Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013: From Dinkytown to Steel City!

[state of hockey]

Re: Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013: From Dinkytown to Steel City!

Blah blah blah. He took DUMB penalties over the first half of the season. It dud get better and I hope that continues.

[HarleyMC]

Re: Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013: From Dinkytown to Steel City!

Blah blah blah

Chew with your mouth open much? That's ugly ok. FWIW smart* the Ambroz penalty totals were 11/1st half and 10/2nd half. So the 2nd half ones were smarter? In his defense, every freshman takes stupid penalties, but that was not the reason he did not score more.

[mnstate0fhockey]

Re: Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013: From Dinkytown to Steel City!

“@GopherHockey: The #Gophers and @FSNorth are happy to announce Doug McLeod as the new PxP announcer for @GopherHockey. More to follow.”

[D2D]

“@GopherHockey: The #Gophers and @FSNorth are happy to announce Doug McLeod as the new PxP announcer for @GopherHockey. More to follow.”

http://www.gophersports.com/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/092612aaa.html

[Driftryder]

Re: Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013: From Dinkytown to Steel City!

http://www.gophersports.com/sports/m...092612aaa.html

MINNEAPOLIS - FOX Sports North, in conjunction with the University of Minnesota, today named Doug McLeod television play-by-play announcer for the Golden Gopher Men's Hockey team.

McLeod comes to the Twin Cities with extensive play-by-play experience and a strong connection to the Minnesota hockey community. He served as the television voice of the North Stars for six seasons, calling all six games of the 1991 Stanley Cup Finals. In addition, McLeod was the first regular play-by-play announcer for the Gopher hockey team, spending 16 seasons behind the television and radio mic. During his first full season (1978-79) covering the Gophers, the team won the NCAA championship and coach Herb Brooks went on to win the Miracle on Ice Olympic gold medal in Lake Placid. During his career in Minnesota, McLeod also spent fourteen seasons calling the Minnesota State High School Hockey Tournament.

"I'm thrilled and honored to return to the Gophers. This is the premier college hockey program in the country and it has always been my dream to come back to broadcast their games again. All my hockey roots are deeply planted in Minnesota and I'm looking forward to again saying, 'It's hockey night in Minnesota'," said Doug McLeod.

[johnnypohlfan]

Re: Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013: From Dinkytown to Steel City!

Top 5 Player PEN/PIM (2011-12):

1) Helgeson: 31/70
2) Hansen: 29/58
3) Ambroz: 21/53
4) Budish: 17/45
5) Alt: 16/43

In his defense, Seth Ambroz's penalty total includes 4 penalties @ 19 min. on Nov. 4th against UND, and again 3 penalties @ 6 min. on Jan. 13 against UND. That's 7 penalties @ 25 minutes against a traditionally physical rival.
That's something I would expect from a very physical player like Seth Ambroz against a cheap shot rival like UND, especially since Nov. 4th was his first game against a true WCHA rival. Take away the 25 min. and that puts him in the company of Rau and Bjugstad...not penalty liabilities at all.

Gotta love that logic: "Well if he wouldn't have taken those certain penalties, he would have had less of them. So you can compare him to other, less-penalized players" That's pretty air-tight!

I'll try to use that if I ever get pulled over while driving after drinking (not that I do but it might be useful). "Well officer, if I wouldn't have had those last two drinks, I wouldn't be over the limit, so please just ignore the fact I had those drinks and adjust my blood alcohol content accordingly. Good day to you, Sir!"

[Dirty]

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I assume McLeod was hired solely on the basis of his awesome mustache in his file photo.

[mnstate0fhockey]

I assume McLeod was hired solely on the basis of his awesome mustache in his file photo.

I think this performance sealed the job for him (McLeod on the call):

[cross cheque]

Re: Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013: From Dinkytown to Steel City!

That's something I would expect from a very physical player like Seth Ambroz against a cheap shot rival like UND, especially since Nov. 4th was his first game against a true WCHA rival. Take away the 25 min. and that puts him in the company of Rau and Bjugstad...not penalty liabilities at all. I hope Helgeson has finally learned how to establish his presence as an enforcer D of sorts without piling up the PIMs...he took some costly penalties last season.

You really are a homer HondaMC, if a gopher player gets a penalty it's because of physical play and if a UND player gets a penalty it's a cheap shot. Well dummy, the gophers have beaten UND in penalty minutes for 3 of the last 4 years. Sounds like a good run of "physical play" for your boys.





http://www.uscho.com/stats/conference/wcha/2011-2012/
http://www.uscho.com/stats/conference/wcha/2010-2011/
http://www.uscho.com/stats/conference/wcha/2009-2010/
http://www.uscho.com/stats/conference/wcha/2008-2009/

[Tiggsy]

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You really are a homer HondaMC, if a gopher player gets a penalty it's because of physical play and if a UND player gets a penalty it's a cheap shot. Well dummy, the gophers have beaten UND in penalty minutes for 3 of the last 4 years. Sounds like a good run of "physical play" for your boys.





http://www.uscho.com/stats/conference/wcha/2011-2012/
http://www.uscho.com/stats/conference/wcha/2010-2011/
http://www.uscho.com/stats/conference/wcha/2009-2010/
http://www.uscho.com/stats/conference/wcha/2008-2009/

Sounds like a conspiracy by the officials with an attempt to try and level the playing field between Nodak and the Gophers. Almost worked, but not quite.

[cross cheque]

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Sounds like a conspiracy by the officials with an attempt to try and level the playing field between Nodak and the Gophers. Almost worked, but not quite.

I apologize tiggs, I hadn't considered that angle. I'm glad you're here to lend me some perspective!

[HarleyMC]

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Gotta love that logic: "Well if he wouldn't have taken those certain penalties, he would have had less of them. So you can compare him to other, less-penalized players" That's pretty air-tight!

I'll try to use that if I ever get pulled over while driving after drinking (not that I do but it might be useful). "Well officer, if I wouldn't have had those last two drinks, I wouldn't be over the limit, so please just ignore the fact I had those drinks and adjust my blood alcohol content accordingly. Good day to you, Sir!"

You missed the point of the discussion, so your analogy does not correlate. One bad game or PIMs in general for Seth Ambroz did not have a consistently negative effect on his ability to score last season. IMO, there were other reasons.

HondaMC

At least you didn't write "Gold Wing" so you get a pass for now.

[HarleyMC]

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The last couple years the Gophers have hosted the University of British Columbia in their first exhibition game of the season. Last year the Gophers won 3-0, outshooting UBC by a huge margin of 44-10 (UBC did not have a SOG in the 1st period).

This season the Gophers host the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns on Oct. 6th from the same conference as UBC, the Canada West University Athletic Association (CWUAA). Lethbridge finished 6th out of 7 teams behind UBC in last season's standings posting a 7-18-3 record. Their primary scoring threat comes from their captain, Dustin Moore (16-13-29) who was fifth in scoring last season in the CWUAA. Their coach Gary Gatto recently acquired a couple high scoring offensive-minded defensemen from the OHL and four recruits from the WHL and AJHL. The Horns may prove to be a slightly better team than UBC last season, but will have a difficult time stopping the scoring talent on the Gopher squad. After the Gophers, the Horns travel south to play Mankato State and then onto UNO before returning to Canada.

Gophers 8, Pronghorns 1

Go Gophers!

[SanTropez]

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Gophers 8, Pronghorns 1

Go Gophers!

Bjugs 8 Pronghorns 1

He will take the whole team on himself, he's just that good.

[HarleyMC]

Re: Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013: From Dinkytown to Steel City!

Bjugs 8 Pronghorns 1

He will take the whole team on himself, he's just that good.

You mean pick up where he left off at the Panther's development camp?:

Bjugstad shined again, with the first goal of the scrimmage. He was the most dominant player on the ice, and he was actually directing the offense. If he does sign with Florida, expect the 6'-6" Golden Gopher to make an impact in the NHL almost immediately.