Godsmack

Something told me not to purchase tickets for the UND at DU series. Thank god I finally listened to my intuition for a change.

Looker said UND had a shorthanded lineup tonight. So that’s why we lost!

Maybe beer league champs?

It’s looking like we could very well be traveling back to Denver potentially for a first round playoff series.

They should take a page out of my beer league and aim for the goalie’s chest and perhaps half the time they’ll end up hitting the corners.

If memory serves, Siembida came in at the 11th hour and helped UND win the Great Lakes Invitational his first weekend of college hockey. But yah, after that, pretty pedestrian.

Pandolfo must not have been too thrilled with his goaltenders. He brought up a 6’5” freshman from Russia who’d been playing for the Omaha Lancers up until two weeks ago. Kid stopped about 40 shots tonight against the Eagles.

The Wisconsin commentator talked about the shots Brooks got in but clearly missed the ones Commodore got in.

I honestly don’t recall seeing CC chirp at home this season like they were this weekend. Odd that there’s this kind of animosity between these two teams.

Denver wins in overtime, 5-4.

Could we be looking at a first round road trip at Denver potentially?

You all remember the Darcy Zajac overtime winner at the Ralph over CC? I feel like that was a matinee game on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon? Maybe someone can confirm that. Brad Malone with a low shot on thr CC goalie and Zajac with the rebound.

I also remember a series at World Arena where Parise & Co., jumped out to a 3-0 lead after the first period and I was such a peacock thinking, “we got this in the bag!” only to watch CC come back with 5 unanswered goals! Lol. Taught me a lesson in humility. The game isn’t over until it’s over.

Yah me too! I was sitting up in the corner above where UND skated out onto the ice. Watching the puck sail down harmlessly and hearing the entire arena go nuts as it got closer to the net. Nothing went right for UND that evening!

And yet another trip down memory lane, circa 2010 or so. A delayed penalty was being called on CC. So UND pulled the goalie for an extra attacker. Both UND defensemen skated off on a line change as Jason Gregoire if memory serves, made a no look pass backwards from center ice to what he thought was one of his D men. Unfortunately, there was nobody home and the puck drifted casually down the ice and into our own wide open net. I think CC whipped us pretty good that evening like, 7-3 or something. Scott Owens was quoted as saying in all his years playing and coaching, he’d never seen a goal scored liked that.

Another fond memory of mine from back in the day was watching the 1997 UND/CC Frozen Four semifinal game at the CC student union with my girlfriend and a bunch of her friends and a huge room full of CC students. I think we beat them handily like, 6-2 or something. I was the only UND fan there (obviously) but everyone was cool about it as I tried not to be “that” guy. Still, it was fun watching UND and CC square off in the FF.

I remember watching Mac’s dad back in the day. CC had some great teams starting in the mid-90’s. Unfortunately for them, they ran into a loaded Michigan squad in 96 and a UND team that could not be denied in 97. I remember the hype one year in a series between UND and CC at the Cadet Ice Arena where the Jason Blake/Brian Swanson rivalry was the headline. Fun memories going to those old CC games at the old Broadmoor World Arena, then for a few years at Air Force Academy, and then finally at the then new World Arena.

What the hell happened to Cornell? They brought back virtually everyone from last year’s tournament team.

CC has played 26 games. Laba was hurt and has only played in 21 of them but leads the team in points. And Zach Wisdom had a 2 goal game last night and if memory serves, he totally lit it up against UND last season in their series at Robson.

Omaha’s dream start last night turned into an absolute nightmare. Yikes.

That two goal lead was dangerous for Omaha.

CC has this freshman goaltender from southern Minnesota who needs the playing time as Mbereko is likely gone after the season ends. Carsen Musser. He played well.

So I missed the game but heard the post game with Berry. How many penalties did we take in the third?

No, I couldn’t get the time off from work unfortunately.