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So the season is half over, and what does everyone think?

Is Grand Valley legit?

Will it be MSU, OSU, or Michigan at the end? Is Eastern Michigan going to find a way to do what they did last year?

Best players? Best goalies?

Let's get some conversation going!

[JSchultzEMU41]

to answer all your questions

Yes Grand Valley is legit everyone one else is hot garbage. They can play against anyone, even Neumann. They will probably finish at the top in the MCRHL along with MSU.

The best player in the midwest region it would have to be Nick Boyle aka CAPTAIN DANGLE!

[paddymac]

Grand Valley is decent. They've had the luxury of beating up on the rest of the DII teams the first half of the season. I'd expect them to go 2-6 maybe 3-5 second semester. They definitely have alot left to prove.

I'd expect EMU to turn it around second semester....they're still a dangerous team with the players they have. They can't seem to get them all together at the same tournament. If they pick up a couple of players at the semester and Gene goes back to playing goalie I'd expect them to make a good run.

As far as OSU, MSU, and UofM it's really anyone's call right now. There's alot of games left to play. We beat OSU, OSU beat State, and State beat us. Should be a good run down the stretch with alot of good games. The Regional Tournament is probably going to go to whoever is playing best at the time and not who finishes in first.

Best players....there's alot.

Best goalies....Goldberg UofM, Smith OSU, Wurst MSU, guy from Macomb(don't know his name)

[str8iq]

first of all, grand valley is not legit they've only played weak teams. MSU is going to take the league hands down

[someaction]

Aaron Diez has got to the best player in the league... Throw some Diez on that!

[hotshot1]

Grand Valley is decent. the earlier post is correct though, they have only played DII teams and still have a lot to prove against the better DI teams. They should put up a good fight against just about everyone they play. but we will see how the rest of the season plays out

[str8iq]

now what does everyone have to say?

[hotshot1]

grand valley... they played really well against eastern and decent against ohio state. the eastern game may have been their best game all season. the ohio state game was controlled on the power play by ohio state because grand valley couldn't stay out of the box, as was the case with michigan. they matched up very well with ohio state playing at full strength but couldnt keep up with their PP, 5 of the 6 goals were scored on the powerplay for OSU. also GV couldnt seem to beat Smith who played great, or michigan's goalie for that matter.

I would expect grand valley to win at least 2 of their remaining 4 games with games vs OCC MSU Miami MCC
As for those of you that think that GV isnt legit, I would say that they are a good team for DII. they have proved that they can play with some of the better teams, but arent at the level as some of the D1 teams.

[str8iq]

michigan smoked grand valley......eastern isn't that good this year even with their new players....msu beat michigan by 10 goals and michigan destroyed gvsu so you all know whats gonna happen with msu plays grand valley.....

[one thing 7]

ok noone ever said that GV would beat MSU or even come close... stop being a dic* and trying to bash grand valley every chance you get. apparently you are full of yourself and your team whoever it is that you play for. grand valley isnt on here saying that they are sweet... noone is. the only thing that was said was that they are a good DII team. no need to go out and be a dic*.....

[one thing 7]

the fact of the matter is that eastern is a good team. they compete year in and year out. they played a good game vs GV and GV came out on top. end of story.

[???]

I dunno, according to the box scores GVSU had the same number of shots as Michigan did in their game, but obviously Michigan found the back of the net more. did UM just outplay GVSU completely and the shots dont reflect that, or should we be counting them as a quality DII club?

[hotshot1]

the game should have been a lot closer than 11-2. GV's goalie did not have an outstanding game... letting in shots from the point with noone in front. Grand valley did have chances, michigan's goalie played on top of his head. making near impossible saves. that said , i would not say that GV is at the same level as MSU or UM but they are not far behind.

[William Bourque]

How much better is Grand Valley compared to the next DII team. Is there a noticeable drop off, or is it just the case of one team being slightly better?

[osu_buckeyes]

Grand Valley is easily the best DII team in the league. They gave us a pretty good game and they definitely have some guys that can play. I haven't seen many other DII teams from around the country play but my gut tells me they should match up pretty well.