Old Barn Guy at Home

I remember the smell of cigar smoke in the crowded lobbies and the smell of popcorn and hotdogs. (I was just out of high school in 1965)

I am assuming that you are being sarcastic in this comment, right? Berry is doing a great job and people that are not actively involved with coaching the program can sure have their own opinions, but they really don't matter to the team or staff.

I think Murray is the biggest whiner in NCAA hockey. I personally can't stand him. He does have a lot of hockey knowledge, but the way he acts on every close call that goes against him makes me like it when he loses.

Yeah, well when it came time to watch the game last night on our tv (with the Fire Stick), it would not work. We tried and tried, but ended up going on our computer and PAYING the $5.99 for the rest of the game (began to have a picture around the last half of the 2nd period). So much for what ESPN led us to believe when we signed up using the app they provided.

We have a "FIre Stick" attached to our tv. Because we are Midco cable, internet and phone subscribers, we have access to the ESPN3 on the tv. Once we clicked on the ESPN logo (through the Fire Stick), we were given choices and clicked on ESPN+3. We then down loaded the app for it (took a couple of minutes for it to do so). Then we had to indicate which provider we had. Once we scrolled down to Midco, we clicked on it and it told us that we were "OK" and would be able to watch the game on Friday night. It was done fairly easy, and I was glad it was also "FREE" to us because of our Midco subscriptions. I hope any of you that have Midco, and something like Fire Stick, can get access to ESPN3 like we did.

How about "hiding" the UND game on ESPN3? What a great farce ESPN is to any hockey, as far as I'm concerned!

OK, Thanks. Because I don't follow the board quite as closely as some of you, I did forget that the gf person is usually complaining about something. The joke is on me, but that's ok. Thanks for the update.

I don't need to name them, but you can find them on pages 9 & 10 if you want to look.

All Sioux fans are happy now, as I am. I have to mention something that really bugs me. Those posters who were so quick to be critical of Coach Berry's tournament performances should take a deep breath and be thankful that YOU didn't have to make any decisions toward the end of the game. I was surprised by his pulling the goalie with so much time remaining, but when I read his explanation of why he did it, it made so much sense. And to the comment about Hain not belonging on a top line: "How'd you like the ending?" Let's all sit back and enjoy another playoff game and get ready for the future tilts that UND will be in. Good luck to the boys and their coaches.

Does that mean that Midco will be showing the qtr final games on their broadcasting channels?

Nostredamus is in the Big 10 hockey conference, isn't it? I think they swept the Rodents a couple of weeks ago.

That's true. I didn't catch that this thread was only about streaming. Will be watching on our cable.

I just read that Midco WILL be carrying the Sunday night game at 8 PM North Dakota time in Bismarck/Mandan.

I want to make a comment about the play-by-play of UND hockey games. Does anyone else get tired of the constant babbling of both the guys in the booth? I ended up muting the game for a while after one of them started to comment on someone being on vacation in Italy and going to the top of a mountain......all this while play is going on! Someone in management needs to give some direction to these guys so they can do the job for which they are hired. Namely, a play-by-play announcer should do mostly just that. The color guy should make comments related to the game, but do it mostly when play is stopped. If I thought I could get Hennessy on the radio and synch it with the tv video, it would solve the problem, but I don't think I have that possibility available to me. If Alex or Jake read this: Please make a self-evaluation of the way you cover the games. You are both knowledgeable about the sport of hockey and could really add a lot to the enjoyment of the the audience watching the game. Getting into a gab-fest with each other while the game is in progress only detracts from your performance.

Reg was a special person. Not only as a player, but his commitment to hockey at all levels was unmatched. I have to date myself, but I did play against Reg when he was living in Crookston and played for their am. team the Pirates. I was in college, playing for the Blazers, and he turned me inside out and scored on a one on one goal. When I would see him at UND games or State High School Tournament games, he would always come over and say "Hi" and I would always remind him of how he totally burned me on that play, even though he was about a dozen years older than me. My condolences to his family, and may he RIP.

Toews has said the rumor of his vote against returning is false.

You are correct, Jay played in the 1984-85 season and signed a pro contract in 1985. Do you know the circumstances of how Jay ended up playing in his one and only UND game? Maybe there was some other team-type brawl that preceded his getting into the line up?

If my memory serves me right, that was the game that had the officials give all 4 UND right wings DQ penalties, making them ineligible to play in the next game. That led to a player ending up playing only that following, one game in his UND career (which was a brief one, at that). That player went on to play a number of years in the NHL and was on the Penguins' Stanley Cup winning team with Mario L. His name.......Jay Caufield, who had a football injury that ended his football career, but was cleared to play hockey (go figure). He had transferred to UND for football, coming from (I believe it was) Hibbing Jr. College in Minnesota. Jay had a tremendous shot, but needed some work on his overall skating to crack the UND line up. He worked out all summer before getting to the NHL, hitting the boxing speed equipment. I'm pretty sure his attraction to NHL teams was his size and toughness. He was a very nice guy off the ice, but was a formidable competitor.

That's because Eddie didn't show up until the summer of 1986. I was one of the first people to meet him in the locker room when he first showed up to play in one of the evening coaches, pros, Sioux, juniors scrimmages during the summer hockey camp. Little did I know that he would become, not only a great college tender, but also a great NHLer.

I seem to remember when an occasional fish would be tossed over the chicken wire at the Old, Old Barn.

On a side note: Blackhawks beat Leafs 6-2 (Toews 2 goals, 2 assists, Caguila goal and stellar defensive play. (Kubalik scored twice, one of which was a backhand pass from Toews across the slot to the goalie's right, that Kubalik batted out of the air and into the net.) The line of Toews, Caguila, and Kubalik had 5 of the six goals! Great to hear that UND won tonight. Now get ready for the Dogs next week.

Coach Woog was a one-of-a-kind. I especially liked it when Mazocco would start whining about some call/non-call and Doug would set him straight on why it was called that way. I have nothing but respect for a true legend of US hockey. RIP Coach Woog.

I hope those fans who have been very critical of Berry and his staff will now stop to realize that you don't usually take talented freshmen into the NCHC and win a lot of games. Talent, alone, is not enough. The Hawks lost a lot of seasoned talent off that National Championship team and it wasn't easy to keep the level of play up to the desired standards. I think the addition of Karl G. has also had a great positive effect on the program. You might even suggest that the new practice times have been a plus, too. Berry and Dane and Karl know what needs to be done. Now that some of the "green" players are more experienced to the UND level of play, I think most people would agree that these guys can coach, if they have the material to get it done. This team is very special, as Berry has stated. Who knows where it will all end up, but the ride to get to the goal has been exciting and fun to watch. I expect that it will continue and we may all be very happy with the final out-come at the end of the season.

Maybe Bubs knows the guy. Bubs played in K and I believe he also was a coach there.

I have posted this on a couple of other threads, but figured the more the better: Does anyone know of a venue where we could watch the Sioux hockey games next week with other UND fans in the Phoenix area? O'Sullivan's two bars have apparently closed their doors as of last year, so I guess they are not an option this year. Our flight to AZ will leave on Tuesday, so we would appreciate hearing any info on this before Tuesday morning.