On Tue, 5 Dec 1995, Jim Evans wrote:
 
> If the North Dakota Souix sweep the Gophers this weekend (highly unlikely,
> but still probable), the Gophers will find themselves firmly in 5th place
> in the WCHA.  This would raise a couple of interesting questions:
>
> 1. How can a team with "three Hobey Baker candidates" (Brian Bonin, Dan
> Trebil, Mike Crowely), "four all Americans" (add Ryan Kraft)- so says coach
> Doug Woog, find itself firmly in the middle of the WCHA?
>
> 2. What does a middle team in the WCHA defeating Michigan in the hockey
> showcase mean in terms of division strength?  The Troy, NY Poll has
> Michigan ahead of the Gophers,(or did I dream this?) posing the question
> why games are played in the first place.
 
Well, after reading this, i had to chuckle. I have been hearing the same
thing from everyone here at UND. Despite this being true, UMD and UND
have played two more games than the Gophers. That is four points right
there. That can either sink MN further in the standings, or raise us in
the standings. Those two games won't be made up until the 16th-17th of
Feb. when UND and UMD have off wknds. MInnesota will share a home and
home series with the Huskies from St Cloud. Until then, the standings
will be a little off kilter til all teams have played the same number of
games. Sure you can hypothesize Minnesota getting swept by Sioux, but CC
could have a hard wknd in Wisconsin or UMD in Alaska. It is fun to
imagine what would happen if..... but Minnesota is playing good hockey
and Bonin, Trebil, Crowley, and Kraft are just four of many players who
are contributing to our success to this point. (Checco, Hankinson, Berg,
etc.)
        The WCHA was predicted to be a two team runaway. That theory has
not held true to this point.  It is much closer.  I think a lot of WCHA
fans would agree it is better this way. Look at last wknd in Denver.
Alaska Anchorage played DU well and lost two one-goal games. I hope this
year continues to suprise us all.
                                                        aaron.
 
 
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