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Yes, indeed - looking forward to this one! I live down in Kansas City, can't wait to make the trip to the "Little Apple" to cheer on UND. There was a nice group of fans at the KU game last year, hoping to see a nice turnout again this year.

I hope you're right - we have more than a year to find out, I guess. But if their only "solution" is streaming games online, it's going to be a huge disappointment.

The difference between BTN and CBS is that BTN is owned by Fox - so airing games on FSN/FCS is not an issue because it's not a competing network.

Completely agree with that...there is no fanbase for college hockey in Chicago. Since I live in KC, I'd love to see it at the Sprint Center, but I really don't know if that's viable. Omaha is the nearest team, but that's still 3 hours away. We might get a better feel during the Ice Breaker tournament this fall in KC, as to how many Mav fans will travel down here. I honestly think switching between Omaha and St. Paul every year is the best option. Denver, while a great hockey town, with a fantastic college hockey fanbase, is just WAY too far...especially for WMU/Miami. Just out of curiosity, I figured out the average travel distance for NCHC schools to these locations: Omaha - 487 miles St. Paul - 512 miles Denver - 726 miles

Anybody know if there are any radio broadcasts online for any of the afternoon tournament games? ESPN3 is unfortunately blocked out where I work, and I'd love to have some hockey to listen to today.

Can't wait to see your mockups....still wish they would've gone for your vintage white jersey concept - those looked fantastic.

I'm just as surprised myself...but I found it listed on another website as well: http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?stnNum=26079&channel=254 I don't know when they updated mine, but it certainly wasn't listed like that yesterday. The Maine/Duluth game will be on live that evening as well - should be a great day of hockey.

Great news for those of us who don't have Fox Sports North (but do have Fox College Sports)...I was just looking on my Uverse online TV guide and both West Regional games will be shown live on Fox College Sports Pacific. Go Sioux!

Thanks John - fantastic photos as usual!

Yup...just like all those UND fans that lost interest when they changed the nickname from "Flickertails" to "Fighting Sioux"? Oh wait...

One interesting thing to note: the 2012 Ice Breaker tourney is currently scheduled for the Sprint Center in downtown Kansas City...so they are attempting to get some college hockey exposure in the area. However, I have no idea how successful that's going to be - I'll be there, trying to get all my "southern" friends interested in a sport most of them know absolutely nothing about.

As a Kansas City resident I would love to see KU get a hockey team...but I'm not holding my breath. Besides the obvious financial and geographic restrictions of having a D1 team, there simply isn't much interest in this region of the country for hockey. In the winter, it's all about basketball (KU/Mizzou/K State) downhere. The metro area does have a CHL team that's been here for a few years and seems to be doing well, but hockey has a history of being a bit of a passing fad in this city. But who knows? I'd love to go cheer the Sioux on as we show the Jayhawks what a real winter sport is.

Any Sioux fans planning on attending this game? I live in the Kansas City area so I'll be going with some friends who are KU grads and sitting in student section, so it should be a blast. It'd be great to see some other fans sporting the green and white...

Completely agree. And yes, HD and a penalty clock would be nice, but let's not forget what we have here people. I live in the Kansas City area and can watch every single home game...you can't say that about many other programs (with maybe the exception of Minnesota). And I honestly love seeing the cheesy commercials for Rydell and all the other local businesses...it reminds me of my days living in Grand Forks and going to UND. It's also refreshing to see those weekly "Crime Stoppers" spots where the biggest crime in town was a minor robbery...a welcome change from the constant triple homicides we see on the news down here.

The Ralph better be full and rocking tonight for the BC game - I'm astonished at the pathetic turnout on Friday. Worst crowd in 6 years for a Sioux game! C'mon people, it's hockey season, most of us have been waiting all summer for this. Had I known it was that easy to get tickets I would've made the trip up from Kansas City.

Oh yes, I'm excited about that aspect as well, I was just concerned about the future of the FSSN broadcasts. Especially when some of the early talk was that it would just be a NCHC conference TV deal. With news that they're looking to show games from all conferences, I think my fears can probably be put to rest. Hopefully we'll get to see a lot of Sioux away games with this new deal and expose more people to some good college hockey.

Agreed...I'm not sure why some Sioux fans are all excited about this Versus TV deal...we already have a good setup with Fox College Sports broadcasting all our home games live nationwide. Now, if we could maintain that, and have some games throughout the season broadcast in HD on Versus (just like a few games we have that are CBS College Sports every season), that would be the most ideal situation.