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Wisconsin Wildcat
02-29-2004, 05:09 PM
As of right now, you guys play Miami in Oxford. If Jakaitis is on his game, and the forwards give him some goal support, the Lakers just might have themselves a date with someone at the Joe. I realize that Miami is the 2nd place team in the league, but I don't think they're for real.
michiganmidge
02-29-2004, 07:40 PM
Originally posted by eddo
the season might be almost over.... but:
if jakitus does well, he can get like 9 shut outs in a row, and we will have a national title. which would make for a fun summer dry spell.
WHAT are you smokin'???!?!?!!:p
sm3pk
02-29-2004, 09:46 PM
I dont think we want Michigan and eddo,that 50 bucks has gone to your head..lol
Originally posted by sm3pk
I dont think we want Michigan and eddo,that 50 bucks has gone to your head..lol
Originally posted by michiganmidge
WHAT are you smokin'???!?!?!!:p
The 50 may have gone to my head, and i may be smoking somehting, but i did not spend the fifty on anything that i may have been smoking. if that made any sense.
none the less.
bill crawford said he wants state, but also went on about how that would be maimis spring break, so a lot of the students would be gone. I am feeling a school sponsored road trip. If anyone wants to talk to some higher ups at lake state about that, let me know.
NMU DOC
03-01-2004, 01:05 AM
Originally posted by Wisconsin Wildcat
As of right now, you guys play Miami in Oxford. If Jakaitis is on his game, and the forwards give him some goal support, the Lakers just might have themselves a date with someone at the Joe. I realize that Miami is the 2nd place team in the league, but I don't think they're for real.
Hey...
If the planets align, the Karma Lords smoke a bowl, the wood is knocked and the rabbit's foot clenched... In other words, by the slim glimmer of hope that the Lakers make it to the Joe...
Well son, I'd have to drink to that. AND, I'd have to say Road Trip to Detroit.
Mogerfan, what do you think?
I promise to bring no young women to spoil a perfectly good drinking and hockey opportunity.:D
Laker Hockey
03-01-2004, 08:37 AM
Anyone know for sure what the first tie breaker is for seeding in the CCHA tourny?
Sugarisland
03-01-2004, 08:43 AM
First tie breaker is head-to-head, second is league wins.
Sugarisland
03-01-2004, 08:52 AM
OK, here's your math problem for today. What if MSU sweeps Mich and Miami splits with OSU. They all finish with 37 points. Who's first, second, and third? And....what scenario puts the Lakers in E. Lansing for the first round?
michiganmidge
03-01-2004, 10:14 AM
Originally posted by Sugarisland
First tie breaker is head-to-head, second is league wins.
Excuse my ignorance here, but what do you mean by "head to head"???? :confused:
IrishHockeyFan
03-01-2004, 10:35 AM
Originally posted by michiganmidge
Excuse my ignorance here, but what do you mean by "head to head"???? :confused:
Record against each other. For example right now Notre Dame leads the head-to-head with Lake State 1-0-1. If they were to split this coming weekend, they'd lead it 2-1-1.
And I believe the first tie breaker is league wins. 2nd tie breaker is the head to head.
michiganmidge
03-01-2004, 10:54 AM
Thanks, IrishHockeyFan ... that's kind of what I thought. But, it didn't make sense to me that head-to-head would be the first tie-breaker and league record second.
Mogerfan
03-01-2004, 10:58 AM
Overall, it was a great weekend to see the Lakers. Except for the 3rd period on Friday, they looked like they were a team that was starting to put it together.
They looked really tired in the 3rd on Friday. They did a lot of standing around and it cost them goals. It was unusual to see a Frank Anzalone team look like they were running out of gas, but that is exactly what it looked like. I'm sure Frank knows a cure for that......
Also their special teams really need some work. It was just painful to watch, because the Lakers would be dominating Ferris 5-on-5, then Ferris would take a penalty, and the Lakers couldn't do ANYTHING on the power play. I think Frank should have started refusing Ferris's penalties. :)
They really need to get the special teams sorted out, because I think they need to take MORE penalties. That probably sounds dumb, but I don't think Ferris had to pay enough of a price in front of Jakaitis. So many times Ferris players would stand there and shoot their own rebounds over and over again. (on the winning goal Friday, the Ferris player got his own rebound 3 times before he scored). I would like to see the Lakers knock those guys on their butts in front of the net. Sure, they'll take the occasionally "Rough" or "Cross Check" minor, but it would be worth it to keep other teams honest in front of their stellar frosh goalie.
Just my thoughts. Of course I just wrote 2 paragraphs of negative stuff when there are a hundered positive things I could have talked about, but I guess it is good when we start to nit-pick.
GO LAKERS!!!
Mogerfan,
The problem with taking more penalties at this stage of their rebuilding is that their penalty kill is not very good. They need improvement on both sides of the special teams coin.
IrishHockeyFan
03-01-2004, 07:00 PM
Originally posted by michiganmidge
Thanks, IrishHockeyFan ... that's kind of what I thought. But, it didn't make sense to me that head-to-head would be the first tie-breaker and league record second.
Actually, I believe a few seasons ago the CCHA DID use head-to-head as the first tie breaker. Which was actually a break from hockey tradition at most levels.
Mogerfan
03-01-2004, 08:04 PM
Originally posted by Bill
The problem with taking more penalties at this stage of their rebuilding is that their penalty kill is not very good. They need improvement on both sides of the special teams coin.
Yeah, I knew when I said it that there was a fundamental flaw in saying that a team that only kills 76% of its penalties needs to take more of them. I guess my point was that their special teams are so bad that it is limiting their options in 5 on 5 situations. They have to get better on special teams so that they will be able to take penalties from time to time when they have too.
Overall, they worked so hard this weekend, that they will be a handful for who ever draws them in the first round.
LakerFan24
03-01-2004, 09:17 PM
Eddo:
First off, way to take Wildcat's Fifty bucks! We all knew it was only a matter of time till you won. Now don't go spending it all at the dime...:eek:
Second: DEFINITLY need to put together a road trip to the first round series - I just hope it is in East Lansing so that we don't have to head all the way to Oxford! (I am leaving Yost out of the picture because I am in denial that we might get them in the first round)
I'll talk to my people and you talk to your people and lets see what we can come up with. I know the boys got a boost from those of us who were at Ferris last weekend, and I know we can give them a boost wherever they end up in two weeks!
As for this weekend, the pressure is on the offence I would say. Jeff has only had one game since taking over #1 in which he let in more than two goals. So simple deduction tells me that if we score more than one goal, we will be right in it. And even though ND swept Michigan last weekend, I still say we can beat them. I was in South Bend earlier this year, and we outplayed them almost the whole game BOTH games in their house. I know we can do the same in ours...
GO LAKERS! BEAT IRISH!
NMU DOC
03-01-2004, 11:29 PM
Originally posted by Mogerfan
I would like to see the Lakers knock those guys on their butts in front of the net. Sure, they'll take the occasionally "Rough" or "Cross Check" minor, but it would be worth it to keep other teams honest in front of their stellar frosh goalie.
Just my thoughts. Of course I just wrote 2 paragraphs of negative stuff when there are a hundered positive things I could have talked about, but I guess it is good when we start to nit-pick.
GO LAKERS!!!
I agree. The Lakers need the physical element just as much as they need the disipline.
"They came to scout the Chiefs, the toughest team in the Federal League! Not this bunch of..."
Put a stick inhis side, let 'em know you're there...
Bleed all over 'em let 'em know you're there...
From what i saw it was almost as if they were afraid to mess up. Like they were skating on the proverbial thin ice, you know?
Step it up a bit with the intensity and we're in the Joe before you know...
michiganmidge
03-02-2004, 07:41 AM
Originally posted by NMU DOC
Put a stick inhis side, let 'em know you're there...
Bleed all over 'em let 'em know you're there...
From what i saw it was almost as if they were afraid to mess up. Like they were skating on the proverbial thin ice, you know?
Step it up a bit with the intensity and we're in the Joe before you know...
If only it were that easy ...
I understand your jest ... and I'm assuming that this was your first time seeing the team play this season? If that's the case, I'm certainly glad you didn't witness any of the previous two seasons. They've come a long way, but have a ways to go. It's been a long, slow struggle ... but they're getting there.
sm3pk
03-02-2004, 08:15 AM
Frank as always been a 5 on 5 playing coach.In his first stint at Lake State he did not want his team taking penaties.Frank knows he never gets the talent to be shorthanded,so he plays his system with 5 skaters and that is why you see them as taking fewer penalties then anyone else.If you think about, when they play 5 against 5 out there,they can play the other teams pretty darn good. Quick question...how many feel that Frank has been the right man for the job and do you think the team as been become a much better team then we have seen in last 7-8 years? There was alot of controversy when Anzalone was brought back on this thread and I am wondering how we all feel now about it.
michiganmidge
03-02-2004, 08:32 AM
Originally posted by sm3pk
Quick question...how many feel that Frank has been the right man for the job and do you think the team as been become a much better team then we have seen in last 7-8 years? There was alot of controversy when Anzalone was brought back on this thread and I am wondering how we all feel now about it.
The Lakers currently have 17 points in the league. This is better than Borek's last season with 16. So it would appear that Frank is doing a better job with a line-up of mostly freshmen and sophomores, as opposed to what Borek did with seniors and juniors. Albeit we have a long way to go to reach the top, I would have to say that we are much better off now than we where then.
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