mikejm

You talk to Ellen?

Did you happen to mention that you are a friend of Barry Melrose?

I believe your banner is in the mail.

Are you one of those people who pushes the elevator button continuously?

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Perfect!

Give me Gary Thorne, unless Doc Emrick is available.

^that's just not very nice.

^Me

College Career Likely Over for Yale's Backman

I think the WCHA is trying to stake out its territory as a historic or legendary conference. The new Broadmoor design concept is a direct rip-off of the NHL's Conn Smythe Trophy, which is modeled after Maple Leaf Gardens.

^The Broadmoor has a long and storied history with college hockey: The Broadmoor Hotel has a long history of supporting college hockey. The Broadmoor Ice Palace, later renamed as the Broadmoor World Arena, on the resort grounds was the long time home of the Colorado College Tigers. Additionally, the Palace hosted the first 10 Frozen Fours, from 1948 to 1957, and hosted for an 11th time in 1969. Read up; you'll learn something

I don't think Denver comes out of their region. They played like hell in St. Paul. Don't underestimate Cornell. edit: I like our region.

What a nice tune-up before the NCAAs: beat three of the top 6 teams in the country! And what a testament to the power of the WCHA!

Big time gut-check win! The regional? Miami - bring 'em on! Denver - stick a fork in 'em. BC - we owe them. I still think this team is a year early, but if they want to win it all this year, that's okay with me.

If Miami wins the CCHA 3rd place game and Sacred Heart wins the Atlantic, the Sioux are #5

Looks like I'm a Maine and RIT fan tonight!

So, am I reading USCHO's Pairwise predictor correctly? A Denver win and a Sioux win and the good guys get a #1 seed? Is that right?

That's great news for Hunter. Think of what that release said: Bishop, who couldn't get ice time with the Sioux, goes to OSU and ranks third and fourth on his team in scoring, and ends up signing a pro contract! That speaks volumes for both Hunter, and for the Sioux's continual depth of quality players.

Boy, that's a blistering indictment of the Gopher program! One of the comments is interesting: should Ness transfer? When's the last time a Gopher player transferred?

That was a really disciplined game by the Sioux. Lines goofed up and powerplay units totally scrambled, and they played great positional hockey. Didn't give the Dogs any room to move between the dots. I kinda hope that doesn't knock UMD out of the running for a NCAA bid.

This is amazing to me. Not that Kristo won ROY; that seemed to be a cinch for the last month or so. But for Chay to be named to the Third-team is quite a testament to his talent. Nine games. Wow! Good for Chay. edit: rather surprising that UMTC put no one on the year-end lists.

Strib Gopher hockey writer is Tweeting that Tony Lucia has signed with San Jose!

This gesture is being misconstrued: Don Lucia is widely known to be a bit of a germophobe. The words Lucia exchanged with Brett were something to the effect of, "Great game, Brett. You guys really man-handled our squad. Good luck in St. Paul, and in the NCAAs. Oh, you've not been exposed to that nasty RSV that's going around, have you?" To which Brett replied, "Thanks a lot coach. It is always an honor to lace up the skates against your squads. We love your program, and the intensity your guys always bring to the ice. And yes, my room mate had the flu for a couple days this week." So Lucia's actions were not those of a miffed hockey coach, but rather a mildly-OCD Howie Mandel kind of neat freak. I just couldn't sit here and allow tDon's name to be besmirched.

Fantastic!