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Showing posts with label USCHO. Show all posts

Monday, December 10, 2012

Poll Monday; UND 8th in both polls

USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll

December 10, 2012

Team(First Place Votes)RecordPointsLast Poll
1Boston College(35)11- 2-19812
2New Hampshire( 9)11- 2-29211
3Notre Dame( 3)13- 4-09025
4Minnesota( 3)11- 3-38154
5Miami10- 3-37753
6Boston University10- 5-07277
7Western Michigan10- 3-17237
8North Dakota8- 5-36309
9Quinnipiac12- 3-254113
10Dartmouth7- 2-252910
11Denver9- 5-25196
12Cornell6- 3-243811
13Nebraska-Omaha10- 5-138914
14Union8- 3-438512
15Yale6- 3-224615
16Niagara10- 2-323918
17St. Cloud State9- 7-023417
18Harvard4- 3-112620
19Ferris State7- 6-311616
20Minnesota State9- 5-296NR
Others receiving votes: Colorado College 63, Colgate 35, Providence 32, Holy Cross 19, Ohio State 14, Robert Morris 5.

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll
Rk.      School (1st place)                      Record           Pts.         PR
1.         Boston College (22)                       11-2-1            496            2
2.         New Hampshire (9)                         11-2-2            472            1
3.         Notre Dame (1)                               13-4-0            420            4
4.         Minnesota (3)                                  11-3-3            405            5
5.         Miami                                               10-3-3            362            3
6.         Boston University                           10-5-0            325            7
7.         Western Michigan                           10-3-1            312            8
8.         North Dakota                                8-5-3           259            9
9.         Quinnipiac                                        12-3-2            224          11
10.       Denver                                               9-5-2            216            6
11.       Dartmouth                                         7-2-2            212          10
12.       Cornell                                               6-3-2            134          13
13.       Union                                                 8-3-4            100          12
14.       Nebraska Omaha                            10-5-1              67          14
15.       Yale                                                    6-3-2              31          15
 Others Receiving Votes: Niagara 14, St. Cloud State 12, Harvard 9, Providence 5, Colorado College 2, Minnesota State 2, Ferris State 1.

Monday, October 01, 2012

UND 4th in first USCHO Poll

The first USCHO Poll is out and the Boston College Eagles are the number one pick. I know that some Gopher fans will be upset with the slight but according to Todd Milewski of USCHO, only one team since the 1997-98 season the Minnesota Golden Gophers in 2002-03 has went on to win an NCAA title. So being the number one team in the first USCHO poll of the preseason really doesn't matter all that much.



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Saturday, October 29, 2011

Did he really say that?

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I was reading UCHO.COM and in Tim Boger's gamer I noticed this little news nugget. Take a look at this puzzling statement by Ryan Faragher.
“That definitely helps to get the first couple of shots out of the way,” he said. “I think the way the guys played allowed me to see the puck when I needed to. Bad penalties aside, I think we really outplayed them.”
Since Faraghers team was badly outshot 44-23 and out played that's not a very accurate statement. Let’s not forget to give credit where credit is due, Faragher had a very good night but that game could have been 8 or 9-3 in favor of the Fighting Sioux. The Sioux were all over the Huskies and couldn't get anything past the freshman goalie. If I was one of the leaders on the team that statement would be on the blackboard in the Fighting Sioux locker room.

Friday, December 17, 2010

You might want to check the YouTube videos... (Frattin)


I wonder what would have happened if UND had got their feet moving earlier in that game? We might not be having the discussions we are having today. I was reading USCHO WCHA blog this morning and there was something that caught my eye in Tyler Buckentine’s post. I am going to preface this by saying I don’t know Tyler from Adam or what team he cheers for and I don’t have anything against him at all, I am not trying to attack him, also notice, that I am not making him the buffoon of the week. I save those blog posts for people that do moronic things. None the less, Tyler was reviewing the WCHA and the first half of the season and how the league play has evolved.
USCHO.COM --- College hockey is at the midpoint of its season and the WCHA has four teams in the nation’s top eight teams and two in the top four.

The consensus WCHA favorite, UND, (13–5–2) is the top WCHA team in the USCHO.com D-I Poll and sits in first place in the league standings with 22 points after a pair of sweeps against SCSU and Minnesota State.

Who would’ve thought Matt Frattin, the nation’s leading goal scorer, would have 17 goals at the break when the Sioux’s goals leader when the 2009-10 season ended was Jason Gregoire with 20.

Frattin, who scored 11 goals a year ago, has 25 points, which matches his personal best for points in a season he set as a sophomore.

Frattin has the ability to create his own chances to make quality shots. He beat MSU goaltender Phil Cook glove side far post on Friday and danced his way around two Mavericks defenders on his way to a goal Sunday.

Frattin is on a five-game goal-scoring streak.

Aaron Dell has been a surprise in the crease after UND’s original No. 1 goalie, Brad Eidsness, was benched after just five games because of his nightmare of a start to the season (4.12 GAA, .805 SV%).

The sophomore Dell is 12–4–1 with a 2.22 goals against average and .904 save percentage.

The scary thing is UND’s record now and the schedule that lies ahead for the Sioux. UND faces only two teams in the current top 10-ranked teams on the schedule until the Final Five rolls around.
Here is what I take issue with, “Who would’ve thought Matt Frattin, the nation’s leading goal scorer.” You’re kidding right? You can’t be series? Cliché alert: It would be an understatement to say that Matt Frattin has looked like a man among boys and has played this season Frattin like a man possessed. The Toronto Maple Leafs who are starved for offense must be drooling at the prospects of having Matt Frattin wearing a Maple Leaf on the front of his jersey.

If you are covering the WCHA and you have had a chance to watch Matt Frattin play at all last season you would have noticed a player that was on the verge of breaking out and would have thought a torrid season might be in the cards. Rewinding back to last season when Matt Frattin returned from his suspension; Fratting took fire during the second half of the season and caught fire during the second game of the SCSU series has been hot as a pistol since and scored a bundle of goals.

So how hot has Frattin been, Matt has scored 11 goals in 13 games last season from Feburary 12th to March 27. Fast forward to this season Frattin has continued that torrid pace scoring 17 goals in 20 games, so if my math is right (I am a sociology major), that is roughly 28 goals in 33 games.