Well, first off, we are not 4-7-2, we are 4-6-3.
2nd, what are you all freaking out about?
The BEST team in Atlantic Hockey has 6 losses.
The BEST team in the B1G conf has 4 losses.
The BEST team in the the HE split with Ohio St, and otherwise has played all unranked teams outside of their 2 one goal wins vs Providence.
The BEST team in the NCHC has played mostly teams with losing records. The first team they played with a winning record, they LOST that game. The 3rd opponent they faced with a winning record they couldn't get a single win against.
The BEST team in the ECAC may have only 1 loss, but its to the ONLY team ranked among the Top 16 that they've played.
BC is 4-6-2 and is in 4th place in HE.
NMU is 6-9-0 and is in 4th place in the WCHA.
Dart is 4-3-0 and is in 2nd place in the ECAC.
There are only 4 teams in the entire country with less than 3 losses, and we went -1-0-1 vs one of those 4 teams.
And those 4 teams have played COMBINED have only played 8 games vs NCAA tourney quality teams, going only 5-3, scoring 24 goals and allowing 24 goals. Hardly what I would call domination.
So basically there is a ton of mediocracy or balance across college hockey, with the teams playing the weakest schedules having the best records. Go figure.
Gophers, as usual, have played one of the tougher schedules, and as is typical as late, has played well against some good opponents, going 1-0-3 vs UMD and OSU, while playing badly against teams they should beat, losing to St Lawrence for example, and splitting with MSU. But getting swept by MnSt is not shameful seeing how well they are ranked this year. But even MSU is getting votes for the Top 20 poll, as is UW who we split with on the road. And our other loss was to a ranked UND team.
So we are 1-2-3 vs teams currently heading to the NCAA tourney. Not great, but also not a dumpster fire. We've played almost as many games vs NCAA tourney bound teams as those 4 one and two loss teams I mentioned earlier.
Also, 6 of our next 8 games and also our last 10 games will be against teams currently ranked(as of last weeks rankings, so including Mich and Ariz St)
AND, at 2-2-2 in the conf, with most teams having played 8 games to our 6, we are only a sweep of Michigan next weekend away from moving into at least a tie for 2nd place in the conference.
I'm not saying there isn't work to be done, just saying it's not the end of the world YET.