farce poobah

Has to be in their future. But first finish the indoor BB & hockey arena build out. And start the revenue stream from it.

Hard to see Wisconsin reviving the CHL pipeline anytime soon. Their staff is all Americans, and only 1 player on the roster is from Canada directly (and not from the Transfer Portal). I hope I'm right. A generation ago, Gino Gasparini and Bob Johnson went head to head on a lot of recruits ...

Kleven's game is the prototype NHL playoff defenseman. Skate fast. Hit hard.

Can we use some NIL money to get him to Chicago?

Jackson Blake! with his first Stanley Cup assist. Nice cross-slot pass to Gostisbehere. EDIT: Also Tyler Kleven, assisting on the tying goal vs TOR.

Kudos to the ESPN studio, with a graphic showing playoff OT goals: Ovechkin 1, PK Subban 1, Messier 0. Hilarious.

Someone has to finish last, so here goes. Doing my best to make the rest of you look good: Marner TOR Matthews TOR Kucherov TBL Strome WSH Aho CAR Connor WPG MacKinnon COL Rantanen COL DAL Eichel VGK Rielly TOR Carlson WSH Morrissey WPG Makar COL Toews COL Theodore VGK

I was very nervous at that game. We had never won the WCHA post-season in that final 4 format, and after 10 years of watching Gophers and Badgers I was very ready for a win. (Also surrounded by Gopher fans which made it all the more anxious.) Thanks a bundle to @Blackheart for bringing these on line.

BU catching up to Minnesota. Title game losses: Minnesota 8, BU 7, BC 7.

If Western can hold BU to 1 SOG every 5 minutes, I like their chances.

I dunno what Penn State is waiting for … UND would be up 5-0 by now.

Put two things together: (1) Goehring departs, and (2) UND brings in a 6'5" goaltender. Question: are these two events linked? I have no information either way.

Getting all the games wrong is just as difficult as getting them all right.

That's not what it says. Connections to UND are preferred qualifications, not required.

Shocking , given their well publicized financial troubles. And recent moves to slow capital spending. https://we-are.usc.edu/2025/03/24/update-on-uscs-financial-planning-and-resilience-efforts/

I could always root for MoreHead!

Congratulations Western Michigan!

Thanks for posting. Things are busy today in the Land of 10,000 Excuses. 😄

Thank you! High praise indeed. We had more fun than should have been legal. (Well actually, some of it wasn't. shshsh) We started small and green, and along the way I got to hang with some amazing people. May the Farce be with you.

Most of my Farce friends had the same view. Most anyone who met him knew his coaching and leadership skills were off the charts.

I have felt for a while that it looked like the coaches were "playing out the string" for a while now. The fast time on the posting strongly suggests there's a candidate in mind, with some discussions btw AD and Candidate. So I could also surmise that Berry et al found out about those discussions ...

Any one with tickets in Fargo is in for a good show.

Didn’t name Oxford … (insert snappy comeback here).

Last time they made the NCAA Title Game was 2004, in Boston. I wore a Walsh jersey(1) and was amazed by how emotional many of their fans got by seeing a UND fan with Walsh on his jersey. And I do mean emotional. May try that again in St Paul if they get there. (1) With beloved coach Shawn Walsh in failing health, UND visited Maine in 2001 for a non-conference series and the team wore warmup jerseys with their coaches name. Donated the jerseys to charitable auction with a foundation benefiting college hockey coaches (incl. Walsh).

4 years of Ben Barr at Maine, moves them from bottom to top of Hockey East.