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That right. Still point is sooner both leagues get to an even amount of teams the better.

TBH is it best for both conferences for St Thomas to join the NCHC next year. With Augustina joining the CCHA and Arizona st joining the NCHC in 2025-26 it leaves both conferences with an odd number. Get St Thomas into the NCHC and both conferences should be happy. I see it more as letting St Thomas out of their last year as it is mutually beneficial

So 1 more road series and 1 more home series. Doesn't sound like a big deal.

I just don't think UST is going to be the great. Stepping into a premium conference while trying to build a program is going to be very tough. Besides Alumni i don't think you are going to get much support from the community. It is a U of M market and they will be little brother to them. They will be the new Miami and will not add anything when it comes to SOS. Also too many teams into conference. Hate the unbalanced schedule. After adding ASU it forced them to add a 10th team. Doubt UST would be in if not for ASU being added. I have always liked the 6 team conference, thought 8 was too many. Now 10 is way too many.

There was no Western Michigan or St Cloud originally. On July 9, 2011, the athletic directors of the six founding schools, Colorado College, the University of Denver, Miami University, the University of Minnesota Duluth, the University of Nebraska Omaha, and the University of North Dakota, confirmed these reports by announcing the conference officially and giving the date for a press conference for further information on July 13, 2011.[3]

I would have stuck with the original 6. It would have allowed for all teams to play each other 4 times and more opportunities for N/C games.

I think UST in the NCHC will be regretted by both the School and the Conference.

Yes, Playoffs are a problem. After I posted I thought about going back and editing, but didn't. Overall his record against good teams at home is pretty good. Road record regardless of quality of opponent is poor.

Disagree with this one. UND under Bubba is different at home. See Spring of 2021 vs the Jacks, 2023 vs NDSU and the toss up game vs NDSU in Fall on 2021. As will as many others over the years. Only 2 game with no chance of victory are at NDSU and at Iowa St.

I don't know how you build a program having the Transfer Portal. UND Football and MBB feels like a Minor League Program. Only chance at success is if you catch lightening in a bottle and everyone overachieves in the same year and choose to "run it back" as the kids say. Otherwise the kids that are developing and getting success are leaving for greener pastures.

No Idea. All I know is he had a knack for flipping the switch in the 2nd half.

They have been locked into the tournament for a while now. Fridays lost cost the team a chance at the nchc tournament championship. It absolutely mattered. If Friday didn’t matter neither than the last month and a half.

Bring this guy back to give them the look before Regional games, than bring Berry back for the Frozen Four.

I wish UND would bid to host at the Ralph every year. Stop the biding to host at Scheels and in Sioux Falls. Feeling like they are letting the NCAA off the hook, by bidding for neutral sites. UND and only a few others are the only ones place bids. If no one placed neutral site bids they would have to allow hosting at home arenas. Besides we have not had much luck when hosting in Sioux falls or Scheels.

Are you really trying to say he doesn't work hard? He is in over his head and don't believe he can take the program to the next level, but to imply he doesn't work are in unfair.

The thing is a lot of fans could care less about the game if UND is not playing. So it is $50/game if they win or $100/game if they lose.

My thoughts exactly. The members of the Big 10 could have pushed for a change in the Bylaws to not form a Big 10 hockey conference. They saw the chance to generate more money and no one did anything to change it. I guess I can't blame them.

I'm not sure how anyone can prove either way. I was told be someone that works at Midco SN that he saw Pat arrive for an interview when they were hiring for the position. He would have not reason to make it up.

Problem with the Big10/CCHA Model and the future NCHC model is there is too much time off before the national tournament if you don't make it to the championship game. Wisconsin is going to get 3 weeks without playing a game. Also College hockey should have at least 2 games every weekend. With the Semi-Finals and Finals only being a single game we miss out on a lot of hockey.

UND should be the more desperate team Friday night. We need a win for a #1 seed. Looks to me like UNO is looked in at a #3 seed.

UNO looks to be locked into a 3 seed no matter what they do this weekend.

Good. They say it’s tough to beat the same team 5 times in a season

Personally I'm hoping Omaha gets a 4 seed and UND and Denver remain as 1 seeds. Would love to see BU or BC have to travel to Sioux Falls to deal with Omaha. An Omaha win would get us closer to higher seeds hosting 1st and 2nd round games in the NCAA tournament. UND had there chance to all but eliminate UNO. They didn't so I guess I don't think they deserve to be the 1 seed in Sioux Falls.

This might be the one thing that would get me to stop watching Sioux Hockey. He is horrible.