interesting picks by the ESPN bunch. Figures that there are 4 picking BU and 3 taking BC, ESPN has always been big Boston hockey bandwagoners. Minn and Michigan have huge advantages with the home ice in the regionals, but I hope that Maine is strong enough to still win their toughest "home" game ever... actually wait, I hate Maine. Go Blue! I'm basically nervous as hell about even getting out of the regional, but all the experts expect it, and I guess the two losses to Maine and OSU were without Lenny in net and were still close, so that is good for the confidence level. It's just hard for me to shake the inconsistent letdown-prone expectations that were there for all 4 years that I went there.... but if there's a year to do it, it's this year. Buffalo would almost be like home games in the Frozen Four. Now if only we had been sent to Worcester, which is an hour closer and a good 40 bucks cheaper... not sure if I can make it to Providence.
The Cornel / Minnesota State - Mankato game could go either way. MSU has some very speedy forwards, Stephenson, Joseph and Abel, and a decent goalie who beat Minnesota by standing on his head. But MSU is also coming off a poor showing in the WCHA Final Five. I've got a deal for you. I'll cheer for Cornel, if you cheer for Minnesota! At least you can get tickets. The regionals in Minnesota have been sold out for a while, and our arena holds 11,000. Damn.
Well, since I've never felt strongly one way or the other about Minn, my friend is a fan, and I hate UND and most everyone else out of the west, I'm all for it. Go Gophers! :) I hope all the #1s do it. I want to see Cornell get a shot at UNH to avenge last year.
Go BU!
Screw BU! :D Cornell still hates BU so much from before the ECAC split, that we kept that cheer, and just add the opposing team to it - Screw BU! Mankato too! This is great, as of this week we're out of the early year sports doldrums... march madness, hockey, then baseball starts, we're back in business...
I don't watch hockey... but GO BU!!!!
