Denver and Ferris State - NCAA Midwest Regional Game 1 - Friday 3/23/12

[huskyfan]

The reference was to Ohio State trading rings and such for tattoos. It was in all the papers.

my point exactly.

[Hammer]

0:01.3 to go.

We got 'em.

[Old Pio]

Game over. FSU 2 DU 1. Great effort by FSU. Just outstanding goal tending and penalty killing. Congratulations. Assuming you get Michigan, I doubt you'll need any encouragement from anyone. But, good luck anyway.

[A Shot and a Goal]

Congratulations to the winners and condolences to the losers.

I think it's fitting that defenseman John Ryder--who rarely scores a point--got an assist in his final game for the Pioneers.

An interesting statistic about the Pioneers this season is that they did not win a single game when scoring fewer than three goal. Denver won no games when scoring one or two goals.

My own $.02 is that Jason Zucker and Drew Shore have played their last game for the Pioneers.

[Hammer]

Final

Ferris State 2
Denver 1

Great game, gentlemen.

[huskyfan]

good job Bulldogs!! Congrats - great game! (and welcome to the WCHA!)

[PenaltyBoxBeast]

Congrats to the Bulldogs. I'm shocked as Hell that you guys won.

[du78]

Tough ending for DU, the boys just couldn't get over all the injuries, Zucker did not look like himself today. Hats off to FSU they did what you need to do to move on.

[vizoroo]

Good game by Nelson and Ferris State. If you play the weasels, beat'em bad!

Nice game by our Pios just couldn't solve Nelson and the dawg defense.

[Old Pio]

Tough ending for DU, the boys just couldn't get over all the injuries, Zucker did not look like himself today. Hats off to FSU they did what you need to do to move on.

It seemed like he was shooting back door all game. Normally, one or two of those go in. He's an exceptionally gutty kid, playing hurt in a big game. I'm not optimistic about him returning next year either. But sometimes miracles happen.

[totalx]

Classy fans from DU. That was a superb game. Both teams played solid. Ferris defense looked much better tonight than against BG a couple weeks ago. An effort like that will keep them in any game the rest of the way.

Just an all around great tourney game.

[du78]

It seemed like he was shooting back door all game. Normally, one or two of those go in. He's an exceptionally gutty kid, playing hurt in a big game. I'm not optimistic about him returning next year either. But sometimes miracles happen.

It looked like he had trouble handling the puck with his "upper body" injury. Got to give it to him for playing hard all game and not being close to 100%. For once could we get into the tourney without half the team in the MASH unit. The boys played hard today and my hat is off to them on a great season.

[Hammer]

I noticed that when he had that semi-breakaway when the puck slipped off his stick. I wondered if that was injury-related.

[du78]

I noticed that when he had that semi-breakaway when the puck slipped off his stick. I wondered if that was injury-related.

I would guess yes.