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College Hockey! It's more fun than the NHL! Sure, they're not as good, but rude chants are the best and we all get to band together against Notre Dame. So, what the heck is the conference breakdown? The CCHA died 2 years ago, so your favorite school was probably affected. Atlantic Hockey Air Force American International Army Bentley Canisius UConn Holy Cross Mercyhurst Niagara Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Robert Morris Sacred Heart Big Ten Michigan Michigan State Minnesota (2014 National Runner-Up) Ohio State Penn State Wisconsin Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Brown Clarkson Colgate Cornell Dartmouth Harvard Princeton Quinnipiac (2013 National Runner-Up) Rensselaer (RPI) St. Lawrence Union (Defending National Champions) Yale (2013 National Champions) Hockey East Boston College Boston Univ Maine UMass-Lowell UMass Merrimack New Hampshire Northeastern Notre Dame (gently caress Notre Dame) Providence Vermont National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) Colorado College Denver Miami (not that Miami) Minnesota-Duluth Nebraska-Omaha North Dakota St. Cloud State Western Michigan Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) Alabama-Huntsville Alaska-Anchorage Alaska-Fairbanks (aka Hockeybear) Bemidji State Bowling Green Ferris State Lake Superior State Michigan Tech Minnesota State Northern Michigan What to look for this year: - Michigan will underachieve and probably lose to Penn State more than they should (0 times) - Michigan State will be terrible - Miami's head coach will look like Mr. Bean - gently caress Notre Dame - Western Michigan's students will get in trouble for trying to get little kids to do the shocker on the Zamboni at intermission. Again. - Someone will win the national title. Preferably not Wisconsin or Minnesota. - New Hampshire will continue to have the best derogatory nickname ever, "University of No-Hardware" - BGSU and Miami fans will continue to complain about the Big Ten teams making their own conference, despite it creating room for expansion where there previously was not. Alabama-Huntsville is particularly happy this happened. - Your favorite school will lose 3 of its top 5 recruits to CHL teams, because a letter of intent is non-binding and means nothing. So let's go get em, eh? Neodoomium fucked around with this message at 00:36 on Oct 13, 2014 |
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This post reserved for hilarious photos and gifs. http://min.us/i/5CLIz162DjEg - gently caress the other ND too Neodoomium fucked around with this message at 01:34 on Aug 19, 2014 |
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The NCAA passed some new rule changes Here's a list of all this year's drafted players Check out the NCHC/B1G CCHA teams in the HCC this year. ASU wants to move to D1, saddle up WCHA. Completely baseless opinion: Rutgers is posturing to move up form club to D1 in the next few years. Completely logical opinion: Miami will be awful again.
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Michigan's NHL Drafted Roster: (BUF) J.T. Compher, Sophomore Forward (Alternate Captain) (CHI) Tyler Motte, Sophomore Forward (DET) Dylan Larkin, Freshman Forward (EDM) Zach Nagelvoort, Sophomore Goaltender (FLA) Michael Downing, Sophomore Defenseman (FLA) Zach Hyman, Senior Forward (Alternate Captain) (MIN) Nolan De Jong, Sophomore Defenseman (NYR) Cristoval "Boo" Nieves, Junior Forward (WPG) Brennan Serville, Senior Defenseman (WPG) Andrew Copp, Junior Forward (Captain) Michigan's Undrafted Roster: Mike Chiasson, Senior Defenseman Luke Dwyer, Senior Goaltender Andrew Sinelli, Senior Forward Travis Lynch, Senior Forward Justin Selman, Junior Forward Steve Racine, Junior Goaltender Evan Allen, Sophomore Forward Alex Kile, Sophomore Forward Kevin Lohan (yes, that Lohan), Sophomore Defenseman Max Shuart, Sophomore Forward Tony Calderone, Freshman Forward Alex Talcott, Freshman Forward Zach Werenski, Freshman Defenseman Niko Porikos, Freshman Defenseman Sam Piazza, Freshman Defenseman Cutler Martin, Freshman Defenseman Dexter Dancs, Freshman Forward
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Obama Yo Mama posted:
Northwestern, Indiana, Illinois, and Nebraska have all "inquired" into varsity hockey as well.
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Aug 19, 2014 01:48
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Indiana and Illinois are a given, they've been the most likely to be teams 7 and 8 since PSU made the jump. What'll be interesting is if Arizona, Colorado, or any of the Pac-8 teams (Most likely USC, maybe Washington or Oregon) take a cue from ASU and start posturing for an endowment
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Oops, I forgot to assign a thread tag. Maybe a mod who comes through can help me out with the NCAA tag later. Edit: Thanks HK! Neodoomium fucked around with this message at 02:44 on Aug 19, 2014 |
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We haven't even started college football season yet, and the college hockey thread is already up? Dang. Well, it does give time for a (way-too-much) effort post about the ECAC, and we'll see if I've learned anything from watching these past couple seasons.
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Kwik posted:we'll see if I've learned anything from watching these past couple seasons. I've learned that the ECAC is magic apparently
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Aug 19, 2014 05:34
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HI COLLEGE HOCKEY THREAD I MISSED YOU 
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I moved to Detroit two months ago, so I'm pretty stoked that I'll get to make the trip out to Ann Arbor and catch some Michigan games. I haven't watched college hockey live since I graduated from BU in 2010. Similarly, I am completely embarrassed to be a BU alum because that team has been absolute trash since their championship in 2009. I knew there'd be a big step back after Parker's retirement, but I didn't think it would be, "candidate for worst season in school history" bad. gently caress.
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Yost is so much fun. I can't go down there twice a weekend, so I'm waiting for them to offer half-seasons or Friday onlys or some sort of partial season so I can go.
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Minnesota Uber Alles
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Aug 21, 2014 09:38
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BG plays outdoors in 5/3 Field in Toledo this winter against an Established Powerhouse Monster Program robert morris and it's going to own.
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Yo OYM are you still in New York? Because if you're back around Ohio and can make the Oct 10th BG/Miami game I will buy the poo poo out of a beer for you. 
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I'm a little burned out on outdoor hockey (Michigan has played outdoors every year for 6 straight now), but I'm still going to the game in Chicago.
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I really hope Michigan misses out on the tournament because they can't stop loosing to Penn State. So close last year. Penn State: Still going to be bad. Hopefully they hired a new PP and defense coach
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Holy poo poo UNH
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...and that's who Michigan faces in our home opener this year. I trust that he will be welcomed accordingly.
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College hockey in Texas is really coming on as a thing (starting out recreationally) and it's been great fun. UNT/Texas Tech/SMU/TCU/TAMU have a nice little rivalry going. Even Dallas Baptist University has a team now. UT has a team, but the ACHA is well below USA Junior AA but hey, Hockey East is a bit of a drive from here.
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DOOMocrat posted:College hockey in Texas is really coming on as a thing (starting out recreationally) and it's been great fun. UNT/Texas Tech/SMU/TCU/TAMU have a nice little rivalry going. Even Dallas Baptist University has a team now. UT has a team, but the ACHA is well below USA Junior AA but hey, Hockey East is a bit of a drive from here. That's awesome to hear and I hope it's a sign of good things. I was honestly really happy that Alabama-Huntsville found a conference so the board of regents didn't force the program to fold.
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drat it, the thread title should be changed to "NCAA Hockey 2014/15: The only sport the Big Ten is any good at"
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First pre-season poll comes to us from the HE Coaches:code:
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Followed closely by the ECAC: 1- Colgate (7) 117 2- Union (4) 103 3- Cornell (1) 90 4- Yale 87 5- Quinnipiac 82 6- Dartmouth 67 7- Brown 61 8- Clarkson 58 9- Harvard 52 10- RPI 40 11- St. Lawrence 24 12- Princeton 11 And, for fun, John Buccigross' Preseason top-10: 1- Minnesota 2- North Dakota 3- Colgate 4- Boston College 5- Providence 6- Miami 7- St. Cloud 8- Michigan 9- Ferris St. 10- Northeastern Couple of these teams might prove any "contender or pretender" questions early- Colgate opens with 2 at St. Cloud, and then hosts Northeastern for 2 the next weekend.
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I knew Colgate had improved lately but wow. Also THEYYYRREE HEEEEEEERRRRRRE  Blue graphics tickets are placeholders for tickets to be mailed later for the BG vs. Robert Morris game they're playing outside at Fifth Third Field in Toledo
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DJExile posted:I knew Colgate had improved lately but wow. Wish I had cool tickets  Paperless PSU system sucks
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NCHC Preseason Media Poll 1. North Dakota – 181 points (12 first-place votes) 2. Miami – 167 (9) 3. St. Cloud State – 151 (4) 4. Denver – 117 (0) 5. Minnesota Duluth – 112 (0) 6. Omaha – 73 (0) 7. Western Michigan - 67 (0) 8. Colorado College – 32 (0) Prepped for another year of disappointment 
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Tickets for the outdoor game arrived woooooooooooo also EXHIBITION HOCKEY THIS WEEKEND YEAH BOY Also, the WCHA has a streaming service for every game this year E: Oh hey WCHA polls 2014-15 Mankato Free Press WCHA Men's Hockey Preseason Coaches Poll Predicted order of finish. Based on a 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 scale. Coaches could not vote for their own teams Rk 1. Minnesota State 2. Ferris State 3. Michigan Tech 4. Bowling Green 5. Alaska 6. Northern Michigan 7. Alaska Anchorage 8. Bemidji State 9. Lake Superior State 10. Alabama Huntsville 2014-15 Bemidji Pioneer WCHA Men's Hockey Preseason Media Poll Rk Team (1st place votes) Points 1. Minnesota State (23) 256 2. Ferris State (4) 226 3. Bowling Green 180 4. Michigan Tech 178 5. Alaska 163 6. Alaska Anchorage 128 7. Northern Michigan 112 8. Bemidji State 101 9. Lake Superior State 60 10. Alabama Huntsville 26 Predicted order of finish. Based on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 scale. DJExile fucked around with this message at 16:55 on Sep 30, 2014 |
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CHN's preseason top 10 1: Minnesota 2: Providence 3: NoDak 4: BC 5: Colgate 6: Minn State 7: Miami 8: Michigan 9: St. Cloud 10: Ferris Pretty sure they were picking at total random after #5
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DJExile posted:CHN's preseason top 10 USCHO for comparison: 1: Minnesota 2: NoDak 3: Providence 4: BC 5: Union 6: Colgate 7: St. Cloud 8: Michigan 9: Ferris 10: Wisconsin USCHO had Miami at 11, and Minn. St. at 13.
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That looks a lot more realistic to me. I can maybe buy Ferris or Minn State around 9-10 but any higher seems a bit odd. Granted, preseason polls should always be taken with big rear end grains of salt anyway.
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DJExile posted:CHN's preseason top 10 Michigan at 8?  Lost to Penn State 3 times. Top 10 team. lol
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DOOP posted:Michigan at 8? To be fair, I think they base it entirely on potential for the coming season, compared to what happened last year (notice Union's not even in their top 10 at all). Still, I'm not sure what makes Michigan so dangerous, unless they have a couple hot prospects coming up.
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Michigan's got Dylan Larkin and Zach Werenski in as freshmen, so there's a couple of prospects that people are really high on.
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Neodoomium posted:Michigan's got Dylan Larkin and Zach Werenski in as freshmen, so there's a couple of prospects that people are really high on. Neat, I'd heard Larkin's name before and forgot he wound up there. HOCKEY. THIS WEEKEND. GET IN. it's only exhibitio- SHUT UP, IT'S HOCKEY
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I am more pumped up for BU hockey this year than I have been in a while. It's still a young team and they're going to struggle, but the freshmen coming in this year (10 of them!) are very exciting. Obviously there's Jack Eichel, but there's also some solid defensemen in MacLeod and Fortunato from the U-18 national team, and some interesting forwards like Greer and Phelps.
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DJExile posted:Neat, I'd heard Larkin's name before and forgot he wound up there. I'm stoked that there's a kid in the system with promise that won't get yanked for the NHL after a year. Larkin is close enough to Detroit that Babcock can see how he's progressing whenever he wants. Also: This weekend has Michigan at Ferris State, so a non-exhibition game that matters right off the hop! Let's go!
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Miami loses to U18s, Rico rotates goalies, world keeps turning
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Obama Yo Mama posted:Miami loses to U18s, Rico rotates goalies, world keeps turning to be fair, the U18s are pretty goddamn good Also if you by some chance are coming to the game Friday the offer stands that I will buy the hell out of a beer for you
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Michigan lost 4-3 to Ferris, plays the U18s tomorrow night at Yost.
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