Siouxperfan7

Ok, everyone needs to seriously calm down. It was a Blackhawks/Pens game. It wasn't UND or even the Wild. Of course they are going to show a local team. Plus this was probably set up months ago. Last game at the old BSA, and had a potential to be a conference championship clinching game. Don't get me wrong, I would rather watch anything other than NDSU basketball. I wanted to watch the hockey game at Soldier Field. But am I gonna get all pissed off and rant and rave on a message board and send emails and call KVLY to complain? No. Some of you on here are way too sensitive when you don't get it your way. And it goes beyond tv schedules. Calm down relax and focus on things in your life that are more important instead of the broadcast schedule of a television station.

Let's put things in perspective. We were pretty much dominated by St. Cloud at home. We went in to their house, dominated them in the first game and pkayed a close game and lost a close game. This is the team that is tied with us in for the lead in the league and is ranked in the top 10 of the PWR. We got a split on the road with a very good team.

UND is your family now!! Easy choice!!

Not gonna be anyone left but Sioux fans at the end of this one!

Always a home game!!!

Looking great boys!! Keep the pedal down!

I am sure they are all laughing up a storm over a Bisonville about this thread. But wasn't it them who was ripping on the neh sayers on thss site and other UND fans about how rediculous it was for NDSU to go D1 and playing FCS football? A little hypocritical. Not surprised. My response is why not dream big. Do you think anyone 20 years ago thought that our hockey team would ever be playing in a 125+ Million dollar arena in front of 11,000+ fans consistently? No way. The IPF was a rediculous pipe dream to some, but guess what, the shovels are already in thr ground and that thing is currently being built. Does an 18000 seat stadium at Memorial and the opportunity to play in the FBS seem a little crazy and out there? Sure it does. But as you can see history showing, UND athletics has made huge steps in the last 20 years. Anything is possible. Looking forward to what the next 20 years holds.

They do.

It would be interesting to see how many college hockey coaches have been fored in the past 9 years solely based on team performance. Also would be interesting to see how many coaches with a winning record were let go as well. This is the nature of this sport at this level. Unless you are awful as a coach or comit some other university infraction, College hockey coaches don't usually get fired and hired too often. Sotty. Just the way it is.

Unless both schools are #1 seeds, Can't you pretty much expect UND and Minnesota get put in the same region year after year??!

I wonder how long the "Fire Red Berenson" thread is on Michigans fan forum!!!

Basing decisions on emotion....what are we women??!!

Stop replying to all the Bison trolls who make every thread on this site an NDSU vs UND argument. If we ignore them enough, maybe they will go away. If you are a bison fan, talk about the topic being discussed. If you want to talk about NDSU, Bisonville is just a click away. Thanks. Signed every member of Siouxsports.com.

Coaches do all the behind the scenes work that fans seldom get to see. They scout a guy when he is somethimes as young as 14. He goes to their house convinces these top recruits (that are being recruited by several other schools mind you) that it is in their best interest to play at UND. The coaches work with these guys every day at practive teaching their schemes and plays and how they plan on playing their next opponents. That is what they get paid to do. Good coaches year after year put their teams in a position to win. But after that, it is in the players hands. Not once has a player made a great defensive play in a game. Never has a coach set up a power play. Not once has a coach ever had an assist or scored a goal in a game they are coaching in. The responsibility of the coach is to teach these guys how to play and how to win. But the responsibility of the players is to use what they have learned and execute it on the ice. Hakstols teams have shown time and time again that they have learned the schemes put forth by the coaches and have been successful executing that on the ice. 12 straight years finishing in the top half of the league? Next closest after this year will have 6!! Now has UND faltered in the Frozen Four and other playoff games? Yes. Can some of the blame be put on the coaches? Sure. But don't let the players off the hook. The coaches can only take you so far. The players must step up and perform when its playoff time.

I wish that there could be a thread where we can all talk about the topic at hand without a Bison fan coming in and start talking about how NDSU relates to the topic. It happens all the time. Then when a Bison poster says something contraversial or rips on UND, they get mad that people are attacking them!! This is a UND sports message board. We are going to talk about UND sports. I am welcome to discussion form fans from other schools coming to this site.....but it gets super annoying when NDSU gets brought up in threads on topics that don't involve them. Then it just becomes a "who is better, UND or NDSU" debate and the thread gets derailed.

Funny how Bison fans love to rip on UND fans and their "hockey only" crowd. Granted it will not be for a National Championship, but how many NDSU fans traveled to Sioux Falls last year to watch their team play SDSU for a berth in the NCAA tournament?!!! Lots of "Football only" fans down in Fargo!!!

So if we end up tying St Coud in points, we are not co-champs? The tiebreaker determines the NCHC Champion so we would win the Penrose and St Cloud would be second?

So NDSU wanted to join the Big Sky in 2005 but had no desire to join if asked in 2009. What changed in those 4 years? Just because NDSU settled for the Summit/MVFC, doesn't mean that they need to rip on UND and oither schools for taking advantage of the situation in 2009. The FACT is that NDSU wanted to be in the Big SKy in 2005, obviously. HAd they still been looking for a conference in 2009, they would have deffinitely wante dto join the Big Sky. YOu are telling me that NDSU has ZERO desire to join the Big SKy if given the chance? I suppose you will come back with all the successes in the Summit/MVFC to prove your point that you are doing just fine where you are at. But face it, NDSU , GT, and most of the fanbase wanted to be in the Big SKy in the past and a part of them would still like to be a part of it now.

He will be sharing a room with the Western Michigan fan!!

Let's go Bismarck!! Beat those Knights!!!

First Place!!!

The Ralph has done that plenty of times when two opposing players are in the penalty box.

Yeah, not sure how he missed the words "Regular Season Champion" on the front of it!!

It is a month away from the inagural "Frozen Faceoff" and I have yet to see or hear about the NCHC tournament trophy. Anyone else have any info? Just curious.

That hit that Oshie had was one of the best live hockey hits I have seen live!! Absolutely destroyed that guy!!!