UConn MHOC & 2025 NCAA Ice Hockey Championship Tournament (Allentown Regional Final: UConn v. Penn State >Sunday 3/30/25 @4:30p on ESPN2/FOXSports979)

[superjohn]

Good things just happen to power conference schools in any form. It's the way of the world.

Sigh.

I know, 25% of the men's basketball championships in the past 25 years for the Huskies. The women's team going for a dozen national championships.

 

[BugsyCT]

Claude Lemieux prevails again!!!! What a great game. UConn dominated and could have won this several times.

Yeah. That familiar soul-crushing feeling kicking back in. Fuuuuuuuuuuu........dge.

 

[CTFanDan]

Yeah. That familiar soul-crushing feeling kicking back in. Fuuuuuuuuuuu........dge.

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You had to bring that up!

 

[BugsyCT]

I know, 25% of the men's basketball championships in the past 25 years for the Huskies. The women's team going for a dozen national championships.

Please give it a rest for one day.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[WrenchFan69]

I tell you what. We're probably only one 9 digit donation away from making a Frozen Four. I'm confident in that.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

I tell you what. We're probably only one 9 digit donation away from making a Frozen Four. I'm confident in that.

We’ve gotta get us our very own billionaire who enjoys sports.

 

[Vowelguy]

We’ve gotta get us our very own billionaire who enjoys sports.

There are a lot or rich actors living in Litchfield county. What does Meryl Streep think of hockey?

 

[Matrim55]

I can't even be mad. This is one of the best sudden death goals I've ever seen.

 

[UConn2SF]

We have lots of talent returning next year if we can keep this roster intact. 3 PPG guys, a soon to be soph class I'm really high on, and an absolute stud in goal.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Sea Goat]

There will be more dreams... The season started slowly, but ended up being a blast.Team and program made great strides. See you again before you know i! Good nucleus returning - notice is served!

 

[willie99]

Heartbreaking, so many chances, so close

Thankyou Huskies, nobody is more disappointed than our team

I think this is the beginning, we have arrived and we're ready to win at hockey too

 

[Patman]

Run of play doesn't guarantee you the game. Tough out after running them most of overtime. I'm sorry

 

[Fairfield_1st]

Not a sour grapes question, just a question. How is it that the 4 seed essentially gets a home game? Is it strictly done by Pairwise or is there committee intervention? I don't believe it had any impact on the result, truly just trying to understand.

 

[Scoe]

Run of play doesn't guarantee you the game. Tough out after running them most of overtime. I'm sorry

Yes execution usually wins, that's how sports goes.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Skiblets]

.that was such a crazy game. Big ups to the boys. Hope the program can build from this.

 

[mac2351]

Not a sour grapes question, just a question. How is it that the 4 seed essentially gets a home game? Is it strictly done by Pairwise or is there committee intervention? I don't believe it had any impact on the result, truly just trying to understand.

Schools bid to host. If you host, your are automatically sent to that regional no matter what your seed is

Penn State was the host

UNH would have been sent to Manchester

North Dakota would have been sent to Fargo

Bowling Green would have been sent to Toledo

 

[huskymedic]

Not a sour grapes question, just a question. How is it that the 4 seed essentially gets a home game? Is it strictly done by Pairwise or is there committee intervention? I don't believe it had any impact on the result, truly just trying to understand.

Penn State was selected to host this Regional in 2020.

 

[The Viking]

Two whalers OT losses at the forum and then this.
There is no God

 

[Patman]

Schools bid to host. If you host, your are automatically sent to that regional no matter what your seed is

Penn State was the host

UNH would have been sent to Manchester

North Dakota would have been sent to Fargo

Bowling Green would have been sent to Toledo

Teams have gone through the host before. Lowell had to go through unh to it's frozen four run though the numbers were a lot more equal.

It's the breaks unless uconn wants to host in Hartford or springfield

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Sea Goat]

Not a sour grapes question, just a question. How is it that the 4 seed essentially gets a home game? Is it strictly done by Pairwise or is there committee intervention? I don't believe it had any impact on the result, truly just trying to understand.

Agree - regional hosts are determined by location. They happen to be closest to Allentown. I think UMass got to play in Springfield as a host and as a 4 seed last year. Lost to DU. The NCAA maybe should require that a team can be no lower than a 2 seed to remain a host.

A 4 seed should be treated like Rodney Dangerfield...

 

[huskymedic]