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

[Josh '99]

Early goal for Notre Dame, they're up 1-0.

[Josh '99]

Now 2-0 ND.  UAH making an early goalie switch.

[redice]

UMass beats Clarkson 1-0 in the first OT

[Beeeej]

Shame - I thought Clarkson really controlled overtime, and would've loved to see them get to the Frozen Four.  Great goal, though, very heads-up rebound.

[Josh '99]

Clarkson choking in the NCAAs?  That's unpossible!

[DeltaOne81]

Woo! Bonus coverage of UAH-Notre Dame on ESPNU

[Doug '08]

Wow.  Not as big of a surprise as last years 4 over 1 upset, but I don't think anyone would have expected this.  Embarassing for Clarkson and ECAC.  Not to take anything away from UMass but they really had no business winning this game.  That being said Clarkson did not play well and Leggio was the only thing that kept them in the game, especially during the first period.

Fun game to watch, although the analogy to the Cornell-Wisconsin triple OT game of last year was definitly out of place as neither of these teams played well today.

I would have really liked to see an ECAC team get to the frozen four but to be honest I don't give SLU a chance in hell.

[oceanst41]

UMass has a young team that has been really playing well as of late. Clarkson wasn't going to get a win with their talent alone, they were going to have to work hard against a scrappy team. Clarkson allowed UMass to be in the game at the end. It looked like they were starting to wear UMass down too, but we know all too well that's not always enough.

And Bob Norton redeemed himself by saying Cornell was a bounce away from the Frozen Four last year and Wisconsin didn't have an easy road to the championship at all.

[Beeeej]

FSN NY seems to be airing both 30 min. shows that were scheduled to be on between the semis (and in reverse order), notwithstanding the first semi went 30 min. long.  I assume they'll join the Maine/SCSU game in progress at 6:30, but that's really stupid - a taped interview over a live hockey game?  Especially when you're airing the interview an hour later than it was supposed to be on in the first place?!

[ugarte]

[quote redice]UMass beats Clarkson 1-0 in the first OT[/quote]Sons of bitches. What a waste of a season. No matter how you slice it, this is embarrassing to the ECAC. With the exception of the loss in the semis to UNH, I can't remember a time in the Schafer era that Cornell didn't play at least to its seed in the NCAAs - and I can't remember a time that another team (who wasn't a dog) did.

[Beeeej]

Yup, they ran a blurb at the bottom of the screen that the game'll air at 6:30 - but they didn't say whether they'd join it in progress or tape delay it.  Guess we'll find out.  I'll wait until then to visit eLF again; not interested in spoilers.  Go St. Cloud!

[Beeeej]

Okay, I'm an idiot... the game probably won't start until 6:30 because the first one went to overtime.

Wheeee!

[ebilmes]

Dammit, Clarkson! Between them and Harvard, is there any ECAC team (besides Cornell) that can win NCAA games anymore? Let's go Slu(t)!

[Trotsky]

[quote Doug '08]I would have really liked to see an ECAC team get to the frozen four but to be honest I don't give SLU a chance in hell.[/quote]
Well, SLU did win the RS title, and they handled Cornell with ease in both games. Petizian has the ability to stone a good team.  If all the stars aligned, I could see the Saints get, fittingly, to St. Louis.

[Trotsky]

[quote ebilmes]Dammit, Clarkson! Between them and Harvard, is there any ECAC team (besides Cornell) that can win NCAA games anymore? Let's go Slu(t)![/quote]I have a feeling that had Quinnipiac held on in the closing minutes, they would have given somebody intense heartache in the NCAAs.