BREAKING NEWS: Frozen Four Full Of Blues Prospects

by Tomorrows Blues on Mar 30, 2008 9:14 PM CDT

By Brian Weidler, "Game Time" Prospect Department

The NCAA Championship Game will feature at least one team with a Blues' prospect for the second year in a row.

Last year, Michigan State won the championship, though Blues' prospect Ryan Turek did not play in the tournament.

This season, Michigan (Aaron Palushaj) and Notre Dame (Ian Cole) will square off in one semifinal game after winning the East Regional bracket (Michigan) and the West Regional bracket (Notre Dame).

The other semifinal will pit Northeast Regional bracket winner Boston College against Midwest Regional bracket winner North Dakota and Blues' prospect T.J. Oshie. 2007 Development Camp attendee Ryan Duncan also skates for the Sioux, and could be signed as a free agent after the tournament ends.

North Dakota was the last team to reach the Frozen Four, gutting out a 3-2 OT win over Wisconsin earlier this evening. The Badgers took an early 2-0 lead, but North Dakota came back to tie it up in the third period, with Oshie assisting on Duncan's game-tying goal. Oshie also won a key faceoff in the overetime that set up the game-winner.

The seminfinal matchups will take place at 4:00 PM and 7:00 PM MDT (3:00 and 6:00 CDT) on Thursday, April 10 in Denver, with the Championship Game to be played at 5:00 PM MDT (4:00 CDT) on Saturday, April 12.

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Good for Oshie. I’m rooting for him.

Just think, if the Fighting Probably Inapropriate Mascots had won the national championship a year ago, Oshie might be up with the Blues skating on a line with Cam Janssen and D.J. King instead of poor little David Perron.

by Brad Lee on Mar 30, 2008 9:24 PM CDT reply actions

obvious. have you been watching the games on espn? where’s a report like on the rivermen’s down slide? how player’s have been doing in these big games, like the goals scored by all the players mentioned?

by Chris D. on Mar 30, 2008 9:58 PM CDT reply actions

The North Dakota/Wisconsin game was excellent – makes me wish that I could be there again this year for Frozen Four weekend with Oshie, but alas…

by Adam Duke on Mar 30, 2008 11:26 PM CDT reply actions

Anyone who isn’t happy about coverage on something is invited to send me a note at gtbradlee@gmail.com to either explain what they’d like to see or to submit something for the blog.

by Brad Lee on Mar 31, 2008 12:03 AM CDT reply actions

Chris D. wrote:

“where’s a report like on the rivermen’s down slide? how player’s have been doing in these big games, like the goals scored by all the players mentioned?”

Patience, sir… both reports are forthcoming. One must juggle his responsibilities to this blog alongside his paying job, and keeping Mrs. GTPD happy by doing home improvement projects.

The Rivermen really disappointed me in San Antonio on Saturday night. A 6-0 pasting is absolutely unacceptable for a team fighting to make the playoffs, especially after sticking it to Houston the night before. Four games in five nights, all on the road, may have been a little taxing on the boys… but that’s really no excuse to have your ass handed to you like that against a team that you have to catch if you expect to ounch a ticket to the dance.

Sorry we didn’t get together for the game Saturday… if you tried to drop me a line at my GT address, you probably got a bounceback because my mailbox was full of ads for Rolex replicas and offers to increase the size of my member.

I’ve set up a GMail address that I’m going to use for future GT correspondence, because I’m not real happy with either SquirrelMail or Horde:

tomorrows.blues@gmail.com

Thanks,

by GT Prospect Department on Mar 31, 2008 5:24 AM CDT reply actions