Dustin

Yes!!

St. Louis had good crowds in 2007 with traditional hockey powers (UND, Maine, BC, Michigan St.) But I've been an advocate for awhile of making the Frozen Four a warm weather "reward" for winter weary northern fan bases.

Colby Cohen. Played on BU's 2009 natty team.

I mean, that was worse than 2011 Sioux/Michigan semifinal bad luck there. Why do I get the feeling that will come back to haunt them?

How do you miss that??!! OMG!!

Wow, lotta empty seats. Pretty sad for national semifinal.

For real??

Yes. At this point, if the two were playing in an NCAA tournament game, I would prefer a Minnesota win.

Google "is most recent and current the same thing?" and you get this: While "most recent" and "current" can sometimes be used interchangeably, "current" generally refers to what is happening or existing right now, while "most recent" implies something that happened or exists within a shorter period of time compared to other things in the past. So, I stand by my statement that the "most recent" (i.e. not current) drought was 16 years.

Figured I'd start a new topic solely for the Frozen Four, which starts today. Even without UND at FF, this is still one of my favorite sporting events of the year. Once UND is no longer in contention for the year, I cheer for teams that have never won (2 of them this year - WMU and PSU) or the one with the longest title drought (BU is at 16 years, which is the same length as UND's most recent title drought), and of course Denver is the defending champ. So, my order of preferred champions is WMU, PSU, BU, DU, with ANYONE but Denver as an acceptable outcome. I was at the Frozen Four the last time it was held in St. Louis (2007), and I believe the championship game set an attendance record at the time (19k+), so I hope the event is well received again.

Probably. Just my USA Hockey pride showing up.

For the last spot, I hope Jackson chooses an American coach. I don't want a full staff that cheers for Canada in international competition.

I did not realize he was a student assistant in 2019-20.

So long as the statements are true, I like the move to post the quotes of former players and associates. Helps me become more excited about the pick.

Does anyone know what our NIL has raised as a whole?

Like sone of you, I thought Karl would HC at UND someday. Not sure how things went awry, but I wish him luck. He was a big part of UND’s success this century.

Also Denver and Duluth.

Me too. Font is a bit off (too fat?). I’ve always liked Wisconsin’s jerseys with the simple diagonal. Wouldn’t mind copying their font and putting the UND sticks logo on the shoulders.

My guess is that ESPN sets these times. And it’s the right call. Penn State is a known national commodity and I would guess their fans will travel. Good optics for college hockey.

Frozen Four times set already. NCHC game at 4 pm, BU/PSU at 7:30 pm.

Bucci just said the same thing. A guaranteed team in the Final, to boot.

Anyone but Denver. I'd even take a BU or B1G championship. (Actually, I have nothing against BU.)

Shooty McShooties.

I think the Denver guy may have won the race. Thoughts?

I thought they were the better team and carried play. Penn State breaks out fast, though. A very good game for two teams battling for their first Frozen Four.