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bigdaddy80
10-23-2006, 01:17 PM
Ok lets hear it, Who do you think will win what
I think Towson looks weak.
Buffalo looks strong.
And dont count out virginia tech
nayrbs
10-24-2006, 05:07 PM
With some inside news about who Lindenwood has picked up...I say they are untouchable!!!
The whole Lindenwood DI roster is listed on their myspace page:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=77470114
sanford
10-25-2006, 05:26 AM
d1. yeah lindenwood is pretty nasty again. its gonna take a great game and more luck than god has to offer to beat them.
d2. i like my boys at neumann. this year they only lost me and brooks to graduation and got back two guys we lost to injury last season that are more than capable of filling our shoes. plus they pulled a kid up from the pcrhl that is a solid 3rd liner. plus they beat rutgers 8-4 last weekend with the back up in.
d3. with barnette to lindenwood i gotta go with st charles for the next 5 years.
b. lindenwood. could probably make noise in d2 and d3.
bigdaddy80
10-25-2006, 03:30 PM
d1: Lindenwood or Towson, maybe even PSU
D2:Nuemann, by far
d3: who cares
B: ive only seen the ECRHA B but i like Drexel or PSU, and of course towson
D3 who cares? Are you serious D3 is the only division that can seriously compete with D1 (LU) , As shown last year at Winter Nationals, championship game D3 Scc vs. D1 LU,game might not of turned out great but definitly no D2 anywhere. And you know every D3 game last year was packed including probably the biggest besides the championship games was the SCC vs. Riverside game.
dan sangiorgio
10-25-2006, 06:05 PM
I am pretty sure neumann can beat/compete with the better d3 teams in the country, but i understand what you are saying at nationals the d3 games are good games to watch
Oh your dead on about that I was really impressed with them last year at nats, everykid was fast and all seemed to be at about the same skill level which isn't always a bad thing, they definitly work as a team thats for sure. But yea it seems you understood me too, what I was saying is thats a huge missconception that the talent/skill level goes down each Division, and thats all I was trying to clear up. I would have to say tho that D3 does have the most skill.
D1 has maybe 6 teams that are all good and besides LU could beat each other on any given night.
D2 has probably about the same right around 6 and is the same case.
D3 now with the new teams is going to be interesting to see how they invite teams and I think alot of teams are going to be surprised, I've heard some things about Camden but they havn't posted a roster and Suffolk is usually good as well and they'er rosterless too, and like I mentioned before Broward will stir some things up too. I just hope atleast half of the D3 teams in the NCRHA will get invites just to make it more interesting.
warwick
10-25-2006, 08:07 PM
some quick thoughts on this past weekends games at rahway.rutgers tied rhode is. 3-3 then got beat by them 7-2. rutgers after taking a 3-0 lead on neumann were then outscored 8-1 the rest of the way. not looking good early for ru. neumann looks even quicker then last year. they seemed to be in good shape even with the so called backup goalie playing all weekend. he looked very confident in net. rhode is. looks pretty good as they also beat hofstra 5-2.
Any of you ECRHA guys have any insight/opinions/updates on the D3 scene there, I dont think they have all played but wasn't sure if any of you knew some inside info. I expect there to be a new winner this year for the East Coast D3 title.
sanford
10-26-2006, 10:25 AM
i dont have any definate inside info, but the last i talked to him sean sullivan went to camden cc. last season he lead all of piha in scoring. until they play though im not sure.
MBurke
10-26-2006, 10:35 AM
i dont have any definate inside info, but the last i talked to him sean sullivan went to camden cc. last season he lead all of piha in scoring. until they play though im not sure.
Camden won't be in the league this year.
I had heard the same thing about him playing its a shame it fell threw but hopfully they can get it together next year. Still with the other new teams Broward, Nassau and Macomb along with the normal powerhouse Riverside, SCC and Suffolk you have 6 teams right there that could make for a hell of a tournament. Hopfully this year some more D3 teams will get invites and be able to attend winters for a little sneak preview. Any new/updates/hints on winters or have you guys not even talked about it yet?
MBurke
10-26-2006, 11:05 AM
I'm just doing regional stuff this year, but rumors are that it's someplace warm. Hopefully beaches will be nearby. :D
DIII will always be one of the most competitive divisions under the current structure - it's much easier to 'build' a team at a community college than a university.
Yea heard the "beach" rumor as well, but also heard somthing about a unusual flooring surface too at winters, hope it isn't true.
NCRHA should look into possiably a champions of champions deal with the winners of D1,D2, and D3 playing a mini-round robin with each team playing each other then the top winners play for a grand final, a nice topper to Nationals as well as braging rights :)
missionhockey19
10-28-2006, 03:44 AM
RCC will not be as strong as they were last year, losing several of their players including brandon barnette, stephen campbell, shane mohr, michael doran...however they will still be competitive, its going ot be hard to rank them to see where they'll settle at nationals....unfortunately for me, this league was a bit of a drag, everyone in the whole league i believe wanted to see the big gaame between D3 champs (RCC) and Lindenwood although when brought up to the board about such a game, one of the head people in the league turned down the offer and said it would have ot be done on our own time. well, just thought id give yah a little inside in RCC and my thoughts/opinions...
Good luck to lindenwood this year, although im pretty sure they wont need it, its just too bad we couldnt give them a good challenge last year....
Yea I hear ya on the game between You guys and LU but honestly I dont think it would of been much of a game, you guys and I'm assuming you played for RCC last year had what seemed a tough time against Mermac and they got crushed every time by LU and by even SCC when it mattered and the closest SCC got to LU was by 2 goals, so altho it would of maybe been a good game in the end probably would of ended in a blow out but like you said we'll never know and its a shame it couldn't of been done. It takes more than 2 or 3 good guys to beat LU because thoes 2 or 3 guys get to tired and LU just keeps going with their 3 full lines so if any team is going to have a chance its going to take a TEAM not severl big names like you guys had.
missionhockey19
10-28-2006, 11:39 AM
yah i did play for them, and you say in order to beat lindenwood you need a team with more than 2 lines...how ever i feel this is wrong, if you play the right style, 2 lines is plenty enough to play a hockey game with, beacuse that was our style, we slowed the game down adn played the game at our pace, just like any good team does now-a-days (i.e. narch/torhs etc.)....as far as the whole meramec game goes...i dont know if you know our team but just about every game we seemed to find out selves in the hole at some point, i dont know what it iwas but it seemed like it took a goal or 2 to get our heads in the game, whether it was beacuse the competition wasnt as strong as it was the past year or what i don tknow, but when we want to play hockey we can be a threat to any team that steps out whether it was lindenwood or meramec, take the suffolk CC game in the prelims, we were down something like 8-2 late in the second, scored like 9 unasnwered goals to come back and beat them...think what you want but i believe with our roster we could of given LU alot better game than you thought...
Maybe not 2 lines but definitly more than the 3 players you guys had, I'm not going to argue over it because it really doesn't matter and we'll never know if the game would of been good or not.
Where are thoes players you listed besides Brandon going to school this year?
missionhockey19
10-28-2006, 07:03 PM
well i (stephen campbell) got a job that takes up just about the whole day mon-fri so im takin a break, same with the other guys i listed, i was going to go to lindenwood however this job i got out here i just cant turn down...i think we could of given them a much better game than you had in mind...
Well definitly you and Brandon could of I just didn't see any of your other guys really stepping up and from experience I know like I said earlier 2 or 3 elite guys wont win against LU, but you guys definitly had a good team and congrats on the D3 title I guess it was time for a change.
missionhockey19
10-29-2006, 03:02 PM
see, your basing our team off of your knowledge, what you dont know is we had 2 other players who played Jr. A and the rest of our team played Narch gold/platinum, just most of us were a bunch of unknowns that just palyed the collegiate thing for fun because we had all grown u pwith eachother ever since we were in kindergarden practially, for example: if we had a game we were actually excited for i think you would have seen a big difference between the players you arent aware of...and me...
bigdaddy80
11-01-2006, 03:42 PM
any one have thoughts on D1 or D2 or B?
MBurke
11-01-2006, 03:47 PM
any one have thoughts on D1 or D2 or B?
DI: Until someone beats Lindenwood, you'd have to be nuts to pick anyone else to win it.
DII: Neumann looks strong again, UMSL's always a force, and outside that I haven't seen any scores and it's tough to pick without seeing games.
B: See DI.
minveninato
11-01-2006, 04:07 PM
for D II so far early on from what i've seen it has to be Neumann, they have started thier defense of the national title very strong and after watching first hand that comeback against rutgers (down 3-0 late in the second, then they scored 3 goals in about a minute and a half)and turning that game into them dominating (8-4) its hard to go against them as of now,but some other teams that look strong early on are Temple and Hofstra from what i've seen and some other teams that have gotten a lot better from last year and will be able to compete this year are cornell and braircliffe, both played some tough games in rahway (one against each other) lol but it looks like its going to be a good competitive season again
UMSL's goalie graduated and I believe from there roster will be using their B team goalie and didn't pick up anyone else so dont look for them to do much, if they couldn't win it last year definitly dont count on a win this year.
From Great Plains I would have to say UMSL and SLU will be the top contenders, watch for SLU to be a big dark horse this year.
sanford
11-01-2006, 06:31 PM
you definatly have to give the skaters for umsl a certain amount of respect. even without their goalie from last year. with that talent they are always a threat.
Dave Garland
11-01-2006, 07:06 PM
UMSL will be very, very good this year. They did pick up a few new players such as Jeremy Scott (Lindenwood), Cory Purk, and Eric Thompson. You are right however that their biggest question mark is goaltending. They have a freshmen goalie this year that will be the starter.
I agree SLU will be very solid this year especially with a bunch of key additions and they are the only team of the top four to return their goaltender (James Cash).
Truman State will be decent but also with an unproven goaltender.
Wash U is a bit of a rebuilding year this year but the big three scorers are back (Jost, Paskvan, and Truman).
Interestingly, most of the goalies of the top teams have graduated. Ames graduated from UMSL, I graduated from Wash U, and Lepage graduated from Truman.
It will be interesting to see if the new teams (Western Illionois/Graceland) can compete in D2 this year.
As far as D1, Lindenwood's team most likely will not be touched by anyone this year. I know they are traveling to the ECRHA with all three of their teams in a couple weeks. I'd expect the D1 team and the top B team to dominate. The second B team isn't as strong.
Oh total respect there just stating that they lost their goalie and like I said didn't pick up anyone that will make a difference, not bashing thoes players you listed just none are top level players that can win that D2 title and basically replace the talent they lost. Definitly goodluck tho to them and all the great plains teams in D2, my pick goes to SLU tho.
CRadigan
11-02-2006, 08:34 PM
This weekend will certainly give a better perspective on GP D2
UMSL vs. Truman
UMSL vs. SLU
UMSL vs. Wash U
Truman vs. SLU
Four big games right there.
I think UMSL will surprise everyone by being as strong as last year. I disagree w/ saying they didn't pick up any top players. Scott is a great player, and if the younger Purk is anything like his brother then he's gotta be solid as well. I've never heard of Thompson, but if he made their roster then he's gotta be decent. Again, goaltending is a big ?, but w/ that team a decent goaltender is enough
SLU's big advantage is having Cash back. I think Riley was better, but Cash is a very good goalie nonetheless. I'm not sure who they picked up to round out their skaters, but they'll have needed a couple good pickups in order to compete.
I haven't heard anything about Wash U other than what Dave said above. It should be interesting to play them, especially after the battles we had last year.
I won't say much about Truman (my team). We're the same as last year, only with a coach, so we've all improved but didn't pick up any players.
With all that said I don't have a prediction because I haven't seen anyone play yet, but this year is shaping up to be a good one in the GP.
Regarding the UMSL topic, like I said they didn't pick up any top players, now I'm not bashing any of the guys they got but none of them are top players and none of them will make or break the team and most certainly wont win them a D3 Championship, if anything the team will be equally as good as last year, definitly wont be better.
SLU-Steve Sommerich, He was their key "off season" so to say pick up and if anyone around st.louis elite hockey knows anything they would remember him from back in the days I guess. He was a strong player on many travel teams (Chok On Puck) as well as Desmet High School, not sure where hes been or if he got worse/better in the past years but if hes the same guy from back then he'll most likly take this team to a GP D2 championship and hopfully do well at nationals. Along with Kulp and Demas thoes are 3 key guys that can do some damage.
Top 4 In Order
SLU
UMSL
Truman
Wash U.
Dave Garland
11-03-2006, 11:36 AM
I agree that SLU had some nice pickups and will surely contend for the regional title this year.
I was just giving some information about a few of the UMSL players and of course it will be hard to tell what is going on until this weekend.
I would say UMSL/SLU will compete for the title with Truman right behind them. I'm really not sure where Wash U will fall. We (I'm one of the coaches this year) have a bit of short bench but still some talented players. We could finish anywhere from 3rd to 5th most likely.
dan sangiorgio
11-03-2006, 02:38 PM
regardless of the umsl goaltending sitution they have there top 4 forwards returning and were scoring about 7 or 8 goals a game up to the final four at nationals i am pretty sure umsl won't have to much of a fall off from 18-0 they prolly be somewhere at 15-3/16-2
Yea I'll argree with the 15-3 just simply because the D2 division here in Great Plains is atleast from last year comparing to this year going to have a watered down effect, with the lose of the top 4 goalies but yea never did I say they were going to suck just dont expect the same outcome as last year as far as them dominating and mercing teams.
This weekend is the opening weekend for Great Plains, UMSL as well as SLU have some tought games including one aginst each other so after this weekend we will see.
I would suggest anyone with a little spare time to check out the UMSL web site and read the latest write up, gives a pretty good break down to the division.
JLambertUMSL
11-04-2006, 12:17 PM
I tried to post this earlier, for some reason it didn't post...
I agree with ISFN...we're probably coming back to the pack. Last year (until the Regionals loss) was like a dream. I can't see us duplicating that. Everything fell into place, everyone was healthy, and almost everyone on the team was in excellent shape.
We will be very good again, but we're not without concerns. I wouldn't be shocked if SLU and Truman have caught all the way up to us.
Ames and Wetton are damn near irreplaceable.
A great goalie is a great goalie - you can find them. But Wetton is something else entirely. He'll be tough to replace based solely on the fact that he was on the floor for at least 80% of each of our games the past two years. If you broke down every outlet pass we made last season, I'd bet that 90% of them came off of Wetton's stick. 78 assists and 100-plus points is no freakin joke.
But he wasn't the only reason our forwards put up huge numbers last year....he had 52% of the team's assists last year, but he actually only assisted on about a quarter of Shepard's goals. (I'm not a big believer in numbers, so I don't know if that means anything or not.)
Our new players are good. In this league, Eric Thompson should be a top-line defenseman, and Jeremy Scott a top-line forward. Cory Purk is arguably just as good as Doug (I say "arguably" because we haven't seen him in a game yet).
We're hearing about a couple more good players (including a goaltender or two) that may join the team in January.
We have everyone else back, some significantly better than last year, some not.
This will be a change from last year...we're going to go seven-deep at forward and four-deep at defense, and we also have several B guys who could play A. That's our best asset this year.
That, and my brother Ben....he designed and ordered our new jerseys (they are sick!!) and has been an unbelievable leadership presence. Back in September he got an award from the UMSL student government for being the best organizational leader on campus, out of probably 100-plus student organizations at UMSL.
So far, I like the way this forum is going. I haven't seen an anti-Tomy post yet...hahahahahaha.....
James Lambert
UMSL
UMSL 4- SLU 4
Great game, going to be a good season for both teams.
CRadigan
11-06-2006, 08:51 PM
I was definitely impressed with Missouri State this weekend. They may not have superstars like some other teams, but from top to bottom they are a solid team. They gave us a much better game than SLU did. If you want to talk about a dark horse this season it's MSU.
There were def. some great games this weekend and the rest of the season should be fun.
Yea I'll agree thst they'll be a good team definitly better than last year. You (Truman) also surprised me as well as others and seem to have a deeper team than last year and may surprise some people later on, its going to be a great year in D2 and hopfully Great Plains will get more respect and be able to send me than 2 teams to Nationals, cause as I see it now Great Plains has 5 national caliber teams, not saying all 5 are equal but there were some pretty weak teams in D2 last year at Nationals.
What about D1/D3 action,anyone catch some games?
William Bourque
11-07-2006, 02:03 PM
Teams To Watch in the ECRHA:
Neumann
West Chester
Drexel
Wentworth
Stony Brook
Temple
And if they can recover:
Albany
Hofstra
Vermont/Maine
Leaferguy
11-07-2006, 02:07 PM
I don't see Ship there, bud :p ;)
You know you can throw them in that list.
William Bourque
11-07-2006, 02:09 PM
I don't see Ship there, bud :p ;)
You know you can throw them in that list.
nobody asked you!
Leaferguy
11-07-2006, 02:22 PM
nobody asked you!
No one ever does :(
William Bourque
11-07-2006, 02:37 PM
No one ever does :(
you act like that suprises you
Interested in D3 action, alot of talk about D1 and D2 so far.
Riverside-How are they doing with the lose of their 2 top scorers? Barley beat Evergreen, struggling or just messin around?
Suffolk- Havn't played yet and havn't loaded a roster, any news?
Broward- Seem to be tearing up SEast conf, got some big names, How do they look? 7-2-3(ties) good record in a strong conf.
Nassau- Anyone seem them play yet, started out with 3 tough teams and came away with 1-1-1 record.
Macomb- In a Hard conference, strong goalie, tied Eastern and Beat Westeren Michigan, updates?
AIMS and Arapahoe- No talk yet about them, any news?
Evergreen- 4 tough and close games so far starting with a record of 1-2-1, all 1 goal games.
SCC- Seem to have rebound from last years loss at Nationals, starting weeked with 3 wins, 1 big win over Meramec, any insider updates?
Meramec- Seem to have lost their whole team from looking at roster and it showed last weekend, possiably a rebuilding year, may lose their national bid.
Would love for some insider updates from people within their respective confrence's.
William Bourque
11-07-2006, 06:42 PM
Suffolk and Nassau look good...but not like they could compete at the national level. From what i heard, they will be diffrent teams in the second semester as they are having commitments problems early. Look for both squads to tear it up eventually.
They will have huge test this weekend vs each other, Lindenwood and Towson. That should give a better test of them.
bigdaddy80
11-09-2006, 06:45 PM
any B discussion?
William Bourque
11-09-2006, 07:10 PM
any B discussion?
Lindenwood B.
the only one worth talking about it DII and DIII
Lindenwood should not lose either, and if they do, its the biggest upset ever
turbodsmforlife
11-09-2006, 08:58 PM
I think SCC will take B. So far they beat lindenwood (black) and Merimac (green). SCC vs lindenwood (Gold) will be a great game to watch...
Yea looks like Towson and SCC are the only schools to start out with a perfect record, with both teams.
From looking at the rosters it seems that SCC B played both the weaker of the 2 B teams from LU and Meramec, so the real test will be when they play the better of the two schools, but still congrats on the great start GP is a tough confrence.
Looks like it could be a all Great Plains sweep at Nationals. Still an early season though, good luck.
str8iq
11-13-2006, 02:09 AM
First of all, no one on here gives credit to michigan state...they lost to lindenwood in the finals last year 7-5 and they're better this year.
Also, in the B division occ (oakland community college) from michigan would beat 75% of the teams in the A division so look out for them too
William Bourque
11-13-2006, 09:33 AM
First of all, no one on here gives credit to michigan state...they lost to lindenwood in the finals last year 7-5 and they're better this year.
Also, in the B division occ (oakland community college) from michigan would beat 75% of the teams in the A division so look out for them too
so what are they doing playing B?
First of all, no one on here gives credit to michigan state...they lost to lindenwood in the finals last year 7-5 and they're better this year.
Also, in the B division occ (oakland community college) from michigan would beat 75% of the teams in the A division so look out for them too
A Community College beating 75% of D1 teams is no surprise most if not all D3 teams play D1 during reg. season and win. You wont really know how they stack up untill they play another D3 school.
HockeyGod98
11-13-2006, 01:19 PM
I heard Drexel B team is very good
hockeyguy44
11-13-2006, 01:39 PM
Not only is the michigan state A team kicking ass and doing awsome, but so is their B Team. They are equally matched with Ockland Community College. They play them Twice in the same day in december, so that will be the big day to see who the best in midwest is. Both teams are undefeated. The key is that OCC has two players from the USA inline team. Only one of those rushes the puck and scores, so as long as they can keep someone on that guy, which they have more than one guy that can do that, MSU has the better chance of winning. It will be fun to see what happens.
William Bourque
11-13-2006, 02:05 PM
Drexel B is very good, havent lost yet this season...
Lindenwood DI is even better than last season, if thats possible...
Not only is the michigan state A team kicking ass and doing awsome, but so is their B Team. They are equally matched with Ockland Community College. They play them Twice in the same day in december, so that will be the big day to see who the best in midwest is. Both teams are undefeated. The key is that OCC has two players from the USA inline team. Only one of those rushes the puck and scores, so as long as they can keep someone on that guy, which they have more than one guy that can do that, MSU has the better chance of winning. It will be fun to see what happens.
Is OCC playing in the B division? or D3?
hockeyguy44
11-13-2006, 04:27 PM
B division. But here is a question. Dont teams have to go through a two, or maybe it is one year of play as an affiliate team, which means not really in contention for nationals or a position? I thought that was rule, and it is OCC's first year of play, yet they are in the b devision as a regular team. did i just mis hear something, did the rule change, or is there some loop hole?
Not critizing, just wondering how it works these days. If you know for sure i would greatly appreciate the useful knowledge.
DGlass
11-13-2006, 04:28 PM
Looks like they are in the Development Division of the Midwest, which is their B Division?
If they are a CC, then they will play DIII at Nationals.
warwick
11-13-2006, 04:41 PM
some late thoughts from lemoyne last week. westchester and temple look somewhat improved altho still not ready to to compete with the top teams. i thought neumann had an edge in the game with shipp even tho they played to a tie, as the shots on goal showed. (didn't like the reffing in that game) neumann's goalie i thought let in a few weak ones while shipps goalie had another good game. towson still looks like the team to beat, pitt did give them a good fight. i wasn't able to get out to long isl. this week if anyone has any thoughts on what happened besides lindenwood dominating everyone,would like to hear about it.
Looks like they are in the Development Division of the Midwest, which is their B Division?
If they are a CC, then they will play DIII at Nationals.
So will they be allowed if invited to attend nationals or no sense its their first year?
ckirk
11-13-2006, 04:48 PM
No OCC will not be able to attend nationals. They are a first year team and have to be a developmental team and next year they will be with the DI/DII/DIII teams. In the system they were at one point listed as a B team. In any league you have to have an A team to have a B team. I hope this clears some things up.
OCC is a very skilled team and will be a team to look out for in the future but the key word is future.
Oh cool, yea I hope they aren't just around for 1 year or 2 like some of the other D3 schools, it seems to be a common thing for CC's to have a team for a yea or 2 then dimminish.
hockeyguy44
11-13-2006, 07:07 PM
Okay thank you all for the replys, but i still have one question. As noted in a post before, the B league for the Midwest is under the Developemental league. So does this mean that teams such as UofM, Purdue, MSU, Eastern, etc... that are all B teams will be competeing with OCC for a bid to nationals since they only take a team or two from each region to nationals for the B league? Or does OCC not get a bid to nationals in the B league even if all the teams are in the Developemental/B league? sorry to make it so confusing, but i am really curious now.
Thank you all for your help
str8iq
11-13-2006, 08:01 PM
I play for msu A and my little brother plays for occ...and yeah they're a first year team but my dad is the assistent coach for occ and they told him that they can go to national's this year
I play for msu A and my little brother plays for occ...and yeah they're a first year team but my dad is the assistent coach for occ and they told him that they can go to national's this year
Have to get invited first, theres alot of D3 schools poping up this year and hopfully NCRHA will expend the division at Nationals.
DGlass
11-13-2006, 08:48 PM
Wait...so the Midwest requires teams to play a year in Developmental (to prove themselves?) before they can be a full member and participate in Nationals?
SuperSeremet
11-21-2006, 01:09 PM
I think people are forgetting about university of michigan. With their veteran coaching staff and take no nonsense defense they will be tough to beat down the stretch in both A and B. They will have to have a good game to beat lindenwood but they can do it. I would say they would win 3 out of 10 against them. It should be a good game when the 2 play in the finals!!
BccCP33
11-29-2006, 04:48 AM
Look for BCC to win out the rest of the way.... High scores (and soon to be a substantially lower GAA. in the 2nd 1/2) can only lead to one thing... dominance.
Oh, and watch out for that #18 , i hear he has 54 points these days.
KillinAintShe
11-29-2006, 10:22 AM
I think people are forgetting about university of michigan. With their veteran coaching staff and take no nonsense defense they will be tough to beat down the stretch in both A and B. They will have to have a good game to beat lindenwood but they can do it. I would say they would win 3 out of 10 against them. It should be a good game when the 2 play in the finals!!
You are on crack.
Michigan is 2-1-1 this year. If they are anything--anything--like the team from winters in Michigan 2 years ago, Lindenwood would put 20 up on them 10/10 times they played.
You are being sarcastic, right?
Goalie30
11-30-2006, 12:16 PM
D1 curious as to why MSU wasnt picked at all. Lost to LU 7-5 last year in the finals, lost to them the year before 3-1 in the semis. One of the strongest schools in the past 6+ years.......:confused: and they have not lost this season.
MBurke
11-30-2006, 12:43 PM
D1 curious as to why MSU wasnt picked at all. Lost to LU 7-5 last year in the finals, lost to them the year before 3-1 in the semis. One of the strongest schools in the past 6+ years.......:confused: and they have not lost this season.
I think it's the fallout from not having Mackert and his 40 years of experience on the bench :p
AlanMacMillan
11-30-2006, 02:04 PM
Because of the LU dynasty, MSU doesn't get a lot of love. DI conversation seems to be limited to A) how fantastic LU is and B) who can give them a run. DII, DIII, and even B get more discussion about who's who because there is more parity in those divisions.
I think it's important to note how well MSU has done since day 1 of CRHL.
In 8 seasons MSU has:
2 National Championships (99,00)
5 Finals (99,00, 02, 03, 06)
7 Final Fours (99,00,02,03,04,05,06)
Even though the Mackert (Reggie Dunlop)-era is over, I have no reason to doubt that MSU will continue to be a fixture at NCT every year. We spent a long time trying to build structure into the program that can be picked up year after year. They're off to a good start this season and I hope we get a chance to play them this year.
And watch out for UT to be a sleeper this year if Mack teaches them his super-deke toe drag move :)
Al
ninerfan55
11-30-2006, 04:17 PM
what are everybody's thoughts on the secrhl this season. nc state doesnt seem to have lost a step even without brandon gregor. south florida and miami look to be down. i must admit it is good to see the old acrha teams in first place in d1 and d2.
what are everybody's thoughts on the secrhl this season. nc state doesnt seem to have lost a step even without brandon gregor. south florida and miami look to be down. i must admit it is good to see the old acrha teams in first place in d1 and d2.
To me, it looks like the Southeast is going down between NC State and Florida International. International has really surprised me this year, I didn't think they'd be as good as they are, But they're on a roll right now. The only blemish on their 8-1-3 record is a 12-4 season opening loss to NC State.
But you've also got to say Central Florida is up there, they are 6-1-1, with a 6-5 loss to NC State and a 4-4 tie against FL International.
South Florida is just behind the pack, they've played FL International and Central FL close but haven't beaten them. And hey you can't really count out Florida, they tied FL International. Looks to be a really competitive division this year.
I'd still place Michigan State near the top of the list of teams to challenge Lindenwood this year.
MBurke
12-01-2006, 12:24 PM
I'd still place Michigan State near the top of the list of teams to challenge Lindenwood this year.
I don't disagree at all - I think part of the reason they don't get discussion is that they're so stable and don't have wide swings in talent from year to year.
In fact, based on past history I think you'd be hard pressed to argue them at anything other than #2 until proven differently.
I don't disagree at all - I think part of the reason they don't get discussion is that they're so stable and don't have wide swings in talent from year to year.
In fact, based on past history I think you'd be hard pressed to argue them at anything other than #2 until proven differently.
Yeah, just looking at last season's scores, Michigan State was one of only two D1 teams to play Lindenwood within 2 goals or less. The other team was Missouri Columbia and they've already been beaten 8-0 this year by LU.
Maybe one of the Florida schools can give them a run for their money? They always have a team or two down there that's really strong.
Patn Lawton
12-01-2006, 03:05 PM
NFC West?
I like the 49ers
spencerhs5
12-02-2006, 03:43 AM
uf is better than last year... their first tourney they played with 5 guys.... and if im in net for ucf expect to see about a 10 GAA... j/k but fiu is a lot better this year, totally new team, as is USF, and BCC has a high power offense... as for LU they are beatable... but notice the italics, from what i've seen in the past most teams arent willing to play the type of game that would beat them. didnt know mackert left, that "40 years of experience" rivaled only that of ancienct LU players..... oh and when its commented that LU is even better than last year if thats possible, it definately is, look at 2 or 3 years ago's teams. anybody seen uc irvine this year? did they pick up enough guys to form a second line??????????
BccCP33
12-02-2006, 04:48 PM
To me, it looks like the Southeast is going down between NC State and Florida International. International has really surprised me this year, I didn't think they'd be as good as they are, But they're on a roll right now. The only blemish on their 8-1-3 record is a 12-4 season opening loss to NC State.
But you've also got to say Central Florida is up there, they are 6-1-1, with a 6-5 loss to NC State and a 4-4 tie against FL International.
South Florida is just behind the pack, they've played FL International and Central FL close but haven't beaten them. And hey you can't really count out Florida, they tied FL International. Looks to be a really competitive division this year.
F I who? We'll (BCC) beat them. N.C. state... ur on notice
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