It's official

[Jim Hyla]

Actually it's not bad the way it is. You watch the first game, get to go out and get some real food, and watch the second game. I like it better than some of the doubleheaders such as LP. There the in-house food is, well, not great. At least at Worcester they had some decent food if you wanted.

As another "historical" aside, the switch to the two games on Thursday was well worth it. For a while, when they first started the semis on Thursday and Friday, the team that won on Thursday consistently won the finals. I don't remember who broke the pattern, BU?, but it was talked about for a number of years.

[Al DeFlorio]

Wisconsin beat Denver in the 1973 championship game after winning the Friday semifinal--which featured Dean Talafous's infamous last second tying goal against Cornell.  Bertrand was really spooked about having to play on Friday night, and his attempt to rest his top guns for Saturday aided the Wisconsin third period rally from 5-2 down.

At some point the NCAA might make a semifinal doubleheader work, but right now the fans of teams in game one seem to want to leave and not watch the second game, and vice versa.  So better to have separate tickets which can be sold to fans of the teams in the other game, making for a full house.  Would look pretty lousy on national television to have the rink half full for each semifinal game.

[jtwcornell91]

I've never been to the Frozen Four[TM] but the best between-game meal option has to be the HOCKEY-L dinner.

[Jim Hyla]

Thanks for reminding me, I guess. How could I forget that?:`(  Seeing and hearing the Wisconsin fans/band must be how others feel about us.

[Beeeej]

Is there a Hockey-L Dinner this year?  I think I unsubbed from the list months ago, though I still get the occasional posting (I suppose I could still be subbed to Info-Hockey-L, the scores/standings-only version).

Anyway, I'm probably too late to sign up at this point.  My only experience with the Hockey-L Dinner was in Anaheim in '99, where we supposedly had reserved an entire room and would have a buffet.  But it was at the only restaurant within a half-mile of the Pond, so the entire tourney went there for food, and they were trying to pack forty of us into a table for twenty-five and serve us a platter of sandwiches on white bread.  Luckily I had a media pass and the NCAA was serving lasagne.  :-D

Beeeej

[KeithK]

Yes, there is a H-L dinner this year (no, I'm not going...)

[Beeeej]

Are you going to the Frozen Four?

Beeeej

[Keith K]

No, no FF or H-L dinner.  I should have said "No, I'm not going to St. Paul."

BTW - according to the list this morning, the H-L dinner is sold out (overbooked).

[Beeeej]

S'okay, I have to drive into Minneapolis to pick up my friend and host Uncle Mikey (yes, that Uncle Mikey, JTW) for the second semi anyway, so I wouldn't have the time.

Should be some good games.  Dammit.  :`(

Beeeej

[marty]

Hope the snow clears for you.