Just thinking out loud, but why not host the consolation round at home sites as well for the state tournament? I mean they are okay having teams travel all over the place on a Tuesday, why not host the Consolation first round on Thursday, and have the consolation championship game at the Ralph on Saturday morning, or the higher seed's home rink Saturday? There is the "it doesn't matter its the consolation round" argument, but these teams have already lost enough games, why not let them play it out for at least one or two more games? If it ended up being a Fargo school and Williston, the NDHSAA should rent some ice in Bismarck and call it good.