Observations from a very casual hockey fan
by MADIRISH (2019-03-29 22:18:42)
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My wife keeps saying how boring hockey is. I actually found that game very stressful and stood the whole time. A goal can be scored or given up in a blink of an eye. Awesome game!

You need a new wife *
by TCIrish03  (2019-03-30 12:13:25)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Elimination overtime is the most stressful thing in sports.
by Ahoya06  (2019-03-29 22:26:25)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Hockey is the only sport where you know 100% that the game is going to end in a split second.

- Football allows for two possessions in some cases (all cases in college)

- Basketball is a timed period.

- Baseball allows both teams a chance to bat

- Soccer, in most cases, is not sudden death.

All of these sports have the POSSIBILITY of a sudden ending, but only hockey offers the GUARANTEE of it, which is amazing for a neutral and terrifying when you have a rooting interest in the outcome.
Lax also has sudden victory. ND lost to Duke in OT in the NC
by SavageDragon  (2019-03-30 08:30:28)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

CJ Costabile ... sigh.
NCAA tournament OT has been pretty good to ND.
by Mr Wednesday  (2019-03-29 22:28:54)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

I can remember wins over AL-Huntsville (granted, it killed us in the next game), Michigan in the national semifinals, and now Clarkson. And didn't we win one of the regional games last year in OT? Providence maybe?

two years ago - NE Regional vs UML - Oglevie from Bjork *
by NH74Domer  (2019-03-29 23:24:20)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

That brings it to 5 - 0 in OT. *
by Mr Wednesday  (2019-03-29 23:26:56)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Michigan beat us in 2016
by wearendhockey  (2019-03-30 00:20:27)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Won 3-2 in OT in Cincinnati.
Noted. 5 - 1 is still a good record, though. *
by Mr Wednesday  (2019-03-30 10:39:23)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

And I forgot about 2014 and St Cloud
by wearendhockey  (2019-03-30 11:38:44)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Lost to them in Minnesota in OT 4-3.

8 overtime games total
by wearendhockey  (2019-03-30 12:42:08)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

By my count 6 wins 2 losses:
2007 2OT win over UAH in regional 1st
2008 OT win over UM in FF
2011 OT win over Merrimack in regional 1st
2014 OT loss to SCSU in regional 1st
2016 OT loss to UM in regional 1st
2017 OT win over UML in regional final
2018 OT win over MTU in regional 1st
2019 OT win over CLK in regional 1st
Michigan Tech, actually.
by Ahoya06  (2019-03-29 22:32:58)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Providence was round 2 in regulation. Though I believe we beat them in OT in the Hockey East semis or finals our last season in HE.
Right, PC was a regulation win on a last-minute goal. *
by Mr Wednesday  (2019-03-29 22:35:12)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

That’s right, I forgot that goal was almost at the horn! *
by Ahoya06  (2019-03-29 23:05:47)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post