College Hockey NCAAT - Quinnipiac vs OSU Sunday Open Thread
The game before our game. Qpac only won their opener by 5 goals. The most they've given up is 5, back in October @ NoDak, 5-5. They haven't given up 3 or 4 since January. Worst losses have been 4-0 @ Maine in Oct and 4-0 @ Cornell in Jan. Also 2-1 in 2OT to Colgate, though we thank them for very much for that.
Can the Bobcats crush the Buckeyes? Or will the Buckeyes come down on them like a ton of poisonous nuts?
4 PM ET, ESPN2
U-M vs PSU, 6:30 PM, ESPN2
Our game thread will be up later, though there's some U-M stuff I'll post here.
"We didn't get enough pucks behind 'em ..." says Coach Naur about the 1st
So the Count never went to 11?
I hope Quinnipiac can win. If we beat Penn State we’re playing this game’s winner and while we got the better of OSU most recently, we’ve really struggled with them this year and they look dangerous right now after killing Harvard
I expect OSU to treat Quinnipiac how we did last year. Q is probably a paper tiger. I’ll bet OSU 4-2 unfortunately
M Baseball beats PSU 3-1 today.
Hail to the Victors! May hockey also win.
Ooh, 3-game weekend sweep by baseball!
Fire coach Watshiznane!
Kinda remarkable how much success for Michigan teams in the last 8ish years has tracked with online calls for firings. Beilein? Went to the championship game and won two conference tourneys. Bakich? Game 3 of the national championship series. Barnes-Arico? Most successful women’s basketball teams in school history by some margin.
And then there’s Harbaugh.
Kinda wish someone had vented about one of those bad defensive games with a firing call thread. As it stands, Michigan basketball probably needs a good “fire Juwan” month to get over the hump.
“As it stands, Michigan basketball probably needs a good “fire Juwan” month to get over the hump. “ Is the biweekly Reddit poll on this enough?
Quinnipiac has a shiny record which is validated somewhat by #2 rankings in KRACH and PWR (RPI). They should win this game most of the time. Obviously the Big Ten is good at the top but maybe we shouldn't overreact to the Round 1 blowouts. Hockey predictions are stupid but I imagine this will be a low scoring, low-event game where I think QPac has the advantage.
Wow, OSU scores already, 1-0. Good goal after review.
This is the unusual review goal where the regular tv camera is the best angle.
Team in yellow giving up a breakaway. Hope this is the only game where that happens.
Tripping on Qpac @ 2:48. Not off to a good start.
And qpac going on the kill already
Cmon quinnipiac. Don’t tell me you’re a paper tiger. I want you to end OSUs season
PK'd
Big hit by Qpac!
Qpac slapshot goes just wide.
I can't watch this game. I really can't cheer for anyone.
I want to win the national championship and I don't care how we get there. I want the easiest possible road and I really don't know which of those teams is better. Quinnipiac plays in a vastly inferior conference, but basically never loses. We beat them last year but I'm not super familiar with them. They are a #1 seed. Ohio is well...Ohio and I just can't fathom a reason why I would ever cheer for them in any situation or circumstance.
So I guess I'm hoping they play 500 overtimes and the game doesn't end until 4/5.
Co-sign.
Qpac scores, 1-1.
OSU goalie gave up a rebound, and Qpac pounced.
2-1 QPac
Qpac scores again, 2-1. Another rebound.
Slashing on OSU @ 14:44
That’s what im talkin about Quinnipiac
PK'd
Both goalies look shaaaaaaaaaky
2-1 Qpac after one. They responded well after giving up an early goal.
This game just sucks.
I think Ohio is the worse team and therefore the team we're more likely to beat, but I can't cheer for them. I guess I hope Quinnipiac wins but several of their star players wake up tomorrow and decide they hate hockey and don't want to do this anymore.
OSU whooped us a bunch of times this year but then we kicked their ass in the semis. Last year we crushed Quinnipiac before getting bored and letting them back in late.
I would prefer to play the team that loses but by definition that can't happen.
That's very true.
The thing with the Ohio games is we've just been a weird team lately. I think getting bored was a problem for us last year and has been even worse this year.
I think we should beat either of these teams (not to say we'd be massive favorites against either). Both of these teams have aspects about them that scare me. I'm also not the type of person that wants to beat 3 number 1 seeds and the top #2 seed to win the title. I would be perfectly content with beating #16 and #15 in the frozen 4 while also beating #14 and a #3 seed in our regional.
Michigan has won plenty of titles - does anyone remember or care about the patch we took in the tourney to win them?
The ones I was alive for? Sure. 96 included the Mike Legg goal. 98 was the first home regional, coming back from 2-0 down (plus a 5-on-3 PK) against favored North Dakota.
But I get what you mean. The game before the Nodak win Michigan barely squeaked by Princeton. Nobody cares that it wasn’t pretty.
Best path is just a hope. Sometimes it matters, sometimes it doesn’t. When Michigan made the final in bball against Villanova, they were helped by a favorable side of the bracket. On the other hand, hockey got basically the worst possible path in 2011, made the final anyway… and lost to a one-line team that only narrowly made the tournament in the final.
2nd period under way.
What, no call?
Hooking on Qpac @ 6:35
PK'd
I want OSU to score so this game goes into OT.
At least two OTs in this game would be great, but I wouldn't be upset with three or four...
I think the winner will recover from the OTs in the next 11 days. We'd be shifted to the ESPN News and wouldn't be able to watch it anyway.
What does it matter if it goes into multiple OTs?
Next game isn’t until April 6
Making OSU play multiple OTs would make me happy, mainly because I don't like them.
Hooking on Qpac @ 17:54.
PK'd. Big hit at the boards.
2-1 Qpac after two.
Looked like cross checking from behind on the Buck nut
EDIT: 2 minutes for boarding
Boarding on OSU @ 20:00.
OSU outplayed Quinnipiac in the second but couldn't convert anything to goals.