Wilbur

Eventually OD on the top line will make sense right? When they win the national championship it will all make sense.....

Hmmm....yup.......Ohio State.....had under a 1,000 folks show up for their final two playoff games at home against Ferris State. Didn't even play those games at the facility that they built specifically for hockey. (17,000 capacity). But hey, when they played Michigan there was 9,000 admiring fans in the stands. So when they played their biggest rival their building was only half full? So when Ohio State plays Penn State at the big ten tourney at the X the attendance will be? Not that the big ten will care because they'll have already made their money on basketball and football.

Just don't let my dad have the mic..... Would love that type of setting. Hoggsbreath 2014, controversial topics in college hockey. That would be a lot of fun.

If it isn't Rocco, Mark has proven he's fine up there as well. When the season is on the line with the bounce of the puck, they have to put their best foot forward. We saw the seasons on the line lineup for about five minutes on Thursday. Hopefully we see it again.

In the end I'll go with our coach's choice and live with it. But by garsh, if you watched the Saturday Minnesota game, and that stretch against CC, you saw what could have been. I agree, sucks to have them neutralized, but at the same time if you have Mark-Rowney-Parks going on line two and that line gets going and dominating, whoever they are playing against will have a decision to make defensively. Hopefully Drake-General-St. Clair found some chemistry as well. They looked pretty good together.

Yep. Kind of like college football with the bowl games. UND will either get CCHA, or hockey east officials I'm guessing.

I'm guessing the NCAA gave them a strict set of guidelines to follow.

Here is your committee members. http://www.uscho.com/ncaa/mens-division-i-ncaa-tournament/

I remember they were playing BC Porter's senior year and someone got the worst elbowing penalty in the history of elbowing penalties that gave BC a 5-3 which lead to the game winner.

I'm guessing it will be a ccha or hockey east crew. Hopefully a huge hit isn't a penalty. But we've seen it all too common in the NCAA tournament. Don't hit anyone too hard.

Best time of the year quickly turns into the worst time of the year. When the agents/teams come a callin.

Kind of had to rush out the door, so didn't get in the picture. Not that I'm the most photogenic person alive.

Really no need for a four line game. Six shifts before a minute and a half break. I know six forwards that should play a ton of minutes.

I think the biggest thing will be scoring first. Play with a lead and bury them with your depth. Need to make chewbakka uncomfortable.

No....many gopher fans I talked to were scared as hell about the move to the big ten. This is the obscurity he and many of your fans mentioned possibly happening. Every big ten sign was made by gopher fans this weekend.

The WCHA should have been represented in all four regionals. And I wouldn't have minded seeing Notre Dame in Grand Rapids and Minnesota in Toledo to split up the CCHA schools. *Note* I know that would never happen. Just Wilbur wishing for some bracket integrity and avoiding interconference match ups in regionals where it can be prevented.

Very good points. Quinnipiac is the group that should feel the most betrayed by the process. They said all the right things on ESPN, and smiled for the camera. I hope they come out with a chip on their shoulder, and hit BC the moment they step off the bus. I'm a Quinnipiac fan for the remainder of the season. Well, until they lose to UND in the national championship 4-1.

I think you said it best. A place with good service that allows you to have basically the whole bar to yourself. I'm hopeful to make it down to Minneapolis next year. If we do we'll be at the Hog again.

One thing I've learned the past few years in the NCAA hockey tournament is there are no easy games. BC should make it to Pitt, but they will have to earn their way there. Minnesota will have their hands full against Yale. I expect them to win, but Yale was given second life today, and I think they'll really relish the opportunity given to them by the Irish. After watching gopher fans at the X last year have fun watching their team end UND's season I said, "If we only played them at a neutral site....." Guess the hockey gods have a funny way of making your wishes come true sometimes.

Bingo. Doesn't even really matter what that fourth unit is. Load up the top two and go from there.

Looks like all we have to do is follow USCHO from now on....

BC will be in the frozen four.

The Duluth theory can't happen if we don't end up out east playing ECAC/Atlantic ten schools..... Hey, we know you're the number one seed Qunnipiac.....but we are going to have you play a higher ranked team because we are idiots at putting tournament locations together that will draw fans so we can break even. Plus the last time we made BC play away from the coast they didn't make the frozen four....

Hopefully the Catholic church has no issues with a Norwegian Lutheran at their mass.....

If a Notre Dame victory means BC and Minnesota end up in the same region I may attend Mass tomorrow morning.