No offense, but while Rico isn't my favorite guy in the world he wins and has built Miami into a powerhouse. If you like Bergeron then you have to like Blasi. He really taught Chris how to coach D1.

Nope, I don't have to like Rico if I like Bergeron, which I clearly do!!

A similar analogy... I love Doyt Perry. Woody Hayes can get bent.

UML and MU in OT. UML goalie, Carr is standing on his head!

Cornell 0 Weasels 1 (had a goal disallowed)

UML killed a 5 minute major - kind of a bad call, maybe a two minute penalty, but not a five.

Then score a minute later

J CREW U losses in OT

UML's goalie, Carr was "Hammond-like" tonight! He stood on his head and gave them the chance to win.

Michigan 1 - 1 after 1st

Ohio U tied with carolina with 15 seconds left on a sidenote

Amazing story on UMass-Lowell's Coach Bazin:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/22/sport ... -odds.html

Will have to root for them over Union tomorrow!

Tough day for the CCHA. MSU and UM both had goals disallowed that may have impacted the outcomes, MSU had one of the Chelios boys DQ'd early, Miami bounced one off the pipe in OT. I guess I can hate these guys during the season, but I've got to pull for the conference when things get national. Oh well, now that my brackets are screwed up anyway, I hope the Broncos come out firing against the Sioux (am I allowed to say that?) like they did at the Joe.

Saw this on Twitter: The future Big Ten teams when 0-2, the future NCHC went 0-2 and the new future WCHA went 1-0.

I know I ought to be, at least quietly, pulling for our conference mates to advance in the NCAAs...but I just can't find any way to NOT be pleased seeing scUM and MyAudi both getting beat. Don't really care about Sparty losing, as I don't think they had any business getting an invite.

I will root for Western and Ferris to advance.

Rico and his gang of spoiled frat brats can all burn in hell.

For anyone who hadn't heard the story yet, last night after Shawn Hunwick gave up the GWG he collected himself, picked up the puck, and gave it to the Cornell bench. Day what you will about Michigan but I'm a fan of Hunwick now.

Saw that on Twitter. VERY classy move.

Western lost 3-1. Thanks to ESPNU for showing lacrosse and NOT the Western game. Now the lax game goes into freakin' OT, so still cannot watch hockey!
GRRRRRR!!!

A little correction here..... let me put on my Miami alumni hat.

Around 1989/1990, Miami finally assigned the maximum number of scholarships allowed under NCAA rules to their hockey program. That is correct, there was a time that Miami was affectively working short-handed.

This was also the time that Miami hired George Gwozdecky as their head coach (1989-1994). By the third year of his tenure, Miami had improved their program to land a spot in the NCAA tournament. It was Gwozdecky who recruited Mr. Bergeron and pinhead to play for Miami. Miami would win several regular season CCHA titles under Gwozdecky. It is Gwozdecky who began turning Miami's program into a contender - not Blah.

Gwozdecky left to coach Denver, where he would win a National Championship. He was followed by Mark Mazzoleni ( 1994-1999) who took the Redhawks to the NCAA at least once during his tenure. Miami was up and down during Mazzoleni's tenure, but the program was still strong. Mazz left Miami to coach Harvard.

Count Blah has been at Miami since 1999.

Yes, Blah hired Coach Bergeron as an assistant coach in 2000. However, unlike Blah, Bergeron actually played nearly 7 years at a professional level. Certainly he learned something about coaching during that tenure.

Also - no one at Miami denies that it was Chris Bergeron who was recruiting the top players at Miami and seemed to garnish the full respect of the players. So clearly, he was the coach that could identify talent. It is my understanding that there was quite a bit of gnashing and gnawing of teeth within the program when Coach left to come to BGSU. I think time will tell who really had the impact on the Miami program between 2000 and 2010.

+1
I think we are starting to see it now....