MafiaMan

The place was still abuzz from the after-shock of the first game...when North Dakota scored the first goal against Michigan, I thought the roof was gonna blow off the top of the building! UND vs Michigan gets my vote for one of the top three spots.

http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/022112-601827-obama-shifting-talk-on-high-gas-prices.htm "Candidate" Obama certainly knew who to blame...

So Oxbow6 (over in the Providence Friday Game Thread) made the statement that the Bemidji State game two weeks ago is one of the 3 worst losses in the history of REA and last night's win over the PC Friars is one of the 3 best. Anyone else have any games to add to that? And, NO, Holy Cross over Minnesota is NOT allowed on the list of top 3 victories at REA...

That's pretty big talk!

The U of Alberta defeated Yale last night. Ouch.

A 20 oz Mountain Dew is $1.69 at Holiday! Nevermind the whining about gas prices, did ISIS blow up a PepsiCo pipeline somewhere?

Will never happen. It's too bad that Jim Leyland didn't stick around in Detroit for one more year and then retire after the Tigers were eliminated (amd thrashed, quite honestly) by Baltimore

The city of Pittsburgh flag - black and yellow The Steelers - black and yellow The Pirates - black and yellow The Penguins - Hey, let's be black and yellow! Harry Sinden - waaaaaaaah!

Steven Stamkos is worth the price of admission. The new kid Jonathan Drouin is gonna be good too. Watch out for Tampa Bay, folks!

I wouldn't necessarily take it that way, bigskyvikes. Things change over time...when I was in school, Denver was a total patsie and you could certainly count on a few hundred, if not five hundred empty seats. In the Gwoz years, especially in the late 1990's and 2000's, Denver became the hot ticket. Things change...

Just sayin'...two weeks ago, some folks were ready to burn their Sioux jerseys in protest over the Bemidji loss...now it's all unicorns and glitter over here. Don't get me wrong, it's a nice change of pace...a sweep tomorrow would be just fine by me.

Providence has a solid club - saw them play several games last season. In terms of national recognition, though, you are 100% correct - 4 out of 5 fans inside REA tonight would have had no clue they were ranked in the top five in the country. BC could roll into town ranked #20, but it's BC...that's just how it is.

Is everyone who jumped out of the boat two weeks ago safely back onboard?

Unless I mis-counted at the end, both teams had over 30 shots on goal. Minnesota does give up a ton of chances...

Go Royals go!

Plenty of good seats available at the first puck-drop...

Every team has a bad night...Lowell just got lit up by Michigan to the tune of an 8-spot at home tonight. Isn't Providence missing a key player or two as well?

You can't say that on the air!

Referees quickly evening things up after the 5 on 3 for Bemidji...sheesh...

Minnesota looks good. BTN announcer says "if you wanna crown 'em, then crown their a$$e$!" OK, he didn't really say that... 4-1 Gophers with a PP goal...Wilcox has really bailed out his defense at times. This could be a 4-3 game quite easily.

Beavers wasted a 30+ second 5 on 3 PP opportunity...now 5 on 4...now full strength...ugly PP.

3-1 Gophers with a shortie...bad play by the Beavers

2-1 Beavers score a goal

2-0 Minnesota

Bemidji State playing hard against Minnesota...outplaying the Gophers but down 1-0 after 1 period of play.