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It doesn't? It seems to have worked very well last year.

Michael's gif game is strong.

So you're to blame for UND sucking at the Frozen Faceoff. A true fan would realize they're the reason UND had success at the X and would go to the TC.

2 games.

It really sucks he managed to win the first UND men's conference championship in more than 20 years.

For those with NCHC.tv, head to the 2:12:40 mark of last night's game broadcast and you can see it. He should be gone for a game on Friday.

That is just the final week of the regular season since all teams make the tournament at the Joe this year.

It's my birthday today too and I want the same!

Is this the Darrel trifecta? Mention fired coaches, take a shot at Jones and bring up NDSU all in one post!

This is true, although both will be on nchc.tv.

And the Wells Fargo center looks empty when only 6,000 people are there in a 15,000 seat arena.

Tickets are sold. That's what the NCAA cares about.

http://www.nchchockey.com/tie-breakers Looks like UND should be ranked ahead of UNO based on head-to-head. Edit: Just confirmed with the NCHC that UND has the tiebreaker. The issue with the NCHC website is that it can't compute head-to-head so at this point, it sorts first by Points and second by winning percentage.

Neither of your links work.

Can't have a small "D."

Like UND's streak of not winning the national title until they just had to go out and break that one last year!

Don't confuse MafiaMan with these types of details. He hasn't figured out how to google things yet

Doesn't seem like too many players were upset at the ice conditions last year: Pioneers coach Jim Montgomery said after his team’s practice Thursday that the ice was the best in the three-year history of the tournament. His senior captain Grant Arnold also was a fan of the ice this year.

A situation similar to last year's Frozen Faceoff wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. Even with a couple of losses, DU is nearly locked into the overall number one spot. IF they find themselves in the third place game against UND, I'd imagine the Pioneers will again use it as a chance to rest a bunch of guys. That could be huge for a UND team that would likely need a win in that game.

But the NCHC budget will be fine with it. If this happened in the 1st or second year of the Frozen Faceoff, it would have been horrible. Not so much this year. If UND can pull out home ice in the first round, the impact will be pretty minimal.

Fortunately, the NCHC has planned for just such a case. They'll take a hit on their savings but it won't be as bad as people think. Also fortunately for the NCHC, they have presold about 6,000 seats for the tournament. So even if UND doesn't make it, the announced attendance will be fine. If it's another UMD/SCSU final then those two fanbases will bring about 1,500 people total for the final.

The guy that was standing behind him wide open wasn't his responsibility?

Peski didn't lock up his guy.

In the B10, any team from Minnesota and Michigan.

Has anyone other than you said this? Fantastic strawman argument. Welcome to earlier today when I said this exact same thing. You probably missed it during your childish rant about the same thing over and over. How well did Muss do in the Big Sky? You're so keen on comparing Jones and Muss, especially during Jones' best year where he is on the verge of winning a Big Sky Conference Championship. Had Muss finished in the top 3 in the BSC in his first two years, he damn right would have earned an extension even if his OOC record was 1-2 or 1-3. Again, NOBODY EXCEPT FOR YOU is saying anything about more money making a Jones team more successful. Why shouldn't sports be looked at differently? If UND looked at basketball the same way they look at hockey then basketball coaches would last maybe three years at UND. It's a different animal, with different facilities, different level of opponents on a weekly basis and thus different expectations. Now, allow me to preemptively stop you from going off on a tangent about basketball being so unsuccessful because of low expectations compared to hockey.