Dustin

I've never liked that excuse. It's a whiner's excuse. I also like to point out that there have been years we've benefitted from this format. Paging 1997. I also think it's incredibly exciting to have a "one and done" format. You can only do so much, no matter what the format is. The rest is out of your control.

Title game is a coaching rematch of the 2022 title game (Carle vs Hastings). I wonder how much having access to a Big Ten roster will improve Hastings' chances. I was rooting for him then and I'm rooting for him now.

Clearly our best player. Happy that he will be backstopping us for more seasons.

Ouch. That hurts, but it's true. I didn't look like UND was built to handle the elites of this year's tournament, despite the #2 overall seed. That will need to change.

I think it's generally agreed upon that people like John B.'s enthusiasm for the sport, but he's not good at hockey play-by-play (which is a special skill - try doing it for radio when there's no picture to help the listener). The extent of Bucci's call is "Here comes...(team or player)." Colby Cohen is just flat out annoying, and I wish he had never won that championship with BU. It's interesting at how many times he's wrong on something (off-sides call, for instance) before the replay corrects him. I wonder if John and Colby can't stand each other (or one of them can't stand the other), otherwise, why aren't they both in the booth like a normal PxP/Color combo? I have nothing against Quint Kessenich.

Amen.

Related? I see they have different hometowns listed.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/und-defenseman-jake-livanavage-set-to-turn-pro Liv gone too. IMO it's hard to win it all without upperclass defensemen. UND was short on those this year, and now will be short on them next year without a transfer.

It shouldn't happen, but I am sure it does. It happened to me as a fan, so I don't see why it couldn't happen to a player.

On Wisconsin!

Unbelievable how Denver keeps winning these big games. Carle is a master.

Michigan over double on shots 52-25.

These teams look faster after another half of a hockey game than UND did in one regulation game.

Good showcase of college hockey.

I’m afraid you’re right.

I’m not sure UND could’ve handled the physicalness of this game.

I’ll be cheering for Wisconsin regardless of opponent, Michigan hasn’t won in 28 years. Wouldn’t be the end of the world. Denver is just winning too much and I’d like that to stop.

Just think, if we had won, we would be getting our wish with the second game going into overtime.

Yeah, I guess there's that.

I've been under the assumption that it will be a massive success. Not sure how much work it is to host, but UND has been and continues to go to town hosting regionals. I would assume they'll be encouraged to host in LV again. Now, someone needs to host in Nashville. Maybe Wisconsin? There's no NHL rink in Wisconsin, and they hosted Tampa in 2016. Also, I noticed Denver is the host in Chicago coming up. What's the connection there?

yes. less finesse, more grease.

We looked slow. Last couple nights I watched the '97 and '00 championship games, and we looked fast. Faster than I would have expected for being 25-30 years ago. We did not heed the motto "speed kills."

Perron would have been a difference maker for UND this year. Probably just what we needed in a game like today's.

Honestly, UND is going to come out looking like the worst of the 4 teams.

Who's our PP guy?