My buddy, who owns Albatross, also has a "cousine", who lives in the Tampa area, told me he was going to make it but unfortunately the cold weather in GF made him stay open longer.
The teams last time in Tampa also took a "cruise dinner"...."pirates" aren't special to UND arriving, but lets pretend to let them think so.
Edit: last time they had a entourage for the teams arriving also, something with hockey sticks (basically a stick salute...and from twitter Gino G got the same treatment)....
Did I mention how much I love Tampa for the Frozen Four yet?!
I was going to say two team from the same conference...even more reason to have no NCHC refs.
I agree I didn't mind the officiating last weekend. Nobody wants to watch a full 60 of 4x5. (which basically could be called in any hockey game).
I always thought it would be cool to have an outdoor game at Memorial Stadium. Too bad they took out one side of the bleachers...too bad the Ralph is already pretty large...no ice making equipment needed....still be a fun idea....few "extra" bucks for portable bleachers and a "renewed" rivalry with the Gophers could be a pretty "cool" event.
Only bad part is its 10 free rides up to $5 each. At least when I tried it. Unlike uber which was a free ride (up to $20-$30 iirc)...but now that it's more popular I'm not sure if it's still the case.
If anyone hasn't tried Uber yet. It's a great service. And the first ride is free....and if you use my code: lanceh186 you also will give a Sioux fan $10 in credit too.....I think parking runs around $15 - $20 near the arena.
http://www.grandforksherald.com/news/4000278-und-post-budget-cut-proposals-seek-feedback-later-month
Did UND currently have $6,000,000 in waste per year or will the University have to educate less students by cutting certain programs?
I know. Just having fun as the teams that aren't expected to win usually do (oh and private schools).
After the hump, they might go on a "BC run" (or so we can hope).
We thought the Ralph was going to start paying dividends right away (at least I know I did with ZPar and $.......and the B2B Natty Games), but in reality its starting to pay off recently when these kids grew up with knowing "the Ralph" and how consistently good UND is (and thus becoming "fans").
Scalpers will tell ya anything. Asked their prices outside target center couple years ago for the semis...above face...we laughed and said we'll walk inside and get tickets cheaper...as we turned to walk inside he said they were sold out. Which of course wasn't true.