B1G Championship Game 2023

[From the Parkinglot]

Back hand sauce and the finish. 1-0 good guys.

 

[BTChamp]

Minnesota's D is absolutely smothering.

 

[BTChamp]

The smaller M is gaining momentum.

 

[BTChamp]

Shit!

 

[WayOfTheGopher]

Gophers love to puck watch in the second period for some reason. If Michigan gets one more, game over.

 

[DarrenTheGreek]

Tie game boys!!!!

 

[From the Parkinglot]

Not often do you see the net coming off and the goalie putting it back on to keep play moving.

 

[SHGopher]

That first goal was so sweet.

Heard at the game after that goal: "They looked like an NHL line."

Me: "They are."


Michigan looked fast and intent in the 2nd. This is a tough game.

 

[From the Parkinglot]

Close is fighting the puck a lot tonight.

 

[From the Parkinglot]

Oh my goodness. That goal deserved a stick throw into the crowd.

 

[DarrenTheGreek]

That goal was sick!!!!

 

[From the Parkinglot]

 

[GophersInIowa]

What an atmosphere tonight!!!!

 

[BTChamp]

Pitlick's goal might be the most beautiful goal I've ever seen.

 

[bonin21]

Lacombe does not appear to be even 75% and frankly has been a liability.

 

[BTChamp]

Was the ruling on the offsides legitimate? Because it went off a Gopher skate it was ok?

 

[GophersInIowa]

Was the ruling on the offsides legitimate? Because it went off a Gopher skate it was ok?

I don’t understand either.

 

[BTChamp]

I don’t understand either.

Gotta beat 2 teams tonight.

 

[DanvilleGopher]

The gophers literally just let Michigan skate free in the Gopher zone and have so many unforced turnovers.

On Michigan's last goal, Knies gave the puck away twice.

AGAIN, they cannot clear the puck and it's in the net.. as I'm typing.

Brodzinski just keeps stumbling over the puck...

They cannot get the puck out of their zone... very frustrating to watch as Michigan is winning all the races to the puck.

 

[BTChamp]

Children of Yost?

 

[WayOfTheGopher]

Nothing to see here folks, just Gophers choking during another big game.

 

[GophersInIowa]

I don’t understand how that’s not a penalty.

 

[GophersInIowa]

 

[From the Parkinglot]

Nothing to see here folks, just Gophers choking during another big game.

Go away.

 

[From the Parkinglot]

Let’s decline to host this next year.

 

[BTChamp]

The better team did not win

 

[MRJ]

Lose 4-3. Get completely outplayed when the chips are down. Rinse, repeat. Gopher pucks in a nutshell. NCAA tourney favorite? I dare them to prove it.

 

[DanvilleGopher]

The better team did not win

Ummmm, the better team tonight did win the game sorry...

I'm as big of a Gopher fan as there is BUT this was a game Michigan outplayed the Gophers... they spent much more time in the Gopher zone than in the Michigan zone. They shut the Gophers down in their own zone and that was the difference IMO.

 

[bleedsmaroonandgold]

Sometime between now and the NCAA tournament, we need to find a way to avoid defensive zone turnovers, and for our defensemen to be stronger when we get pinned in our own end. Too much puck watching and not enough moving bodies.

 

[DarrenTheGreek]

Lots of turnovers and lapses at key moments. On to the NCAA