@Bemidji

[pdt1081]

SATURDAY

End of the 1st, no score.

[poltergeist]

after last's night game....our barn ain't fancy, but at least it's got good ice.

#norodeos

I disagree. Between the ice and the boards there's lots of room for improvement.

our ice is good; I skate on it every week.
and compared to what Bemidji had last night, it's a dream.

puck's down in the second.
Sweep the Beavers!

[gmartin]

BG up 2-0 after 2 periods.

[pdt1081]

SWEEP!

BG wins 2-0.

[gmartin]

BG Is on a 9 game win/tie streak. Now we don't play for 18 days. Ugh!!! Hope the layoff doesn't affect us too much. Looking at our schedule we could win our next 5 games. Our Pairwise is now 16. As mentioned, hopefully the layoff doesn't affect us too much. Need to beat WMU at Huntington Center and then SWEEP Clarkson and Lake Superior

[apollo]

Chris Nell may shatter the shutout record both in a season and career....some of these teams need to make sure their players are using the correct handed sticks. 10 WCHA Games this weekend and 39 goals. 3.9 per game. 1.95 goals game per team....On top of that, Nell had the only shutout.

[rood]

Chris Nell may shatter the shutout record both in a season and career....some of these teams need to make sure their players are using the correct handed sticks. 10 WCHA Games this weekend and 39 goals. 3.9 per game. 1.95 goals game per team....On top of that, Nell had the only shutout.

And the NHL last night scored 47 goals in ten games, less than one goal per game more. That total includes three overtime goals and two rare 5-4 games featuring backup goalie "duels". Across college hockey it was higher but there were a lot of blowouts (6-0, 8-3, 7-3...) this weekend which are usually only fun to watch if you're a fan of the team doing the blowing out.

Scoring has been down everywhere for years.

[BGFan]

Chris Nell may shatter the shutout record both in a season and career....some of these teams need to make sure their players are using the correct handed sticks. 10 WCHA Games this weekend and 39 goals. 3.9 per game. 1.95 goals game per team....On top of that, Nell had the only shutout.

And the NHL last night scored 47 goals in ten games, less than one goal per game more. That total includes three overtime goals and two rare 5-4 games featuring backup goalie "duels". Across college hockey it was higher but there were a lot of blowouts (6-0, 8-3, 7-3...) this weekend which are usually only fun to watch if you're a fan of the team doing the blowing out.

Scoring has been down everywhere for years.

+1

[BGFan]

BG Is on a 9 game win/tie streak. Now we don't play for 18 days. Ugh!!! Hope the layoff doesn't affect us too much. Looking at our schedule we could win our next 5 games. Our Pairwise is now 16. As mentioned, hopefully the layoff doesn't affect us too much. Need to beat WMU at Huntington Center and then SWEEP Clarkson and Lake Superior

Couldn't happen at a better time. We have a couple of players that are injured and didn't make the trip (Tate and Delgadillo) and others that are playing hurt and need to finish healing. Most other teams are going on Christmas break also. I think we'll be fine and come out stronger after the break.

[poltergeist]

Nell! Nationally...

4th in GAA (1.4560)
5th in SV% (.943)
Tied for 3rd in SO (3)

BG's team defense moves up to 8th (1.84).

[apollo]

Scoring Offense: Games Goals G/GM
1 Robert Morris 15 68 4.53
2 Michigan 15 67 4.47
3 Penn State 16 70 4.38
4 Boston College 16 69 4.31
5 St. Cloud State 18 77 4.28
6 Providence 15 58 3.87
7 New Hampshire 16 61 3.81
8 Quinnipiac 18 64 3.56
9 Harvard 10 35 3.50
Mercyhurst 16 56 3.50
North Dakota 20 70 3.50
12 Omaha 16 54 3.38
13 Holy Cross 17 56 3.29
14 Notre Dame 17 55 3.24
15 Boston University 18 58 3.22
16 St. Lawrence 17 53 3.12
17 Cornell 11 34 3.09
18 Michigan Tech 18 55 3.06
19 Denver 16 47 2.94
20 UMass Lowell 17 48 2.82
Minnesota Duluth 17 48 2.82
22 Minnesota 15 42 2.80
23 Massachusetts 18 50 2.78
24 Union 16 44 2.75
Wisconsin 16 44 2.75
26 Ohio State 14 38 2.71
27 Michigan State 17 46 2.71
28 Rensselaer 19 50 2.63
29 Clarkson 15 39 2.60
30 Air Force 16 41 2.56
31 Merrimack 15 38 2.53
32 Western Michigan 17 43 2.53
33 Alaska Anchorage 18 45 2.50
Brown 12 30 2.50
Connecticut 16 40 2.50
RIT 16 40 2.50
Yale 12 30 2.50
38 Bowling Green 19 47 2.47
39 Colgate 17 42 2.47
Sacred Heart 17 42 2.47
41 Ferris State 20 49 2.45
42 Bentley 17 41 2.41
43 Northern Michigan 18 43 2.39
44 Alab. Huntsville 16 38 2.38
Army West Point 16 38 2.38
46 Princeton 13 30 2.31
47 Minnesota State 20 46 2.30
48 American Int'l 17 39 2.29
Northeastern 17 39 2.29
50 Alaska 18 41 2.28
51 Arizona State 15 34 2.27
52 Niagara 16 36 2.25
53 Bemidji State 17 38 2.24
54 Vermont 18 38 2.11
55 Miami 16 33 2.06
56 Canisius 16 32 2.00
Dartmouth 11 22 2.00
Lake Superior 20 40 2.00
59 Colorado College 18 33 1.83
60 Maine 17 31 1.82



One team in the conference that breaks the top 30 in gpg. There just aren't many guys that can hurt you in this league...how many Grade A scoring chances end up with a puck right in the goalie's gut? A lot from the games I've been to and seen online.

[poltergeist]

There just aren't many guys that can hurt you in this league...

scoring is down this year, but it's not just because the league is filled with guys who can only take dickhead shots.
most of our top scorers from last year are still here this season, but they're not scoring at the same rate. Did the same guys suddenly lose their skills? Or were Berkle and DeSalvo really that good?

BG's 2014-2015 scoring, first 19 games: 62 goals
BG's 2015-2016 scoring, first 19 games: 47 goals

Shooting is down this year too.
2014-15 (season): BG Shots, 30.9; Opponent Shots, 28.1
2015-16 (to date): BG Shots, 28.2; Opponent Shots, 26.8

not sure what's going on, but officiating and defenses are part of it.

[rood]

Two more goals puts us in a tie for 29th (dead middle of the pack). An average offence and stellar defence (Thanks, Chris Nell!) will win most games, albeit nail biters all year long.

[pdt1081]

Two more goals puts us in a tie for 29th (dead middle of the pack). An average offence and stellar defence (Thanks, Chris Nell!) will win most games, albeit nail biters all year long.

You mean the two against NMU that were magically "disallowed" for goaltender interference?

[apollo]

I really don't think it's the officiating....Obviously we are a solid team. When Nell is in goal we're above avg. Our schedule is just so weak I really don't think we've played more than 4 maybe 5 games against even decent competition.

The second half schedule isn't very difficult either, but I think there are enough decent games that we could earn an at large with a good second half. Same thing though, we can't lose many. We probably won't have a game against a top 15 team in the RPI this whole season.