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I felt Driscoll played a solid game. Didn't steal anything but made some good saves. A PP goal though...that would have changed everything. They score on any one of their PP chances in the 2nd and then don't make that bone-headed pass right up the middle as the WMU player was coming out of the box to go down the ice on a 2on1...whole different game. Oh well.

And putting back on all your sweaty & wet equipment

UMN with 2 EA PPG in the last minute to make it interesting against UM. If UND would have pulled the goalie for that long, we would have given up 3-4 ENG.

Yep Another one up for grabs if BSU pulls this off

There goes one spot! Harvard outshot 49-17 but makes it into the tourney.

Agreed. The goalie pushes up against the post, causing it to rise just enough to allow the puck to go in underneath. Very obvious no goal. No idea what the protocol would be? Is there a time limit for a video review and to start the game over again if need be?

No doubt. Mankato and BSU going to OT!

Gonna be a couple teams really sweating it out with the current scores of the UConn, Harvard, and BSU games.

Yep, I’m coaching my sons league currently and we tell them the same thing. They are for sure doing it intentionally and will continue to do so when they can get 5min PP out of it.

Even if NCHC has three 2 seeds, the 3 seed band is already locked in with SCSU, Notre Dame, UMass, and MTU. They could just have the lone NCHC 3 seed (SCSU) play QU as long as bracket integrity isn't too far off. Based on current PWR (if DU ends up being #5 instead of current #4), that'd look like this: 5 DU vs 12 MTU 6 UND vs 11 UMass 7 QU vs 10 SCSU 8 UMD vs 9 ND

Is Sanderson's injury one that could be made worse by playing? Thinking of that scene in Miracle. Hard to keep the best player in college hockey in the stands now that we’re in one and done format unless the injury makes it a physical impossibility (like if the skate cut his thumb off and he can’t grip the stick ). Even a Sanderson at 50-75% is better than most players in college.

UNO losing any and all. I feel we’ll see the same from UMD/WMU/SCSU after their seasons are over.

I’m pulling for Western, regardless of any PWR implications.

I’d like to see that.

Yeah they fixed the error with UND having an extra loss, so now there’s no way to get UND to #9 and it changed all the predictions right after the UND/WMU game was over.

Should be an interesting first round matchup. Either would be a tough out for the first game.

My prediction for tomorrow is a TON of UMD power plays. With how physical WMU is and with how much UMD likes to dive, that adds up to a lot of PP time for the Bulldogs.

Now I'm playing on the predictor, and I can't get us to 9 anymore. It was messed up before and gave us an extra loss (24-14-1) instead of 24-13-1. Not sure what happened there, but now it's showing completely different results. Now it looks like 6 / 7 / 8.

Did you walk over there, tell them to "man up, it's playoff time!"

+1 Rest up for sure and get as healthy as possible. Kleven will be back. Would be shocked if Sanderson makes an appearance at the regional from what everyone is saying. But we can pray for a miracle.

What if Duluth doesn't win tomorrow?

#9 seed takes their 9th title. I like it.

If all higher seeds lose, we finish #7. UMD/WMU is the game that affects us the most, for sure. In most scenarios, if WMU wins, looks like we finish 7 or 8. In most scenarios, if UMD wins, we finish 8 or 9.

Yep, I just got us down to #9 as well on the predictor. If UMD wins tomorrow, UMD, QU, and Notre Dame would all jump us.

I'd say we weren't creating anything period. Whether that be 5x5, PK, or PP. I don't think it was going to change anything if we did or didn't pull the goalie at the end. Have to take the chance and pull him when you're down one, so no issue with that. You could just feel that it wasn't gonna work though.