NCAA Tourny

[cbrooks]

I'm trying that right now. No luck.

Any updates on the game...anyone?

[missioncontrol26]

Its still 4-1 CC over BC with 15:15 to go in the second.

[missioncontrol26]

4-2 now with 9:21 in the second.

[missioncontrol26]

5-2 now. Jade Schwartz is an animal for CC right now.

[cbrooks]

That guy is a stud. How many points does he have? Is the Boston goaltender looking shaky?

[missioncontrol26]

Schwartz has 2 goals on the night. Muse isn't playing terrible for BC but when you compare him to Howe in net for CC he is struggling. Shorty for CC right now. 6-2.

[missioncontrol26]

7-2 CC!!!! Odd man rushes are killing BC and I am loving it!

[cbrooks]

I'm reading this live blog on another site. The BC fans are flipping out. There blaming John Muse. I'm enjoying this . Cheers

[missioncontrol26]

3 even strength goals, 2 short handed goals, and 2 powerplay goals for CC at the end of 2. If CC can keep riding this wave they are a serious contender.

[cbrooks]

I'm happy to see a WCHA team do well in this tourament. Good for them

I was starting to think the WCHA was the Atlantic conference for awhile there.

[Bear55]

It is nice to watch BC get pounded, come on CC put up a 10 spot on them.

[Steve Foss]

Is there a 10-run rule in hockey? The Eagles are looking a lot like mergansers.

[cbrooks]

I kind of wish UND would have a shot at BC this year.

[missioncontrol26]

7-3 with 11:42 left in the third. I don't want to see CC get soft here. They are going to need to play just as hard against Michigan tomorrow.

[cbrooks]

Missioncontrol, are you pulling for CC the rest of the way?

[missioncontrol26]

Honestly I am pulling for Duluth to take it all since I have tickets to the frozen four already and I want to cheer for a MN team. Besides that I will support all the WCHA teams except UND. I lost my respect for UND after the 2006 when they hosted the west regional and the majority of the UND fans cheered for Holy Cross over the U of M. Up until that point UND was my number 2 team in the WCHA.

7-4 6:21 left in the 3rd.

[missioncontrol26]

CC finished it off in style with a PP goal with 8 seconds left. final score 8-4.

[Bryce]

Rodents deserved to be rooted against. They didn't even bother to gain game tapes of Holy Cross they were so confident. Did all the fans in the stands know this at the time? Why let the facts get in the way of a good story.

[missioncontrol26]

Bryce if thats your reason for rooting against the gophers have at it. To each their own. I would have much rather watched UND play against the gophers in the quarterfinals and win then watch UND play Holy Cross. I was just stating that I supported all the WCHA teams until I encountered that situation. Thats just my opinion. It's all about the rivalry that is unfortunately not going to be the same in a few years.

[solbes]

It was almost like the ice tilted towards the BC net last night. The Tigers were very, very fast and aggressive coming out of their zone into neutral ice. Best game of the day, unless of course you were an Eagle fan. The CCHA refs really let em play too. It was 180 degrees from the Duluth/Union game in that sense.

They were talking about how hard it would be to pull Muse after all he has accomplished at BC. Screw that, I would have pulled him after 4 goals to start the 2nd. For sure after the 5th. Sure you give him a pat on the back and thank him, but this was the NCAAs. The Eagles fans were wrong, it was the rest of the team that was so flat and the real reason for the loss. CC just dominated them. Playing like that, they might be the team to beat.

[Scum Frog]

Missioncontrol26 word of warning don't even think about attacking Bryce beloved Sioux. (top ivy league school of North Dakota if you didn't already know just ask him)Plus not a bad hockey team either.

[cbrooks]

Solbes, how do you like UMD chances against Yale? You think the refs will call another tight game?

[Bryce]

Dogs are looking good. A hot tender is key for playoff hockey. CC could make things interesting too.

[scsavre]

How much confidence is CC going to have..... wow.

So is Nodak going to win 6-1 or take this one to OT.

Man I hate the sioux. Mission, I cant believe it took that long to loose respect for that goon crew. Everyone knows NDSU is the top academic school in that state anyway.

So what refs are we going to get today. Talk about a change, I wonder if everyone complained about the Dogs games refs.

[solbes]

I didn't think Yale or UMD looked their normal selves in game 1. UMD was on the PK for 1/3 of the game and on the PP for another 1/5-1/4 of the game. So it was tough to get a sense for how their 5-5 play was. Typically there would be 1 or 2 shifts and then a penalty was called. Very few times of working through repeated lines 1-3. PK was shutdown; I really liked David Grun and Mike Connolly out there. Reiter was playing at the top of his game. That's the type of game that we would have lost 3-2 over the past 2 months of regular season, if Reiter hadn't elevated his play.

Yale certainly didn't appear to be the fast and high scoring team they were touted to be. Air Force had numerous chances late in the game to beat them but couldn't quite capitalize. AF was also one of the teams to beat Yale in the regular season. Yale could obviously turn things around tonight and come out firing, so I think it'll be a tough game.

If the refs let them play a little bit, I think whoever scores 4, possibly even 3 goals wins it. It would also help our forecheck if it wasn't SO tight tonight. I know they are trying to ref like they usually do in the East, but that 1st game was downright silly.