2005-2006 PWR

[jy3]

[quote canuck89]Glad to see St. Lawrence back in the picture.[/quote]
yes, i would not mind hahvahd and slu(T) making the tourney. besides us going west right now, the current set up wouldnt be bad thing for the ecachl

[jkahn]

Don't want to be an alarmist, but our NCAA berth is certainly not a sure thing.  Union and RPI are just under being TUC, and TUC is currently winning us a lot of comparisons.  Tonight is big in helping us avoid adding 0-2 to our TUC record.  An RPI win vs. 'gate tonight could add another 0-1-1.  Whether RPI and Union end up TUC will depend not only on tonight but the ECACHL tourney as well.
Tonight's a very big one.  Let's Go Red.

[Trotsky]

National tournament predictions don't look especially relevant after the last few weeks.  We're 1-3-1 with our defensemen all hurt.  I'm not sure we could beat the CHA auto bid winner at Lynah right now.

[jy3]

33/22/11 as of this AM

Rk    Team    PWR    Record    RPI
Rk    W-L-T    Win %    Rk    RPI
1    Minnesota    30    1    22-6-5    .7424    1    .5895
2    Wisconsin    29    4    21-8-3    .7031    2    .5803
3    Miami    28    2    22-7-4    .7273    3    .5698
4t    Boston University    26    8    19-9-3    .6613    4    .5650
4t    Michigan State    26    10    20-10-7    .6351    5    .5625
6t    Colorado College    24    9    22-12-1 .6429    6    .5574
6t    Nebraska-Omaha    24    17    18-11-6    .6000    8    .5521
8t    North Dakota    21    14    21-13-1    .6143    7    .5529
8t    Harvard    21    15    16-10-2    .6071    12    .5423
8t    Cornell    21    7    16-7-4    .6667    13    .5387
11t    Maine    20    5    22-10-1    .6818    9    .5485
11t    Michigan    20    19    18-12-5    .5857    10    .5484
13    Boston College    19    6    20-9-2    .6774    11    .5435
14    Ohio State    17    34    15-16-5    .4861    17    .5281
15    Providence    15    25t    16-12-3    .5645    16    .5288
16t    Denver    14    21t    18-13-2    .5758    14    .5316
16t    St. Lawrence    14    20    17-12-2    .5806    15    .5314
18t    New Hampshire    12    21t    16-11-6    .5758    21    .5229
18t    Dartmouth    12    23t    15-11-2    .5714    18    .5266
20t    Holy Cross    11    3    21-8-2    .7097    20    .5230
20t    St. Cloud State    11    18    18-12-3 .5909    22    .5226
20t    Northern Michigan    11    23t    19-14-2 .5714    25    .5199
23    Ferris State    9    32    14-13-8    .5143    19    .5234
24    Vermont    8    12    18-10-5    .6212    23    .5217
25    Alaska-Fairbanks    6    33    14-14-5 .5000    24    .5208
26    Lake Superior    5    28    15-12-6    .5455    26    .5170
27    Sacred Heart    4    11    18-10-2    .6333    28    .5081
28t    Notre Dame    3    39    13-16-4    .4545    29    .5055
28t    Colgate    3    16    17-10-6    .6061    27    .5150
30    Clarkson    1    30    15-14-3    .5156    31    .5006
31    Mercyhurst    0    13    18-11-1    .6167    30    .5023

[jkahn]

[quote jkahn]
Tonight's a very big one.  Let's Go Red.[/quote]
Big win.  I feel a whole lot better now, despite being on a 13 hour airplane flight between these last two posts.

[redGrinch]

I know it's early, but anyone else see the potential nightmare of going to Grand Forks to play UND?  And then Minnesota.  I think Michigan deserves that fate more than anyone else, for the hell that WCHA teams have had for going to play at Yost or Grand Rapids against Mich for a regional.

[DeltaOne81]

[quote redGrinch]I know it's early, but anyone else see the potential nightmare of going to Grand Forks to play UND?  And then Minnesota.  I think Michigan deserves that fate more than anyone else, for the hell that WCHA teams have had for going to play at Yost or Grand Rapids against Mich for a regional.[/quote]

We should hope to be in UND's band... to 1) avoid playing them, and 2) give us a 2 in 3 shot to stay east.

[Trotsky]

Given the up and down nature of this year's team and the lack of depth on D, all eyes really ought to turn towards the ECACs as the Big Achievement for this season.  If the Red win it all in Albany, I won't be disappointed if they get sent to Ulan Bator.

[Winnabago]

Does that mean that we should drop a few in the PWR?  I always get incensed this time of year when such inane scenarios start to play out.  Come on, it has to be a neutral game, no matter what.  Am I the only one who feels like it's a big part of the western dominance lately in the tourney?  They're getting home games and revenue out of the national tournament!  Playing anyone on their home olympic ice sheet is a fate that should go to the autobid teams, not to some major conference champion.  Ok, sorry.::snore:: ::snore::

Does anyone know what size ice the Green Bay arena has?  I see that Michigan Tech is the host, but it's not their regular ice.  Resch is tied to UW-GB.  It's refreshing that it's almost a "neutral site."  Also, looking ahead to 2007, can it be anyone except us as the host in Rochester?  Am I too optimistic about it?

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote Trotsky]Given the up and down nature of this year's team and the lack of depth on D, all eyes really ought to turn towards the ECACs as the Big Achievement for this season.  If the Red win it all in Albany, I won't be disappointed if they get sent to Ulan Bator.[/quote]
Agree 100%.

[billhoward]

[quote Trotsky]Given the up and down nature of this year's team and the lack of depth on D, all eyes really ought to turn towards the ECACs as the Big Achievement for this season.  If the Red win it all in Albany, I won't be disappointed if they get sent to Ulan Bator.[/quote]
200x100 rink there and a sign that says, "Go Gophers," with our luck.

[DeltaOne81]

[quote Winnabago]Does anyone know what size ice the Green Bay arena has?  I see that Michigan Tech is the host, but it's not their regular ice.  Resch is tied to UW-GB.  It's refreshing that it's almost a "neutral site."  Also, looking ahead to 2007, can it be anyone except us as the host in Rochester?  Am I too optimistic about it?[/quote]

Both Green Bay and Fargo are regulation North American rinks. So at least there's that this year.

[redGrinch]

[quote Winnabago]Does that mean that we should drop a few in the PWR?  I always get incensed this time of year when such inane scenarios start to play out.  Come on, it has to be a neutral game, no matter what.  Am I the only one who feels like it's a big part of the western dominance lately in the tourney?  They're getting home games and revenue out of the national tournament!  Playing anyone on their home olympic ice sheet is a fate that should go to the autobid teams, not to some major conference champion.  Ok, sorry.::snore:: ::snore::

Does anyone know what size ice the Green Bay arena has?  I see that Michigan Tech is the host, but it's not their regular ice.  Resch is tied to UW-GB.  It's refreshing that it's almost a "neutral site."  Also, looking ahead to 2007, can it be anyone except us as the host in Rochester?  Am I too optimistic about it?[/quote]

FYI, Engelstad is NHL size; I believe Green Bay is also.  Also ECACHL is the host for Rochester - all host data can be found here: http://www.ncaasports.com/icehockey/mens/schedules/

It's been discussed before, but the problem with western regional sites is there just aren't too many neutral site rinks that can be used.... Grand Rapids; maybe Cleveland.  Not as many AHL-sized arenas out there.  The reality is that there just aren't too many applications for western regional sites so the schools with the large rinks step in.

[DeltaOne81]

Next year both western sites are standard NA rinks too - the AHL rink in Grand Rapids and the Pepsi Center in Denver.

2008, unfortuantely is CC and UW's home sites, with widths of 100 and 97 feet, respectively.

2009 we return (hopefully not we literally) to Mariucci, but the other is the AHL rink in Grand Rapids again.

[Chris \'03]

Denver scored 5 in the third to beat NoDak 7-3 tonight. That should flip the DU/ND comparison and give Harvard/Cornell a three comparison lead over North Dakota and move DU back into tourney position at #14 at the moment. We'll see what holds up next week (Denver plays CC, NoDak plays MTU).