{"id":95239,"date":"2011-04-08T13:43:30","date_gmt":"2011-04-08T18:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/frozen-four\/?p=1519"},"modified":"2011-04-08T13:43:30","modified_gmt":"2011-04-08T18:43:30","slug":"drawing-comparisons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2011\/04\/08\/drawing-comparisons\/","title":{"rendered":"Drawing comparisons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Frozen Four (and, really, any big sporting event) always lends itself to comparisons and obscure records. USA Hockey&#8217;s Dave Fischer, the official press conference mediator, is always mentioning such stats, including some you&#8217;ve probably never considered before.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photo.uscho.com\/gallery\/2011-0408-Duluth-practice\/G00007eCuf3BR6b4\">2011 0408 Duluth practice<\/a> &#8211; Images by <a href=\"http:\/\/photo.uscho.com\">Candace Horgan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Take, for example, today&#8217;s gem: If the Bulldogs win Saturday night, Scott Sandelin will join Gino Gasparini and George Gwozdecky as the third coach with the same initials to win a Frozen Four (GG, SS &#8230; you get where this is going).<\/p>\n<p>Some comparisons however, are drawn for reference, such as&#160;2004,&#160;the last time the Bulldogs made the Frozen Four, and 1984, the last time they were in the finals.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Scott Sandelin knows these games, and can look at them for knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know what&#8217;s scary? Last night when we were up 4-2, I thought about being up 3-1,&#8221; he said, referencing 2004 when his team was up 3-1 at the end of the second period on Denver before losing, 5-3. &#8220;I was talking with Clay Matvick and&#160;I hate those negative-type thinking, but again, we talked about, last night, closing out the game and we didn&#8217;t make any mention of that, but I think this team is similar but yet different. They&#8217;ve found ways to win and I think every year is a little bit different, but for me, I was a little nervous when that thought crept into my head.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was the same thing in &#8217;04. Somebody had mentioned that we hadn&#8217;t lost a lead in 27 games going into the third period that year, and sure enough, we did. So I&#8217;m glad we got that out of the way against Bemidji earlier in the Final Five.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Frozen Four (and, really, any big sporting event) always lends itself to comparisons and obscure records. 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