RIT vs. Wisconsin: The Lines

Here are the lines for the first national semifinal between RIT and Wisconsin: RIT 11 Taylor McReynolds-10 Mark Cornacchia-23 Mike Janda 12 Stevan Matic-18 Cameron Burt-17 Sean Murphy 3 Scott Knowles-22 Adam Hartley-14 Brent Alexin 19 Tyler Mazzei-28 Andrew Favot-16 Tyler Brenner 6 Dan Ringwald-8 Chris Tanev 27 Chris Saracino-24 Chris Haltigin 15 Alan Mazur-25 … Read more

Carpe Diem and Heavy Favorites

Arguably, Wisconsin comes in as a heavy favorite against RIT (a.k.a. “The Little Engine That Could”).   Nonetheless, the Badgers are fully aware of what their opponents accomplished in knocking off Denver and New Hampshire to get here.  They have no intention of becoming the next victim. Thus, the mantra of “we’re 0-0” has become predictably … Read more

Reminiscing

RIT coach Wayne Wilson captained the 1984 Bowling Green national championship team, coached by current Boston College coach Jerry York. “To be in my first Frozen Four as a coach with Jerry York, who was my coach (at Bowling Green) is pretty unique,” he said. Asked if he had drawn on any memories from his … Read more

All in the Family

RIT coach Wayne Wilson’s daughter is one of the interns working for the NCAA at the Frozen Four. Stephanie is a junior at Wilson’s alma mater, Bowling Green. “She got to the Frozen Four before I did,” he said. “She already volunteered to get the job and she said she was going to the Frozen … Read more

Quite a Trip

The RIT Tigers were timed a minute and 55 seconds to get from their locker room door to the ice surface, a lot of that downhill. The goaltenders are going to be transported via golf carts. “I’m not worried about it,” joked RIT goalie Jared DeMichiel. “I have the biggest nose of all the goalies … Read more

Tigers Keeping It Loose

RIT has had a playful demeanor throughout the NCAA tournament, and it was on display again today in the Tigers’ press conference. From talk about goaltender Jared DeMichiel’s striped protective cup (“I’m a Tiger through and through”) to his reponse to a question about being the underdog (“Underdog, overdog, Snoop Dog, they can call us … Read more

Who Is In, Who Is Out? Early Possibilities, or What I Believe May Be The Case.

It’s onto the tournament championship rounds. So with the help of our Pairwise Predictor, we can look at a couple of things and take some early looks at what some possibilities are. This is more commonly known as “What I Believe May Be The Case”. Because the Pairwise is a moving target with numbers, there … Read more

Farewell from D.C.

If you made it this far, thanks for reading. If next year’s NCAA has half the excitement as this season’s, it will be a dandy. Have a great summer and we’ll see you in the Motor City.

Bounces

Sometimes you get them, sometimes, they get you. Colby Cohen’s shot was partially blocked by Kevin Roeder, but the puck floated into the back of the net. RedHawks coach Enrico Blasi was asked about the tough bounce after the game. “Are you talking about those bounces I talk about all the time?,” he said. “What … Read more

Terriers!

An amazing comeback caps an amazing tournament. Colby Cohen’s shot from the near faceoff circle is deflected by a diving Miami defenseman, floating past Reichard on his glove side at 11:47 of overtime. Boston University — your 2009 National Champions. The view from the pressbox, six stories up: