MafiaMan

What a train wreck the Wolverines have become this season. The Spartans beat Notre Dame last night to earn a split but this is the 3rd time Michigan has been swept at home this season. That never happens at Yost. It's also their 4th straight home loss. Wow.

I'm not sure what this race for the mcNoughton is, but it's certainly not as cool as the MacNaughton Cup!

Whoa! Put down the Mary Jane!

Fixed your post.

If the hit was Budish on Danny Kristo, you would be booing along with the rest of Mariucci Arena if a five minute major was called.

What city is that?

I'll cut him some slack this one time Goon. Maybe Mariucci's Obama-phone doesn't have high-quality internet access.

Nice political slam, Mariucci. Stay classy.

One of my good friends was at the game and agreed with me 100%. 2 minute minor. If that call is the other way around, Gopher fans are screaming 'dive'.

This will only help college hockey if this gets done. Kudos to the folks at UAH for not rolling over and letting their program die.

BINGO! Watch the replay in slow-motion. Budish sees the hit coming and after the AA player commits to the hit, he turns his back to the player. Nice job of selling it too. 5 minute major...no way.

Unsubstantiated rumor, I might add. Still doesn't explain Mario's disappearing act, especially since his daddy is Grant's boss.

Gophers 2-1 after 2. Maine ties 1-1 at Northeastern. I am going to predict a coaching change at Maine if this season doesn't rapidly improve.

1-0 Seawolves after one period of play.

Check the BTN. Michigan State loses to Notre Dame 1-0 at Munn Ice Arena and Michigan is losing 5-3 at home to Alaska. I'd have to do some digging...it's been a long time since Michigan State AND Michigan were not in the NCAA tournament.

Better question is why, with a capable back-up in Kirk Cousins, is Mike Shanahan letting an obviously-hurting RHIII continue to play? Hell, Leslie Frazier went to Joe Webb thanks to Christian Ponder's hangnail!

You're kidding, right?

Well-said, but how can the WCHA schedule their tournament on a different weekend? I believe all conferences currently wrap up on Saturday night and await the selection show on Sunday.

Equally foolish is putting the tournament in a rink that holds 18,000. I really don't know what Bruce McLeod is thinking.

That was quite a leap of faith, wasn't it? The X bids on these tournaments and so does Green Bay. There's no guarantee...but there's a pretty good chance...

Hmmm...Michigan State vs Western Michigan and Michigan Tech vs Michigan each drew 16,500 for the GLI and the Western vs Tech championship drew almost 15,000. Not CCHA tournament stats but a very good draw for the weekend. Edit: a quick check revealed the CCHA title game last year between Western and Michigan drew roughly 10,500.

Really? I guess the 1500-2000 empty seats in the upper deck last year were figments of my imagination...

Wrong! Michigan and Michigan State are to the Joe what Minnesota and North Dakota are to the X. A Michigan vs Minnesota BTHC title game would be a blockbuster at the Joe. So would MSU vs Wisconsin. A Minnesota vs Wisconsin final would be the equivalent of a North Dakota vs Denver WCHA title game in St Paul.

The Seville is no Platinum Fox, I'll tell you that right now...

LOL...yea, that's kinda like seeing if Moscow, Russia would like to host a 1980 Olympic hockey team reunion...for Team USA.