NCAA Hockey - Friday, 3/23 - E & MW first rounds

[DeltaOne81]

Happy birthday to me... and Judy.

Now lets get ready to rumble...

East (Rochester);
UMass 1 @ Clarkson 0 (F-OT)
Maine 4 @ SCSU 1 (F)

Midwest (Grand Rapids):
UAH 2 @ Notre Dame 3 (F-2OT)
Mich St 5 @ BU 1 (F)

[DeltaOne81]

Links to TV schedules:
http://www.ncaasports.com/broadcast/schedule/d1_mhockey_2007
http://uschtv.com/

(UAH / Notre Dame not on live on a regional/national channel)

[redhair34]

UMass is really buzzing early on.  Leggio keeping it scoreless.

[Jacob '06]

Pretty nice pk there by the golden showers.

[DeltaOne81]

No score after 1 for Clarkson in Rochester. 1 PP each way. Not uptempo yet, but a few chances and good saves either way.

[jkahn]

2nd period underway.
Let's Go Tech.

[Beeeej]

Clarkson gets an odd-man rush and a couple of whacks at a mostly-open net, but can't do it - and now is going on the PK.

[mttgrmm]

wow... Leggio with a CRAZY save... totally robbed UMass.

[Jacob '06]

still 0-0 at the end of 2.

[redhair34]

[quote Jacob '06]still 0-0 at the end of 2.[/quote]

Clarkson really carried the play that period.

[Doug '08]

After two periods the story of this game has got to be the goaltenders.  Neither team has impressed me that much so far, although the pace and intensity seems to be picking up.  Should be a great third period, but I wouldn't be surprised if Clarkson gets on the board quickly and puts this game away.  In my eyes they seem to be the better team so far.  

Interesting PK by Clarkson, very, very aggressive forecheck (5 on 5 too for that matter).  Seems to really be causing UMass problems, especially some of their slower defensemen.  Although if Maine gets through St. Cloud  and Clarkson does end up winning this game, I think they will have a tough time neutralizing Maine as their PP is very deliberate and skilled as we know first hand, not a good matchup for Clarkson.  I believe they are scoring at something like 25% a clip?  They were tops in the NCAA for a good part of the year.

[Beeeej]

Clarkson with the better play in general this period, but UMass with the short-handed chances and steals in the offensive zone.  The 'tenders have been great.

[oceanst41]

So Brown and Union were so bad that ESPNU didn't bother to make a graphic showing them in the final ECAC standings, instead opting for a "top 10." Burn!

[redice]

Clarkson-UMass going into OT tied at 0-0

[judy]

Does anyone know if gametracker works on a cell phone?