{"id":1728,"date":"2013-04-13T14:48:29","date_gmt":"2013-04-13T19:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/ccha-blog\/?p=1728"},"modified":"2013-04-13T14:48:29","modified_gmt":"2013-04-13T19:48:29","slug":"paulas-pick-april-13-2013-ncaa-championship-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2013\/04\/13\/paulas-pick-april-13-2013-ncaa-championship-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Paula's pick, April 13, 2013: NCAA championship game"},"content":{"rendered":"
I went .500 in my picks for the semifinals. I will take that.
\nTonight, we know that a national champion from the ECAC will be crowned and I am happy for that league, its members, its teams.
\nTonight, we also know that hearts will be broken. The older I get and the longer I cover this sport, the more aware I am of how much the loss affects the young men of the national runner-up team.
\nIn the long term, we all know the good an appearance in the Frozen Four can be for the future of a hockey program, even for the three teams that go home without a trophy.<\/p>\n
The champion will be the team that imposes its will on its opponent. If the Bulldogs can continue to frustrate and clog and box out and provide that team-wide solid wall, Yale will win. If the Bobcats can fly as they have all season, the Quinnipiac will win. I went .500 in my picks for the semifinals. I will take that. Tonight, we know that a national champion from the ECAC will be crowned and I am happy for that league, its members, its teams. Tonight, we also know that hearts will be broken. The older I get and the longer I cover […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1425,934],"tags":[1300,1483],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nYou know that old adage that speed kills? That’s what I’m thinking.
\nQuinnipiac over Yale, 4-2<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"