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For anyone going to cheer for CC at game 1 Friday, the Xcel / ticket####er website has the game starting at 4:30. Today's announcement from NCHC has that game starting at 4:00. Don't be late or you'll miss CC's first two goals.

Guessing here ... as the lower seed we would shoot where the visiting team shoots twice. Just a guess though.

Meanwhile In Minneapolis, they are rooting for UND to win out so they don’t have to play Holy Cross in North Dakota again.

Game on ESPN Plus ... ... for hockey addicts.

Certainly, the stripes are having a worse game than either team.

Good job by Senden to create the penalty call.

Much of their success this year comes from using an almost-25 year old goalie. Close turns 25 in May. #overageCanadiansarehowtheywin

Lot of passes to an area, with a UND guy not where the pass went. Is that the fault of the passer, the receiver, or both? Either way, it looks like a team that doesn't like each other. Same thing on coverages. Two guys cover one UNO player, which leaves someone all by himself. They only scored on one of those tonight. Weakest playoff game performance since ... lets say 1999. But after 1999, the coaches made a bunch of changes to fix problems, and look at what they did in 2000. I hope that happens this year.

Nothing wrong with women's hockey that can't be fixed with more fireworks.

We only made the attorneys after cutting the program.

Simple Math © I think they've earned the invite. (Barring a bunch of conference tournament upsets.) The PWR changes over the last 20 years have made it tougher for a team playing a really weak schedule to get in over a team playing in the top conferences. Factoid of the day: Alaska's SOS is #37 according to CHN's Power Ratings (aka Krach). Pretty comparable to #31 Harvard. Oh - Quinnipiac is at #41. Anyone whining about Alaska being ranked too high by Simple Math needs to also justify why Harvard gets in. Just sayin'. PS also, Alaska played just 13 home games & 21 road. That's a lot of miles, and a lot of wear and tear.

Steve Rohlik would be top of list. Former UW captain. as to whether they can offer enough money to get him out of Ohio State, maybe not.

#16 North Dakota vs #1 Minnesota in Fargo?

If I were the Omaha coach, that five-minute timeout gave me a chance to shorten the bench for the last few minutes. Challenging that goal early in the game would have been a waste of a timeout. Glad the refs got the call right.

No conference has a week of rest. The NCHC gave all their teams a week off in February, and I think the coaches are happiest to play every week down the stretch. Also , the NCHC has a single elimination final four, whereas other conferences are a mix of best two of three, and some single elimination on campus with that extra travel. So NCHC has a shorter playoff season. PS it’s way better than the grueling grind that the WCHA schedule had. (Best two of three plus another game the next Thursday Friday Saturday.). That wrecked a lot of good WCHA teams’ chances in the NCAA.

Asking a lot there, bro

I agree with their objective (10 years ago) to not be stuck in a D-2 bus league with Ferris et al. I'm not smart enough to know why they haven't been competitive, but it seems clear that Bergeron hasn't improved things after 4 years of his tenure.

Just a reminder that St Thomas' coach is the guy that couldn't get the job done at Miami. No reason yet to believe he will at UST.

#4 very lucky Omaha didn’t challenge the latest penalty for CTH. Wow.

Real wins get a Cadillac Eldorado. Shootout wins get a set of steak knives.

Probably not a guy who's just won 6 conference championships in a row. (in a rebuilding year no less) But his associate head coach, Todd Knott, is a key part of their recruiting success. (And, yeah, I think our recruiting has missed on a few guys in recent years. )

Wherever we travel to for round one, they will be thrilled at the chance to end our season. And a little nervous.

Apparently, sometimes its good to have off-season losses.

So … he’s just like his Dad.