Dustin

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.

Hope BC can use that challenge to turn the tides a bit. As much as I like the idea of rooting for the NCHC, did we cheer for Minnesota b/c of the WCHA??

Penn State winning the NC would probably garner the most exposure for college hockey. Is it worth it?

Say what you will about penn state, but it is fun to see another school really embrace college hockey. Would be fun to be at the frozen four with them.

I’d be ok with Herter. May be my second choice after Raboin. He was there for Duluth’s success and now at WMich with their success. UND alum.

so tell us who the new coach is.

I had an idea for a 2 site “super regional” a couple years ago. Basically you have two 8-team regionals in “hockey cities” like Boston, Detroit, St. Paul, and Denver (rotate year to year) to whittle down to your Frozen Four. Then the Frozen Four would alternate between warm weather cities like Tampa and Las Vegas.

I have a friend who used to work with Brad at the Herald. I’ve met Brad a couple times but we are not friends. I can tell you that his professionalism as a journalist is of the highest standard. College hockey as a whole is fortunate to have a guy like Brad working as a beat writer.

Maine really giving this game away.

I think there was a very early version of the NCAA hockey tournament that was only 4 teams, yes. Not sure how they were decided.

Haven’t put hardly any thought into this, so just spitballing here. With neutral conference tournaments dying and moving to home sites, and NCAA regionals typically very poorly attended, what if we skipped all that and gave the 6 conference regular season champs a birth into the “frozen 6”? The teams would be seeded 1-6 based on some sort of pairwise and the 4/5 and 3/6 winners (played on Wednesday?) play the 1 and 2 seeds in Thursday semifinals, then the championship on Saturday.

At least they had a good crowd of Michigan State fans for the first day.

Man, what happened?? I went to dinner with Maine up 1-0 and they’re down 4-1.

I’m ok with a Maine resurgence. They were a dominant program for a while, but it’s been a long road back.

UConn will win its first ever NCAA tournament game. Congrats to them. Nice to see more (flagship) schools in the mix.

Especially 3-4 year D men.