fightingsioux4life

I still have trouble forgiving the people who branded GFC as a racist school because of the Redskins name. They got what they wanted.....but they had to smear an entire school to get it.

You missed the point entirely my friend. I was targeting people who think Class A hockey =JV, which is preposterous. I agree with you that high-level Class A schools should at least consider "playing up" like Roseau does. And the private academies should be required to "play up".

I think that is possible. Blaiser is a living legend and has nothing left to prove in this game. He deserves a retirement more than anyone else I can think of.

I still think it is stronger than the Great West FB conference was when we were in it.

My take on high school hockey in ND/MN/SD: 1) Moorhead used to come up to Grand Forks to play both Red River and Central. And I know Central used to travel down to Moorhead to play the Spuds. This was back in the mid 1990's. 2) It's only a matter of time before all that oil money starts to build up some better programs out west. That would be welcomed, as better competition makes everyone better in the long run. 3) Minnesota Section 8A has sent some pretty solid teams to St. Paul the past five years or so. I enjoyed watching EGF win back to back titles, rubbing the noses of the Metro hockey snobs in it in the process! 4) The reason Warroad is down is because they can't recruit players like they used to, when you didn't have to sit out a year if you open-enrolled someplace else. 5) The "Class 2A" hockey snobs in Minneapolis-St. Paul think Class A is equal to JV. That makes the NHL careers of T.J. Oshie and Brock Nelson all the more impressive, don't you think? 6) The above mentioned "2A" hockey snobs are the same people who root for the Gophers and who think the team should be all-Minnesota all the time and think UND has 25 year old Canadians on it. 7) It would be nice to have South Dakota improve their programs and schedule some teams from ND and MN. The more hockey is promoted in this country, the better. 8) A combined GFC-GFRR "Knightrider" boys team would compete for the Section 8AA title on an annual basis. Too bad it will never happen...unless we throw in EGF! 9) I have many fond memories of attending the ND State Hockey Tournament and I hope the kids today (both fans and participants) appreciate it as much as I did. 10) Go GFC Knights.....make some history on Saturday night.

Okay, that makes sense.

Not a perfect comparison. I think Big Sky MBB is stronger than Great West FB.

How can you have more quality scoring chances (8) than SOG (6)?

I agree with you.

A was good enough for T.J. Oshie and Brock Nelson. The AA hockey snobs in the Cities are the same people who think the Gophers should stick with an all-Minnesota team and that UND has 25 year old Canadians.

Looks like the Knights are firing on all cylinders.

Or compete separately as A teams.

It's called sarcasm.

First of all, he hasn't won anything yet. Anything less than a trip to The Dance (no, the CIT doesn't count) should not be sufficient to save his job. Second of all, I want him to succeed because I want the program to succeed. If this team gets to The Dance, Jones should get a contract extension.

It is an inconvenient truth. We all knew a year like this was going to happen at some point.

Oh, I'll support them no matter what. I just don't want to get my hopes up.

Well, teams dominated by freshmen and sophomores are generally inconsistent. We have seen this team look like world-beaters one weekend and then lose to teams like Michigan State the next.

But it isn't like beating them during their 3 titles in 5 years stretch (2008-2012). I think Duluth and Denver are the class of the NCAA this year (with Harvard not far behind) and that is in part because they didn't lose as much to graduation and early signings as we did.

I think Class B fans will go wherever their teams go. I still like the idea of upgrading Purpur Arena and having it there. You could use Gambucci Arena for some of the girls games. I absolutely am not buying the idea that Grand Forks cannot support anything other than State Tennis. The Heraldo hit the nail on the head with their editorial in today's paper: http://www.grandforksherald.com/opinion/our-opinion/4221869-editorial-grand-forks-fight-hard-sports-tournaments I don't always agree with the Heraldo, but they are 100% right about this.

I will argue the almighty Boston College Eagles are not what they were 5 years ago.

REA has brought in some good shows over its 15+ years in existence.

Based on this logic, every single tournament should be there. Even the Boy's Class B. If you wanted to start a civil war between the east and west, taking the Boy's Class B tournament away from Bismarck and giving it to Fargo would probably do it.

Last year's team was rarely "snakebit", if at all. This year's team is "snakebit" on a weekly basis. The difference between last year and this year? Nine of the best players in the game. Without them, we are trying to get the job done with a bunch of sophomores who weren't asked to do much last year and a bunch of freshmen who are still learning how to win at this level. A team that wins an NCAA title one year often struggles the next. It happened to Boston College in 2009 and it is happening to us this year. Chalk it up to a rebuilding year and look forward to better things come October 2017.

Sports, sports, sports, sports, sports!!! We don't care that much about sports here, what do you think of THAT?

Then the process remains a joke.