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Can you please give examples on how Minnesota was not suportive to the other DI Minnesota schools. Even Bale31, a Mankato fan, says that Minnesota was supportive to Mankato.

Your right, Minnesota fans will cheer when Zach scores for the the Wild because he plays for the Wild not UND. Just like UND fans cheer for Mitch MacMillan now since he plays for UND not Saint Cloud State. Point is who cares who their previous team was, it is their current team they play for is all that matters.

At a blueline luncheon a few years ago Hakstol was asked about his fight with Ben Hankinson. He said "I got a few licks in on Ben and he got a few licks in on me, it was pretty much a draw, when we see each other now we laugh about it". They seem like they are pretty good friends . So, I guess Hakstol's interpretation is a little bit different from you saying "Hak schooled Ben Hankinson".

You do realize schedules are made two years in advanced. When Minnesota and Notre Dame agreed to their schedule agreement Mario had NOT yet committed to play at Notre Dame.

You may think their is not a disadvantage from going from an olympic size sheet to an NHL size sheet but your own coach thinks different. At a Gopher blueline luncheon he spoke at a few years ago he mentioned how much of a disadvantage it is going from a NHL size rink to an Olympic size rink.( for the final five its just the opposite for the Gophers). He was saying the angles are different for the goalies, more of a skating game because of the dimentions, he said how quick teams adjust to the dimentions is the key. Most teams practice at their olympic rink ( if they have one) when they play on the road at an Olympic size rink and visa vera if their home rink is Olympic and they will be playing on a NHL size rink. As for the poster who said the Gophers don't stay at a hotel, this is not true, all teams stay at designated hotels during the Final five. The Minnesota rule has been compained about for years among fans. But the bottom line is EVERY athletic director in the wcha votes on this rule to let Minnesota play the night game because each schools wants the maximum revenue from the gate. So, if people want to say this is an advantage for the Gophers they can blaim their own AD. Finally, When it comes to regional sites, every school can put a bid and as we all know the NCAA is all about money so naturally they will go with the highest bidder. I know they are staying away from campus rinks but if UND wants a regional closest to Grand Forks ( because there is not a arena off campus in GF that could host a regional) they could put a bid in to be the host school at the XCEL just like Michigan Tech does when they are the host school when it is in Green Bay.

Can you please explain what these "home field advantages" are that the Gophers get more than any other team.

Your right, the Big Ten has rules ( Bylaws) and they could have changed them BUT they didn't thus Minnesota and Wisconsin had no choice but to join the Big Ten hockey conference. Minnesota's AD ( Maturi) is on record saying he didn't want to join the Big Ten hockey conference but as a member of the Big Ten he had no choice. Wisconsin's AD ( Alvarez) on the other hand was full in favor of Wisconsin joining the Big Ten hockey conference.

Tickets have been sold.

Saturday tickets have ben sold, Sunday tickets still available ( $100 for the pair ) face value.

I have two West Regional tickets for sale. The seats are located in Section 102, Row 16. The tickets include both semi- final games on saturday and the Championship game on sunday. Asking face value for the set ($200). I can also sell both tickets for the saurday games only if somebody doesn't want to buy the entire strip ($100). Tickets are in the Twin Cities. PM me if interested.

Moorhead high used to recruit in the day ( not sure if they still do or not). If a catholic kid grew up in Moorhead and went to Catholic grade school in Moorhead and then went onto Fargo Shanley, the Moorhead coaches would talk to the Parents of the kid and try to get them to switch to Moorhead high. This happened to a few of my friends that went to Fargo Shanley but were from Moorhead. The fact is in alot of cases when it comes to kids going to private schools, it is the Parents who recruit the private schools NOT the private schools recruiting the kids. Private schools get accused of recruiting but since open enrollment emerged public schools are no different. ( Elk River hockey, Hopkins bball, Apple Valley wrestling, warroad etc..)

It would have been nice if SiouxForever stated it that way but he didn't. It looked like he was implying 13,000 fans come down from Grand Forks. I agree when I hear Sioux fans travel well to the Final Five, it's just they travel from Burnsville, Shakopee, Blaine, etc. to get to St. Paul. There is alot of UND alumni that live in the cities. Before anybody gets all upset, I do realize people from Grand Forks also travel to St. Paul for the final Five

Curious on where you think these 13,000 Sioux fans come down from.

Why would it matter who they beat for those titles. the fact is is they are national titles. It is not Minnesota's fault they won those titles before the NCAA was around.

we can also rebuttle 9>1 in football championships OR 20 > 11 in overall athletic championships.

Out of curiousity does anyone know how many OVERALL ( Division 1 and 2 )national championship titles each school has?

True, UND is a founding charter member of the NCHC but the WCHA, NCHC, UND etc is under the NCAA umbrella. Like Sicatoka said, The WCHA could adopt the NCAA policy. Who knows, the NCHA could also adopt the NCAA policy. I also doubt this would happen because of the money that would be generated from REA in a playoff series.

Was not sure where to put this question but as part of the NCAA'S sanctions if UND were to keep the Fighting Sioux nickname they could not host playoffs in any sport. Would this include the hockey team not hosting the first round of the WCHA playoffs if they were a top five team in the standings.

Give it up GFG, When goon doesn't have an answer he will resort to either name calling ( skippy) or spin the question in another direction. It's too bad because he obviously has some knowledge when it comes to hockey.

Why don't you just answer the question instead of avoiding it. I gave snake my answer but would like to know what your answer is.

Didn't mean to sound like the question was a rhetorical question, it was just a simple question asked.

Atleast you had the balls to answer the question unlike another person ( cough, cough, goon) on this board. Your right, I would want Macwilliam or any other Sioux player to stick up for a teammate just like Helgeson was doing for his teammates.

Goon, since your afraid to answer the question, I will ask another Sioux fan the same question. Would you want Ben Blood to stick up for his teammates If an opposing team was taking some cheap shots at some Sioux players? .

I'm still waiting for you to answer my original question regarding Ben Blood mixing it up with an opposing player.

Out of curiosity, if an opposing team was taking some cheap shots against some Sioux players and Ben Blood had enough of it and started to mix it up with a opposing player, would you be OK with that?