He was supposed to go to Sconny...I think he had a cousin/uncle that went there in the early 2000's.(Dan Boeser) The Badgers were just coming off the 2014-15 season where they only won 4 games. He opened up his recruiting and I believe it was Hakstol that convinced him that Grand Forks was where he needed to be. Mike Eaves probably should have been shown the door after that season but coached one more year. (UW won 8 games in 2015-16) So a program in freefall loses a prize recruit which directly impacted the Sioux march to title #8.
Yeah, I believe this was the year the Badgers got to play a regional in Green Bay and then the Frozen Four was in Milwaukee. They didn't have to leave Wisconsin en route to a National Championship.
Nope, it was at the X. (Earl was at UW 2003-2006; the Final Five was at Target Center 1999 and 2000) It was likely the 2006 Final Five; UND played Sconny in the Friday afternoon semi's and I was definitely there. Sioux won 4-3.