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  • #61
    Re: Minnesota Golden Gophers 2017-18 Season Thread

    the other thing is I believe goalies have advanced their skill faster than skaters, there are two things at work here, one is that there are so few spots there are very few teams without a highly skilled netminder, second the skills classes available to a goalie are more productive IMO than to skaters

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    • #62
      Re: Minnesota Golden Gophers 2017-18 Season Thread

      Originally posted by pokechecker View Post
      Somebody should have shown them the Davis OT goal against BC in the 2013 NCAA semi in which she held the puck for an eternity (basically waited for the goalie to commit, which was to flop around on the ice like a fish) before shooting high.
      Ha! Boyles the sieve. That was the only time I was ever confused about whether I actually wanted a BC win. We would've fared better against them than the gophers. The gophers put up as many goals on BU in that one game (the Championship game) than BC had all season.

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      • #63
        Re: Minnesota Golden Gophers 2017-18 Season Thread

        Originally posted by KTDC View Post
        D2D, I'd love to take issue with you on this, but alas..........last year the Gopher's shooting percentage was the lowest in program history.
        For reference, last year for UW was their 9th (.095) worst shooting % under MJ. In fact the last 4 years have been have been 4 of the worst 5 years under MJ....2016 9th worst, 2015 10th (.094), 2014 13th (.083) and 2013 14th (.082) worst scoring percentages. The 12th worst was when Knight ect were at the Olympics. The best evah for UW was .140. Perhaps this speaks to pokey's goalie development theory.

        What has UM's been during the recent long/great run not counting last year (which was????)?
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        • #64
          Re: Minnesota Golden Gophers 2017-18 Season Thread

          Originally posted by Timothy A View Post
          For reference, last year for UW was their 9th (.095) worst shooting % under MJ. In fact the last 4 years have been have been 4 of the worst 5 years under MJ....2016 9th worst, 2015 10th (.094), 2014 13th (.083) and 2013 14th (.082) worst scoring percentages. The 12th worst was when Knight ect were at the Olympics. The best evah for UW was .140. Perhaps this speaks to pokey's goalie development theory.

          What has UM's been during the recent long/great run not counting last year (which was????)?
          2016- .128
          2015- .109
          2014- .118
          2013- .137
          2012- .115


          Last year we were .087.
          Towards the end of the season last year the only teams Top 17 in the pairwise who had worse were
          UND/Quinni .078
          Colgate .085
          Princeton .086
          Vermont was tied with us at .087

          Best ever was .146 in 1999.

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          • #65
            Re: Minnesota Golden Gophers 2017-18 Season Thread

            Originally posted by KTDC View Post
            Last year we were .087.
            Roughly 1 goal every 12 shots. 36 shots = 3 goals.

            Originally posted by KTDC View Post
            Best ever was .146 in 1999.
            About 1 of every 7. 35 shots = 5 goals.
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            • #66
              Re: Minnesota Golden Gophers 2017-18 Season Thread

              Originally posted by Timothy A View Post
              For reference, last year for UW was their 9th (.095) worst shooting % under MJ. In fact the last 4 years have been have been 4 of the worst 5 years under MJ....2016 9th worst, 2015 10th (.094), 2014 13th (.083) and 2013 14th (.082) worst scoring percentages. The 12th worst was when Knight ect were at the Olympics. The best evah for UW was .140. Perhaps this speaks to pokey's goalie development theory.

              What has UM's been during the recent long/great run not counting last year (which was????)?
              those players were talented hockey players, but scoring goals wasn't their strong point

              the other thing that might be at play here is with the success of the Gophers the last several years, everybody concentrates on figuring out how to stop them
              each of the last two years the WCHA has had at least 4 goalies that were All American level, and look at the WNHL, Katie Fitzgerald ends up being named the best goalie, she had to wait till her senior year to be the #1 goalie at StC
              competition at that position is thick

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              • #67
                Re: Minnesota Golden Gophers 2017-18 Season Thread

                Originally posted by pokechecker View Post
                those players were talented hockey players, but scoring goals wasn't their strong point
                LOL, then they lacked talent, or at least talent depth at scoring.
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                • #68
                  Re: Minnesota Golden Gophers 2017-18 Season Thread

                  Congratulations to the six Gopher recruits who were selected to the 2017 U.S.A. Under-18 Select Team:

                  Gracie Ostertag (SSM)
                  Madeline Wethington (Blake)
                  Maggie Nicholson (Minnetonka)
                  Taylor Heise (Red Wing)
                  Abbey Murphy (Chicago Mission)
                  Sydney Shearen (White Bear Lake)
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                  • #69
                    Re: Minnesota Golden Gophers 2017-18 Season Thread

                    Originally posted by D2D View Post
                    Congratulations to the six Gopher recruits who were selected to the 2017 U.S.A. Under-18 Select Team:

                    Gracie Ostertag (SSM)
                    Madeline Wethington (Blake)
                    Maggie Nicholson (Minnetonka)
                    Taylor Heise (Red Wing)
                    Abbey Murphy (Chicago Mission)
                    Sydney Shearen (White Bear Lake)
                    Taylor Heise is captain and Gracie Ostertag and Dominique Petrie are alternate captains.

                    USA - Canada U18 gameday info...

                    http://teamusa.usahockey.com/news_article/show/824048
                    At the outset, we could hang with the dude...

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                    • #70
                      Re: Minnesota Golden Gophers 2017-18 Season Thread

                      Good to see Brad Frost agreeing to a contract extension that will take him through the 2020-21 season:

                      http://www.gophersports.com/sports/w...081617aab.html
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                      • #71
                        Re: Minnesota Golden Gophers 2017-18 Season Thread

                        (posted by iceburg on GPL)

                        Joy, tears or both? Canadian sisters compete for coveted spots on Olympic hockey roster
                        http://www.theprovince.com/PMN/14303162/story.html
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                        • #72
                          Re: Minnesota Golden Gophers 2017-18 Season Thread

                          Congratulations to the latest Gopher commitments, Tella Jungles (Edina) and Audrey Wethington (Blake). If all goes according to plan, both will join the team as incoming freshmen for the 2020-21 season.

                          Updated list of committed players:

                          2018-19
                          BOREEN, Abigail (Forward - Hill-Murray)
                          HEISE, Taylor (Forward - Red Wing)***
                          HENGLER, Crystalyn (Defense - Eden Prairie)
                          ODEN, Emily (Forward - Edina)**
                          OSTERTAG, Gracie (Defense - SSM (Shakopee)***
                          POTOMAK, Amy (Forward - Canadian Olympic Team)
                          SKAJA, Catie (Forward - New Prague)**

                          2019-20
                          PAUL, Makayla (Goaltender - Rochester VFW Bantam AA boy’s)
                          SHEARON, Sydney (Forward - White Bear Lake)*
                          WETHINGTON, Madeline (Defense - Blake)***

                          2020-21
                          BURTON, Addie (Forward - Blake)
                          JUNGELS, Tella (Forward - Edina)
                          MURPHY, Abbey (Forward - Chicago Mission)*
                          NICHOLSON, Maggie (Defense - Minnetonka)*
                          WETHINGTON, Audrey (Forward - Blake)

                          * USA U18 Select Team
                          ** USA U18 Women's National Team
                          *** USA U18 Select Team and USA U18 Women's National Team
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                          • #73
                            Re: Minnesota Golden Gophers 2017-18 Season Thread

                            Originally posted by D2D View Post
                            Congratulations to the latest Gopher commitments, Tella Jungles (Edina) and Audrey Wethington (Blake). If all goes according to plan, both will join the team as incoming freshmen for the 2020-21 season.

                            Updated list of committed players:

                            2018-19
                            BOREEN, Abigail (Forward - Hill-Murray)
                            HEISE, Taylor (Forward - Red Wing)***
                            HENGLER, Crystalyn (Defense - Eden Prairie)
                            ODEN, Emily (Forward - Edina)**
                            OSTERTAG, Gracie (Defense - SSM (Shakopee)***
                            POTOMAK, Amy (Forward - Canadian Olympic Team)
                            SKAJA, Catie (Forward - New Prague)**

                            2019-20
                            PAUL, Makayla (Goaltender - Rochester VFW Bantam AA boy’s)
                            SHEARON, Sydney (Forward - White Bear Lake)*
                            WETHINGTON, Madeline (Defense - Blake)***

                            2020-21
                            BURTON, Addie (Forward - Blake)
                            JUNGELS, Tella (Forward - Edina)
                            MURPHY, Abbey (Forward - Chicago Mission)*
                            NICHOLSON, Maggie (Defense - Minnetonka)*
                            WETHINGTON, Audrey (Forward - Blake)

                            * USA U18 Select Team
                            ** USA U18 Women's National Team
                            *** USA U18 Select Team and USA U18 Women's National Team
                            If you follow this to its logical conclusion, Gopher coaches are wasting their time watching HS games, since their near-term slots are already filled. They need to be watching U12 games to find their commits for 2022.

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                            • #74
                              Re: Minnesota Golden Gophers 2017-18 Season Thread

                              Originally posted by Leather helmet View Post
                              If you follow this to its logical conclusion, Gopher coaches are wasting their time watching HS games, since their near-term slots are already filled. They need to be watching U12 games to find their commits for 2022.
                              Actually, it’s not quite that cut and dried. If you will, let me call 18 skaters and 3 goalies (the number of players that can suit up for a game) the “minimum roster”. The Gophers will have close to a minimum roster in ’17-’18 (12 F, 6 D, 4 G), ‘19-‘20 (12 F, 7 D, 3 G), and ’20-’21 (12 F, 6 D, 2G). The ’18-’19 roster, in contrast, will be bloated (17 F, 8 D, 3G) due to returning national team players and a large freshman class. In recent years, Gopher coaches seem to prefer a couple of additional skaters to balance the risk of injuries and academics. So I expect that they will add a couple of skaters to the 2019 team and another skater and goalie to the 2020 team.

                              Speaking of minimum rosters, does anyone else remember the Gophers starting a game on the power play because their opponent did not have enough players suited up? My memory wants it to be in ’02-‘03 in Ridder. I would have guessed early December against UMD, but only because they could have had a ton of players gone to play on national teams. When I look at box scores, though, I don’t see the penalty.

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                              • #75
                                Re: Minnesota Golden Gophers 2017-18 Season Thread

                                Originally posted by OldDave View Post
                                Speaking of minimum rosters, does anyone else remember the Gophers starting a game on the power play because their opponent did not have enough players suited up? My memory wants it to be in ’02-‘03 in Ridder. I would have guessed early December against UMD, but only because they could have had a ton of players gone to play on national teams. When I look at box scores, though, I don’t see the penalty.
                                Yes, UMD did not have two goalies for a series in Mariucci the fall of 2000:
                                http://collegehockeystats.net/0001/boxes/wminmnd1.n10
                                http://collegehockeystats.net/0001/boxes/wminmnd1.n11
                                "... And lose, and start again at your beginnings
                                And never breathe a word about your loss;" -- Rudyard Kipling

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