clarkegs

ND wasn't the same team after the 10 minute goal review. Gave Yale a chance to breathe, then they took over.

And that's how you lose to a 15 seed.

cleary, that was no goal.

Wow, I thought I milked it with 5 years.

Seriously, so is the MOB!

Agree with your analysis except for the 2 bolded statements. Looking at the rosters, the Gophers have the height and weight advantage, not including goalies and throwing Stoa out of the mix (Gophers avg ht = 6.04, avg wt = 191 lbs vs. the Sioux avg ht = 5.99, avg wt = 189 lbs). Not that this means a thing because my gophs play softer. As far as staying out of the box, I think the Sioux could play short-handed the whole game and still have a decent chance of winning as pathetic as our power-play has been.

You might want to go back to Hockey 101. It wasn't offsides. The Gopher player clearly was in the zone before the puck, but the Sioux player was the one who knocked the puck back into his zone. Anyone who is educated about hockey would understand this is not an offside violation! From the NCAA Ice Hockey Rules Book: Preceding Puck into Attacking Zone SECTION 38. a. Players of an attacking team must not precede the puck into the attacking zone. For violation of this rule, the play shall be stopped and the puck faced off in the neutral zone at the face-off spot nearest the attacking zone of the offending team, if the puck was “carried” offside. The face-off shall be at the origin of the pass, if passed offside. A player in full control of the puck who crosses the blue line ahead of the puck shall not be considered offside. b. If the puck is intercepted cleanly by a member of the defending team and is carried or passed by the player’s team into the neutral zone, the offside shall be ignored and play permitted to continue, even if a member of the attacking team has preceded the puck into the attacking zone. (Officials shall carry out this rule by means of the slow whistle.) c. If a player legally carries or passes the puck back into his or her own defending zone while a player of the opposing team is in that defending zone, the offside shall be ignored and play permitted to continue. That said you could probably argue whether or not the Siox player had complete control of the puck.

The Fighting Sallies works for me.

More like 3--2 dmen & 1 goalie.