NCAAs 1st rd. Cornell vs. MSU

[RichH]

I will be there on Saturday if they get through the first game.

I fully expect us to make it to the frozen four. This team is playing with a mission

Shhhh.

I don't believe in jinxes. I'm not that powerful. If they don't make it, it won't be because of anything I did.

True, but if we've learned nothing else here in the pages of eLynah this season is the poisonous nature of high expectations.

[Swampy]

I will be there on Saturday if they get through the first game.

I fully expect us to make it to the frozen four. This team is playing with a mission

Shhhh.

I don't believe in jinxes. I'm not that powerful. If they don't make it, it won't be because of anything I did.

But we'll still blame you for jinxing us.

[CU2007]

ESPN says the regional final is at either 4 or 6:30 on Saturday. Why would that be up in the air at this point?

[CU77]

ESPN wants to decide on the order of the Toledo and Fargo finals based on which teams are in them.

[nshapiro]

I will be there on Saturday if they get through the first game.

I fully expect us to make it to the frozen four. This team is playing with a mission

Shhhh.

I don't believe in jinxes. I'm not that powerful. If they don't make it, it won't be because of anything I did.

True, but if we've learned nothing else here in the pages of eLynah this season is the poisonous nature of high expectations.

ok.  I will just root for Schafer to finish with a winning record in NCAA tournament games.::whistle::

[617BigRed]

First goal gonna be huge Thursday, if we can score first like our chances to shut them down via tough team defense,
if we get behind a goal or two most likely no way we can come back vs. their brickwall in net...

[billhoward]

First goal gonna be huge Thursday, if we can score first like our chances to shut them down via tough team defense,
if we get behind a goal or two most likely no way we can come back vs. their brickwall in net...

Team scoring the first goal wins two-thirds of the time. So, yeah. https://hockey-graphs.com/2016/11/29/behind-the-numbers-scoring-first-and-conditional-probability/#:~:text=On%20average%20a%20winning%20team,any%20point%20of%20the%20game.&text=The%20winning%20team%20scoring%20first,a%20win%20percentage%20of%2067%25.

[jtwcornell91]

Yeah unfortunately the first round is always at brutal times.

I hate the new Thursday-to-Sunday regionals weekend.  Friday afternoon games were tough enough, but Thursday is ridiculous.  Plus we lost Bittersweet Saturday (six games that day; five more in the whole rest of the season).

[ugarte]

Firewagon in Toledo in the early game. BU committed a penalty right after tying it up.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Yeah unfortunately the first round is always at brutal times.

I hate the new Thursday-to-Sunday regionals weekend.  Friday afternoon games were tough enough, but Thursday is ridiculous.  Plus we lost Bittersweet Saturday (six games that day; five more in the whole rest of the season).

You and me both.  It was OK, when my sister lived in Mass and we were somewhere in New England.  But if we get sent out west, it better be a destination worth visiting or I won't bother traveling.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Firewagon in Toledo in the early game. BU committed a penalty right after tying it up.

And OSU nearly got another one.  Make that two.

[scoop85]

OSU retakes the lead seconds after BU ties it on the PP.

EDIT: BU then re-ties it seconds later! 3 goals scored in 42 seconds.

Speaking of the BU PP, the way they moved the puck before their 2nd goal it looked like they were playing a different sport than we've been playing all year.

[ugarte]

this close to another one as the period expired

[RichH]

this close to another one as the period expired

I watched it three times and still couldn't tell.

Bonkers, but maybe defenders shouldn't be spectators.

[fastforward]

According to Jane McNally, the lines will be the same for today's game as they were last weekend. She has not posted the line sheet yet, but typed it into her post.

Mack - Walsh - Bancroft
Psenicka - Kovich - DeSantis
Penney - Castagna - Major
Kraft - Catalano - O'Leary

Robertson - Rego
Suda - Stanley
Kempf - Fegaras
O'Brien

Shane