Michigan Tech, best season in 30 years, part two!

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Re: Michigan Tech, best season in 30 years, part two!

While I don't necessarily feel that he is the best choice, it is interesting to see that Mel failed to get a mention in today's TMQ column as a Penrose candidate. When Pearson came in, he had far less to work with than Hastings did in their respective turnaround efforts, and he had to reinvent a culture where absolutely no one cared about winning hockey games anymore. Recall that Hastings actually turned the Tech job down before the admin circled back to Mel. I think that even with other considerations to be made, that says at least a little bit about how other candidates vetted during the hiring process felt about our odds of righting the ship, even with the increased resources.

[rustedblades]

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But we didn't get Sam Kauppila, Jimmy Schuldt or Dante Hannoun. Although we are a more attractive program now than we were a year ago. You never know.

Apparently there's another Blake Pietila (15-year-old goalie playing bantam AAA for Compuware) who is interested in Tech.

8 players with Pietila blood have played for MTU and there are a bunch of young ones playing hockey. Interesting to see how many more will have the opportunity. There are a few more playing AAA downstate and I believe some playing Minnesota High School.

Whitten has apparently joked with the downstaters that he is going to intercept that pipeline, that will be interesting to watch as well.

[huskyfan]

Re: Michigan Tech, best season in 30 years, part two!

While I don't necessarily feel that he is the best choice, it is interesting to see that Mel failed to get a mention in today's TMQ column as a Penrose candidate. When Pearson came in, he had far less to work with than Hastings did in their respective turnaround efforts, and he had to reinvent a culture where absolutely no one cared about winning hockey games anymore. Recall that Hastings actually turned the Tech job down before the admin circled back to Mel. I think that even with other considerations to be made, that says at least a little bit about how other candidates vetted during the hiring process felt about our odds of righting the ship, even with the increased resources.

I noticed that too and could only think they just assume it will be tMel. perhaps he is permanently coach of the year?

[Shirtless Guy]

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Jamie Phillips comes in at 76 on SBN College Hockey top 100 NHL Prospects...
http://www.sbncollegehockey.com/2015...ugherty-walman
I'm kinda shocked that he makes top 100 over 2 of Kero, Petan, Pietila, Watson.

Still no sign of the other Michigan Tech Husky on the list...they've revealed 61-100 so far.

[HawkeyHuskyFan]

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I'm sure you all dislike the Bears, but I see a resemblance...
*******http://i.imgur.com/A2HihH0.png********
One is "Da Coach" and one is "tMEL"

[rustedblades]

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8 players with Pietila blood have played for MTU and there are a bunch of young ones playing hockey. Interesting to see how many more will have the opportunity. There are a few more playing AAA downstate and I believe some playing Minnesota High School.

Whitten has apparently joked with the downstaters that he is going to intercept that pipeline, that will be interesting to watch as well.

Correction, I believe there is only 7.

[Shirtless Guy]

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playoffstatus.com is fascinating right now.

http://playoffstatus.com/ncaahockey/...nseedprob.html
Probability of MTU being a #1 seed: 65%
Probability of MTU being a #1 or #2 seed: 98%
Probability of MTU making the NCAA tournament: >99%

http://playoffstatus.com/ncaahockey/...rformprob.html
Probability of MTU making it to the Frozen Four in Boston: 34%
Probability of MTU winning their 4th NCAA Title: 9%

[purpleinnebraska]

While I don't necessarily feel that he is the best choice, it is interesting to see that Mel failed to get a mention in today's TMQ column as a Penrose candidate. When Pearson came in, he had far less to work with than Hastings did in their respective turnaround efforts, and he had to reinvent a culture where absolutely no one cared about winning hockey games anymore. Recall that Hastings actually turned the Tech job down before the admin circled back to Mel. I think that even with other considerations to be made, that says at least a little bit about how other candidates vetted during the hiring process felt about our odds of righting the ship, even with the increased resources.

Like all Mav fans, I think Coach Hastings is the best, but I am a little surprised he's the frontrunner over Mel. Our season has been terrific, but we were picked to win the conference. We won 24 two years ago and 26 last year, so we're not exactly just bursting onto the scene

[geezer]

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Probability of MTU winning their 4th NCAA Title: 9%

... so you're telling me there's a chance.

[manurespreader]

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I was out googling stuff and came upon this. It was all I could do to not call the guy up that very second.

http://college.usatoday.com/2015/01/...ns-ice-hockey/

[Wi.Huskies Fan]

Any word on if the games will be on Charter in Houghton?

[Shirtless Guy]

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Any word on if the games will be on Charter in Houghton?

Not yet...

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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I was out googling stuff and came upon this. It was all I could do to not call the guy up that very second.

http://college.usatoday.com/2015/01/...ns-ice-hockey/

Oh, pshaw - did you go to Tech based on its ranking in the US News & World Report (or any other silly "best of" ranking)? If I had, today I'd be a hell of a lot more arrogant and wearing maize & blue. I'd probably care about lists like this one.

You'll note that five of the ten schools listed are eastern schools, and ND may as well count as eastern in a list that includes Providence and BC. Of the remaining four, three are nationally familiar B1G schools (shocker). Lots of ego stroking going on there. But hey, we beat Hahvahd and tUMD (along with the rest of the WCHA)!

[manurespreader]

Re: Michigan Tech, best season in 30 years, part two!

Oh, pshaw - did you go to Tech based on its ranking in the US News & World Report (or any other silly "best of" ranking)? If I had, today I'd be a hell of a lot more arrogant and wearing maize & blue. I'd probably care about lists like this one.

You'll note that five of the ten schools listed are eastern schools, and ND may as well count as eastern in a list that includes Providence and BC. Of the remaining four, three are nationally familiar B1G schools (shocker). Lots of ego stroking going on there. But hey, we beat Hahvahd and tUMD (along with the rest of the WCHA)!

All that's true, and I'd also say it was maybe the worst researched article on anything I've ever read. Having said that, the comments by UND fans at the end were really funny. The whole thing was bad from start to finish. I don't think anyone in Boston thinks of BC as an elite school academically for instance..

[JohnsonsJerseys]

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I was out googling stuff and came upon this. It was all I could do to not call the guy up that very second.
http://college.usatoday.com/2015/01/...ns-ice-hockey/

Actually if you click on the link in the article and read the basis of the rankings is has pretty much nothing to do with hockey on the ice. A better title for the ranking would have been Top 10 Universities that have D-I hockey teams. The ironic part is how many D-I hockey players are picking their school based on its academic qualities? (I would guess less than 25% and most of them are in the ECAC or AH.)

Some of the criteria used for this ranking include:
Athletic Competitiveness (win/loss percentage of last season ONLY)
Overall College Quality (whatever that is)
Academic Progress Rate
Athletic Aid Per Student
Financial Resources

No surprise that Tech, or many other very good hockey programs are not on that "top 10". Besides, mentioning Michigan Tech is not going to get 95% of America to read the USA Today. I also agree with Fade - I feel no need to defend something I already know to be great.

Sort of like last winter when Accuweather posted a list of Top 10 snowiest campuses. Tech was #1 on their list, that's right #1. However when Fox News picked up the story, they dropped Michigan Tech from the list and added Dartmouth at #10. You can't tell me their cut and paste was broke that week. It was simply tweaking the story to get better readership. Don't let facts get in the way of getting more clicks on the Interwebs...

Accuweather - MTU #1
http://m.accuweather.com/en/weather-...acros/22129751

Fox News - MTU didn't make the list
http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2014/...olleges-in-us/
Ryan J