Mcrhl

[steve9]

big weekend coming up with MSU and Ohio State battling again...

whats wrong with Eastern? They went from powerhouse to not being able to beat anyone?


MSU looks as good as ever in my 4 years in the league...first 2 forward lines are awesome...defense is their only possible weakness, which is solved if Jung plays (also adds to their offense)...Think they definetly have a legitimate chance at beating Lindenwood

OSU has some very good players and will suprise teams at Nattys

Purdue is a scrappy team that works hard...also will surprise some teams at nationals

UofM is the same team as the past few years...average but have the opportunity to win games against teams like OSU and Purdue

Miami has some good players and can do some damage

Macomb and GVSU should improve in the next couple years

hasnt been much talk about the MCRHL just wanted to see what everyone else thought

[pj13]

I noticed that there is only 3 d2 team (Northern Illinois, Grand Valley, and Ball State) in the MCRHL with all simular records, which team has the best chance of going to Nationals if any?

Also is anyone going to beat MSU and who has the best chance of doing that?

[IndRankCom]

I am really excited to watch the Michigan State/Ohio State game this weekend.

Michigan State isn't flawless, they have the talent to win the MCRHL.

But, i still don't think they are close enough to Lindenwood.

They might win 1 out of 5 games against Lindenwood.

There are a few teams that i've seen this year that can skate with Lindenwood, and a few that can't.

MSU is one of the teams that can. And they should give them a great game, that i would pay money to see.

The problem with teams, is they aren't willing to play the type of game needed to beat Lindenwood.

If your going to beat them, you must beat the 2-1 or 4-3...

To many teams try to run and gun vs Lindenwood, and it makes the game interesting for like 1 or 2 periods...(Lindenwood vs Penn State in the NCT)

[?????]

I agree, Purdue is scrappy, but can be beaten by most teams in the MCRHL i think. OSU, MSU and Mich are all very capable teams of beating Purdue, even Miami (OH) pulled off a win. Don't really get how they made the rankings.

Excited to see the outcome of the MSU/OSU game. Should be a great one. I'm pulling for OSU

Michigan and Miami are my picks for the sleepers this year. Miami is already having a stellar season (compared to last year when they were aweful) and Michigan has the ability to pull off some close wins.

It'll be fun to see how everything pans out as the rest of the year moves on

[hockeyboyee]

Who is the best D2 team in the MCRHL? Is there any team that is even worth anything?

[?????]

I know this is a bit early, but any predictions for the Jan 20 weekend i for MCRHL?

This thread is getting a little dead, just thought I'd try to get it going again.

[mpeavler77]

Anybody know if anyone has re-stocked for the second semester push? I can't really see anyone making to much noise at nationals. Sure State will do well but I don't think they are as strong as last year.

[CUDangled]

Let's see how MSU does at the NCT in the "Post-Mack" era. Wish the boys luck! GO STATE!

[spencerhs5]

This NCT is going to be very interesting for sure. I feel that most regions have had drastic changes in the past few years, mine is no exception. I think the university of flordia is the only team in my region who hasnt lost players in the past year.

[CUDangled]

UF didn't lose players? They certainly don't look like last year's team...

[spencerhs5]

i think they picked up one new kid or two... the first tourney the played was the uf georgia game so most of the guys skipped hockey and they had a 5 man roster, not sure what happend the second weekend i wasnt there.... but the roster is still pretty much the same from what im told

[William Bourque]

How will the DII bid from the MCRHL be decided this year with Ball State, Grand Valley State and Northern Illinois all being DII...?

[???]

The grammar of the write-up on the website is awful. Did anyone see the Michigan State/Michigan game this past weekend who can provide a better recap of it?

Did MSU play bad, did Michigan play well, or are these two evenly matched?

[paddymac]

Probably the best game in the MCRHL all season. State played like State and we(Michigan) played like we're supposed to. Pretty evenly matched. MCRHL is deep this year! Come playoff time all of the first round match-ups could really go either way.

[hockeyguy44]

not quite like that post above. MSU came out sluggish and looking like crap. They were not a team at all, their passing was crap and their play was crap. On top of all that, UofM's goalie is what kept them in the game, he played outstanding, while MSU's i cant quite say the same for letting in several easy bad angel shots. As for evenly matched. If you look at the stats and games played previously, MSU should have walked all over UofM. However, on top of amazing goal tending and a horrible lack of team effort by MSU, UofM did play a good game by most team standards. Their passing was on and the team played well together. It will be interesting to see what happens in the future, but overall I would say that MSU should have had no problem with UofM and should have the hardest time with OCC (as everyone does) and Western who hasnt played a game in a while but is playing in Feb, where as MSU does not have another game untill Regionals. It was a classic case of a team coming out underestemating their opponent, not taking them seriously, and getting a wake up call that if you dont play like you can, you'll lose to teams you shouldn't.