Brief Bemidji Postgame

OMG video boards. I think the NCAA must have some kind of anti-replay policy, because I was at Vermont/Air Force last year in Bridgeport (this was supposed to be Michigan/Vermont but Volkening happened and he almost happened to Vermont also) and that game had a very weird finish and we all walked out of the arena going "ok, no seriously: what just happened?" Call me crazy but I think if the audience walks out of the arena and doesn't know why someone won, that's not good.

(P.S. - it was actually because the refs and/or video officials were on their toes, believe it or not, and reviewed a play from about two minutes before the actual stoppage and determined it to be the game-winning goal. But they never put the replay on the board and the arena announcer said literally nothing at all. The ref pointed at the Vermont bench and then at the goal and that was that.)

can't commit to a weekend pass. If I could have purchased a single game ticket for last night, I would have been there. In any regard, I voluntered for the Frozen Four weekend in Detroit. I expect UM to be there and I will be in the stands after my events. Go Blue!

with every point. Somehow Hockey East officials think that hitting isn't allowed in hockey. Or maybe they don't like our helmets.

Anyway, I enjoyed the Michigan student section shout down of elitist Redhawk fan trying to quell the howling over the penalties. I guess tDynasty has assumed CCHA governmental rights on cheering, too.

controlled the entire tempo for 2 periods. only in the 3rd did they start letting the kid gloves come off and 30 seconds after Michigan made 3 bit hits they scored and cut the game wide open. it was bizarre. Bemidji made 2-3 hits. UM retaliated 2-3x harder. puck pops open. goal.

Sorry Brian. I agree with every point except for the call on the cross-check (I think it was on Lynch). I think it was a good call and was a poor penalty for Michigan to take. The Bemidji player had two UM players right on him and wouldn't have been able to take a good shot anyway. Michigan has to be more careful tonight not to take so many unnecessary penalties. Miami is a better team than Bemidji and we can't afford to make that mistake with them.

Right on.

I guess the only other concern for those involved would be that they would have to clear/hold the schedules of all of the potential host arenas well in advance, which would undermine the ability to schedule important things like alpaca conferences.

(Really, though, I guess there would probably be some resistance in the case of arenas that could have booked something to generate $ and then didn't because their team was a potential #1 seed.)

They've got to come up with something to make it better - even if ND were playing in Ft. Wayne as a 1-seed, they probably wouldn't have filled it up.

Can't believe the ice was better in our game than in the first. I personally thought it was really bad in ours.

From my seat had a perfect view of the penalty called on Tristan. How the ref (why no names on their backs? is it b/c they know they are bad?) who was still in the Beav's defensive zone can call a nonexistent elbow on a hit on the opposite side of center continues to boggle my mind and let me know we were in for a bad night of reffing.

Overheard someone say that Miami maybe exerted themselves for maybe 10 minutes of their game which is a concern in terms of how much work our team did, as pointed out in the post.

and does anyone know which refs we'll get for the game tonight? or does it not matter b/c of equal suck?

the NCAAs used to have top seed host back in the 80s, but I can't recall the details of the tourney format back then. anyone remember?

I have been to numerous basketball and hockey games at the Coliseum and I know for a fact they have replay capabilities. Just an FYI.

I heard there was an "awesome" Jeff Lerge special on the video boards during an intermission. Ugh..

My buddy and I bought tickets from the box office during the Miami game for $30 each. They were for the 600s sections, but we sat in the end zone near the Michigan band with no resistance from the ushers.

It's not like it's east lansing or something. Also, Alpaca socks are really comfortable.

Did anyone else notice that they took the time to paint all the logos on the ice, but didn't bother to paint the trapezoids behind the net?

Are there any rule buffs out there - is the trapezoid area not universal in college hockey?

And I speak from experience...because I am one (and an alum).

1. Most of them grew up diehard OSU football fans. Geography, ya know. Most of them never knew Miami football as anything but a MAC punching bag (minus a few Big Ben years), even though my dad assures me all the time that Miami had great teams in the 50s and 60s -- and they most certainly did. But the point is, the hate of Michigan is most certainly there. A lot of these people root harder for OSU football than Miami football. And you know, I don't have much of a problem with that, given that I root for Michigan football a helluva lot harder than Miami football. And, let's face it -- Miami football has been ABYSMAL lately. Even worse than ours.

2. Miami has NEVER won a National Championship in ANYTHING except for ice dancing. Seriously. And, as everyone knows...they were just a few seconds last year from doing so. Chip on shoulder is big.

Anyway...

I went to Miami from 1992-1996, and hockey was king for me there. Miami didn't suck ass at it like they did the other major sports. So, I am approaching tonight's game with a lot of conflict. I have as much love for the Maize & Blue as anyone who actually attended Michigan. But then there's my alma mater, always on the outside, looking in... man, I dunno what to root for tonight. A good game? I guess either way, I can be a winner.

We were wondering about that, too (although not enough to actually look it up afterwards). Is a race, a shearing, or an ultimate fighting-type contest? And how does one earn an invitation?

That photo is going to haunt him for a while.

Huntsville's arena would actually be fine since it's a nice 6000-seat arena.

The bigger problem is how do teams get into an arena that they don't own on a week's notice? Does Ferris State have to rent out Van Andel for one weekend every year on the 1% chance they get to host a regional?

The NCAA DOES have a policy regarding replays at regionals. They also directly control what band plays when, and if a team doesn't bring a band, uses canned music to fill in for their "time."

Having been to 3 regionals, I can unequivocally say the NCAA spends an inordinate amount of time and effort to make said events as sanitary, boring, and completely devoid of any of the pageantry of college hockey as humanly possible. This is the NCAA Tournament. Quit treating it with "OMG competitive advantage!" kid gloves.

I know this is completely the wrong place to post, but since I don't feel like hunting reading anything else painful (or starting my own thread), I'll put it here...it's 3am, I am still awake, and I still, very much want to die...

total ref fail in first OT - gay.

Thanks for posting this, was exactly what I was looking for, thanks.

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