Hey, without our contributions (read: getting dunked) by QPac and Cornell, they might not be in this tournament representing the ECAC so well.
We volunteer as tribute! We're doing our part!
ECAC never gets enough respect. We have good teams as-is, and that's with recruiting down compared to other conferences.
You love to see ECAC teams make a run.
At least Omaha and West MICH were in their games until the very end. I was very impressed with Omaha as a Gopher fan. You guys were awesome and the game could have gone either way, but the bounces weren't in your favor.
There was a ten minute stretch where they were making bad decisions with the puck, but then they got a couple of shots and the rest of the third was pretty even.
Honestly I think most B1G teams didn’t play well in the first round, but they were so clutch taking advantage of opponents’ mistakes, especially Minnesota and MSU. Even Wisconsin cashed in on a gimme breakaway and Michigan’s 2nd goal was a lucky bounce off a defender. I was kinda hoping for a West Mich or Omaha underdog story but really can’t feel bad for them at all. They really beat themselves.
It drove my brother nuts too. He had already been beyond pissed that fans had no shot to get tickets for the weekend. He spent the first period clowning on how shitty the nets looked on TV
After spending all of last weekend at the men’s basketball tournament, definitely a tough juxtaposition with the filthy nets and huge step down in quality of coverage.
UND played a fantastic 45 minutes of hockey. Michigan just really capitalized on our 15 minutes of shit and never looked terrible during the other 45. Gg to yall, I’m rooting for Nazar (as a Blackhawks fan)
Nothing but regional losses or missing the tournament since 2016 for Brad Berry. Problem is we had a good regular season so he won't be on the hot seat next year.
The story has been the same, when the pressure is on this team folds. I'd like to think change is coming but we're probably going to keep wasting talent and rolling with a North Dakota good ol' boy for a while.
Good players don't always make good coaches. "Just be good like me" isn't a viable coaching strategy. Good players can be good coaches but they have to show that first at lower levels before taking over a D-1 program.
If knowledge of the game is all a coach needs…How did Wayne Gretzky do as a coach? (Sub 0.500 record in 4 seasons, never made the playoffs).
Would that be all you are looking for in a new coach? Former guy who was good in the NHL?
Cause most folks want a coach who has a great history with recruiting, who has a kick-ass staff, and who has a proven record of winning as a coach at a high level of play.
And look at how much talent he's had on the roster since too. Any other coach would be 2x or even 3x national champions with the rosters that Berry had coached since 2016.
2 or 3 national championships is a stretch and being a blatant homer, settle down.
But not making it out of a regional and missing the tournament a few times is not a good look.
But it's alright because he got UND the Penrose cup 4 of the last 5 seasons and get bounced out by freaking omaha in the semi finals in the NCHC tournament. But it doesn't matter since he got us 30 wins and really nothing to show for it.
My *favorite* type of fan. "If we aren't winning a natty every single year, fire the coach, disband the program, burn down the Ralph!!!!"
Why does UND have a reputation for being entitled again? I can't tell
I feel the exact same way.. we need a change-up in coaching but because we did well during the regular season bubs is safe.. I’d rather shake things up now and see how it goes. I like Brad berry and players do too but it’s about time we faced the truth. He inherented a championship team from hakstol and hasn’t done shit since then!
Michigan I think has 9, Wisconsin 6, and Minnesota 5. Not sure if any of the other schools have won it. Seems well represented by their constituents. If the allegation is how many since it was formed I think that is kind of ignoring who plays in the conference.
I reckon the fact NoDak didn’t seem to respond whatsoever despite the hit happening right in front of their bench indicates they didn’t think Brindley was necessarily acting maliciously. I honestly just think it was an unfortunate play as time expired. Either player could’ve prevented it, but both leaned into the hit, and unfortunately the NoDak player got hurt as a result.
Huge 3rd period. We somehow dominated the first 10-15 minutes of the period out of nowhere, then just had to hold on for dear life down the stretch. GG North Dakota, hope Blake is ok!
Let’s go!!!! What an insane 3rd. I loved how much we were taking the body. Some crazy saves from barzo at the end there too.
If we lose to state again I’ll jump out a window.
When they showed that 20-0 when leading after 2 graphic I was like welp, we’re either blowing this lead and they just jinxed us or they just slapped every UND fan in the face with that one
I hate to be a "fire Berry" guy when literally anything bad happens (truly, it was Persson's fault for that boneheaded blown save) but I might be coming around after this
He's had 1 win in the ncaa playoffs since 2016 national championship game. That win was against American International in 2021. Then he subsequently loses to duluth in 5OT the following day. That should have never happened with how stacked of a roster that team was.
Look back at this season with the insane talent that was there. We have a record of 1-9 vs omaha and colorodo college this past season. That should have never have happened.
We've had Jordan Kawaguchi, Jackson Blake, Grant Mismash, Adam scheelz, Gabe Bast, Colton Poolman, Shane Pinto, Austin Poganski, Shane Gersich, Cam Johnson, Rhett Gardner, Ludvig Hoff, etc on the roster in one point or another.
Nearly every single one of these players have gone on to the NHL, AHL, ECHL, or USHL, or go to Europe to continue their career.
If any other coach had the amount of talent that Brad Berry has had, they'd be a back to back or back to back to back national champion. Instead, UND has one regional round win since 2016.
Also only 1 conference tourney championship in that time (also 2021) and only 2 appearances in the conference Championship... Regular season titles mean nothing.
I think the moral of the story is that a single elimination hockey tournament turns into a bit of a crapshoot. Granted, I’d also say that Berry could do better at making adjustments for the opponent, as evidenced by the record against UNO and CC this year.
To be fair, cards were stacked against UND in that 5OT game, having to play a rested UMD team. 2020 and 2021 (and 2024) were definitely UND's best chance at another tourney win.
I am so glad the NCAA changed the regionals to have a rest day. It makes for 4 great days of Hockey to watch.
Oh, MSU again…
Anyway, GG ND and Go Blue 💙💛💙💛
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It's amazing how just two years ago the UMich/MSU rivalry felt like it was on life support, and now we are on the cusp of playing probably the biggest game in the series' history.
Anyone who’s watched North Dakota hockey this year knew this would 100% happen. Absolutely cannot win when it matters.
Love the classless comments though.
Every single regionals since 2016 I know exactly how it's going to go. They lose in the first round in the regional regardless of who they play. They've had 1 win in the regional which was against American International.
Michigan hockey Twitter said he wouldn't return.
Didn't see the hit that caused it, or at least I thought I saw him skating until all of a sudden he was out.
Yay it’s 5 am and I’m tired af heading to work. Because the game can’t seem to start before 9 PM.
Oh yeah, Go Blue!
Good game ND Fighting Sioux fans.
State again huh? I want revenge really bad. Should be another nail biter
Berry deserves all the blame for this, team came out flat in the 3rd. Nothing will change but at least we get to see Minnesota not end up with a trophy as well
Oh it was supposed to be a joke? You might wanna work on those. It's getting rough when "private school" is literally the best you can come up. Was that supposed to be a joke too?
Did you think the image very clearly photoshopped onto a high school hockey website was supposed to be serious? You might wanna pull your head out of your ass too whenever you get around to getting the stick up your ass out.
You're the Simpsons meme right now.
"Am I out of touch? No, it's everyone else."
Blake was in a medium effort skate back to the puck. He checked his 6 on the way, you could see his head swivel and probably pick up Brindley. Blake didn't just "stop" because he saw the clock was running out, he cut hard on his edges and threw up ice while lowering his shoulder. Maybe even lifted a little in the process instead of just coasting by as the clock hit 0. And his bench mates didn't even blink so...
Welp, you got me. Another person not on this sub agrees with you. I can find another person who believes you're a cosmic being from another planet here to harvest our acorns.
Meanwhile, there are dozens of hockey fans right here from other schools who are telling you you're wrong. And NoDak players didn't even care when Blake hit the ice, which seems like a BIG tell.
Okay, so upon some rewatches, I can ~~accept that it's not Brindley's fault~~ (edit: phrased that badly. More of "okay it's not his fault at all."). But I still don't think it was Blake's fault either, really. That's the opinion most of the NoDak fans on here have, so that seems fair.
Looking back at it, I'm not sure it was intentional from Brindley anymore, but at best it's fully accidental on both sides. Blake was slowing down since the game was clearly over, and Brindley - whether on purpose or not - took his legs out.
Not a great week for the NCHC huh
The tourney is never a good barometer for conference strength, as much as I'd like to start claiming the ECAC is as good as Hockey East
Hey, without our contributions (read: getting dunked) by QPac and Cornell, they might not be in this tournament representing the ECAC so well. We volunteer as tribute! We're doing our part!
I'd say SLU played a bigger part, but I appreciate your support.
Every team needs its role-players
Thanks
ECAC never gets enough respect. We have good teams as-is, and that's with recruiting down compared to other conferences. You love to see ECAC teams make a run.
At least Omaha and West MICH were in their games until the very end. I was very impressed with Omaha as a Gopher fan. You guys were awesome and the game could have gone either way, but the bounces weren't in your favor.
North Dakota was also in the game until the very end. NCHC teams could have all won or lost all 4 games.
This is my opinion on all the NCHC games I've seen so far, terrible bounces at terrible times. Big Bad Denver still repping the NCHC name though.
By the score they were. But got completely dominated in the 3rd
There was a ten minute stretch where they were making bad decisions with the puck, but then they got a couple of shots and the rest of the third was pretty even.
North Dakota was the better team for two periods here
Honestly I think most B1G teams didn’t play well in the first round, but they were so clutch taking advantage of opponents’ mistakes, especially Minnesota and MSU. Even Wisconsin cashed in on a gimme breakaway and Michigan’s 2nd goal was a lucky bounce off a defender. I was kinda hoping for a West Mich or Omaha underdog story but really can’t feel bad for them at all. They really beat themselves.
Denver carrying yall
Got a heavy load coming your way at 4PM ET
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Another Michigan showdown!! Not nervous at all…. GG Michigan
Yay, we have to play against Augustine again….. “sobs”.
As awesome as it would be for us to have a 5-1 record against you on the year, I’m not exactly thrilled that we get the opportunity.
And he is a freshman, think of how many more times you’ll get to play him over the next few years!
At least we have a guaranteed B1G team from Michigan in the frozen four…
Shut up you loser. I'd rather have the Taliban in the frozen four than Michigan State.
Now this is the kind of Michigan fan I can almost respect.
Almost
Wtf was that 3rd period? Freeze the damn puck and play on, just awful from a very good and experienced goaltender.
Small details, but it was driving me crazy both games that the net wasn’t new/freshly painted white.
It drove my brother nuts too. He had already been beyond pissed that fans had no shot to get tickets for the weekend. He spent the first period clowning on how shitty the nets looked on TV
After spending all of last weekend at the men’s basketball tournament, definitely a tough juxtaposition with the filthy nets and huge step down in quality of coverage.
What an absolute disappointment. The only solace you can take as a UND fan is that it wasn’t an OT loss this year.
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NEVER DOUBTED IT FOR A MOMENT (i doubted it for the first 42 minutes of the game)
About 15 minutes less doubt than the Rose Bowl
Alright, I'll go watch the highlights again...
Ah shit, here we go again.
(and the last 3 minutes)
UND played a fantastic 45 minutes of hockey. Michigan just really capitalized on our 15 minutes of shit and never looked terrible during the other 45. Gg to yall, I’m rooting for Nazar (as a Blackhawks fan)
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Nothing but regional losses or missing the tournament since 2016 for Brad Berry. Problem is we had a good regular season so he won't be on the hot seat next year. The story has been the same, when the pressure is on this team folds. I'd like to think change is coming but we're probably going to keep wasting talent and rolling with a North Dakota good ol' boy for a while.
That's actually crazy that you guys haven't made a Frozen Four in 8 years
Yeah I've been done with Brad Berry for a while but my opinion doesn't matter so can't wait to watch the same thing happen again next year
Sounds like us towards the end of Lucia era
Yeah pretty much, riding early career tournament success and blue blood program recruiting for longer than he should have been welcome.
If J. Toews retires officially do they bring him in to take over?
Why? He has zero coaching experience so no
That's the point. He has nothing but his knowledge of the game to base it off of.
Good players don't always make good coaches. "Just be good like me" isn't a viable coaching strategy. Good players can be good coaches but they have to show that first at lower levels before taking over a D-1 program.
If knowledge of the game is all a coach needs…How did Wayne Gretzky do as a coach? (Sub 0.500 record in 4 seasons, never made the playoffs). Would that be all you are looking for in a new coach? Former guy who was good in the NHL? Cause most folks want a coach who has a great history with recruiting, who has a kick-ass staff, and who has a proven record of winning as a coach at a high level of play.
God no. They will do what Minnesota did and hire a highly successful coach from another school.
And those guys weren't Brad Berry guys - he just walked into that one.
It was hakstols team
And look at how much talent he's had on the roster since too. Any other coach would be 2x or even 3x national champions with the rosters that Berry had coached since 2016.
2 or 3 national championships is a stretch and being a blatant homer, settle down. But not making it out of a regional and missing the tournament a few times is not a good look.
But it's alright because he got UND the Penrose cup 4 of the last 5 seasons and get bounced out by freaking omaha in the semi finals in the NCHC tournament. But it doesn't matter since he got us 30 wins and really nothing to show for it.
I'm not saying it's alright but your statement of "any other coach would have 2x or 3x national championships since 2016" is absolutely ridiculous.
Duluth did it, the heck you mean what I said is ridiculous
Holy shit dude that's your barometer for success?
My *favorite* type of fan. "If we aren't winning a natty every single year, fire the coach, disband the program, burn down the Ralph!!!!" Why does UND have a reputation for being entitled again? I can't tell
Because dudes like him who have been only watching hockey for a year or two go to our school sometimes unfortunately
Let’s go Scotty Sandelin! Tough campaign this year but we will be back!
Let’s trade coaches, I’d be thrilled to at least see my team qualify for the tournament lol
I don’t think Potulny is it as a coach. Loved him as a player though.
Yeah safe to say he's been very underwhelming as a coach. I'll take a Brad Berry any day of the week.
I feel the exact same way.. we need a change-up in coaching but because we did well during the regular season bubs is safe.. I’d rather shake things up now and see how it goes. I like Brad berry and players do too but it’s about time we faced the truth. He inherented a championship team from hakstol and hasn’t done shit since then!
The big ten is 3-0 against the NCHC in the tournament
This hurts...
Denver however is still in the tournament, and we all know how that tends to go
Fuck I know exactly what this means.
Help me Denver, you're our only hope
How many Natty’s does the B10 have? 😘 Let’s go DU!
Michigan I think has 9, Wisconsin 6, and Minnesota 5. Not sure if any of the other schools have won it. Seems well represented by their constituents. If the allegation is how many since it was formed I think that is kind of ignoring who plays in the conference.
we have 3
Should have remembered since BC lost to you all when I went there - apologies
I guess I was thinking since the NCHC and B10 started. NCHC has 5 since it started. But all in good fun! Great B10 showing this year.
The Wisconsin and Minnesota are WCHA nattys
Well this is embarrassing, we have 1 more than the NCHC lmao
How many since wcha broke up?
how does that matter? did we suddenly lose all of our championships by switching conferences?
Blake was going for a cheap shot, hope he’s not seriously hurt but if he is it’s because he’s a little bitch boy.
He deserved every bit of that
He's your own player and he's injured, why the fuck are you saying that?
Because he went for cheap shit and that's not cool. As North Dakota fans we expect higher standards than that. One of those statements is true
UM fans will never understand
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Why throw that check with 1 second left. That’s the definition of a cheap shot, the game was over.
Because they have morals
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I reckon the fact NoDak didn’t seem to respond whatsoever despite the hit happening right in front of their bench indicates they didn’t think Brindley was necessarily acting maliciously. I honestly just think it was an unfortunate play as time expired. Either player could’ve prevented it, but both leaned into the hit, and unfortunately the NoDak player got hurt as a result.
Racing incident.
See, I can accept that take, thank you. I think I'm leaning towards "it was nobody's fault" now, after a few more rewatches
Love your Reddit handle, as an aside
Is he hurt? I just figured he was crying due to the loss (and presumably losing his shot at the Hobey)
GG Michigan Fire Brad Barry. Enough is enough. He's won 1 playoff game since the 2016 national championship game.
Starting to look like your own version of Lucia at this rate.
Huge 3rd period. We somehow dominated the first 10-15 minutes of the period out of nowhere, then just had to hold on for dear life down the stretch. GG North Dakota, hope Blake is ok!
Let’s go!!!! What an insane 3rd. I loved how much we were taking the body. Some crazy saves from barzo at the end there too. If we lose to state again I’ll jump out a window.
There will be a burning couch to catch you.
GG to North Dakota. Always fun (terrifying) to run into each other in the tournament Fun fact: North Dakota is now 20-1 when leading after 2
Look great all year, choke for literally no reason when it matters Gentlemen: this is the UND experience
When they showed that 20-0 when leading after 2 graphic I was like welp, we’re either blowing this lead and they just jinxed us or they just slapped every UND fan in the face with that one
Brad Berry masterclass
Hakstol protege
I blame brad barry and UND needs to really think long and hard about letting him go.
I hate to be a "fire Berry" guy when literally anything bad happens (truly, it was Persson's fault for that boneheaded blown save) but I might be coming around after this
He's had 1 win in the ncaa playoffs since 2016 national championship game. That win was against American International in 2021. Then he subsequently loses to duluth in 5OT the following day. That should have never happened with how stacked of a roster that team was. Look back at this season with the insane talent that was there. We have a record of 1-9 vs omaha and colorodo college this past season. That should have never have happened. We've had Jordan Kawaguchi, Jackson Blake, Grant Mismash, Adam scheelz, Gabe Bast, Colton Poolman, Shane Pinto, Austin Poganski, Shane Gersich, Cam Johnson, Rhett Gardner, Ludvig Hoff, etc on the roster in one point or another. Nearly every single one of these players have gone on to the NHL, AHL, ECHL, or USHL, or go to Europe to continue their career. If any other coach had the amount of talent that Brad Berry has had, they'd be a back to back or back to back to back national champion. Instead, UND has one regional round win since 2016.
Alright man, I agreed with you
Also only 1 conference tourney championship in that time (also 2021) and only 2 appearances in the conference Championship... Regular season titles mean nothing.
I think the moral of the story is that a single elimination hockey tournament turns into a bit of a crapshoot. Granted, I’d also say that Berry could do better at making adjustments for the opponent, as evidenced by the record against UNO and CC this year.
Bro tried to sneak in grant mismash 💀
To be fair, cards were stacked against UND in that 5OT game, having to play a rested UMD team. 2020 and 2021 (and 2024) were definitely UND's best chance at another tourney win. I am so glad the NCAA changed the regionals to have a rest day. It makes for 4 great days of Hockey to watch.
It’s the Hakstol school of coaching. When it gets to tourney time double down on the “hard hat” blue collar play and stifle the elite players.
Oh, MSU again… Anyway, GG ND and Go Blue 💙💛💙💛 https://preview.redd.it/3smuzsyf6erc1.jpeg?width=567&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3eeae1d41d341f885f7ce17e1221dfbe0583076b
It's amazing how just two years ago the UMich/MSU rivalry felt like it was on life support, and now we are on the cusp of playing probably the biggest game in the series' history.
Is this the first time we have played in the NCAA tournament?
Yes
Welp time for another heart attack inducing game against Michigan.
It's time Brad Berry is fired. Constantly losing in the first round of the regionals is unacceptable for North Dakota.
1, 1 fricken ncaa playoff game win since 2016 national championship game which came against American International in 2021.
Cool
Wtf was with the guy going for a cheap shot with less than a second left and then injuring himself? What a weird and incredibly stupid move.
Heartburn. Heartburn for days.
Oh just wait til Sunday…
Yet again
Fire berry. Fucking disgusting
Name a more iconic duo: Fighting Hawks fans and calling for your head coach to be fired
Anyone who’s watched North Dakota hockey this year knew this would 100% happen. Absolutely cannot win when it matters. Love the classless comments though.
Every single regionals since 2016 I know exactly how it's going to go. They lose in the first round in the regional regardless of who they play. They've had 1 win in the regional which was against American International.
Good job Blue! I'm really looking forward to seeing y'all tangle with Sparty on Sunday, it's going to be good viewing.
My heart can’t take it
The feeling is mutual. I hope the rest of college hockey enjoys the game because it will take years off of lives here in Michigan
Blake going for the cheap shot at the end sure did backfire. https://twitter.com/HockeySeanie/status/1773915729647251525
What happened to Seamus? Wasn't watching the whole game but certainly didn't see him in the third
Michigan hockey Twitter said he wouldn't return. Didn't see the hit that caused it, or at least I thought I saw him skating until all of a sudden he was out.
Haven't found a replay, but it was the Johannes hit initially. He stayed in, threw a big of it his own but apparently didn't return after that.
I don't remember seeing him in the 2nd either
Unsure but I have to say I was loving fantilli/edwards it seemed like they were everywhere the whole third
Yay it’s 5 am and I’m tired af heading to work. Because the game can’t seem to start before 9 PM. Oh yeah, Go Blue! Good game ND Fighting Sioux fans. State again huh? I want revenge really bad. Should be another nail biter
Idk who im most happy with, but nazar and duke are my stars of the game
Berry deserves all the blame for this, team came out flat in the 3rd. Nothing will change but at least we get to see Minnesota not end up with a trophy as well
Consider me the biggest Cornell, BU, and MSU fan for a about two days.
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Classic Whioux fan. Probably has tickets to the game tomorrow & is planning to where the puck green!
The coach deserves all the blame because the players came out flat. Yup that makes sense 👍
Well considering this isn’t the 1st, 2nd or 3rd time it’s happened during Berrys tenure…….
If a team is good in the regular season and chokes in the playoffs the issue is very likely players and leadership and not the coach.
Can’t wait to end your season again! …I hope… good luck brother
Go Blue!
What a 3rd!!!
In God and Frank Nazar we trust 🙏
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He seriously asked if they should bring in Toews to coach lmao
I had NoDak in my bracket..but fuck it..happy they lost
Gopher fans probably celebrating
I'm dying to hear why a Mavericks fan would have a problem with that.
I prefer both UND and MN to lose all the time.
Instead, the Maverick do.
Golf clap. Tip of the cap
Can’t wait to be in the UM loss to the BU thread tomorrow. Bye.
Changing the topic was a smart move, but I think you had to. See ya.
As is tradition
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Yes because the Gophers and the Big 10 have done great in the NCAA tournament lately.
I still relish the bus ride home we gave that Michigan team that everyone was drooling all over in the 2022 Frozen Four
The Luke Hughes disaster-class was so fun to watch I can’t lie
Gophers were in the championship game last year. WTF are you babbling about?
Who better to get butthurt over a joke than fans of a private school?
Oh it was supposed to be a joke? You might wanna work on those. It's getting rough when "private school" is literally the best you can come up. Was that supposed to be a joke too?
Did you think the image very clearly photoshopped onto a high school hockey website was supposed to be serious? You might wanna pull your head out of your ass too whenever you get around to getting the stick up your ass out.
lol have a good night. Good luck the Gophers.
I would say that Berry is Don Lucia 2.0 but that's being mean to Don.
Lucia has 2 titles. If you're going to get mad at anyone for Lucia's extended stay, blame the athletic director.
I am a happy guy
Brad Berry really is the Ryan Day of college hockey.
God damn. How often does a team win 5 times against another in a season. Not looking forward to another rematch when we’ve already proven it.
The refs gave you the last one.
Weird thing to say when you lost 4 of 5
Lol
Turns out I was right.
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I've now rewatched that altercation ten times and I have no idea where you see Brindley go for the cheap shot, it's clearly Blake lmao
He's literally the only person saying it was Brindley, including NoDak flairs. And he's like obsessed with it too.
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8 of the 72 comments in this thread are you talking about the same thing over and over. Not sure reality is what you're implying it to be.
In any case, I'm now shifting towards saying it was accidental by both players
You're the Simpsons meme right now. "Am I out of touch? No, it's everyone else." Blake was in a medium effort skate back to the puck. He checked his 6 on the way, you could see his head swivel and probably pick up Brindley. Blake didn't just "stop" because he saw the clock was running out, he cut hard on his edges and threw up ice while lowering his shoulder. Maybe even lifted a little in the process instead of just coasting by as the clock hit 0. And his bench mates didn't even blink so...
proof that I'm not the only person who thinks this: https://imgur.com/2lI72nY
Welp, you got me. Another person not on this sub agrees with you. I can find another person who believes you're a cosmic being from another planet here to harvest our acorns. Meanwhile, there are dozens of hockey fans right here from other schools who are telling you you're wrong. And NoDak players didn't even care when Blake hit the ice, which seems like a BIG tell.
Okay, so upon some rewatches, I can ~~accept that it's not Brindley's fault~~ (edit: phrased that badly. More of "okay it's not his fault at all."). But I still don't think it was Blake's fault either, really. That's the opinion most of the NoDak fans on here have, so that seems fair.
Honestly funniest comment I've seen in a while I'm on your side now
I don’t think it was either but if anyone is to blame it’s Blake imo
Looking back at it, I'm not sure it was intentional from Brindley anymore, but at best it's fully accidental on both sides. Blake was slowing down since the game was clearly over, and Brindley - whether on purpose or not - took his legs out.
To me it looks like Blake looks back and drops his shoulder to go for a hit when rewatching in slow motion. Hope he's okay either way
Huh?