fightingsioux4life

I will NEVER get used to crumbling in big games. We are a blue blood in this sport and it is high time we start recruiting and playing like it!!!!!

Gotta wait until the NHL prospect camps are over before we estimate how many underclassmen will come back.

This is where you get told we shouldn't expect anything more because it's a "one and done" tournament.

Looking for an excuse to let the Wimpy Irish advance?

Good thing goals scored at the 20:01 mark of the 3rd period do not count.

NO GOAL!!!!!!!

I think the bad ice may have something to do with that.

No NCHC refs, remember?

Thank God we have some skill coming in next year. This is some butt-ugly hockey.

Sure hope you are sandbagging.

Tech isn't the team I would pick to end the shutout streak.

But I thought everything was luck or lack thereof.

If we can't win it, I would love to have a program like Mankato win it for the first time. That is good for the game.

It did convince the coaching staff to change the type of defensemen they recruit, which helped make the 2016 title possible.

That should have an asterisk beside it, since there were no playoffs at all.

Hakstol and his staff changed their philosophy on recruiting defensemen based on what happened in 2011. They realized they needed defensemen with more offensive ability to take pressure off the forwards. The Heraldo had a article about it after the 2016 title.

Don't forget the 1997-98 and 1998-99 teams. They both belong in the Top 5.

Btw, this is a very negative topic to post days before the NCAA tournament begins. I thought we weren't going to talk about 2011 anymore after winning it all in 2016.

I was there (unfortunately) and most of our shots were from the outside (easy to see and stop). We didn't adjust to Michigan packing it in around the net, which makes those long shots useless. Thank God Michigan lost to Duluth in the title game, that made it a little easier to swallow.

But both the conference and national tournaments have "one and done" formats, so we shouldn't expect those results here. (sarcasm)

St. Thomas has tremendous upside. They have the resources to build a great Division I athletic department across the board. I would take them over Miami every day and twice on Sundays.

Give up WMU and Miami. Add St.Thomas and ASU. A great league gets even better.

I used Uber so I didn't have to deal with parking. I did not see anything like that.