NCAA Men's Hockey Championship 2015

**Mazderati** · 04-11-2015, 10:16 AM

**barney** · 04-11-2015, 01:20 PM

Have to disagree, nice that it is all Hockey East though.

**ill-advised strategy** · 04-11-2015, 01:31 PM

who fucking cares. east coast circle jerk

**snowcatCO** · 04-11-2015, 01:37 PM

Originally Posted by barney

Have to disagree, nice that it is all Hockey East though.

Third time in national championship history. Should be an awesome game, especially since it's in Boston. I'm pulling for providence, it would be cool to see them get their first title. Even though I'm still getting over them beating DU out.

**Captain Awesome** · 04-11-2015, 08:08 PM

Wow, it really turned around. The last five minutes of this game should be very interesting!

I'm rooting for Providence, mostly because I can't root for BU.

EDIT: One minute left, but I thought BU was gonna have the tying goal right there...

**Garth Bimble** · 04-11-2015, 08:27 PM

The NCAA hockey tournament is a joke. Teams get to play tourney games on their home ice/very close to home against higher seeds? Kinda hard to take it seriously when they do shit like that.

**Tippster** · 04-11-2015, 08:27 PM

Originally Posted by Garth Bimble

The NCAA hockey tournament is a joke. Teams get to play tourney games on their home ice/very close to home against higher seeds? Kinda hard to take it seriously when they do shit like that.

Home team lost dude. Great game.

**Diamond Joe** · 04-11-2015, 08:44 PM

That was a great game.

Really feel bad for the B.U. goalie, that goal was something that he'll never ever forget or forgive himself for. Not sure how they didnt tie it right there at the end, had an empty net basically (Gillie had no idea where it was?!?) and couldnt put the biscuit in the basket

**Garth Bimble** · 04-11-2015, 08:45 PM

Originally Posted by Tippster

Home team lost dude. Great game.

Not much you can do about the finals, if you make it and it's your home rink, good for you but no team should get a home game in the regionals. Fucking Providence (RPI rank 15) gets a home game against Miami of Ohio (4 seed/RPI rank 4). BC (RPI rank 11) plays DU (RPI rank 5) at Providence (basically a home game). DU wins but then has to play Providence on their home ice. Now that Providence has won the whole thing is tainted. Play those first 2 games on neutral ice and see what happens.

**Mazderati** · 04-11-2015, 08:54 PM

Fack.

**snowcatCO** · 04-11-2015, 09:20 PM

Originally Posted by Garth Bimble

Not much you can do about the finals, if you make it and it's your home rink, good for you but no team should get a home game in the regionals. Fucking Providence (RPI rank 15) gets a home game against Miami of Ohio (4 seed/RPI rank 4). BC (RPI rank 11) plays DU (RPI rank 5) at Providence (basically a home game). DU wins but then has to play Providence on their home ice. Now that Providence has won the whole thing is tainted. Play those first 2 games on neutral ice and see what happens.

It would be extremely difficult to give home ice to higher seeds in regionals. There are 4 regional sites, with number 1 seeds placed as close to home as possible. Not much you can really do, just how it worked out this year. Yeah it sucks, not enough to call the whole tournament a joke. Great game, I feel for BUs goalie big time, I can't begin to understand what that must feel like.

**dtown** · 04-11-2015, 09:34 PM

2 problems with locations as I see it:
1) D1 college hockey is only played east of Denver and north of the Mason-Dixon Line so limits the locations playoffs can be played
2) major locations are chosen to drive revenue. Problem is the UM v UMD game on NH in the first round had less spectators than my sons practice this morning and lower seeds often get a home advantage because they are based near a metro area. Schools like Northern Michigan or bemidji state will never get a home game because of their "rural" nature.

I'm a North Dakota alum and fan a feel like we got screwed playing BU in Boston even though ND was ranked #1 in the country for most of the new year (the fact that their hobey baker finalist goalie couldn't stop a Mack truck is another story). I also don't have much to argue because they played the opening round about an hour south of the school.

Feel bad for BU goalie, good deal for the Friars.

**Bobby Finstock** · 04-12-2015, 12:58 PM

Easter and BU losing. Tough week for the jews.

**barney** · 04-12-2015, 02:02 PM

I graduated from Providence and still felt bad for the BU goalie. It was nice for PC to get games in Providence but it was not at their home rink. The live boards at the Dunk almost cost them the first game. I thought it was fitting Providence got a home crowd in the 1st 2 rounds after getting hosed in March Madness. They had to play Dayton 40 miles from home and Dayton had the play in game. The logistics and limited host sites played in the Friars favor, doesn't taint the victory at all.

**ICEHOCEY77** · 04-12-2015, 05:09 PM

Go figure Providence almost ended up having to go to OT with Miami and they win the damn thing. Congrats. I saw BU play earlier this year, thought they'd get it done.

**Garth Bimble** · 04-12-2015, 05:48 PM

Originally Posted by snowcatCO

It would be extremely difficult to give home ice to higher seeds in regionals. There are 4 regional sites, with number 1 seeds placed as close to home as possible. Not much you can really do, just how it worked out this year. Yeah it sucks, not enough to call the whole tournament a joke. Great game, I feel for BUs goalie big time, I can't begin to understand what that must feel like.

NO TEAM should be allowed to play at or near their home rink in the regional rounds. While there may be logistical issues at play the real issue is $$$. The NCAA knows hockey is still a fringe sport and if they bring in 4 teams from outside the area, say Providence, then ticket sales won't be as strong as they would be if they slot Providence/BC. Putting those 2 teams in the Providence regional pretty much guaranteed sell-outs, which means more $$$. Of course, it puts the teams that have to come in from outside the area (both of which have better records and a higher RPI ranking) at a disadvantage but hey, priorities are priorities.

FWIW, in the NCAA basketball tourney, a team isn't allowed to play on it's "home" court until the final four. But that's a cash machine. The hockey tournament isn't.

**Tippster** · 04-12-2015, 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by Garth Bimble

NO TEAM should be allowed to play at or near their home rink in the regional rounds.

Easy answer: All games are played on Southern ice rinks.

Think of the fans, dood. Logistically it's almost impossible to have college hockey games on rinks NOT near a school that might play in it. These games are scheduled months if not years before the playoff teams have been determined. Same thing happened in March Madness this year with Dayton.

**Garth Bimble** · 04-12-2015, 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by Tippster

Easy answer: All games are played on Southern ice rinks.

Think of the fans, dood. Logistically it's almost impossible to have college hockey games on rinks NOT near a school that might play in it. These games are scheduled months if not years before the playoff teams have been determined. Same thing happened in March Madness this year with Dayton.

Tipp, the game sites are scheduled in advance, but the teams aren't. If they wanted to do it, they could. And as a fan, I think it sucks that any team should have home ice advantage for no reason other than logistics. To me, that's bullshit.

And what happened with Dayton? My bracket got blown up so early this year I wasn't paying attention.