Men’s Frozen Four

And we’re underway. The rink is slightly more than half full, and is overwhelming supporting Bemidji – everybody loves an underdog. Miami goaltender Cody Reichard slightly misplays a puck behind his net iin the first minute, reminding everybody of the miscue by Notre Dame netminder Jordan Pearce early in the Beavers’ opening round win. This … Read more

Was it a coincidence that three of the Frozen Four participants had almost two weeks off prior to the NCAA Regionals? Bemidji State won the CHA title, which had its championships the weekend before the other five leagues. Vermont and Miami were eliminated in their conference quarterfinals. Only Boston University played two weekends in a … Read more

The stars seem in alignment for Bemidji State. Last Friday, representatives from the WCHA paid an official visit to the school, which has applied for league membership. That same day, Bemidji broke ground on a new 4,700 seat arena. And of course, the Beavers have captured the imagination of the hockey world with their unprecidented … Read more

It’s been my pleasure to bring you this blog. As I sit in the pressroom in the bowels of Pepsi Arena, watching the BC players file past wearing their championship hats, it’s dawning on me that I’ve seen my last of 47 college hockey games this season. I had the privilege to see both the … Read more

I’ll leave it up to my fellow USCHO.com writers to bring you all the quotes from players and coaches. Instead just some general impressions: Notre Dame was very classy in defeat. Often times a losing team will talk about what they didn’t do right and not give enough credit to the other team. Not the … Read more

There’s 2:20 left in regulation and the Irish still trail by three. Their net is empty. Even a power play at this point probably won’t help Notre Dame – BC has killed all 15 penalties with weekend. We just got handed the official explanation on the disallowed goal: “The puck was kicked in the net … Read more

Notre Dame’s Kyle Lawson appeared to make this one a goal game, but after a looooong review by the video replay official Greg Shephard, it was ruled that the puck was directed off Lawson’s skate. He appeared to be try trying to stop the puck with his skate at the far crease to put the … Read more

We’re about to start the third period – still 3-1 BC. Shots through two periods are 18-13 Eagles. Sneep is out for the rest of the game.

We’ve traded goals, with the last one coming for Notre Dame. BC made it 3-0 at 8:11 on the power play. Joe Whitney took a feed from Gerbe and wristed it home. But the Irish responded just 56 seconds later on a pretty give-and-go between Kyle Lawson and Kevin Deeth. Deeth left a drop pass … Read more

Gerbe does it again, diving to poke in a loose puck at the far post. He now has five goals on the weekend and seven total in the tournament, tied for highest in NCAA history. The Irish took two quick penalties, but the Eagles give one right back just six seconds into the 5×3. We’re … Read more

1-0 BC at 2:31 of the second. Goal scored by…guess who? Gerbe finds room in the near faceoff area and one-times a backhand pass from Brian Gibbons, which beats Jordan Pearce high glove. Boston College defenseman Carl Sneep has not returned to the game since blocking a shot off of his ankle in the first … Read more

After one, we’ve got a 0-0 tie in Denver. Shots were 7-5 in favor of BC. Most of the shots for each team have come off power plays – Notre Dame has had three to BC’s one. The Irish will start the second period with 23 seconds of man advantage to work with.

We’re eight minutes into the first period, and neither team has had a quality chance. There are definitely more Notre Dame fans here than there were on Thursday. Most of the Michigan fans went home, while North Dakota still has a respectable contingent, which is rooting for the Irish. Notre Dame is on the first … Read more

We’re 30 minutes away from dropping the puck in Denver. Here are your lines for the final game of the 2007-2008 college hockey season: Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Visiting Team) Forwards: Thang–Ryan–Rankin Kissel–Deeth–Van Guilder (starting) Regan–Hanson–Minella Ridderwall–White–Guentzel Defense: Cole–Lawson Sheahan–Ruth (starting) Blatchford–VeNard Goal: Pearce Boston College Eagles (Home Team) Forwards: Gerbe–Gibbons–Smith Price–Bertram–Gannon (starting) Whitney–Greene–Ferriero Kucharski–Lombardi–Orpik … Read more

Everybody’s got an opinion about which players here in Denver will forego the remainder of their college careers and turn pro. I’ve been doing an informal survey of my fellow journalists and some coaches, as well as throwing in my own opinion. Here’s what I came up with: Gone: TJ Oshie (North Dakota) Andrew Kozek … Read more

The skills competition still needs some work, but it’s getting there. I wish there were more emphasis on the players themselves and less on trying to make sure the audience was having “fun”. People I talked to were there for the competition and not the promotions and comments from the various people with mics. My … Read more

No surprise that Keven Porter won the Hobey – he’s been the top choice for most of the season. But it would have been hard to fault the pick of the other two finalists. I can make a case for either Gerbe or Jones, as can most college hockey fans. The choice of Will Bruce … Read more