Wilbur

As good as they are with the puck, Shaugaby's line is a huge liability in their own end. Talk about playing above the circles in your own end. Wide open hockey. Not good for the goalie moms....

What a great first period. I like this goalie for Warroad. The Hammer. Dad played at UND, and with the forwards that this kid practices against every day he's only going to get that much better.

I'm always on the side of "just let them play" if its consistent. When I was officiating that was the bar I tried to set. If my partner called something a bit on the "ticky tack" side then that was the precedent and I would try and call the game to that standard. I was perfectly fine with Walsh/Schmitt letting a lot of that stuff go against a team like CC because they aren't going to generate stuff against us 5 on 5, and in the world of hockey officiating we all know the marbles need to "even up" in the long run. The only chance CC had to score in the third was a dumb mistake on our end or a power play, and the amount of stuff that they let go there was no way they could call a marginal one on UND. Now, if we're playing Duluth, we've got to have those power plays or we aren't going to generate anything.

I think something that gets overlooked by our fanbase is how lucky we've been in the faceoff circle. Our best draw guy is out last night and we still end up slightly ahead in that category going 31-28. Maybe puck possession wasn't the best thing last night though since both teams weren't great when they did have possession.

I'm not sure how you could best describe that game. CC, I believe, had two quality scoring chances all evening and scored on one of them. UND just not in sync, and very early into the game both teams had 5 guys clogging up the neutral zone making it an ugly evening. I was waiting the entire third period for CC to tie the game up, but UND didn't make a costly mistake and the game ends 2-1.

Under 5. Finish the game white.

CC playing a great first period and Bast just took the "I may be hurt skate".

If you ask nicely enough on this message board.....we know a guy that is huge at posting links to games....

Hermantown does this to just about everyone in the A level. What they did to Denfeld in a section championship game shouldn't happen in a tournament final.

Hard gets the game winner on the power play after watching Shaugaby take away his back door tap in chance 30 seconds before that.

Boy thoughts of an almost full lineup....well aren't we special. Overwhelm them please. UND 6 CC 2

The right team won. I was pulling for the Spuds, but they got outplayed in OT.

Boy, that OT was all Andover. For playing four lines most of the night the Spuds just had no zip at all there. That's such a tough place to be as an official. You lose sight, blow it, and then there is the puck laying there uncovered.

How on earth does that kid get out of the state albeit the region? A big kid with swagger that can skate and finish. I'm upset as a UND fan, how must the gopher fans feel?

Mahtomedi wins....surprise. I'll be following Ben Dardis down the road. 60 wins as a high school goaltender is a pretty good statistic, plus a fantastic shutout streak. Wonder where he is headed next year as far as the future of his hockey career? The likely Brimsek award winner.

I was wondering how many schools that team included.

Warroad up big on Monticello. A great matchup on Friday afternoon will be their offense against a great defensive team like Mahtomedi and goalie like Dardis. Gardner could have 7 goals. Guessing the d men he played and practiced against in the USHL for a year were slightly better than what Monticello has.

Yup, he is a bulldog commit. Great skill player for sure. Wonder if he plays in the USHL next year or finishes out his career in Warroad.

45tv.com I believe will be the free web stream.

Warriors headed to state. Them vs. Hermantown for the ship is the likelihood.

Omaha is better without Abate in the lineup. Completely Gabinet's fault for telling the kid to cross the line etc., but going forward its amazing what not stirring up your opponent and not having to kill dumb penalties does for a team.

He posted that they were eligible now due to the .500 rule. My fault, Bruce was just pointing out eligibility as a non automatic qualifier, which they attained.

Semis and Final are CBS sports net. Quarterfinals are NCHC.TV

Yup, went back and re-read. They are guaranteed eligibility. Be close if they get swept by SCSU and the wrong teams got auto bids.

Ciskie posted something about the bulldogs being guaranteed entry in the NCAA tournament after Friday night.