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8 minutes ago, Wildfan said:
Faison says revenue has gone up in his presser as well. But I know i have heard many people state they will no longer donate to the university, now if that is true then the amount of revenue growth is alot smaller than what it would be if they donated, but it is also possible these are folks who will never donate anyway and just want to have a excuse.
In my experience, those that said they wouldn't donate to the university if the nickname was changed, 1. Were not alumi 2. Were not giving anything in the first place. Typically they were men's hockey fans and general fans of the sports teams that didn't even have season tickets.
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I'm glad my kids are done with USA Hockey so I don't have to pay any part of this settlement.
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Stayed to the end of the second but it was boring compared to the adrenaline rush of the UND/BU game.
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Souris River Brewing in Minot had East Brown and Down, loved it! Went back after the ownership change not as good. Beaver Creek from Wibaux, MT has a tasty Pilsner. Went up to Hallock and tried all six of their brews, the dark is very good, the mild stout is great! 13th Ave Brewing has a really good German Pilsner.
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9 hours ago, cberkas said:
Is Bottineau going to be a club team now?
I'm wondering the same thing as the SI article mentioned this is the last NJCAA championship game.
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The North Dakota Men's Lacrosse teams kids off the 2017 season on Saturday, 4 March vs Iowa and St. Olaf at Presentation College in Aberdeen, SD.
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On 4 March, Aberdeen Lacrosse Club is hosting a 4 game college event with SDSU, UND, St Olaf, and University of Iowa on March 4th with a youth clinic. The college players will be helping out with the clinic. This is a good opportunity for your players to get some close up exposure to the next level in lacrosse. We are offering a $5 discount on admission to any club that wants to bring players to this event. Please contact me with numbers so we can be prepared.
Aberdeen Lacrosse Club
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Registration is now open for the 2017 Grand Cities Lacrosse season!
Grand Cities Lacrosse Association is looking to defend their Varsity and U13 championships and improve the second place U11 and third place U15 finishes.
This year we will have different age segments. This is part of the new US Lacrosse guideline. US Lacrosse describes the change: “The nomenclature for age groupings was changed to have the age listed first for clarity and to allow for a clear break between youth (14U and younger) and scholastic (15U to 18U) lacrosse. Previously, the U15 level was considered youth, but often included age-eligible high school players. Those situations will be limited in the new structure.” The full media release can be read here: US Lacrosse Player Segmentation Policy Release
2017 Grand Cities Lacrosse/Dakota Premier Lacrosse League Player Segments
Youth
Date of Birth Age Group Grade Affiliation
Born 9/1/2008 through 8/31/2010 8U 1st & 2nd
Born 9/1/2006 through 8/31/2008 10U 3rd & 4th
Born 9/1/2004 through 8/31/2006 12U 5th & 6th
Born 9/1/2002 through 8/31/2004 14U 7th & 8th
Scholastic
Date of Birth Age Group Grade Affiliation HS Graduation Year
Born 9/1/2000 through 8/31/2002 16U 9th &10th 2020 & 2019
Born 9/1/1998 through 8/31/2000 18U 11th & 12th 2018 & 2017
What does all this mean for Grand Cities this year? It means we learn new age group names and need more coaches. When you decipher everything down, our players are in the same groups as last year just with a different name. The 2017 14U will be the same players that were on the 2016 U13 and that is the case across the board. What was our U9 group last year will be split between 8U and 10U. As of right now the 12U, 14U, 16U, and 18U will be league traveling teams. 10U and 8U will be in-house with limited travel opportunities like it was this past season. We are also offering an optional 10U Travel Team to go to the Grand Rapids Shootout
Also, as mentioned above, we will be needing more coaches for 2017 at all levels. Please consider registering as a coach and helping grow the games. There are league requirements to be able to coach so please think about it and make the decision early so you do not miss out on training opportunities coming up in the spring.
We also need officials for the upcoming year. As with the coaches, please think about it now and register to be an official so we can keep you up to date with training opportunities that will be coming up over the winter and early spring. We can have the best players, the best coaches, the best equipment and facilities, but without officials, we cannot play games. We need you.
Register today at: Grand Cities Lacrosse Association Registration Page
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2 hours ago, Wilbur said:
That is ridiculous. His kid is currently playing for Central....Guess he doesn't want his kid to play college hockey...
His kid isn't that good.
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6 hours ago, SiouxScore said:
Saw that last night and knew EGF would dominate but I don't think I've ever seen a team not at least get a shot or 2 on net. I'm sure the Bagley team and fans were still just pretty happy to be there. I played in 8A and have continued to follow it at least somewhat and I don't think Bagley had ever even made it to the quarterfinals before this season.
95-96 season was last time Bagley made it to the quarterfinals
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11 minutes ago, scpa0305 said:
Very true....however a lot of the MN cities that have the top teams (Edina, Wayzata, Blaine, EP, etc) have one team.
Yes they do other than Woodbury/East Ridge, Apple Valley/Eastview, and Bloomington Jefferson/Bloomington Kennedy. Wayzata gets fringe Minnetonka kids and all the Plymouth kids. And then the privates...
But, with this years teams, I feel Central and Red River could play with Blaine and Wayzata and it would interesting to see how they would do against the town on the westside with a dream and EP. Just like a MN Class A team vs a Class AA team, Central and Red River would run into a depth problem.
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19 minutes ago, Siouxperfan7 said:
Wow. Did they even attempt a shot??!
What did the Herald article say, had two opportunities. EGF was just too quick and deep.
B/F made a galant effort in the first but it didn't take EGF long to wear down the Flyers first line with heavy doses of EGF 3rd and 4th lines. B/F started with some fight though and kept play at neutral ice and high in the defensive zone. Kober used his full arsenal to tire the Flyers out and Thoma was a wall for the Flyers. 3-0 EGF after 1, Shots 22-0 EGF.
EGF came out in the second flying and B/F looked tired and shell shocked. Most play was on B/Fs side of the red line. EGF was passing really well and bombing shots from the blue line. At one point they just cycled the puck in the zone long enough to complete two line changes. The D just played outfield on the blue line and intercepted everything B/F tried to clear. EGF took a 5 minute boarding call with 3 minutes left in the period but looked even better on the kill. A minute later, B/F took a minor so that cancelled the power play and they skated 4x4 where EGF picked up a goal. 6-0 EGF after 2, Shots 42-0 EGF.
Third period the Green Wave came running out of the tunnel, the Flyers could barely lift their leg to go over the boards. They looked like the would rather be on the bus home. EGF played a lot of pass and catch and put on a cycling clinic. They picked up another goal to finish 7-0 and I had them for 64 shots as they stopped posting them accurately around 45.
The last five minutes the whole arena wanted the Flyers to get a shot on goal. The did mount 3 or 4 rushes that got into the zone and below the goal line extended. EGF played tough D to prevent and the entire arena was oowwwing and ahhing. Thoma, the B/F goalie was the player of the game for me. He is good and doesn't have a lot of help in front of him. He is a warrior. He was the last through the handshake line and the last off the ice. The B/F crowd gave him a great standing ovation, the whole building should have.-
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1 hour ago, OgieOgilthorpe said:
Bigger, not better.
So here you are insinuating that ND hockey is better. We both agree MN is bigger with 87 Class A teams and 70 Class AA teams, for 157 total.
But you are arguing ND is better because Central and Red River crush ALL the ND High School competition, and besides EGF, play Minnesota teams that are sub .500 and then you rattle off some non-tournament teams from ND that also beat sub .500 MN teams yet not even Central or Red River play top MN competition other than EGF?
Moorhead won't schedule us. The big names won't come up north. EGF, TRF, and Crookston have arrangments worked out where Breck, St Cloud Cathedral, Blake, Tartan come up and the northern teams travel down. Blaine came all the way up to EGF in a blizzard on New Years weekend for one game vs EGF and went back home. Enter the Schawn Cup over the holidays or go to the Hermantown or Duluth Marshall holiday tournaments.
Or is it more fun to kick the dog dirt out of weaker, small town ND and MN teams by 10+ goals, go undefeated without testing yourself, then beat your chest about how great you are.
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10 minutes ago, OgieOgilthorpe said:
Grafton was 4-19 this season. 3 of those 4 wins were against garbage MN teams. MN has plenty of elite HS teams but they have many garbage programs as well. Teams worse than a bottom feeder ND team.
I never said Kittson Central, Detroit Lakes, or Osseo were great teams. Kittson won 1 game this season, Detroit Lakes cherry picked a bottom feeder schedule. Osseo, demographics are changing in the metro, Osseo is not in a strong hockey area. Just like there is 1 hockey team representing the actual city of Minneapolis. Richfield shut down their program. The power is in the suburbs.
But, like Detroit Lakes, Central and Red River are cherry picking an entire league. Central has scored double digits six times this year including today (10,12,10,12,11,16,10) all against ND teams and Red River scored double digits twice (11 and 10) and 9 goals four times and one was Detroit Lakes.
So North Dakota hockey is better because Central and Red River run the score up on their entire league and, as you put it, garbage Minnesota teams.
Load up the bus and at least drive to Moorhead or Hermantown. Maybe Elk River or Wayzata?
If you are gonna say you are the best, play the BEST!
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1 minute ago, OgieOgilthorpe said:
2/17 is better than 1/20 sir.
1/20?
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Just now, OgieOgilthorpe said:
Yes I sure as hell respect their top 25-30 teams. But what about their other, what...275 teams??? Not so much! They have just as many if not many more garbage programs as they do solid ones. I think the mass number of teams can be Deceiving for people. Quantity doesn't mean quality.
It's your story, tell it however you like.
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2 minutes ago, OgieOgilthorpe said:
Bigger, not better.
Bigger AND better.
I don't know how having two good teams out of 17 makes North Dakota hockey "better".
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1 minute ago, OgieOgilthorpe said:
Did you mean to say f*%k Minnesota hockey?
You don't need to hate because it is better.
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21 minutes ago, Yote 53 said:
Is ND HS hockey a varsity sanctioned sport? In SD hockey is not a HS sanctioned sport, it is club and is registered with USA Hockey High School Division.
I would love to see this happen though. It would be good for SoDak hockey, though none of the teams here would be able to beat the GF teams either, but would provide more competition for the rest of the schools to play.
Only if they co-op with a Minnesota school and the Minnesota school sponsors the sport. For several years, Breckenridge, MN co-oped with Wahpeton, ND and played in the NDHSAA. A few years ago, Breckenridge became the sponsoring school and the co-op now plays in Minnesota Section 6A.
Red River or Central should co-op with East Grand Forks Sacred Heart and ruled 8A
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Red River and Central swept EGF this year. EGF is projected by most to win Section 8A and probably be the #5 seed at State. Moorhead also beat EGF and Moorhead is projected and will probably win 8AA. In MN Class A, the class of the field is Hermantown, Breck, Delano and mix St Cloud Cathedral and Mahtomedi in there, then EGF, there is your top 6 in MN Class A. If you really want to play with the big boys, Edina, Eden Prairie, Stillwater, and Elk River are your targets but that is were the depth comes in and, as good Central and Red are, the top of Class AA would beat them. Say...#8 and down in AA and #2 and down in A, Central and Red River are right there this year.
Central crossed the river and played EGF twice (local, crosstown rival), Warroad (normally a good choice but the Warriors are down this year) and Detroit Lakes (a middle of the pack Section 8A team playing in a terrible Mid State Conference, they are no test to anybody). Sweep.
Red River crossed the river and played EGF twice (local, crosstown rival) and Detroit Lakes (a middle of the pack Section 8A team playing in a terrible Mid State Conference, they are no test to anybody). Sweep.
With their location on the Minnesota border, the GF schools are no better or worse off than EGF. EGF heads down to the cities and plays Breck, Tonino-Grace, St. Cloud Cathedral on a regular basis and has also added Class AA Blaine for a couple year.
EGF should only play Central and Red River one game each each season and schedule more top Minnesota teams. That would clear up some schedule space for Central and Red River to schedule some top Minnesota A or AA teams, or at least schedule Moorhead a game each season and you won't even have to go that far.
Central and Red River are setting themselves up as their own class in ND hockey and nobody seems able to derail that.
Play Minnesota Hockey!
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18 minutes ago, scpa0305 said:
Boy....these GF teams need a MN schedule. Combine the teams (like bantams) and play a MN AA schedule.
Both Grand Forks schools fall in the enrollment range of Minnesota Class AA hockey schools
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29 minutes ago, lawkota said:
Women's hockey at UND was supposed to be a stimulus for girls youth hockey in Grand Forks. It hasn't happened.
Grand Forks has a single 10U girls team (there are 6 boys squirt teams), a single 12U team (7 boys peewee teams), and a single 14U team (6 boys bantam). There is a combined girls high school team in the city with no JV, compared to 2 varsity, 2 JV and a junior gold team for the boys. (FWIW, I think participation on the East side is much better.)
I would like to keep women's hockey. There are only 3 sports at UND that have a shot at a national title and women's hockey is one of them. Plus, it produces Olympians. But it is expensive and times are extremely tough. It definitely needs to be on the table.
How many Grand Forks girls play on boys teams? Since the twins played on boys teams at youth, there has been a spike in GF girls playing on youth teams.
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12 minutes ago, UNDBIZ said:
When that team goes 2-5 in non-conference play and loses to Northern Arizona, yes.
And if I read this right, the Summit Tournament winner (NDSU in this exercise) gets a #15 seed and no at large bid? If the discussion on what conference was better, most seemed to believe the Summit was a much better basketball conference and should have the autobid and an at large. Is this a down year for both the Big Sky and the Summit?
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