NCAA Day 2 (March 30)

[upprdeck]

AIC going to 2nd period tied.. has yet to reach 20 shots combined for the 2 games.

[Rita]

i hope the ESPN hockey "draft expert" is getting royalties every intermission when they replay the same interview.  really lazy programming by espn.  Wasn't there anyone available the could have done game analysis - game previews for the regaionals?  

** Nitpick ** i'm not a fashionista by any stretch and I am darn lucky to have a job where I can wear jeans, t-shrits and sweatshirts. However who dressed the "draft expert"? a three year old? dark blue polka dot shirt does not go with dark brown jacket. ** Nitpick off ***

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

i hope the ESPN hockey "draft expert" is getting royalties every intermission when they replay the same interview.  really lazy programming by espn.  Wasn't there anyone available the could have done game analysis - game previews for the regionals?  

** Nitpick ** i'm not a fashionista by any stretch and I am darn lucky to have a job where I can wear jeans, t-shirts and sweatshirts. However who dressed the "draft expert"? a three year old? dark blue polka dot shirt does not go with dark brown jacket. ** Nitpick off ***

I just watched that and every time he mentioned someone, I found myself saying, "He's out of the tournament, he's out of the tournament, he's out of the tournament."

Guess it's about teamwork, not stars, huh?  ::banana::

[Jim Hyla]

Q outshooting ASU 3-1. It's not over but I hope that this puts to rest the ASU story. Unfortunately Q is the beneficiary and if AIC beats Denver, Q may have had the easiest way to the FF of any team that I can remember.

[Iceberg]

Q outshooting ASU 3-1. It's not over but I hope that this puts to rest the ASU story. Unfortunately Q is the beneficiary and if AIC beats Denver, Q may have had the easiest way to the FF of any team that I can remember.

Huh? Q is getting Duluth, so that's no easy path

[RatushnyFan]

The second penalty on Morgan Barron was a joke.  Davies completely embellished.  Replay clearly showed he was pushed, not driven into the boards.  Should have been a dive,  Not surprised he was back on the ice right off the bat for the PP.

Impressive effort.  Balanced scoring.  Think we dictated our game and wore them down.  Madden overhandled the puck and his cross-ice passes were repeatedly deflected.  Primeau is a really solid goalie, may have had an off night on 1-2 of those goals.

[ugarte]

Q outshooting ASU 3-1. It's not over but I hope that this puts to rest the ASU story. Unfortunately Q is the beneficiary and if AIC beats Denver, Q may have had the easiest way to the FF of any team that I can remember.

Huh? Q is getting Duluth, so that's no easy path

Ya. Denver - AIC is for a trip to the Frozen Four. Denver drew first blood and leads 1-0.

[Jim Hyla]

Q outshooting ASU 3-1. It's not over but I hope that this puts to rest the ASU story. Unfortunately Q is the beneficiary and if AIC beats Denver, Q may have had the easiest way to the FF of any team that I can remember.

Huh? Q is getting Duluth, so that's no easy path

But then AIC. So that would be 2/3 fairly easy teams to get to finals.

Denver just scored so it may be moot.

As an aside I'm finding it hard to root for anyone in the Q-ASU game. If Q wins, then root for Q or Duluth? Q I guess?

[redice]

The second penalty on Morgan Barron was a joke.  Davies completely embellished.  Replay clearly showed he was pushed, not driven into the boards.  Should have been a dive,  Not surprised he was back on the ice right off the bat for the PP.

Agreed.  I couldn't believe the officials were considering a major, when they should have been considering embellishment.

[jtwcornell91]

As an aside I'm finding it hard to root for anyone in the Q-ASU game. If Q wins, then root for Q or Duluth? Q I guess?

No contest.  I've had a soft spot for UMD since hanging out with their fans at the F4 in Boston 15 years ago.  I was torn in the BGSU-UMD game though, since I want to see the holdouts and refugees that make up the rump WCHA succeed in the national stage.

[Rita]

AIC's season comes to an end.  They hung with DU until late in the second period and then a goal in the 3rd by a denver forward with tenacious forechecking.

UMASS v. Denver in one semi-final matchup.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

As an aside I'm finding it hard to root for anyone in the Q-ASU game. If Q wins, then root for Q or Duluth? Q I guess?

No contest.  I've had a soft spot for UMD since hanging out with their fans at the F4 in Boston 15 years ago.  I was torn in the BGSU-UMD game though, since I want to see the holdouts and refugees that make up the rump WCHA succeed in the national stage.

I'm definitely rooting for Duluth.  Q is probably my second most-disliked team in the ECAC.

But if we win and get a rematch against Q, that wouldn't bother me in the least.

[Anne 85]

I will root for Q without compunction.

The wogs begin at Calais.

[Jim Hyla]

Q outshooting ASU 3-1. It's not over but I hope that this puts to rest the ASU story. Unfortunately Q is the beneficiary and if AIC beats Denver, Q may have had the easiest way to the FF of any team that I can remember.

Huh? Q is getting Duluth, so that's no easy path

But then AIC. So that would be 2/3 fairly easy teams to get to finals.

Denver just scored so it may be moot.

As an aside I'm finding it hard to root for anyone in the Q-ASU game. If Q wins, then root for Q or Duluth? Q I guess?

My original post was completely off. Somewhere I thought I saw that if Q won they would play the AIU-Denver winner.

That was wrong and the brackets now show Denver-UMass and the winner of our game plays the Q-UMD winner.

Oh well.

[nshapiro]

Attendance at various sites in Regional SF/f

Manchester 5033/5679
Fargo 4220/4248
Providence 7180/5231 (Did 2000 Northeastern fans not come back?)
Allentown 3763/3561

Is the attendance in Allentown bad enough that the NCAA should regret not putting Cornell there?