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6 hours ago, stoneySIOUX said:
I'm saying that we've had a crap ton of unfortunate stuff happen over the past several years in the tournament. It's not a controversial take, IMO
“But 3-inches the other way and you woulda missed completely.” -Charlie Conway to Coach Bombay
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1 hour ago, fightingsioux4life said:
The "reality of the game" hasn't stopped Denver from going to 4 Frozen Fours since 2016 and winning two titles with the chance to win a third next week. Meanwhile, our favorite team has one NCAA tournament win during that entire time (vs. an Alphabet Soup school from the AHA). Those are clear trends over 7 seasons (not counting the 2020 Pandemic shortened season). That is "just the way things are" and it cannot be explained away by the usual alibis posted here constantly.
The problem with this team isn't lack of physical talent (you don't win 26 games without talent). The problem is from the neck up, the lack of mental focus after clinching the Penrose at home. That is the biggest task facing this coaching staff for next year. And whether it's fair or not, lack of national success will negatively affect recruiting if it continues.
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18 hours ago, Sweethockey said:
2 sessions is correct, I still have unused tickets in my Apple wallet for Sioux Falls……
Thanks
i would think at the right venue you could ticket by the game and get more revenue…
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2 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:
It's two "sessions" not three "games" so more like 23,000.
I wanna say when I looked at seats for Sioux Falls it was 3 sessions but I could be wrong
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3 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:
Name one good thing that has happened for this program over the past month. And the Penrose Cup was in February, so you can't count that. Just saying.
I think it’d be for the best if you went back to the “guy clutching head” avatar.
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2 hours ago, Wildfan said:
Not sure if posted already.
NCAA Regional Attendance
Sioux Falls had a total attendance of 11,804 for the three games with 6,113 fans attending the regional final between Minnesota and Boston University on March 30. According to attendance numbers reported by the four 2024 regional hosting sites, Providence, Rhode Island had an attendance of 12,823 for its two sessions, while Springfield, Massachusetts had a total attendance of 9,659 and Maryland Heights, Missouri had an average attendance of 3,148.
In 2018, when Sioux Falls hosted three Minnesota teams (St. Cloud State, Minnesota-Mankato and Minnesota-Duluth), the combined attendance was 16,007, more than the other three hosting cities.
Sioux Falls will host another college hockey regional in 2026.
Source: Keloland
Safe to say there’d be 34,000 at a regional in GF? Still a rule that it can’t be at home rinks? Hence Fargo at Schees vs in gf right?
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Pohlkamp is really good…
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5 hours ago, tnt said:
Really, reload with 3-4 first rounders? How many first rounders is Minnesota going to get this year? How many first rounders go the college route in an average year?
A lot more now than 20 years ago.
edit: 9 first rounders last year playing/signed for college hockey. 3 playing in B10, 6 in HE.
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My opinions:
1. For the past several years UND has been average. I believe this really started with the type of players recruited around the same time as the new Ralph. The UND style-game has been more pro-style with bigger bodied, less-dynamic players (generalization: there have been obvious exceptions) whose games translate very well to the heavy NHL style.
2. Look at the offensive skill on Michigan vs UND. The guys they’ve had the past several years are unreal. It’s like U20 grad program. Dyneamic NHLers. Not grinders.
3. Same for the Gophers, BC, and BU. How many 1st-2nd rounders play on those teams? Game-breakers… Jackson Blake is close, but he is not Lane Hutson, Celebrini, Gautier, Snuggerud, Willander, Moore, etc. Shoot, I think Bemidji’s young defenseman is better than our best.4. Why doesn’t UND have those players? I honestly can’t believe it. It should reload with 3-4 first rounders every year for all the reasons touched on in this thread: facilities, tradition, fan-base, finances. Used to have the game-breakers, always had a stud or 2 that were always threats to score. I haven’t seen that for a long time.
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18 hours ago, JohnboyND7 said:
Wouldn't UND be a likely beneficiary of NIL since it's maybe the only hockey blueblood school with a large fanbase where hockey is king?
This
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20 hours ago, Big A HG said:
Since my other thread was deleted despite it being just facts.
Whoa, hadn’t thought of it that way
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2 hours ago, Frozen4sioux said:
Youth numbers in what aspect?
My point is in most cases quantity of players cures all vs small community hockey where literally every kid matters. Lots of small town with youth hockey programs move kids up to make rosters which trickles all the way down.
IMO the goal of NDAHA should be to help community-based hockey thrive in ND. If that happens then the athletes will come along with it and you wouldn’t need 2 classes with so few teams to start with.
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20 hours ago, Wilbur said:
Help basketball in small towns: 3 classes.
Help hockey in small towns: Crickets.
High School Hockey is dying under the NDHSAA. Pay attention to Coach Wilson getting his shots in on the WDAY broadcast. He's right.
I didn’t get to hear what Dean said but I will say that I think this is an NDAHA issue more than NDHSAA. It starts with numbers at youth levels.
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There are so many angles to this discussion.
I don’t have numbers for each ND youth program but I’d imagine youth hockey growth is sustained or possibly peaked in GF/EGF. There is only so much population to draw from. I do believe GF does a great job developing their players, but they likely get all the athletes too: community culture/und hockey. GF will always be good.
Hockey is exponentially growing in Bismarck, Mandan, Minot, Fargo, and West fargo, but so are populations. I believe Fargo South (the old flyers) had become the best youth program in the state prior to Davies. Look at all the new High Schools in the towns above: population. Dickinson alone has 80 squirts this year.
The Grafton issue to me is a cautionary tale that I believe is reflective of most all small communities in ND. Granted Northstars are forecasted to be better in the future, but GPR had the culture needed, they probably averaged 10-15 kids per class playing hockey without PR kids 20-30 years ago (athletes) but were unable to sustain given the current state of youth sports in general: apathy/travel/specialization (lots of folks just don’t want to deal with it). Now you have some 3rd gen kids back in the mix, I hear GPR has about 40 mites.
How will NDAHA address the elephant in the room always favoring the larger communities: more population, larger communities = less travel more kids to draw from. Numbers solve most problems. Can NDAHA do something to help sustain hockey in small towns? Does it matter? IDK but I have thought about it a lot. I have no dog in the fight. -
1 hour ago, Cratter said:
This championship game would be sold out and rocking tonight if it was in Purpur Arena.
You’re saying 2 things at the same time with that statement right?
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On 1/29/2024 at 3:18 PM, Brim006 said:
Kailee Jaeger, also from Devils Lake played through her SR year in high school and went on to play D1. She played at Bemidji State. There was another girl from Devils Lake that played with those really good late 90s Devils Lake teams with the Stromme boys. She played 3-4 line varsity and was the first girl in ND high school hockey history to play in a varsity game at the state tournament. Must've been 1996. I believe she also played D1 somewhere.
Matti Brekken was the gal from DL. I believe she played for the gophers.
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16 hours ago, Oxbow6 said:
UND could have had him for a stint. Good for him. Aberdeen SD guy.
Milbank-Corona SD area right?
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On 12/21/2023 at 10:18 PM, sioux rube said:
They got one from Valley City. Coached her for 2 years on my peewee A team
5 ND girls on Warroad. Still a mess up there with the coaching stuff?
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16 hours ago, Shawn-O said:
Stars-Wild cutting into Impractical Jokers on TruTV due to OT game.
If I counted right 11/48 games during this year’s playoffs have gone to OT so far. As much as possible they should just start the games when the local fans would normally watch… I hated the 8:30 Wild-start times, you can’t watch 2 games at the same time anyways…
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16 hours ago, lawkota said:
Team Makers has 7 sites in Fargo/WF, including the Dome and Scheel's Center, out of some 70+ sites in the market. So they don't dominate, although they have some prime spots in Lucky's, Frank's and the Holiday Inn. (They don't have Herd n' Horns, Legion baseball does. I thought that was funny.)
In Grand Forks, the organizations with the most sites is Development Homes, with 9 sites, and LISTEN, with 7. The Blue Line Club has 3, and GF Youth Hockey 5.
BTW, REA has a gaming license. Their only site is the arena, so I assume they need it to do the 50/50.
Does the Blue Line Club also donate to GFYHA?
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11 hours ago, gfhockey said:
I remember when French kid got cut by gf hockey and he moved tonfsrgo
Isn’t Dean from Grafton? Played at den or cc in college alittle bit?
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53 minutes ago, sioux rube said:
He did get a response from Fletcsh and he said there needs to be some sort of suspensions for both players. I’ll let you know what that is when it’s resolved
Matt Fetsch?
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22 hours ago, dustnyou said:
I hope they wear the NODAK sweaters tonight
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Anyone do anything special for a kickboard over the white tarp?
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I’d take Lane Hutson over Blake and he’s a second rounder