AJS
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Love the guy in the stands giving the refs the business, "for crying out loud!"
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What a joke
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Tough playing on the road, but they need this one (as well as UNC), need to be able to beat the lower half of the league, no matter where you play them. Excited for this game.
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1 hour ago, iluvdebbies said:
Brad can't win....he's either a puppet or has a beef. I guess maybe it's a sign he's doing his job.
Brad is a puppet for the hockey programs, then tries to be a bad ass when it comes to Kennedy. I do think it has everything to do with Women's hockey, very touchy subject with him.
Edit: I get it though, you get invested in something, it's easy to get defensive and not look at a situation clearly.
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3 minutes ago, SWSiouxMN said:
Miller just tweeted this out:
UND says it has to cut $1.3 million from athletics. School says everything on the table.
$1.3 million is a pretty sizable chunk. I'd say Women's Hockey is going to be looked at very, very closely.
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https://siouxfb.areavoices.com/2017/02/16/spring-ball-right-around-the-corner/
Love the way they talk about this RS Freshman class.
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2 hours ago, BarnWinterSportsEngelstad said:
One row at a time, if President Kennedy chose which team UND would rather play every year, which would it be?
B1G vs NCHC
MN Mn Duluth
Wis Denver
Mich Omaha
Mich St St. Cloud
Ohio St W Mich
Penn St Miami Oh
Notre Dame Col C
Every selection could possible be in the left column.
The 7 teams on the left had higher average attendance last season than the 7 on the right, by nearly something like 1,800.
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10 minutes ago, GFG said:
My bad, I misinterpreted your comment a bit. This isn't as much about financial matters at it is interest (which could help financially with tickets/merchandise). If UND loses one of the major draws they have every year to a conference with Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan that they themselves could have joined it could cause problems with a lot of fans. It can make casual fans start to lose some interest. On the contrary, you would likely see interest among those many casual fans skyrocket with Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Michigan State and Notre Dame coming to Grand Forks every year. Those big names may not necessarily mean a ton to the UND hockey die hards, but to the larger majority of casual UND hockey fans it can make a difference because they like to see their supposed "small" school in Grand Forks competing with the large, top level universities.
I still think it's a pretty big stretch to think UMD leaving would truly have any impact on UND, basically at all. I think you may be overestimating the rivalry. It's a good one, but really no different than St. Cloud or Omaha for that matter.
I agree that the casual fan would be more excited about the Big 10 matchups over the NCHC ones.
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9 minutes ago, GFG said:
Everyone knows UND is the NCHC. But you can truly say you get as excited to play Mankato as you do Duluth? UMD is arguably UND's biggest conference draw now. I would say it's basically a fact that UMD and Denver are easily the top 2. You would be completely okay with dropping UMD and having Mankato take their place? Because I think you'd be in the minority
No, but that wasn't my argument. If I were to chose to either have Duluth or Mankato in UND's conference, it would be Duluth. Duluth is a stronger program than Mankato, but it wouldn't make a difference financially to UND. They would sell the same amount of tickets regardless. Also, we are talking one hockey series at home a year. So, I'm with you that Duluth is a stronger program, but it also wouldn't really affect anything to do with the conference if it were to happen.
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11 minutes ago, GFG said:
I believe you're correct. They won't take ASU. There's a reason the B1G was the first conference out of the running for them. They wanted nothing to do with them because they don't want more unproven programs in their conference. They want a strong conference that the fans will get behind and the best way to do that is to add UND. There's no other choice that's even a close 2nd. UMD and Omaha as negotiating tools is a strong move because it makes UND officials consider the fact that if they say no to joining they're very likely going to lose one of those 2 conference mates. And I think you can cross out Omaha, because if they actually want UMD they'll get them in a heart beat. They're part of the University of Minnesota system and would jump at the chance to be in the B1G with Minnesota. Would UND officials want to stay in the NCHC with no UMD and an addition of either ASU or Mankato? IMO, interest takes a big drop for them at that point.
Think you are giving UMD way too much credit. They are a strong program, but I don't think if you swap them out for Mankato it really makes a difference at all. Honestly, outside of UND, I don't think there's one single NCHC program that really matters to the stability of the league if they were to leave. I'm only saying UND, because without them, the conference tourney would be a complete bust.
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1 hour ago, AJS said:
The way I look at it, I'd take Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin >>> DU, UMD, St. Cloud -- the rest in both conferences would be comparable from a "hype" standpoint. Like others have said, if it makes sense financially and there is an offer, I'd hope UND would take it.
To add to this, lets answer some questions.
- Do you believe that the Big 10 will stay at 7 teams? Yes / No
- If No, do you believe another Big 10 school will add a hockey team? Yes / No
If you answer no to those first two questions, then it goes to who. There's no P5 school that would make sense (i.e. BC wouldn't leave Hockey East). You have Arizona State, but are they really an attractive option? With what is left, UND makes more sense than anybody else (i.e. Duluth, Omaha). I have no idea if it'll happen, but given that they most likely wouldn't want to stay at 7, it'd make sense to me.
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45 minutes ago, Blackheart said:
Man, I can't wait to trade games with DU, UMD, and the Cloud for Penn St, Ohio State, and Mich State...that way we can end up just like Minnesota; having a half full barn during the home conference schedule.
The way I look at it, I'd take Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin >>> DU, UMD, St. Cloud -- the rest in both conferences would be comparable from a "hype" standpoint. Like others have said, if it makes sense financially and there is an offer, I'd hope UND would take it.
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5 minutes ago, UNDBIZ said:
Don't care about hurt feelings, moral superiority, or current conference power rankings, if the B1G came calling with a fair offer, UND should accept it.
Agreed
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25 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:
Good points on all. I just think putting Jost and Boeser back together could spark Brock. I also definitely see that having these two and Gersh together creates a lack of depth, for sure. That being said, I still say we give it a shot.
This is how I'd go:
Gersh Jost Boeser
Pogo Gardner JJ
Yon Bowen Gornall
Smith Simo OlsonSwitch out Simo and Olson for Hoff and Wilkie and I really like it.
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26 minutes ago, yzerman19 said:
I personally want to take the pressure off of Gardner and Pogo to score. I think they would do well to just focus on hard-nosed hockey in a third line assignment. I want to break up lines- even one's that have been working...I hypothesize that some of the success of the Bowen line has been the match-ups they've been given.
Problem is in all reality, Pogo and Gardner are the 4th and 5th option for scoring on this team. Need them to step up.
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I'd be all in for Nashville and more than likely LA.
After Omaha, I won't be attending anymore outdoor games, not fun at all.
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5 minutes ago, tnt said:
I think a lot of people were shocked at how many UND fans were at Madison Square Gardens. This was all planned before that.
That's fair and is basically what the UND officials, I mean Schlossman wrote.
I just hope they truly exhausted all options on gaging fan interest before they made the call. It's over and I guess I don't know what I'd expect them to say. I'm sure there is some anger internally (duh) about this, but it's over.
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3 minutes ago, tnt said:
After watching a regional at the "X" with UND and Minnesota only draw about 10,000, I wouldn't be certain that 10,000 in Vegas would be a guarantee.
Now?
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I truly believe this week off is going to change the trajectory of the season and I couldn't be more optimistic. UND was in a funk like I haven't seen in a long time in the last 6. Nothing was going in for them, nothing. On the other end, unlucky / fluke goals by the other team. They get to rest up, get Jost back, I think this team is going on a run. Like others have said, I think this team is just as talented as anyone else. I like them in any game, just got to get to Fargo!
Think they sweep this weekend.
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1 minute ago, Siouxperfan7 said:
Why UND Picked Orleans Arena
I couldn't tell if this was written by Schlossman or the UND officials who made the decision. It reads like someone who is defending why they made a decision (that was wrong) to their boss.
"At this time, officials didn’t have a lot of things to reference when guessing potential attendance."
I get this and hindsight is 20/20, but to me it comes down to did they do everything they could to try to gage interest. This includes reaching out to Championship Club members, ect.
"They weren’t sure with T-Mobile. In the end, they have acknowledged that they feel bad that there are some fans who wanted to attend but won’t be able to. But they are excited about the event being a slam dunk."
I guess my reaction would be a little different if I was responsible for leaving $500K on the table, but that's me.
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Looks like a nice pickup, 6G 12A in 47 games as a 16 year old rookie in the AJHL. Nice size at 6'1" 180 already, one of the youngest kids in the league. 5th round WHL draft pick. Could make the jump in '18 as a true freshman.
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1 hour ago, UND1981 said:
Without Brock Boeser, we don't win those 2 games at W. Michigan last year (and natty #8). I expect a good weekend for him and the boys at Western after a timely week of rest.
This is stuff I should just leave alone, but what are you even talking about with your first sentence? People discuss what's going on with Boeser, why he isn't performing like last year and you write like people want him off the team or wish he never came here. I don't think anyone would disagree with you on that first sentence, really taking a stand.
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16 minutes ago, scpa0305 said:
No. The hosts were wondering why Boeser hasnt been doing well. They were inquiring how boeser's skating is, why he hasnt been scoring on the PP. He did note that the plan was that Boeser is leaving after the year. Long story short, they wanted to know why Boeser has been underachieving so much this year.
I'll have to check out the interview, they are asking questions that I've been wondering as well!
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I know the way UND has played the last 6, there's probably no room to talk, but besides CC, I'd want SCSU. Both those teams are not good, at all.
UND (10-3, 15-8) @ ISU (3-9, 5-19) 2/16 8 PM
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