Godsmack

If memory serves, the Hale brothers are from Colorado Springs originally so there is that connection to CC.

Johnny Walker, Jarid Lukosevicious, and Ben Blood are some of my favorite names from college hockey.

Better yet, why was a bench minor called on Powers?

So why did Powers get tossed?

The last two minutes of a basketball game I usually take upwards of 20 minutes.

Was it a face mask though? When I saw it, it simply looked like our guy using his hand to fend off an irate ASU player who kept coming at him. Looked to me like our guy was using his hand to push back the opposing player.

I was only able to catch the third period and as annoyed as I was getting listening to the harping about the hit on the ASU player, those announcers did comment how the score was what it was not because of the officiating. That and the things you cited definitely give their announcers their due. Watching the CC game, the Omaha announcers crack me up. Talk about captain obvious. Not a whole lot of interesting insight other than just stating the obvious out there.

Asking around if anyone in the GF area knows if tonight’s game will be televised?

He sold it well too. Sprawled out on the ice not moving and then gets up and gets into a shoving match with our guy before skating off.

Excellent post. Well said. I’d also add, having better situational awareness during that late power play. You know Waldron is going to be coming back onto the ice from the penalty box at any moment. Maybe the D or at least one of them pull back a little off the blue line to keep an eye on the guy looking to be sprung on a break away. I know, easy for me to say watching from my couch but just an observation. The forwards too, maybe try just eating the puck in the ASU corner there as the penalty is winding down instead of being so aggressive. I won’t lie, I was pretty nervous when ASU cut it to 6-4. Had no idea how those last 3 minutes would play out.

Sometimes he sounds more like how a fan sitting in the stands would with all of his emphatic gestures and reactions, (such as, “GET IT! OOOH! etc.). I will say it’s grown on me simply because I’ve listened to his game calls so much it’s come to be expected.

Boisvert might find himself in a scrap with a bigger, tougher dude once he moves up to the professional ranks. Boy, wherever he goes, trouble seems to find him.

Is there video of their scrap?

Has anyone seen UMass Lowell this season? They were wearing the throwback jerseys last night at BU. Classic blues in the vain of the NY Rangers.

Pat Sweeney deserves an Emmy for his call in that game! His voice went up about ten octaves! I never tire of watching the WDAZ broadcast even though the picture quality isn’t that great.

Are you thinking of Trevor Olson’s high hit with about six minutes to play? I threw my hands up and told my wife, “that’s it.” I was shocked he only got a 2 minute minor. I bet that was a long, lonesome skate to the penalty box.

I also notice that CC fans will boo and heckle the refs on each and every penalty the refs call on the Tigers, no matter how obvious the call is. The CC announcers even acknowledged the obvious, lazy holding penalty called on Stuart late in Saturday’s first period. Is this common for every fan base? Stuart let go of his own stick behind his net and wrapped it around Rechney, within a few feet of the official. It doesn’t get much more obvious than that.

After now watching the Saturday game on tv, I question why Mayotte would challenge UND’s first goal, especially given his comments following Friday’s game when he said he definitely would’ve challenged Strinden’s tying goal had he had a challenge available. You’d think he would want to have a very high degree of confidence that he would win that challenge. My understanding is that you can angle your skate and it’s still a good goal, you just can’t make a clear kicking motion, which James clearly did not do.

I found it interesting that Homer hung out during play in the penalty box/tunnel area. I kept noticing only Sandy on the bench. Perhaps not enough room for everyone.

I gotta give the CC coaching staff some props-picking up Mats Lindgren to try and replace the offensive skill they lost early in the season when Burkholder went down. That guy was noticeable all weekend long. Particularly impressive given, according to Mayotte in the post game interview last night he said he hadn’t played in 7 months.

He will never give up on where grandma keeps the peanut butter. That and, “the little 6+1.”

When we got home from the game I started watching the recording and just listening to Ken Landau’s call on that play said it all. He sounded utterly shocked that puck didn’t go in the net. In fact, at first, he sounded like he thought it did go in as he went into his, “HE SHOOTS AND….” And that’s where he stopped in his tracks before he could finish his catch phrase.

Some CC fans are saying Mbereko left the game with a groin injury.

Any different than last night’s roster?

Their structure, at least when they play UND, is so strong. They don’t make positional mistakes or very few of them and when they do, Mbereko seems to bail them out with a ten bell save. Side note: We’ve met Kaidan Mbereko a handful of times and he is genuinely a really good guy, particularly with the kids. This is Kaidan with my daughter at the skate with the Tigers event.