Mariucci

Yes Ive been to every one the Gophers have been involved in and UND has NEVER had as many fans at the X as Gopher fans. The regional a week later was the same thing, a lot more Gopher fans than UND.

50/50? Did you type that with a straight face? NOT EVEN CLOSE to 50/50. Wow.

Calm down Sally. The reasonable posters on here replied to my post just fine even saying it is a fair assesment. There was nothing offensive about my post. I'm sorry I dont agree with your opinions about anything UND hockey. I assure you I was not trying to stir the pot or get a rise out of you. I was simply making my prediction.

Some of you are a bit thin skinned. It was just my honest opinion. If I thought UND would win I would honestly say so. I realize Im basing my prediction on a small sample size of last weekend but Miami's offense was really clicking and that could cause problems for UND. I certainly wasn't trolling with my post. Honestly I couldn't care less who wins.

UND hasn't looked good the past two weeks at home against bad teams. Miami impressed me at SCSU especially offensively. Honestly I think Miami wins. I just dont think UND can keep up with a talented offense like Miami's when they're clicking the way they were in St Cloud. At least not this years UND team. Just not enough scorers.

You're blind if you can't see some validity in his post. There's a LOT of truth to his theory.

You can't be serious.

Now that the name is gone wouldn't REA be eligible to host if the NCAA ever went back to Campus sites? Honest question.

There might be a TINY difference but essentially it would absolutely be the same. If you think otherwise you are very much underestimating the size and passion of Gopher hockey fans. If the Gophers are playing in the Final Five against a rival like UND or UW on a Friday afternoon that game would be SOLD OUT, no doubt about it.

You're wrong. Gopher fans don't only exist in the Twin Cities, they cover the state. There was no way the WCHA would let the Gophers play in the afternoon while the entire state is at work. If the Gophers played Friday afternoon the attendance would be the same as that evening.

How many times do I have to remind you guys that the Minnesota rule was for TV advertising revenue, not attendance.

According to KRACH the Gophers have the #2 SOS in the country.

It was Irmen.

I knew I was going to Tampa the moment those brackets came out, never a doubt. I had the same feeling in 2007 after Wheeler's goal, I knew UND would get us back in the regional. Now back to the most ridiculous thread in history of message boards.

Actually the amazing part is that you believe UND is any different than other college teams in regards to "that crap."

Well gfhockey's argument is way to simple and I got tired of it. Right now Lucia and Hakstol have very different legacies. Lucia is a two time national champ while Hakstol has zero. But take a closer look at Lucia's two titles. In '02 he needed to pull his goalie and got a pretty lucky goal to tie the game and then won in OT on the power play. In '03 the Gophers beat Michigan in another OT on a soft goal given up by Al Montoya. Let's not forget Lucia also had the advantage of playing in St Paul in '02 and at Mariucci in the '03 regional. Lucia could EASILY have zero titles right now and a legacy similar to Woog. In 2011 something as simple as a wrist shot from the point finding a hole for the Sioux against Michigan and Hakstol could have a title. We are literally talking about a couple bounces of the puck being the difference in the legacies of Lucia and Hakstol.

You guys probably don't care what I think but here goes anyway. Firing Hakstol would be insane. UND is one of the best teams in the country EVERY year with maybe this year being the lone exception but of course it's still only February so who knows what will happen the next month or so. Jerry York is the best in the business right now but didn't he go from '84 to '01 without a title? He had some sub par seasons during that stretch as well. Didn't Jack Parker go from '95 to '09 without a title? He also had sub par seasons in between. Red Berenson is currently on a stretch of 16 seasons without a title. Lucia is currently on an 11 year run himself without the big one and he had 4 straight crap seasons. Let me put it this way. As a Gopher fan I would be thrilled if UND fired Hakstol because than maybe UND would actually suffer some down years like every other elite program has. Under Hakstol UND has been a machine with strong teams year after year that are a threat to win it all. The grass is not always greener. A new coach isn't just going to walk in and immediately win a title. Keep the good coach you already have.

Nicely done! Apparently I'm the only one who thought that was clever.

Making the tourney every year, winning Broadmoors, and going to numerous Frozen Fours is not "mediocre."

That's your solution when the team is playing poorly? Start a fight? This is college hockey, not Slap Shot.

It was a good call he hit Rau in the head come on.

I never said they would make the tourney. But they were being compared to Mankato by Scpa as if Mankato plays a tough schedule. He argued that OSU wasn't near the level of Mankato. And OSU played the Gophers very tough a few weeks ago, two close games. If you think OSU is bad or is an easy win you're nuts.

Ryan Dzingle is elite and will be a top ten Hobey finalist and deserves to be. And you say Ohio State's schedule is a joke? The Big Ten schedule is a LOT harder than the current WCHA pal. Unbelievably bad post.

Umm Ohio State is currently a spot ahead of Mankato in the PWR but you claim they're not close to Mankato as a program? Nice logic. This is a perfect example of UND fans underrating the Big Ten. OSU is actually very solid this year. The Gophers, UW, and Michigan are elite. Michigan State has multiple national titles themselves and Penn State has everything in place to be a good program. The Big Ten is not and will never be the disaster that UND fans so badly want it to be.

No one can make a logical argument that the WCHA improved by adding those 4 schools. I want it the way it is now. We're a Big Ten university and we're now in the Big Ten. We should still play the in state schools every year but they should be non-conference games.