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A new location might be a selling point, but it's a looooong ways from Sault Ste Marie or Marquette to St Paul. 5000 might be a stretch...

Badger fan attendance there has been over-rated for years. I never see huge swaths of Bucky fans at the X.

I would be stunned to see more than 5,000 fans in attendance per game when the new WCHA tournament comes to St Paul in 2015.

HEY-OH!

I would prefer the phrase 'difference of opinion' to argumentative. I do like the idea of third jerseys or big-game jerseys popping up at home now and then. It shouldn't be hard to coordinate in college hockey. UND could always tell Minnesota 'bring your yellow jerseys this weekend' and wear green or black for a home series. Was it last year when CC wore their yellows at home and the Sioux played in green? That game was a hockey jersey dream.

Any proof to back that claim up?

No no no. White at home means seeing Sioux white vs Miami red, Maine blue, Denver maroon, UMD maroon, St Cloud red (or black) and on and on...Sioux dark jerseys means black or green vs white every single weekend. Why it's a little-known fact that the Dallas Cowboys came up with this idea as a way for fans to see opponents' colors. I'm not a Cowboys fan at all but that idea was BRILLIANT.

Upper level seats have obstructed view...I recall 2000 game sitting directly under a fan blowing cold air on me for the entire game...the building doesn't allow for 'rounded' corners of hockey rinks and is better suited for the 'square-ness' of basketball. One section of seats behind the net (or backboard') is basically temporary pull-out seating like you would see in a high school gym.

That game sucked. I think the Sioux were up a goal or two going into the third and DU scored 3 or 4 goals to win it.

I saw the Sioux lose to Denver in the 1998 or 1999 Final Five at Target Center and saw them beat Wisconsin there in the 2000 Final Five. Target Center is without a doubt, one of the worst 'big venue' arenas around for hockey.

Hey, Big A HG or AZSIOUX...do either of you know the size of the numbers on the back of some of the Sioux older-style jerseys? I know 10" is most-common today but I came across an old b/w photo from the old barn that appears to show 12" numbers. I want to get some jerseys customized but also want to be historically accurate.

Back on topic, Another rule change: Go back to white jerseys at home.

A decade? Try almost 20 years! Nevermind the on-the-field stuff regarding the Irish, how about that nasty little rape/suicide of the girl on a neighboring campus? Oh, you hadn't heard about that? Google it. I am sure the NCAA is almost ready to put the Penn State hammer down on South Bend. Any day now...

The new logo incorporates silver (which represents the color of the Stanley Cup) and the NHL moving in an 'upward' direction. I think the logo change and re-naming of the divisions were points in the commissioner's favor. Now, watching the NHL leave Quebec City, Winnipeg, and Bloomington, MN...that's another issue entirely...

The NTHC? This conference reconfiguration is getting out of hand! I can't even keep up!

Andy Staples still has the Irish at #3 in his final ballot. Georgia is #4. I can think of 10 teams off the top of my head that would pummel Notre Dame and he drops them only two spots after last night's embarrassment.

I liked Bettman's decision to change the NHL shield from orange and black to silver and black. Does that count?

Or like having the winner of an All-Star game decide who gets home-field advantage in the championship. Oh, wait, that's already being done!

Who would that be? Off-topic, I know, but from the non-TD call in the Stanford game to the phantom interference call against Pitt to the two #2's on the field on the Pitt missed field goal in OT to Brent Musberger gushing over the Irish all season long...I just couldn't take it anymore. Then I read this am that Andy Staples final ballot has Alabama #1, Oregon #2, and Notre Dame falling all the way down to...#3. Wow. On-topic wish-list: get rid of 4 on 4 in ot. Sheesh, why not just make it 2 on 2 if you want to make sure we have a winner. Horrible rule.

I don't expect the BTHC to light the world on fire next season either. So is the 2014 BTHC tournament at the Xcel Energy Center? I forget what the new rotation is...

Yes, it's true, he could possibly have cared less, but I'm thinking Goon's caring had bottomed out so he couldn't have any more care to give, hence he could not care less.

Well it's true. LOL! Wish list: How could I forget bringing back the Quebec Nordiques? Make it happen, Bettman!

Not to get bogged down in semantics, but the proper expression is 'I couldn't care less.'

Gotcha. Thank you for clarifying the point.

Best youtube video ever. Oh no...