MafiaMan
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I don't mind hearing other team updates...
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Since 2008, here is a list of schools making first-ever Frozen Four appearances: 2008: Notre Dame 2009: Bemidji State, Miami 2010: Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) 2012: Ferris State, Union 2013: St Cloud State, Quinnipiac, UMass-Lowell That's 9 different schools reaching the Frozen Four for the first time ever in the last six seasons. Parity? Remember also, there used to be D-II hockey until 2000. Teams like Bemifji State and Quinnipiac have only been D-1 since that time. St Cloud State and Minnesota State (amongst many others including RIT) have only been D-1 since the 1990's...yes, there has indeed been an increase in the number of teams in the field...
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If I told you that a Hockey East team that was swept by UNH in December has gone 24-3-1 since then and asked you to name that team, what would your answer be? Hint: It's not Boston College Also, Yale: 4-0 against the WCHA this year. At some point, you have to admit to yourself that that's a pretty good hockey team.
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Denver, CC, Minnesota, BU, UMD, and BC all have new arenas too...that's no guarantee of success.
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So with that logic, the Miami Marlins should win the World Series, right? After all, they have a new stadium...
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I'm only 42...I don't remember Rube Bjorkman!
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Your point was Michigan and Minnesota won nothing, which is not correct. And if you make your time frame 1975-2005, suddenly Minnesota is a player.
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...and Minnesota is 0 for a decade now too.
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Michigan 96 and 98...Minnesota 02 and 03...what time frame are you referring to since UND's last titles were smack-dab in between those years?
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I find it much harder to tease Gopher fans about their lack of NCAA title success under Woog since they went back-to-back under Lucia.
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I'd like to see UND be the BC of this century too. LOL...the anti-Hoggs brunch?
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So on one hand, you chide the Sioux for lack of titles in recent history...and on the other you poke fun at Minnesota over a guy who hasn't coached there in almost 15 years? Having personally met Doug Woog several times, I can tell you that he has great respect for Fighting Sioux hockey. Hell, he was even gracious enough to sign my son's Sioux jersey, laughing as he wrote his name, saying "I gotta be honest...I don't sign many of THESE".
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Seeding means absolutely nothing...if it mattered, we'd just stick four #1's in Pittsburgh and skip everything else... I totally disagree on the strength of this final four too. You're basing your opinion on sexiness of name only. If it was UND, MN, BU, and BC, you would be calling it the best line-up ever but because it's 3 schools you never heard of and St Cloud State, it apparently sucks? This Frozen Four may be the best field in recent memory. This is absolutely ANYONE'S to win.
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I'd say North Dakota is a perfect example of a 'historically' top-notch program...plenty of conference, playoff, and national titles spanning almost every decade...
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Hey, 82SiouxGuy, is Ohio State a...nah...nevermind...LOL. Just kidding. Nice to have you on my side of a discussion...
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Sorry, Cratter, not a valid comparison at all. You know Gopher football has not been 'good' since the days of leather helmets and no pads. That's not a valid comparison at all... Side-note: you and LeftyZL coming back to the Hogg next year?
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I remember my first hockey game too. St Cloud smacked around UND in Grand Forks not that long ago, Quinnipiac absolutely embarrassed Union, who had just throttled BC, and UMass-Lowell took Wisconsin, another team that gave UND fits, out behind the woodshed. And you think that would have been a cake-walk to a title? Wow.
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Easy solution - go read another thread. I think this discussion is interesting.
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LOL...so despite being a doormat from essentially 1950-1997, Boston College is now a 'historic' program? If UMass-Lowell wins 5 of the next 10 titles, do they become 'historic' too? I respectfully disagree.
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The same as it has been but no Broadmoors or MacNaughtons? So not really the same then, LOL?
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Whoa whoa whoa...FIRST Sioux fans are bitching about having to go thru the Gophers to get to the Frozen Four...and now we're talking about how EASY this region should have been? We're talking out of both sides of our mouth now...
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So is Boston College a "historic" contender?
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I don't recall UND having played BU that season...can you refresh my memory?
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That depends on what the alternative is? Would North Dakota finish below .500 in 8 seasons and not make a single post-season WCHA Final Five or NCAA tournament and have 1 season of success?
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REALLY? I didn't sense any fear at all that night in Yost in 1998...
