thUNDer
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2 hours ago, BusinessSiouxt said:
Will heed all of your warnings…
Ditto, can’t do it. RIP
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52 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:
UND has lost the title game as many times as Goldie has won it and yet has eight title wins. Ponder that.
New material always welcome.
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2 hours ago, Siouxperfan7 said:Pretty sad that the Gophers hang banners for not winning.
Sent this new look to rodent reli’s who asked what our ‘23 banner says. Responded if we had hung participation banners this century, we’d need another level added to the Palace on the Prairie. Crickets
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Trying to self reflect on years resisting urges of enjoying rodent losses as much as Sioux wins. Am I that bad????
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2 hours ago, Blackheart said:
Driving up for series tomorrow from MSP. How’s that weather looking especially coming up 29 through Fargo? I see there’s some sort of winter watch going on through early afternoon tomorrow.
We would choose to go N to 2 since it could be chancy driving 80 mph as usual on I29. Actually our experiences on I94 in iffy weather has been even riskier. Just an alternative
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USCHO TMQ this AM:
I don’t even know where to begin, but I suppose it’s worth going back to the most famous – or infamous – rivalry in college hockey (arguably). Minnesota and North Dakota did NOT disappoint, and as I look at you, Jim, I think you called it. These teams put together two games worth rewatching if you missed them.
I know, I know, time to move on to the purple cows. Going to games in Mankato a favorite of ours. Can’t be in GF but Go Sioux
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12 minutes ago, Sodbuster said:
I think it was Goddard.
Senioritis strikes again dammit
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19 minutes ago, petey23 said:
I did not take skating class. had a couple buddies who did with Cary Eades.
They got a girl to ask him a question. "Mr. Eades is it true that you started a lot of fights when you played here?"
Cary says, "that is not true, I did not start fights but I did finish a few"
Hahaha, Eades went on to coach at Warroad. Our son’s team played them & got beat up badly & a ref finally called a penalty so I yelled “It all starts behind the bench” and their whole staff turned to give the death stare & at intermission the ref offered me his whistle. I’m still a terrible hockey parent in the stands as likely witnessed this weekend. Ahhh the nostalgia
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Back to the officials thing, sorry I digressed, but got to know a couple other officials who were alum from other U’s, they & Goddert were pros & so did not want to be considered ‘homer refs’. Most just complain as do I but it’s just that we hear it from all our goofy family, friends, & fans used as an excuse why they were losing or lost. There’s a difference is all I meant.
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3 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:
I took Baseball and Hockey. Baseball was up playing wiffle ball each session. Hockey, we just messed around. My wife took advanced walking
1 credit classes haha.
Yeah, they were responsible for delaying graduation 4 years. Had to enter the scholastic portal back then to keep watching the Sioux
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Was in Gino’s golf 1 class with his player Tom Goddert who went on to officiate in the WCHA. An easy peasy necessary credit for us both from a former ‘71 ND high school girls champ, humble brag. Gino laughed at Tom & me cuz he had to send us off the tee 1st so we wouldn’t get held up by novices.
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On 10/22/2023 at 1:17 PM, Godsmack said:
Someone on GPL is saying both the NCHC director of officials as well as two of the on ice officials are UND alums (insinuating home cooking). Can anyone verify the validity of that claim?
An official’s response pasted from GPL
In the old WCHA, if you excluded officials who were alumni of WCHA programs... you wouldn't have very many guys left on the ice. In fact 7-8 former WCHA players went on to officiate WCHA games.
Matt Tyree played at Mankato and is still regularly a linesman for their games. Jacob Brenk played at Mankato, then worked one season in the WCHA (before taking route to NHL). Justin Brown played at Michigan Tech, officiated some of their games. Brandon Polich played at CC, officiated some of their games. And that is just a small number of the guys in the recent past. Marco Hunt (former WCHA, NCHC, and B1G official), director of officiating for CCHA, played at Bemidji State.
Type in officials names into LinkedIn and you'll see that almost all of the graduated from a school with a hockey program, and will often work their games. A lot of the guys officiate college hockey because they love college hockey, and often went to schools with hockey programs because they loved college hockey.
Officiating Division I hockey does not pay enough to have people travel regularly (linesman almost never fly in most leagues, I believe the B1G is an exception). You start excluding those guys, you're going to end up lowering your pool of officials even more than it already is.
Being a Minnesota alumni myself, I was thrilled when I finally got my first series at Mariucci. Being able to work a Bulldog/Gopher series was awesome having attended both schools. However I loved having the opportunity to officiate at the D1 level more than I loved Gopher Hockey (sorry to disappoint). And ultimately, once you go on the ice you realize you have a job to do and turn off your inner hockey fan. If an official is actually biased, the coaches (who give feedback every game) are going to get them out of there quickly.
I didn't watch the games and am not going to comment on any calls/non-calls. But just be careful what you wish for if you want to start excluding officials who attended prominent hockey schools. I believe NCAA Rules prohibit you from officiating any NCAA Tournament games for a school that you attended, worked for, donated to, have relatives that work for, etc. But I am not aware of any rules like that for regular season contents.
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On 10/17/2023 at 3:47 PM, cowboys5xsbs said:
Go visit dinkey town during a sioux gophers game and tell me if the rivalry has cooled.
But please please don’t wear a Sioux jersey! Been there, done that.
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1 hour ago, burd said:
We gripe about officiating a lot when we lose too. I
True but it’s not the refs who put pucks in nets and/or keeps them out.
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1 hour ago, Godsmack said:
Any chatter from Gopher fans about the officiating last night? I think we had 6 power plays to their 2. Lots of tripping calls made. I do know the Gophers got away with a hook on Blake during a second period UND power play that would’ve given us a 5 on 3. It was so obvious too and right in front of the ref. Stick up high around Blake’s neck area as he was marching toward the net with the puck.
GPL always uses refs as an excuse for losing. They’re calling JB a Robbie Earl diver. Looked like the other way around to me
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Minny will go as far as their 26 yr old Canadian will take them. He should be put on the Mexican border, amazing!
GPL abound with Kudos to our announcers & Midco production in general
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And awesome job on the singing of the National Anthem Mr. Dave Berger!
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The salute happened, whether we liked it or not so can we move on? Asking for a friend.
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2 hours ago, bcblues said:
"Most teams" are not UND. Here it has been the TCOS for a sweep.
They wanted to salute the fans…….The Ralph rocked tonight!
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Goofers last won a natty in ‘05 I believe
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35 minutes ago, 108498 said:
When was the last time UND made a regional final or a frozen four? UND has been bad for a long time.
R-E-L-A-X we just played #1 in the land & last year’s runner-up. IT’s October.
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Being in Vegas at the Hall of Fame game just 5 years ago may change some minds about the “fiercest rivalry.” It was an awesome atmosphere as told by the LVJournal https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/north-dakota-clips-rival-minnesota-before-rowdy-hockey-crowd/amp/
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4 hours ago, Sweethockey said:
I think she means us as the fans are going to wear green for the "Green out".
What about Saturday night? Anyone?
UND at BU game week thread
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Had a Boston Terrier growing up. Brother-law said he couldn’t tell if Pugs was coming or going.