Dustin

Hope BC can use that challenge to turn the tides a bit. As much as I like the idea of rooting for the NCHC, did we cheer for Minnesota b/c of the WCHA??

Penn State winning the NC would probably garner the most exposure for college hockey. Is it worth it?

Say what you will about penn state, but it is fun to see another school really embrace college hockey. Would be fun to be at the frozen four with them.

I’d be ok with Herter. May be my second choice after Raboin. He was there for Duluth’s success and now at WMich with their success. UND alum.

so tell us who the new coach is.

I had an idea for a 2 site “super regional” a couple years ago. Basically you have two 8-team regionals in “hockey cities” like Boston, Detroit, St. Paul, and Denver (rotate year to year) to whittle down to your Frozen Four. Then the Frozen Four would alternate between warm weather cities like Tampa and Las Vegas.

I have a friend who used to work with Brad at the Herald. I’ve met Brad a couple times but we are not friends. I can tell you that his professionalism as a journalist is of the highest standard. College hockey as a whole is fortunate to have a guy like Brad working as a beat writer.

Maine really giving this game away.

I think there was a very early version of the NCAA hockey tournament that was only 4 teams, yes. Not sure how they were decided.

Haven’t put hardly any thought into this, so just spitballing here. With neutral conference tournaments dying and moving to home sites, and NCAA regionals typically very poorly attended, what if we skipped all that and gave the 6 conference regular season champs a birth into the “frozen 6”? The teams would be seeded 1-6 based on some sort of pairwise and the 4/5 and 3/6 winners (played on Wednesday?) play the 1 and 2 seeds in Thursday semifinals, then the championship on Saturday.

At least they had a good crowd of Michigan State fans for the first day.

Man, what happened?? I went to dinner with Maine up 1-0 and they’re down 4-1.

I’m ok with a Maine resurgence. They were a dominant program for a while, but it’s been a long road back.

UConn will win its first ever NCAA tournament game. Congrats to them. Nice to see more (flagship) schools in the mix.

Especially 3-4 year D men.

That “Oh My God!” really amps up the hilarity to me.

I’m going to reserve my opinion on the nature of the search until its final results are known. I have no reason to suspect a smoke and mirrors show as distraction to hire Jackson.

Yes it is. With the loss tonight, their natty gap matches the 23 years between 1979 and 2002. As much as we envy Denver, we have a lot to be grateful for. Of all the blue bloods, no one has a shorter natty gap than us.

They would be fortunate to have him. Hopefully he heads due north instead.

I’m guessing the regional final will look a lot more like the Minnesota-UMass game than the WMich-Mankato game?? Could be in for another wild one.

Just goes to show UND isn’t the only one who can go one and done. First Michigan State and then Minnesota. Will they fire their coaches??

Wow! No penalty and then a game winner!

Just saw the game highlights - what a heartbreaker for Michigan State.

And now a WMich victory.

Just catching up after some travel & leisure today. Michigan State out??!!