NC$$ games Saturday 3/28/09

Discuss.

North Dakota and New Hampshire are tied at 3-3 in the second.

nyc94
North Dakota and New Hampshire are tied at 3-3 in the second.

I thought UVa won that game in the 7th overtime.

No RedCast yet. It was 28 minutes late for today's lacrosse game.

ND now up 4-3 late second period

REDCAST up.

UNH ties it up with .03

And UHN defeats ND 6-5 in PT.

Well, we came this close to seeing the WCHA wiped out.

...the WCHA wiped out.

That was my secret wish.

reilly83

...the WCHA wiped out.

That was my secret wish.

Never a secret with me.

Justin TV feed bafk up now showing the UVM AFA game


Guy went out and just got homew and fixed it........

Al DeFlorio

reilly83

...the WCHA wiped out.

That was my secret wish.

Never a secret with me.

Minn Duluth advanced last night.

lynah80

Al DeFlorio

reilly83

...the WCHA wiped out.

That was my secret wish.

Never a secret with me.

Minn Duluth advanced last night.

Yes, we both know that. My post said "we came this close..." and reilly said it was his "secret wish" that it had happened. If not for the Hobey finalist's brain fart, it would have happened.

Yes, we know. I guess I should have quoted Al's whole comment, but that's what the "..." was for.

Al DeFlorio

lynah80

Al DeFlorio

reilly83

...the WCHA wiped out.

That was my secret wish.

Never a secret with me.

Minn Duluth advanced last night.

Yes, we both know that. My post said "we came this close..." and reilly said it was his "secret wish" that it had happened. If not for the Hobey finalist's brain fart, it would have happened.

Ok, thanks.

Al DeFlorio
[If not for the Hobey finalist's brain fart, it would have happened.

UNH tied the game off of a late-game faceoff. I wouldn't cast too much blame on Zane.

BU up on tOSU 5-0, midway through the game.

Air Force and Vermont scoreless after one

Trotsky
BU up on tOSU 5-0, midway through the game.

Well, at least one of eight higher seeds had to win a game going away.

Air Force gets the first goal. 1-0 with 16:14 left in the second.

Bemidji State has come out of the gate flying and leads Notre Dame 1-0.

cbuckser
Bemidji State has come out of the gate flying and leads Notre Dame 1-0.

This game is on ESPN Classic right now.

cbuckser

Al DeFlorio
[If not for the Hobey finalist's brain fart, it would have happened.

UNH tied the game off of a late-game faceoff. I wouldn't cast too much blame on Zane.

A faceoff with 6 seconds left, if I heard correctly.

BEMIDGI 2-0!!!!!!!!!

abmarks
BEMIDJI 2-0!!!!!!!!!

Please, please, please, please...

(also, FYP. When they are willing we respect them with proper spelling.)

abmarks
BEMIDGI 2-0!!!!!!!!!

Faceoffs B 7/10
Shots B 5/4

ugarte

abmarks
BEMIDJI 2-0!!!!!!!!!

Please, please, please, please...

(also, FYP. When they are willing we respect them with proper spelling.)

Sorry, can't ever respect a 16 seed. Even if I want them to upset the better team so we can feast on them

Bemidji is looking pretty strong so far. Notre Dame really shaky coming out.

abmarks

ugarte

abmarks
BEMIDJI 2-0!!!!!!!!!

Please, please, please, please...

(also, FYP. When they are willing we respect them with proper spelling.)

Sorry, can't ever respect a 16 seed. Even if I want them to upset the better team so we can feast on them

In the event we end up playing Bemidji State, it wouldn't be an easy matchup for us. Bemidji looks like the Yale of the upper Midwest.

Actually I want ND to win.

BemidJi is really fast/quick.. more so than the ND.

Being banged up and not quic ourselves, I'd rather play ND. BemidJi might do us like Yale...we just don't fare well against the speedthis year.

lol Cbuck and I said the same thing at the same time

abmarks
Actually I want ND to win.

BemidJi is really fast/quick.. more so than the ND.

Being banged up and not quic ourselves, I'd rather play ND. BemidJi might do us like Yale...we just don't fare well against the speedthis year.

This is a sample size issue. Even if ND has no jump today, BSU went 4-10 OOC including an 0-5 record against tournament teams. I'll take BSU the day after they pull off a Holy Cross instead of Notre Dame the day after their coach tears them a new asshole for sleepwalking through the first period.

ugarte

abmarks
Actually I want ND to win.

BemidJi is really fast/quick.. more so than the ND.

Being banged up and not quic ourselves, I'd rather play ND. BemidJi might do us like Yale...we just don't fare well against the speedthis year.

This is a sample size issue. Even if ND has no jump today, BSU went 4-10 OOC including an 0-5 record against tournament teams. I'll take BSU the day after they pull off a Holy Cross instead of Notre Dame the day after their coach tears them a new asshole for sleepwalking through the first period.

I agree. 31-5-3 Notre Dame, or 18-15-1 Bemidji State? Please. Who's an easier team to beat? A team that's won 31 times this year? Or a team that's dropped 15 games?

HeafDog
31-5-3 Notre Dame, or 18-15-1 Bemidji State? Please. Who's an easier team to beat? A team that's won 31 times this year? Or a team that's dropped 15 games?

"To be the Man, you got to beat the Man."

NOtre Dame we can play the same game p[lan as Northeastern.

Even though BemidJi is by fa the worse of the two - they say in boxing styles make fights.

That's the problem we are facing here. An excellent team with a style we can often handle? Or the quick upstart -- when quick teams were extremely tough for us all year.

That said, I don't want to play Notre Dame either. I said in another thread earlier in teh week that ND would rip us up if we got lucky enough to play them

Trotsky

HeafDog
31-5-3 Notre Dame, or 18-15-1 Bemidji State? Please. Who's an easier team to beat? A team that's won 31 times this year? Or a team that's dropped 15 games?

"To be the Man, you got to beat the Man."

Agreed. But if the Man wants to lose earlier than that's also fine with me.

Trotsky

HeafDog
31-5-3 Notre Dame, or 18-15-1 Bemidji State? Please. Who's an easier team to beat? A team that's won 31 times this year? Or a team that's dropped 15 games?

"To be the Man, you got to beat the Man."

If we win the title, I do not care if we beat a bunch of 5 year old bantams.

The banner is the banner

KeithK
Agreed. But if the Man wants to lose earlier than that's also fine with me.

Can't argue with that.

They showed the highlights of ND - BSU during the UVM-AFA intermission. The first BSU goal was, actually, all the goalie's fault. He skated behind his net to get the puck, lost sight of it and basically kicked it into the crease for an easy tap-in. The second goal was a pretty Holmstrom-style deflection by a guy camped in front of the net.

Trotsky

HeafDog
31-5-3 Notre Dame, or 18-15-1 Bemidji State? Please. Who's an easier team to beat? A team that's won 31 times this year? Or a team that's dropped 15 games?

"To be the Man, you got to beat the Man."

OK. So if BSU wins, they're the Man. Then we can try to beat them.

if Bemidji is so quick how did they lose so many games? the announcers make it sound like they have one real solid line and little else.

UVM ties AFA

wow- uvm goes up 2-1......... afa ties it back up a couple minutes later in the third

Bemidji leads 3-0.

OWN GOAL by Notre Dame to put Bemidji State up 3-0!

Ok, I'm heading to the Saturday night scrimmage. Hold down the fort, and GO BEMIDJI STATE!

Vermont and Air Force headed to overtime.

Bemiji up 4-0

BemidJi putting up 4 on ND.

Still think we shouldn't worry?

2-2, 3 minutes into o.t. Milo's line on.

Good God, on the UVM radio feed the PBP guy has to mention the sponsor whenever he gives the score. It's the most annoying gimmick I've ever heard in broadcasting -- it's basically an ad every 30 seconds.

5-0. Wow.

Now 4-1. 12:40 in Third. ND going on PP.

CKinsland
Now 4-1. 12:40 in Third. ND going on PP.

Gametracker says 5-0. They must have assigned the goal to the wrong team.

Yeah. I'm watching on TV, so I'm pretty sure it's 4-1. I guess they just got used to Bemidji being the only scoring team (or, the whole thing fried the innards of their computers).

Now... Bemidji going on PP off a dumb offensive zone penalty. 10:19 to go.

Really close to accurate quote:

"If Bemidji makes is past this round, I think they match up really well against Cornell. Cornell is a big strong team, but they aren't that quick."

Yeah, quick teams give us fits.

CKinsland
Yeah. I'm watching on TV, so I'm pretty sure it's 4-1. I guess they just got used to Bemidji being the only scoring team (or, the whole thing fried the innards of their computers).

TV here has the heartpounding action of a US soccer game against Slovakia. Or Slovenia, I'm not sure.

Trotsky

CKinsland
Yeah. I'm watching on TV, so I'm pretty sure it's 4-1. I guess they just got used to Bemidji being the only scoring team (or, the whole thing fried the innards of their computers).

TV here has the heartpounding action of a US soccer game against Slovakia. Or Slovenia, I'm not sure.

El Salvador actually. Its pretty pathetic that we are losing right now.

Jacob '06
El Salvador actually. Its pretty pathetic that we are losing right now.

Our fans bring thunder sticks, theirs bring machetes. It's probably good we're losing.

Ouch, UVM takes a penalty in overtime. They're on the "Rehab Gym Penalty Kill, for all your aches and pains..."

Cats kill the penalty.

Trotsky

CKinsland
Yeah. I'm watching on TV, so I'm pretty sure it's 4-1. I guess they just got used to Bemidji being the only scoring team (or, the whole thing fried the innards of their computers).

TV here has the heartpounding action of a US soccer game against Slovakia. Or Slovenia, I'm not sure.

Bemidji - ND is on ESPN Classic, not ESPN 2. Yeah, it doesn't make sense to me, either.

Vermont though they had a goal...nope.

First OT over.

UVM hits the post.

On the replay, UVM announcers are screaming it's a goal.

Edit: now they're back-peddling.

Goodness! what a UVM no-goal at the end of the first OT. They are reviewing, but it doesn't look to me that it crossed the line.

Trotsky
UVM hits the post.

Not a post...way more exciting.

Puck was in the air a few inches above the ice, AFA guy sliding in crease somehow hooked his stick behind it as it seemed to be over (not on the other side of, but directly over) the goal line and flung it back out.

Watching the replay over and over to see if "no goal" was correct call.

Hard to tell, even from directly overhead shot. Still discussing.

Ruled. No goal. They must have watched that play a dozen times.

3:42 left in Grand Rapids, 4-1 Beavers. I believe ND has an empty net.

5-1 a few seconds later, empty net goal.

Yep. ENG, 5-1 Bemidji. How 'bout that.

5-1 ENG.
p.s. their fight song sucks

They're chanting "We want Cornell."

Tom Lento

Trotsky

CKinsland
Yeah. I'm watching on TV, so I'm pretty sure it's 4-1. I guess they just got used to Bemidji being the only scoring team (or, the whole thing fried the innards of their computers).

TV here has the heartpounding action of a US soccer game against Slovakia. Or Slovenia, I'm not sure.

Bemidji - ND is on ESPN Classic, not ESPN 2. Yeah, it doesn't make sense to me, either.

At one point there were three (scheduled) hockey games on at once, so they put the third one on ESPN Classic.

redGrinch
p.s. their fight song sucks

Here's hoping we don't have to hear it much.

I'm pretty sure this is the first NCAA tournament win by a CHA team. (Niagara was an independent when they upset UHN.)

jtwcornell91

Tom Lento

Trotsky

CKinsland
Yeah. I'm watching on TV, so I'm pretty sure it's 4-1. I guess they just got used to Bemidji being the only scoring team (or, the whole thing fried the innards of their computers).

TV here has the heartpounding action of a US soccer game against Slovakia. Or Slovenia, I'm not sure.

Bemidji - ND is on ESPN Classic, not ESPN 2. Yeah, it doesn't make sense to me, either.

At one point there were three (scheduled) hockey games on at once, so they put the third one on ESPN Classic.

That makes as much sense as ESPN's refusal to show hockey on the main channel.

Bemidji State wins!

The number 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 ranked teams in the last USCHO poll are all out. Cornell is the third-highest ranked team remaining in the tournament:

1. BU
8. Minn-Duluth
9. Cornell
11. Vermont
12. UNH
13. Miami
18. Air Force
22. Bemidji State

That was just a destruction. I'm not sure if Notre Dame didn't take Bemidji seriously or what, but this is not going to be easy tomorrow.

One thing that struck me, though, was Bemidji's reaction after they won. The goalie was jumping and they jumped over the boards to get on the ice as the clock struck 0. I'm not saying they shouldn't be happy or proud, this is a seminal win for them, but it was 5-1, not a heart-stopping victory. It almost seemed like they were still surprised to win. Maybe they won't show up like this tomorrow because they did "more than was expected". Or maybe they'll keep playing with house money and play the same way - I don't know.

Either way, it's gonna be interesting tomorrow.

Let's Go Red!!!!

Miami and Minn-Duluth scoreless about halfway through the second.

Miami with a SHG 1-0

If Miami and UNH win, the total national championships of the Frozen Four field will be either 2 or 0.

Miami killed off one 5x3, is on their second 5x3 and is called for a third penalty

Air Force and VT halfway through second OT.

Trotsky
If Miami and UNH win, the total national championships of the Frozen Four field will be either 2 or 0.

If Miami wins, BU's path to the title will not involve any team higher than a 3 seed.

They are apparently reviewing on video to see whether a UVM shot went through the net to win it.

Trotsky
They are apparently reviewing on video to see whether a UVM shot went through the net to win it.

Sure looks like it.

Miami up 2-zip against Duluth, late in the second. The UVM announcers are getting hopeful for their review.

Yeah, this is taking forever.

It confused the announcers because the play under review happened well before the whistle, so they thought a totally different play was under review.

There has to be a hole in the net if that was a goal.

Do people still have audio for the UVM/VT game? I lost the audio ~ 20 min ago.

Al DeFlorio

Trotsky
They are apparently reviewing on video to see whether a UVM shot went through the net to win it.

Sure looks like it.

Wasn't it UVM who got effed when there was no video review in their NCAA SF against CC in 1996?

Robin
Do people still have audio for the UVM/VT game? I lost the audio ~ 20 min ago.

The UVM feed is very fragile, but right now it's up.

That shot was at about 10:00 of the OT. Seems a shame to review it now (abount 4:00 something) and possibly change the score. Would be a crappy way to end it. (Especially since I'm rooting for AF)

That has to be a goal.

got it. Thanks. was on airforce before.

reilly83
That shot was at about 10:00 of the OT. Seems a shame to review it now (abount 4:00 something) and possibly change the score. Would be a crappy way to end it. (Especially since I'm rooting for AF)

Not as crappy as if they blew the call...

The replay does appear to have gone in the net and then through it. Very tough call. Sure looks like it's a goal to me.

Miami 2 UMD 0, after 2.

UVM wins.

goal

They ruled it a goal...so the last 6 minutes of play (or whatever) were for no reason.

VT advances

Incredible finish. VT is going to the Frozen Four!!!