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Here is what I could find on tickets for away games: 10/19 BC onsale ?? http://ev9.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/S...er=&appCode= 10/20 NE on-sale 09/04 http://www.gonu.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc...gory_Code=MHTIX 10/26, 10/27 Mich Tech on-sale 09/05 906-487-3200 http://www.michigantechhuskies.com 11/09, 11/10 Wisc on-sale 09/24 http://www.uwbadgers.com/tickets/mhky/home...ickets_213.html 11/30, 12/01 Denver on-sale 09/08 http://www.denverpioneers.com/ViewArticle....;ATCLID=1060324 01/04, 01/05 St. Cloud on-sale 09/17 http://www.stcloudstate.edu/athletics/tickets/default.asp 01/18, 01/19 Mankato on-sale 10/01 http://www.msumavericks.com/sporttickets.p...e=mensports.php 02/01, 02/02 Minn on-sale 09/15 http://www.gophersports.com/ViewArticle.db...;ATCLID=1152168 03/01, 03/02 UMD on-sale 10/02 http://www.umdbulldogs.com/ticketing/ It may be possible to get some tickets to away games from UND. It will depend on demand, how many tickets UND gets allocated, and where you rank in the Fighting Sioux Club. Those with the most points have higher priority in getting tickets. One of the big problems is you might not know until a week or two before the games if you can get tickets, by that time you probably can't get tickets online for games like Minn and Wisc. I updated this with info for Mich Tech. Their ticket office says they go on-sale 09/05 and you need to call 906-487-3200. Not sure if you can buy on the internet. I called the BC ticket office. Was told they haven't finalized their schedule yet, should be done in the next week or so. Tickets will probably go on-sale in two or three weeks. Check the link provided above.

Here is what I could find on tickets for away games: 10/19 BC onsale ?? http://ev9.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/S...er=&appCode= 10/20 NE on-sale 09/04 http://www.gonu.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc...gory_Code=MHTIX 10/26, 10/27 Mich Tech on-sale ?? http://www.michigantechhuskies.com 11/09, 11/10 Wisc on-sale 09/24 http://www.uwbadgers.com/tickets/mhky/home...ickets_213.html 11/30, 12/01 Denver on-sale 09/08 http://www.denverpioneers.com/ViewArticle....;ATCLID=1060324 01/04, 01/05 St. Cloud on-sale 09/17 http://www.stcloudstate.edu/athletics/tickets/default.asp 01/18, 01/19 Mankato on-sale 10/01 http://www.msumavericks.com/sporttickets.p...e=mensports.php 02/01, 02/02 Minn on-sale 09/15 http://www.gophersports.com/ViewArticle.db...;ATCLID=1152168 03/01, 03/02 UMD on-sale 10/02 http://www.umdbulldogs.com/ticketing/ It may be possible to get some tickets to away games from UND. It will depend on demand, how many tickets UND gets allocated, and where you rank in the Fighting Sioux Club. Those with the most points have higher priority in getting tickets. One of the big problems is you might not know until a week or two before the games if you can get tickets, by that time you probably can't get tickets online for games like Minn and Wisc.

Single games tickets go on-sale on 9/8. Denver tickets

Anyone have hotel suggestions for the BC/Northeastern series ?

How can a compromise be fashioned ? I have thought for some time that this lawsuit will never go to trial. If nothing has changed (such as additional tribal approval) since the NCAA denied their final appeal and UND filed the lawsuit, how do you compromise on an issue like this ? UND wants to keep the nickname and the NCAA says it is hostile and abusive and is doing everything it can to force schools to change. The only possible compromise I can envision is one where the NCAA allows UND to host post-season events but not allow them to use the nickname or imagery, with the exception of buildings that UND does not own. This would have the main effect of not allowing UND to wear their regular jerseys with the logo during the post-season. If this had been the original NCAA rule then I doubt a lawsuit would have been filed. This allows UND to host post-season which eliminates the competitive unfairness of the original ruling. For the NCAA this takes aways a "big stick" from them to try and get schools to change; however, they don't really need it anymore since almost every school on the original hit list has either changed or received an exemption. IMO, it is highly unlikely that any school that already comitted to changing their nickname would backtrack. For UND, this would allow them to keep the name and host post-season, the biggest cost would be additional post-season uniforms. With the unpredictable outcome of any lawsuit I would guess this would be acceptable since they would get most of what they want and the athletes would not be subject to losing home field advantage that was earned during the season. Other than this I can't see how any compromise can be reached assuming UND is serious about keeping the nickname/logo and wants to ensure their athletes have a fair playing field to compete.

I'm not in favor of shootouts in college, there just aren't enough regular season games to place that much importance on a shootout. The Sioux typically play 8 non-conference games each year and based on the pairwise system these 8 games can already carry more significance than conference games as far as the NCAA tourney seedings go. Do we really want to see shootouts decide these games ? Either leave them tied or play till you get a winner, no shootout.

I am not a fan of government regulation of this type. If someone wants to increase their chance of dying or being seriously injured in an accident then let them. As long as it only physically affects them and not anyone else then the gov. should keep its nose out of it, IMO. Is there an increased cost to society (such as insurance premiums) ? Of course. But that alone should not dictate policy. If so, then maybe we need to fine anyone who is overweight as that definitely drives up medical costs. The list of what the gov. could regulate would never end. I would prefer that the gov. regulation be more of the type where someone is affected by someone elses action, such as secondary smoke. If you want to reduce accidents, then enact laws to ban cell phone use while driving. Can't tell you how many times I have seen people driving eradically and it turns out they are on a cell phone.

In Minnesota you cannot be stopped for not wearing a seat belt. It is a seconday offense, so they have to stop you for something else first. The exception is for children under 12, I believe.

I believe the seat belt law in Minnesota is still a secondary offense, which means you cannot be stopped for not wearing a seat belt. Minnesota Seat Belt Law Here is an article from today that says the same thing: Seat Belts

I don't have a problem with BSU but I don't want them added to the WCHA. The WCHA is already too big. IMO, the ideal size is 8 teams so you can play every team 4 times. With the current 10 team league we have an uneven schedule where you only see each team 3 out 4 years at home (excluding the "rival" team). If you make the WCHA an 11 team league and keep the yearly home-and-home with the "rival" team, which is highly likely, then you would only see each team 3 out of 5 years at home. Do you want to trade home games with MN, Wisc, Denver for games with BSU ? I don't. The only other thing that could be done is to increase the number of conference games but that would limit the non-conference games. I don't think this would be good for the fans or for college hockey. With 11 teams the schedule becomes even more unbalanced. The conference championship means less since the schedule you play may be completely different then the schedule the 2nd place team played. Take a look at Notre Dame this past year, they played every team twice and three teams four times - two of the three teams they played four times were the bottom two in the league. Since the CCHA has 12 teams and plays 28 games, each team plays almost half their games (12) against three teams.

I like this quote:

It may be entirely possible that Toews has been strongly considering coming back. I think being named to Team Canada may ultimately be the deciding factor. If he plays well and seems to fit in I would suspect he will sign with Chicago regardless of where he had been leaning previously, assuming Chicago is offering a fair contract (rookie max with plenty of reasonable incentives).

My guess is they screwed up and should have said Chorney rather than Lee.

Where did the playing time minutes come from ? Is this your estimate ? This can't be actual numbers since everyones % is in 5% increments. If this is not actual numbers then please explain what value this is ? Even if you used actual numbers it counts all playing time the same (even strength, power play, penalty kill), therefore I can't see anything useful in this.

I believe an injury he sustained the first week of the season may have played a big part. I have confidence that he will become a much bigger part of the offense next year. I think we fans maybe don't appreciate enough some of the injuries these players have to play thru. I don't think it came out till mid-season or later that TJ was playing with a broken thumb. Sometimes when you see a player struggling it may be related to an injury that no one is talking about. Once they heal up, the improvement on the ice is usually not credited to the fact they are healthy again.

I heard that Chicago wanted Toews to sign last night and have him play in the final two games for them. He said no. Doesn't mean he is staying, probably just means that it was bad timing and that he doesn't want to rush the decision right after his season ended.

I explain ND's improvement this year to playing an extremely easy schedule (#40 in RPI). A better question may be, why, if the schedule last year was similar, didn't Jackson win more than 13 games ? I believe Notre Dame played 17 games against teams in the bottom 20 of the RPI (UND played 0). IMO to win the Spencer Penrose, if you play that type of schedule you gotta do better than one tourney win against a 13-20-3 team (in 2 ots). Now, Jackson may win the award, I just don't believe he should. If the Sioux go on to win the NCAA tourney I believe without question that Hakstol deserves the award. When you look at the players the Sioux lost, the early season injuries, and the turnaround the team made, not to mention the teams that the Sioux will have defeated in the tourney (Mich, Minn, BC, Maine/MichSt) I think there would be no coach as deserving of the award then Hakstol.

I have no problem with scheduling teams in these conferences. Just don't schedule too many in the same year, especially when your own conference SOS is not very good.

The other team in the Lightning showcase was Alabama-Huntsville so it was not a quality tourney. Beating Providence is not impressive, they finished 8th in Hockey East and had a 10-23-3 overall record. Based on their schedule, Jackson should have had a great year, they didn't play very many tough games. That's why I was suspect of them going into the tourney and they did nothing to prove the skeptics wrong. ND had no expectations, no pressure to win, and played a lousy schedule. IMO, for Jackson to get the award he needed to a least make the FF and preferably beat a quality WCHA/HEA team on the way. They made the tourney, won one game (double ot against 13-20-3 Alabama-Huntsville), not good enough for me. I think Hakstol is definitely a deserving candidate and I hope he wins it. He lost his starting goalie, top defenseman, and three of the best forwards in the WCHA, all players that could have returned this year. Were these departures expected ? Some, but I doubt all. With a team comprised primarily of freshman and sophomores, they started slowly but put it together in the second half and made the FF. To me that is the very definition of a great coaching job. This is the third year in a row that Hakstol has taken the team to the FF. Somethings wrong if he can do this and not get the Spencer Penrose Award at least once. People can't keep claiming that UND always gets the talent, blah, blah, blah so anyone could do a good coaching job. If so then no UND, Minn, BC, Wisconsin, Michigan coach should ever win the award.

Notre Dame did have a pretty pathetic schedule but much of it is not their fault or under their control. Like the WCHA, the CCHA has a 28 game conference schedule. Because the league has 12 teams it means that you only play most teams twice (8 teams twice, 3 teams four times), which is the main reason I do not want to see the WCHA expand beyond 10 teams. This year ND played 5th place UNO, 11th place Alaska, and 12th place Bowling Green four times, so they had about as soft a CCHA schedule as you could get. Almost half their conference games were against the 5th, 11th, and 12th place teams. Their out of conference schedule was: Mankato (2) - split BC (1) - won Providence (1) - won Army (1) - won Air Force (1) - won Robert Morris (2) - split Not exactly a schedule to toughen you up for the NCAA tourney. My biggest criticism of the schedule is they should not schedule Army, Air Force, and Robert Morris all in the same season. Maybe replace one of these series with a higher quality opponent (UND, Maine, UNH, etc). They especially need to be sure the non-conference schedule is tough enough given that the CCHA is a weaker conference to begin with. IMO, Notre Dame was a highly suspect #1 seed going into the tourney due to the schedule they played. Not that they might not be deserving, but based on their schedule it was very hard to evaluate how good they were. I think the tournament would have been much better by just swapping Minnesota and Notre Dame in the brackets. Does Jackson deserve the award ? Not IMO, based on the results. For him to win the award he needed to at least make the FF and prove to some extent that the lofty seeding/rankings were justified.

BC Past 15 games: 14-1 (current 12 game winning streak). Scored 4 or more goals 10 times. Allowed 3 or more goals 2 times. Outscored opponents 61-23. Goals for: 4.07 (4.58 during the 12 game win streak). Goals allowed: 1.92 UND Since WJT (20 games): 14-2-4 (current 2 game winning streak). Scored 4 or more goals 10 times. Allowed 3 or more goals 10 times. Outscored opponents 85-48. Goals for: 4.25 Goals allowed: 2.40 As hot as UND has been, BC has been just as hot. UND will need to play a much tighter defensive game than they did last year. The stat that sticks out the most IMO is the GA; UND has allowed 3 or more goals in half the games they have played during this hot streak, while BC has only allowed 3 or more goals just twice in the past 15 games. The winner of this game will probably be considered the favorite to win the title. If the Maine team from earlier this year shows up they will be a formidable opponent. I thought they looked very good at the Ralph early in the season. Not sure what to make of MSU, they finished 4th in the CCHA. They went 1-4 in their last 5 regular season games, won their first round playoffs 2-0, then lost to Michigan 5-2, then squeaked by LSSU 7-6 in ot for 3rd place. Then they win their regional 5-1 over BU and 2-1 over ND. I think the outcome of the Maine/MSU game resides with Maine, if the good Maine team shows, then Maine wins. If the Maine team that went 9-11 down the stretch shows up then MSU plays for the title. Hard to tell from the regional if Maine is back on track. That was a very weak regional and set up nicely for Maine to advance to the FF. Misc: Maine first 19 games: 14-3-2 last 20 games: 9-11 MSU first 20 games: 11-8-1 last 20 games: 13-5-2 KRACH Strength of Schedule UND 4 BC 11 Maine 13 MSU 16 When the Sioux win #8 in St. Louis it will be very well deserved.

Wonder if Lucia is feeling some pressure for this w/e ? A loss to Air Force might put him on the hot seat and would invite significant criticism and maybe even demands for a coaching change. Not saying it should but I could see it happening. Back-to-back first round upsets to Atlantic Hockey teams would definitely not sit right with a lot of people.

Skille went in the 2nd round to New Hampshire.

My only hope for Toews coming backup for another year is that he is still only 18 years old, won't turn 19 till after the season. Regardless of talent level, that is awfully young to be in the NHL. I think one more year in college would be very beneficial. For TJ, I think it would be good to stay one more year and get even stonger. Not sure his style of play is conducive to the rigors of playing 80+ games in the NHL. In reality, Towes is almost for sure gone, and Oshie is probably > 50% gone. Who knows, if Duncan wins the Hobey as a free agent, someone may try to sign him too. It sure would be fun to see this line together for one more season, but that is my selfishness as a fan. I also think Chorney is gone and possibly Finley. I think the teams that have their rights may think they will develop better with their AHL team.

U-M draws matchup with North Dakota Does Red even think before he speaks. He talks about the propaganda of the WCHA being the strongest league, then says the CCHA teams aren't winning in the NCAA tourney. Hmmm, maybe the CCHA is getting too many undeserved tourney entries ? Ya, our conference is great we just have one small problem with winning games come tourney time. I have a great deal of respect for Michigan and their hockey program but not much for the rest of the CCHA. I think Notre Dame is overated, Michigan State has little chance, and Miami should probably not be in the tourney. I would much rather face Michigan State or Miami rather then Wisconsin. We'll see how good Notre Dame is, the way the brackets are set up I'm not sure the Irish AD could have done a better job in setting things up for them to make the FF championship. If you look at the top 8 in KRACH and separate the teams by brackets to meet in the championship you get: Midwest/East: Notre Dame (#2), St.Cloud (#3), Clarkson (#7) West/Northeast: Minnesota (#1), BC (#4), NH (#5), UND (#6), Michigan (#8) Of these teams. all the NCAA tourney experience is in one bracket. St. Cloud has never won even once, not sure if Notre Dame has either. Clarkson has but they are not what I would call a threat to win the tourney, maybe with this bracket set up they are.