Paula Weston's Latest Rant.

Incase you haven't seen it; here is Cup Cake Hockey Association columnist's Paula Weston's and her latest rant on the the CCHA not gettin any love. Kind of like the John McCain campaign and conservative republicans. My, my, my are they getting touchy. We are going to keep hammering the pundants till they get it right, it is what it is. No doubt the fans in the WCHA get it; alert the presses Michigan, MSU and Miami are good teams that have feasted on and kicked the snot out a schedule filled with weak teams, bravo for them. Yep their records are inflated. I want to see a something more interesting than CCHA team __________ kicked the snot out of LSSU this weekend or ___________CCHA team beat the WMU Broncos this past weekend. WOW, I am impressed! Mind you that win is the equivalent of beating a middle of the pack AHA or CHA team. Hell the ECAC seems more balanced this season than your league.

The CCHA is still battling the notion that it’s a weak league and therefore its top teams’ records and rankings are somehow inflated. The Wolverines, while ranked No. 1 last weekend, were aware that they’re considered either lucky (they’re young, as we hear often) or benefiting from beating up on the lower teams in the league.

After the 2-2 tie, Berenson indirectly reminded people that the Spartans were last year’s national champion for real reasons, and that they’re playing like champs now.

“Look at their team,” said Berenson. “They had only given up three goals in the past five games, and four of those games had been on the road. So goals are tough to come by against Michigan State.”

And the No. 5, third-place, defending-national-champion Spartans — the team with the fourth-best win percentage in the country (.722) — had to feel as though the college hockey community didn’t even know they existed going into the weekend. This year, the Wolverines and the RedHawks are all anyone can talk about, and if the talking is done outside of the CCHA, it’s never flattering.

Just for the record; right now I think UNH is probably one of the best teams in the country as it stands right now.

By the numbers per the KRACH
WCHA SOS
1.) C.C. 3
2.) UND 1
3.) DU 4
4.) MTU 6
5.) Wisconsin 2
6.) Minnesota 8
7.) MSU-M 11
8.) UMD 5
9.) SCSU 7
10) UAA 9
Average SOS is 9.6

CCHA SOS
1.)Michigan 22
2.)Miami 29
3.) MSU 15
4.) Notre Dame 14
5.) UNO 27
6.) BGSU 25
7.) Ferris 44
8.) NMU 26
9.) Alaska 24
10) OSU 45
11.) WMU 41
12.) LSSU 46
Average SOS is 29.83