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Haha. Yeah, I heard that he would stop all practice sessions just short of the 60min mark. So, we really shouldn't be surprised that they let a goal in with 0.1 sec left. I mean, that's how they were taught.

Hakstol is facing more parity in college hockey than Gino and Blais ever did. The thought of Air Force and BSU making (or almost making) the F4 would have been unheard of back in their days. In the Gino and Blais eras, you could have made a list at the beginning of the seasons of 10 teams, and more than likely all four of the F4 teams would have been on that list. You can't do that anymore. Am I disappointed that Hakstol hasn't won a NT in his four trips to the F4? Definitely. But I'm not going to compare him to Blais and Gino because the situations are different. And I like how you are already writing off next year's team, especially being that our current season ended less than 12 hours ago. Nicely done.

Having a goalie coach on DU's staff certainly didn't help Cheverie against Miami.

As long as INCH predicts that we finish in 7th again, we'll be just fine.

Thank you seniors... Even though they never brought back the big hardware, this was an amazing group of guys that made for a lot of great memories on the ice. This was a very special group. To those that stuck around: Ryan Martens Andrew Kozek Matt Watkins Zach Jones Brad Miller Ryan Duncan Aaron Walski Joe Finley And to those who didn't: Jonathan Toews TJ Oshie Brian Lee Taylor Chorney Todd Alexander What a class...

Well, they do have a SHUTOUT going against UNH already.

I think I am less upset about this loss than what I would have been had it not been such a crazy tourney so far. Three #1 seeds are out. BSU has a chance to make it to the F4. Vermont going to the F4 for the 1st time since 1996, Miami going for the 1st time ever. And BU looks to be dominant. The parity in college hockey has really shown in the last couple days...anyone can beat anyone. So while I am still upset that the Sioux couldn't join in on the fun for longer, it still has been a very exciting tourney.

Brad with a good writeup on the Sioux blog: http://www.areavoices.com/undhockey/?blog=47220

Miami 2 UMD 1 FINAL

I've never seen a team get so many crazy bounces go in their favor than what I've seen from UMD in their past 5 games. Simply crazy. That bounced completely over the net right onto Sharp's stick.

And it begins. Miami 2 UMD 1 2min left.

You can't rely on your 7th place team to do it for the rest of the league. Especially when your #1 and #2 teams both go down in the 1st game.

UMD is playing with fire. How many miracle comebacks can one team get? Miami 2 UMD 0 10min left in game.

Yeah, BU looks to be a step above every other team this year.

"He put it right in my wheelhaaaus." It annoys me that the VT coach wears the headset during the games...

Wow. They call it a goal.

About a 10min review going on in the VT/AF game. A possible VT goal that went through the net?

Miami 2 UMD 0

The AF/VT game is beginning to look like a 7OT lacrosse game.

Now 6 straight penalties called on Miami.

Wow, three straight PP's for UMD.

Nope, no goal! Miami 1 UMD 0

UMD goal. Fontaine was in the crease, but they will count it regardless.

No way that was a goal conclusively. You need to see white between the puck and goal line based on the above net view. In other news, only one #1 seed has advanced out of the 1st round. How crazy is that??