George M. Bluth

Roughriders Sundogs Fighting Hawks Nodaks North Stars Nodaks is just ok on it's own, but when you say "the University of North Dakota Nodaks," that just sounds ridiculous.

Red River should just do the same thing to Cedar Rapids. No way that team was in place before Red River had the name.

UMD has different ticket sale times for the Gophers and UND games. They go on sale at the arena at 9am on Nov 3 and 10am online/phone. http://umdbulldogs.com/sports/2013/8/20/Mens Hockey Ticket.aspx?

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.