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I don't think people standing in the ends interferes with anyones view from club seats. I think that the student government is probably more culpable than anyone else for the current arrangement. If a majority of the students don't like the situation, they should work through their representatives in the student government to have the situation changed, and do so in a constructive manner. Throwing a fit and painting all season ticket holders with the same brush is not going to get your cause anywhere, in fact, it is quite likely to have the opposite effect. I personally believe that all of the student seats should be in the lower bowl at the end that the Sioux shoot at the 1st and 3rd periods (South end). This minimizes the problems with students standing in the way of adjacent sections and suite holders. Those suite holders that don't mind standing when the students do should be moved to suites in the student's end. Maybe move the UND president's box to that end to minimize the number of paying suite holders affected. Those season ticket holders that do choose to remain in suites and sections of the lower bowl adjacent to the student sections should be notified that the students may be standing and if they it something that causes them concern, they should consider relocating to the other end of the lower bowl or to the upper deck. There really is not a bad seat in the arena and if your intention is to go to see the game live there is absolutely nothing wrong with the upper bowl seats. Down by the glass are horrible seats for actually watching the game, but they are really good seats if you want to be sure the opposition knows you're there. Having the students all in the South end of the lower bowl will make the REA much more intimidating to opposing teams. This should be viewed as a long term objective, because there is no way that the REA is going to move season ticket holders wholesale. This is really a problem that has it roots in the move from the old REA. The students need to realize that there are a lot of competing interests that need to be balanced, both now, and when the move to the new arena was made. Uncle Ralph may have had some very strong opinions on how the seating should be assigned. Since he was paying for it, if he did have his own notions concerning the seating, it is both understandable and right that they were followed. It seems to me that the students should have been involved right from the beginning to make sure their interests were being looked after. That's all water under the bridge now, so there is no use pointing fingers and taking away constructive energy that can be better used to remedy the present situation. Couple of final thoughts. Maybe the students can gradually take over the South lower bowl starting from the glass and moving up. Let existing season ticket holders stay in those sections as long as they realize that the are going to be surrounded by crazy students and are ok with that. If there are really just a few party poopers that are complaining, don't cater to them. If they refuse to renew their season tickets, there are plenty of others on the waiting list that will take their place. The important thing to remember is that you need to keep a dialogue open with REA management and the athletic department. Try to be flexible and work with them in order to come to the best solution for everyone. If you keep engaged and really work with people, it's really surprising how much they'll be willing to do for you. It's a long uphill battle, but if you really want things to change, you're going to have to go about it the right way.

Just because yellow vermin apologists act without any class is no reason for Sioux fans to do the same. If the boys get it done in April, there'll be no need to say anything, the banner hanging in the REA will say it all. In the meantime, we should quietly enjoy the outcome of this weekend and the way the boys are now playing. Hopefully it is a sign of things to come.

TH said in last night's pre-game that, in his (TH's) mind, there is no doubt that DB considers Jake to be his #1 tender. He also said that had the good guys lost on Friday, despite Jake playing well, Jake probably would gotten the start on Saturday too. But with the win on Friday, TH thought that it gave DB the luxury of seeing what JP could do in a high pressure game. He further said that he thinks DB sees something in JP he really likes, but if he failed to step up for last night's game, he likely would not start again soon. Looks like DB's strategy worked, as the Sioux may now have two tenders playing with confidence. I was also glad to see Jake as one of the first to skate on the ice after the game with a HUGE smile on his face, congratulating JP on his play and the victory.

Great game for the boys. Way to stick with it and come from behind. Great job of preventing MN's 3rd goal from giving them life. Fantastic 3rd period. Matt Jones is a STUD!!!! Great weekend by many others too. Zach may not have had a point tonight (he might have too, I honestly don't know), but his presence on the ice was definitely felt. He hustled his ass off. Also very impressive games by Fylling, Prpich, McMahon, and Brady Murray, another guy who busted his behind. No prima donnas for the Sioux so far, which is always the key to success in hockey it seems. Jordan I think had a pretty good game too. 3rd goal is one I'm sure he'd like a second chance on, but I'm really impressed by his poise. Doesn't seem to get rattled and keeps his head in the game. REALITY CHECK - It's really early. MN fans should take heart in the fact that once they get their top two D back, they will be better. They will also get better as the year goes on. I for one will not count them out until they have been eliminated (mathematically for the WCHA race, and literally from the NCAA tournament). They still have a ton of talent on their team. That being said, they are nothing but scum and I would like nothing better than to climb over the glass into their bench and get in as many as I could before getting killed. I hate that team in a way that cannot be described in words. It is beyond me how anyone can find them otherwise. ANYWAY (rant over, living in yellow verminville is slowly eroding my never very secure hold on sanity), caught the govs in the post-game show w/ Scott Hennen. Hoeven should have been a lot more deprecating IMHO. Pawlenty definitely looked like he was gritting his teeth through the whole thing, but was a pretty good sport. If his "the REA is a fantastic venue, but not as nice as the John" comment was supposed to be tongue-in-cheek, he wasn't very convincing.

Yes, on two very marginal calls.

From what I understand, game doesn't start 'til 2.

I agree completely. I trust Blais' opinion over anyone else's even over Fedorov's .

I was wondering when somebody was going to ask that! The Condcordia coach said something about them being an NHL line. Murray was drafted the Kings, Zach by the Devs, and Bo by the Sens - hence the Kings-Devs-Sens or the KDS line. Could also have the LANJO line (LA-New Jersey-Ottawa) or The DOK line (Devs-Ottawa-Kings, pronounced like 'doc', the short form of doctor, because the boys have their PhDs in scoring and they're schoolin' the rest of the NCAA ). or the KODa line (Kings-Ottawa-Devs, with a lower case 'a' added at the end to sound like North DaKODa). A bad half-rhyme I admit, but what the hey.

Leaves Brady out, but how about the 7-11 line? Just get us the puck, we're open all night! Or how about the KDS line?

Yeah, but Prpich's only at UND for the hockey program...with a major like mechanical engineering, he obviously isn't taking academics seriously. That's a story I'm sure will never be found on INCH's website.

satellite system - $200 36" TV -$800 Not having to see or hear wig-boy or male member-head in a Sioux victory over UMN -priceless

Looks like the infamous "I lost sight of the puck" phrase finally worked in favor of the good guys for once.

What I saw was Greene trying to close his glove on the puck while still outside the crease, but carrying it into the crease while traitor Irmen the vermin either cross-checks or checks from behind Jolly Greene and puck comes loose and goes into the net. It seems that either a penalty shot (although as I say the puck was not in the crease when Greene made contact with it) or a penalty on Irmen the vermin should have been the called. It does not seem to me a goal should be allowed in any case as either the ref blew the whistle before the puck went in or if play (and the ref's attention) continued, a penalty should be called as the puck went in on an illegal hit.

Yeah, so smart that I had to edit my post to correct my spelling of 'Sioux', of all words. I've got the satellite feed on the TV too. With SOUND too tonight!!! Hope I'm not being set up for a fall. Got get 'em boys! Kick some yellow vermin arse!

I'm listening to the UND pre-game from this site's (SiouxSports.com) football home audio link.

AMEN!!!

See, I told you that UMN was college hockey's team Al-Qaida!

Both...and smelly like Frenchmen! Yeah...that's the ticket!

Many reasons. Uncle Ralph built the REA for hockey, not to be a multipurpose arena. I think the ice will suffer. Not only do the hockey players play in the REA main arena, they also practice there. More BB games in the main arena will interfere with that. The club levels in the main arena will be behind the backboards. Not exactly premo seats for premo seat prices. I think it's best to have BB play and practice on the same floor. If the new BB/VB facility proves too small, then the new facility should be built to be expandable. To my eye, it looks like that is what has been done. It looks to me like it should not be a big deal to virtually double the new facility's seating capacity. Hockey is king at UND. Its revenues fund pretty much all the other sports. In order for hockey to continue as a cash cow, it needs to be one of the nation's premier programs (to keep butts in the seats). That means don't do anything to make recruits want to go play elsewhere (like deny hockey players access to their own facilities).

I think it stinks.

Yeah, you're probably right. It is a little over the top. I like the France one better anyway because it's my response to vermin apologists that claim that they're universally hated because their team is always so good. I reply "Yeah, putz, that's why France is universally despised too. They're so much better than everyone else. Gee, you think maybe the real reason is because they think they're better than everyone else?"

How 'bout: Minnesota: College Hockey's Team Al-Qaida Or Minnesota: The France of College Hockey

I ask about the sound because I just bought a satellite system and I could not get the sound for either the UND football game or the hockey game on Saturday (didn't have the system up for Friday's game). Other feeds from that satellite had both picture and sound without any problem, so I was just wondering if Senser's experienced the same problem I did for the UND feed. Not that it is a big problem since it looked like it was going to be Sweeney not Hennessey if the sound did work. Instead, I just listened to the Tims on internet audio, which is what I would have done anyway if the satellite feed audio was Sweeney. RW77, I have season tix to the Ralph (which somebody always uses, even if it's not me), but to get up there from the TC for every game is really difficult. I go to as many as I can swing and plan to watch the others from home, if satellite broadcast.

YaneA, yes, both of these would be an improvement upon my suggestion. GE, it's more local than just the state as all three played HS hockey in GF. And there is a big difference in merely not playing for the Sioux and deciding to play for the yellow menace to the SE.

The Triumvirate of Treason: Potulny, Potulny, & Irmen Don't bother coming back boys! Reason for Lucia's 'do: Hides his horns