Michigan - Michigan State: Open Thread
Another must win game for the Wolverines, welcoming State to Yost. Michigan's senior class can improve to 5-0-0 at Yost against the Spartans with a win. The game is on Comcast 900.
Forwards
Guptill-Compher-DeBlois
Motte-Copp-Hyman
Di Giuseppe-Nieves-Moffatt
Shuart-Selman-Allen
Defense
Downing-Serville
Clare-Sinelli
De Jong-Lohan
Goalies
Steve Racine
Zach Nagelvoort
Didn't see the game and mgoblue.com wasn't update so I scrolled down here to get a game summary. It was terrific to keep seeing the GOOOAALLLL over and over again on the way down. Thanks for the updates all
State sucks pretty hard
Looks like we gained a little ground. I believe RPI is ranked by "QWB Adj RPI" which has up in 12th still but it's a dead heat for 10th
10. Notre Dame .5454
11. Providence .5353
12. Michigan .5353
We're gonna need that sweep of MSU and hopefully some points off Minnesota to get in that comfy top 10
First hat trick from a Michigan defensemen since Jack Johnson.
Playing Western in Fargo tonight. North Dakota has been on a tear so don't hold your breath but they're the only team left in our group playing tonight.
#14 Vermont won tonight in the Hockey East tournament
You know how people in the media say "oh, I wish both teams could be nationally relevant for the rivalry".
Nah. I want Michigan dominating everyone in everything. Isn't this fun?
state still sucks.
7-1
IIRC Sinelli is the guy who was committed to State before but switched his commitment and bluntly told mgoblue that he committed to Michigan because he wanted to win. Fitting that he got his first hattrick vs STAEE
Edit: My mind is a steel trap
First 30 seconds. Key context being that he was committed to State before flipping
Andrew Sinelli wins now. MSU does not. Wise choice young man
Too bad about the women's BB game, though.
They put one hell of a scare into a B1G co-champion.
WBB returned 11% of their offense this season and still managed to have a winning season and will make a deep run in the WNIT, if not win the whole thing and FINALLY get a WBB banner in Crisler.
WBB has trouble with finishing. The other teams are bigger and we run out of gas. It happened all season. The team's going to get better. We have the right coach but WBB has been so bad for so long their is no winning traditon so it takes more work.
on last year's (2012-2013) team would disagree with you on the "so bad for so long" comment. I'm pretty sure that senior class won more games than any preceding senior class. Coach Borseth did a pretty good job with them, and those girls had winning records each of the last 3 seasons, including their first round NCAA game last year.
No championships, 10 last place finishes and 6 next to last finsihes in the Big Ten in 31 years of league plan is bad under Michigan standards. The team has gotten better but there just isn't a long tradition of success to draw upon.
Just got back from the game. We looked really good tonight. I know STAEE has a way of making their opponents look good but this wasn't the team I saw lose to Penn State 2 weeks ago or lose to Ohio in a shootout last week. Passing was much better. Players were hustling to the puck. Defensive lapses were fewer.
Let's go get one at Munn tomorrow. Go Blue!!
I loved seeing the sock come off.