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Yeah, if they are so worried about attendance have the regionals on campuses.

There is a reason that most teams cut practice down quite a bit late in the season. The wear and tear on the body in hockey accumulated over a season is substantial. Guys that are dinged up from that accumulation, like Zmolek, will take any extra rest they can get, so any energy you can save is a bonus.

After having travel problems getting there and playing extra overtime sessions in high altitude, then having to travel back and mostly take a day off practice doesn’t leave much room for a run through practice for a regional, especially a Thursday regional.

Hopefully they have no gas for a Thursday regional.

Caleb Heil with 48 saves on 50 shots tonight and the #2 star.

Isn’t this fun when we can speculate on regionals, and we will actually be in them!

Absolute horrible call on Denver.

But would that possibly change our matchup so they can avoid 1st round conference matchups, or have they moved away from that philosophy?

So as you see it now, Michigan would play AHA winner and we would play Merrimack based on bracket integrity?

Is Merrimack our possible opponent now?

Is Hicks the next Matt Davis for Denver? We need Spunar to be our guy that steps up in the NCAA tournament.

Larson seems to get his guys to play hard, which didn’t seem to be present in the gopher team this year, so be careful on what you wish for, because if he can get more talented players to play hard consistently that is what you want in a coach.

Wouldn’t it be hilarious if he left, and Raboin signed with St. Cloud!

We’ve seen with Jackson that if you can recruit and get your players to play hard and consistently, you can win. I think both of those candidates have exhibited that they believe in those virtues. The recruiting side should be easier than they are used to, but I would think they both know that they need to supplement the traditional recruiting with the new reality of the CHL and beyond. Remember, there were some big names in the pool when Gino was hired, and much like with Jackson, people were mad that they would take the current assistant. The bottom line is you don’t know what you’ve got until it all plays out.

Their goaltending wasn’t the problem by any means. Their recruited goalie was the one that had problems while gopher fans were very happy with Luca.