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.

Seriously ?? What part of "UNIVERISTY" being a member of the Big 10 don't you understand ? The individual Universities don't get to pick and choose where they want to play. Once the BTHC came to be, it was a done deal. The only reason these 5 Univeristies did not play in the same conference is because the Big 10 didn't have one. Do you seriously think Ohio State is free to join a another conference in football if they desired ?? BTW.........I HATE the idea of the BTHC more than you can even imagine.

Thats exactly what would have happened. The University of Minnesota is a member of the Big 10, not just the football or baseball, etc teams. To assume that it was even an option for the University as a whole to tell the Big 10 they were dropping out so that their hockey tem could remain in the WCHA, just plain defies any commom sense. The tail (and in this case a very nubby tail) doesn't wag the dog.

Unless he is offered the rookie max............then there is no more money to be made, regardless of who he signs with.

Prayers and good wishes to Mr. Kristo and his family. Hopefully he will make a full recovery and be able to go on with life. Frostbite can be a VERY nasty thing to deal with.

the BTN already holds the rights to ALL of the Gopher hockey games (and all other sports for that matter). FSN has to get approval (and possibly purchase the rights ?) from the BTN for every games that they show. So in theory, when BTN is showing the big PSU vs OS match-up, that COULD be the only hockey game available in the twin cities area, or any other place that gets FSN.

Thats the way this thing will end up going. Everyone is stating "if MN/WIS decide" to join the BTHC (when it is created). I don't think they wiil have a choice or a say in the matter. The Big 10 will mandate the move to accomodate the BTN, who at this point really holds the purse strings for everyone's athletic budgets. Lucia has been on record as saying he does not want to leave the WCHA for ANY reason, but even if he is still around when the BTHC gets created, he ain't going to have much to say about it.

Certainly not unexpected, and good luck to him........probably the best thing that could happen for all involved.

Serious question...............is this the first hockey "match" you have ever seen ?

No argument here......that's why Lucia(and hopefully Maturi), aren't real keen on the idea. In the end it would probably mean less exposure for the program. Personally, I hope it never happens.

There are games, but they really don't want to show a Big 10 vs Non Big 10 team. And if they decided they wanted people to watch the Buckeyes and the Spartans on BTN, there could just not give FSN the rights to the Gopher that night, and there would be no Gopher game to watch anywhere.