6. Tyler McGregor ends the 2006 NCAA West Regional Semis in shocking fashion
The 2006 West Regional Finals was supposed to feature the mighty Minnesota Golden Gophers against either college hockey powerhouses Michigan or North Dakota. A funny thing happened on the way to the final in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Little Holy Cross crashed the party and upset the Golden Gophers after Tyler McGregor's overtime goal. This truly was a ‘Miracle on Ice' moment for college hockey. Heading into the game, the Crusaders had never won a NCAA tournament game and Minnesota's roster featured 14 NHL draft picks compared to 0 for Holy Cross.
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
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You have to wonder if Gopher fans realized that their loss to Holy Cross would end up be such a significant part of hockey history? Their team was the first number one seed to lose to a sixteen seed. You can bet that Sean Leahy is probably recieving some hate mail from angry Gopher fans.
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Ha, no hate mail Eric...yet. Some nice ones from HC fans, though :)
ReplyDeleteHey Sean that was an awesome day of hockey, watching Holy Cross win the game and then the home crowd going nuts and then Michigan has to play the Sioux in the belly of the beast in evening game. That video still brings smiles to my face. HC fans are pretty cool as well.
ReplyDeleteMove on before you soil yourself reliving the past...
ReplyDeleteTisk, tisk Charlie.
ReplyDeleteI was there for all the games that weekend. The Holy Cross game was epic but the rest of the weekend games were a snooze. No one matched up to the Sioux so it was not very exciting after watching the Gophers choke.
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