> They certainly didn't get to the Cahmpionship based on blown calls.  I thought they were a good team.  They played well, executed well, not the hardest hitting team around, but finished what they started.  AND they continued to play solid D when they went ahead.  unh folded.
> From: james acheson <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2003/04/13 Sun AM 09:16:26 EDT
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: National championship
>
>  I know why they got no respect from MAine fans... the of the last 2 times they played, MAine tied it with no time left and then won in OT... then the next time thy played, (and this is coming from a ref. who has NEVER said a ref. blew it totally and handed a game to one team) the next time they played, the ref. handed the game to the Wisc.  MAine fans had no reason to believe that GOlden GOfers can win on their own.
>
> Deron Treadwell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:So, like I said... why didn't Minnesota get more respect in the
> blackbears.net poll? :-)
>
>
> Coming into the championship game the only thing I was concerned about from
> a Minnesota perspective was goaltending. Travis Weber came to play and did
> a great job and it was nice to see him get named to the All-Tournament Team.
>
> Some random thoughts as I read media about the game...
>
> I chuckle when I read about people saying how UNH got over some mental hump
> when they beat Cornell in the semifinals. Please. MAINE is their mental
> hump. They would not have lost 7-2 to anyone else last year. But more than
> that (and you saw it again Saturday night) UNH gives up. Is it the coach or
> the culture of the program?
>
> In the 2002 semifinals when Maine got a couple quick goals they packed it
> in. When Minnesota went up 3-1 last night, UNH did not fight back they gave
> up. Minnesota could have scored more if not for Michael Ayers, who didn't
> give up, despite his team collapsing around him.
>
> Dave Hendrickson's article notes that they played highlights of the 1999
> national championship between the first and second period. :-)
>
> "In the 1999 championship game I thought we outplayed Maine, but lost on the
> bounce of a puck," said UNH coach Dick Umile. "Tonight, I think the better
> team won. We tried to hang in there, but they did a good job and you've got
> to give them credit."
>
> "I can't really believe it," said Colin Hemingway, the one senior in the
> locker room who appeared best able to speak through the sadness. "It's my
> senior year. I'm done. I'm not ever going to play a collegiate game again. I
> can't really believe it's over. It really hurts right now."
>
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