Pearson's Hockey Bus Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 I'mmmmm baaaaack.... and in a quick call to UMD-Duluth to offer them the use of all the rooms I had reserved with hopes our UND bus would be a go to Chicago...I found out they did not and were not going to plan anything for their fans. Next thing I know....I'm a temporary UMD supporter and have a bus picking up in New Brighton. If any of you are interested in hoping on ...we leave Moorhead, Wednesday, April 5 - head to New Brighton...New Brighton to Madison....(stay overnight) and Chicago bound Thursday morning! Call if you are interested in a multi-cultural trip to Chicago! *big smile* 701-388-9825 - Joanna! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post InHeavenThereIsNoBeer Posted March 29, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted March 29, 2017 11 minutes ago, Pearson's Hockey Bus said: I'mmmmm baaaaack.... and in a quick call to UMD-Duluth to offer them the use of all the rooms I had reserved with hopes our UND bus would be a go to Chicago...I found out they did not and were not going to plan anything for their fans. Next thing I know....I'm a temporary UMD supporter and have a bus picking up in New Brighton. If any of you are interested in hoping on ...we leave Moorhead, Wednesday, April 5 - head to New Brighton...New Brighton to Madison....(stay overnight) and Chicago bound Thursday morning! Call if you are interested in a multi-cultural trip to Chicago! *big smile* 701-388-9825 - Joanna! If you wouldn't mind, please drop all the Duluth fans off in Des Moines and tell them it's Chicago 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearson's Hockey Bus Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 2 minutes ago, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said: If you wouldn't mind, please drop all the Duluth fans off in Des Moines and tell them it's Chicago Naughty, naughty! *giggling* 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Arena Man Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 See you in Chicago. Hope they don't brainwash you into wearing Duluth clothes. The other Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightingsioux4life Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Honestly, I don't care about the Frozen Four this year. It just makes me nostalgic about last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomer 40AAA Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Joanna,Did you get enough for a bus?I talked to you about a room earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearson's Hockey Bus Posted April 2, 2017 Author Share Posted April 2, 2017 On 3/31/2017 at 8:58 AM, Boomer 40AAA said: Joanna,Did you get enough for a bus?I talked to you about a room earlier. No, UMD fans just don't travel like UND fans do... only had 9 ...but was able to get them all rooms at our rate. Would you believe that UMD said when they called their folks to tell them they could get tickets from UMD - once they found out how much they cost, they said they weren't interested! *gasp* We definitely love our teams and support them... Sad for me to see that isn't the case across the board! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MafiaMan Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 9 UMD fans making the trip to the Frozen Four? That's like 4 more than usually attend their homes games these days. Progress in Duluth! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoiseInsideMyHead Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 2 hours ago, Pearson's Hockey Bus said: No, UMD fans just don't travel like UND fans do... only had 9 ...but was able to get them all rooms at our rate. Would you believe that UMD said when they called their folks to tell them they could get tickets from UMD - once they found out how much they cost, they said they weren't interested! *gasp* We definitely love our teams and support them... Sad for me to see that isn't the case across the board! In fairness, the FF is not exactly priced at 'good old fashioned, blue collar town, midwestern value, local fan friendly, niche sport, easy access, buy at the 11th hour and pick up and go' levels...more like, 'national prestige championship event where you want to be seen even if you don't care that much about college hockey' levels. (Hosting it in far-off places like Tampa is an extra slap in the face to northern, mom-and-pop hockey fans of limited means.) I don't know much about Duluth's fan base, but it's a lot of money for 3 games, especially when you figure in last-minute travel: Quote All-Session Ticket Prices$650 - Lower Level (Row 1)$475 - Lower Level (Row 2)$290 - Lower Level$280 - Club Level$175 - Upper Level For comparison, UMD's pricing structure: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franchise Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Couldn't be easier travel, unless it was in St Paul. Pretty sad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringneck28 Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Oh, but they are a great hockey school. what a sham of a fan base. I think that they actually have more people from other schools cheer for their team than they have themselves. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagies Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 4 hours ago, NoiseInsideMyHead said: In fairness, the FF is not exactly priced at 'good old fashioned, blue collar town, midwestern value, local fan friendly...... I understand the point you are making, but is Duluth that much more blue collar than Grand Forks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyZL Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 1 hour ago, dagies said: I understand the point you are making, but is Duluth that much more blue collar than Grand Forks? No. It's amazing, sad, and dumbfounding how many quality teams they've had recently + a brand new arena, yet still can't fill their arena on a regular basis. High school hockey is big over here(in Duluth), but it's just a different environment than in Grand Forks. Maybe the arena location, but I think it's more the type of people in this town. 7,000 people packed their arena for a high school game on a week night. But UMD can't get that number on the weekend. Just weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biddco Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Plus UMD has not won consistently over it's history and is one of many universities in the state and shares fans with pro teams as well. Wish we had more fans but we don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozen4sioux Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 On 4/2/2017 at 5:43 PM, franchise said: Couldn't be easier travel, unless it was in St Paul. Pretty sad Especially when they can just dive in, and swim their way to Chi town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoiseInsideMyHead Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 To anyone on the ground in CHI, I'm interested to hear if the NCAA/UC made any efforts (obvious or otherwise) to mask or conceal permanent Blackhawks logos. Obviously the ice and signage is event-specific, but is there anything 'missing' from the rink or concourse areas of the arena? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxbow6 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 I got UMD and DU in the final Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siouxperfan7 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 30 minutes ago, NoiseInsideMyHead said: To anyone on the ground in CHI, I'm interested to hear if the NCAA/UC made any efforts (obvious or otherwise) to mask or conceal permanent Blackhawks logos. Obviously the ice and signage is event-specific, but is there anything 'missing' from the rink or concourse areas of the arena? Why would they do that? The NCAA has no beef with NHL franchises with NA imagery or nicknames. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Thinking of who I want to win it all - normally I cheer for the team that has never won it, or it's been a long time since they've won it. In that case, Notre Dame (never, lost championship game in '08) and Harvard (once, 1989) would be the most consistent with my rooting interests. Denver or Duluth would keep the championship in our conference, but I don't necessarily need reassurance that the NCHC is the best college hockey conference. Plus, a Denver win would put them tied with us again for number of championships, and a Duluth win doesn't give me warm fuzzies like it did in 2011. So, who is the champion that's most favorable to UND and/or college hockey as a whole? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackheart Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 6 minutes ago, Dustin said: Thinking of who I want to win it all - normally I cheer for the team that has never won it, or it's been a long time since they've won it. In that case, Notre Dame (never, lost championship game in '08) and Harvard (once, 1989) would be the most consistent with my rooting interests. Denver or Duluth would keep the championship in our conference, but I don't necessarily need reassurance that the NCHC is the best college hockey conference. Plus, a Denver win would put them tied with us again for number of championships, and a Duluth win doesn't give me warm fuzzies like it did in 2011. So, who is the champion that's most favorable to UND and/or college hockey as a whole? Hate all things Notre Dame and Duluth. Hope to see the smahhhht kids and DU in the final. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnboyND7 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 18 minutes ago, Blackheart said: Hate all things Notre Dame This is where I'm supposed to call you Catholiphobic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackheart Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 7 minutes ago, JohnboyND7 said: This is where I'm supposed to call you Catholiphobic Is that fear of catheters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 No. It's the fear of having a feline tongue contact you. Yes, fear of cat licks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MafiaMan Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 13 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said: No. It's the fear of having a feline tongue contact you. Yes, fear of cat licks. Go eat your hotdish, you Lutheran heretic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Just now, MafiaMan said: Go eat your hotdish, you Lutheran heretic! I'm so Catholic the Pope makes jokes about me! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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