vs. UAH (3/1-3/2)
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:07 am
The final weekend of the regular season is upon us.
Following a 5-point weekend at Bemidji, our Falcons return home to the Slater Family Ice Arena this weekend for senior weekend. In terms of the WCHA playoffs, we are currently sitting in sole possession of 2nd place. As such, we sit 2 points ahead of Northern Michigan and 5 ahead of Lake Superior State, so we're not out of the woods yet, though we have already clinched home ice for the first round of the playoffs. My hope is that we can secure the 2 seed so that we can be guaranteed to host playoff games through at least the semifinals, should we advance. Playoffstatus.com projects us with a 92% chance to clinch the #2 spot this weekend. It can be clinched Friday night with a win and an NMU loss or shootout loss at Tech.
The next challenger in front of us happens to be the Alabama Huntsville Chargers (7-25-2), with Friday night's game beginning at 8:07pm for George McPhee Bobblehead Night and Saturday's game starting at 7:07pm for Senior Night. Fans are encouraged to wear orange to both games, and I hope people choose to really pack the arena both nights - this senior class has earned it. This is 100% a team that we should take all 6 points from, despite the fact that they are going to give us their all as they are still fighting for a playoff spot. Earlier this year, we defeated them 6-2 and 2-1, so we have already shown that we can sweep this team. Our magic number for clinching the 2nd place currently sits at 4 points, so we need to do as much as we can to secure that elusive 2-seed for the first time in the Bergeron Era.
We're 17-2-1 over our last 20 against UAH, outscoring them 86-29 in those games, if you were wondering how lopsided the recent series has been.
Goaltender Stats
UAH
Mark Sinclair: GAA - 2.85, SV% - .917, 5–16-2
Jake Theut: GAA - 3.97, SV% - .900, 2-9-0
BGSU
Ryan Bednard: GAA - 1.78, SV% - .926, 15-5-4
Eric Dop: GAA - 1.34, SV% - .948, 5-3-1
UAH’s Last 6:
@ Ferris L, 5-2
@ Ferris W, 2-0
vs. NMU L, 6-3
vs. NMU T, 2-2
@ Minnesota State L, 4-0
@ Minnesota State L, 6-1
Falcon Hockey Weekly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brz17KLJz1o" target="_blank
Leave your predictions and thoughts for this weekend below. Go Falcons!
Following a 5-point weekend at Bemidji, our Falcons return home to the Slater Family Ice Arena this weekend for senior weekend. In terms of the WCHA playoffs, we are currently sitting in sole possession of 2nd place. As such, we sit 2 points ahead of Northern Michigan and 5 ahead of Lake Superior State, so we're not out of the woods yet, though we have already clinched home ice for the first round of the playoffs. My hope is that we can secure the 2 seed so that we can be guaranteed to host playoff games through at least the semifinals, should we advance. Playoffstatus.com projects us with a 92% chance to clinch the #2 spot this weekend. It can be clinched Friday night with a win and an NMU loss or shootout loss at Tech.
The next challenger in front of us happens to be the Alabama Huntsville Chargers (7-25-2), with Friday night's game beginning at 8:07pm for George McPhee Bobblehead Night and Saturday's game starting at 7:07pm for Senior Night. Fans are encouraged to wear orange to both games, and I hope people choose to really pack the arena both nights - this senior class has earned it. This is 100% a team that we should take all 6 points from, despite the fact that they are going to give us their all as they are still fighting for a playoff spot. Earlier this year, we defeated them 6-2 and 2-1, so we have already shown that we can sweep this team. Our magic number for clinching the 2nd place currently sits at 4 points, so we need to do as much as we can to secure that elusive 2-seed for the first time in the Bergeron Era.
We're 17-2-1 over our last 20 against UAH, outscoring them 86-29 in those games, if you were wondering how lopsided the recent series has been.
Goaltender Stats
UAH
Mark Sinclair: GAA - 2.85, SV% - .917, 5–16-2
Jake Theut: GAA - 3.97, SV% - .900, 2-9-0
BGSU
Ryan Bednard: GAA - 1.78, SV% - .926, 15-5-4
Eric Dop: GAA - 1.34, SV% - .948, 5-3-1
UAH’s Last 6:
@ Ferris L, 5-2
@ Ferris W, 2-0
vs. NMU L, 6-3
vs. NMU T, 2-2
@ Minnesota State L, 4-0
@ Minnesota State L, 6-1
Falcon Hockey Weekly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brz17KLJz1o" target="_blank
Leave your predictions and thoughts for this weekend below. Go Falcons!
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