MICHIGAN TECH.... 2016-17 season. The 96th season of Hockey.

[Seawolf Fan]

Re: MICHIGAN TECH.... 2016-17 season. The 96th season of Hockey.

At least they don't call you Michigan.

GFM

Michigan, Alabama, Minnesota, Alaska. Meh!

[giwan]

Re: MICHIGAN TECH.... 2016-17 season. The 96th season of Hockey.

At least they don't call you Michigan.

GFM

At least your playing for a national title today

[beaverhockeyfan]

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I posted this over in the BSU Beavers' thread, but will throw it in here as well. Let the fun begin!!!

The remaining WCHA games for the Beavers and the Huskies.

BSU (49 WCHA Points, 8 games left)
-Ferris State
-Michigan Tech
-at Alabama-Huntsville
-Mankato

Michigan Tech (36 WCHA Points, 12 games left)
-Alaska-Anchorage
-Mankato
-at Alabama-Huntsville
-at Bemidji State
-Ferris State
-home and home with Northern Michigan

[JohnsonsJerseys]

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The recent commitments of three 20-year-old forwards suggests to me that Mel doesn't think Jackson Cates and Tommy Parrottino are good enough to come in next year. I wonder how many guys won't consider Tech because Red Berenson hasn't retired yet...?

Actually if you look at the list of players lining up to come to Tech compared to other D-I programs, we have one of the biggest back logs in all of college hockey and substantially more than any other WCHA team. Are they all first round NHL draft picks? No, but kids are taking notice of Tech and Mel is booking them. Heck, we already have ELEVEN players committed at forward for the 2020 season.
http://techhockeyguide.com/recruiting-grid/

I was surprised the [Compton] boards didn't have any ads on them...

When you have a football team that can write its own ticket, any money generated by ads on boards isn't worth the time to secure the sponsors and write the contracts. The football helmets look like golden eggs, because that is pretty much what they are when it comes to generating revenue for the school. It's the same reason why Irish football doesn't join the BigTen. The BigTen has nothing to offer that is better than what the Irish already have in football - a sold out stadium every game, a list of big name teams waiting to come to South Bend and their own TV network (NBC).

Ryan

[manurespreader]

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I want to say again how impressed I am with Coach Pearson. when he was on the radio last month with USCHO, he was on at the same time as the harvard coach. The other guy was not well spoken at all, whereas Coach Pearson represented MTU extremely well. At Alumni gatherings, at anything public, Coach Pearson is so impressive. I am just really happy he's here and I told him that in person a couple of years ago. I still feel the same way. Best coach in College Hockey.

[Burnt Orange Husky]

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The BigTen has nothing to offer that is better than what the Irish already have in football.

How about a shot at the National Championship Playoff? With five power conferences and only four spots, it's almost impossible for an independent to get consideration.

[JohnsonsJerseys]

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How about a shot at the National Championship Playoff? With five power conferences and only four spots, it's almost impossible for an independent to get consideration.

I'm pretty sure if the Irish went undefeated or had one loss, they would get consideration as they usually play a pretty tough schedule. Besides the NCAA will soon expand football playoffs to 66 teams (should be 64 but we don't want to hurt the feelings of #65 and #66 by leaving them out) and everything will be solved.

Honestly, I think it would be better if it was just an open invite bracket. Anyone who wants to win a National Championship is in. We skip the regular season and just start with the first round of the 128 team playoffs the week of October 1st. All teams are issued playoffs participation trophies as part of pre-game ceremonies at all first round games. As teams are eliminated, they are free to schedule exhibition games against other eliminated programs if their fans have an interest in watching meaningless games (which most teams are already playing by mid-October anyway once they have their second loss). By Thanksgiving we can have the National Championship game and the kids can get back to focusing on their studies - which is really what NCAA athletics is all about...

Ryan J

[The Troll mtu86]

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Good to see the Huskies back in the top 20, even if polls don't mean much. They still have room for improvement in some areas so let's hope a week of home practices and home cooking helps them out.

SG and the staff writers at THG.. great articles on the recent recruits and the junior league series. Also thanks for the update on the jersey order.

[giwan]

I'm pretty sure if the Irish went undefeated or had one loss, they would get consideration as they usually play a pretty tough schedule. Besides the NCAA will soon expand football playoffs to 66 teams (should be 64 but we don't want to hurt the feelings of #65 and #66 by leaving them out) and everything will be solved.

Honestly, I think it would be better if it was just an open invite bracket. Anyone who wants to win a National Championship is in. We skip the regular season and just start with the first round of the 128 team playoffs the week of October 1st. All teams are issued playoffs participation trophies as part of pre-game ceremonies at all first round games. As teams are eliminated, they are free to schedule exhibition games against other eliminated programs if their fans have an interest in watching meaningless games (which most teams are already playing by mid-October anyway once they have their second loss). By Thanksgiving we can have the National Championship game and the kids can get back to focusing on their studies - which is really what NCAA athletics is all about...

Ryan J

Yes the Irish have a special deal if they do well. Though that has not been much of an issue.

[mtu_huskies]

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My takeaways from the Mel Pearson show today:
Steman week-to-week, probably not this weekend, but Mankato
Reinke more day-to-day, both guys skated yesterday

Why use Big Ten refs in GLI - Mel has no issues with last year or this year reffing, doesn't believe there more local WCHA refs either
It is in the Notre Dame contract for them to make a trip to Houghton
Controversial hand pass - refs thought Tech obligated to play it, so although hand pass was at center ice, they had faceoff down in Tech zone, at the beginning of the 3rd, they admitted they were wrong, face-off should've been at center ice as no team played it
Didn't pull goalie on Friday - can be demoralizing to give up another goal, weren't strong on pucks, plus also didn't have a great opportunity, so a combination as to why we didn't pull Angus
Another good reason to get to Notre Dame to get on TV - good exposure for Tech

[JohnsonsJerseys]

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I enjoy listening to Pearson's analysis of events and why certain things are done the way they are. If anyone doubts that solid coaching makes a difference, just take a look at BU's team this season - they have about 1/4 of the gold metal winning Jr team on their roster and they are not even top 3 in Hockey East. I shudder to think what Mel could do with that kind of talent in Houghton. Looking back 30+ years, Tech's grand total of players drafted in the first three rounds of the NHL draft include:

• Jujhar Khaira 2012 Entry Draft 3rd round (one and done)
• Jarkko Ruutu 1998 Entry Draft 3rd round (one and done)
• David Weninger 1996 Entry Draft 3rd round (stayed all four seasons)

There are other college programs that have 1st round picks on the roster every couple seasons, if not every season, and they don't fare much better than Tech has done the last few years. I think that speaks very highly of the job Mel and the rest of the staff are doing for Tech.

In other news, following the weekend of ranked upsets, "best" Monday morning quote from an "online expert" following CC's win over UND: "CC has been playing some very good hockey after the break (3-0-1). Right now they are capable of beating any team in the country" Those four games the poster mentions... Win over Merrimack, OT win over Cornell, Win over UMD and OT loss to UMD. Two were neutral site and CC played UMD at home. CC is dead last in the NCHC, lost to U-Mass (giving them one of their 5 wins) and got beat 6-3 by Air Force. So they can beat anyone in the country... just not most of the teams they have played so far this season. I think it is safe to say the arrogance of the NCHC now exceeds the former high water mark set by the Gophers.

Ryan J

[manurespreader]

Re: MICHIGAN TECH.... 2016-17 season. The 96th season of Hockey.

I enjoy listening to Pearson's analysis of events and why certain things are done the way they are. If anyone doubts that solid coaching makes a difference, just take a look at BU's team this season - they have about 1/4 of the gold metal winning Jr team on their roster and they are not even top 3 in Hockey East. I shudder to think what Mel could do with that kind of talent in Houghton. Looking back 30+ years, Tech's grand total of players drafted in the first three rounds of the NHL draft include:

• Jujhar Khaira 2012 Entry Draft 3rd round (one and done)
• Jarkko Ruutu 1998 Entry Draft 3rd round (one and done)
• David Weninger 1996 Entry Draft 3rd round (stayed all four seasons)

There are other college programs that have 1st round picks on the roster every couple seasons, if not every season, and they don't fare much better than Tech has done the last few years. I think that speaks very highly of the job Mel and the rest of the staff are doing for Tech.

In other news, following the weekend of ranked upsets, "best" Monday morning quote from an "online expert" following CC's win over UND: "CC has been playing some very good hockey after the break (3-0-1). Right now they are capable of beating any team in the country" Those four games the poster mentions... Win over Merrimack, OT win over Cornell, Win over UMD and OT loss to UMD. Two were neutral site and CC played UMD at home. CC is dead last in the NCHC, lost to U-Mass (giving them one of their 5 wins) and got beat 6-3 by Air Force. So they can beat anyone in the country... just not most of the teams they have played so far this season. I think it is safe to say the arrogance of the NCHC now exceeds the former high water mark set by the Gophers.

Ryan J

Well maybe but CC has really improved and will be a factor in some of those teams not getting in. A little like UAA,they have been lousy but lately getting wins against good teams. It's college hockey, everyone is competitive with everyone else. To me our team is most successful when we use our speed and force the other teams into mistakes. I was really impressed with how fast we played on saturday.

Also Tanner Kero is finding success with the Hawks. I hate the hawks but there is no argument Kero belongs. And he has found success, not on the worst team, but on the best team in the NHL. Says something about Coach Pearson's tutelage.

[JohnsonsJerseys]

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Tanner Kero is finding success with the Hawks. I hate the hawks but there is no argument Kero belongs. And he has found success, not on the worst team, but on the best team in the NHL. Says something about Coach Pearson's tutelage.

Yes, especially considering he ended up being undrafted and was a free agent signing after leaving Tech. Which in short means before he came to Tech he wasn't viewed as even being worth a 7th round project type pick for any NHL club and now he is contributing at the NHL level and is certainly a solid AHL prospect if nothing else.

Ryan

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Speaking of Kero, he just scored to take the lead. Sorry to say, it was against the Red Wings.

[Shirtless Guy]

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Speaking of Kero, he just scored to take the lead. Sorry to say, it was against the Red Wings.

I think you're watching a replay