Northeast Regional: #1 BC vs. #4 Alaska, #2 North Dakota vs. #3 Yale

[jdevoejr]

Re: Northeast Regional: #1 BC vs. #4 Alaska, #2 North Dakota vs. #3 Yale

I seriously doubt it after the battle Alaska gave them this afternoon. The lesson they likely learned may end up being the best thing for them.

Regarding that lesson you speak of: Isn't that what we said after the HE final against Maine? This team needs production from its first two lines.

[theprofromdover]

Re: Northeast Regional: #1 BC vs. #4 Alaska, #2 North Dakota vs. #3 Yale

and from what I hear BC may be as fast (please don't say faster ) than Yale.

Faster.

[sterlippo1]

Re: Northeast Regional: #1 BC vs. #4 Alaska, #2 North Dakota vs. #3 Yale

Faster.

but on that terrible ice surface, we'll see. i don't ever remember so many times that players just fell for no reason or the puck just popping up in the air, it was no advantage for BC to be sure but , hey, they both have to play on it . it neutralized BC's speed and since Yale also is fast we'll see who can muck it out.......

[wasmania]

Re: Northeast Regional: #1 BC vs. #4 Alaska, #2 North Dakota vs. #3 Yale

I completely agree. Problem is, before the game, UND thought it was a good deal as they gave Yale no chance.

fans maybe, not the players. The sioux play it one game at a time. no way they looked past Yale. If you want to crow, crow at the fans, they deserve it, not the players.

[wasmania]

Re: Northeast Regional: #1 BC vs. #4 Alaska, #2 North Dakota vs. #3 Yale

Thats the point. They got outworked because they didn't think they had to work that hard because Yale wasn't a formidable opponent.

While we can't prove it, it seems like that was the case.

[Onion Man]

Re: Northeast Regional: #1 BC vs. #4 Alaska, #2 North Dakota vs. #3 Yale

fans maybe, not the players. The sioux play it one game at a time. no way they looked past Yale. If you want to crow, crow at the fans, they deserve it, not the players.

UND sleptwalked through the first two periods and didn't start to play until they went down 3-0. They also played stupid hockey. Killing a potential 5 x 3 with a stupid hitting from behind penalty, etc. I thought both North Dakota and BC were caught looking ahead to eachother.

What surprised me was that Yale won that game and only took 23 shots on net. I dont think Eidsness was soft but if someone told me Yale would only have 23 shots on net, I would have guessed UND would have won 5-2 or something. Yale's ride probably ends today but they certainly made the ECAC look good yesterday.

[yalehockeyfan]

Re: Northeast Regional: #1 BC vs. #4 Alaska, #2 North Dakota vs. #3 Yale

fans maybe, not the players. The sioux play it one game at a time. no way they looked past Yale. If you want to crow, crow at the fans, they deserve it, not the players.

Couldn't agree more with you.
As a college athelete, I can't remember ever looking past the next opponent.
Now as an out of shape college sports fan, I do it all the time (ie. Yale's first round ECAC loss to Brown).

[yalehockeyfan]

Re: Northeast Regional: #1 BC vs. #4 Alaska, #2 North Dakota vs. #3 Yale

Killing a potential 5 x 3 with a stupid hitting from behind penalty, etc.

In my opinion a turning point in the game. It was simply a great play by our captain Ryan Donald.
That and the missed penalty shot.
The hit from behind/boarding could have/should have been a 5 minute major (watch the replay).

[yankeefn01]

Re: Northeast Regional: #1 BC vs. #4 Alaska, #2 North Dakota vs. #3 Yale

Question for you Yalers

Same goalie tonight against BC, or a different one? Do you guys even want a different goalie?

[brianvf]

Re: Northeast Regional: #1 BC vs. #4 Alaska, #2 North Dakota vs. #3 Yale

In my opinion a turning point in the game. It was simply a great play by our captain Ryan Donald.
That and the missed penalty shot.
The hit from behind/boarding could have/should have been a 5 minute major (watch the replay).

The ref should have blown the whistle before it even got to that point. Donald was just standing above the puck by the boards for 3 seconds. In that case, the ref needs to blow the whistle, which would have prevented Gregoire's stupid penalty to begin with.
That, and it appeared to me that Donald "sold" that penalty a bit.

[35-Year Go Big Red Fan]

Re: Northeast Regional: #1 BC vs. #4 Alaska, #2 North Dakota vs. #3 Yale

Congrats to Yale. Thanks for representing the ECACHL well. Keep it up!

Go Eli!

[SJHovey]

Re: Northeast Regional: #1 BC vs. #4 Alaska, #2 North Dakota vs. #3 Yale

Didn't get a chance to post it last night, but add my congrats to Yale. For at least 50 minutes yesterday the Bulldogs were the better team, and certainly deserved the win. Good luck against BC, and in the rest of the tournament.

[Chris_NH]

Re: Northeast Regional: #1 BC vs. #4 Alaska, #2 North Dakota vs. #3 Yale

I don't know if there's a local Boston TV option for today's game. Comcast SportsNet has the Celtics tonight, so they can't do it. Maybe someone will step up. Maybe NESN?

[SiouxTechie]

Re: Northeast Regional: #1 BC vs. #4 Alaska, #2 North Dakota vs. #3 Yale

I don't know if there's a local Boston TV option for today's game. Comcast SportsNet has the Celtics tonight, so they can't do it. Maybe someone will step up. Maybe NESN?

IIRC... The regional final should be on ESPNU?

[Slap Shot]

Players are as human as fans and to say they would never look past an opponent is pretty naive. That said, I think saying the sole reason for the 3-0 deficit was UND not coming to play doesn't give enough credit to the Yale players and coaches. They were a senior led team, I thought they did a great job of preventing UND from creating any kind of consistent flow and iirc they were the highest #3 seed in the tourney, meaning this wasn't a slouch team.