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Notre Dame Hockey 2013-2014 Go East young men

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I believe you are correct. Many, many of us miss him, his voice, his knowledge of the sport and his goofy enthusiasm. I wonder what he would think about the shake-up of the conferences and the loss of rivalries...
 
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Jeff_Jackson_for_Pres. said:
I believe you are correct. Many, many of us miss him, his voice, his knowledge of the sport and his goofy enthusiasm. I wonder what he would think about the shake-up of the conferences and the loss of rivalries...
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I have a pretty good idea of what Mike would think about it all.
 
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That should help out our PWR. Nice to see our boys turn the season around and finish strong. Hopefully we can make a decent push into the Hockey East Playoffs and secure our spot in the Frozen Four tournament
 
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Congratulations ND on your big win last night. It was a great game.

Now, take care of business against BU, hopefully no other HE upsets, and we'll see you back at Conte Forum in 2 weeks. We want our #1 PWR ranking back! :D
 
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Wow. You were mediocre all year and then handed my Black Bears a wake up call. And just took if from there and then took down the top dog in hockey east. Welcome to the league and I like it. Wishing you the best as a Black Bear fan. Although my routing interests are with Lowell. Good luck though! And congrats on making it to the HE semis. It is a big deal in our league, that is, to make it to the "garden". :)
 
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I had to suffer through Legends food to be able to watch these games (does nowhere else in South Bend get NESN?) but it was worth it yesterday. Pretty nerve-wracking 3rd period, but overall did a great job playing the perfect style to shut down Gaudreau & Co. The prospect of UML scares me a little bit, but we should probably scare them more coming of this performance.

Still not happy at all with how the power play looked. Not sure what you can do to fix that, really missing Russo at the point. The entries need to be cleaner, dump and chase on the power play is not going to work. Still, don't want to dwell on the negative, an eye-opening weekend overall.
 
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BlackI said:
Wow. You were mediocre all year and then handed my Black Bears a wake up call. And just took if from there and then took down the top dog in hockey east. Welcome to the league and I like it. Wishing you the best as a Black Bear fan. Although my routing interests are with Lowell. Good luck though! And congrats on making it to the HE semis. It is a big deal in our league, that is, to make it to the "garden". :)
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Thanks for the support! I think this matchup with ND will be very similar to the UVM one we just played.
UML has been doing the dump and chase PP for a while now and ask any fan how well that's been working.
We've been relying on the goaltender obviously and solid D. Scoring is always by committee over here.

I don't think UML lets anyone sneak up on them so not sure they'll be scared. They know they're facing a much different opponent than they did earlier in the season. I can't wait for it. Should be another great battle.
Good luck and thanks for kicking BC's a**. Man I love watching those guys lose haha
 
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candycanes99 said:
I had to suffer through Legends food to be able to watch these games (does nowhere else in South Bend get NESN?)
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I do! Watched all weekend and will watch next weekend; although, the games are also on NBCSN next weekend, so I might prefer that since NESN tends to be more Boston-centric with their calls...

Since I know Stephen Johns reads this thread (and for some reason my posts in particular), here's a shout out to him for playing his arse off Friday and Sunday. I'll let Saturday's gaffes go unmentioned because, in the end, he was awesome when it mattered. Steven Summerhays was also more like what I've been missing since October. Quiet, positionally sound, rock-solid. I can honestly say, none of the goals BC scored were soft or were ones he misplayed. While T.J. Tynan took 2 of the dumbest penalties I've ever witnessed (allowing 2 PPG's against in the process), all is forgiven for that dish to Bryan Rust. And speaking of Rust...when was the last time Notre Dame had such a clutch guy? Calle Ridderwall? A.k.a. the "Wolverine killer?" ;) So I guess Rust is the "Eagle slayer?!" :D

Watching the last half of the 3rd period yesterday, it was extremely evident that both teams used every ounce of their talent and energy this weekend. That's what I want in my team (and the opponent). 100% effort. And they delivered! I'm eating my words from January, but I don't mind when my team proves me wrong.

So it's back to Boston and UML. Every thing else is gravy from here on out; however, I don't want the season to end until about 10:30 p.m. April 12th...
 
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Jeff_Jackson_for_Pres. said:
I do! Watched all weekend and will watch next weekend; although, the games are also on NBCSN next weekend, so I might prefer that since NESN tends to be more Boston-centric with their calls...
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Nice! DirecTV I take it? Not even Brothers on Eddy St had it at least when I checked around Beanpot time. And yeah, the color guy needs a lesson on basic geometry. Trying to argue that the off-angle means it wasn't necessary a goal even though it was beyond both the goal line AND the crossbar in that view. It took me forever to realize that the weird bounce back out on Johns' goal yesterday was due to it coming down and hitting the ice while on edge. I don't think Tom Caron (PBP guy) is trying to be a homer, but he knows who's watching that channel.

So it's back to Boston and UML. Every thing else is gravy from here on out; however, I don't want the season to end until about 10:30 p.m. April 12th...
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The way they played this weekend, I have to respectfully disagree. They need to keep this momentum going and rattle off nothing but wins from now on! I want to be optimistic about this team in the future, but there's a huge crop of seniors leaving, and hopefully do so while leaving their mark!
 
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candycanes99 said:
Nice! DirecTV I take it?
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Yes. I have all the "college hockey" channels; although I saw verrrrry few NoDak or DU games this season (their t.v. deals must have run out). Besides, I love the Beanpot (the only in-season tourney that's any good IMO).

candycanes99 said:
The way they played this weekend, I have to respectfully disagree. They need to keep this momentum going and rattle off nothing but wins from now on! I want to be optimistic about this team in the future, but there's a huge crop of seniors leaving, and hopefully do so while leaving their mark!
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This is more in reference to my post after the outdoor game in January (easy to find as I rarely post anymore--I do not like most HE fans--I miss most CCHA fans--) about my fears for the remainder of the season. The team far surpassed my predictions (thank God), so I'm pleasantly surprised (and ecstatic) with the results thus far, beating BC (3 of 5 times) and locking in the NCAAs.
 
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Congratulations to the Irish for knocking off BC this past weekend, and good luck this coming weekend back in Boston!
 
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So after pooping their breezers against UML, Notre Dame gets the unenviable regional playing SCSU in their backyard, then if they manage a better showing against that team than last year, they get to face Minny in their living room. I have to assume Minny will not lose to RMU/Canisius. Can't create a scenario other than this...

If losing to UML gets the last loss out of their systems and we get to play 4 more games, I'm okay with that breezer-pooping effort. Now I will call on the seniors to get it done.
 
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Rough night last night. Gonna be a rough weekend next weekend too. Truth be told the gophers have been slowing down. SCSU is SCSU. Not out of the question that ND gets out of the bracket. Just have to hope the crew next week lets the boys play their game (full tackle, not touch or flag).
 
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Good luck this weekend ND! I'd like to see Hockey East taking all 3 possible spots in the next round...
 
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Carmine Scarpaglia said:
Rough night last night. Gonna be a rough weekend next weekend too. Truth be told the gophers have been slowing down. SCSU is SCSU. Not out of the question that ND gets out of the bracket. Just have to hope the crew next week lets the boys play their game (full tackle, not touch or flag).
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SCSU is SCSU. The team that knocked you out last year. They're almost all back this year. Fast and skilled so yes, if the refs let the game get overly physical, it leans to your favor. Looking past the Huskies not exactly recommended. Actually that's fine by us. Would love to see the same result as last year when that happened.
 
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