Big Ten Hockey 2016-2017

[Slap Shot]

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Well it's not like the Big Ten has anything other than modern history for hockey!

The History of Big Ten Hockey (1922-Present)

[D2D]

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The History of Big Ten Hockey (1922-Present)

Interesting! I knew they posted banners in Mariucci of Big Ten championships from a bygone era, but always thought they were kind of bogus because the conference they actually played in was the WCHA, and other schools like Michigan and Michigan State played in the CCHA. But as traced in the article you posted, the roots of the Big Ten go back much further than that, something that I was not aware of.

[Dangle]

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Thanks Slap Shot for your history lesson I was unaware of that history.

[John J. MacInnes]

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Penn State's start got me curious to see what their strength of schedule has been. The RPI lists them at 27th toughest so far, which is much higher than I thought it would be considering that 10 of their wins have come against these teams (PairWise for each listed):

41-Canisius
53-Mercyhurst
54-Arizona St
59-Niagara
60-AK Anchorage

But then again, Michigan is 6-7-1 with a SOS of 25, so it just goes to show that you can only win the games on your schedule. Looking forward to seeing if PSU can keep it up.

[gomsuman]

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Penn State's start got me curious to see what their strength of schedule has been. The RPI lists them at 27th toughest so far, which is much higher than I thought it would be considering that 10 of their wins have come against these teams (PairWise for each listed):

41-Canisius
53-Mercyhurst
54-Arizona St
59-Niagara
60-AK Anchorage

But then again, Michigan is 6-7-1 with a SOS of 25, so it just goes to show that you can only win the games on your schedule. Looking forward to seeing if PSU can keep it up.

This ranking has the Strength of Schedule in it.. Sortable by SOS rank. http://www.uscho.com/rankings/krach/d-i-men/

Penn State is 38th and that is after the Michigan series...It was probably much worse before that. In no particular order -Michigan is 11th, Minnesota 5th, MSU 25th, Wisconsin 27th, OSU 32nd.

[John J. MacInnes]

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This ranking has the Strength of Schedule in it.. Sortable by SOS rank. http://www.uscho.com/rankings/krach/d-i-men/

Penn State is 38th and that is after the Michigan series...It was probably much worse before that. In no particular order -Michigan is 11th, Minnesota 5th, MSU 25th, Wisconsin 27th, OSU 32nd.

I also noted that PSU has played 10 consecutive home games, and only 3 on the road overall so far.

[5mn_Major]

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The key to the PWR is - just win baby.

[lakecharles]

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Penn State now #1 in the Pairwise.

[Stauber1]

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It's December

[Slap Shot]

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It's December

No way?

[D2D]

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The key to the PWR is - just win baby.

Penn State now #1 in the Pairwise.

Hmmm, maybe there's some kind of a connection there

[Happy]

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Hmmm, maybe there's some kind of a connection there

Have they played anybody yet?

[D2D]

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Have they played anybody yet?

Depends on how you define "anybody".

[Stauber1]

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No way?

Yeah man. December.
When the weather is crap and the PWR is meaningless.

[D2D]

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Yeah man. December.
When the weather is crap and the PWR is meaningless.

Meaningless? I would definitely rather be the No. 1 than halfway down the PWR, say at No. 30.

Just curious: has there ever been a No. 1 at the break that didn't make the NCAA tournament?