NCAA title UMD 3, Michigan 2 OT

[billhoward]

Incredible talent on that first Minnesota-Duluth line. Better that UMD wins its first title than the Wolverines get their tenth. And in front of a nearly hometown crowd at the Excel Energy Center, about as far away from Duluth as Cornell was the year we won the title in Buffalo in 2002. (Oops, forgot about the UNH semifinal game.) You'd think with all the Scandanavians in Minnesota the players could get better advice on dying their playoff hair blonde.

[jtwcornell91]

The GWG was set up by an extended period of offensive zone puck control which allowed tUMD to change and kept tired Wolverines on the ice.  Not quite The Shift, since Michigan managed to clear it to center ice.  But due in part to the long trip to the bench now that college hockey changes ends in overtime, Michigan didn't get a full change.

[marty]

The GWG was set up by an extended period of offensive zone puck control which allowed tUMD to change and kept tired Wolverines on the ice.  Not quite The Shift, since Michigan managed to clear it to center ice.  But due in part to the long trip to the bench now that college hockey changes ends in overtime, Michigan didn't get a full change.

Also due to two icing calls against the Wolverines as they attempted "home run " passes to the blueline.

The four teams were great and the three games entertaining. The Michigan and UMD teams had he type of balanced attack that Cornell is I hope working towards.

[marty]

Incredible talent on that first Minnesota-Duluth line. Better that UMD wins its first title than the Wolverines get their tenth. And in front of a nearly hometown crowd at the Excel Energy Center, about as far away from Duluth as Cornell was the year we won the title in Buffalo in 2002. (Oops, forgot about the UNH semifinal game.) You'd think with all the Scandanavians in Minnesota the players could get better advice on dying their playoff hair blonde.

2003 which is 30 years after the semi in Boston that also haunts my hockey memory.

[Jim Hyla]

Incredible talent on that first Minnesota-Duluth line. Better that UMD wins its first title than the Wolverines get their tenth. And in front of a nearly hometown crowd at the Excel Energy Center, about as far away from Duluth as Cornell was the year we won the title in Buffalo in 2002. (Oops, forgot about the UNH semifinal game.) You'd think with all the Scandanavians in Minnesota the players could get better advice on dying their playoff hair blonde.

That's one point of view.:-/

[Scersk '97]

First "new" winner since Maine's first championship in 1993.  18 years.  Too bad that the team that broke the "spell" was a 4th place team in the regular season that didn't make its conference's semis.  Oh well, at least they were playing that weekend instead of sitting home and resting.

[ugarte]

I feel a little better about Yale's loss. Just a little.

[marty]

I feel a little better about Yale's loss. Just a little.

I think it was incredible that Michigan was so well coached against its opponents.  They stopped CC dead and played a very Cornell like second and third periods against a talented North Dakota.  Stopping UMD's pp was also on their list of musts. A high quality finish for a very good team.  Classic 3-2 final in OT, too. If only Melrose hadn't given Michigan the kiss of death at the beginning of OT by praising Hunwick.

Barry Melrose is both annoying and fun to listen to.  He loves the game but needs a new crystal ball.  He seems to pick every loser with consistency.  (And Bob Norton seems to be gone for good, thanks be to God.)

[billhoward]

Red Berenson still looks as if he's a retired drill instructor going to the same barber for 30 years. Barry Melrose paints your world in simple blacks and whites; imagine being his son in law and discussing poltics over dinner. Not always right but seldom in doubt. Without Bob Norton we're missing those human interest comments about the North Dakota defenseman who was some kind of player for the Chilliwack Chiefs or the Saskatchewan Salmonbacks. Marty, thank you for reminding us what a treat it is not to have Bob on the air. Maybe in five years he'll qualify for rookie correspondent on 60 Minutes.

[marty]

... Without Bob Norton we're missing those human interest comments about the North Dakota defenseman who was some kind of player for the Chilliwack Chiefs or the Saskatchewan Salmonbacks. Marty, thank you for reminding us what a treat it is not to have Bob on the air. Maybe in five years he'll qualify for rookie correspondent on 60 Minutes.

Maybe Bob can help Morley Safer break another story on why the dental amalgam in my mouth has caused my dementia:Morley explains Marty

How else can one explain my countless hours in Section 7 of the Troy Morgue aka Houston Field House.  And with this intentional thread drift I now proclaim the unofficial beginning of the off season.::nut::

[Jim Hyla]

Best post from the USCHO blog, sorry Adam, during the game:

[Comment From voxomsu]
Mich fans have stolen Cornell's schtick... maybe that's why CCHA fans won't support them.

[css228]

Best post from the USCHO blog, sorry Adam, during the game:

[Comment From voxomsu]
Mich fans have stolen Cornell's schtick... maybe that's why CCHA fans won't support them.

Not only have they stolen it, but they think they're being original because they added a ton of profanity... i don't even want to mention what happened to the cya chant... makes the old version of ours look family friendly

[CowbellGuy]

If only Melrose hadn't given Michigan the kiss of death at the beginning of OT by praising Hunwick.

Barry also said the game was "UMD's to lose" in the third period. It's easy to predict a winner when you cover both sides.

[Rosey]

If only Melrose hadn't given Michigan the kiss of death at the beginning of OT by praising Hunwick.

Barry also said the game was "UMD's to lose" in the third period. It's easy to predict a winner when you cover both sides.

This is the secret to being a national broadcaster: you can't be perceived as taking sides. I don't find it unreasonable...just dumb. I'd personally rather they just shut up: I have video and can see the action myself, so I would rather hear the sounds of the game than the inane chatter of the broadcasters. (For instance, MLB.tv used to have an option for sounds of the game instead of the broadcast booth, and it was wonderful when combined with the behind-home-plate camera. I wish they would revive that.)

[Trotsky]

Barry did not say those things to be non-partisan.  He said them because he had done less than five minutes of prep on college hockey before ESPN wheeled him out on the Hannibal Lecter gurney to do his little dance.