Grand Rapids vs Virginia

SuperStar · Post by **SuperStar** » Fri Jan 31, 2014 10:31 pm

Did I read that correctly 3-1 Virginia?. Seems to be a bit of a upset...

PuckRanger · Post by **PuckRanger** » Fri Jan 31, 2014 10:36 pm

That is correct. Mild upset to say the least. A lot closer game than the first time they played over in Grand Rapids, although that game was 3-1 with a minute left before Rapids popped in an empty netter and two more in the last 28 seconds making it look a little more lopsided with a 6-1 final. Virginia usually plays well at home.

TennJed · Post by **TennJed** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 8:47 am

Wheels falling off??? Bad loss.

north_bear · Post by **north_bear** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 2:14 pm

Virginia is playing good hockey, hats off to them. I wonder if this loss was finally the one to wake Rapids up? Good grief.

PuckRanger · Post by **PuckRanger** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 2:24 pm

My question is what does that do to the IRC standings now? Grand Rapids does not play Eveleth or Greenway, so I believe they have been using winning percentage, not points.

If that is still the case, Virginia will win the IRC with a win over Hibbing.
Virginia is 7-1-1, .833WP
Eveleth is 4-1-1, .750WP
Grand Rapids is 3-1, .750WP
Hibbing is 2-3, .400WP
I Falls is 2-6-1, .278WP
Greenway is 0-6-1, .071WP

If Virginia beats Hibbing again, they will finish at .850 and if Grand Rapids beats Hibbing and I Falls, the best they can get is .833. Eveleth can finish at .783 with a win over Hibbing, so they are technically still alive as well.

If it actually does go by points, Virginia already has it locked up with a 6 point lead over Eveleth and a 9 point lead over Grand Rapids.

Bigcat99 · Post by **Bigcat99** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 6:19 pm

PuckRanger wrote:My question is what does that do to the IRC standings now? Grand Rapids does not play Eveleth or Greenway, so I believe they have been using winning percentage, not points.

If that is still the case, Virginia will win the IRC with a win over Hibbing.
Virginia is 7-1-1, .833WP
Eveleth is 4-1-1, .750WP
Grand Rapids is 3-1, .750WP
Hibbing is 2-3, .400WP
I Falls is 2-6-1, .278WP
Greenway is 0-6-1, .071WP

If Virginia beats Hibbing again, they will finish at .850 and if Grand Rapids beats Hibbing and I Falls, the best they can get is .833. Eveleth can finish at .783 with a win over Hibbing, so they are technically still alive as well.

If it actually does go by points, Virginia already has it locked up with a 6 point lead over Eveleth and a 9 point lead over Grand Rapids.

Congrats to Virginia on the win last night and the probable IRC "title". I'm confident it means more to an A team than it does to a AA team that needs to schedule better competition to be ready for when the games really count - sections. Now, will GR be ready for sections....I'm not so sure.