Benny Baker

Ugh, I cringed reading this, but don’t necessarily disagree with you. The only thing I might disagree on is that Brad is more like a Barry Switzer—coming in and winning a Super Bowl right after the success of Jimmy Johnson followed by years of the team having absolutely no playoff relevance whatsoever. But hey, their tradition, stadium, and jerseys are lit! Sound like a team we know?

A first round playoff loss is the ceiling for any coach named Bubba.

Your memory is fine, I definitely think it’s the latter. Fargo regionals next year. So that means a first round regional loss, right? Or wait, since it’s Fargo, do we even make it to NCAAs next year? It’s gotta be one or the other though.

Hakstol’s 2005 frozen four team was good. Hakstol’s 2011 frozen four team and performance was pretty damn good too.

Because beating them would have meant UND was still two more wins away from even playing for the title. Not sure I would say a first round regional game is being “in the mix for a title”.

Why do I read posts suggesting the options are only: (1) you either get one natty and no other post season success; or (2) post season wins and no natty. How about option (3)? This is North Dakota where you should always have post season success while always competing for national championships. Name me a decade since the 1940s where North Dakota hasn’t had a team that won a natty? 58-59, 62-63, 79-80, 81-82, 86-87, 96-97, 99-00, 15-16

Are there any available coaches in the portal this off-season? can UND stop hiring and extending coaches who call themselves “Bubba”?

2017 loss to BU. Like 2023, 2019 was another year Bubs failed to get to Fargo. Not to be confused with 2021 and 2017, where Bubs failed to get out of Fargo.

Don’t forget Fargo regionals. 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2023 red carpet to the Frozen Four. More wasted opportunities…

Every 8 season's, the Engelstad arena red-light therapy beds, cryochamber, steam room, nap room, private chef making three meals a day, etc, produce 1 playoff win against the American International’s of the college hockey world. Seems worth it.

But rumor on here is Cooper couldn’t hack it at UND. lol.

Agreed. UND does not have an objective beat writer.

Right? Looked like he went for it, but skimmed his head at best. I think it was the knee/thigh contact that caused the real collision.

Ahh, makes sense. Their logo on the ice and boards next to UMASS was throwing me off.

Ferris State 2014?

That’s what I would think too. This can’t be the first time Berry encountered a “hockey parent” while recruiting. I wasn’t there though, but makes me wonder how difficult he must actually be.

So this is co-hosted by AIC and UMASS? If AIC won Atlantic Hockey, who is the 4th seed in this regional?

Thanks! Wasn’t trying to be critical of the “didn’t want him statement”. I knew full well what you meant. lol. Just always found it weird having read the “dad is crazy” comments on here but never having heard the full back story.

I see people make that general statement on here all the time. I’ve never heard anyone make a specific statement about how he is nuts; if not, so nuts that he (as a player’s parent, no less, living in a different time zone) would outweigh a perennial 30+ point performer from the blue line. But hey, at least we got that Johnson kid to take Morrow’s spot.

Schools can host on campus if there are no other bids. Notre Dame hosted a regional on campus (2015, I believe) because no one else bothered to put in a bid.

1-8 against Omaha and CC 25-3-2 against everyone else. hopefully they get shipped out East as a #2 seed, and they might be better off for it than losing to Omaha for the 4th time this season next weekend in Sioux Falls.

Colten St Claire and add the “A”. Although he technically did not play a game in a Sioux jersey, he was a redshirt member of the 2011-2012 team, which kind of makes him the final player at UND to have worn a Sioux jersey. I’m guessing there’s a team photo of him wearing it something.

I thought the perennial powers were in favor of onsite regionals (im thinking UND, Minny, Michigan, BU, BC, etc) but it’s the other 50 or so schools who are against it? For example, the Yale’s, Union’s, and Providence’s of the college hockey world probably don’t win national championships the last decade if they have to go into Grand Forks to win national tournament games. They have better odds beating UND in Toledo, OH in front of 1,166 generic fans instead 11,667 Sioux fans in Grand Forks.

Quinnipiac’s won 8 of the last 12 ECAC regular championships. In that same time, they have 1 conference tournament championship. I’m taking Dartmouth, who was 0-1-3 against Cornell and Quinnipiac, as my dark horse.

Yes. They can’t hang in the NCHC. They’re a pairwise killer. Let them leave without the exit fee. NCHC will be better as an 8 team league with ASU anyway.