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He certainly is on the all-time diving team.

Duluth trying to sell the dive, refs not buying.

Mankato’s powerplay looks horrible. No puck movement, not moving defenders, not even looking for a shot. This game is Western’s to lose.

All #1 seeds got the first game except UND.

Nice to finally win an NC$$ tourney game, been way, way, way too long for our program. Having said that, we didn’t play very well overall. If we want to continue winning we need to play a better. Fortunately, Merrimack didn’t have anyone that could shoot the puck or this game could have turned out differently. It seemed obvious that the ice was crap yet we still overpassed the puck instead of shooting and crashing the net. Hopefully we shook off the rust and the ice will be better on Saturday. Hats off to Spoons for playing well, would be great if he could string three more together.

I hope UND comes out fast but a bit concerned since they’ve only played one game in three weeks. Can’t afford to get behind and give Merrimack any hope.

UND game should be able to start on time, little chance of OT in the first game.

They could play two more periods and I don’t think UConn could score.

Committee went straight bracket with the only change being due to conference matchups. They made the correct swap also with Cornell and Wisconsin. Good job on their part.

Why are you force feeding me woman’s hockey? Could have sworn I turned on the men’s hockey selection show.

They need to cut this show to 30 minutes. So much filler material that is just not needed.

Hopefully they get to the brackets before Thursday.

Straight pairing’s: Albany Michigan (1) v Bentley (16) UMD (8) v Penn State (9) Sioux Falls UND (2) v Merrimack (15) Providence (7) v Quinnipiac (10) Worcester Michigan St (3) v UConn (14) Dartmouth (6) v Cornell (11) Loveland Western Mich (4) v Mankato (13) Denver (5) v Wisconsin (12) My Objectives: No conference matchups in 1st round. Keep as close to strict pairings as possible. Help attendance if possible with very minimal pairings changes. Teams that are close in NPI: PSU & Q are only separated by .02 in NPI. Cornell & Wisconsin by .13 Providence & UMD by .16 Conference matchups: Have to breakup Dartmouth & Cornell. Logical swap is Cornell & Wisconsin since they are closest in NPI. Attendance issues? Possibly in Albany. Swap Penn St and Q. Only a .02 difference in NPI Might not be needed if Penn St fans travel well. It’s about 5 hours to Albany. New brackets: Albany Michigan (1) v Bentley (16) UMD (8) v Quinnipiac (10) Bentley is 2.5 hours from Albany Q is 2.5 hours. Sioux Falls UND (2) v Merrimack (15) Providence (7) v Penn State (9) Worcester Michigan St (3) v UConn (14) Dartmouth (6) v Wisconsin (12) UConn is 1 hour from Worcester. Dartmouth is 2.5 hours. Loveland Western Mich (4) v Mankato (13) Denver (5) v Cornell (11)

Heading to the 2nd OT. Hopefully 9 or 10 more to go.

If he is being offered $500k or more then by all means he should take it. Can’t blame him for it. I think anyone offering that kind of money is nuts and is unlikely to see a good return on that investment.

So how much is he being offered? Is it 100k, 500k, a million or more?

3-2 UConn

Not sure that style of play will work in the playoffs. You may win some games but to win 4 in a row against good teams will be very tough.

Their fans should be able to car pool and still have extra space.

40 goals allowed in regulation over the past 14 games (2.86 average). Not acceptable. This team has no chance at #9 if this continues.

This is “hock” hockey.

Before tonight our last 13 games: 3,4,3,3,1,0,3,4,4,3,3,3,1. That’s goals allowed in regulation. In 10 out of 13 we gave up 3 or more goals. Tonight, 3 more so far. That is a recipe for losing in the NC$$ tourney. Almost no chance of winning a championship with that level of defense. I was hoping they would show some improvement in that area tonight but it’s not happening.

Major dive

Clarkson wins 4-3. Two short handed goals in the third.

Hard to see Boisvert with much success unless he matures quite a bit. Doesn’t seem at all ready to handle playing in the NHL.