Frozen Four in Tampa

[franchise]

14 hours ago, runaroundsioux said:

Anyone been to Ybor City?

Got the same info from a friend down there.  Don't be there in the dark.

[Cratter]

18 minutes ago, franchise said:

Can someone give a good reason why the Denver game is in the bag and it's a good idea to buy a plane ticket for Saturday morning?

Haven't you learned anything from SiouxSports! If UND wins Thursday you must watch the game in the same spot, order the same beer, and wear the same clothes, including the same underwear and socks for Saturday.

[JaDubbs]

Have 4 seats up in Sec 301 and two in Sec 306...can't wait

[stoneySIOUX]

16 minutes ago, Cratter said:

Haven't you learned anything from SiouxSports! If UND wins Thursday you must watch the game in the same spot, order the same beer, and wear the same clothes, including the same underwear and socks for Saturday.

You make this sound like this is an odd practice

[fsioux]

39 minutes ago, franchise said:

Can someone give a good reason why the Denver game is in the bag and it's a good idea to buy a plane ticket for Saturday morning?

I doubt too many people think the Denver game is in the bag.  We have had disappointment happen to us too many times in the past 16 years to think any game is in the bag at a Frozen Four.  The best team does not always win.  That being said, Denver has a very good team and has been playing very well down the stretch.  We need to bring our A game and the intensity that we showed this past weekend.

[stoneySIOUX]

1 minute ago, fsioux said:

I doubt too many people think the Denver game is in the bag.  We have had disappointment happen to us too many times in the past 16 years to think any game is in the bag at a Frozen Four.  The best team does not always win.  That being said, Denver has a very good team and has been playing very well down the stretch.  We need to bring our A game and the intensity that we showed this past weekend.

No one does. Sorry, Franchise. You'll have to roll the dice. LOTS of work to do. Can we do it? Absolutely. Will we? We'll find out in 8 days.

Btw, I know you were being facetious, Franchise

[franchise]

24 minutes ago, Cratter said:

Haven't you learned anything from SiouxSports! If UND wins Thursday you must watch the game in the same spot, order the same beer, and wear the same clothes, including the same underwear and socks for Saturday.

I broke that jinx...watched game one at Sensors, game two back in Bemidji.

 

 

 

Although, I did put the same shirt and hat back on

[franchise]

2 minutes ago, fsioux said:

I doubt too many people think the Denver game is in the bag.  We have had disappointment happen to us too many times in the past 16 years to think any game is in the bag at a Frozen Four.  The best team does not always win.  That being said, Denver has a very good team and has been playing very well down the stretch.  We need to bring our A game and the intensity that we showed this past weekend.

This is for sure.

I was ready to pull the trigger on Philly, but I wasn't quite healed up enough from hernia surgery to take on the trip.  With a little under a sec left in that semifinal...I sure was glad that I didn't suffer through the pain just to feel the new pain in person.

 

[rhenry8439]

15 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:

You make this sound like this is an odd practice

I have not shaved the whole hockey season,  hence the moniker.

[UND Fan]

44 minutes ago, franchise said:

Got the same info from a friend down there.  Don't be there in the dark.

Good point - I was there during the day a couple of months ago and had a great time.  After dark may be a whole different story!!

[Emerald joker]

3 hours ago, Fetch said:

Yeah the Ref check kinda pizzed me off & he didn't seem to even say he was sorry - Hope he is not the Ref in the Final after we win the handshake line might get rough 

I got irritated by that too. The ref could've easily got out of the way but looked like he hit Drake kinda on purpose. I'm surprised the NCAA didn't say anything about that. I thought it was a smart move for the players to joke around about it though.

[Vegas_Sioux]

1 hour ago, Fetch said:

Stech should have decked him 

He would have sent him through the glass if it was a player. And you could see he was loading up until he saw it was the ref. 

[tnt]

50 minutes ago, Emerald joker said:

I got irritated by that too. The ref could've easily got out of the way but looked like he hit Drake kinda on purpose. I'm surprised the NCAA didn't say anything about that. I thought it was a smart move for the players to joke around about it though.

You seriously believe he tried to hit Drake?  I'm sure every ref is out to get UND.

[SiouxperDave]

1 hour ago, Emerald joker said:

I got irritated by that too. The ref could've easily got out of the way but looked like he hit Drake kinda on purpose. I'm surprised the NCAA didn't say anything about that. I thought it was a smart move for the players to joke around about it though.

That play was shown on Highly Questionable on Monday. You can listen to them talk about it at 13:37 of the podcast.

http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=15086069

[Emerald joker]

I've never seen that happen before, usually refs to to side step a player but he put his arm right into him. I'm not,saying he purposely went behind the net to hit Drake, he was going behind to watch the puck, it just seemed weird to me he didnt try to lean against the net or turn the other way to avoid Drake

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

13 minutes ago, Emerald joker said:

I've never seen that happen before, usually refs to to side step a player but he put his arm right into him. I'm not,saying he purposely went behind the net to hit Drake, he was going behind to watch the puck, it just seemed weird to me he didnt try to lean against the net or turn the other way to avoid Drake

I also thought it was weird he didn't try to sidestep him, he saw Drake coming the whole way and almost loaded himself for the hit rather than try to dodge it. I know this because if he hadn't loaded himself they both would've gone down. The ref hardly moved after contact.

[ringneck28]

6 hours ago, Fetch said:

Yeah the Ref check kinda pizzed me off & he didn't seem to even say he was sorry - Hope he is not the Ref in the Final after we win the handshake line might get rough 

I think he should have been given 2 for roughing

[Emerald joker]

34 minutes ago, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said:

I also thought it was weird he didn't try to sidestep him, he saw Drake coming the whole way and almost loaded himself for the hit rather than try to dodge it. I know this because if he hadn't loaded himself they both would've gone down. The ref hardly moved after contact.

Exactly what I thought

[siouxstudent]

I didnt care one bit because we scored, but no doubt it is rather odd.

[hky]

Folks heading to the beach on Friday?

[Emerald joker]

14 minutes ago, siouxstudent said:

I didnt care one bit because we scored, but no doubt it is rather odd.

Well I don't really like refs to begin with but if they can do that and get away with it I don't think that's right. If any player knocked over a ref I'm sure there'd be consequences

[Emerald joker]

12 minutes ago, hky said:

Folks heading to the beach on Friday?

Possibly, depending on where my cousine brings me. I've never seen the ocean or white sand if that's the beach you were talking about

[SiouxperDave]

28 minutes ago, hky said:

Folks heading to the beach on Friday?

I think we're heading to Busch Gardens.

 

[siouxforcefans]

29 minutes ago, hky said:

Folks heading to the beach on Friday?

Depending on weather.  We go to Clearwater Beach once or twice a year, so I hear it calling my name, but Busch Gardens would also be good if it's not blistering hot.

[Matthanuf06]

Greetings from a UND student that lives in Tampa (going back for MSAE).

im a huge hockey fan as I attend tons of Bolts games a year and in fact one of my best memories was watching them in person win the cup. I will be going to my first college game next week.  Super excited about that!

College sports in general are my passion but my undergraduate school (Uni of Florida) doesn't have a team, so I've really taken to UND this year.

That being said I don't have tickets currently but I doubt it'll be a hard ticket to get.  The bolts sell out every game but those tickets can be scalped for face. Id imagine we can get these for well under face quite easily...

That being said I really came here to offer any advice, tips, tricks or whatever in regards to Tampa.  If you have any questions in regards to where to stay, eat, party, etc please ask. 

First thing remember Tampa is fairly sprawled, so I'd definitely get a car if you want to experience the area.  For example the arena to the beach is a solid 45 mins in no traffic and double tha easy in traffic.