Let the games begin!!
Boston U has beat Nebraska-Omaha 9-2. Boston has set an NCAA record for most goals scored in a game.
U of M and Holy Cross are playing now.
Friday, March 24, 2006
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
NCAA Regionals
Here is the TV schedule for the West and MidWest Regional games this weekend.
Go Gophers!
NCAA Men’s Hockey Tournament Television Broadcast Schedule
Friday, March 24
5 p.m. - FSN Live: NCAA Hockey Pregame (from Grand Forks, N.D.)
5:30 p.m. - Minnesota vs. Holy Cross (FSN)
8 p.m. - FSN Live: NCAA Hockey Post- and Pregame
8:30 p.m. - North Dakota vs. Michigan (live on FSN and ESPNU)
11 p.m. - FSN Live: NCAA Hockey Postgame
11 p.m. - Minnesota vs. Holy Cross (tape-delayed from 5:30 p.m. on ESPNU)
Saturday, March 25
1:30 p.m - Wisconsin vs. Bemidji State (FSN)
4:30 p.m. - Colorado College vs. Cornell (FSN)
7 p.m. - Minnesota Wild vs. San Jose Sharks (FSN)
8 p.m. - NCAA West Regional Final (ESPNU)
9:15 p.m. - FSN Live: Wild Postgame
9:30 p.m. - NCAA West Regional Final (tape-delayed from 8 p.m. on FSN)
12 p.m. - FSN Live: NCAA Hockey Postgame
Sunday, March 26
5:30 p.m. - NCAA Midwest Regional Final (tape-delayed from 4 p.m. on FSN)
Go Gophers!
NCAA Men’s Hockey Tournament Television Broadcast Schedule
Friday, March 24
5 p.m. - FSN Live: NCAA Hockey Pregame (from Grand Forks, N.D.)
5:30 p.m. - Minnesota vs. Holy Cross (FSN)
8 p.m. - FSN Live: NCAA Hockey Post- and Pregame
8:30 p.m. - North Dakota vs. Michigan (live on FSN and ESPNU)
11 p.m. - FSN Live: NCAA Hockey Postgame
11 p.m. - Minnesota vs. Holy Cross (tape-delayed from 5:30 p.m. on ESPNU)
Saturday, March 25
1:30 p.m - Wisconsin vs. Bemidji State (FSN)
4:30 p.m. - Colorado College vs. Cornell (FSN)
7 p.m. - Minnesota Wild vs. San Jose Sharks (FSN)
8 p.m. - NCAA West Regional Final (ESPNU)
9:15 p.m. - FSN Live: Wild Postgame
9:30 p.m. - NCAA West Regional Final (tape-delayed from 8 p.m. on FSN)
12 p.m. - FSN Live: NCAA Hockey Postgame
Sunday, March 26
5:30 p.m. - NCAA Midwest Regional Final (tape-delayed from 4 p.m. on FSN)
WCHA Playoffs
The WCHA playoffs have come and gone. They were all great games and it was a fun weekend for hockey in St. Paul. I was lucky enough to attend 3 of the 5 games and I had a great time at all of them.
SCSU and Duluth started the weeked with the play in game on Thursday night. SCSU dominated the game from start to finish. Duluth never should have made it this far. SCSU won the game 5-1.
The Friday 2:30pm game was played between NoDak and Wisconsin. This was a fun game to watch (especially from center ice). This was anyones game to win at anytime. Goals were exchanged one for one and both teams played very well. I thought Wisconsin actually played a little bit better but they had a hard time keeping Earl off the ice. He even got a penalty for diving. Who gets that anymore? NoDak won the game 4-3 to propel them into the WCHA championship game.
That night the U of M Gophers matched up against SCSU to see who would meet NoDak in the final Saturday night. SCSU came out on a mission and scored like like there was no goaltender in the net. In fact, with 5 goals allowed in just over a period, we needed to check to see if Briggs was breathing. He was taken apart by the Huskies.
Goals were matched 2-2 in the first period and then SCSU broke it open in the 2nd with 4 goals. 5 minutes into the period, Briggs was replaced by Frazee. He did not do much better as SCSU scored 3 more goals on him.
The score was 6-5 going into the 3rd with the game going back and forth until Hooton (SCSU) beat Frazee and made the score 7-5. The crowd was bummed. Goldy Gopher fled to his hole and the cheerleaders left for a beer. As the last cheerleader left, Irmen came out of nowhere and scored goal number 6. Then with 14.6 seconds remaining in the game Potulny scored his 4th goal of the evening and the 7th goal of the night to tie it up.
When the next Hobey Baker winner (Ryan Potulny) scored his hat trick, the crowd went crazy. It took the Xcel staff 10 minutes to clean up the 150 hats and millions of Red Baron beads thrown on the ice. What nitwit gives Red Baron beads to a bunch of Gopher/SCSU fans at the second game of the day, at a venue that serves beer and on St. Patricks Day. Where did they think these beads would end up? Well, they ended up on the ice, on other peoples heads, and in the protective net that surrounds the ice.
After the 7th goals was scored you can imagine the uproar from the crowd. It was deafening. This is when Jen calls me. I am glad she called, I just could not talk to her for about 5 minutes. This is when the crowd calmed and we went into the break before overtime. She was very excited to talk to me about the game, only problem was, I was pretty much hoarse from screaming. It was a very in depth conversation, as I am sure you can imagine.
The overtime kicked off and the Gophers continued to buzz the SCSU net. Many scoring opportunities passed and the puck finally left the SCSU zone. It entered the Gopher zone, was picked up and a very soft goal (like a fluffy pillow, on a fluffy bed floating on the fluffiest cloud) was scored on Frazee to win the game. The previously filled, screaming lungs of the Gopher fans deflated so fast that oxygen masks fell from above to keep everyone from passing out. It was over, 8-7 and SCSU would go on to face NoDak in the final where they would eventually lose in a good effort, 5-3.
The Gophers then played Wisconsin in the 3rd place game. The Gophers didn't even show up. They lost the match 4-0 and it was actually the most boring game I believe I have ever witnessed. That is all I have to say.
SCSU and Duluth started the weeked with the play in game on Thursday night. SCSU dominated the game from start to finish. Duluth never should have made it this far. SCSU won the game 5-1.
The Friday 2:30pm game was played between NoDak and Wisconsin. This was a fun game to watch (especially from center ice). This was anyones game to win at anytime. Goals were exchanged one for one and both teams played very well. I thought Wisconsin actually played a little bit better but they had a hard time keeping Earl off the ice. He even got a penalty for diving. Who gets that anymore? NoDak won the game 4-3 to propel them into the WCHA championship game.
That night the U of M Gophers matched up against SCSU to see who would meet NoDak in the final Saturday night. SCSU came out on a mission and scored like like there was no goaltender in the net. In fact, with 5 goals allowed in just over a period, we needed to check to see if Briggs was breathing. He was taken apart by the Huskies.
Goals were matched 2-2 in the first period and then SCSU broke it open in the 2nd with 4 goals. 5 minutes into the period, Briggs was replaced by Frazee. He did not do much better as SCSU scored 3 more goals on him.
The score was 6-5 going into the 3rd with the game going back and forth until Hooton (SCSU) beat Frazee and made the score 7-5. The crowd was bummed. Goldy Gopher fled to his hole and the cheerleaders left for a beer. As the last cheerleader left, Irmen came out of nowhere and scored goal number 6. Then with 14.6 seconds remaining in the game Potulny scored his 4th goal of the evening and the 7th goal of the night to tie it up.
When the next Hobey Baker winner (Ryan Potulny) scored his hat trick, the crowd went crazy. It took the Xcel staff 10 minutes to clean up the 150 hats and millions of Red Baron beads thrown on the ice. What nitwit gives Red Baron beads to a bunch of Gopher/SCSU fans at the second game of the day, at a venue that serves beer and on St. Patricks Day. Where did they think these beads would end up? Well, they ended up on the ice, on other peoples heads, and in the protective net that surrounds the ice.
After the 7th goals was scored you can imagine the uproar from the crowd. It was deafening. This is when Jen calls me. I am glad she called, I just could not talk to her for about 5 minutes. This is when the crowd calmed and we went into the break before overtime. She was very excited to talk to me about the game, only problem was, I was pretty much hoarse from screaming. It was a very in depth conversation, as I am sure you can imagine.
The overtime kicked off and the Gophers continued to buzz the SCSU net. Many scoring opportunities passed and the puck finally left the SCSU zone. It entered the Gopher zone, was picked up and a very soft goal (like a fluffy pillow, on a fluffy bed floating on the fluffiest cloud) was scored on Frazee to win the game. The previously filled, screaming lungs of the Gopher fans deflated so fast that oxygen masks fell from above to keep everyone from passing out. It was over, 8-7 and SCSU would go on to face NoDak in the final where they would eventually lose in a good effort, 5-3.
The Gophers then played Wisconsin in the 3rd place game. The Gophers didn't even show up. They lost the match 4-0 and it was actually the most boring game I believe I have ever witnessed. That is all I have to say.
Sunday, March 12, 2006
WCHA First Round Playoffs
Sunday brings the final games of the WCHA first round. North Dakota finds its legs and beats an up and coming Mankato team 3-0 to advance to the Final Five.UMD and DU are also playing and as of this post UMD is crawling all over DU with a score of 4-1. Denver is in deep trouble and looks like they may not make the Final Five and will also lose a bid for the NCAA's. USCHO already shows DU out of the NCAA's and this game is not even over yet. That cannot be good. Click here to see the new bracket as of now.
St Cloud and CC are also playing and probably are in the 3rd period by now. I have no score at this time. I am looking though!
Outside of the WCHA, Bemidji State comes up with a huge game over Niagra (4-2) to win the CHA tournament for the second year in a row. Minnesota will play (at this point) the Bemidji Beavers in the first round of the NCAA tourney. With this win the Beavers bounced Niagra out of the NCAA's. I think the headline should read "Niagra Falls to Beavers". Get it? Falls? Niagra Falls? Oh forget it...there is no humor in blogging.
Found the SCSU and CC game. SCSU just scored at 6:50 in the third to go up 2-1! Go SCSU! Yahoo Sports Radio is where I am listening to this. The Internet is the greatest.
SCSU wins 3-1 at CC! SCSU will play UMD in the Play-In game on Thursday 3/16 at the XCEL Energy Center. UMD beat Denver tonight 5-2. I am heading to the Thursday game and what a battle it will be.
Final Five:
Play-In Game (3/16 @ 7:30 pm): SCSU and UMD
Friday (3/17 @ 2:30 pm): Wisconsin and NoDak
Friday (3/17 @ 7:30 pm): Minnesota and SCSU/UMD
Go Gophers!!
Dining at Osteria i nonni
On Saturday night #1 wife and I decided to take a 2nd mortgage on the house and dine at i nonni. It had recieved near rave reviews in the Mpls St Paul Magazine and being partial to good food we decided to give it a go. It is a very nice establishment with fine ambiance and a great wine list. At $12 a glass for a mediocre Barbera that barely covered the bottom of the glass the breadth of the wine list was sort of moot since I was reluctant to take out a 3rd for a second glass. A young lady named Nicole was our server and we never lacked for anything. The term jonny-on-the-spot was coined for this server. The olives and bread came standard and heavenly would be an appropriate term for both. The olives (done by them) are the closest thing to wedding nights for sheer pleasure and I had a bunch. The big greeks are the best but all were wonderful. #1 wife had an evening special salad of veggies with toasted pine nuts and goat cheese. I can't say she liked it but it is the first time she has ever licked a plate in a first class restaurant, and growled at me when I asked to taste it. Count 1 fan for the salad. She then had the spinach risoto w/shrimp and artichoke hearts which was met with considerably less enthusiasim, basically a thumbs down and the offer that I could taste all I wanted. That is always a telling sign. In my particular case I had the old Italian favorite, a pork shank with an unidentified side of something which I couldn't make out in the dark. The side of garlic potatos and mushrooms was acceptable but not for $6 bucks. Oh did I say it was all ala-cart. Yup the bill went up farther than a than a teeny boppers skirt, and faster too.
Overall though the experience was very nice and the food very good. We would not hesitate to go back especially with a little more experience with the menu.
6 stars out of 10
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