Lots of hand wringing and teeth knashing, who's going, who's not, flying, driving, hotels, how many nights, tickets, etc. Flying by the seat of your pants is FUN!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeYf-rhMQIQ
2.25 3:00 is me last year after the BC game in St. Louis.
Now driving to Denver, will defer the United airfare +$100 change and go fly somewhere else.
We now interupt this WCHA ego stroke with a dose of reality. Check the brackets, folks. CCHA with two in Denver, maybe should have been three. The numbers would be similar.
I booked Thursday early morning out, Sunday late afternoon back for $550 through United. You're not going to do any better than that at this point. I tried cobbling together flights via Midway on Southwest, etc. That's the situation right now. WorldPerks isn't going to get you there either, unless you have about 75,000 miles to burn.
I think you're right..Bucci-Melrose in Denver. The best was during the strike year (2005) when Thorne and Clement did the Frozen 4. The Sioux D-corp put on quite a show in the semi-final, Clement was impressed to the hilt.