Michigan Hockey Opener vs RIT - Game Thread
Michigan hockey is back!! Great thing about collegiate sports is you don't have to worry about strikes and lockouts.
Things to watch tonight:
- Goalie situation. Rutledge was shaky (which makes sense being a frosh and recently recovering from injury) in the exhibition. Will be interesting to see how he handles the nerves of his first official game.
- Blue line play - Merill is out for a while. Still fairly confident about the first two lines, third will be a question mark. But I see potential there. We'll see
- Forwards off to a quick start - Guptill is supposed to be one of our big scorers this year, so it'd be great to see him off to a great start. Interested to see who will be the supplemental scorers this year as well.
Audio from MGBlue.com : link
Go Blue!!!
October 11th, 2012 at 7:38 PM ^
Derek Deblois scores!!!!!
Great start!!!
October 11th, 2012 at 7:58 PM ^
thefirstrow.eu actually has a video stream of it!!!!
Bennett makes it 2-0!!!
October 11th, 2012 at 7:58 PM ^
2-0!! WOOOO!!!!
October 11th, 2012 at 8:04 PM ^
October 11th, 2012 at 8:07 PM ^
The game is on firstrow
http://www.thefirstrow.eu/watch/146251/1/watch-rit-vs-michigan.html
October 11th, 2012 at 8:13 PM ^
October 11th, 2012 at 8:14 PM ^
Thank you for that.
October 11th, 2012 at 8:49 PM ^
Thanks a bunch!!
October 11th, 2012 at 8:09 PM ^
that was wide open.
October 11th, 2012 at 8:10 PM ^
Trouba PPG! 3-0!!!
October 11th, 2012 at 8:10 PM ^
Welcome to the NCAA Jacob Trouba!!!
3-0!!!
October 11th, 2012 at 8:10 PM ^
3-0 good guys. Trouba with the nice wrap-around goal
October 11th, 2012 at 8:10 PM ^
TROUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUBAAA!!!
October 11th, 2012 at 8:10 PM ^
Just as I say that Trouba makes it 3-0. Good for him, let's hope we see a lot more like that from here on out.
October 11th, 2012 at 8:11 PM ^
Looks like Rutledge lost the puck and kicked it in
October 11th, 2012 at 8:11 PM ^
RIT answers. Would have to see a replay, but it seems like it was a soft goal let it by the freshman.
October 11th, 2012 at 8:14 PM ^
It looked to me like Rutledge scored it himself. Not that it matters, freshman have growing pains and M should win this comfortably either way.
Also, Red, thank you thank you thank you for Trouba. Kid is a monster out there.
October 11th, 2012 at 8:16 PM ^
Fixed camera angle. Miscellaneous chatter in the background. Certainly better than Rotel and Home Owners Insurance commercials
October 11th, 2012 at 8:22 PM ^
I can't believe firstrow has this game. Hopefully a sign of things to come.
October 11th, 2012 at 8:24 PM ^
thanks for the link ill watch this and mute the mlb playoffs lol.
October 11th, 2012 at 8:28 PM ^
Seems lame. Hockey band jerseys are the way to go
October 11th, 2012 at 8:42 PM ^
Tripping Trouba. Trouba has too much skillz.
October 11th, 2012 at 8:45 PM ^
RIT nearly scored on the post-penalty breakout. Put it just over the bar.
Our PP looked pretty good though. Not sure if that's us being good or RIT being bad
October 11th, 2012 at 8:51 PM ^
RIT"s goalie just robbed Guptill on a 2-on-1
EDIT: And Guptill gets his revenge by scoring literally 2 seconds later
October 11th, 2012 at 8:51 PM ^
Guptill!! 4-1!!!!
October 11th, 2012 at 8:51 PM ^
GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!
October 11th, 2012 at 8:52 PM ^
Are the numbers right on the front of the helmet new this year?
October 11th, 2012 at 9:04 PM ^
Nope they were there last year too.
October 11th, 2012 at 8:54 PM ^
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Waved off again! Dammit!!
October 11th, 2012 at 8:54 PM ^
We have the worst home-ref-ice advantage ever. I feel like we get perpetually screwed by the refs in our own building
October 11th, 2012 at 8:55 PM ^
Zebra black magic.
October 11th, 2012 at 8:57 PM ^
U-M going on the PP.
October 11th, 2012 at 8:57 PM ^
Efficiency on the PP? Tremendous, tremendous indeed. Impress me now.
October 11th, 2012 at 9:06 PM ^
3-1 U-M after 2.
October 11th, 2012 at 9:14 PM ^
Love the live feed on First Row. Just get to watch and listen to the intermssion. Can't wait to get back for a game in just under a month and be there live!
October 11th, 2012 at 9:16 PM ^
I had row 1 seats one year and it was amazing. Should've put the wheelchair seating on the other side.
October 11th, 2012 at 9:22 PM ^
I assume that the Zamboni kept them from being able to do that.
The best I can figure, the major renovation meant that the arena had to comply with the ADA, which meant there had to be about 20 wheelchair seats on each end of the ice, plus some more up on the luxury box levels. With the Zamboni entrance in the southwest corner, that kind of screwed the students in the southeast corner.
October 11th, 2012 at 9:21 PM ^
I think the announcer just referred to the intermission as "halftime."
October 11th, 2012 at 9:22 PM ^
:11 into the 3rd
October 11th, 2012 at 9:27 PM ^
Dammit, they score. 3-2 U-M.
October 11th, 2012 at 9:29 PM ^
JR is going to grow some this third period. For better or for worse.
October 11th, 2012 at 9:30 PM ^
Kevin Lynch just absolutely wrecked a guy. Clean hit
EDIT: Also, the RIT player's name is also Lynch. Our Lynch >> Your Lynch
October 11th, 2012 at 9:31 PM ^
That guy could hardley skate to the bench. Hope he is ok.
October 11th, 2012 at 9:32 PM ^
4-2!!!
October 11th, 2012 at 9:32 PM ^
4-2!!!! Big security goal for JR and the team
October 11th, 2012 at 9:32 PM ^
So many Lynch's on our team doing good things
4-2