TheFlop

I can't recall the last time that a high end hockey player picked or didn't pick UND because they were truly worried about the quality of their education. For the next rung of players (non-elite), if they truly care about education first they will go Ivy league and they should if that's an option. Short of going to an Ivy league school.......or having an MBA from Stanford, there really isn't much of a difference between most schools. UND is fine for 90% of the country.

If he has 0 goals then I'd have to say yes.

You nailed it with the Canad Inn being great in principle. The customer service has always been a couple notches below horrible (especially the Tavern and Playmakers). However, there traditionally has been a steady stream of Canadians that will stop there anyways because they are hypnotized by the big red maple leaf. I've always been curious what would happen if a couple decent restaurants (maybe like an Old Chicago or another BWW) would open up nearby. Would Canad Inn be forced to get their act together with competition nearby?

Yes, but for the low price they paid to do it and the 2-3 days total it took to do it they should do it every couple years until they have money to do a complete redo

So basically just be happy with the participation ribbons that come out in the multi thousand $$$ season renewal packets that are being mailed out a little over a month from now? The championship club loves Kool aid drinkers like yourself. Does UND have a chance to rebound next year? Yes. Was last year below par? Yes. Was this season even worse? Yes. Not saying the world is ending tomorrow but don't pretend that this year was even close to where UND hockey needs to be.

I'm glad you were able to take time away from your MENSA meeting and English Comp class to call people names mixed in with big words that only serve to try and deflect attention from the team. Losing two to Canisius hurt in the pairwise? Say that out loud. It's not even a resurgent (not that I'm sure that they were ever good) Canisius team. That is where UND hockey is at right now. The crown jewel of the school is dangerously close to sliding into mediocrity and will need 2-3 Freshmen to come in next year and produce right away like Kristo, Spirko, etc, to avoid that fate. Not impossible but a tall order.

Ridiculous to have standards that low for a premier program like UND, but UND is shaking your hand for it (while their other hand is pick pocketing your wallet). UND hockey should have standards like Duke basketball, Alabama football, etc, not be happy with participation ribbons like Michigan Tech and Canisius get for trying hard each year.........well let's just stick with Michigan Tech

They absolutely equate. If Berry misses for a 3rd year he needs to be done. Wisconsin showed what happens when you ride a coach too long and you hit bottom. I don't think Eaves was a bad coach and I don't think Berry is a bad coach, but there comes a point where your record doesn't lie.

Funny you bring that up, because watching this year's hockey team was about as exciting as watching a robotics competition......or watching someone else play a video game.

That may be true......but UND can still offer a facility and a near NHL like fan following that should still make a difference. Parity has also affected college basketball in the sense that most teams can be competitive on any given night....but at the end of the season you still see the Duke, Florida's, and Kentucky's of the world.

Don't really blame Hennesy and even the Hons Twitter rant. They make a living/partial living by schmoozing the UND hockey team. Not much different than Paul Allen and the Vikings.

Agree that JBD is the biggie this off-season. If he leaves it's a trainwreck. Adams would be best served transferring to another college and sitting out a year to get bigger/stronger. On a positive note, I think the Hain Senden Smith line has the potential to be one of those prolific lines people talk about years down the road.

There's no choice but to be all in on next year's freshman class. 2-3 of them need to hit and come in Senden like for this team to have any chance.

Thank God this season is over.

Stay the course....trust the system.....pucks will start going in.

We also would have accepted "they are now worth about as much as your UND football tickets"

Yawn.

DU 3-1 with an empty netter. Poolman scores the lone goal for UND. No reason to think UND suddenly finds offense this week as they have to step up significantly from the last two weeks of competition.

Mismash has shown flashes, Weatherby still has a chance as bigger guys can take longer to develop, and Guch has turned into what I consider to be a solid 2nd line type of scorer........but Adams has been a bust and shown nothing his two years at UND. He's the underclassman version of Hoff or even Januitenean. He's small, not particularly quick/fast, he's not strong, and he doesn't have a knack for being in the right place at the right time. Not a good combination.

NCHC league covers travel costs for 1st round playoffs......but there's a pile of missed revenue for UND not hosting a series.

Significant for sure. Usually playoffs for any sport is considered a nice financial bonus......UND is gonna feel this like when Clark Griswold put the down payment on a new pool counting on a bonus that ended up just being the jelly of the month club.

Hockey was the first one in Grand Forks but was followed closely by others. The better soccer kids have to go to Fargo (or further) for indoor winter games. Basketball players have their AAU teams.....etc. The "traveling" portion of most sports used to last a month or two after the regular season if you were good enough/well connected.....or both. Now almost every sport is year round if you want it to be.

I think the situation will take care of itself once the local AAA midget team(s) start popping up to skim the top talent off leveling the playing field. IMO it's just a matter of time.

I hope Mayville can make a team work long term but they are a long ways off from competing even in ND right now. That play in game was there super bowl and they lost 8-0.

Peluso and entire Bismarck staff quit basically citing the climate of overbearing hockey parents, soft kids, and administrators that don't have the backbone to stand up for coaches. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.kxnet.com/amp/sports/bismarck-dickinson-sports/demons-head-coach-steps-down-following-fargo-davies-and-grand-forks-red-river-coaches-quitting/1804715266 Very sad. As a player and as a coach he single handedly put Bismarck hockey on the map.