MafiaMan

Michigan and Maine both spiraling out of control...any hope for a Northeastern upset over BC in the Beanpot finale? Mankato with a big sweep at Duluth.

Wait a second, are we sure this bar manager actually existed?

Northeastern...epic logo fail!

Groan...I thought you meant the Seattle Sonics were officially on their way home...

Nevermind the locker room, how about if you are so injured that you writhe around the ice in agony for 45 seconds after a hit that results in a penalty, you aren't allowed to immediately hop back on the ice for the ensuing power play?

Those kinds of losses are absolute killers...

I happen to like the idea of cities having a sort of 'identity' with colors. Pittsburgh comes to mind, although Mario mucked it up by changing the Penguins' scheme to Vegas gold.

The hit is also pictured on pages 80 and 81 of the 'Fight on Sioux' publication. I saw DeFauw line up the BU player from my seat in the Bradley Center and jumped out of it. He absolutely smoked the guy.

I couldn't have said it better myself. Two favorite Sioux moments: Peter Armbrust putting in the rebound OT winner in the '97 Final Five and Brad DeFauw absolutely blowing up a Boston U player with a check in the national championship game a few weeks later in Milwaukee. THE BEST TEAM WON!

1988's!

Bettman was hired to facilitate the southern expansion. Yes, the owners already had visions of expansion fees dancing thru their heads when he arrived. I was specifically referring to the Quebec, Hartford, Winnipeg, and Minnesota franchises all heading southward. It is absolutely inexcusable in my eyes to let Winnipeg and Minnesota lose franchises...and then put teams back in those cities again. They should have never been allowed to leave in the first place. Nashville doing just fine? Their former owner now owns the Wild and in 2007, a group tried to buy the team and move it to Hamilton Ontario, something promptly thwarted by Bettman himself. Norm Green sold the Stars 15 minutes after the team touched down in Dallas (figuratively, not literally). If the sole intent of moving the team was to immediately sell it (and it was, along with escaping that nasty little sexual harassment suit in Minnesota), Bettman should have 86'd the move from the get-go. Hell, Bettman fought harder to keep the Thrashers in Atlanta than he did to keep the North Stars in Minnesota! Florida, Tampa Bay, and Phoenix could all either be disbanded or moved immediately and the league would be better off for it. Bettman could redeem himself by forcing the sale of the New York Islanders instead of what appears to be their eventual move as well.

The class of '96-97 won two.

REALLY? What other opinions do several students have these days?

W...T...F? LOL!

That would be an issue, especially being in the same division...

I count 54 as well (College Hockey News app) and note that 13 of 54 total came in November in 7-2 and 6-1 wins over Michigan and Bowling Green, respectively. Somewhere, Rick Comley is smiling...

Why won't that work? If an NHL team comes to town, the minor league team will for-sure move. Seattle could keep the name and just pole-vault from WHL to NHL status.

Yes, they play in Kent, just north of Seattle. The owners of the now Winnipeg Jets wanted to re-name the Atlanta Thrashers the Manitoba Moose, but fan support for a return of the Jets was simply too overwhelming for them to ignore. Seattle might not have the same 'problem' as there really is no former NHL team to look back upon. Also, bonus points for Thunderbirds logo and colors keeping Seattle Seahawk scheme.

I do like Thunderbirds...but the OKC Thunder still gives Seattle a bad taste in its mouth. It would be kind of like an NHL team moving to Cleveland...and calling itself the Ravens.

Great jersey...but Thunderbirds is a far better nickname. I doubt Seattle fans would want that name back though, especially hockey fans who also loved the NBA SuperSonics.

You didn't count the Windsor exhibition game, did you? Also, 7 of that total came in ONE GAME against Michigan a few weeks ago (7-2 win). EDIT: Michigan game was November, not a few weeks ago.

One of the all-time great NHL logos...the igloo with the hockey stick. Denver is a good hockey market...but the Quebec Nordiques leaving is still an NHL travesty.

Why not? Illinois and Minnesota have seemingly already folded their football programs, maybe that could be expanded upon?

...and Michigan STATE?

How bad is it? I think Michigan State's SOCCER team scored more goals this season than its hockey team.