Southernmn

Very true.................Big 10 hockey just flat out sucks !!!

Careful !! Not sure actual facts are allowed here.

Are you saying that he hasn't made some questionable "decisions" both on and off the ice ? Maybe you folks should find out who Jason Zent is before making comments.

Who ever said he had a crappy career ?..........quite the contrary, he has an ENORMOUS amount of talent, and has been a great college hockey player.

You'll get no argument from me on that...........

Kristo's prospects after UND Without a SERIOUS attitude adjustment...................look up Jason Zent.

Any reason your not picking on Kristo as well ? total lack of effort on BOTH goals

Sure seems like he was in a hurry to get the hell out of ND. Something must have been going on that nobody outside of the program knows about, otherwise the whole thing just seems weird.

Correct........if the Gophers had won JUST that one game against Vermont, they would have finished #3 in the Pairwise.

You DO realize that most UND fans (and 13,000 is a bit of a strech) at the Final Five live in Minnesota (most in the metro area), right ?

It is..........

At this point, haven't heard alot about the B1G Mistake tourny, but i can't imagine the Xcel would be in the mix. Ohio State and Penn State attendance would be non-existant (though thats probably true where ever it's held). I would guess the thing probably gets put in Detroit, which is about as "centerally" located as it can be. Jeez i hate this whole thing, lets just rewind and leave the WCHA the way it is..............as Lou Nanne said the other day, all of these AD's need to stop worrying about only money, and start thinking about whats best for collage hockey as a whole.

Lucia (as well as most Gopher fans), are decidedly NOT excited about the Big 10 HC.

I love it when people use ONLY national championships as a measuring stick. It just means they are completely clueless what it takes, and what it means to actually win one. Yes, you have to be good, and well coached. Thats a given. But seeing as the play-offs is a "one and done' deal, you also need to have more than a little luck on your side. A case can certainly be made for saying more often than not, the BEST team does not win the National Championship, but the team that gets "hot" at the right time. Take nothing away from UMD, but who really thinks they were THE best team in the country last year ?

The difference is the University of Minnesota is a member of the Big 10, not each individual sport. The UND hockey program is (currently) a member of the WCHA, the football program is a member of the Big Sky, the University as a whole, is not aligned with any single organization.