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Exactly. Seven Frozen Fours and no hardware. Lots of people, including me, wanted someone else. Not sure if I’m curious enough to see if he could get it done in a second go at it to actually want to see him behind the bench.

Wasn’t Hak the king of dump and chase? I felt we played as possession team the first half of Berry’s tenure.

I thought he would turn Wisconsin into a juggernaut, but if he can’t get it done there, I don’t want him here.

Who is the UND equivalent of Dave Carle?

He’d have to find a tattoo removal artist.

Andy must have told him, get football and hockey on track, or I will find someone that will. I honestly thought there was no way you’d let a coach go after winning nearly 2 out of every 3 games over 10 years. Hope the basketballs and volleyballs are on notice.

Frequent updates please. Stuck away from the tv for a while.

Hence the change to campus sites. If the NCHC ever did go back to neutral site, should make it Phoenix.

I love this idea of predicting the numbers. I don't know if I would go as far as assigning specific numbers, but picking the three that get 701 would a fun activity. Question - do certain positions or position groups HAVE to have certain numbers?? Assuming all numbers/positions are up for grabs, I will say starting QB (whoever wins that job), Seth Anderson, and Malachi McNeal.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/college/und-football-coach-eric-schmidt-says-single-digit-jerseys-will-be-earned-especially-7-0-and-1 7, 0, 1 (ND area code numbers) are going to be special jersey numbers to be earned.

Maybe not quite? I’ll say 7500.

IIRC, the NCAA regional was in Cincinnati(?), So I wouldn’t say there was a major advantage from a crowd standpoint.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/college/und-football-leaders-say-team-not-easing-into-spring-ball lot of great quotes in this article. We needed this coaching change sooooo badly. I stood by Bubba when many didn’t, But I get it now. Glad to have Eric here.

Four games with a pro-UND crowd to get to the Frozen Four. May as well take advantage.

I'm gonna say we pull it off.

I guess that's what I am saying - everyone should want the primetime game. The WCHA had it pretty lucky that they could have either UND or Minnesota (or sometimes even Wisconsin) in the primetime game and have great optics.

I know there's the argument for letting the No. 1 seed play early to "protect" them for the next game, but I'd say you want to showcase your best optics in primetime. League's best team playing against league's largest fan base seems like a no-brainer to me.

Not that I saw. If I had seen that on TV, I would not have been nervous.

I was nervous about an off-side challenge and very surprised there was never a review.

NCHC Announces New Playoff Format Starting in 2026 - National Collegiate Hockey Conference NCHC Announces 10-Team Playoff Format Starting in 2027 - National Collegiate Hockey Conference I guess I just needed to do a simple internet search. This format still doesn't address the problems announced in the B1G article posted before. I not a huge fan of the 3-weekend conference tournament.

Here's a commentary on the issues of an on-campus conference tournament. Has the NCHC announced how exactly the new format will work? B1G Problem : College Hockey News

Yep, was going to say the same thing. We can beat WMU in a single game. The desperation should be enough to put us over the hump.

I feel like if a full 60-minute, 3-phase game did happen, the result would be much more impressive than 4-2.

Watching the Big Ten semi-final, and it got me thinking about next season NCHC home-site playoffs. Will the regular season be shorter to accommodate and extra weekend between semis and championship?

Without taking the time to watch the highlights (which would be a fun idea, acutally), I think UND's first goal was about 6-7 minutes left in the 2nd period.