2014-2015 UNO Hockey

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 10:49 am

Such a great season so far. Somewhat favorable schedule to finish the year. The road trips are a little tough (Duluth will be real tough, SCSU won't be a cake walk either at home) but love our home series.

Greg

Post by **Brad** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 2:42 pm

Lots of lower bowl tickets left for tonight and tomorrow night!

#1 In the League! - #4 In the National Polls!

Post by **Coyote** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 1:49 am

UNO splits series, now in first place tie:

North Dakota 35 18 11 5 2
Miami 35 18 11 6 1
Omaha 35 18 11 6 1
Minn. Duluth 31 18 10 7 1
Denver 29 18 9 8 1
St. Cloud St. 25 18 8 9 1
W. Michigan 22 18 5 9 4
CO College 4 18 1 16 1

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 11:42 am

Going to be a wild finish in the NCHC.

Rumors have Arizona State joining the NCHC and possibly Notre Dame.

Greg

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 12:24 pm

I would understand Notre Dame maybe, but not Arizona
State from a geographic point.

Come to think of it, I still don't understand Arizona State having a hockey team.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 7:55 am

ASU has a successful club team and got a check for about $40 million to go D1. Hockey is really growing in the Valley.

Notre Dame would come with ASU to keep the conference with an even number of teams.

Greg

bigredmed · Post by **bigredmed** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 5:22 pm

MadMartin8 wrote:I would understand Notre Dame maybe, but not Arizona
State from a geographic point.

Come to think of it, I still don't understand Arizona State having a hockey team.

ASU would be smart to to join the NCHC for two reasons.

1. The closest D1 teams are DU, CC, and USAFA. Two of the three are in the NCHC giving them regional competitors in league play and keeping their travel budgets down. The change for the Mavs from WCHA to NCHC dropped our travel budget 90,000 dollars. If they joined the current WCHA and had to travel to Alaska and Huntsville every year, they would burn through their revenue really fast. By going NCHC, you get two games you can drive or take a quick plane ride to, and a third game (UNO) where its a short plane ride. Only Duluth would be a tough travel ticket given the decent air connections to Fargo that would get you Mankato and UND.

2. The NCHC has 5 of the top 10 teams in the US right now and is as the planners had hoped, becoming the powerhouse D1 hockey conference. This gives a new team instant legitimacy. Think of Coach Kemp at the beginning of the Mavs. He said we could join some podunk conference and beat the |expletive| out of the fighting wheezers of "Where's that? Tech" (like Creighton was doing before going to the Big East), or we could play Minnesota and get our |expletive| handed to us for a season. But come the second season, and we win a game or two against real teams, we get real notice. ASU is the kingpin of club hockey. That is basically like saying you're the best shot with a bb gun ever when you are competing with Army snipers at 1000 meters. They will have recruiting edge by having the desert. They will lose recruiting edge if they play a weak schedule and their players can't get into the NHL.

Post by **Coyote** » Tue Feb 17, 2015 1:45 am

1 North Dakota (35). 20- 6-3 980
2 Minnesota State (10). 23- 6-2 909
3 Boston University. 19- 5-4 902
4 Michigan Tech ( 5). 24- 7-1 856
5 Nebraska-Omaha. 17- 8-3 798
6 Miami. 18- 9-1 752
7 Minnesota-Duluth. 18-11-1 693
8 Bowling Green. 18- 7-5 617
9 Denver. 16-10-2 557
10 Boston College. 18-10-2 528
11 Quinnipiac. 20- 8-2 526
12 Providence. 18-10-2 466
13 Yale. 15- 7-3 362
14 Harvard. 13- 8-3 336
15 Michigan. 16-10-0 258
16 Mass.-Lowell. 17-10-4 248
17 Minnesota. 16- 9-3 237
18 Vermont. 17-11-2 183
19 Robert Morris. 20- 5-5 131
20 St. Lawrence. 16-11-3 39

Others receiving votes: Northeastern 29, Penn State 27, Colgate 23, St. Cloud State 22, Bentley 6, Merrimack 6, Bemidji State 3, Western Michigan 3, Notre Dame 2, Mercyhurst 1.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Tue Feb 17, 2015 11:42 am

Going to a crazy wild finish in the NCHC this year.

You know it's interesting when you're now following Miami of Ohio and North Dakota Hockey on twitter.

Greg

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 9:00 am

Ak Sar Ben Cinema is showing UNO's hockey game on one of their big screens Saturday. Beer and pizza specials.

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Greg

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 9:42 am

Bad, bad weekend for UNO. Friday giving up the lead late by giving up 2 goals in 16 seconds, followed by getting shut out Saturday. Brutal.

Greg

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 10:02 am

Greg S wrote:Bad, bad weekend for UNO. Friday giving up the lead late by giving up 2 goals in 16 seconds, followed by getting shut out Saturday. Brutal.

Greg

I would love to see UNO hockey succeed, but unfortunately this seems to happen around this time every year. They still have a few games left to hopefully turn the tide back in their favor.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 3:29 pm

Yes it has. They need to do well this weekend on the road then sweep Colorado College on the road.

Greg

Post by **Coyote** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 7:26 pm

North Dakota 13 5 2 0 .700 41
Miami 12 7 1 1 .625 38
Denver 11 8 1 1 .575 35
Nebraska-Omaha 11 8 1 1 .575 35
Minnesota-Duluth 11 8 1 0 .575 34
St. Cloud State 10 9 1 0 .525 31
Western Michigan 5 11 4 3 .350 22
Colorado College 1 18 1 0 .075 4

Post by **Coyote** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 7:44 pm

1 North Dakota (45) 22- 6-3 995
2 Minnesota State ( 3) 23- 6-2 941
3 Michigan Tech ( 2) 24- 7-1 876
4 Boston University 19- 6-5 822
5 Miami 19-10-1 774
6 Minnesota-Duluth 19-12-1 747
7 Denver 18-10-2 700
8 Nebraska-Omaha 17-10-3 636
9 Boston College 18-10-3 566
10 Quinnipiac 20- 8-4 562
11 Bowling Green 18- 9-5 470
12 Yale 16- 7-4 431
13 Providence 19-11-2 423
14 Massachusetts-Lowell 17-10-5 269
15 Minnesota 17-10-3 260
16 Harvard 14- 9-3 228
17 Michigan 17-11-0 198
18 Vermont 18-11-3 180
19 St. Lawrence 18-11-3 165
20 Robert Morris 21- 6-5 94

St. Cloud State 76, Colgate 40, Northeastern 15, Penn State 11, Bemidji State 7, Notre Dame 6, Bentley 4, Merrimack 3, Canisius 1.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 9:44 am

$8 upper bowl tickets for next weekends games against Colorado College, with UNO being #8 in the county. Sale is only until 4 today. Use the promo code flash

Greg

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 12:14 pm

Greg S wrote:$8 upper bowl tickets for next weekends games against Colorado College, with UNO being #8 in the county. Sale is only until 4 today. Use the promo code flash

Greg

Thanks for the info....I may consider going for that price. I think the usual price is $18.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 12:16 pm

Yeah that's a great deal.

Greg

Post by **Coyote** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 10:14 am

Mavs Tie Bulldogs, 1-1, Then Take Shootout

In a game with the atmosphere of the impending NCHC playoffs, the No. 8 Omaha hockey team earned a 1-1 tie with No. 6 Minnesota Duluth on Friday night. The Mavericks then picked an extra point with a shootout win.

The Mavericks are now 17-10-4 overall and 11-8-2-2 in the NCHC putting them in third. The Bulldogs are now 19-12-2 overall and 11-8-2-0 in the conference, good for a tie with Denver for fourth, two points behind the Mavericks.

Post by **Coyote** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 10:18 am

North Dakota. 14 5 2 0 .714 44
Miami. 13 7 1 1 .643 41
Nebraska-Omaha. 11 8 2 2 .571 37
Denver. 11 9 1 1 .548 35
Minnesota-Duluth. 11 8 2 0 .571 35
St. Cloud State. 10 10 1 0 .500 31
Western Michigan. 5 11 5 4 .357 24
Colorado College. 1 18 2 0 .095. 5

Post by **Coyote** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:24 pm

Omaha 1
Duluth 1 (3)

Bonus hockey again tonight.

Post by **Coyote** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:40 pm

A second Shoot out win for the Mavs in Duluth!

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:45 pm

Good turnaround this weekend. Have to stay strong next weekend and finish this off.

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 12:17 pm

Not gonna lie, I am a complete bandwagon fan but am getting excited for UNO hockey and plan to start regularly following.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 4:58 pm

Linkin5 wrote:Not gonna lie, I am a complete bandwagon fan but am getting excited for UNO hockey and plan to start regularly following.

Very cool. Great sport and team.

Greg

Post by **Coyote** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 1:11 pm

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Post by **Brad** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 8:47 pm

UNO up 1 after two, but Miami lost so UNO will finish in the top 4 and have home ice next weekend.

Post by **Brad** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 9:42 pm

UNO wins and earns the third seed.

First round next weekend in Omaha VS St Cloud St.

Go Mavs.

Post by **Brad** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 9:44 pm

Also... UNO had just under 8k both nights

Ortega got his 11 game winning goal, the new NCAA record!

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 10:54 pm

Great crowd tonight, very loud for much of the game.

So glad we clinched home ice!

Post by **Coyote** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 9:44 pm

Third Period just ended 1-1 tie.

Post by **Coyote** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 10:34 pm

Going into 2OT...

Post by **Coyote** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 11:44 pm

UNO has St Cloud on its heels, but didn't get the puck to bounce right, SCSU gets a cheap goal on a face off.

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 8:14 pm

UNO down 2 to 0 mid 2nd period. Weird playoff woes continue.

Post by **Brad** » Mon Mar 16, 2015 8:12 am

At least this year, there is still a decent chance of making the NCAA. Hopefully they can right the ship if they make it.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Mon Mar 16, 2015 8:14 am

Would be really nice to have Massa and Zombo back for the playoffs.

Greg

Post by **Brad** » Mon Mar 16, 2015 8:19 am

Greg S wrote:Would be really nice to have Massa and Zombo back for the playoffs.

Blais didn't really want to get in to detail about Zombo after the game Saturday, but I got the feeling he would not be back. I get a better feeling Massa would be back, but Blais doesn't really like to talk about injuries.

Post by **Brad** » Thu Mar 19, 2015 11:33 pm

UNO is 18 to 1 odds to win it all according to Ceasers.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Sun Mar 22, 2015 12:08 pm

Two seed in the Midwest. Playing Harvard in South Bend.

bigredmed · Post by **bigredmed** » Sun Mar 22, 2015 12:53 pm

iamjacobm wrote:Two seed in the Midwest. Playing Harvard in South Bend.

Harvard has a history of playing UNO hard. The guys had better have their A game or it's going to be over fast.