LeftyZL
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OFF TOPIC QUESTION
for the west regional will the students get a shot at some of the tickets. i know regular season ticket holders got a shot at theirs. or is it like any other regional where each team gets a corner of the stadium for their traveling fans and everything else not taken up from the season ticket holders will be sold to the general public??
Students had until October 31st to buy them in their standard student section for a reduced price of $49. After that, it was all opened to the public on a first-come, first-served basis. I'm guessing not too many students opted at the opportunity to purchase them ahead of time for a discounted price.
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Just a thought but maybe REA should contact somebody?..Its been leaking for over 2 years now, from what the Coaches tell me from time to time at practices..
The otherthing that is a joke is our Scorers Table...What a joke, Missed Timed, Horn Blowing, Can get the score Right, Not sure how to operate?...Just Sad
We look like "The Clampetts" up here sometimes when we host regional events?
Anyway enough....GREAT JOB LADIES...32-0 Nice run, Got get that regional Championship!
REA has contacted somebody in the past to fix the leaks...REA did have employees shoveling the roof off on Saturday FYI...Let's say they contact a company this week to fix the roof leaks where they were leaking this weekend, all that is going to do is allow the water to run to another bad spot in the roof and start leaking through that location in the roof. It's a never ending process, the water always runs to its lowest spot obviously, and just because you fix the leak, doesn't mean water won't continue to leak from that spot for a period of time until it runs its course through the roof. The only real solution to the problem is to start over with the roof and get a quality company this time.
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There were 5 seperate areas on the floor where water was dripping on to the floor from the roof top. It wasn't a constant drip, but there were people wiping the areas every couple minutes or so to make sure the floor was as dry as possible.
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Tommorow's Championship Game....Is BYOTOU Game...
Bring Your Own Towel Or Umbrella...?
Ridiculous to have that many leaks...Coaches tell me it has happened since the opening??
Hope nobody gets Hurt...Almost Did not play these games today
You can contact MC Roofing for the roof debacle....There's a reason they are no longer in business from what I heard.
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Didn't your season end two days later at the hands of a conference rival? I'm pretty sure it did because I stayed in Columbus for that game and I remember Denver winning. That was the best.
1979>2005
You couldn't have been there.....I was there and the UofM section was empty for the championship game, because instead of supporting the WCHA conference and having that arena rocking, all of their fans were licking their wounds and being cry-babies.
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#3 seed, #4 seed, whatever......that's not the point. The point is that when we get in at GF, what will/can/should/could the NCAA do about having MN in the same regional. My point is (and of course this is all based on big assumptions that we/MN even win), is it more beneficial to have UND-MN face each other in a regional final or in the Frozen Four? And, does the NCAA even have any subjective power to do anything about it. UND-MN games are huge for ratings/revenue etc, but how/when/where would that possible matchup best benefit the NCAA? I am not referring to any first round matchups. If I need to book a flight across the country to tell someone this face to face with the help of a diagram, please let me know.
I think I see what you are asking...Is it more beneficial for the NCAA to have UND and MN play in the regionals at Grand Forks or potentially in the Frozen Four right?
By looking at the PWR rankings, with MN being #1 they are basically automatically placed as close to home as possible for them, giving them what home-ice advantage they could have. The NCAA already gets a good-size chunk of the revenue from UND/REA for hosting the event(i.e. Ticket Sales), so it doesn't really effect the NCAA so much in terms of revenue I don't believe. They want whats best for the regional sites, since the Frozen Four you can almost bank on everybody with a ticket showing up regardless of what teams are there. Where as at the Regional sites, if you don't have 4 teams from the area, attendance will be lacking which will affect the NCAA revenue more than anything.
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South showed earlier this season they couldn't handle the pressure of winning the EDC title when they blew their 3 goal lead to the Riders in Fargo, they choked in the EDC tournament, so does this mean they will choke again in the State title game? If they happen to lose at the State Tournament, I'm sure you will come on here and say that South just didn't play their best.
How is it "choking" when a 2nd seeded team loses to the 1st seeded team in what is basically an away game for them? This argument was old about 4 pages ago. Everybody can agree, I think at least, that South and Red River are the two best teams in the state. They are basically even as you can tell, with all 3 games being decided by one goal. Each team won on the other team's home ice, so it's fair to say that come this Saturday night, it should be another great game between the top 2 teams in the state. Let's just leave it at that and let them play it out on Saturday for us to see.
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No it is an 8 minute overtime period after a 3 minute wait. When that is completed they resurface for either a 15 or 17 minute period.
That's what I said...Just not as clear as you put it.
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How long are the overtime periods in ND High School hockey? Do they get a zamboni break between each OT?
They go a 15 minute overtime period, and then follow that with an 8 minute overtime period. They resurface the ice after the 8 minute overtime and the teams get a 3 minute(?) break in between the 2 overtime periods.
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Im jsut curious to as who your 8 users are?
I was off 1...MY bad.
NKTK1826
DD603DD
Sharp16
b12
Tron3050
WW23
Lives-to-play-hockey-66
Thats just from the last 1.5 days. You figure it out.
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This thread has become so juvenile, both in terms of the content as well the posters, that it's not even worth reading....It seems like all that goes on in this thread is people continually joining under bogus names to make a deragatory remark about some high school kid/team. It's really sad when I've seen AT LEAST 8 new members join in the last day just to talk up Red River High School hockey or to bash other programs in the state. Grow Up.
End Rant. Sorry.
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The REA continues to be a problem when it comes to UND Athletics, It has is its own way Cost us a Hockey Coach, Athletic Director, alot of Support from what I believe has been the Backbone of Sioux Athletics, the Small Bussinessman...
Although it has made some Changes of Late, was the REA supposed to be a Hockey Facility or..... A Bar and Resturant, A Banquet Facility,Sporting Goods Store, Travel Agency, Concert and Entertainment Venue, Satelitte Tv Sales Company,Advertising Agency, Publisher, Ticket Agency,Private Party and Wedding Receptions, and as we saw at the World Juniors last year a Complete Entertainment Night Club Facility...
Since when was REA responsible for Roger Thomas leaving UND as athletic to take the position of Commissioner of the North Central Conference? I don't understand that point...Please explan. It has in no way cost us a hockey coach, everyone knew that Dean Blais had already looked at moving up to the pro ranks when the Wild and Columbus were formed as NHL teams. He is an unbelieveable coach that took advantage of an opportunity given to him. Heck, we were lucky to keep him as long as we did. He could have left 3 years earlier.
As for your second paragraph, find me a hockey facility in the world that doesn't act as a "sporting goods store, ticket agency, etc"....There isn't one, with the capatilities/technology of REA, that won't pursue "other" money-making interests. At the World Junior Tournament last year, maybe you were just made aware of what hockey fans call "true hockey fans"....Sure they were loud, but they weren't rude(not to me or anyone I talked to), they like to drink and support their team, and they showed us the potential atmosphere of what the REA COULD BE like when fans work together to support their team.
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Everyone in the Big10 knows, and will remember that victory for a long long time. And no you can't just "change the years". How many people were alive in 1948?
I'm proud of what the hockey program has accomplished for sure. How can you not be? But I'll be honest. I'm not a hockey fan. I'm a sioux hockey fan but I could care less about the sport in general.
It shouldn't matter how many people were alive in 1948....The fact of the matter was that UND, an unknown in the world of college hockey, beat a "powerhouse" school like Michigan. Same rules that you applied for your statement applies to mine. Everyone in this area, and in the world of college hockey, knew the day that UND beat Michigan for the first time. Just because technology has advanced light years since then doesn't make the victory any less important for a program trying to make a name for itself. It still comes back to the fact that What will NDSU do after this victory to make a name for itself? UND followed up that victory by winning a national championship in 1959. Can anyone see NDSU making a "comparable" splash in the Big Dance within the next 11 years? I would consider making the big dance about equal to UND winning the National Championship. But that's just me.
It's tough to get my point across, or to make someone like you who is not a "true" hockey fan I guess. Not a knock on you by any means, but I follow both sports religiously since I played basketball through high school and have followed hockey since I was 5. Maybe that's just what makes us different.
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Yeesh.
What an ironic story from the 'genius' Virg.
While NDSU is still basking in it's glory of what no doubt is a huge upset all across the nation in basketball with an extremely young team (youngest team in all of D1 btw), Virg is reaching all the way back and living in 1948, and in a sport which is by far second rate all across the nation to basketball.
Somebody please tell Virg to stop writing anything at all about NDSU, because it just makes us look worse.
NDSU had a great win and should by all means be happy. I wish we (and I'm specifically speaking about poeple that reach out to the community) would just let it go. Who cares what happened in 1948.
Eesh...Let by gones be by gones, or something to that effect. You get my drift. See the funny part about your reply is you could write a letter to your sports guru in Fargo, Mike Mcfeeley, and tell him to quit commenting on UND-related items: UND hockey, football, and the logo. Because whenever he writes anything about UND, it just makes us look worse.
I also think you would have a hard time convincing people that live in the northern part of this great country that hockey is second-fiddle to basketball. I would hope basketball would be a more popular, for the simple fact that you can play basketball in any climate, any time. Hockey on the other, usually involves colder-weather climates, which you can see why the NCAA doesn't have very many school south of Nebraska playing hockey competitively. It's just 2 different worlds if you ask me. That's what makes it great.
I think you could have also re-thought your last comment, "who cares what happend in 1948." Because the same could be said, but just change the year: Who cares what happend in 2006. Because the simple fact that has been pointed out by people in Grand Forks, Fargo, and anywhere else that has a clue about sports, knows that it doesn't matter who you beat one time on that certain night. It's a matter of what you do with it. That game against Michigan in 1948 could have potentially been the start of a great program here at UND. Who are we to know? We'll see what NDSU does in the future after their big win against Wisconsin. But if they haven't beaten another quality team in the next 2-3 years, no one is going to remember that great day in 2006 when NDSU was on top of the Division 1 Basketball world.
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This is just to add some information I received from Al Pearson about the trip to Denver....
-Leave Thursday morning, stop in Deadwood, SD for the night.
-Leave after game Saturday night, stop in Deadwood, SD again. Get back Sunday night sometime he said.
He thought the cost would be between $300-$400.
He will announce information shortly once he gets the ticket situation figured out. He was supposed to get that all straightened out on Friday(yesterday).
This trip includes tickets for both games, hotel accomodations in Deadwood, SD as well as Denver. Pays for the bus ride too.
Just an update for everyone.
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2-3 weeks. Could be less. Good thing we have a week off and then MTU
I just was reading the Heraldo newspaper and it said that Irmen will miss between 2-6 weeks...Best case scenario is that he plays against Denver on the 17th-18th, according to him. Seems like he hurt it more than was first reported.
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Who else was on the line with Spirko on last yr ? Wasn't he our third best scorer ?
I'm almost positive Spirko played on a line with Stafford and Zajac last year, at least for the stretch run.
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I'm getting really tired of having to stand up & let people in & out of my row, while the puck is in play
Need more & better ushers / security & trust me this is where this is headed
Some of the ushers at REA have NO IDEA what is going on at the hockey game, let alone that there is actually hockey game going on. It seems to me that some of the employee's at REA are just there because they are getting paid to watch a hockey game from a good spot in the arena. That bothers me mostly because it's not that hard to stop people from walking down the aisle's when the puck is in play. I can see why it bothers customer's that pay money to watch a game. It's a common courtesy at athletic contests to wait until the play is dead. Some people(mainly the not sober one's) act like they've never been told to stop at the top and wait til the play is dead. The only suggestion I have for you is to find an usher that's running around(usually has a radio...aka...they are the important people) and report a complaint about the usher in your section.
The last point you made, about better/more ushers and security....I guess I don't really know how much more security or how many more ushers REA needs around the building. Once again, I agree with you about the quality of some of the ushers and/or security people working the game. When I am working, I often find security hanging around the arena, almost waiting for a call on their radios about a disorderly fan in the arena. Then they go to work. But they don't seem to go out of their way to find a disorderly fan, they wait for another fan to report it to an usher who then goes and finds a security officer. That's a bad system to follow if you ask me. To me, it just doesn't make sense to implement more worker's into the building, maybe just substitute the bad one's with quality worker's. Feel free to offer any suggestions/complaints on what to change at REA. I will definitely make note of any suggestions.
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You must be majoring in logic at UND. You can't measure home winning percentage with different teams. It's apples and oranges. unds home winning record will only get better - with the state of dii fb how could it not. UND has a great home winning % and should be proud of it, but it's the road winning record that wins championships.
I don't major in logic at UND, sorry...Just making a point that UND played a legitimately and statistically tougher home schedule than that of NDSU's last year. If you guys keep playing "quality" teams like Ark-Monticello, I expect NDSU's home winning percentage to be up there with UND's real soon.
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If UND gets through their regional they will have earned it. Very likely a tough first round game followed by the Gophers in the regional final.
Does anyone know how to avoid Ticketmaster charges @6.50 per ticket for the Western Regional games?
Ducking the REA $3.50 per ticket would be nice, but I'm guessing there is no shot at ducking that.
I think the only way to avoid paying the Ticketmaster charges would be to purchase your tickets through the REA box office directly...I don't think you can avoid paying the REA charge though, but I could be wrong.
It might work the other way as well, with you being able to avoid paying the REA charge by going directly through the REA box office, but still having to pay the Ticketmaster charge. Your best and cheapest bet is to go through the REA box office directly though I think.
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Yet again, let me point out the differences in who the two teams play. Ya montebank.
Just to prove your point wrong, looking at last years(2005) results, NDSU's home games included the following teams:
Northern Colorado 4-7
South Dakota St. 6-5
Nicholls State 6-4
Ark-Monticello 1-10
Weber State 6-5
UC-Davis 6-5
Those teams had a combined record of 29-36....That's a winning percentage of 44.6%
UND's 2005 Home Game Results:
West Chester 8-4
W. Washington 4-6
Augustana 6-5
St. Cloud St. 8-3
Ferris State 3-8
Neb-Omaha 8-3
Minn-Duluth 8-4
Those teams had a combined record of 45-33....That's a winning percentage of 57.6%....
To put this to you in English...Your point is invalid, incorrect, and completely false.
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The goaltender alone doesn't make the team. UND lately has been coming out slow on Fridays. Against talented teams or determined teams it doesn't matter how "hot" the goaltender is. Look at Jordy's last loss. It was the Harvard game. I don't care what you think about Jordan, but how do you play a game like Jordan did and lose?
Jordan didn't play that game against Harvard that you are referring to...It was Phil in net for that game. Jordan played Saturday night when they won.
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I really thought that Zajaz was going to have a monster year this year and I just don't notice him doing anything that great on the ice but I guess that could be said for about everyone in the green tonight except Phil.
Not trying to be nit-picky here, but Zajac is averging a point a game, not bad considering that's second on the team in scoring. He also is an unbelieveable face-off man, by far the most dependable man for when you need a face-off one for this team, this year. Maybe he's not doing high-light reel moves, but he does a lot of the little things I believe that can unnoticed to the un-trained eye. Just my opinion though.
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I don't mean to sound overly negative, but I have some real concerns about the Betty as a basketball facility. Once you're in your seat, it's fine, but getting to and from your seat can be a problem. Some of these problems are probably not fixable, but here goes:
1. The lobby is too small. Prior to the UNO games on Saturday, there were so many people waiting in the ticket buying lines that there was no room for people who already had tickets to make their way to the ticket scanners. And this was for a game where the attendance was 2700. What would it be like for a game with 3500 or more, i.e. the St. Cloud State games this year?
2. The hallways going from the lobby to the arena are far too narrow. Particularly when you factor in that there are concession stands in both hallways. These hallways needed to be several feet wider, or else the concession stands should not have been put there.
3. The lack of a concourse or even a walkway behind the scorer's table makes it very difficult to get from one place in the arena to another. I never realized how much I would miss Hyslop's concourse area.
4. Bathrooms are too small. It's good that there are four of them for each gender, but they needed to be made bigger.
Realistically, as things are now, I don't believe the Betty can comfortably accommodate much more than 2000 people for a game. If we get games in which the attendance is in the 3500 to 4000 vicinity, I'm afraid there are going to be a lot of upset and irritated people. I can see a time in which it will become necessary to move conference games either back to the Ralph, or else to the Alerus. And IMO, that could have been avoided with a little more careful planning in the design of the Betty.
I think these issues are being blown way out of proportion by you, UND 92,96. To solve problem #1, the simple solution would be to ask people to purchase their tickets ahead of time. I remember the old Hyslop having the same types of problems for big-time opponents. I always had to shuffle through the lines of people waiting to buy tickets for the game.
Problem #2 is a problem, especially with the visitor's dressing room right by one of the concession stands and in the hallway. I will concede that one. The concessions areas need to be relocated or else figure out a a way to get the visitors/officials locker room somewhere else. But the concession stand on the other side of the arena is fine, I believe. I've never seen any congestion there before, but I could be mistaken.
Problem #3, well people that are regulars know that you have can only access the opposite bleachers by either walking around the court on the opposite side of the scorer's table, or going back through the entry-way.
Problem #4, the bathrooms are not too small. There are 4 in the arena, all located in the correct location IMO. Going back to using the old Hyslop as an example, do you remember the lines being half-way out to the court during half-time? Because I do, and it was a nuisance. But you have 12 or 15 minutes to go to the bathroom and get to the concession stands, and if people can't do that, they aren't in that big of a hurry if you ask me. It's the same problem at REA right now, where people can't get to their seats in 15 minutes because they are too busy guzzling beer. So, problem #4 isn't a problem to me, just a lack of judgement, time management, and common sense among the people who would become irritated and angry because they are missing the game.
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