Siouxperfan7

Ever think that the reason we lost to BC in the Frozen Four those years is becuase the team played better than us that day? And maybe it wasn't the coaching but maybe...just maybe the game was decided out on the ice by the players either executing or failing to execute!!!

Lets do a little comparison. Red Berenson, legendary coach at Michigan, is in his 30th year of coaching. In that time, he has 11 Frozen Fours and 2 National Championships. Dave Hakstol is in his 9th year as head coach at UND and has already been to 5 Frozen Fours. Now of course all of us fans of UND are frustrated with Hak not leading us to a National Championship in those 8 years, but consider this by comparison. Red Berenson's Wolverines did not even make the NCAA tournament the first 7 years he was coach. Also to put it in perspective, Berenson didn't win a National Championship until his 12th year at Michigan. Yes, we all as UND fans expect to win a National Championship every year. But lets just all cool down on the Fire Hak crap. He has put us in a position every year he has been here. We have been in the playoffs each of his years he has been head coach. Could you imagine a Hak lead UND hockey program that misses the playoffs 7 years in a row to start his career?!!! This thread would be 500 pages long!! Michigan saw they had a great coach and stuck with him. And guess what, it paid off to consistently making the tournament and producing a couple National Championships. So to sum up, all the Hak haters need to just put things in perspective!!

Especially if any of them are playing GF Central!!!

OK, maybe I should have used more smiley faces to show my sarcasm! :) Obviously we need a balanced offence with a passing game and a solid running game. I would like to see our Tight Ends get into the mix more this year.

How does the Penrose cup compare to other trophies in college hockey? Discuss!! (This should be fun )

Looking at the standings, it is very unlikely that the cup will be at anyones rink the last weekend of the year. League title could be decided the last game....heck, even a shootout!!

Almost forgot about the Sitting Bull Trophy!! I can see UND not wanting to put those trophies at the Alerus since they are really only there less than 20 days through the year. A more likely place would be atthe new HPC. That will be the home for UND football. IF that is the case, it would be nice to have it in a public accessable location.

Sooooo...the Nickel Trophy.....how bout we talk about that since it is the title of this thread!!! The Nickel Trophy will never be played for again. We don't even play NDSU every other year, or every 4 years to establish a consistent game to have a trophy for. That and the fact that we have retired the Sioux name. So because of these reasons, I think since it should be on display. And it would be only fitting that we won the last meeting and we have won the most overall "Nickel games" that it should be prooudly displayed somewhere in Grand Forks. I think they need to display it at the Alerus. Let fans who maybe have never seen it up close get to see it. IT is a big part of UND football history. The Ralph made a genius decision when they decided to put all the National Championship and Hobey Baker trophies in the lobby. Similar think could be done at the Alerus. The Alerus has made stps to make the Al more "UND football friendly" but having a "UND history section" with past trophies, pictures and accomplishments would be sweet. Of course this is all just a pipe dream,,,,but one can hope right?!!

Well of course!! All coaches are great until they start coaching at NDSU!!

There is a better chance that the 25,000 seat retractable roof UND football stadium gets built than a shovel goes in the ground to build a casino in this town!!

Granite City is long overdue in Grand Forks. Man that place is great!! How good is that Sunday buffet!!!

Hak got rid of Eades? Pretty sure he applied for an open coaching position, got hired, and resigned from his coaching position at UND.

Recievers?? Guys....we are a power running team now!!! Those are the players we should be talking about!! (Wait....do we have a RB on the roster over 180 lbs???) Ok nevermind....back to talking about recievers!!

First time UND lost a game after leading by 2 or more goals in TWO YEARS!! Just putting things in perspective.

4 points separate first from sixth in the NCHC. Every point is huge !! Need a sweep and 6 points next weekend against a struggling Miami team!!

So UND had a bad game against a good team. Let's put things in perspective. Still only 3 points out of first. Not gonna win every game. Our league is tough this year. Still 8 games left to make some noise in the league this year. Everyone needs to calm down. We are still in good shape. Hey, we could be Redhawk fans!

Seriously. Calm down. Omaha is good. Jeez. Tons of game left. Step away from the ledge gfhockey and the rest of you negative Nancy's!!

And for every kid that that chose to play somewhere else, the talking point response is "We only want kids that want to be here. We aren't gonna beg a kid to come to NDSU" I don't think the Kleiman and his coaches even need to go out on the recruiting trail. They just wait for the faxes to come in on signing day!!

So how many NLI's do we have as of right now?

How could you not like this page!!! Nice work!!

Well deserved!!

How big is hte March 4th game against No. Colorado gonna be?! Huge in relation to Big Sky standings. Oh yeah, and its Senior Day and the last game of the year. Circle this one on the calander.

They should handle the tailgating spots like they did the student section. If they don't use them, open them up to the public. Students weren't packing out the student section, so they moved the sections over and opened the section up to the general public for season tickets. Same souls be done with the student tailgate lot. That lot is maybe 20% full at most, and I am being very generous. They could cut that in half and open a bunch of spots and sell them to people that are actually gonna use them. I would think they would be looking into this option already.

You and Virg Foss are in the minority. And also both ignorant and uninformed on the issue. How many times do we have to remind people like you that as per the agreement with the NCAA and state law, UND must pick a new name by 2015. Why is that so hard to get?? Having no nickname is a horrible idea. The interlocking ND is a fine logo, but it is rediculous to go as nothing. You and Virg can be stubborn, but the rest of us will move on with a new name.

Yeah, TD Ameritrade Park is the 16th best plCe to watch a hockey game!! A baseball stadium...really?!!! This list is pathetic.