InHeavenThereIsNoBeer

Too late for him to come back? Has a CH player ever left school only to return to that same school in recent history? I mean, it seems like he pulled the trigger a little quick there. He was the singular reason we won that SCSU game in OT last year & played in the NCAAs against BU(and had a glass-shattering hit). It makes me wonder if there were other reasons besides playing time. If it was a knee jerk reaction I feel like he will or already does regret the decision.

Hit it right on the head, I'm guessing there's some sort of 2 for 1 deal Granato thinks he can swing where they get 2 home series for 1 away. That absolutely won't and shouldn't be allowed. UND doesn't cater to any school when it comes to scheduling deals. 1 home for 1 away or Wisco can pound sand.

Very cool, but it was impossible for me not to think about what the team would look like with him centering the 1st line.... <sigh>

I'll second that

So much this... you ever notice how the schools that get attacked the most have the most successful programs. You don't hear anyone saying "Man that AIC has some dipshit fans, and don't even get me started on Alabama Huntsville!' If you hope to please everyone and want everyone to like our fanbase you're going to be pretty miserable. They take shots at 'being obnoxious' because they need to steer the conversation away from anything that has to do with the actual sport at hand, which is hockey. Kinda like when people say 'there's nothing to do in Grand Forks so that's why they have so many fans'. It's just them lashing out because their team isn't nearly as exciting to follow.

This is ridiculous, the injury report specifically said he was out due to hurt feelings.

I think you missed the point of his post. He was talking about how Casey might have a lotta work left physically to make the NHL to have any sort of longevity. Of course you'd love to have someone with his skill on your team.

Bast looked like he'd played on this team for the past 2 seasons, dude's a stud with a rocket slap shot.

KFAN's Dan Barreiro did a segment with Pat Michelleti and Dave Berger(he tweeted my post out) on this quoted summary of Brad Berry's fan luncheon comments on his show Friday. Jury's still out if the controversy reached 'kerfuffle level' At the 45:00 mark for anyone interested: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/139-The-Dan-Barreiro-Show-26981004/episode/sicoms-lee-jenkins-nfl-predictions-w-28574080/

Burd can overlook them, he doesnt play on the team... i think

<Slow clap>, so much this. And we got a 4-0 lead 25 minutes into the game so our offense played conservatively which led to Minnesota 'controlling the play' and outshooting us. At no point was Minnesota ever in that game. Major or minor we outplayed the gophs for a large portion of the weekend.

I didn't notice Mittlestadt at all Friday, was expecting to see Jost level puck control but he got the puck knocked off his stick pretty consistently. Not saying he's not extremely talented but he has some catching up to with the college game.

Yeah UND played them in Alaska, while UAA had to travel to Colorado for their series. CC is a better team this year but I expect 2 wins.

You rang?

You could feel the tension in the room getting amped up. If his goal was to elevate this game to another level, he accomplished it. I was ready to lace the skates up...... then promptly fall on my face.

I summarized as best my memory allowed on the 1st page of this thread

I laughed pretty hard at that one. Had to look Zeeland up to see it has a population of 86

Something along the lines of(EMPHASIS ON THIS BEING A SUMMARY)... My parents said if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.... BUT since I've been an assistant or head coach here we have never had an opposing coach so I was shocked to hear 'No' to Lowell Schweigert's invite to Don Lucia. When I was an assistant under Blais, even though he may not have wanted to he went to the UofM boosters luncheon and made Hak and myself come with. The reason is because despite us being very competitive on the ice, after the games we are respectful of each other because hockey is a small world. When I told the guys(UND team) about this in the locker room their eyes got really big. This is why we are so proud of how we conduct ourselves at UND and do things the right way. At one point, he apologized because he was getting worked up. It definitely seemed like he took it as an affront to our program & I don't disagree. If someone that was there thinks I am not summarizing this well or missed something please interject but this is what I got out of it. My friend and I were blown away that he was basically savaging Lucia and not mincing words whatsoever. I wouldn't be surprised if there are some words spoken between those 2 this weekend no matter the outcome of the games.

Coach Berry spitting venom about Lucia at the fan luncheon. He took it personally that Lucia was the 1st ever head coach to skip a UND fan luncheon.

Should this game probably be on national tv? Hell yes Is it the end of college hockey as we know it and the death of UND recruiting that gopher fans are making it out to be? No At about 7:25PM tonight, will those diehard Gopher fans enter their credit cards into NCHC.tv for a $20 monthly subscription? Yup Does that make me happy? You betchya

I'm enjoying the freak out

So Brad Berry and a few NHL players think it's a rivalry, big whoop... what does 'Siouxkid' think?

I am selling 2 lower bowl tickets on the end UND shoots on twice for Saturday night! The view from the seats shown below:

I'm completely fine with them charging a premium for this series, but to charge a child the same freakin price for sitting on a parent's lap is insane. Am I way off here?

And if anyone thinks it's still a rivalry they can't move on from the Sioux nickname, right?