College Hockey 2016-17 Season

[IrishInFl]

College hockey has finally begun! Minnesota-Duluth got a couple of ties against UMass-Lowell, while Notre Dame swept Arizona State. Next week the Irish play the Bulldogs in Duluth, which is the only time of the year I root against ND.

 

[IrishInFl]

Talented Notre Dame Presents Latest Challenge to Bulldogs as Teams Build Rivalry | 92.1 The Fan

Nice little rivalry we're building here. Puck drops at 8 eastern. Riley Tufte, last year's Minnesota Mr Hockey and NHL first round draft pick, makes his debut in Duluth.

 

[NorthDakota]

Mr. Minnesota playing for Duluth instead of UM-TC???????? Why???? The Don not interested?

 

[IrishInFl]

Mr. Minnesota playing for Duluth instead of UM-TC???????? Why???? The Don not interested?

Well, he's still young, so he probably doesn't even remember the last time UMTC beat UMD

 

[NorthDakota]

Well, he's still young, so he probably doesn't even remember the last time UMTC beat UMD

Ick. My favorite hockey teams:

1. Irish
2. Minnesota
.........every.
.........other
..........team
.........ever

Soviet Union
Third Reich National Team
University of North Dakota

 

[IrishInFl]

Bulldogs with the 4-3 win over the Irish.

 

[IrishInFl]

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[NDgradstudent]

Irish up to #3 in the USCHO.com poll. Home vs. Penn State this weekend. If you are going to the Miami game there are games the Thursday and Friday nights before vs. UConn. Tickets available here.

 

[NorthDakota]

Irish up to #3 in the USCHO.com poll. Home vs. Penn State this weekend. If you are going to the Miami game there are games the Thursday and Friday nights before vs. UConn. Tickets available here.

Is ND actually this good? Wow.

 

[MNIrishman]

This is great now that football season's over

 

[Irish Insanity]

Is ND actually this good? Wow.

Often they are

 

[IrishInFl]

UMD is #2 now. Should be a great weekend in Duluth in two weeks: #1 North Dakota vs #2 Minnesota Duluth!

 

[IrishInFl]

tUMD sweeps North Dakota. We've got a new number 1!

 

[NDgradstudent]

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[IrishInFl]

#1 Minnesota Duluth splits the weekend series with #2 Denver in Denver. Nice.

 

[NorthDakota]

Always a good night when Notre Dame wins and the North Dakota loses. North Dakota is not very good it appears this year.

 

[NDgradstudent]

So, ND hockey's regular season has come to an end.

The good news is that ND finishes with a record of 19-10-5 and sits tied for 10th in the computer rankings.

The bad news is that a weekend split at BU prevented ND from claiming the regular-season Hockey East title. Looking back at the conference season, the loss to a bad UMass team stands out (one more conference win would have secured us the title).

The team is certainly capable of winning the Hockey East tournament, but it won't be easy. ND will play a best of 3 series at home the weekend after next- the winner in that series will advance to Boston for the finals. It would be nice to snag a title on the way out the door.

 

[NDgradstudent]

The Irish head to the TD Garden in Boston for the Hockey East tournament semifinals on Friday. They will play either UMass-Lowell or BU.

The team is also in a strong position for an at-large NCAA bid.

 

[NDgradstudent]

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[connor_in]

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I saw these too, thanks. But does anyone have video of the bench spearing by Providence?

 

[NDgradstudent]

The Irish wrap up their Hockey East tenure with an overall conference record of 46-27-15. Among teams not located in Lowell, MA, the record was 44-18-13. UMass-Lowell has had our number since joining the league, and this showed again in the conference tournament semifinal, with the Irish falling 5-1. Overall, though, our performance in Hockey East was quite good, considering the quality of the teams in the league.

Today we learn where the Irish go for the NCAA tournament. The likely destination, apparently, is Manchester, NH, to play Minnesota and then the winner of Air Force and UMass-Lowell.

 

[NDgradstudent]

The Irish head to Manchester to play Minnesota, and then the winner of UMass-Lowell and Cornell. Getting to the Frozen Four will be a challenge, but this is a solid team...we'll see.

 

[NDgradstudent]

Notre Dame vs. Minnesota, 3:30pm, next Saturday, ESPNU.

 

[IrishInFl]

Notre Dame vs. UMTC, 3:30pm, next Saturday, ESPNU.

FIFY

UMD plays In​ Fargo, setting up for the potential to beat No Dak for a sixth time this season 😃

 

[NDgradstudent]

FIFY

UMD plays In​ Fargo, setting up for the potential to beat No Dak for a sixth time this season 😃

 

[NorthDakota]

FIFY

UMD plays In​ Fargo, setting up for the potential to beat No Dak for a sixth time this season 😃

North Dakota... where men are men and UND is a bunch of Canuck losers and Gopher rejects

 

[NDgradstudent]

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Irish playing Minnesota in 15 minutes in the NCAA first round in Manchester, NH. Game is on ESPNU.

 

[NDgradstudent]

Irish down 1-0 early. Giving up a goal to someone who hasn't scored this year is a bad look.

 

[NDgradstudent]

The team has come out like absolute garbage, just like in the Hockey East semifinal. The entire game has been in our end, essentially. The coaches need to be asked why the team comes out so lethargic in these games.

 

[NDgradstudent]

Irish fall behind 2-0.

Assuming we don’t come back, we will now be 0-4 in tournament games since 2011. The program is utterly stagnant. Not sure moving to the Big 10 will change that.