siouxkid12

You are also thinking hockey players from the early days are the same ones playing today. Kid's these days have a way different mindset then the Hrkac's, Belfour's, Johnson's and Blake's of the world.

I do donate each year but unlike some people I don't dictate who gets my money. Also, I never said our amenities were trash, I just said there are some programs that have finally caught up to UND and some may have passed. They are still top notch, just not #1 like we think. Television, I would love to donate if it meant a deal for all our programs to get more national exposer. However the question was what is needed and I simply responded to the question.

Yes we just updated a locker room that was 20+ years old. New arenas are getting built or have been built long after the REA was built or refinished.

Yes.

I honestly think a better national TV package would benefit us more. Stop with this NCHC package BS, put us on National coverage each week.

I could think of a few. Possibly a better coach, better exposer, Ann Arbor is much nicer than Grand Forks.

A lot of programs have the same or even better amenities than the REA. Using the example of the REA has a huge recruiting tool has lost its luster, it's a really nice facility but no one is playing in a 50's cattle barn any longer.

best fanbase is subjective to you. Some schools have excellent fanbases themselves. travel unbelievable well? again our fanbase travels well to "destination" games but a lot go missing when it comes time to go see a regular season game. Best facilities? A lot of schools have caught up to the Ralph. Are they big like the REA, probably not but everything else is just as top notch. No one is playing in an outdated arena any longer. 8 national championships is nice but how many have been won in the past 22 years? I'll give you league championships but making it to the national tournament and failing does not bode well. A lot of other schools have a history or producing high end talent too. Minnesota, Denver, St. Cloud, Boston College, Boston University, Wisconsin, Duluth all produce high end talent. Hell, Michigan has darn near 2 lines of 1st round draft picks playing for them.

What advantages do we have over other school in recruiting? Most schools nowadays have just as good (or on the same level) arena/training facilities as UND.

I got a 56 green jersey and the patch and the NCHC patch....not sure I want to get rid of it though

Scott Sandelin he went back to back in winning a national championship and he still hasn't won coach of the year.

Far from not being able to understand the game. Do I think Berry is a good coach, ya I do but to sit there and say he has been consistent is simple not true.

The problem with your take is Berry hasn't had consistency. After he won the national championship it was a first round exit and then not even making the tournament.

Don't agree on a lot of your takes but this one is spot on. Its been 5 years since we made it to a FF. We haven't had that happen since the early 90's.

I understand that many don't have an opportunity to say "I was an Olympic athlete", but where is the pride in saying "I represented a communist country because I wasn't good enough to represent my home country"? You think Ralph Cox would've renounced his citizenship to play for a communist country?

How can any of these hockey players "from China" look at themselves in the mirror and say I was an olympic athlete? They had to know that they were never going to actually compete for a medal, so why even bother renouncing your HOME country to play for some communists? I don't get it...

Any reporter/media outlet who covered this topic would've been a fool not too. I believe Schlossman and Rob Port did...

Seems to be a fire storm on the facebook page "all things fighting sioux" one commentator said this and is it true? The proposed cuts by the department did not include Women's hockey nor did it included Women's swimming and diving. Kennedy changed what Faison proposed. I was there, everything you have been parroting in this thread is what you read in the papers and not the real story. What Faison and Irle originally proposed, cut UND down to the minimum sports for D1, and would have saved more money. This was supposed to have come out in a press conference on Monday, Kennedy stopped that and changed it to Wednesday. That's why the hockey recruit was in town. They weren't on the chopping block until Kennedy played politics.

Toolkit for what? A lot of the pro players end up saying they wished they never left early. Fact of the matter is when those kids have millions of dollars waved in front of them, they are only thinking about the money and getting to the NHL.

Where is the official release? I have only seen that he has been invited.

i was fortunate to get one before they sold out.

I have a couple gamers of the early 90's ones that I wear regularly.

very nice pickup!

They will have special patches on the jerseys.

nice pickup! do you have more pictures of it?