Darius made mention of last minute comebacks, a large portion of which are a combination of luck (getting a good bounce of the puck) and taking advantage of it (finding the back of the net).
Watching the game again, UNH was certainly better defensively at the end of the game than Maine. The Black Bears stopped playing aggressively and UNH started creating chances. On the Silengo goal, Maine's D-man (can't remember who now) just kept skating back, didn't try to break up the feed to Silengo and just let it slide. That was something that would have been broken up earlier in the game. When we pulled DiGirolamo, Maine didn't pressure the puck carriers at all, let us go to them, let us dictate play, and we kept the pressure on until Dalton found the back of the net. He had about 4 feet of space to play around in, nobody pushing him around, no pressure at all, and he got his chance, and took advantage of it.
Are we a very talented team? Of course we are. What I'm saying is you can't win championships on talent alone. Getting a comeback win, much like the one we got Friday night, requires one team to "win" it and the other team to "lose" it. And like I said originally, Maine totally lost that game. Hell, Flynn could have put it away on that breakaway, but DiGi stoned him. That play, I guess, is the best microcosm of what I'm trying to say. That puck goes in, we're out of it. Done. But with the save, we have a chance to hang around and wait for an opportunity (the breakout on Silengo's goal) to take advantage of.
