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Boston College Takes Championship

Frederick Beery — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:06:08 +0000

As you may already know, Boston College Beat Notre Dame 4-1 to take the 2008 Frozen Four championship.

The contest took place in Denver, Colorado at the Pepsi Center on April 12th 2008. The Eagles opened up the scoring first in the second period when Nathan Gerbe beat net minder Jordan Pearce. Gerbe would score his second of the night three minutes later on the power play. The Eagles would score once more before Notre Dame did making the score 3-0.

Notre Dame caught Boston on a line change a minute later to make the score 3-1 but that was the only time they would score.

Nathan Gerbe was defenitely the player of the game, scoring twice and assisting on the other two goals.
Overall it was an exciting game, especially for those at Fenway Park, who were treated to the game during the rain delay of the Red Sox - Yankees game. in my opinion its probably the most exciting thing Red Sox fans have ever seen at Fenway.

Fighting Irish Live Up To Their Name

Frederick Beery — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:33:13 +0000

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish advanced to the championship round to the Frozen Four tournament with a 5-4 win in OT over Michigan in Denver on Thursday night.

The Irish dominated the first period scoring just 5 minutes in and then again 42 seconds later. The lead came for Notre Dame at 19:25 of the first with a short handed goal. The Wolverines answered back in similar fashion however, scoring two goals within 15 seconds of each other, midway through the second.

Michigan netted a power play goal at 2:16 of the third period to tie the game. Both teams would score only once more in regulation, sending the game into overtime.

The winner would come in at 5:44 of OT for the Irish off the rebound from a shot after the face off.

Boston College also won on Thursday setting the tone early in the game against North Dakota, taking a 4-0 lead in the first. Boston College would go on to score two more and North Dakota, only one.

With their 6-1 win Boston College will meet Notre Dame on April 12th for the Championship game at Denver’s Pepsi Center. The game will be played at 7pm Mountain time.

First Round Match Between Denver and Wisconsin to be Replayed

Frederick Beery — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:12:06 +0000

The first round match up between Denver and Wisconsin in the NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament will be replayed at the University of Denver.

Video review of the game by the NCAA showed multiple calls that seemed to heavily favor the Wisconsin team as well as a goal that was deemed to be kicked in.

If the outcome is different all games that would have been affected, will be replayed as well.

Paril Solof, a spokesman for the Pioneers, stated “I think that when a fair game is called we can avoid drama such as this, unfortunately this time that was not the case.”

The game has yet to be scheduled.

[UPDATE: The NCAA is holding a live press conference about the matter. Click here to watch video of the official statement. -- C.R.]

Frozen Four Chosen

Frederick Beery — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:18:47 +0000

On the 29^th Michigan and Notre Dame solidified their spots in the Frozen Four.

On the 30^th the last two spots were taken.

North dakota’s goalie Jean-Philippe Lamoureux made an impressive 41 saves on the night to carry the fighting souix to a 3-2 overtime win over Wisconsin.

Boston College needed overtime as well to advance. Down 2-0 near the end of the second period, Boston came back very quickly and took a 3-2 lead by then end of the second. Miami could only score one more in the 3^rd and the game was sent to OT. Boston’s forward Joe Whitney scored the overtime winner, sending Boston to their third straight Frozen Four.

North Dakota and Boston College will play each other on April 10th for a chance at the championship round.

Michigan and Notre Dame will also play on the 10^th in Denver at the Pepsi Center. The games will take place at 6 and 9pm mountain time.

Colorado Teams Continue to Fall Short in Frozen Four Tournament

Frederick Beery — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:26:44 +0000

The Denver Pioneers were upset by the Wisconsin Badgers on the 29th of March by a score of 6-2.

Although Denver had the advantage in shots on net the Badgers’ exceptional goal tending carried them to a first round victory over the WCHA champion Pioneers.

Wisconsin played a very offensive game overall, even having defensemen join key plays and contribute to the victory.

Miami of Ohio had a tougher time beating Air Force, pulling out a 3-2 win in over time.

Michigan and Notre Dame are the first teams to advance to the semifinals of the Frozen Four.

Michigan won by a score of 2-0 over Clarkson. Notre Dame topped Michigan State by a score of 3-1.

Michigan and Notre Dame will face off at Denver’s Pepsi Center on April 10th.

Other scores from the 29th:

Princeton 1 North Dakota 5

Minnesota 2 Boston College 5

First Round of the Frozen Four Proves Exciting

Frederick Beery — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:36:58 +0000

Notre Dame and New Hampshire squared off in Colorado Springs at the World Arena in one of four games played for the first round of the NCAA Mens’s Ice Hockey Championship Tournament on March 28th. For the first half of the game the two teams looked pretty evenly matched both offensively and defensively.

Early in the second period, however, Notre Dame took a 4-3 lead over New Hampshire and didn’t let it go, going on to score 3 more goals in the game, including 2 empty net goals. New Hampshire couldn’t score again and ended up losing 7-3.

Ultimately I am going to have to attribute this win for the Irish to their offense. Even when the team took the lead in the second, they continued to drive toward the net and create chances, putting New Hampshire on their heels and forcing them to play a very defensive game.

Other games played for the first round on the 28th include:

Michigan St. 3 Colorado College 1

Clarkson 2 St. Cloud St. 1

Niagara 1 Michigan 5

How are your brackets looking?

Bracketology On Ice

Frederick Beery — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:09:48 +0000

Looks like I am just a little late on the uptake here, but the Frozen Four starts on the 28^th of March. I know that this takes a bit of a backseat to the Men’s Basketball tournament, but I still like to keep a little bit of an eye on it.

This year the Denver Pioneers beat Minnesota for their 15^th WCHA championship. For the first round, the Pioneers will face off against Wisconsin. Wisconsin has a 15-16-7 record while Denver is riding a 23-13-1 record. Wisconsin shouldn’t be an issue for Denver.

The Air Force Falcons on the other hand, will have a tougher time than Denver in the first round when they face the top seeded Miami (Ohio).

Other games in the first round include:

Michigan (31-5-4) and Niagara (22-10-4)

St. Cloud St. (19-15-5) and Clarkson (21-12-4)

Colorado Col. (28-11-1) and Michigan St. (24-11-5)

Notre Dame (24-15-4) and New Hampshire (25-9-3)

North Dakota (26-10-4) and Princeton (21-13)

Boston College (21-11-8) and Minnesota (19-16-9)

The teams to watch this year:

Michigan: CCHA champions and the top ranked team in the country right now. Need I say more?

Denver: Winning the WCHA title for the 15^th time is nothing to sneeze at. They also have the playoff and championship experience to go all the way.

Minnesota: While the Gophers looked like they wouldn’t make the NCAA tourney this year, they fought tooth and nail through February and pulled a 3-1-2 record for their last 6 games. This brought them from ninth to seventh place and into the playoffs.

Miami (Ohio): While they did lose the CCHA championship to Michigan this year, they fought a hard battle from minute one. Expect this to translate to the NCAA tournament.

So let’s get to filling out those brackets!

You can print your bracket from the NCAA’s website at:

http://www.ncaa.com/uploadedFiles/Sports/Ice_Hockey_(M)/2008D1MHBracket.pdf