InHeavenThereIsNoBeer
-
Posts
4,137 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
39
Posts posted by InHeavenThereIsNoBeer
-
-
- Popular Post
- Popular Post
3 hours ago, sagard said:Glad to see all you long timers are still going strong. I think you guys are over thinking it all. Get amazing goaltending and you have a chance. Anything less and you don't.
That is what makes the Gophers last two losses in the finals and this year so painful. Goalies had been great right up until they weren't.
Every team is going to be put in a bad spot during their tourney run and their goalie has to buy time for the rest of the team to recover. Doesn't matter if it's not fair, do the job. DU should have been bounced by UMass. But they weren't and look at them now.
Denver does the best job in the country in the respect that when they have a great team they seem to win it all at a much higher frequency then say when the Gophers have a great team. UMD similar. UND Similar before Hak. Then you guys just became great every year.
This is my second 20 year drought between Gophers titles, so it's pretty comical to hear you all complain about 2016. Any least you all didn't lose to QU.The most common sense post comes from a gopher fan, what is this world coming to
. Thank you for some perspective sagard. That's the one tangible thing I think UND could be better at, a stronger goalie pipeline.
-
6
-
35 minutes ago, Benny Baker said:
If fans were calling for Hakstol’s job due to lack of frozen four success it only makes sense for them to call for Berry’s job due to lack of NCAA tournament success altogether. In their eyes, the program has taken a step backwards. I haven’t seen anyone advocate for post season win banners, lol. They would, however, at least like to see the program get back to winning some NCAA playoff games.
I know it’s the buzzword of the day, but I don’t see this as gaslighting at all. Their arguments are consistent.
How is it consistent to under Hakstol saying we could never win the big one so he has to go, then turn around and say look at BU, BC, Mich, Mich St, Wisconsin, and Minnesota and at least they have tournament wins! You gotta follow the conversation, I wasn't comparing Hakstol to Berry but to all these other blue blood programs that haven't won a title for up to 26 freaking years. But at least they have some tournament wins, right?
-
56 minutes ago, SIOUXELEVENS said:
But most of those teams have multiple wins in the post season unlike our favorite team. I have said this before I think Berry puts way to much emphasis on the regular season box checking and they have nothing left in the tank. Should worry about playing their best hockey when it counts. His record is his. He has changed assistants , players etc with same results.
Yeah I'd much rather have been to the Frozen Four a few times and lost to Quinnipiac in OT last year vs winning our title In 2016. Is that what we're saying?
Feel like I'm being gaslit every time I come on this website because the bolded is exactly why everyone wanted to run Hakstol out of town. Now we're content hanging some postseason win banners even if it means a 20-30 year NCAA Title drought?
-
1
-
2
-
1
-
-
6 minutes ago, jk said:
The edgy style is definitely gone, but it's tricky and I don't have the answer. The college game is called very tight now, and UND was one of the least penalized teams in the country. Considering how much special teams play determines who wins, having more PPs than the other guy is a great formula for success. And it worked, overall, this year. But I miss being hard to play against.
I just remember continually getting east coast refs and just getting penalty after penalty costing us games in the NCAAs. Sure, the rough, hard-nosed playing over the edge style worked great in the WCHA but it seemed like it never translated to a title, hence our gap from 2000 to 2016.
-
1
-
-
On 4/11/2024 at 8:38 AM, jk said:
It seems like people have forgotten the recruiting landscape, which really hasn't changed much in many significant ways over decades. For the most part, MN has first choice on Minnesota kids. BC and BU fight over the best in the northeast. Michigan and MSU get their state and the national program. UND has its own sparsely populated area and is a player in western Canada, along with Denver, which also now has the west coast.
There will always be exceptions, but generally it's going to be hard to steal kids from someone else's area. UND can pitch facilities, tradition, development, and competitiveness as well as anyone, no doubt. But those others can just as well. Depending on where and how they grew up, Grand Forks may not feel like a good fit for many kids. But it will for someone from Crookston or Alberta. Which is why UND's hit rate is higher on those players.
Thankfully UND has hit on some non-traditional recruits like Pinto and Boisvert, but I expect that to always be a big ask. So when people see a shiny kid go elsewhere and wonder why UND didn't get him, it's probably because he can get most everything UND offers in a place he likes better than UND.
Really good well reasoned post. As amazing as our facilities, tradition and staff is Grand Forks is not a bustling metropolitan area that has kids clambering to come here. There's a reason I moved out of state as soon as I could after high school and again shortly after graduating college. I came back because as I grew up I realized the positives but when you're a teenager or in your early 20s and focused on having the best possible college experience it's tough, for example, to compete with games at The Big House in Ann Arbor or the mountains and incredible outdoor hiking just outside Denver. Or even the weather and co-eds at ASU. We'll get a certain type of kid(Canadian kids aren't fazed by winters) and our fair share of talent but we won't get all of them.
-
4
-
-
20 minutes ago, RhettRingers said:
I've also heard from a very reliable source that Berg is coming back. They very reliable source was him.
Ehh I don't know, source seems kinda shaky
-
Just now, stoneySIOUX said:
I really don't have to do anything, no.
I'm not trying to argue anything. I just don't want to talk about it because, for a third time, whatever my opinion is doesn't really matter because he is absolutely not going anywhere. The horse as been beaten, poisoned, stabbed, shot, hung, stretched, disemboweled, drawn and quartered.
Come on Stone, you owe it to .357! Five Pages single spaced to be turned in to him by 5pm today.
-
2
-
-
25 minutes ago, franchise said:
Sounds like a good wing man
Wing Woman
-
Know someone that ran into a fairly intoxicated Berg this wkd(good for him, deserves to let off steam) and his friend with him said he's going to the NHL. Now I don't know if his friend is a super reliable source so take it FWIW maybe she misunderstood that he going to the NHL eventually?
-
4 minutes ago, cowboys5xsbs said:
Too bad it won't be us. I miss having a physical team.
The last thing I want going into a do or die game with literally the best powerplay team in the history of recorded college hockey is to "have a physical team".
-
1
-
-
18 minutes ago, rhenry8439 said:
which one is "The Situation"? and why are we calling him "The Situation"? I missed something. Are we going with "Cheese"?
1 minute ago, stoneySIOUX said:Lol it's Persson. Someone referenced the goalie "Situation" earlier this week, so I think that's where that's coming from.
As for who "The Situation" on Jersey Shore is... how much time do you have?
-
2 hours ago, bincitysioux said:
Mayor Bochenski spoke briefly about the air service issue on KNOX radio the other day. He said a "study" is in and that Delta's route between GFK & MSP is the third most expensive route in Delta's system. They have spoken with Delta about that and indicated that Delta is going to "help them out on that".
He also mentioned several times the appeal of a Denver connection, and kind of made it seem like they are still actively trying to make that happen again.
Good to hear because that price always makes you consider driving to MSP
-
2 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:
LouieJam has the inside lane to the 2024-25 "C".
My first reaction was Jammer talked like next year's captain, guy embodies leadership
-
4
-
-
38 minutes ago, siouxfaninseattle said:
Nah. Only three fanbases
Three fanbases that would sell out the X
-
1
-
-
Return of the WCHA to the X - Denver, Wisconsin, UND, Minnesota
...and you thought the Midwest Regional tickets were expensive
-
1
-
-
Just want to remind everyone the world was imploding on this message board almost a year ago to the day when we lost all of our Dmen. An 'NCAA team fighting for a Penrose' seemed optimistic back then(at least for some). We won the Penrose, we're in the NCAAs, might as well win 4 more measly games. Also LOL at including Emerson
-
2
-
-
1 hour ago, fightingsioux4life said:
I thought we couldn't question anything about Ralph Engelstad here?
I believe the rules are no politics or personal attacks, nothing about Ralph in there. And Ralph did just fine at wealth creation and giving back to his alma mater, he didn't need to be a good goalie or win titles.
-
7 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:
I'll just leave this here.
"Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect." - Ralph Waldo Emerson.
"The harder I work, the luckier I get." - Ralph Engelstad.
How many titles they win?
And be honest, you just googled quotes by guys named Ralph
”I’m in danger” -Ralph Wiggum
-
22 minutes ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:
Northeastern scoring first in their game didn't feel good. The goal by Simonson (and subsequent exhale) is the only memory I have of his four years.
Yup, remember them having a partial breakaway to start the game too and Cam coming up big. Huge simo goal, I exhaled too.
-
- Popular Post
- Popular Post
47 minutes ago, Wilbur said:When Michigan tied that game in the third I thought they might be in trouble, but that group just dug deeper. The same thing against DU when they were getting rolled in the third period. The CBS line just wouldn't allow them to lose.
Don't forget UND getting a strange, somewhat lucky goal that hopped up over the Michigan goalie's shoulder. AND that goal not getting overturned on what looked like a high stick entering the zone.
Sure now that they won everyone says they knew that team was destined but at the time I don't remember it being so certain, especially after 16 years of heartbreak with some damn impressive teams.
You need a team playing their best hockey AND some luck. Hence why Michigan, Minnesota, Boston College, Boston University, and Wisconsin haven't won a title in over 12 years(or 26 if you're Michigan). But it's probably just Bubs not yelling at his players enough
-
2
-
4
-
7 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:
That's a take.
It might be near the top of most preposterous I've seen this season
-
1 hour ago, dden3 said:
Blake made the final 3
Speaking of conspiracies I thought you had an inside track on some info
-
4 minutes ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:
Biondi in the portal?
8 Goals 11 Assists, not a terrible add for the team that scoops him
-
1 hour ago, Cratter said:
Sad day. Lots of kids childhood memories in that building.
Another Fargo restaurant closing.
Went about a couple weeks ago. If you haven’t been for a few years it’s nothing like it used to be and was a brutal experience. Pizza Ranch has a better arcade and the animatronics have been gone for a while
-
1
-
Where to eat in Grand Forks.
in Community
Posted
In tough times, strong businesses with a sound strategy, financials, and contingencies are the ones that survive. The cream rises to the top.