George M. Bluth

Dane Litke is the head coach at Finlandia University, DIII. http://www.fulions.com/coaches.aspx?rc=200&path=mhockey

I like UND hockey as much as the next guy, but.......gross.

University of North Dakota Nodaks. That's why. Sounds way too stupid.

I'm not familiar with that blog, is that legit or are they just April Fools-ing us in July? Nothing on the Herald's site so far.

It's a perfectly cromulent word.

My thoughts exactly. And yes, I did send President Kelley an email reminding him of the criteria on which the new nickname should be chosen.

It's just depressing that of the 1,000s of submissions, these are the final five.

Per rotoworld.com: Nick Mattson has agreed to a one-year deal with AHL Rockford. The Rockford IceHogs are affiliated with the Chicago Blackhawks. Mattson was taken by Chicago with the 180th overall pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. He went on to play for the University of North Dakota and is going pro after completing his senior year. He had four goals and 21 points in 33 games last season.

Just curious, are these meetings open to the public?

Anyone know when the next committee meeting will be or have a timeline for the rest of this process?

Anyone get a laugh out of seeing Gwoz on the ice for the handshakes? At leat this time he was supposed to be out there.

I'm all for Cavalry or Roughriders. I wish Legends had made the list, that one was starting to grow on me.

Roughriders or Cavalry. The rest are pretty horrible.

They've kinda always been my Eastern Conference team, so I'm pretty pumped.

That was my thought too. That's why I think if Nokota is to be the nickname, it needs to be Fighting or Charging or Wild or SOMETHING between Dakota and Nokota.

The name has been kind of growing on me, but it didn't make the cut. I was starting to come around to Legends.

I really like the idea, but then you have to rank them so you don't have two better names in the second round. If you rank them for the bracket though, you might as well just skip it and use the #1. Right?

It's making me nervous how many terriblue options are still being considered, and many getting a high number of votes. http://www.grandforksherald.com/sites/default/files/Nicknames-full%20list.pdf

What/who are you following on Twitter?

Hostile and abusive.

I saw a billboard in Minneapolis today for Metropolitan State University that said, "We're so Metro." Metro State Mustangs??

I can't believe that with his HUGE salary, gfhockey can't afford a computer that can correctly submit things online.

Oh boy. Not too optimistic after seeing this.

Aviators Cavalry Green Machine Barons Pilots Not a fan of the cold weather names. Not sure how a golf or baseball team would feel about being the Blizzard or something like that. Too bad it looks like Roughriders isn't an option, that'd probably be my favorite.

Easy, B. I would reather go forward with the best name/logo ever and have a chance to win many titles than guarantee just one title and then have to accept a new nickname.