John "7 out of 10" Haeussler :-) writes:
 
>I've been long looking forward to seeing the Wolverines stomp
>the Lakers. Guess what? It wasn't as exciting as I had anticipated.
 
Gee, I don't know...I was pretty excited as seeing a blow out of the Lakers.
Such a rare event.  I was thrilled at the 3 quick goals in the third period to
put the game away.
 
BTW, does anyone else think that the Boston Bruins uniforms now look a lot
like the Lakers?  If they were trying to make Blaine Lacher feel at home, I
guess it didn't work very well, did it?
 
>Michigan's recently reunited line of C Kevin Hilton, RW Warren
>Luhning and LW John Madden is phenomenal.
 
Great game by these guys.  Michigan had a lot of success with the
cycle-scrum-stuff-it-in approach.  Nice to see a "finesse" team mucking for
goals.
 
>I have to mention referee Steve Piotrowski.  It may be hard to
>believe, but I do think he's one of (if not THE) best official
>in the CCHA.
 
I was impressed that Pio was not afraid to call penalty after penalty against
the Lakers, though it got to a point where you knew the next time a Laker
flopped, his arm would go up.  Sure enough, it happened, though I don't
remember the players involved.  The couple dressed in Laker garb a few seats a
way from me starting laughing at the call, saying something like "Oh my gawd,
what a dive."  In Pio's defense, I'm sure the play looked much worse from his
vantage point behind the play, than mine with the players coming toward me at
the end of the rink.
 
>One final note on the UM-WMU contest.  As the game went deeper
>and deeper into the third period, myself and a couple of other
>UM fans with me tried to beat the WMU fans to the punch and began
>a quiet chant of "UNDER-RATED!  UNDER- RATED!" :-)  Of course,
>it wasn't appreciated by any.
 
With the outcome of the game no longer in doubt, the "OVER-RATED" chant began
echoing through Yost.  After backup goaler Jason Carter came in to mop up, the
chant changed to "CASTER-RATED!"
 
After Caster was scored upon, the "GOALIE, SIEVE, SIEVE" chant was heard, with
the Yost faithful pointing to Turco, then Caster, then Kulick on the bench.
 
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