
17:23 Goal by Minny Johnson
18:28 Goal by Minny Novak
February 25th, 2016 at 11:02 PM ^
who shall be my thousanth bang? I feel dirty.
February 25th, 2016 at 11:22 PM ^
I like big, round numbers
February 25th, 2016 at 11:03 PM ^
The team's mantra is Create the Difference.
Tomorrow is the time to truly do so by replicating this performance and recording the program's biggest conference road sweep since......since......I don't even know when.
February 25th, 2016 at 11:05 PM ^
Better consult the super guide. Or there is always google.
February 25th, 2016 at 11:05 PM ^
What?! You should know this stuff Mr. SuperGuide!
February 25th, 2016 at 11:20 PM ^
Maybe 2011 against NMU. We needed to sweep and an ND loss to win the CCHA. We did and then WMU upset ND on the final night and we passed ND to win the title.
I was thinking the #1 vs #2 series at Miami in 2007-08, but we tied in the second game.
February 25th, 2016 at 11:04 PM ^
to find a defense and solid goaltending
February 25th, 2016 at 11:06 PM ^
DEFENSE!
February 26th, 2016 at 7:38 AM ^
GOALS!
February 25th, 2016 at 11:07 PM ^
Michigan beats Minnesota tonight 6-2. Two goals for Kyle Connor. He's my Hobey Baker favorite right now pic.twitter.com/ftZ6frCA5C
— John Buccigross (@Buccigross) February 26, 2016
February 25th, 2016 at 11:07 PM ^
Yes. Beat it Gophers. What a great pass on the third goal.
February 25th, 2016 at 11:07 PM ^
Best performance by a Michigan hockey team in a long time! Totally focused, good positioning, took away time and space and rock solid goal tending. Hopefully we can put together another one tomorrow! Go Blue!
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February 25th, 2016 at 11:08 PM ^
Couldn't see the game but winning 6-2 at Mariucci is a big deal, even with Minnesota being iffy. Michigan never seems to play well out there. Big time!
February 25th, 2016 at 11:10 PM ^
I always used to think of North Dakota as the bad guys in the Minnesota-NoDak rivalry, but ever since the formation of the B1G hockey conference, I've found that Minnesota fans are so goddamned overbearing and entitled that I question as to whether they're the bad guys. There was, and probably still is despite their improvement over this season, a very large group of Gopher fans who have felt that they need to fire Don Lucia despite him having more national championships than any previous coach of theirs, winning their conference the last 4 years, and playing in a national championship just 2 years ago. I want them to fall apart down the stretch of the season just so I can see them lose their minds and call for the head of a coach who has done nothing but win for them.
February 25th, 2016 at 11:13 PM ^
My buddy in Minny was bitching about Don Lucia before the game. They do not like him. He said he was actually on the hot seat!!! WTF??!!
February 26th, 2016 at 12:02 AM ^
I have no idea, man. Seriously, every Gopher fan on the college hockey subreddit wants him fired too. Their team is super young and they still control their own destiny this season. It really makes me hope they inexplicably do fire Lucia and they bring in their own version Anastos so they can learn what it truly means to suck.
February 25th, 2016 at 11:16 PM ^
Perhaps! Overbearing? Maybe! I lived four years in the Twin Cities area. The Minnesota fans (Vikings, Twins, etc) are crazy! You must win . .. or heads are expected to roll. The Viking mentality I guess . . .
February 26th, 2016 at 9:47 AM ^
Like all the FanBo9ys here, I too HATE it when other teams' fans LIKE THEIR TEAMS!!! MAN are they ever JERKS for liking the schools they pretend to have attended!
If only these santimonious jerks would be more like Michigan Fanboiys, who hate ever4yone elseand think every recruit should go to Michigan, otherwise they're being paid to go to other schools, and if only the other fans would think their team is the best despite not being relevant for nearly a decade or more and if ONLY the fans of other teams didn't think ALL OTHER FANS were overbearing jerks...
Oh, wait.
I see what I did there.
February 25th, 2016 at 11:08 PM ^
I want both!! Season and tourney championships! NCAA Tourney lock on the 2 seed line. Can we sneak in as the final 1 seed?
February 25th, 2016 at 11:33 PM ^
but Michigan always seems to play better as a 2-seed and flop as a 1-seed. At least in my ten years of fandom.
February 25th, 2016 at 11:19 PM ^
Gopher SMACKDOWN
February 25th, 2016 at 11:22 PM ^
YAY FOR WINS
February 25th, 2016 at 11:28 PM ^
hat trick POSBANG!
February 25th, 2016 at 11:34 PM ^
Connor for Hobey
February 25th, 2016 at 11:38 PM ^
game thread, and I'll say it again here: with Racine now playing consistently good hockey, if we continue to get halfway decent defense in front of him, I like our tournament prospects.
We know we have the offensive firepower already; just don't want to be on the wrong end of a 6-5 game.
February 25th, 2016 at 11:49 PM ^
out of a lot of us this year. Guy definitely still has it
February 26th, 2016 at 12:02 AM ^
all is right in the animal kingdom!
February 26th, 2016 at 12:07 AM ^
Racine had a lot of tough saves. Stayed square. Good movement. He gets an A.
Suck it Minny
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February 26th, 2016 at 12:08 AM ^
Great win tonight. Will be there tomorrow night cheering for the sweep!
February 26th, 2016 at 12:10 AM ^
Down goes Goldy (clap clap clapclapclap) pic.twitter.com/5c9JjMvKxR
— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) February 26, 2016
February 26th, 2016 at 1:15 AM ^
Just finished watching it on my DVR. I thought Racine deserved the #1 star even though Kile had the hat trick. Lots of big stops early. Great win, and hopefully they can get another one tomorrow to take control of the standings.
February 26th, 2016 at 1:31 AM ^
Hooray! Go Blue!
February 26th, 2016 at 2:51 AM ^
Hip hip hooray! Hoooo heyyyyy hoooo!
February 26th, 2016 at 6:02 AM ^
Big win! Too bad for me that I fell asleep sometime during the first intermission.
February 26th, 2016 at 8:52 AM ^
Did not know that was our first win @Minnesota since Nov. 28, 2008.
February 26th, 2016 at 1:12 PM ^
Not as long as it seems. We played there just once after that and then no meetings for two years period.
February 26th, 2016 at 10:07 AM ^
I drink to that!