BU: '22-'23 Season: Sail The Boats

[Tmtroiano]

You would also think the highest seed plays first so that they get extra rest. That would be Denver.

[chickod]

Did I miss something? How do you get Webber on that? He got cross-checked in the back four times.

[J.D.]

Just a comment between periods while I nervously await play to resume. The other thing the NCAA doesn't consider when determining times is where the schools are located. New England is a relatively small region. I can think of at least 15 schools right off the top of my head that are within less than three hours driving distance from anywhere. If a team has to travel a long distance (i.e., Denver), it DOESN'T MATTER when the game is. They're here and they're staying. They're not going to work the next day. So why you would put a LOCAL team at 2:00 p.m. where the fans have to miss work, especially when they could DRIVE to the game after work, makes NO sense. NONE. Put the local teams in the evening when the fans can get there. It doesn't matter when Denver plays...their fans aren't driving to work the next day. Oh, that's right...they don't care about attendance.

Yep that was my argument. BU should have been late game.

[J.D.]

Calling a timeout up 4-1, Jay Pandolfo has his finger on the pulse.

[chickod]

Just a comment between periods while I nervously await play to resume. The other thing the NCAA doesn't consider when determining times is where the schools are located. New England is a relatively small region. I can think of at least 15 schools right off the top of my head that are within less than three hours driving distance from anywhere. If a team has to travel a long distance (i.e., Denver), it DOESN'T MATTER when the game is. They're here and they're staying. They're not going to work the next day. So why you would put a LOCAL team at 2:00 p.m. where the fans have to miss work, especially when they could DRIVE to the game after work, makes NO sense. NONE. Put the local teams in the evening when the fans can get there. It doesn't matter when Denver plays...their fans aren't driving to work the next day. Oh, that's right...they don't care about attendance.

[BU93]

Wow, we were really blowing by their D on the outside. Haven’t been able to do that in awhile.

[chickod]

Not quite. You have appearantly forgotten the UML non-goal in the 2009 Hockey East Championship game. As I recall that was an extremely long review before being called no goal.

Sean

Wow...time flies I guess. I can't believe replay has been around THAT long. Yikes...

[Sean Pickett]

You're right. Hence my comments about replay. Ten years ago that would have been a goal because play was not stopped on the ice and there would have been no review. So, hence the argument that "See, that's why they have replay. To get the call right.

Not quite. You have appearantly forgotten the UML non-goal in the 2009 Hockey East Championship game. As I recall that was an extremely long review before being called no goal.

Sean

[chickod]

WMU is one of the worst defensive teams I have seen all year. Maybe that's a feather in the cap for other HE teams.

I'm surprised they're still sending two men in to forecheck. Usually after you get burned about 20 times you stop that. Wisconsin tried that in 1978 at Providence and after O'Callahan blew by them a couple of times they backed off.

[J.D.]

WMU is one of the worst defensive teams I have seen all year. Maybe that's a feather in the cap for other HE teams.

[chickod]

If this is any indication BU has a good chance to beat Denver. When it was 1-0 it felt like 3-0 and now it is.

You spoke too soon. Ssshhh!!!!

[chickod]

Wow. That completely changes the game.

[J.D.]

If this is any indication BU has a good chance to beat Denver. When it was 1-0 it felt like 3-0 and now it is.

[chickod]

It's quite warm in the arena seating bowl.

Sean

That's unfortunate. I wonder what's going to happen when the place fills up (or Saturday for the finals)?

[Tmtroiano]

Yeah....that's why I said the "second bang" because it WAS frozen until he dislodged it. But the whistle (as far as I know from watching hockey for 58 years) is supposed to be blown when the referee "loses sight of the puck." I agree that it was "loose" but by the time he banged his pad the second time, it was under the pad and there's was no way the referee could have seen it.

It still feels like goalie interference to me (at multiple points in the sequence) but I think you are correct Go BU!!