MafiaMan

I can tell you what worked wonders for Eaves in 2006: having a regional AND the Frozen Four in Wisconsin. Hmnnn...come to think of it, that worked out quite nicely for Don Lucia in 2002 too in Minnesota. And with all due respect, Rick Comley was about to be run out of East Lansing before stumbling into that 2007 miracle-run title.

So as long as Dean Blais is the coach, losing in a regional final to the eventual champion (2004 Denver) is acceptable, but with Hakstol (2013 Yale), it's an embarrassment?

BU could very well lose tomorrow night with Eichel in the lineup, yes. John Gillies is no slouch in goal for PC.

Chris Collins, Brian Boyle, Nathan Gerbe, Stephen Gionta, Cory Schneider...yea, those 2006 and 2007 BC teams had some real scrubs on their roster, didn't they?

If only Michigan had Brendan Morrison and Marty Turco on their '97 team...quick, name ONE player from BU that year without googling the roster.

In the last home game of the season. Ouch!

40 years from now, will some folks STILL be asking what Ralph Engelstad would want if he were alive? Good grief.

If Jack Eichel had been wearing a North Dakota jersey this season, odds are Brian Jones could have had them playing in tomorrow night's game. On the flip-side, if Eichel or even Rodrigues takes a puck to a kneecap in the last game of the regular season, does Quinn still get BU to the Frozen Four?

40 years? I'd say THIS was a pretty rough stretch for a couple of coaches...

21 seasons of hockey, 5 NCAA titles, and 6 years of what I would very-much-so call "down years." 6 out of 21, almost 1/3 of that stretch was this: 87-88: 21-20-1 91-92: 17-21-1 92-93: 12-25-1 93-94: 11-23-1 94-95: 18-18-3 95-96: 19-18-1 Don't get me wrong, 5 titles in that stretch is amazing, absolutely amazing. But to say there were no lean years or "not very many" is revisionist history.

That's 1984-85 thru 2003-2004. Sorry, but having attended UND from 1988-1992 and having seen home games in the 1993-1995 time span, I'd hardly say I was witnessing the "flat out best team in college hockey" over a good 7 years of that stretch you're throwing out there.

No thanks. I already had my heart ripped out of my chest twice last night as I was dumb enough to watch the late-night replay last night/this morning.

Will Cooperalls be back in style in 2045?

Did you sit down and compare W-2's with him at lunch today?

You know, I hope you had the b*lls to hang out outside of the team breakfast this morning and personally confront every member of the team and coaching staff with your tired old lines after they finished up and walked out. You go tell 'em how it is, gfdrunkey. It's a damn shame that they couldn't win YOU a championship this weekend.

14:37 mark of the 3rd where O'D took one on the chin near center-ice.

2006: UND loses to BC, who loses to Wisconsin. 2007: UND loses to BC, who loses to Michigan State. 2011: UND loses to Michigan, who loses to UMD. 2014: UND loses to Minnesota, who loses to Union. 2015: UND loses to BU. I like Providence College's chances on Saturday. Yes, 2008 was an anomaly as UND lost to BC, who went on to defeat Notre Dame for the title, but I'm ignoring that game. If PC does defeat BU, since 2006, the team that defeats UND in the semi-finals will have a 1-5 record in the championship game.

I just hope that someday soon we can watch the team win it all - and dedicate the banner to all those teams that got oh-so-close since 2001 but didn't quite do it. To the 2014 - 2015 team and coaching staff: I know this hurts you all more than it hurts the fans - and it hurts us pretty bad, so I can't even imagine how you must feel. Thank you for the good times this season. Fighting Sioux Forever.

No worries - I understand the frustration...and thank you.

UND hits not one but two crossbars with the score 2-1...And they dominate play from 20:00 of the second all the way until the 8:40 mark when BU scores...groan.

Ummm...ESPN did spend some time with Mark Mac in the stands...

17 pages of Hak vs Blais...8 replies here before this one by me made it 9. Talk about it too much and it never happens. I rest my case.

I guess the only questions I have would be if the Sponge Bob costume still fits and if you'd bust out the smallpox blanket for some giggles...

OK, that makes more sense.

7 Frozen Fours, not 8. 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015