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Anyone else sick of the espn guys talking about North Dakota as they are calling the game

well ND is playing a heck of a game.

Maybe so its 0-0 listen to them–all they are talking about–maybe am rooting too much for gophers

Hit the mute button, you will be fine.

Good idea

Yes!!!!! Gophers win!!!

Wow

What a finnish. Both teams played a heck of a game. M I N N E S O T A GO GOPHERS
Wallster ><((((>

Was the goalie screened, because he left a lot of room on that far post.

Amazing finish to that game….

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Was the goalie screened, because he left a lot of room on that far post.

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Yes, he was where he should of been it was just a perfect shot. 1/2″ to the right and it’s a clank.

What a game–wasnt sure who was going to win–lets do it again Saturday!!

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Anyone else sick of the espn guys talking about North Dakota as they are calling the game

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No, but I’m tired of smug fans talking about the goofers as I’m reading a message board.

So the Gophs win and the cops still have to break up a riot in Dinkeytown?

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Anyone else sick of the espy guys talking about North Dakota as they are calling the game

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Actually for the first period and most of the second I thought it was just the opposite with the ESPN guys always talking up MN. Good game but both teams sure looked spent for most of the third. Ya gotta play all 60 minuets to win and thats what MN did and ND did not. To bad but GO SIOUX for next year and GO MN for Saturday night.

Great Game and Great Finish, SO couldnot stand the anouncers last night. Had to switch over to the Wild game for a bit another great game!!! then I would go back. They need to go back to ND.
Go Gophers!!

Instant classic.

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So the Gophs win and the cops still have to break up a riot in Dinkeytown?

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I’m sure someone out in North Dakota was tipping tractors last night.
DT

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Was the goalie screened, because he left a lot of room on that far post.

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Yes, he was where he should of been it was just a perfect shot. 1/2″ to the right and it’s a clank.

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So a basically turned off the TV to let the dogs out and go to bed right after it happened and I saw 1 replay showing time on the clock. They were discussing it here at work, so I went back to the highlight.

I didn’t realize that a shot was taken and there was a fortunate bounce on the play. Obviously there was a lot of room over there because he reacted to the first shot and then probably lost sight of the puck.

Talk about a lot of things having to go right to score from a face off in your own end with 9 seconds remaining!

Im still in shock and disbelief. This tourney had cinderella story written all over it. Union steps up and takes out BC, the stars almost aligned for little ol UND.

Sioux played a whale of a game.

This game makes a fantastic case IN FAVOR of why instant reply works. The overhead shot of that goal was indisputable, the puck clearly was not just across the line, but all the way in the back of the net at least .5 seconds before time expired.

There is no way in heck that that goal would have counted in the past when there was no instant replay to use to verify it. No way. 100% chance it would have been waived off.

The referee, in the past, would have waived that goal off and said time had expired. They NEVER would have let a critical game be decided by a goal like that because it was an err on the side of caution mentality, just like you see when the refs “let them play” in high-stakes games instead of calling what would have been a call in a lower stakes matchup.

Honesty, lots of respect for North Dakota they played a fantastic game. I feel bad that it ended with such a lightening-strike goal, but that’s how things go sometimes.

Grouse

no way they could have over turned it. Watch the official on the top of the screen he was well in place and went crazy calling it a goal as he was right on top of the play. I agree in some cases they would overturn in but not in this case if you watch the replay I think he was more excited than anyone.

And the Referee would have skated right in and waved “no goal”, time was out. There just no way that in the pre-replay days they would have allowed that goal in such a high-stakes game.

And even if they had, there would have been endless complaining that it was not legit, ND was robbed, etc, etc.

Bottom line is that instant replay ends it all. It was 100% clear that that puck was in the back of the net with between .5 and .6 of a second left on the clock. There just wasn’t any doubt.

Grouse

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And the Referee would have skated right in and waved “no goal”, time was out. There just no way that in the pre-replay days they would have allowed that goal in such a high-stakes game.

And even if they had, there would have been endless complaining that it was not legit, ND was robbed, etc, etc.

Bottom line is that instant replay ends it all. It was 100% clear that that puck was in the back of the net with between .5 and .6 of a second left on the clock. There just wasn’t any doubt.

Grouse

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100% agree on that note. ND fighting no names complaining!?!?! nooooooo

Who was complaining? It was obviously a goal…