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You may be placing too much emphasis on one portion of the schedule. Here's
part of a previous season in which the Gophers struggled in January and February:
1/23 Michigan 3-7 L
1/24 Michigan 3-5 L
1/30 Minnesota-Duluth 5-3 W
1/31 Minnesota-Duluth 6-3 W
2/06 Michigan State 2-4 L
2/07 Michigan State 4-5 ot L
2/13 Wisconsin 5-4 ot W
2/14 Wisconsin 3-9 L
2/20 Colorado College 4-1 W
2/21 Colorado College 3-4 L
2/27 Michigan 2-5 L
The year was 1976. The season ended this way:
3/26 Boston University 4-2 W
3/27 Michigan Tech 6-4 W
Perhaps some would say that Minnesota didn't deserve to be one of the four
teams that made it to the NCAA tournament that year, considering that they went
4-7 between Jan 23 and Feb 27.
-- Erik
> Sorry Erik, I should have said Minnesota's recent record is garbage (which
> is true), not that they were playing like garbage (which may or may not be
> true). I should be more careful how I phrase things. Mea Culpa.
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> But I will still maintain that no matter which league you are in (WCHA, ECAC
> or CHA) there is no excuse for being 0-3-1 at home to lower division teams
> if a club wants to claim to be a top 4 team in the country. These are bad
> loses by the Gophers, and the selection criteria needs to be changed to
> reflect this in some way.
>
> William Sangrey Let's Go RED!!! Cornell '87&'94
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