2023 NCAA Division I Men's Hockey National Tournament Thread

[JMCx4]

Pre-game time, folks ...

 

[JMCx4]

Championship final first puck has dropped ...

First shift hit by QU under review ...

 

[Summer Rose]

This penalty call could be big.

 

[Nikki Potnick]

That's all shoulder, 2 mins for embellishment.

 

[JMCx4]

Minor for indirect head contact on the MN defender.

Bobcats survive with solid D.

 

[JMCx4]

Perets owns that first Gophers goal.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Gophers strike first.

 

[Summer Rose]

Minnesota opens the scoring! Looks like QU's goalie slipped on that.

 

[JMCx4]

Damn glass bangers.

"competitive & dramatic" ... so far, so good.

 

[Summer Rose]

Bobcats can't seem to get out of their own end.

 

[JMCx4]

QU defenders looking VERY tentative.

 

[JMCx4]

End of the 1st period, Gophers 1 - Bobcats 0. Very low SOG counts (7 -4), and doesn't reflect the MN offensive advantage so far. But Quinnipiac picked up their O-game late.

 

[Summer Rose]

Gritty first period to watch.

 

[JMCx4]

Dunno that I'd call it "gritty." Speed, skill, energy.

 

[Summer Rose]

Dunno that I'd call it "gritty." Speed, skill, energy.

It was certainly entertaining.

 

[Summer Rose]

2-0 Minnesota!

 

[JMCx4]

Smart play to stretch the lead.

This game is NOT feeling like the usual "Don't worry, we got this" game for QU.

 

[Summer Rose]

Quinnipiac cuts the lead in half!

 

[JMCx4]

Quinnipiac gets one back.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Bobcats not dead yet.

 

[JMCx4]

Feels like championship hockey, don' it?

I now get the feeling there won't be a penalty call unless there's a beheading. Let 'em play!

 

[JMCx4]

The game for QU is drilling into Perets' head. MN needs to take advantage of that.

Bobcats to the PP.

 

[Summer Rose]

Power play for QU. Can they tie it here?

 

[JMCx4]

Note that SOG totals for the 2nd period now match the 1st ... only switched around.

MN kills it.

 

[JMCx4]

Very little of the chippiness post-whistle in this game as between many other teams in this tourney. Seems they respect one another, which is worthy.

End of two, 2-1 Minnesota. Quinnipiac turned the offensive momentum around that period, but they are still down by a goal.