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vs. I'm concerned about the "Hak vs. Blais" match-up not panning out because when the potential of something taking place is discussed too much (like it is in the thread on this forum), IT WINDS UP NEVER HAPPENING! All week long I heard about how Michigan State could be this year's UConn and win the NCAA basketball title while taking out a 39-0 Kentucky team in the process. Sure enough, the Spartans get run out of the gym by Duke last night and Kentucky is promptly upset by Wisconsin! The Kansas City Royals winning the World Series? Of course the Giants had to break everyone's heart. Peyton Manning winning the Super Bowl two years ago? They're gonna KILL Seattle! Go figure, right? So, enough about Hak vs. Blais and North Dakota vs. Omaha for the title - it's time to discuss Providence vs. Boston U in the title game - the true "dream" match-up! Without further ado, here are the top five reasons why Providence College vs Boston U is the game we should all be hoping for: #5) Because Boston is better than anywhere else in America. Just ask someone who lives there. #4) You mean they actually play college hockey west of UConn? When did THAT start? #3) Nobody really cares about those western teams anyways. Do they even have electricity and running water in Omaha and Grand Forks? #2) Because Dave Starman and the rest of those NCHC homers can go home and we can listen to the HE "professionals" during title game coverage. It never gets old hearing someone say "twisted wrist-ah" or "wicked hodd slap shot." and, most importantly, #1) Because "New England" and Boston in particular, have never won ANYTHING major in sports and it's about time they did!

Uh, they lost to DU in the title game in 2005 so that's 2 right off the bat in terms of losing to the eventual champs. Yale's a third one in 2013 and there was a BC or two in there as well.

http://deadspin.com/kentuckys-andrew-harrison-on-frank-kaminsky-!@#$-that-1695776906 Oh boy. Anyone else expect Kentucky's school president to expel Andrew Harrison from school first thing Monday morning? Yea, me either.

So Big 10 Wisconsin has the guts to hire a guy whose success was primarily at UW-Platteville (along with two seasons at UW-Milwaukee) but North Dakota shouldn't be remotely interested in some guy from Moorhead to take over for Brian Jones because of a lack of D1 experience?

...along with a run on cyanide capsules in Lexington KY...

Uh, no he didn't. The last "small-rink" venue that held the NCAA Frozen Four was the Providence Civic Center (now Dunkin' Donuts Center) in 2000.

"Media centers" like Tampa and Columbus OH? At least Fargo would know the Frozen Four was in town. Pretty much everyone in Columbus thought all the North Dakota and Minnesota fans were there to check out the Buckeye spring football game!

A-Rod apparently injected Santana while Ervin was passed out.

And, of course, Santana has "no idea" how Stanozol wound up in his system...

Apparently a requirement of being chosen to be an official in an NCAA Final Four game involving Duke is that you have a college degree...from Duke.

Lucia has gotten waaaaay more leeway than Woog ever did thanks to those titles in 2002 and 2003. In the last 10 seasons, Minnesota has made the NCAA's 7 times. Of those 7 appearances, 4 resulted in one-and-done losses (06, 08, 13, 15), 1 resulted in a second-round loss (07), 1 was a Frozen Four semi-final appearance (12), and 1 was a Frozen Four championship game appearance (14). In addition, the team has not advanced out of a regional other than when they were played in St Paul (12 and 14, obviously); going 1-5 in 6 tournament games outside of the X, 4-0 at the X. Doug Woog went 27-12-1 in 1997, the year North Dakota won the title. 17-22 and 15-9-9 later (two seasons), he was ousted. No way he's shown the gate that quickly following two consecutive less-than-memorable years if Randy Skarda's shot off the post in the 1989 title game goes in the net instead. I guess in short, oh great and powerful jimdahl, is that I concur with you.

Yea, BSA is outdated and Scheels is a hockey rink, but the warmer winter temps in Fargo do help attract better players than Grand Forks...

Ohmygosh, aren't there enough threads dedicated to the Bruins already? Do we need a Bruins prospects thread too?

You think Shayne Gostisbehere perhaps wishes he'd have come back for his senior year?

He can frickin' hit too!

RIT might not come back to win this thing, but kudos to the Tigers for not bowing out in the first game 20-0 like some folks expected them to.

"Ruby looking like a diamond on that play..." Groan. C'mon Ben...

LOL! I did a double-take on that initially thinking I didn't hear it right!

So if Omaha holds on and wins this game, here's what we'll have for the Frozen Four: 1 team that won its conference tournament (BU) 1 team that lost in the semi-finals of its conference tournament, then lost the 3rd place game (UND) 1 team that lost 2 out of 3 at home and was eliminated in the opening round of its conference tournament (PC) and 1 team that lost two games in a row at home and was eliminated in the opening round of its conference tournament (UNO) So tell me again...the theory is you have to go into the NCAA's "on a roll," right?

The problem is fans who don't know the difference. Remember the Scott Stevens crushing hit on Eric Lindros? That's cheered as a "clean hit" in the NHL when in reality, Lindros was very vulnerable in that situation. That hit in college would get the offender an early ticket to the locker room - and it should.

Can't find a link anywhere but heard that Red had some not-so-kind comments directed at Copp about leaving Michigan early.

The college rule on this type of hit is quite clear. This isn't the NHL.

I believe the Friars were also in there once in the 1960's. Check with Siouxman - he was probably there to see it in person.

Bucci, 2015 - 1985 = ? It's 30 years, not 25.

1985. They played in Cooper-alls. Time to update that, Friars, so let's go!