NCAA Regionals

Official video

Friday:

Yale 	  	        vs.	 BU 	  	                 2:00 ET	
St. Cloud        	vs.	 Michigan Tech 	  	  	 4:30 ET	
Minnesota 	  	vs.	 Minnesota-Duluth 	  	 5:30 ET
Quinnipiac 	  	vs.	 North Dakota 	  	  	 8:00 ET	 	
 
Saturday:

Boston College 	  	vs.	 Denver 	  	  	 3:00 ET
RIT 	  	        vs.	 Mankato 	  	         4:00 ET
Minn-Duluth 	  	vs.	 BU 	  	  	         5:30 ET
Providence 	  	vs.	 Miami 	  	  	         6:30 ET
Harvard 	  	vs.	 Nebraska-Omaha 	  	 7:30 ET
St. Cloud 	  	vs.	 North Dakota	  	  	 9:00 ET
 
Sunday:
	
BC/Denver 	  	vs.	 Prov/Miami 	  	  	 5:00 ET
Harvard/UNO 	  	vs.	 RIT/Mankato	  	  	 7:30 ET

ESPN3 games will be streamed here.

I don't see a stream site for the ESPNU games (like Yale/BU)

ILDN does not appear to have any streams, audio or video.

Harvard's station is WHRB.

Yale's station is WYBC. It is currently playing some unlistenable indy lo-fi pablum.

As of 1:56, Yale now has audio up. Good quality despite the absence of whatshername. (Edit: Adlon)

I was able to find it on watchespn. Have it on now.

jkahn
I was able to find it on watchespn. Have it on now.

Got it, thx!

BU-Yale scoreless after 1.
BU had somewhat the better of the play, although Yale had a few good opportunities on BU turnovers.

I think BU is way better, but boy they make a lot of unforced errors.

And now Yale has scored after doing a good job defending BU for most of the period.

Cornell should study the Yale ppg all summer. They moved the puck, they didn't mindlessly circle it, and they got a man in front to screen. Gorgeous. No reason we can't do that with guys like Hilbrich and Tschantz down low.

Yale 1 - BU 0 after 2. Strong period by Yale for first 14 minutes or so - then BU came on strong after Yale scored. Eichel is very, very good.

Good defense by Yale and Lyon has looked good.

ESPN College Sports homepage

BU Falls Behind

Boston College, the top seed in the Northeast Regional, is trailing Yale 1-0 after two periods.

Nice. It's not like they're broadcasting the games or anything...

Greenberg '97

ESPN College Sports homepage

BU Falls Behind

Boston College, the top seed in the Northeast Regional, is trailing Yale 1-0 after two periods.

Nice. It's not like they're broadcasting the games or anything...

Bristol has such a hard-on for BC it's probably on auto-complete.

Oof. Looked like a triple screen. Yale's gotta find another gear.

That was a laser. Tie game again.

Didn't expect that.

Didn't think those Ivy coaches use the eff word. Oh well.

2-2 after 3. BU shot defected off Lyon and hit crossbar in closing second. BU has 1:51 of PP time upcoming in the overtime.

3-2 BU in OT. BearLover the happiest of all.

Not a bad job by Yale but they just didn't have quite the offense or speed that was there in past years. BU's defenders looked kind of shaky in a number of instances.

ugarte
3-2 BU in OT. BearLover the happiest of all.

I'll admit that it does feel a bit crummy to root against a team of college kids, but they'll all be on Wall Street soon enough. I'll never be truly happy until Cornell is back in the NCAAs, of course.

SCSU just tied MTU in closing minute. MTU player, under almost no duress, failed to gain the red line when shooting for an empty net. He missed... SCSU scored shortly after the resulting icing. On to overtime.

Meanwhile the Gophers are getting destroyed. 4-0 Duluth in the 3rd period.

The two Minnesotas playing in Manchester to a pretty empty house. You can see why every year there's discussion about moving round one to campus.

Chris '03
SCSU just tied MTU in closing minute. MTU player, under almost no duress, failed to gain the red line when shooting for an empty net. He missed... SCSU scored shortly after the resulting icing. On to overtime.

And now MTU loses. Geez, tough one.

It's actually kind of comforting; almost reminds me of Meehan Auditorium.

The ice in the Q game looks horrible.

NoDak up 1-0 early 2nd.

2-zip now. Not looking like a good night for the ECAC.

Trotsky

Chris '03
SCSU just tied MTU in closing minute. MTU player, under almost no duress, failed to gain the red line when shooting for an empty net. He missed... SCSU scored shortly after the resulting icing. On to overtime.

And now MTU loses. Geez, tough one.

Yeah, seeing that box really disappointed me. It had been a long time for them...

This is fairly reminiscent of Providence/QU in last year's tournament.

Scersk '97

Trotsky

Chris '03
SCSU just tied MTU in closing minute. MTU player, under almost no duress, failed to gain the red line when shooting for an empty net. He missed... SCSU scored shortly after the resulting icing. On to overtime.

And now MTU loses. Geez, tough one.

Yeah, seeing that box really disappointed me. It had been a long time for them...

A friend of my wife, and the only person I've met down here who knows college hockey, is an MTU alum. I was really rooting for them. All the Yoopers (MTU, NMU, LSSU) are cool by me.

Iceberg
This is fairly reminiscent of Providence/QU in last year's tournament.

Did PU kick the shit out of them? Because that's what this looks like to me.

Q scores. 3-1. 1:30 to go. Q will still have the pp + the extra skater once they get possession.

4-1 NoDak. Suboptimal. The Crimson are our last hope tomorrow.

Trotsky

Chris '03
SCSU just tied MTU in closing minute. MTU player, under almost no duress, failed to gain the red line when shooting for an empty net. He missed... SCSU scored shortly after the resulting icing. On to overtime.

And now MTU loses. Geez, tough one.

MTU was dominating the OT. Guy tripped over his own feet, lost the puck, two on one the other way. Bang. Season's over.

Chris '03

Trotsky

Chris '03
SCSU just tied MTU in closing minute. MTU player, under almost no duress, failed to gain the red line when shooting for an empty net. He missed... SCSU scored shortly after the resulting icing. On to overtime.

And now MTU loses. Geez, tough one.

MTU was dominating the OT. Guy tripped over his own feet, lost the puck, two on one the other way. Bang. Season's over.

Just saw it on replay. The MTU goalie just stayed down on the ice. It was sad.

Trotsky

Chris '03
MTU was dominating the OT. Guy tripped over his own feet, lost the puck, two on one the other way. Bang. Season's over.

Just saw it on replay. The MTU goalie just stayed down on the ice. It was sad.

Having now seen the replay, geez! That's crushing. MTU bandies used to show up randomly all over the place—the Frozen Four, WCHA Final Five when they weren't even in it... you get the idea. That fanbase is the definition of diehard, and it's been wonderful to see them get the chance to be happy again. What a tough way for their first season back from obscurity to end.

Yet, looks like they've built something out there. Not a senior-dominated team, and their goalie's a junior. I bet they'll be back.

Pearson was a longtime assistant to Berenson. The efforts of Jamie Russell notwithstanding, considering what Pearson started with, he must be one helluva coach and recruiter.

Scersk '97

Trotsky

Chris '03
MTU was dominating the OT. Guy tripped over his own feet, lost the puck, two on one the other way. Bang. Season's over.

Just saw it on replay. The MTU goalie just stayed down on the ice. It was sad.

Having now seen the replay, geez! That's crushing. MTU bandies used to show up randomly all over the place—the Frozen Four, WCHA Final Five when they weren't even in it... you get the idea. That fanbase is the definition of diehard, and it's been wonderful to see them get the chance to be happy again. What a tough way for their first season back from obscurity to end.

Yet, looks like they've built something out there. Not a senior-dominated team, and their goalie's a junior. I bet they'll be back.

Pearson was a longtime assistant to Berenson. The efforts of Jamie Russell notwithstanding, considering what Pearson started with, he must be one helluva coach and recruiter.

The one-two punch of the GTG setup by the bonehead icing and the winner was just brutal.

3-1 Denver over BC about midway through the 3rd now. BC has had their chances but Denver's been able to largely negate their big forwards.


Edit: 4-1 now. 0:49 between the last two goals

Denver wins 5-2. BC and Minny winless in this year's tourny, and all is well.

RIT, reminiscent of 2010 over Denver in Albany!

This Providence/Miami game not surprisingly very physical with guys running around. 1-1 in the 1st.

Was Friars 6-2, but Miami pulled its goalie with over 11 minutes left. Now 6-3!

Don't think I've ever seen anything like this.

6-5 Providence now with 1:33 to go. The Friars just haven't been able to hit the empty net.

Harvard takes 2 penalties in the final 6:30 to ensure their loss. 21 years since their last tourny win.

Trotsky
Harvard takes 2 penalties in the final 6:30 to ensure their loss. 21 years since their last tourny win.

And the ECAC's reign of terror ends after two titles and three straight years with a team in the Frozen Four.

Trotsky
Denver wins 5-2. BC and Minny winless in this year's tourny, and all is well.

If you think that's what makes all well, you haven't been reading this forum the last few weeks.

marty
RIT, reminiscent of 2010 over Denver in Albany!

I was about to jump all over their press release in my Facebook feed claiming it's the first time #16 has beaten #1, but apparently it's true since Holy Cross in 2006 and RIT in 2010 were #15s. (I assume Bemidji State in 2009 as well but I didn't check that one since it has bad associations.)

Iceberg
6-5 Providence now with 1:33 to go. The Friars just haven't been able to hit the empty net.

Yes, and when I saw that PC player heading toward an ENG, I couldn't help but flash back to Randy Wilson & wonder why the current PC player didn't skate the puck right to the net (instead of shooting from a ways out). Apparently, he's not read the PC hockey history books....

If North Dakota wins, I'm giving up on everything.

Chris '03

Trotsky
Harvard takes 2 penalties in the final 6:30 to ensure their loss. 21 years since their last tourny win.

And the ECAC's reign of terror ends after two titles and three straight years with a team in the Frozen Four.

I don't find this outcome comforting in any way.

redice

Iceberg
6-5 Providence now with 1:33 to go. The Friars just haven't been able to hit the empty net.

Yes, and when I saw that PC player heading toward an ENG, I couldn't help but flash back to Randy Wilson

You and me both. In fact, I started thinkoing about that as they blew their 4 goal lead.

Roy 82

Chris '03

Trotsky
Harvard takes 2 penalties in the final 6:30 to ensure their loss. 21 years since their last tourny win.

And the ECAC's reign of terror ends after two titles and three straight years with a team in the Frozen Four.

I don't find this outcome comforting in any way.

The Harvard outcome by itself is comforting. Particularly the reaction on the Harvard USCHO thread. The generalized ECAC outcome is not.

Providence (and Leaman) headed to the Frozen Four. Another intriguing playoff year.

say what we want about lack of offense, but several games were low scoring affairs to show that defense can win games in this thing too.

upprdeck
say what we want about lack of offense, but several games were low scoring affairs to show that defense can win games in this thing too.

In the first two rounds, one NCAA tournament quality team won with fewer than three goals while playing another NCAA tournament quality team.

We regularly scored one or fewer goals against schools like Princeton.

ugarte

upprdeck
say what we want about lack of offense, but several games were low scoring affairs to show that defense can win games in this thing too.

In the first two rounds, one NCAA tournament quality team won with fewer than three goals while playing another NCAA tournament quality team.

We regularly scored one or fewer goals against schools like Princeton.

There were actually three winners with less than 3 goals if you disregard empty net goals. UNO-Harvard and Providence-Denver were each 2-1 plus two empty net goals. Nevertheless, we need a lot more scoring.

mich T- st cloud was 2-2
yale - bu was 2-2
rit- minn was 2-1
bu-minn was 2-2
rit - neb was 1-0 until very late
neb-harv was 2-1
prov -den was 2-1

und - quin was 3-1
und - st cloud was 3-1.

half the games were 2 or less with under 5 to go..

RIT would have gotten to the final 4 with 2 goals a game had they gotten to 2.

yeah we need to score more to get in, but style has shown if we get in 2-3 is all you need to advance most of the time

Trotsky
Harvard takes 2 penalties in the final 6:30 to ensure their loss. 21 years since their last tourny win.

"One-and-Done U." (Quite pleased I haven't had to use that in a while, but I haven't forgotten)

There was a possibility of having 3 of the 4 teams in Boston be Boston teams (Beanpot II). I was cheering for them all to get shut-out, because that would have been rich. In the end, we're left with the least distasteful (to me) one.

jkahn
Nevertheless, we need a lot more scoring.

We do.

redice

Iceberg
6-5 Providence now with 1:33 to go. The Friars just haven't been able to hit the empty net.

Yes, and when I saw that PC player heading toward an ENG, I couldn't help but flash back to Randy Wilson & wonder why the current PC player didn't skate the puck right to the net (instead of shooting from a ways out). Apparently, he's not read the PC hockey history books....

If I were a PC hockey fan, I'd make sure that all copies of the PC history book had that page ripped out and burned.

RichH

redice

Iceberg
6-5 Providence now with 1:33 to go. The Friars just haven't been able to hit the empty net.

Yes, and when I saw that PC player heading toward an ENG, I couldn't help but flash back to Randy Wilson & wonder why the current PC player didn't skate the puck right to the net (instead of shooting from a ways out). Apparently, he's not read the PC hockey history books....

If I were a PC hockey fan, I'd make sure that all copies of the PC history book had that page ripped out and burned.

and a year later, they took a 5-2 lead against us early in the 3rd period of the ECAC semi-final, and we came back with 4 3rd period goals to win 6-5.

jtwcornell91

marty
RIT, reminiscent of 2010 over Denver in Albany!

I was about to jump all over their press release in my Facebook feed claiming it's the first time #16 has beaten #1, but apparently it's true since Holy Cross in 2006 and RIT in 2010 were #15s. (I assume Bemidji State in 2009 as well but I didn't check that one since it has bad associations.)

And I had it in my head that Yale was a #16 in 2013, because Niagara had been highly ranked that year. Looking it up, I see Canisius won the AHA tournament and was the #16, giving that league 2 teams in the NCAAs.

RichH

Trotsky
Harvard takes 2 penalties in the final 6:30 to ensure their loss. 21 years since their last tourny win.

"One-and-Done U." (Quite pleased I haven't had to use that in a while, but I haven't forgotten)

There was a possibility of having 3 of the 4 teams in Boston be Boston teams (Beanpot II). I was cheering for them all to get shut-out, because that would have been rich. In the end, we're left with the least distasteful (to me) one.

Except for anyone who wants to sell their tickets, it's a good deal. The NCAA exchange doesn't have any in our section, but even those on the ends are $350-$500, and ours at StubHub are $450. These are for All-Session tickets. Not a bad markup.

RichH

Trotsky
Harvard takes 2 penalties in the final 6:30 to ensure their loss. 21 years since their last tourny win.

"One-and-Done U." (Quite pleased I haven't had to use that in a while, but I haven't forgotten)

There was a possibility of having 3 of the 4 teams in Boston be Boston teams (Beanpot II). I was cheering for them all to get shut-out, because that would have been rich. In the end, we're left with the least distasteful (to me) one.

Providence counts as an honorary Boston team going by the sheer loathsomeness of the locals.

I'll be rooting for the Sioux on the principle of "least recruiting overlap."

Trotsky

RichH

Trotsky
Harvard takes 2 penalties in the final 6:30 to ensure their loss. 21 years since their last tourny win.

"One-and-Done U." (Quite pleased I haven't had to use that in a while, but I haven't forgotten)

There was a possibility of having 3 of the 4 teams in Boston be Boston teams (Beanpot II). I was cheering for them all to get shut-out, because that would have been rich. In the end, we're left with the least distasteful (to me) one.

Providence counts as an honorary Boston team going by the sheer loathsomeness of the locals.

I'll be rooting for the Sioux on the principle of "least recruiting overlap."

Ugh. Screw Ralph Engelstad and screw Worst Dakota. I'd root for most diseases over ND.

Dafatone

Trotsky

RichH

Trotsky
Harvard takes 2 penalties in the final 6:30 to ensure their loss. 21 years since their last tourny win.

"One-and-Done U." (Quite pleased I haven't had to use that in a while, but I haven't forgotten)

There was a possibility of having 3 of the 4 teams in Boston be Boston teams (Beanpot II). I was cheering for them all to get shut-out, because that would have been rich. In the end, we're left with the least distasteful (to me) one.

Providence counts as an honorary Boston team going by the sheer loathsomeness of the locals.

I'll be rooting for the Sioux on the principle of "least recruiting overlap."

Ugh. Screw Ralph Engelstad and screw Worst Dakota. I'd root for most diseases over ND.

I'm going for UNO on the grounds of it being the least obnoxious. It's a lesser of evils thing.

If BU or Providence can win it all, the East will have 4 straight champions for the first time ever. The West's record streak is 12, ended by Cornell in 1967.

Looks like the format for 2017 stays the same.

jtwcornell91

marty
RIT, reminiscent of 2010 over Denver in Albany!

I was about to jump all over their press release in my Facebook feed claiming it's the first time #16 has beaten #1, but apparently it's true since Holy Cross in 2006 and RIT in 2010 were #15s. (I assume Bemidji State in 2009 as well but I didn't check that one since it has bad associations.)

Things I did not know (but should have guessed): someone combined the Holy Cross Homer Call audio with the ESPN video: [www.youtube.com]