2024 Gopher Hockey Offseason

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Bemidji State is a good hockey school, men and women, even if they aren't among the elite. Good to have them on the schedule.
 

Overall the schedule is weak as crap and an absolute snooze fest. If these really are the 12 NC games, anything less than 10-2 in those games is a miss.

CONFIRMED:
Exhibition @ SCSU 10/5
2 in Vegas vs Air Force/ either UMass or Omaha (Oct 11-12)
2 in Duluth (Oct 18-19)
vs Bemidji State 11/14 (Thursday)
@Bemidji State 11/16 (Sat)
24 Big Ten

6 officially unaccounted for:
PROBABLE/POSSIBLE
2 vs UST (H&H or at home)
Mercyhurst--via Vegoe
Alaska via Vegoe
 

A loss or two in the non con schedule will not be good for the pairwise. That's right, I said it in May
 


Gophers1992 said:
I may be in the minority but until St Thomas shows they are a competitive program I have no interest in wasting NC games on them.
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im right there with you. would much rather see us plan on a trip out east or west each year to play someone decent from HE or the NCHC. Being able to go on the road and play a good team well that you don't normally see is incredibly important for the postseason and helps you grow. would envision denver was probably pretty happy they played at providence and BC this year early in the season. really can help your team grow
 


If I ruled the world, my ideal NC schedule would look something like this each year

UND (locked in every year)
Rotate two of BU/BC/Maine/New Hampshire/Cornell/Harvard/Vermont
Rotate one of UMD/SCSU/Mankato
Rotate One of Denver/CC/Omaha/Arizona St.
One cupcake
 


UST to NCHC. Wow. Huge move for them. They will be competing with the other MN teams for recruits very, very quickly.
 




TNGophfan said:
Kind of surprised NCHC didn't take Mankato for their 10th team.
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They play in the Summit League with UND, Omaha and Denver in other sports. I can see why they are more attractive than MSU going forward when factoring in $ and location. People forget MSU was largely irrelevant pre-Hastings, and I expect them to start trending back that way. This will hurt SCSU and MSU the most, and to a lesser extent could hit UMD a bit. Wouldn't be surprised if UST becomes the new prime spot for gopher rejects.
 
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Gophers1992 said:
They play in the Summit League with UND, Omaha and Denver in other sports. I can see why they are more attractive than MSU going forward when factoring in $ and location. People forget MSU was largely irrelevant pre-Hastings, and I expect them to start trending back that way. This will hurt SCSU and MSU the most, and to a lesser extent could hit UMD a bit. Wouldn't be surprised if UST becomes the new prime spot for gopher rejects.
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Agree. I don't think it will affect Minnesota too much.
 
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