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  1. On 3/3/2019 at 8:21 AM, fsioux said:

    Odds of this happening are pretty much nonexistent.  Miami is not going to sweep WMU and more than likely we split with Omaha.

    Disagree.  I think we will dig down and find a sweep at home on senior weekend.  WMU/Miami played two one goal games in January and those were at WMU.  Crazier things have happened.  While probably unlikely, I would say "virtually non-existent" is a big exaggeration.  

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  2. 7 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

    Cue all the Minnesota hockey snobs with the "That was early in the season, it would be different if the games happened now" rationalization. :silly:

    And that would be a bad rationalization as the most recent GFC/EGF game was by far more lopsided in both score and game play than the first meeting.  So it actually appears the gap has gotten wider as the season has gone on.

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  3. Not much you can do but keep scoring when a team is this bad.  The kids still want tournament goals.  I don't think they're intentionally playing in a way to run up the score, but when you have a shot you still have to take it.  Mandan is literally just standing around watching at this point.  Thank god the clock is running.

  4. Guys, there isn't going to be a miracle this afternoon.  Mandan beating Central wouldn't be a miracle, it would be some alternate reality.  Central will likely score more goals than Mandan's shot total.  A miracle could happen later in the tournament, but trust me it's not happening today.

    As for Central's zero goals allowed tournament in '04.......the stuff this year's team has done is light years beyond that.  Beating the defending MN champs 10-0, outscoring a good EGF team 13-3 on the season, obviously the undefeated season, but none of the game's even being remotely close (the RR OT game wasn't close), the depth of the team, etc.

    They could easily have a shutout tournament, probably won't, depends on goaltending, but I'll wager they will allow less shots on goal over the course of the tournament than the '04 team did anyway.

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  5. Central will score a minimum of 25 goals in this tournament.  Nobody is going to outplay them in a game.  Any result other than them winning the title would require some miraculous combination of unbelievable goaltending against them and terrible goaltending for.  Similar to what happened in the second game against RR that went to OT.  I was at that game and despite the score it couldn't have been more lopsided.  RR didn't even get to double digits in shots until late in the 3rd period.  RR scored on a dump in.  Was just an oddball game that isn't going to happen again.

  6. <Hopefully this post will be allowed to remain in this forum>

    I'm sure most of us know or are at least aware of who Al is, but he's pretty much the undisputed #1 Sioux hockey fan of all-time.  He's been organizing Sioux hockey bus trips for the last 46 years.  He and his daughter Joanna are running one for this weekend's series in Omaha and Joanna has stated it's possible it could be the last one ever due to Al's declining health.

    They are still looking for more people to sign up.  Joanna stated this morning that the bus will go no matter what, but as the numbers shake out right now the Pearsons will have to come out of pocket for the breakeven shortage at significant expense to themselves.

    If anyone is on the fence about going to Omaha this weekend or is going but was planning on driving, get in touch with Joanna ASAP and get signed up for the bus instead and help them out..  Link to the info on her FB page is below.  Feel free to share the info with anyone who might be interested.

    https://www.facebook.com/events/1992162090859976/

     

    Thanks.

  7. On 11/16/2018 at 10:36 AM, OgieOgilthorpe said:

    Hell, I've seen people hand out extra free tickets right before puck drop multiple times 

     

    On 11/16/2018 at 12:24 PM, Big Green said:

    I realize you can purchase tickets outside the arena most of the time for under face value.  Problem is you take the risk of parking, walking up to the arena, not being able to get a ticket and having to walk back to your car.  

    Depending on my kids sometimes I need an extra ticket just to get one through the door.  Last night we sat in the suites and I needed one.  There was a guy in the lobby last night that just gave me one for free.  I never worry about it at all.  They're always available out front or worst case scenario if not you just walk up to the ticket window and buy what you need.  Really no risk at all, check TM before you leave your house if you want to be sure, but better off making the actual purchase from the window to avoid the TM fees.

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  8. On 11/16/2018 at 2:33 PM, Dave Berger said:

    Here's something regarding the atmosphere at the Ralph that hasn't been mentioned in this thread:

    The fans of the University of North Dakota men's hockey team have an identity crisis.

    Some fans will only participate in chants and cheers that have the word "Sioux" in them (Sioux Yeah Yeah, Fight On Sioux, Let's Go Sioux, Sioux Forever, etc.) and boo every "Fighting Hawks" usage they can.

    Some fans are trying to move on from "Fighting Sioux", but there are no "Hawks" or "Fighting Hawks" chants or cheers for them to participate in.

    We are all trying to exist in the same space and cheer for the same team, but we're definitely not all moving in the same direction or working together all of the time.

    Discuss. :)

    Dave

    Yep, for sure Dave.  I bring this up all the time and I think you and I have even talked about it in person.   The "Let's Go Sioux" chants are always half-hearted these days and usually fizzle out quickly.  "Hawks" chants are of course non-existent.  I think it's just something that's going to take time to work itself out.  Or maybe there's a happy medium in there somewhere like "U-N-D!" or something more generic like that that everyone might be willing to get on board with.

  9. 40 minutes ago, TNF said:

    Ticket sales is a non-issue. UND averaged 11,408 per game last season out of a possible 11,643 (97.98% of capacity).  When you factor in exhibitions, multiple series when the students are off, games over holiday weekends, harvest/hunting season, etc. those numbers are remarkable. In addition, the total attendance led the nation by more than 40,000 over the course of the full season. If wasting $50 doesn’t deter people from skipping a game or two, good luck finding a magic cheer that will get them to show up. 

    Great, so if ticket sales aren't the issue then that brings us back to getting those paid for tickets used by somebody which also brings us back to my original idea of a system to release them back out.  But, I was told there are too many unsold tickets each night for that to be a viable concept.  So which is it?

    Yes, we all know that we by far lead the nation in attendance.  I said that in the very first post.  We can do better though because we've done better in the past.  That's the whole point of this thread.

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