fightingsioux4life

Maybe you should take your own advice. This is what irritates people about Fargo South in particular and Fargo in general; the arrogance and pompous attitude that the sport of high school hockey revolves around FSH. Even now, Fargo South's hockey tradition is a fraction of the tradition that has been established at Grafton-Park River. You have a grand total of three state titles all time (1994, 1999 and 2006). Between 1994 and 1999, you didn't even qualify for the state tournament. Back in 2003-04, Bruins fans were on this forum running their mouth about how FSH was "The best high school in North Dakota" and that they were going to win "the next four to five state hockey titles" and all this other garbage. Well, where's the beef (or in this case, the championship banners)? The banners are hanging in the rafters in Grand Forks and Grafton instead. You are absolutely dreaming if you think that both South and Davies are going to be powerhouses at the same time on a yearly basis. While South Fargo is growing rapidly and most new, young families will live in that area of town for the foreseeable future, there are not going to be enough kids to field two great teams at once on a regular basis. Fargo is not Minneapolis/St. Paul; this is not going to be a situation analogous to Bloomington Jefferson vs. Edina vs. Apple Valley vs. any number of other suburban high school powerhouses fighting for state hockey superiority. I think you'll see one team be strong for one or two years while the other team is down a little and vice versa. West Fargo will probably get more competitive in time since that town is growing and hockey will at some point start to reap the benefits of that. The Grand Forks teams will continue to contend on a yearly basis. And if this year's Bismarck team is any indication of the future, the West might actually have some teams that can compete for state titles more often in the future. I will grudgingly admit that Dean Wilson built a solid program at Fargo South and that they are very competitive year in and year out, but they are by no means the only game in town in Fargo or the state as a whole. My 2 cents.

Goon, I don't doubt there is some good hockey played in Major Junior. The point is that when you purchase a ticket to a CHL game, you are supporting people that hate the college game and would love to see it go down the tubes so they can have every big-time prospect in the sport. I'm not judging you or anything like that, but I don't think Major Junior fans would "waste" their time on a college hockey game because a lot of them like to turn their noses up at anything that isn't Major Junior or that doesn't originate in Canada. It probably pains CBC analysts to have to acknowledge that some NHL stars went the college route instead of their precious CHL Major Junior brand and I must admit to a perverse pleasure in watching them squirm. The more Parises, Zajacs, Oshies and Toews we can get into the big leagues, the better. My 2 cents.

There should be.....unless a certain team from Minnesota is matched up with us in the first round. Likely? No. Possible? Definitely.

That sounds about right. Imagine the ticket sales if a certain team from SE Minnesota has to travel to Grand Forks for the first round!

I don't think I could stomach buying a ticket for any Major Junior team in any Major Junior league. Major Junior is the enemy of NCAA Hockey. If the bean counters that run the CHL had their way, college hockey would vanish from the continent. The best part of Jonathan Toews coming here was the fact that he chose college hockey over Major Junior. To answer the question, I do not think a junior team could survive in Grand Forks. UND just sucks all the air out of the room and the high school teams take up what's left.

First Round of the WCHA Playoffs are March 13th, 14th and 15th (if necessary). I don't know when tickets are on sale, but I suppose it will be sometime this week.

I also received my tickets in the mail today. This is going to be one of the greatest Final Five tournaments ever, with every game a potential NCAA qualifier or disqualifier.

Here is my list. Notre Dame NDSU Minnesota Michigan Boston College Michigan State Duke Alabama The whole stinking Ivy League

Had to bump this back to the first page. Still looking for tickets.

Game Over. 3-3 overtime tie. Better than nothing.

I think Mazzoco's is bad enough, we don't need another one like that in the league.

Timeout Denver. 1:42 left in OT.

Let's hope you can repeat the performance on April 11th!

4:06 left in OT.

Colorado College has been such as soft team this year. They have not lived up to expectations at all. 3-3 going to OT in Colorado Springs.

Denver ties it with 55.3 seconds left.

1:43 left, Tigers lead 3-2. Face-off in Tiger zone.

For those of us who have Midcontinent Preferred Cable with the sports package, the Denver-Colorado College game is on FCS Central 316. Still 3-2 Tigers.

I am looking for two tickets to the Saturday afternoon, February 28th game vs. Colorado College. Any reasonable offer will be accepted. Please respond to this message or e-mail me at siouxhockeyrules@yahoo.com. Thank you.

I think it's a little early to draw that conclusion. For starters, the Force and the Urban Plains Center are new and still a novelty in Fargo. People are going to go to games just to see what all the fuss is about. Once the novelty wears off and the focus turns to the team and the game of hockey, we'll find out how many of these people will continue coming to games. Another factor is that NDSU is still finding their way in Division I. Yes, they've had a successful transition and they are now eligible for the postseason. But fans are still getting used to playing different teams from longer distances away. The Summit League is still unfamiliar for most Bison fans and it will take time for people to get fired up about games against teams most people still aren't all that familiar with. Give it a couple of more years and we'll have our answer. One thing for sure: If anyone can make Fargo a hockey town, it's Dean Blais.

There's still time for them to set it up.

Well, back in 2000 the Sioux-Badger series in Madison was on Grand Forks Cable TV (before the advent of the Fighting Sioux Sports Network). We lost both games to the Dany Heatley-led Badgers, but we got even with them in the Final Five Title game at the Target Center and went on to win our 7th National Title. Let's hope that FSSN can pull it off this year because it's looking like a big series at this point. Pat Sweeney, are you listening?

I think after his performance in the playoffs last year that the expectations have been a little unrealistic for Mr. Kangas. It's hard for anyone to play at an extremely high level for a long period of time. He's the best goaltender they've had in many years, but he isn't Superman and you still have to play well in front of him to get results. And with a shaky defense in front of him, that has to have a negative impact on his confidence. I'm sure that he isn't playing his best, but even if he was I don't think the results would be much better right now for the Goofs. And yes, I am enjoying it!

I honestly don't think Kangas is the problem in Arrogantland right now, it's that their defensemen don't know how to play defense. The Mavs had all kinds of room to operate tonight; their goals were too easy for this level of hockey. The Don had better figure out somthing or it could get ugly in Gooferville.

Would you care to explain yourself? Or are you just going to shoot off your mouth?