***OFFICIAL MINNESOTA VS QUINNIPIAC NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHP IN-GAME THREAD!!!***

[cncmin]

Not sure what happened but Close let the puck go right through his zone…right through him. Huge change of momentum.
Quinnipiac loves icing. Is that part of their plan? Almost has to be, not?

 

[Tully55]

Sloppy play = QU goal...CLEAN IT UP

 

[BTChamp]

Gotta win the faceoffs in their zone.

 

[STPGopher]

Here we go. Let's go Gophers. One for the thumb!

One for the other hand? Go Gophers!

 

[BTChamp]

Fuck. The dreaded 2nd.

 

[DarrenTheGreek]

Gotta kill this

 

[DarrenTheGreek]

One for the other hand? Go Gophers!

Yeah my bad

 

[Tully55]

2nd period stats so far
Period	2	2
Goals	1	1
Shots on Goal	7	4
Shots	11	8

 

[WayOfTheGopher]

Oh no, here we go.

 

[Homerpalooza]

Great defense Gophers!

 

[BTChamp]

Gopher D individual stick handling is a work of art.

 

[WayOfTheGopher]

Sloppy play = QU goal...CLEAN IT UP

Battles on the boards, That's where QU killed Michigan.

 

[GophersInIowa]

Very sloppy this period.

 

[Tully55]

Good time for a media timeout...regroup

 

[cncmin]

Battles on the boards, That's where QU killed Michigan.

If they get in the mud too much, are the officials going to start sending Gophers to the box, though? They have played a clean game so far, the incidental tripping included.

Quinnipiac is such a disciplined team. Also seems to me that QU is lucky they don’t get more penalties.

 

[DarrenTheGreek]

What a block by LaComb

 

[From the Parkinglot]

Survive the period and get to the 3rd cause this second has not been great.

 

[BTChamp]

Q's chearleaders are definitely talented.

 

[Tully55]

If they get in the mud too much, are the officials going to start sending Gophers to the box, though? They have played a clean game so far, the incidental tripping included.

Quinnipiac is such a disciplined team. Also seems to me that QU is lucky they don’t get more penalties.

NCHC refs...maybe????

 

[BTChamp]

Survive the period and get to the 3rd cause this second has not been great.

Yes, Escape this. But, another one would be nice.

 

[nitramnaed]

Gophers, looking like they just wanna get out of the second period

 

[BTChamp]

Rod Brind'Amour. Does he have eligibilty left? C'mon Motzko, go get him.

 

[DarrenTheGreek]

Q defense no joke. 20 more min

 

[DarthGopher]

We gotta come out strong. Need to be a little cleaner on exiting the zone. They are sitting on those outlet passes.

 

[SHGopher]

Gophers will strike. They have to.

4-2 Gophers win.

 

[Homerpalooza]

The QU goal by Metsa was surprisingly close to LaCombe’s skate for deflection.

Otherwise Close is playing amazingly.

QU knew they weren’t winning this with 3 shots a period. Huge correction by them.

 

[WayOfTheGopher]

Gonna be the longest 20 mins of my life.

 

[DarrenTheGreek]

This might be the best defensive effort for Gophers that I've seen this season.

 

[STPGopher]

Q defense no joke. 20 more min

Smart hockey we need to play like we have the lead. Keep the puck out of our zone and make them press. Shot when we get it in their zone.

 

[WayOfTheGopher]

Smart hockey we need to play like we have the lead. Keep the puck out of our zone and make them press. Shot when we get it in their zone.

Gotta outplay Quinnipiac at their own game.