could be

Number one in the nation with a win tonight as MU lost. Actually def would be. I know some of you guys think its just a target on your back but the players look at it, they know, and you play with alot more confidence as you expect to win every game. Its great to be rnaked high I think it helps alot.

Did you get "maked high" just before you typed that?

Expecting to win every game can be a very, very bad thing for a hockey team, hockeykid - particularly when they're playing teams they really should beat with no difficulty.

Like, say, Sacred Heart. Or Quinnipiac. Or Army.

I'll say no more.

Beeeej

[Q]DisplacedCornellian Wrote:

Did you get "maked high" just before you typed that? [/q]

Dont get it. w/e its alot better to play with confidence then it is to play with a lack of. Beej.

[Q]mike k Wrote:

Dont get it. w/e its alot better to play with confidence then it is to play with a lack of. Beej.[/q]

Confidence is good. Overconfidence is bad.

Will you are 100% correct. Im not worried about cornell getting overconfident because schafer will not allow them to. when they had the great team with murray baby and the others they never once got overconfident. From what i saw last night this team could be better then the one we saw make the frozen four.

We've probably been overconfident before. But it's okay cause those games didn't happen

Don't pretend we're immune to something that is a natural human trait. That said, we have another game tonight, and so does UM. Now, we're playing a better team than UAF, but I'm not taking anything for granted yet. IF we win, yes, we're likely to be #1 - although there's always a chance CC or Maine could sneak in there if they win again tonight.

Whether that's a good thing or not is another story.

As always, it must be stated: The polls don't matter.

Goes without saying... literally

You have to go to the rink expecting to win the game that night. You can't be intimidated by anyone, can't use excuses for why you might lose that game (e.g. injuries). That's confidence. It's different from expecting to finish undefeated - that's overconfidence.

Edit: To clarify, there's a fine line between confidence and arrogance when you're playing lower level teams. The attitude I was describing above is more relevant to games against top teams.

[Q]Beeeej Wrote:

Expecting to win every game can be a very, very bad thing for a hockey team, hockeykid - particularly when they're playing teams they really should beat with no difficulty.

Like, say, Sacred Heart. Or Quinnipiac. Or Army.

I'll say no more.

Beeeej[/q]

See the Soviet National Team in 1980.

One of those few times I wish I were old (read: wise and respected) enough to see that era.

[Q]calgARI '07 Wrote:
See the Soviet National Team in 1980.[/q]
Exactly what I was thinking - I'll always remember the interview with Tretiak. He said that it just never even occurred to him to head for the bench, because he just "knew" that they were going to score (to tie the game)...

[Q]Robb Wrote:

calgARI '07 Wrote:
See the Soviet National Team in 1980.[/Q]
Exactly what I was thinking - I'll always remember the interview with Tretiak. He said that it just never even occurred to him to head for the bench, because he just "knew" that they were going to score (to tie the game)...

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Tretiak wasn't playing after the 1st period vs. the US. Viktor Tikhonov replaced Tretiak with Myshkin following Mark Johnson's last second goal in the 1st.