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Can’t say, our bucket list was completed in Tampa 2016 after going to like 6 Frozen Four disappointments. Vegas was awesome and since have only been to MN venues & Omaha. Fake news from a humble perspective.

Point well taken

Seems to be crickets regarding the team on the national media stage since becoming #2. It’s not a bad thing to be feared & hated

Geez man, we have so much fun sometimes reading posts here……thanks for the entertainment!!!!!!!

Agreed, think he sold it actually. C’est la vie

Right?!?! End the mimic gimmick crap the suits created in the NHL.

Agreed + all wins = 2pts Regardless of OT & all ties = 1 or is that too complicated for the NCAA?

For years haven’t figured how to wrap my head around how a dive can be a penalty on the other guy? Appreciate the explanations

I use to be as well seeing him play & coach until he began winning ships for duhloot

ESPN+ worth it for $11. Video buffered a bit early but refreshed without issues both last night & for the FB game. Video crisp & today the game synchronized the Bluetooth speaker with the Mighty 790 so we didn’t have to listen to homers, though have heard tons worse. Fingers crossed we can do the same tonight, without the Haavaad type twang. A girl can dream

Thanks all, Go Sioux!

Don’t get ESPN+ & they don’t offer a free trial. Best value suggestions appreciated.

Had a Boston Terrier growing up. Brother-law said he couldn’t tell if Pugs was coming or going.

Ditto, can’t do it. RIP

New material always welcome.

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

Trying to self reflect on years resisting urges of enjoying rodent losses as much as Sioux wins. Am I that bad????

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

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

Senioritis strikes again dammit

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

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.

Yeah, they were responsible for delaying graduation 4 years. Had to enter the scholastic portal back then to keep watching the Sioux

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.

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.