Conference championship games

[Avash]

The inevitable "4th longest HE game ever........3rd longest HE game ever......." talk has started :-)

9 minutes remaining in the 2nd overtime. I'm sure each team has at least 50 shots by now. Massachusetts nearing 60   :-O

[Will]

I think the worst part about this is that this game helps Howard's GAA to sink as it goes on.

[Avash]

Shots are 59-50 in favor of the Minutemen. My goodness.


Indeed, Howard's GAA keeps dropping....but Winer (NOT Warner, tonight, despite his shutout against BU last night) is matching him save for save at the other end.

[Avash]

About 3 minutes to go in the 2nd OT. Now the LONGEST GAME in Hockey East history.

[Will]

[Q]Avash '05 Wrote:

Indeed, Howard's GAA keeps dropping....but Winer (NOT Warner, tonight, despite his shutout against BU last night) is matching him save for save at the other end. [/Q]

I'm not exactly worried about Winer's GAA at all at the moment.

Let's go UMass!

[Avash]

UMass and Maine will play a third overtime period.

[Will]

One has to wonder if either team is thinking about replacing their goalies at the moment.  True, they're both doing really well, but they have to be getting tired.  At least Maine knows they can rely on Frank Doyle; UMass would probably be more nervous with Tim Warner, who has significantly less playing experience this season.

[Avash]

Maine scores at 9:27 of the 3rd OT.

[Avash]

I believe the shots were 64-60 in favor of Massachusetts (not positive though). Congrats to the Black Bears; you could feel a game winner coming, as Maine had carried the play almost the entirety of the 3rd overtime period. What a incredibly fun game to watch.

Jim Howard is the tournament MVP. No surprise there :-)

[djk26]

Oh nooooooo...with Cornell out of it, I was hoping UMass (my sister's school) could reach the NCAAs.

Oh well, congrats to the Minutemen on an awesome season...the best in their history.  And I remember Cornell losing a tough championship overtime game to Harvard two years ago, and then rebounding to win the ECAC tournament next year.

[judy]

favorite sign from the evening thanks the the sucks fans...
"We can't hear you!"

[Greg Berge]

Who was the ECAC Tourny MVP?

[JohnnieAg\'99]

[Q]Greg Berge Wrote:

 Who was the ECAC Tourny MVP? [/Q]
I think Bernakevitch somehow got it over Cavanagh, who had 2 tonight, but I'm not positive.  

[Tom Pasniewski 98]

Just back from the Hockey East Championship Game.  I can now say I've seen two of the four longest games in men's DI history (BU-SLU 2000 epic NCAA regional battle as well).  I really think that UMass' goalie Winer played a better game stopping the puck whereas Howard gave up more rebounds although both looked extremely solid.  Actually, more than solid.  Howard gives up 1 goal in 8 and a half periods of play in rougly a 27-hour span.  Howard was named the Tournament MVP as well as of course, named to the All-Tournament team.

At that point, you really hated to see UMass lose.  And unfortunately the loss ends their season.  The game was also the longest, pro or college game ever played at the Fleet Center.

The referee called NO penalties in any of the three overtime periods despite obvious incidents of roughing, tripping, etc.  Fortunately the players kept it pretty clean because once you see the ref isn't calling anything, things can get out of hand pretty quickly.

I was sitting with a bunch of UHN fans who were all pulling for UMass.  I must say they didn't have all their facts together as most didn't know UHN was already a lock for the tournament and some didn't know where UHN would be sent until I explained they can only go one place.  Well, UHN can probably go somewhere else if you know what I mean.  ;-)

[Avash]

[Q]JohnnieAg'99 Wrote:

 Greg Berge Wrote:

 Who was the ECAC Tourny MVP?
I think Bernakevitch somehow got it over Cavanagh, who had 2 tonight, but I'm not positive.   [/Q]

Bernakevitch deserved the MVP award, if he did indeed get it. I watched both games, and he played extremely well. He had the game-winner, breaking a 1-1 tie, against Dartmouth, and he had 2 assists in the championship game, including setting up Kenny Smith for the game winner late in the 3rd.

Actually, I remember correctly, Bernakevitch (I'm pretty sure it was him, who went RIGHT around Charlie Cook) almost had a big goal against Lenny last year in the championship game, but it was waived off (as was another Crimson goal thanks to a quick whistle) because the goal had become dislodged.