So we lost. Yup, overtime, sudden death, to Minnesota. But hey, you know what? I don’t care.
I followed the team fairly closely throughout the year, and I saw them really grow into a great team that really worked together. Even though they lost to UNH in the Hockey East finals, they kicked their… well, they beat them 7-2 in the NCAA semi’s. Am I proud to have a hockey team in the NCAA finals again? Of course. It was great to have them accomplish that while I was going to school here. After they beat UNH I biked around campus and the atmosphere was amazing… everyone was very excited and pumped. We’re all proud of them still.
I really salute Coach Whitehead for succeeding in filling Shawn Walsh’s shoes as much as he possibly could. He did a great job with the team, and standing by the memorial 01 jersey of Shawn, he really led them. Coach Walsh would be proud… even more now that the Interim designation has been dropped from Whitehead’s coach title. The entire team did a great job.