#MACtion

Bottled beer selection at the Ralph sucks. MGD best I can find...

Lmao!

https://colleges.niche.com/rankings/top-party-schools/ #3 !

You guys got me worried I'll get in trouble. Sounds like NoDak one of these liberal colleges with safe spaces all over. If I get over the limit I'll say F it and let this rip. Plenty of Miami goals coming and this flash-light cop I saw looks like he came straight from the Grand Forks beauty parlor.

Rude!

Do you know Joe?

Im sitting right next to Joe BTW.

You saw Joe??

You see Joe??

Has anybody seen Joe??

Hawks will win this guaranteed.

Lmao. F.

Gonna toss these 2 fish onto ice after Miami scores. Guy next to me looking at me funny.

Will I seriously get harrassed for tossing this fish after Miami scores??

Over what limit?

Ok, downing a beer and heading toward my seat. Miami needs to score early and often so I can unload these fish onto the ice. Getting warm wrapped up in my jacket. Nice place.

We have 14 freshman this year. We'll have our ups and downs. Hopefully we'll be on the ups this weekend. Good reading material to get ready for the weekend. Hoping for exciting series.

Obnoxious celebrations will be sweeping through Grand Forks by Miami. Gonna be great.

On a separate note, our Athletic Director (in his "Ask the AD" video series) said that the #2 current priority after building a new basketball arena, is to expand Steve Cady Arena and to further invest in and monetize the hockey program. We just spent $41 million on football and now they will take a break and focus back on hockey.

Yes, with the Big Ten adding Notre Dame and needing less OOC games, Ohio State (who we have dominated and won the last 6 straight) only wants to play Miami at home and not at Miami. So of course Miami said no way, its home and home or not at all. Michigan refused to play Miami home and home after the CCHA break up as well. Michigan and OSU act like this is football where they expect to play everybody at home even though in hockey the NCHC is superior to the BTHC. It is a shame considering OSU and Michigan are potential close road games. Michigan State has not taken this hardline stance but we just haven't been able to schedule them. Not sure about Notre Dame. We'll probably schedule more Hockey East opponents like Providence and Maine. Oh well.

OSU didn't "give up" 4 goals, Miami "FORCED" 4 goals.

Besides needing a minimum 3 more MAC teams needing to add hockey (there are not 3 teams finacially able to even if they wanted), the MAC has NO incentive to want to do it and the MAC wouls be kicking a hornets nest with Miami and WMU who wants no part in it. The MAC is not the Big Ten or even the PAC12. We dont have our own revenue generating network that needs progra ming or could broadcast our games, or makes us money. That is the sole reason for the BTHC. The MAC has none of that. A MAC (or nCCHA) would have no broadcast partners (besides maybe espn3 or regional cable), no chance at additional revenue (like the equity that NCHC.tv and CBS is building), no conference tournament revenue, hurt our pairwise and competitiveness, and no fan interest. Anybody who takes 5 minutes to logically think through this situation will understand there is no desire to leave the NCHC in any scenario. The only possible scenarios that get Miami to look at other options is if the NCHC takes a huge hit by losing Denver and UND or if the BTHC needed an 8th and offered Miami a perpetual associate conference slot for hockey (not a term contract). But I dont see the BTHC as a realistic possibility as I believe at least one more Big schools will start hockey soon and if they were desperate for an 8th they would have taken Arizona State. This non-sense needs to stop. Get comfortable, WMU and Miami are making ourselves at home and staying for the long-haul. The NCHC is the best conference already and the momentum that college hockey in general is building and the wisdom, hard work, and vision from Fenton will only ensure even bigger and brighter things to come.

SiouxVolley = #FakeNews

As somebody who actually attended Miami, attended Miami hockey games, and was involved with Miami Athletics as a player, I can tell you who Miami fans do NOT care about. And that is the old CCHA teama minus the Big Ten teams and ND. Nobody cares about Northern Michigan or pick your Alaska or Ferris State... Nobody. And fans are caring less about BG with whom I think gets too much credit as Miami fans actually caring about. A "new" CCHA would be a garbage dumpster-fire league that not one fan would care to go watch. Nothing like reading SiouxVolley act like he knows anything about Miami. Miami fans care way more about Denver or Omaha than Ferris freaking State. Even the old pissed off BG fans are over the whole new CCHA thing. Literally only SiouxVolley / NoDak pushes that false rumor on every message board (uscho, csnbbs, sioux sports)

The old CCHA was nice, but Miami and Western Michigan are NOT interested in a new CCHA. I don't know why it keeps being brought up. Miami and WMU would be interested in lobbying for more eastern teams such as BG or U at Buffalo, Iowa State, Illinois State, etc but won't be leaving the NCHC. This conference is the best conference and Fenton (a Miami guy) is doing great things and being innovative with NCHC.tv and the Roku App and renegotiating with CBS to allow all the Fox College Sports games, etc...