WCHA Championship game

[Clubber]

Watching the Selection show just moments ago. With a W last night I was all willing to Fly to Fargo and watch, been since 1990 and I wasn't going to miss this tournament appearance. We lost in a heartbreaker.

Then Tech gets shipped to Cincy. I stood up and yelled at the TV, just imagining if BG had won the contingency of people and sea of orange that would have gone.

If it doesn't take four months for us to find our game we probably are in and don't need that victory.

Great run guys, it was a fun last month to be a fan.

It was a nice run in the tournament. That is what the WCHA will be moving forward. BG, Tech, Ferris, and Mankato hoping to make a run to get to the tourney. The league is so bad it'll only get one bid....the regular season is just positioning for home ice.

[pdt1081]

MacInnes is 200x85 according to Wikipedia.

Interesting that Alaska and Minnesota State is 200x100

I swear that ice looked bigger on my TV.

[Falcon Fanatic]

MacInnes is 200x85 according to Wikipedia.

Interesting that Alaska and Minnesota State is 200x100

I swear that ice looked bigger on my TV.

I thought so, too and actually looked it up to see how big it was.

[jpfalcon09]

MacInnes is 200x85 according to Wikipedia.

Interesting that Alaska and Minnesota State is 200x100

I swear that ice looked bigger on my TV.

I thought so, too and actually looked it up to see how big it was.

The camera angle for the broadcast made it look rather deceiving because it was so high. Most angles are lower so you don't get the full effect of how wide the ice surface is. The corners are exceptionally deep.

As for the game, tough loss for the guys and another teaching point for Berge about the importance of the regular season. Win the league during the season and get home ice throughout the league playoffs. May have been a better outcome if the game was play in BG, who knows. The time for moral victories is coming to an end and next year needs to finally start producing results.

[Clubber]

Michigan Tech got steamrolled today. It was never a game. The WCHA has descended to the bottom of college hockey. No excuse for Bowling Green to not win some piece of a title in the next two years. A regular season title or a playoff title should be the minimum expectation considering the level of competition in the WCHA.

[gmartin]

Well we lost our best goalie. Our 2 best defenseman and best offensive scorer. I actually expect a step back next year.

[pdt1081]

Well we lost our best goalie. Our 2 best defenseman and best offensive scorer. I actually expect a step back next year.

From what I saw on the ice, Bednard can be a higher level goaltender than Nell. My opinion. Nell does a great job of putting himself in position for pucks to hit him. In a league full of shooters, they will pick him apart. Bednard does a better job of seeing pucks and controlling rebounds. He had a rough first game at Western, and a rough game at Mankato. Nell had more rough spots through the season, but was the one given (earned) the number 1 spot. A few more games of experience, and Bednard may very well pass what Nell accomplished here.

[gmartin]

Well we lost our best goalie. Our 2 best defenseman and best offensive scorer. I actually expect a step back next year.

From what I saw on the ice, Bednard can be a higher level goaltender than Nell. My opinion. Nell does a great job of putting himself in position for pucks to hit him. In a league full of shooters, they will pick him apart. Bednard does a better job of seeing pucks and controlling rebounds. He had a rough first game at Western, and a rough game at Mankato. Nell had more rough spots through the season, but was the one given (earned) the number 1 spot. A few more games of experience, and Bednard may very well pass what Nell accomplished here.

That could be true with more experience. I know Bernard did a fine job when called upon but he gives up alot of rebounds. That may change with experience.

[pdt1081]

That could be true with more experience. I know Bernard did a fine job when called upon but he gives up alot of rebounds. That may change with experience.

Bednard plays a "stand-up" style. Nell is strictly a "butterfly" goaltender. There's many times he's on his knees when the puck is barely 10 feet inside the blueline. Nell will stop the initial shot, if it hits him, then make himself "big" to stop the rebounds. Bednard moves himself to stop pucks and try to control where the rebounds go. Putting them out further than the guys sitting at the edge of the crease gives your forwards a chance to pick up the rebounds and transition the other direction quickly.

[gmartin]

You make a great point PDT but until our defense can get the puck out of our zone I would rather have our goalie make the save, not give up the rebound and go to a face off. However, once our defense learns to be more active on the rebounds and gets transitioning the other way down the ice then I totally agree.

[Clubber]

I expect them to take a step back too. Really shouldn't happen in this league. I wonder how many fans realize how far this program is from actually being anywhere near the national scene? Put Tech, BG, Bemidji or Minnesota State in the NCHC, ECAC, or Hockey East and it would be a struggle for any of them to stay anywhere near .500.

[TalonsUpPuckDown]

I expect them to take a step back too. Really shouldn't happen in this league. I wonder how many fans realize how far this program is from actually being anywhere near the national scene? Put Tech, BG, Bemidji or Minnesota State in the NCHC, ECAC, or Hockey East and it would be a struggle for any of them to stay anywhere near .500.

My guess: if we played Miami State's NCHC conference schedule we would have likely finished in 6.5th between St. Cloud and Omaha with somewhere around 10-11 wins. While we are not a ND/UMD/UD caliber program, I think we're better than the bottom third of the NCHC teams.

[Clubber]

If we were in the NCHC this year we'd have been fighting it out with Colorado College for last place. The talent level in that league from a skill standpoint is leaps and bounds better. Like I said, this program is still a very long way from being anywhere near competing on a national stage.

[TalonsUpPuckDown]

If we were in the NCHC this year we'd have been fighting it out with Colorado College for last place. The talent level in that league from a skill standpoint is leaps and bounds better. Like I said, this program is still a very long way from being anywhere near competing on a national stage.

Thank you for your in-depth analysis, Apollo.

[Schadenfreude]

If we were in the NCHC this year we'd have been fighting it out with Colorado College for last place. The talent level in that league from a skill standpoint is leaps and bounds better. Like I said, this program is still a very long way from being anywhere near competing on a national stage.

And yet, oddly enough, Bowling Green came within an inch of an NCAA at-large bid a year or two ago.