Frozen4sioux

I think we see both Nelson AND Oshie come home at some point... and yes the Wild will vastly overpay for both. Its the culture.

Yes. Baseball is very much this way now, as well as basketball and many other sports. You just don't see it because our region is inhospitable to the year round participation. Southern baseball is absolutely year round in the same fashion as "AAA" hockey (hate that designation). The number of pitches thrown year round by early teens in these regions is scary.... but parents seeing 300 million dollars contracts for little Breydynn are just as fanatical as the hockey parents from Minnedakota. Any sport that has risen to a mid tier college status.....i.e. ...scholorships.... has resulted in parents... not kids... pushing year round specialization. Football "specialization" comes in the form of weight room time. Hockey is absolutely about skating. Kids that spend all summer playing tourneys, improve some, maybe. Kids that spend the summer on specialized skating camps and programs, grow leaps and bounds. These things can be intertwined with a summer baseball, lacrosse, golf season. USA Hockey preaches out both sides of the mouth on playing multiple sports but some work better with each other.

Wooof..... thats kinda cringey to say the least. It would have been much more interesting to get a B1G or even an ASU in for a weekend. Given the trend in attendence, it could be even uglier for some of those games. Just another concerning aspect of the program as a whole to me.

The travel would derail the growth of smaller schools hockey.

I like the take that this is a move to clear salary to bring a Brock Nelson home in free agency this summer.

yes, however you clearly are lacking understanding a major premise here. Bismarck did not need to take a One OR the other approach to this as they did. Both facilities would have far more benefited the city for a much longer period intonthe future. Bismarck has no and never will have a proffessional team. Past failures include the Wizards and soon to be defunct Bucks. Bobcats work kinda work at the VFW, Larks work at Municipal. The civic center was and is fine for conventions, a new north facility would have complimented and enhanced, not subtracted. As relates to HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY. the Bismarck corruption connection forced the civic center expansion after MULTIPLE city wide votes resoundly trounced it,... claimed expansion could host hockey tournaments. It can't. Also floated rumors bobcats would move to the civc. Also false. They then tried to use a new central ice arena concept included in the 5south fiasco to appease some concerns, touting major intra city games be played there. Also false As it sits bismarck ice interests was forced to scamble for ANY ice options available which resulted in one sheet added or nothing. Bismarck MUST have at least 2 more sheets now to accomodate the pushed additional boys program and girls program not to mention the possibility of jr gold teams or BAA teams to best serve the youth. So all this did have an effect on ND high school hockey...... which still needs 2 divisions.

No, to build a newer additional facility on land on north end

Free land for a new arena/convention/venue thing.... Also at time rumored to include a USHL team. Although that may have been a combination of a few rumors. the corruption connection instead threw every dollar at the civic center... as the focus of a huge urban hipster paradise development. That farce never happened.

yep need two weekends of sweeps and to beat denver 1st round... even if it takes 3 games... puts us in the 9-10ish range. Still hope before the "MUST WIN OUT" label is thown out. although if we even drop or tie 1 vs cc or omaha ... well then its relegated to the mercy on the Frozen Faceoff winner bid.

Only a vasy misunderstanding of how the pairwise system works would allow one to perceive tonights loss as a killer. It officially lowered the chances from slim to uufda but a split with a top 5 team was and is not the "killer". dalooth is good,......creepy, divey, cringy and kinda ugly but.. yeah thats a good hockey team. Splitsvilles vs the top teams is fine. Getting shithoused in the hotel lobby on top of parking garage to a D3 wannabe.... thats a killer.

Observations: Central good. Scheels is damn near the perfect place for these games. That being said there is NO reason these crowds couldnt fit in some other arenas too. The new addition to Maysa would fit this tourney very adequately as well as offer additional rink to host the girls at the same time. Time this tourney visits western ND.

dahlooth always seems to culture up a tremendous piece of !@#$

Not when you dont sweep the trash.

Great ... make some noise

Is there anyone at the Ralph ... its so quiet.

Some lazy lazy play right now.

curious as to the numbers of girls in the programs for these towns... Does Bismarck have mor girls in hockey than any of these other cities that also coop multiple highschools?...

Whaaaaaaaaambulance?

We really should have a yearly contest on here much like the "proposterous statement tournament " of kfan lore.... We could name it the "SS.com Ignorant Shitpost Contest"... Henceforthly, we can see from above a clear #1 seed in that contest.

Jost is stuck in the rhe bed he made, 1st rounder isnt getting moved whennhis stocke is so low. Who really NEEEDS to move is Zane, needs a chance at the next level. That will never come in Boston.

"the long change period"...??? jeeeez... if they're going to try and use Doc Emericisms ... it would be a good idea to know what they mean. its the 1st period ...btw.

Yeah.... not the best play call ive heard.

BHS looks like they skated to fargo. Sooooooooooo much difference after watching GFC... woof we got a long way to go out here.

shots?

yes. 14