2006 ncaa men's ice hockey

by **CyLaxKeeper00** on Sun Mar 19, 2006 12:23 pm

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by **FLAK** on Sun Mar 19, 2006 3:33 pm

I love how the tournament committee made sure that they wouldnt have an all WCHA Frozen Four again, too bad Denver missed their chance for a 3-peat...Carle for HOBEY BAKER

by **Brent Burns** on Sun Mar 19, 2006 4:10 pm

I am going to root for the Cornell Big Red because its goalie is from Texas.

by **umdulax1** on Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:09 pm

Go Badgers...

The gophers surely have the roughest and toughest region to come out of to make it to the Frozen Four. SHould be an excellent tourney!

by **byualum** on Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:20 pm

FLAK wrote:I love how the tournament committee made sure that they wouldnt have an all WCHA Frozen Four again, too bad Denver missed their chance for a 3-peat...Carle for HOBEY BAKER

We've had DU tickets in my family for 41 years...no one wants Carle to win the Hobey more than me, but I've got to believe Potulny's 4-goal night vs. St. Cloud may have won him the Hobey. Best of luck to Carle with San Jose...reports in Denver say he might suit up with week in St. Louis.

My money is on UND, if Parise stays hot...Oshie and Toews have been outstanding over the past 4 weeks.

by **Brent Burns** on Mon Mar 27, 2006 1:00 pm

I just read a very thrilling article from ESPN.com that Wisconsin finally defeated Cornell, 1-0 in 3 OT's. David McKee (hails from Texas) had 59 saves while his Wisconsin counterpart had 40 saves. I read that the Wisconsin head coach said that it was truly an exhibition of two excellent goaltenders.

by **DanGenck** on Mon Mar 27, 2006 1:05 pm

Minnesota disappointed us all by losing to Holy Cross in the first round. As soon as the highlight began on Sportscenter, I knew they would not have been showing it unless the Golden Gophers lost... sure enough, they did.

by **tlaing1** on Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:49 pm

What's hockey? I've forgotten what that is.....

by **Adam G** on Tue Mar 28, 2006 12:22 pm

I'm betting that Wisconsin's goalie Brian Elliot gets the Hobey Baker this year... Wisconsin dropped half of all of their total losses when he was injured earlier in the year, and lost 5 of 8 WCHA games. He's on a 12 1/2 period shutout, let in 6 goals in 8 games, and after his showing on Sunday, in my opinion he's the best choice.

The funny thing is, Elliot was almost unheard of in the last couple years because of Wisconsin's old goalie Bernd Bruckler.

Anyone else want to chime in?

by **byualum** on Tue Mar 28, 2006 12:32 pm

Matt Carle should win it.

Ryan Potulny will win it.

Elliott was outstanding Sunday night vs. Cornell.

by **DanGenck** on Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:21 pm

Where the heck did Cornell come from? The past 3-4 years they have been beating the crap out of every one!

by **UofMLaxGoalie11** on Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:52 pm

i found it.
you can even get directions so you can come from there too.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&s ... 8,0.117073

by **Brent Burns** on Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:18 pm

I would not be surprised that Cornell will be back next year since the team roster shows only 6 seniors. They have two seniors who are twins from Canada. David McKee, by the way, is a junior. There are a lot of juniors sprinkled with several sophomores and freshmen on the Big Red team.

by **DanGenck** on Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:44 pm

Geez, if these trends continue, we'll be watching Princeton play Yale for the national championship whilst drinking tea with our pinkies up in the air.

"Oh, good show, Yalies! A rousing 1-0 triple overtime victory!"

by **byualum** on Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:23 pm

Brent Burns wrote:I would not be surprised that Cornell will be back next year since the team roster shows only 6 seniors. They have two seniors who are twins from Canada. David McKee, by the way, is a junior. There are a lot of juniors sprinkled with several sophomores and freshmen on the Big Red team.

The biggest problem for Cornell would be if McKee left before his senior season. He was a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award last season and didn't have quite the same numbers this year (22 wins vs. 27 wins in '05, 2.08 GAA vs. 1.24 GAA in '05).

He's a junior and is a free agent. With goaltending always at a premium, I could see an NHL team trying to get him tied up before next fall.

I would imagine North Dakota will be the pre-season #1 going into next season with Minnesota a very close second (depending on which guys leave early - Potulny, Irmen and maybe Kessel).