GDT: 2024-25 NCAA Frozen Four Thread

[William H Bonney]

Broncos deserved to win. Congrats to them

 

[WarriorofTime]

Buium is probably confused by losing something.

 

[boredmale]

Where is this game being played? Looks like the BU- Penn game starts 9:50

 

[WarriorofTime]

Where is this game being played? Looks like the BU- Penn game starts 9:50

St. Louis. First game went to double OT so it messed up the schedule.

 

[boredmale]

Indianapolis. First game went to double OT so it messed up the schedule.

So the game there will start 8:50 Central and won't be over till like 11:30 there time. Late

I get TV and all but they should have spaced out the games better or used different rinks

 

[WarriorofTime]

So the game there will start 8:50 Central and won't be over till like 11:30 there time. Late

I get TV and all but they should have spaced out the games better or used different rinks

First game started 4 pm local time.

 

[SI90]

Eiserman!!! 2-0 BU

All he does is score!! Great patience and pass from Cole Hutson

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Hughes > Eiserman

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Eiserman!!! 2-0 BU

All he does is score!! Great patience and pass from Cole Hutson

And very little of that

 

[SI90]

And very little of that

Very little of what?

 

[boredmale]

 

[Breakers]

Nothing happens when Willander is on the ice which shows his defensive prowess and why he hasn’t been on the ice for goal against the entire tournament. Just a a shot suppression monster


But yeah his offensive game is a work in process
And see how he develops it, cause it ain’t great.

Now I know why he averages the most minutes for BU

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Very little of what?.

Goals. Expected more than he produced since presumably he doesn't do much else

 

[William H Bonney]

Yegorov completely changed the Terriers team. Caron (goaltending) was such a huge weak link for BU and now they have the advantage there on most nights.

 

[William H Bonney]

Penn St finally breaks through.

 

[KillerMillerTime]

Took refs long enough to call tat PSU too man men.

 

[Breakers]

Gavin McCarthy with Boumedienne

Is pandolfo out of his damn mind with that pairing

 

[Breakers]

Eiserman with his best shift

The puck pursuit and just grinding down low against both defense

 

[William H Bonney]

Western Michigan vs BU. Should be fun

 

[Bounces R Way]

Real nice season for Penn State. BU just too much, Yegorov is tough to beat.

 

[Breakers]

My god BU forwards were trying to lose this game

3 of them had chances to skate the puck out nobody around them

But they decide to go for the empty net

 

[S E P H]

DU is such a fluke university. There is no way they should have made OT in the first place. Davis and his .976 save percentage pretty much wheeled them in such an underserved place to begin with. Thankfully, the fluke luck ran out and everything is right in the universe today.

Was really hoping for Penn State to win, but damn their puck skills were just atricous all night long and to let in that type of free goal for Boston was asking for trouble. It was so weird because they had some golden chances, but the puck either bounced over their stick, or the player was unbalanced and fell down, or the shot selection was very poor. Really disappointing because I am a fan of neither team going in the finals, but I guess I have to root for Western Michigan because BU is quite unlikeable (with the worst hockey sweaters ever in the entire sport, I would take LA King's 1990 Burger King theme jerseys over BU's).

 

[Breakers]

DU is such a fluke university. There is no way they should have made OT in the first place. Davis and his .976 save percentage pretty much wheeled them in such an underserved place to begin with. Thankfully, the fluke luck ran out and everything is right in the universe today.

Was really hoping for Penn State to win, but damn their puck skills were just atricous all night long and to let in that type of free goal for Boston was asking for trouble. It was so weird because they had some golden chances, but the puck either bounced over their stick, or the player was unbalanced and fell down, or the shot selection was very poor. Really disappointing because I am a fan of neither team going in the finals, but I guess I have to root for Western Michigan because BU is quite unlikeable (with the worst hockey sweaters ever in the entire sport, I would take LA King's 1990 Burger King theme jerseys over BU's).

The New Hampshire wildcats jersey is the worst in college hockey and it isn’t close

 

[S E P H]

The New Hampshire wildcats jersey is the worst in college hockey and it isn’t close

Why you say that? I just googled and it looks pretty clean TBH with nice shoulder patches. BU's jerseys look like pajamas with the most unnecessary word mark in the history of sports. You really need to put the entire "title" of the school with absolutely nothing else?

Marketing-wise, BU is also the worst. If you look at all the legendary logos in sports, they are logos that do not need any explaining (Cowboys, Blackhawks, Canadiens, Yankees, Red Wings, Red Sox, Barcelona FC, etc. - none of them have word marks in them). Penn State doesn't need to say "Penn State" on their jersey because everyone knows who they are. One way you do this is by keeping a logo for a long time (like 50+ years) and marketing your school. BU is a big-name school, both in terms of academics and sports. Maybe not nation-wise like Penn State is, but definitely in the NE-region it is, and that is one of the heavily populated places of the entire USA. My argument is that BU is big enough that you don't need a jersey that says "Boston University" on its front with one stripe. It's like Under Armour and the school did a 15-minute brain session with contributing zero effort into it.

 

[bringbacktheskate604]

Nothing happens when Willander is on the ice which shows his defensive prowess and why he hasn’t been on the ice for goal against the entire tournament. Just a a shot suppression monster


But yeah his offensive game is a work in process
And see how he develops it, cause it ain’t great.

Now I know why he averages the most minutes for BU

Hes never really been given much of a chance offensively but I think with him only recently converting to a Dman and his natural talent it will come through in the pros.