fightingsioux4life

When am I going to read some good news on this thread?

Hey, stop bringing positivity into @gfhockey's life! I don't think he would know how to handle it!

At what point did hockey games need to have fan engagement to keep you entertained? Around 7:05pm on Friday, October 5th, 2001 when our home games were opened up to a bunch of "non-fan" fans who probably don't know the difference between offsides and icing. The student section became neutered because a bunch of suits want it nice and quiet all the time. Which brings me to...... Why rely so much on students for chants? The student section has always been the heart and soul of the atmosphere at our home games. Silence them and you silence the entire arena. And that is why this thread exists in the first place. It's become all about stupid in-game promotions. For example, the Simba cam has got to go. If they ever do this up on the big screen for all the little kids to follow along with, I will walk out. And finally, there was the whining about the "beer lady" being a bad influence on kids. The B.S. doesn't stop on this issue.

Nostalgia overload.

It needs to happen years in advance.

How about other mid-majors (before mid-majors are basically kicked out of Division I)? We could work with NDSU and get teams to come to North Dakota for two games (Friday-Saturday or Saturday-Sunday).

Not over. WAY over.

This would kill March Madness forever. The intrigue of the tournament would be gone. And the TV contracts they have been able to negotiate will be worth far less.

Nope.

Better be, it's taken them a long time to finish it.

Please leave this in the closet.

I think @scpa0305was being sarcastic.

My stance on this is clear: We are a blueblood program in college hockey. Anything less is unacceptable (Copyright @Goon 2022, ALL Rights Reserved). I can accept mid-major status in basketball. I CANNOT accept mid-major status in hockey. That being said, this year's crop of freshmen look great and will give us some much-needed scoring punch.

Any good news today?

I would gladly move my seats if it made the arena a better home ice advantage.

To be fair to Wentz, he was never the same after blowing out his knee.

Corporate hacks are generally clueless and short-sighted.

Why bring logic and reason into this?

I sense political thread drift. Please don't go there; this is one place on the internet where I can keep my sanity (what's left of it, anyway).

Exactly. We need the firepower up front.

I was thinking the same thing when I saw this news.

For my money, AEW is way better. But this is good news for Grand Forks.