>Hats off to the gophers who win for the second consecutive year by a 5-1
>score over the pussycats.

Sigh.  UNH has themselves in quite a mental state.  I'm convinced they
would have lost to Cornell, if Cornell's early goal had not been waived
off.  The body language of the UNH players and fans just said "here we
go again".  With the goal being waived off, they were given new life,
made a couple of great shots, and won.

I thought a similar thing happened against the Gophers, albeit in the
3rd period when the score went to 3-1.  My son and I were amazed as with
8, 5 and 3 minutes left in the game, dozens, if not hundreds, of UNH
fans left the arena!  Some of the players lost all intensity, and by the
time Umile used his timeout, all was lost.

"Hats off to the Gophers" for me, too.  They played a great game.
Thomas Vanek was the clear star of the tournament, but many gophers had
an outstanding tournament.  Weber, the MN goalie, didn't appear to be of
the highest skill, but played superbly and had terrific play in front of
him.

cheers, wayne