GDPritch

In college hockey, yes, agree. I would assume so but to be honest, not sure?

When was the last time we had freshmen forward scoring a sizable portion of goals/points? Take a look at Omaha this season, some freshmen up there as their top point getters I believe. I'm guessing Grimaldi maybe most recently (?) but it seems we don't get much scoring anymore from freshmen forwards, while other teams seem to, or am I off on that?

And like D-II hoops, they get to play (albeit they earn it by being seeded high enough) all play-off games at home until the title game. That's a huge factor in play-off runs.

With all the success we've had short of a natty the last 11 years, if Haks was only 2 games above .500 winning percentage, my guess is he would be fired too. At some schools that might earn an extension though.

Reminder to all that ndsu is playing at lower tier D1-AA ftbl level (they're damn good at it, I grant you that) with few NFL draft picks and not at the top tier college hockey level with NHL picks filling rosters. Not apples to apples.

well put Irish. I'm in the same boat thought-wise as you.

Football is a much different game, even in a one and done scenario. In the playoffs in football I would venture to say the best team OR team that plays best wins 90% of the time. In one and done college hockey I would say that might be at best 65% maybe? And in football the "best" team during the regular season gets to play all games at home except for neutral site Super Bowl. That certainly ain't the case in college hockey. Completely different scenario, game, conditions and circumstances. Can't compare the two, not apples v apples.

Agree 100%. I'm being partially glib but is it the curse of the anti-nickname crowd against the new Ralph? I may be wrong but no natty since winning it all in 2000 (correct?) and moving into the new Ralph in 01 yet we've had arguably (up for debate, I realize being we haven't won a natty) since then maybe the best run 15 year continuous run ever for Fighting Sioux hockey ever (minus a natty, I hear ya!). Yes, Hak's had a terrible NCAA run luck-wise but even Dean had some really good teams 01 - 04 that seemed to hit a bad/unlucky streak in those 4 seasons. Not into karma (good or bad) but just saying. I mean, the way our luck has gone these last 15 years in the NCAA tourney, despite playing better than the other teams in well over half the games we've lost to end the season, with all the strange things going on it's really getting to be like WTH is going on here?

If he says yes, he can't be serious. And the answer.....

A much more important question though is if you fire Haks who do you replace him with? Who's that better coach out there who's available/likely available that will get better results than Haks? I want to know.

The 11 year resume above for UND to that of Duluth is clearly superior, without a doubt. For anyone to argue otherwise based solely on the merit of Duluth's one natty would be simply ludicrous and I could not take them serious. You have to look at the whole body of work and UND's is superior to Duluth's in that timespan, no natty be damned!. Frustrating as hell Haks can't get that natty but fire him for his coaching? It's his fault that for the most part although we outplayed BU (NCAA stat, we had 8 qlty chances v BU's 3) we hit 2 pipes, Zane picked the worst time to arguably play his worst game of the season,... I don't know how could Haks have "coached" that differently? Should he have given a better pre-game "pep talk" so UND played better the first 10 minutes of the game, maybe, but this ain't Hoosiers. If you want to blame him for his recruiting (maybe those 2 pipes go in last night if they were two other players we lost out on) then go ahead but time and time again I've seen the chief criticism being that he brings in all these great recruits but can't win a natty. You can't have it both ways. Although we are one of the recognized top college hockey programs with great facilities this is still Grand Forks ND (that's not a slam, I live in this area by choice) and not Denver, Boston, Twin Cities, Madison, Ann Arbor,...

Wasn't Gino struggling for a few years in the early 90s?

Wow. Not probably, it is.

Hah, LOL! Seriously though, thx for the tip. Will be on the lookout.

Please clarify, who uses a racist mascot?

According to a Ralph employee insider I know (not high up the ladder hockey team-wise but a very trustworthy/decent person), Zane stays next season, Disclaimer, that info was prior to the NCAA tourney run but I don't think that changes anything.

Tampa Bay I think?

What?! That wasn't Haks at the helm with that talented squad?! Blow me away man! Know what, blame the new Ralph. I might be wrong, but believe the ftbl team won it's first natty in 2001 in its first year in the Al (or was that the 2nd year?) but Sioux hockey aint' won a natty since 2000, a year before (I think?) it moved into the new Ralph. Ironic.

A few more facts please. DU ain't won one for like 10 yrs (and in 05 we' toally beat them/blame one and done), Goofs for like 12 yrs, UMD even you gotta admit won one 4 yrs ago on a spirited/fortunate run (WTF have they done otherwise???). Agree, enuff of that talk.

Oh, I got it figured out guy. If a ref doesn't make a call in order not to "effect the outcome of the game" on an incident like that, then he's effected the outcome of the game by not making the call. Terrible unofficial protocol/"rule" in hockey.

Hey, bring in Mike Eaves! He won a natty in 06 believe but is usually bad every 3 or 4 years and historically bad this past season. We dont' care, we just want a natyy! Can't make it up.

I hope you're right nhockey30.

I want to support you on that statement but when was the last time we had freshmen get big point totals? It just doesn't happen at UND anymore. Why?

Not that I disagree but we seem to have been saying that now for the last 15 years (and that includes part of the Blias era you Haks bashers). Bad karma, no doubt, but for a decade and a half.....