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I do that too. The last time I picked UND to get out of the regional/win it all was the year we got spanked by BC in Denver.

I don't understand all the animosity towards the third place game. That game (combined with a wisconsin win) is what got us into the national tourney 2 years ago.

Lots of good pressure here.

My picture didn't freeze. We're pretty lucky that we get to watch a 3rd place game at all (albeit SD), not to mention the UND radio audio. It isn't NCHC's lack of quality, it's the Target Center's. And also, we're winning.

Hooked up to TH now.

I'm surprised the Target center is still SD. Wouldn't they upgrade that for basketball games?

Yeah. Just confirmed with southpaw that there isn't sound on the feed yet. Edit: I mean from the production side.

Levin sitting too. Absolutely agree here. Beating Denver would bring the confidence level up a bit, I think. Just need to have a high compete level, play a full 60 minutes, win the little puck battles, have good net front presence, crash the net, have a lunch pail mentality, look for those greasy goals, and we'll be good. Did I miss anything?

Exactly my thinking. Yes, you have to beat the best in order to be the best, but there's nothing wrong with hoping to face a team that had to win an autobid instead of facing a team that would be #10 in pairwise if they had split with Bentley instead of getting swept early in the season.

I think all 3 of them are dinged up, not just LaDue. Denver also sitting some key players.

Flyers lost to Pit 4-1 today. It dropped Philly out of a playoff spot, 1 point back of Detroit.

Ugh, that's horrible. Ah, I forgot about the intraconference thing with Providence. I was thinking possibly Minn or Mankato to St Paul (if only one makes it), Ferris to Cinci if they win, etc..

He has long been one of the favorite refs of players. When relatively fit people get injured from falling, I always wonder if the fall was completely accidental, or if something happened medically (vertigo, MI, stroke, seizure, etc.) to cause the fall in the first place. Hopefully Butch has a quick recovery.

I'm not worried about the prospect of playing Minnesota as a 4-seed. I think they look pitiful. Northeastern is another matter, though thankfully NU isn't likely to be sent to Cincy or St. Paul.

Yes, that's the one situation that kicks Yale out, I believe.

They're #6 in pairwise no matter what happens anywhere.

Agreed.

I think this is probably a big factor. On the one hand, I'm bummed they lost. On the other hand, thank goodness they got to play some real competition before the regional.

Should be an interesting HE final. You have a team that basically played 2 games yesterday vs a team that will essentially be playing it's 2nd game today.

I think Johnson will at least interview. Gwoz, possibly Eades (love it), Don Granato?

I get the point. I even agree. I'm just saying that I don't think everyone who votes agrees, and that's why he's not getting adequate recognition for one hell of a season.

ECAC plays a shorter schedule as a whole, and Vesey missed 1 game of his team's 31. Johnson missed 10 of UND's 38. I don't think that's comparable.

I actually think Cam is getting penalized due to missing 1/3 of the season with an injury moreso than the D core. I hope Vesey wins it.

With last night's win over DET, Philly is now 1 pt back of DET (with 2 games in hand) and 4 points back of PIT (with 1 game in hand). Malkin being out 6-8 weeks certainly doesn't hurt philly's chances of catching up, either.

He did the same last season, if I recall. He took fewer dumb penalties and cranked up the points as we neared the playoffs last year.