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You beat me too it. If Jason Blake were on any other team we played, he woudl be hated more than anyone. But because he was a Sioux, we love him!!

This is how it might go.. NACC - "We are here to talk to you girls about the insensative and offensive sign you hung from your house the second week of April. We think it is not appropriate to blame us Native Americans for removing the nickname that is used by UND." GPB - "We weren't talking about you. We were talking about the NCAA." NACC - "Oh......ok....well then.......this completes the training. Have a nice day."

If the summer consists of purchasing 2014 National Championship merchandise, it's not gonna be that dark!!

Don't forget one of the all time hated Gophers of all time, David Spehar!!

The video on the ice was awesome!! Deffin itely makes the laser show look old and outdated. Someone send this to the powers that be at the Ralph! How sweet would it be at the home opener if the entire ice sheet was a video of UND winning their 8th National Championship!!!

Hak deffinitely made his point saying that the UND/MN rivalry is not dead and that they should be playing twice a year every year.

https://twitter.com/karabara9/status/453695835771916288/photo/1 Someone notify Kelley!! Kappa Alpha Theta is promoting violence against women with their sign!!!!

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So I think it all comes down to who "You" in the statement on the banner "You can take away our mascot" is referring to. Kelley ASSumed they were referring to native americans. Obviously they were referring to the NCAA. Kelley ASSuming that they were referring to native americans in that banner is the most offensive part of this story!!

The PC police at UND are in full force. http://www.grandforksherald.com/content/und-sorority-trouble-pro-nickname-banner-during-indian-themed-time-out-week

Native Americans are not mascots.....unless they are being represented by native americans. I guess that is their logic.

Both photos will be trumped by the picture of UND hoisting the 2014 National Championship trophy on Saturday night!!!

Facts, stats, and logical explanation......You know that Gopher fans don't use that type of information when formulating opinions!!

Pat Sweeney's mustache looked awesome even in the 80's!!

If the timeout is #3. I can't imagine what #2 and #1 are going to be. Assuming they will follow suit with the other 8 and be pro UND, I would assume we aren't going to see the 1979 Championship game or the Wheeler OT winner in the Final 5. Any guesses on what they might be? I am probably guessing Porters wrap around OT game winner in the Regional Championship in Denver is going to make the top 2. But what will the other one be?

MT State, as well as several others, also use the "Stand Up and Cheer" for their fight song.

Don't know much about Ohio University, but their fight song is pretty solid!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbnaJtd9r9I

Are you guys just baiting Mariucci so he has to keep talking about that game? If so...brilliant!!!

Interesting story on this topic. http://www.letsplayhockey.com/online-edition/blatherwick/1765-the-slow-death-of-dump-and-chase-hockey.html

We are playing with house money at this point in the season. Just think how far this team has come since Thangsgiving! Heck, think how far this team has come since the Saturday lost to CC!! The team has been in a "win or go home" mentality for almost a month now. We won two games in the NCAA tournament that we were the underdogs. Now we are in the Frozen Four and will most likely have to go thru both Minnesota and BC to win the title. No one outside our fanbase is giving us a chance. So the boys can play loose. This is a very young team that was in a way in a rebuilding year. Now we have the chance to win it all. The pressure is not on us. It's on the other guys for once!! Given where this team was even 2 weeks ago, this team has to feel pretty good about how the end of this season is going. Now just need to finish it right by hoisting the hardware!!!

Blais v Hakstol. Lets look at the numbers in the 5 years Blais has been at Omaha and the last 5 years for Hakstol at UND. 2009 - 2014 Blais - 91-86-18, 0 National Championships, 0 Conference Championships, 0 Conference Tournament Championships, 1 NCAA Tournamanet appearance. Lost in the first round of the conference playoffs the other 4 years. Hakstol - 130-64-21, 0 National Championships, 1 Conference Championship, 3 Conference Tournament Championships, 5 NCAA Tournament appearances, 2 Frozen Fours. Won in the first round of the conference tournament each of the last 5 years. So please tell me again how much of a better coach Blais has been then Hak lately?

The real question is would you rather be a mediocre team that struggles to make the NCAA tournament year in and year out, has a couple of losing records, wins one tournament game every other year and then has 1 year where it wins a National Championship, or have a team that makes the tournament every year, has won multiple league and league tournament championships, has success in the National Tournament and has been to several Frozen Fours but doesn not have a National Championship? Hak has put this team in the posotion to win a National Championship year in and year out. UND hockey has been a model of consistency. Making the tournament every year and not only making it, but winning games. Hak ranks in the top 5 of NCAA coaches right now. You don't fire a guy like that.

You missed a great opportunity to take advantage of a couple stupid gopher fans. (Is that redundent?) Should have bet then a beer or two about the outcome of the game!! By the sounds of it they would have probably nfallen for it!!

If they are swithcing to schools hosting again, this idea wouldn't really be necessary. I don't think you would need an extra week for the Ralph to sell out a Regional that UND is the #! seed in. The problem with the week off isn't when the week off occurs, it is the fact that it even occurs. Kills any momentum and excitement created leading up to it.

It happens for conference tournaments all the time! This year in the NCHC the seedings for home ice for a few of the series wasn't decided till the last weekend. They figured that out. Not sure why it wouldn't work again. I think these venues can keep that first weekend open in the case that they get to host an NCAA regional. Keep the 1 and done scenerio. That's what makes the playoffs exciting.