lawkota

My conjecture: Faison was disgusted with how the WCHA was run. The so-called premier league in the country run without any type of vision. He has basically said as much. The league administration needed to be purged, plain and simple. The problem is too many programs in the league are run without any type of vision. And these programs balked at wholesale change in leadership. In addition, UM and UW aren't going to help because they no longer care that the WCHA is rudderless. So UND, Denver and UNO (who is a much bigger player in this than anyone suspects) tried an end-run. "Well, we'll just leave the league then." With Denver on board, CC was an easy get. Duluth takes its program seriously as well and wanted to be included with UND and Denver. When 5 in hand, it was easy to convince Miami to hop on board. A 6 team super league vs. a 7 team diluted CCHA (Notre Dame is gone) is a no brainer. While Notre Dame would be a welcome addition, I don't think its vital. With them, they add another team and become a league that can compete with the Big Ten in hockey prestige. Without them, they stick with 6 or perhaps add two more teams from the WCHA to essentially become WCHA 2.0. BUT, without Bruce McLeod. Anyway, that's what I came up with while mowing this afternoon.

Sold.

I'm looking to sell this jersey if anyone is interested. It is a game worn throwback, worn by Nick Fuher during hall of fame game in 2003 I believe. There's a number, but no name, on the back. Numbers and letters are sewn on. I bought it from UND. Not looking to get rich; just want a fair price from a Sioux fan who wants it to wear or for their collection.

Tickets are gone. Thank you.

Does anyone know the circumstances regarding Holly Perkins leaving the team and then rejoining it at the break this year? She seems to have made an immediate impact. Not only does she add much needed depth, but she has been quite productive as well - a 3-4-7 line and +12 in only 6 games.

My apologies if this was mentioned elsewhere, I didn't see it. Terry Casey's #12 is being hung in the rafters tonight. Link to Herald Article I know that nobody has worn #12 but I did not know it was "officially" retired by the University in 1968. I had always thought it had been "unofficially" retired by Gino when he took over the program.

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Section 116, Row J. Same seats for both nights. Asking $140 for everything. Please PM only.

Nice weekend for the team. Was especially pleased that the team was disappointed in their play on Friday, a 6-3 win. Quite a turnaround in expectations.

After Christmas, they don't have a break in their schedule. I think it will very tough for them. On the plus side, I believe there is only 1 senior on the team and there is a large class coming in next year.

My buyer for tonight's game backed out. So I have 2 tickets for tonight's (Friday) game. Section 116, Row J Asking $35 each. Please PM

Edit - tickets are sold

This is exactly my point. He's selling this to the center's board. I find it troubling.

Ha! You are hilarious! I wonder if the athletic departments at UND and NDSU realize they have been continually wronging the citizens of North Dakota for over 100 years?

tickets are gone. Thanks for the interest

Friday night tickets are gone.

Section 116, Row J Please PM if interested

Going through the media guide, the Sioux played the Russian National team in December of 1960.

The House Bill you refer to - HB 1058 - is from the 56th legislative assembly. That was 10 years ago. I find no reference to ticket scalping in the Code, other than that cities have the right to regulate it, NDCC 40-05-01(26). So I'm guessing that bill didn't pass. Edit - I checked for sure. It did not pass the House, 31 for and 65 against.

It would be nice if it was Marie-Philip Poulin. An entertaining game that I think could have gone either way. I was a little disappointed that the US couldn't mount anything the last 5 minutes as Canada controlled play. I think it is obvious that the Lamoureaux girls are going to be a big part of Team USA for many years.

I enjoyed the dance the student section was doing to one of the band's songs. How did that get started? I noticed that by Saturday a lot of other people were doing it as well.

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Along those lines - In PCM's USCHO article on Brad Miller there was a sidebar on "Brad Miller Time". When things weren't going rosy for this team, quite a few comments were made that the show was a distraction and that the players should have better things to do with their time. But in the article, Hakstol says: