MafiaMan

I used to stramroll teams in Sega NHL 94 when I was the Red Wings. Hak, gimme a call.

(Crickets chirping while he Googles it...) I'll save you the time, gf, it's Nate Leaman of Providence College.

Quick question, gf, since you also threw out the name Rick Bennett last year as a guy who could replace Hakstol...who was Union's coach from 2003-2011? You know, the guy who laid the groundwork for the 2013 national champions?

You asked how many "nattys" Quinn had, which told me that even though you didn't specifically write it, you honestly had no idea how long he had been at BU. Have I explained it clearly enough for you yet? simple question.

You had no clue how long he'd been at BU. if you did, you would have known he hadn't - and hasn't - won a national title as a head coach.

There ya go, gffraudsky. Enjoy your words. Unless those were your buddy's. Maybe you guys should meet daily and make sure you're on the same page so you know what the previous person who logged in under your name was talking about.

Starman avatar is back!

Providence had I believe 11 seniors in the line-up against a team dominated by freshmen and sophomores. Which one wilted under pressure in the last 8-9 minutes of the game?

Umm, yea ya did. Unless that was one of your other friends posting under your moniker (and we know that happens with you)...

Yet, only a week ago, you had no clue that this was David Quinn's second year at BU. Sorry, you're not the guy Faison's gonna call to lead the search.

Well, would you have rather faced MSU in the title game or cinderella RIT?

Why don't you ask UMD if they wish they'd gotten UND in the 2011 title game as opposed to Michigan. I'm guessing they were quite happy to see NoDak lose in the semi-finals. Or, better yet, check with the 1997 Sioux team and ask if they REALLY thought they would have taken down Michigan or if there was a sense of relief when BU did it for them in the semi-finals.

No puck luck at all for BC? 2001: UND clanks an OT shot off the pipe or crosbar (I forget which) seconds before the Krys Kolanos game-winner. 2008: Michigan was on fire that year before losing to a cinderella Notre Dame (a team that hadn't beaten Michigan all season) in the semi-finals. CCHA champs. CCHA playoff champs. 33-5-4 before the Notre Dame Frozen Four loss. The Irish put up a pretty good fight but were no match for the Eagles. 2012: Ferris State upsets Union in the semi-finals and advances to play BC. Let's be realistic - unless that was a 2-1 or 1-0 game, the Bulldogs were not going to win it. Again, BC far-and-away the better team in the title game. 2010 was the only year I recall where BC was a no-doubter in the Frozen Four, steamrolling Miami 7-1 in the semi-finals and Wisconsin 5-0 in the championship.

Great post, green _sioux. I might add that BU was an overtime goal by Yale away from being eliminated in the 1st round! In fact, I thought they outplayed BU gor about 3/4 of that opening round game. THAT's how thin the margin for error is these days.

Somebody by the name of Jim Dahl registered SundogSports.com about 10 minutes ago. Could be a sign...

Breaking news: Nate Leaman just held a press conference and announced that the Friars worked all day Friday on fluky dump-ins from center ice that would make O'Connor nervous enough to toss the puck into his own net during crunch-time in the game. The man's a genius...

Gave a negative just to "test it out," then saw that I gave it to the wrong post. Is there a way to "un-do" that?

True 'dat.

Oh, no no no no no. That's not on Blais at all. That's on the players.

Isn't there already an "out" clause in Hakstol's contract that allows him to leave UND and take over at UNO when Blais calls it a career?

Well, of course that's it. If the team wins, the coach "got his boys ready to play." If the team loses, he's an unprepared schmuck. You're so brilliant, gfhockey. It's unfortunate most of us just don't see it.

If Hak is let go after his contract is up, I hope he winds up replacing Lucia at Minnesota and wins a dozen titles in a row. That way, everyone's a winner: the anti-Hak pitchforks-and-torches crowd gets to see him run out of town and the pro-Hakstol camp gets to see him get the monkey off his back.

I have posted York's resumé along with Berenson's and Parker's several times over the years. Doesn't seem to make a difference to the skipping record crowd stuck on "York's won 4 since 2001."

I wasn't paying attention to who the empty suit was...not even sure they announced his name as the presenter. Hilarious that he's a Wisc, er, excuse me, Minnesota Golden Badger.

Nicely done!