Could very well happen; Ivy's hold the top 5 spots in the pre-season coaches and media polls.

Don't worry, it never is. Perhaps the best thing for Harvard is the return of Richter.

Cornell's backup routinely prove they're must more than "unknowns". Underhill was a backup for Burt, LeNeveu was a backup for Underhill, Scrivens was a backup for McKee, and Scrivens has competent backups of his own. The graduation of Greening and the likely early departure of Riley Nash will be the biggest holes to fill next year. The goalies always produce in Schafer's system.

Should be another fun year in the ECAC. Can't wait until Cornell drops the puck at the end of the month!

The Stockon Thunder sign Garet Hunt. 248 PIM last year and someone that doesn't back down from any fight despite being 5'8"

The Stockton Thunder lost Adam Huxley (224 PIM and a fan favorite for years) to the Idaho Steelheads though.

Northeastern finally renovated Mathews Arena so hopefully it will at least be comfortable if they cannot recapture last year's success. I have a feeling an NCAA birth is going to be too much to ask for now that Thiessen is gone.

he won a state championship at my high school, huge fan of this guy.

Last year was, they should be good this year but will be pretty young.

Air Force and Mercyhurst will be the teams to beat this year IMO.

Zimmer is correct. Look on stubhub or do whatever you have to do. A game at the Joe is okay. But it's not even close to a game at Yost Arena in Ann Arbor which I rate to be one of the best atmospheres in all of sports that I've ever experienced.

zomg we won a national championship 20 years ago!! of course I was talking about the last few years, aka when I gave a **** about harvard hockey, heh

anyway let's save this bickering for february at lynah east, shall we

Classic.

This is the exact same room/booth I will be in next Saturday. There's a pic of me on my computer from that same spot wearing a slightly less spectacular suit. Can't immediately find it though.

In other news: My GF saw Slapshot for the first time and really liked it. I was pleasantly surprised as we tend to have really different tastes.

I think I'm the only hockey fan that thinks Slapshot is realllllllllly overrated.

No, because on account of saying that, you can no longer call yourself a hockey fan.

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I wasn't really a gigantic fan at first. It grew on me the more I watched it.

I don't think I had seen it all the way through from begin to end the first times I watched it though so that might have been part of it.

This. I think we should be better all around this year but especially defensively.

Slapshot is long, slow, and boring most of the time. I see that it's 2 hours long, but when I watched it, it felt like 4 hours. Typical of every movie made before 2000 imo.

A+ idea, F- end product.

Paul Newman is magnificent as Reggie Dunlop.

Also, if you've played and tasted dressing room culture, it amesk the movie about 50x sweeter.

Manitoba Moose pancake breakfast on my street this morning. They'll be sporting the East St. Paul Aces jerseys for a game against the Marlies. Pretty sick they'll be wearing the jerseys I was as a kid and not the other way around for a game.
http://www.moosehockey.com/jerseypromo

Every movie before 2000? Really?
Well now I can just see that your taste and appreciation for movies must be pretty terrible. So that explains it I suppose.

Love classic jersey tributes in any sport.

Went to the Wheeling Nailers Steak Fry last night. Ready for the season to begin already.

Some interesting early results from around the country.

Michigan getting shut out at Alaska.

Quinny sweeping OSU on the road.

Huntsville over Notre Dame in South Bend.

vhawk,
you are much better with words than I am.

Went to the season opener for AHL Abbotsford Heat, 1st Pacific time zone games. Was dissapointed they weren't sellouts.

Preseason USCHO poll from last week.

Team (First Place Votes) Record Points Last Poll
1 Denver (20) 23-12-5 873 4
2 Boston University (17) 35- 6-4 814 1
3 Michigan ( 2) 29-12-0 787 3
4 Miami ( 5) 23-13-5 782 13
5 Notre Dame ( 2) 31- 6-3 750 2
6 North Dakota 24-15-4 615 7
7 Cornell 22-10-4 561 9
8 Yale 24- 8-2 512 5
9 Minnesota 17-13-7 509 19
10 Princeton 22-12-1 474 10
11 Mass.-Lowell 20-16-2 448 16
12 Boston College 18-14-5 402 20
13 Wisconsin 20-16-4 375 17
14 Vermont 22-12-5 291 11
15 St. Cloud State 18-17-3 289 NR
16 New Hampshire 20-13-5 236 12
17 Ohio State 23-15-4 211 14
18 Minnesota-Duluth 22-13-8 186 8
19 Air Force 28-11-2 154 18
20 Northeastern 25-12-4 106 6
Others Receiving Votes: Northern Michigan 72, Bemidji State 66, Harvard 35, Colorado College 25, St. Lawrence 23, Massachusetts 17, Minnesota State 11, Clarkson 10, RIT 10, Mercyhurst 6, Union 4, Alaska 1, Alaska-Anchorage 1, Dartmouth 1, Ferris State 1, Maine 1, Quinnipiac 1

hey bob how did u get the job of play by play announcer? i think thats an awesome job and would love to do it one day. u have a degree in radio and broadcasting or just very good networking skills either way just tell me the story of how u became a play by play announcer?
also how difficult is it to move up to say AHL and ultimately the holy grail of announcing in pro hockey NHL games?

I both expect and would be happy if the Gophers end up right around there, somewhere in the top 10 and fighting for a 1-2 seed in the NCAAs at the end of the season.

Nebraska-Omaha hired the old North Dakota coach who won a ship and now they are going to dominate.