PSA: UM Hockey lost yesterday to the US National Development Team 1-4
I didn't watch (BTN+ of course), but this game did not go well for us. Hopefully this doesn't break up the nice bit of momentum the team had built up over the previous two series.
January 26th, 2020 at 3:27 PM ^
Thomas Bordelau had three assists for USA though, he'll be in the other sweater next year.
January 27th, 2020 at 10:15 AM ^
A Russian one?
January 26th, 2020 at 7:16 PM ^
Is this like a group of 14 yr. old boys beating the USWNT in soccer ?
January 26th, 2020 at 7:50 PM ^
No. The NTDP is a collection of the best U18 kids in the Country. They compete really well with a lot of the top teams, with quite a few close losses And are coming off of a win against Minnesota in addition to beating us.
But as an example, 8 players from last year’s USNTDP team were taken in the first round of the 2019 NHL draft. Michigan has a total of 7 players that have been drafted at all. Arguably Michigan’s two best players were on that team last year.
Theyre full of top talent. Age being the only difference, but they’re built to be able to compete against top college teams and beat the struggling ones.
January 26th, 2020 at 10:23 PM ^
Yeah, and they lost 3-1 to North Dakota #1 at the time, #2 now), but it was a really close game throughout. They are a really good young team.
January 26th, 2020 at 11:17 PM ^
Haha, I've definitely had to bring that up several times when people say the USWNT could beat the men's team. Like, okay, I know the USMNT is EXTREMELY frustrating but let's not kid ourselves. It was the FC Dallas U-15 team, FYI.
And no, this is NOT AT ALL like that.
January 27th, 2020 at 6:13 AM ^
Yes. I've had many people at work say that the USWNT can beat the men's team and even make a deep run if they played in the men's WC. Fact is, the USWNT routinely loses to U15 boys teams over the years and many professional soccer leagues do not have rules that block women from playing...they don't join those higher paying leagues for a reason.
With that said, much respect to the USWNT for what they have done. I love watching them play.
January 26th, 2020 at 9:28 PM ^
Lol,we always lose to the USNDT. Michigan treats it like an exhibition, and the players on that team are all the 5-stars.
January 27th, 2020 at 5:10 AM ^
We do? The USNTDP is 4-15 all-time against UofM
January 27th, 2020 at 10:19 AM ^
Losing by three goals to the USNTDP U-18 team hadn't happened to Michigan since . . . last season (October 12, 2018). LINK