NCAA Frozen Four

[Skip2myBordyloo]

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damn, doesn't have my isp, i'm in canada, is it 2-2?ot?

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

go blue

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Come on Michigan!

 

[Whitesnake]

Go Wolverines....my favorite team since I'm 10-year old....

But wow...what a prospect Justin Faulk is....

 

[Deficient Mode]

Nice stickhandling by Faulk to get a shot in close. Just couldn't quite get it high enough.

 

[john g]

Elliott was an elite college goalie. Hunwick is listed as 5-7 and was the third option not long ago according to the anecdotes of Thorne and Melrose. I don't know to what kind of "next" level he can make it.

Hunwick's been Michigan's #1 for a year and a half now. He was an unknown come the turn of 2010 but he finished out UM's season last year with 15-20 straight starts (actually looked it up, it was 11 straight to end the year). This year he and Hogan were doing the 1a/1b thing until Hogan was felled by injury. As with a lot of things these two have talked about the last three days, a lot of it isn't quite true.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Faulk

 

[William H Bonney]

UMD wins their first NCAA Championship!!

Kyle Schmidt, the Duluth area native and only UMD player that didn't bleach his hair because he's getting married soon, wins it. What a ride.

 

[Deficient Mode]

Goal UMD!

 

[Whitesnake]

Well Bulldogs dominated this one....and deserve to win.

Congrats.

 

[john g]

beautiful quick glance by oleksuk as well as the pass to set up schmidt

 

[William H Bonney]

Feel bad for Shawn Hunwick. Kid battled to the very end.

 

[GAGLine]

Congratulations UMD. Feel bad for my boy Hagelin, but UMD was the better team tonight.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Congrats to UMD on their first title. Aside from Hunwick, who played his heart out and did everything but will his school to victory, UMD was all-around the best team in the Frozen Four and deserved this.

 

[John Price]

Good game and good ending. Congrats to the champs.

 

[William H Bonney]

What a way for Justin Faulk to go out if he indeed, as expected, signs with Carolina.

 

[timekeep]

good job UMD

 

[Brock Anton]

Please sign Faulk. I need something that is positive after tonight's debacle.

 

[Booba]

I just saw that only 6 players from UMD (Faulk, Basaraba, Olson, Delisle, Kissel and Tardy) Aside from Faulk, all these players seems to have small roles on the team. Could any of the top players from UMD draw NHL interest?

 

[The Exiled One]

Please sign Faulk. I need something that is positive after tonight's debacle.

The rumor is that he will be signing, a decision he came to before the Championship.

 

[The Exiled One]

I just saw that only 6 players from UMD (Faulk, Basaraba, Olson, Delisle, Kissel and Tardy) are drafted. Aside from Faulk, all these players seems to have small roles on the team. Could any of the top players from UMD draw NHL interest?

Connolly, Connolly, and Fontaine will almost certainly be able to sign pro contracts if they want to. Fontaine is a senior, the other two are juniors. JT Brown and Oleksuk could also go pro.

 

[Fortheloveofthegame]

A big congrats to UMD!!! I am still in shock after watching UND get upset in the semis, but WOW, what a final! Another OT Final in the Frozen Four.

 

[AmericanDream]

I think Jack Connolly should make a nice pro. Kid out of the Duluth area plays all heart, love his game a lot.

As for Faulk, I wish he would stick another season, it seems sometimes when college dmen leave a bit too early, they dont really achieve that original hype. Faulk has the tools to be a solid pro, maybe Nick Leddy is proof that you dont need to stick around for 3 years as a dman in college to be succesful in the NHL.

Good luck to him if he turns pro, I am sure the Canes will give him every chance at making the big club next year. Him and McBain would be a great puck moving duo for them next year..