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Does anybody know what the Las Vegas equivalent of Ferg's will be for the post-game celebrations Thursday & Saturday night?

Same here. That DU-Michigan game will be so much more enjoyable if we know we get the winner 2 nights later.

I asked the AI app on my phone to predict the scores of the Frozen Four: UND 4, Wisconsin 2 Michigan 5, Denver 3 Michigan 4, UND 3 (OT)

Laurila was on the ice a bunch when UND was trying to hold onto the lead in the 3rd against Merrimack. Seems like he's earned some pretty good trust from the coaches and has played very solid down the stretch.

I tend to agree. That was the most dominant performance of the season on Saturday. What would be wrong with having Ollie center the 4th line?

Tough decision for the coaches. What a nice problem to have!

Max Cullen was a junior at Moorhead this year.

He only showed up with one assist on the scoresheet last night, but I thought Mac had his best game of the season last night. He was all over the ice making things happen.

Should be an ESPN decision based on which match up will be higher rated. I've gotta believe a UND-Wisconsin game has a good shot at getting the night game. Would a potential Michigan-Denver match up move us up to the early game?

Anybody know if there will be any charter flights available? Looks like the remaining Allegiant seats got booked up tonight.

For those of you in town with time to kill, I recommend checking out Midco Arena on Augustana's campus. I stopped by and was able to walk in today. It is fabulous. It's no wonder Raboin wants to stay in Sioux Falls.

https://rmshockey.substack.com/p/an-analytics-driven-preview-of-the Some pretty good analysis of the numbers here.

I also wish we could go back to the original format. The current structure with a day in-between makes it a lot more difficult to travel to the regional.

I agree. It seems like it has always been locked in. My tickets show 5:30 pm. Curious why they are changing it.

Also, who is Aaron Wiebe?

About the same exact distance as if Merrimack was playing a "home game" at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia.

They don't realize there is even a difference.

Yes

They are both ECAC and can't play Dartmouth in the first round.

Here is the USCHO projection: https://www.uscho.com/2026/03/22/bracketology-final-bracket-is-as-straightforward-as-they-come Their only change is to swap Penn State & Cornell.

This is what I have the committee doing.

My projections: Albany Michigan (1) v Bentley (16) Dartmouth (6) v Penn State (9) Sioux Falls UND (2) v Merrimack (15) Duluth (8) v Quinnipiac (10) Worcester Michigan St (3) v UConn (14) Providence (7) v Cornell (11) Loveland Western Mich (4) v Mankato (13) Denver (5) v Wisconsin (12)

I get it. But I fear it would just be too easy for them to make that swap. Plus Duluth & Mankato would fill some seats in Sioux Falls. I'm planning on Sioux Falls. I just have this uneasy feeling it could shake out this way.

How much of a guarantee is it that we get placed in Sioux Falls? Do we automatically get placed there as the #2 overall seed since it's the closest regional to Grand Forks? If Duluth wins and you look at bracket integrity, the committee could make one minor change by swapping Denver (6) and Dartmouth (7), and put UND in Loveland with Denver. Then they could give the Sioux Falls regional to W. Michigan along with Mankato, Duluth, & Wisconsin.

I will be there.