{"id":97405,"date":"2012-12-31T01:19:51","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T07:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/ccha-blog\/?p=1534"},"modified":"2012-12-31T01:19:51","modified_gmt":"2012-12-31T07:19:51","slug":"weekend-work-up-dec-31-2012-can-i-get-a-meh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2012\/12\/31\/weekend-work-up-dec-31-2012-can-i-get-a-meh\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend work-up, Dec. 31, 2012: Can I get a &quot;Meh&quot;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let me say this first, before anything else:  Congratulations to the Michigan Tech Huskies on their impressive 2012 Great Lakes Invitational title.  I know I should be sad for the CCHA, the league that had <i>three<\/i> teams in this tournament&#8217;s field, but I am delighted that former Michigan assistant Mel Pearson and his staff brought the MacInnes Cup home to Houghton for the first time since 1980.<br \/>\nNow let me say this:  What a disappointing midseason showing for the CCHA.  Three tourneys and no titles &#8212; in the league&#8217;s last season, too.<br \/>\nSad.  Just sad.<br \/>\nHere are three things I learned from the weekend.<br \/>\n<strong>1.  Robert Morris owns Ohio.<\/strong>  Okay, so that&#8217;s a bit exaggerated for effect, but the fact remains that the Colonials are 2-0-1 versus teams from Ohio &#8212; and not coincidentally, teams from the CCHA &#8212; this season.  RMU defeated OSU in Columbus, 3-2, Dec. 7 before tying with the Buckeyes 2-2 at home the following night.  On Saturday, the Colonials beat Miami 1-0 in the title game of the inaugural Three Rivers Classic, in spite of the RedHawks&#8217; 51 shots on goal to the Colonials&#8217; 21.<br \/>\nThat tournament also provided the first Division I meeting between Penn State and a Big Ten foe.  The Nittany Lions got the better of the Buckeyes in that one, the consolation game, 5-4.<br \/>\n<strong>2.  When the Wolverines beat the Spartans this season, they need at least five goals to do it.<\/strong>  Close games between UM and MSU this season?  Not a chance.  The teams met for a home-and-home series Nov. 9-10, with the Wolverines winning 5-1 the first night and Spartans taking the 7-2 rematch, each a home win.  In that 5-1 game, Michigan exploded for three third-period goals; in Sunday&#8217;s GLI third-place game, the Wolverines came from behind with four third-period goals, resulting in a 5-2 win.<br \/>\n<strong>3.  In spite of recent evidence to the contrary, Ferris State can score goals.<\/strong>  It&#8217;s tough to score nine goals in a weekend and lose a game, but that&#8217;s what the Bulldogs did in Estero, Fla., in the Florida College Classic.  FSU lost 5-3 to Cornell Friday before demolishing Minnesota-Duluth 6-2 Saturday, but there is good news in all of it; nine different Bulldogs scored and the two-game total topped the total from four previous games FSU played in December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let me say this first, before anything else: Congratulations to the Michigan Tech Huskies on their impressive 2012 Great Lakes Invitational title. 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