Big A HG

I'm pretty sure it's a she. You can tell because she doesn't think before she speaks... Hi ladies!

Watching the replay of the UM/UAA game, Woog made a pretty sharp comment. With less than 2 minutes gone in the first, Christianson (goalie, UAA) made a great save and Woog said it was a game-saver.....and that it was!

Why?

Replica's are made for the masses. Most people don't want to pay a premium for a jersey. A lot of quality aspects of a replica have to be cut out in order to keep costs down. A jersey doesn't make a fan, so wear it with pride and cheer as loud as you can!

I think Chay was a little forceful for the first half of the game. He tries to force too much from the point, and when they get blocked, it can easily turn into an odd-man rush the other way (see 2008 Frozen Four). C'mon CC...

She can say she'd drive across the country to see a game, but that doesn't mean she will.

Is good as those last 5 games are....the law of averages doesn't equate to a good thing.

Hey now...I had a 94 Ford Probe GT....be nice. My first car!

Last year I would have agreed with you at wanting another run at them. I'm not going to lie. I want to stay far, far away from BC in the playoffs for at least 10 years.

I really really really really hope that any of our opposing teams and their fans see that.... I can see this episode being the fire starter to a crap load of jokes of which you can only imagine.

I love Boston, probably my favorite band. There are so many good songs by them, in my opinion. This is one of my favorites that not many people know about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJMkULGvBT8 (We'll play it after we win #8)

I'd say second best seats outside the lower bowl. Front-row upper bowl at center ice is really nice.

Sorry, pasted 1 too many times. Should be working now. Thanks for the heads up.

It's funny looking at that list: 2 Mankato recruits 2 Duluth Recruits but only 1 Wisco recruit 1 Gopher recruit 1 Sioux recruit That's either saying something good about Duluth/Mankato's recruiting, or that these guys are really good, but not future superstars. I'm not saying that if the latter is true that they won't be great college players, but they aren't going to be an NHL top-3 liner.

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You must have been in the same spelling/grammar class as MplsBison at NDSU...

A "BudLight"

GAME OVER. David Hakstol

You betcha! Last year when I was in Boston for the regular season games (infamous fog game at BC and then Northeastern), we went to Fenway to take in the atmosphere of game 6 of the ALCS after the NE game. In the middle of the 8th inning or so, they played the song at Fenway, and every single person in the stadium was singing it at the top of their lungs, as well as the thousands upon thousands of fans outside the stadium. It was one of the coolest things ever, haha.

"Lefty" Curran

Isn't there usually a 2 year gap between those kinds of deals? If this is what they did, BC would be in GF in 2010.

Amen to that.

What I can see happening to provide expansion opportunities is either the CCHA or WCHA going to a 14 team conference, split into two divisions. Then divide up the games a certain way to make it fair, and that way everyone is happy. What's going to change everything is if the Big Ten Conference ever forms, which will be a double edged sword for a school like UND.

Now we're getting somewhere. UAF and UAA in the same conference looks good until you realize that traveling costs for some teams having to travel to Alaska twice would stink and not be reasonable. That's the reason they aren't in the same conference now. One way it could work is if you do a scheduling system, where you play each team once per season, except a designated "rival" team that you'd play twice. That gives you 24 conference games in a 12 team conference, which is a pretty low amount, but keeps it fair. UAF and UAA could be rival teams for each other, and every other league team could alternate which team they play in Alaska each year. I don't see this happening, but it's a thought.

OK, I see and understand your point. But the problem is there's no room for another team right now with the folding of the CHA. With the CHA, it might have been more feasible. Here's where it stands right now. -WCHA has 10 teams with room for only 12. -CCHA has 12 teams already and is full. -There are 2 teams remaining from the CHA that need a new conference affiliation. -A 12 team max is not a rule, but it makes scheduling too difficult and too watered down when there are more than 12 in a conference. So...assuming that BSU gets into the WCHA, to make an 11 team conference, that leaves UAH. Where does UAH go? The CCHA is the best fit. Hopefully the CCHA will do their part by taking them in (like we are for BSU), and hopefully a CCHA team is willing to make the switch to the WCHA (I don't see that being too big of a problem). If that's the case, both conferences still stand at 12 teams. That leaves no room for NDSU. If NDSU were a Big Ten or Big 12 team or something looking to join hockey and need a conference, I think every hockey conference would be more open to them joining and finding a way to make it work. I don't think that'd be the case for NDSU. There's simply no room for them right now, unless UAH finds a home not named the WCHA or CCHA.