UMD's finish in the Final Five gives me some small consolation for losing to them on Thursday night.
I would say the most impressive team in the Final Five was UMD. Second was MN, 3rd CC, 4th UND, 5th Mankato. Mankato just stunk.
I'm not saying UMD would have beaten UM. What I am saying is that in playing 6 games in 9 days, two of them in OT, they won 4 of those games, and finished in 3rd place in the Final Five tournament. A very impressive finish. They dang near beat CC after having to play the play-in game, and they handled Mankato after playing one extra game.
Hats off to Sandy and UMD.