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CHA Thoughts and Prognostications: Year 11, The Finale... Part Deux

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Douglas said:
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Hey, didn't you like the Haczyk goal photo. I took that one while standing on the Niagara bench; I mean literally standing on the Purps bench. It gave me the perfect angle on that goal. I imagine Burkie will like reliving that goal to. Man that Haczyk has got some wheels!!!

Now for that 3-2 score... change it around and I can live with it.:D

See you at the game...

GO CHARGERS!
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Hacker's goal: Yup, love that picture. It was a great goal. Speed kills.

You have already had your share of 3-2 wins v. NU this season. I like the idea of bookend championships.

See you at The Bob.
 
Re: CHA Thoughts and Prognostications: Year 11, The Finale... Part Deux

Dear Bemidji State:

What the hell, over?

Signed,
The Rest of the CHA
 
Re: CHA Thoughts and Prognostications: Year 11, The Finale... Part Deux

3-3 tie. Seems appropriate. Good luck to both teams tonight but.... I gotta pull for UAH would love to see the headlines say "Next years independent is this years tourney participant"

Good luck UAH in finding a home. But still looking forward to yelling "who hates huntsville" at games.

So what did I win for getting the preseason finishing order right? lol. nada eh?
 
Re: CHA Thoughts and Prognostications: Year 11, The Finale... Part Deux

Why is Live Stats showing a 5-2 BSU loss?

GFM
 
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gfmorris said:
Reversing the curse. Sorry 5Hole.
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I said 3-2 before the game. I was just praying that UAH had the 3.

Oh, and the crowd of people at my house LOUDLY sang the fight song into my phone on a message we left for Coach. ;)

Niagara played one hell of a game. Hats off to them. They forced those turnovers very well.

GFM
 
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For the Charger faithful...

WinningGoalDesmet-s.jpg

The winning goal.


CelebrationCHA-s.jpg

...and the celebration.

Enjoy!!!
 
Re: CHA Thoughts and Prognostications: Year 11, The Finale... Part Deux

We watched the replay a couple dozen times at my house.

DeBruyn with the wrister to Ruffini on the point. Ruffi one-times it between Gotto's legs [looks in one view like it glances off of his skate, but in another view it doesn't] into Noonan's pad. Puck bounces out and up, Beattie settles it down, but right into Desmet's shooting zone. Puck settles just long enough for Keenan to roof it. Textbook overload, down to Cseter cutting through the slot to get backdoor and draw Beattie off of Desmet just a little bit.

Now, you're probably wondering, "Why did Noonan drop his glove?" And the first fifteen times, I wondered that, too. But then I saw that he was really worried about the post being open for a wrister along the ice, which makes sense given that the puck was tumbling and unlikely to settle for a high shot. Noons gets over enough with the toe to close up the hole by the post, but he never lifts his glove again. Felt bad for the guy.
 
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I listened on the Niagara stream over the Internet; the announcers were, of course, biased, and really came across as offensive, particularly when they noted Sebastian Geoffrion and his "hometown" as Brentwood, TN, and then joked that there was "no way" he was related to Boom Boom... a little homework would have been appreciated... anyway, I have to give them props for noting that they thought the disallowed first period goal wasw incorrectly decided. Not having seen Niagara's disallowed goal in the 2nd period, I have no idea the actual circumstances, but the announcers were certain it was going to be allowed; when it wasn't, they appeared to chuck it up to payback by the refs for disallowing UAH's. Any one has saw this have a comment about that? It "sounded" as if Niagara was dominating and they seemed to be upset about the penalty call in OT. I would expect, though, that the foul must have pretty egregious and obvious for the refs to blow the whistle in that instance. Hope those who saw it can provide some insight there, too. I'm so proud of the guys; been watching them since 1981... and hope they can pull a Bemidji this year in the tournament.
 
Re: CHA Thoughts and Prognostications: Year 11, The Finale... Part Deux

Both disallowed goals were the right call. Coby was trying to kick the puck up to his stick, but didn't get there with the stick. [Almost.] The NU high-sticking [think it was a Zanette] got called because he got his stick blade high before chopping down. The second call was pretty close to the borderline, but there wasn't enough evidence to overturn it, unlike with the Coburn goal.

As for the penalty in OT, it was a slash to the lower shin/ankle. Most slashes aren't going to get called in OT, but I wasn't surprised that one got called.

GFM
 
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Also, the CBSCS announcers said, at one point, that Coby is the younger brother of Braydon Coburn. Ummm ... Braydon was born in SK. Coby's from ON. I'm betting NO. But CBSCS did get the Geoffrions right.

I was a little surprised that Starman pushed the Niagara-is-on-a-roll angle more than the UAH-will-be-indie angle. More people nationally know about UAH because of the CCHA shutting us down in August. That was surprising to me, given that Starman coached here a lot when he was with Macon.

What did frustrate me about the Niagara-is-on-a-roll angle was that I never, ever heard them mention that the one loss was to UAH. If I was pushing that angle as a broadcaster, I would pick on that, too, and make that point.

That said, the game was called pretty fair on TV.

GFM
 
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Hey Burkie, if ya read this ... you have to be proud of how your team played. I hate that someone had to lose that game.

GFM
 
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Douglas said:
For the Charger faithful...

WinningGoalDesmet-s.jpg

The winning goal.


CelebrationCHA-s.jpg

...and the celebration.

Enjoy!!!
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Hey Doug ... you willing to let us print those up? I want one as big as I can get them for the house :)
 
Re: CHA Thoughts and Prognostications: Year 11, The Finale... Part Deux

Well, first off, a big congratz to UAH on a hard fought game and getting the W.

I'm back in the old hotel room, pulling an all-nighter since the game ended so late, then went to an unofficial function for those players who no longer need worry about curfew, etc. (scheduled before the Tourney even started), lost an hour to the clock springing ahead and I have a flight out at 6:15 ... so who needs sleep?

Bottom line here is that both teams played pretty well but they play different type games. We had all the stats on our side except the score. But UAH played their game - pack it in tight D, wait for an opportunity (maybe that should read PP opp) and score. It helps that they have one of the hottest- if not the hottest- goalies in D1. And a couple of fortuitous calls.

I only had the live look at the disputed goals. Contrary to what wsp67326 may have heard from the NU broadcast, that goal was apparently correctly decided. It was pretty clearcut - if Noonan's stick hit it before it went in, a goal. If it did not, no goal. I'm told they had a good camera view on it and it was an easy no-goal decision.

Not so easy on the second reviewed goal. More judgement involved, I would say. I talked to someone who saw the replay numerous times and he says it was the wrong call, not even that close. My take - they had already denied UAH's goal on review, so that may have entered into it. But the ref would also be overturning his own call. Too much to overcome.

As for the OT penalty ... poor decision, with confusion by the officials. You could see them trying to figure out what they were going to call. They ended up putting the wrong guy in the box. It looked to me like Burchirin had already shouldered the UAH player out of the play. There was a slash, but as Geof says, not usually called in OT. It certainly was not egregious,really pretty marginal. By getting the wrong player, it also took away one of our best on the PK.

So, since Douglas has claimed a lifetime right to bi-itch about Gardsie and the net 10 years ago;), now I have something to bi-itch about too! :mad: :rolleyes:
 
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Hey 5Hole, re-watching the broadcast, they noted that both refs raised their arm on the OT slash. :shrug:

GFM
 
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gfmorris said:
Hey, they did blow the call ...

... by putting the wrong Niagara guy in the box. ;)

GFM
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Well, that was already noted, Geof ... and it was significant.

From the USCHO game write-up:
BURKIE'S COMMENT -
Just 26 seconds earlier, Niagara’s Jim Burichin was whistled for slashing on a call Niagara coach Dave Burkholder was not pleased with.

“It was an overtime call that didn’t need to be called,” he said bitterly. “It was a real soft call in overtime.”
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Read more: http://www.uscho.com/recaps/20092010/m/03/13/uah-niag.php#ixzz0iAsXYGjU

Like I said, now I have something to bi-itch about, too, for the next 10 years, at least. :p
 
Re: CHA Thoughts and Prognostications: Year 11, The Finale... Part Deux

Well, an FYI for all CHA fans ... and an apology to Douglas for not being able to execute on a well-intentioned thought. Before the Tournament I was chatting with Burkie in his office when he asked if I knew if there were a lot fans coming in from the other schools. I told him I really was not sure at all but that I knew Millsy was not making it, which left Douglas as the lone CHA FAN to have attended all the tournaments. He immediately jumped on it and wanted to acknowledge/honor him in some manner. He actually wanted to have a ceremonial puck drop at the start if the game but later said that would not work because of tv. So there was supposed to be an announcement ... I never heard it, don't think it happened. I guess a communications breakdown. In any event, great to see Douglas at the Tournament to finish off his perfect record. I'll tip my Niagara cap to you, Douglas ... thanks for all the CHA support and great photos. And you got your wish, even called the score!

BTW ... I did not even realize that the only CHA I missed was the first one in 2000 - and what a one to miss for a Niagara fan. Darn.
 
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