Frozen4sioux

Who's players Dad's are calling this game?

Nailed it.

Some of the best memories of childhood.... A firetruck flooded rink the size of a half football field .... frozen toes & nose... friends in the warming shack... XL 93 bumpin 80's greatness out of the speakers strung up in the trees... the sound of wooden sticks sailing pucks into the chicken wire nets. No helmets.... no pads...... no parents...... no problems.......

This convo has happened so many times.... It's usually in the Lobby right before the desk gal says "final warning or I'm calling the cops."

It ALL comes down to how long ND hockey can keep North Dakota Hockey players ... playing in ND. NDHSAA will need a major reversal of attitude before NDAHA can work on tuning things even more to do what can be done. The coming massive changes to "tier 1" nationwide will have a massive effect as well. The developing USA Hockey tier 1 league will leave vacancies in the old guard of Tier 1 programs.... Lots of ND families will be hell bent to rip those checks off to help backfill the voids. I don't have the answers and frankly just too exhausted to give a rats patoot about it all anymore but its going to be a complete roller coaster.

This is very accurate, the trajectory was going to end up with many more shots at a banner. It's going to take a loooooooooooong time for that to ever be something even remotely possible again. Most likely would require the contraction back to two teams. But hopefully youth numbers rebound on the south side enough to eventually compete He knew exactly what what coming.

Jamestown Mandan could be a good one BHS Bottineau could be quite competitive as well Wouldn't put money on Century bus legs in Willy either Central and Davies should win those east ones handily Id think

Snapchat alone could "six weeks" 90% of the state, January would just be coaches flipping coins for points.

In Jamestown...... that's saying something, woof.

cberkas

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I'd probably toss in Labatt Blue as well..... and I'm willing to bet you wouldn't turn down a piping hot plate of poutine either.

All these attendance posts are just missing the boat I think, there really is no point in comparing it to the attendance in GF back in the day. It's just not the same, It's like comparing the '85 bears and the "27 Yankees. and the It's not MN fans being focused on only MN hockey or Twin Citiy-ites being ignorant about it. Theres just too dang many other avenues that draw people's attention in other directions. Especially this time of year. Even outside of sports, getting people to do almost anything other than doom scroll the tok tiks on their couch holders is about impossible. That and with the all the other draws the prospect of the costs involved and what people have available after splurging on the latest GI Joes and special edition barbie vans for Jenny and Johnnys special Christmas surprise... dropping a couple grand to go watch a few countries they probably can't find on a map is not in the cards. Add in some weather and yeah, those butts ain't leaving the house let alone finding their way to Mariucci. But the tourney itself sounds like a "corporate" success already for USA Hockey with sponsorships and tickets sold and the ease of travel into a major hub for execs and scouts, coaches and teams. Unless this thing basically tanks over the next decade there's no way it will ever be in or around places the size of Forks and Fargo again. NHL hub cities in the US for as long as they can be milked.

Unless you're a fan of good defense, or puck position, or hockey IQ..... or Omaha

That was incredibly boring.

WOW

A competitive DL and Grafton PR would be SPECTACULAR for ND hockey! I think WF may be there in the end but im solidly in the camp that the ratings may be based on Matterncolored glasses Century will win some games but week in and week out its going to be a mystery as to who will be in the lineup. As I've said all along it's by far the least deep Century team since... the 80s? But the WDA is equally as weak so every night is going to be competative. Mandan is getting some really fun to watch kids producing and they have the goaltending to.. dare I say Compete for a WDA title? I figured legacy would be stronger and they will improve but... Minot, Mandan, Legacy..... and then whoever can put 1.5 lines on the ice is still a safe bet.

well.... no worries there but still awkward id say

2025 26 NDHS season locks East: Central - huge gap - Red River - West Fargo - I guess flip a coin for a Eastern tendy on a heater? West: Minot - Legacy ----- huge gap - Mandan - Maybe Century?.... but going to be a WDA tourney coin flipping fest for fourth It's kinda stupid to even consider Central won't win the State Championship again......

Did Davies end up losing any of their players to that...... thing with the phones and stuff?

That is oddly.....specific.

Wasn't it not more than a year ago a Fargo teams moms started a fight with each other and maybe even players as they came off the ice?

Breakaway snap shot to the trapper. That was my beer league go-to move.

In a nutshell, kinda but at the same time, I don't think any of that is 100% correct maybe? There's loopholes to everything but completely open enrollment is not exactly accurate, but many families in many sports wrestle with finding the loopholes or waivers to exploit.