Greetings -
 
Just another boring Saturday night in college rinks 'round the country ....
 
Nathan <[log in to unmask]> writes from Bowling Green:
>In front of a crowd of 5,008 screaming BGSU fans, the Falcons defeated a
>worthy Michigan squad 6-5.  This was the shootout at the OK corral.  This
>was an epic battle!  Ahhhhhhhhhh, this game felt gooooood!
 
Kevin <[log in to unmask]> writes from Canton:
>I will simply say that this was the ultimate hockey game.  The GWG came
>at 18:41 of the third period as Burke *the hockey god* Murphy took a
>beautiful feed from Difran and blew it past a sprawling Dan Murphy.  The
>sound in Appleton was deafening when the goal light went on and increased
>to utter madness when the final horn sounded.
 
Dave <[log in to unmask]> writes from Lowell:
>The sellout crowd rose to its feet with a minute to play and began to roar.
>What had seemed the unthinkable at the beginning of the weekend had become
>reality.  UMass-Lowell, the team that "hadn't beaten anyone significant",
>had swept the defending national champs and number one or two team in
>the country. A simply awesome performance!
 
Bob <[log in to unmask]> writes from Dartmouth:
>After an exciting game before a sellout crowd at Thompson Arena tonight,
>Dartmouth and Vermont emerged with a tie, 3-3.
 
  .... and the sellout crowd at Towse Rink in Durham was screaming too, as
UNH valiantly battled back from a 2-5 third period deficit to close within
4-5, only to ultimately fall short as Eric Nikulas' bid for the tying goal
clanged off the cross-bar with under 3 minutes to play.  As has been their
habit throughout most of the season, the 'Cats could not sustain a high
level of intensity for both Friday *AND* Saturday nights, splitting their
weekend series yet again ....
 
  Congratulations to the Umass-Lowell Riverhawks and coach (and ex-Wildcat)
Bruce Crowder for their stunning home/home sweep of the Terriers this
weekend !!!  The rest of the Hockey East season should be a good one, as
PC, UNH, and BC battle it out for the last remaining home-ice berth, and
then .... the upcoming HEA play-offs promise to be as exciting as one
could imagine ....
 
  Best of luck/success to YOUR favorite team ....
 
  Cheers from the Chesapeake - Jim
 
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