Check out Brad's story about the reality of home-ice advantage at the Ralph:
http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/140607/
The paper edition contains additional jaw-dropping stats including this one: Months since last swept at home:
UND 35 mo.
Denver: 32 mo.
From there, it drops off precipitously for other WCHA teams
...and since it's all Gophers, all the time around here (not!), our friends and fellow scholars from UM are in 9th place, with only 1 month since last swept at home