Frozen Four Game 1 - Michigan v Denver
Makes sure to get in your pregame nap, crush a sando, and tell off Shorsey one last time, boys. We've shipped up to Boston, boys! Time to fire in a couple bar-down wristers, half-clapper top cheddar, biscuit top titties bardownskis all weekend long. Always bardownski, boys.
NCAA semifinal (Boston, Mass.), 5 p.m.
TV: ESPN2 | Live Audio | onhockey.tv
I'm going with a comfortable 3-goal Michigan win, 6-3. What's your score prediction?
There were 2 in overtime alone - one on Johnson behind the net and a slewfoot on samo. Not to mention all the after the whistle bullshit Denver was doing. If you didn’t see about 10 ‘obvious penalties’ you seriously must know nothing about hockey
I don't understand how you don't think the take down on Kent near the goal and the obvious use of the leg to wipe out Samo aren't penalties. They are absolutely penalties. I don't think the latter was a classic slew foot, but it's the same basic idea. Both goal scoring chances, both obvious penalties, both not called, UM received zero power plays, Denver had a bunch. That's just reality.
I'm gonna say it was between the 9-10 minute mark in OT. Samoskevich deep in offensive zone. If it goes on YouTube I'll try to post.
I don't watch much hockey, so it seems to me like this iteration of Michigan Hockey will leave a legacy much like the Fab Five. Lots of incredible young talent, much of which will have long and successful careers in the NHL, and an amazing season filled with alot of wins. But, at the end of it all they come up just short of winning a big ten or national championship and earning some hardware.
Do you regularly watch Michigan sports? Good but not great is what we are good at.
Sigh, fun year. On to the next and GO BLUE!
They'll hand a BIG banner for this season. Tournament.
What a season! Sad it ended the way it did. Looking forward to next season
Fun season, sorry it ended as it did. Really happy to take home Big Ten and Frozen Four banners. Honestly, the single-elimination tourney format really diminishes the importance of the NC in my mind, so even though it's disappointing it doesn't feel devastating. I've watched enough NCAA hockey seasons where the national title went to a team that really didn't deserve it. (Though that won't be the case this year, as every team in the Frozen Four was really good.)
Love what Mel Pearson has built here and hopefully we'll see another great team next year.
All season long the team was plagued by bad penalities and defensive zone TOs. What you would expect from a highly talented, but very young team.
We knew all season this team could beat any team in college hockey. They already beat both the teams in the other semifinal game.
It's the nature of tournament hockey. You have to capitalize when you have a shot, and avoid bad breakdowns. Wish we could have gotten a PP in OT, but ultimately a bad TO led to Denver's goal. Hurts that we were dominating that OT.
Fun season overall. B1G Tournament Champs and a Frozen Four. This hurts for sure, but hope for a return next year and to give it another go.