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Hockey Editorial

Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 10:49 am
by Falcon Fanatic
Some harsh truths.

http://www.sent-trib.com/bgsu-sports/fl ... s-08-22-13

41 DAYS!!
DROP THE PUCK!!

Re: Hockey Editorial

Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 8:11 pm
by MacGuy
The WCHA has become college hockey's version of the MAC - a group of small to mid-major schools with similar resources, who are usually evenly-matched and play competitive games almost every night, and are on the bottom end of the national pecking order.

Am I wrong that the only mid-major in the WCHA is BG?

Re: Hockey Editorial

Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 10:49 pm
by BGFalconfromCincy
MacGuy wrote:The WCHA has become college hockey's version of the MAC - a group of small to mid-major schools with similar resources, who are usually evenly-matched and play competitive games almost every night, and are on the bottom end of the national pecking order.

Am I wrong that the only mid-major in the WCHA is BG?
BG is the only school in the new WCHA that is D1 for all sports. I don't follow D2 or D3 that much to know if there are schools referred to as power conference schools or mid-major schools at those levels. None of the schools in the WCHA now are among the current hockey power schools, so they are essentially mid-majors for the sport of hockey

Re: Hockey Editorial

Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 11:50 pm
by bgpuckster
Remember the CCHA in 1983-84 was not a major conference either. The object is to get into the NCAA and then anything can happen. Check out the link to the final records of all CCHA teams in 1983-84 and you will see only 3 teams had winning records, with BG and MSU having great records. I'll take a repeat of that season.

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leag ... 21984.html

Re: Hockey Editorial

Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2013 1:05 am
by BGFalconfromCincy
bgpuckster wrote:The object is to get into the NCAA and then anything can happen
Yup we have seen that a lot recently with RIT and Bemidji's Frozen Four appearances and more #4 regional seeds knocking off #1 seeds. I believe there is a great opportunity available for the teams in the WCHA who make the NCAA tournament to make noise and cause upsets