One of the most interesting games I've ever seen in the Tsongas Arena; it had a lot of everything.
I loved what I saw for the first 15 minutes and the last 12 minutes of that game. It was complete dominance of an opponent and Colgate had no answers, especially after the "replay" goal was awarded. I have to give Colgate a lot of credit, during the other half of the game, they played pretty well and capitalized on three Lowell mistakes. Lowell was very fortunate Colgate only scored three goals.
Really impressive with the lines tonight, seems to work very well. Freshmen have a bit of learning to do but they seem to be OK for now and can play at this level. It happens, but Nevin did not have a good game, constantly fighting the puck and leaving a lot of "tasty treats" hanging in front of the net, although if not pretty didn't allow a Colgate goal in the third.
The student section showed up tonight en masse and was effective from start to finish. They definitely brought their A-game to the opener and hope for a repeat performance. Just under 5690 for an opening non-league game...has to be a record for NC home opener, save the Tsongas Arena opening event against Dartmouth. Don't know what the 5:00 PM start will do to attendance tomorrow but we will see. It was nice to start the home crowd actually feed the come from behind win. Hasn't happened much but if this is the sign of things to come, I like it.
Watching UNH/NU game and NU goalie. Shoot (on net) first, ask questions later.
Hockey is back...I'm happy