University of North Dakota Hockey 2016 - 2017 Season

[Ray77]

Alex Trebec would not allow this!

[The Sicatoka]

7 minutes ago, Ray77 said:

Alex Trebec would not allow this!

Did someone say ... Trebek? 
"Ursula Andress, Catherine Deneuve, and Charo, twice." 

[Godsmack]

9 hours ago, joeyjr said:

I had moved out to Ohio for a few years so jumped all over the games, especially when the NCHC was formed. Saw the inaugural game! Awesome little town, nice little rink but some years the season ticket holders don't show up as much (but they are perpetually "sold out" so we never really have much of a presence. Most UND fans got their tickets through the alumni association, returned player comps, or by donating money to MU to get preorder access), leaving the student section to do all the cheering. Also, its a dry arena  . It can be really fun there, though, everyone from the fans (in the concourse anyway), to the concession/stand workers to the ushers were always super cool.

Good to hear! Thanks for the feedback!  Thus far, my experiences at road games for UND or CC at such places as Huntsville, Vermont, Duluth, and Omaha have all be quite positive. Looking forward to Miami.

[UNDBIZ]

I'll concede.  Debbies wins.

[iluvdebbies]

Answer is: 0-2-1

[UNDBIZ]

1 minute ago, iluvdebbies said:

Answer is: 0-2-1

What is the average record of Hakstol teams after the first 3 games of the season?

[iluvdebbies]

6 minutes ago, UNDBIZ said:

What is the average record of Hakstol teams after the first 3 games of the season?

LOL....That's what I love about 'Hawks' fans......they beg to have coaches fired or leave....but can't stop talking about them when they go. Edit: your question to my answer may be right....not what I was looking for though!

[hky]

On 9/7/2016 at 2:20 PM, I Ranger said:

Ok let's stick with the number theme: Round 3: Answer is 12.

(Conference Related)

First round draft picks in the NCHC?

[siouxforeverbaby]

7 hours ago, hky said:

First round draft picks in the NCHC?

Hobey Baker Winners.  Iluvdebbies answered that one. 

[UNDBIZ]

 

[The Sicatoka]

On 9/9/2016 at 10:18 AM, iluvdebbies said:

Answer is: 0-2-1

What is the combination to Brock Boeser's locker in junior high?

[sprig]

On 9/9/2016 at 10:18 AM, iluvdebbies said:

Answer is: 0-2-1

What was North Dakota's home loss-tie (non-win) record last season?

[Oxbow6]

On 9/9/2016 at 10:18 AM, iluvdebbies said:

Answer is: 0-2-1

UND FB team's record after the game Saturday.

 

........after the 11th OT both coaches agree to call it a tie.

[MattC]

Not much for seated tickets for the Gopher Series. All I'm seeing is singles and standing room tickets for Saturday. Disappointing!

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

36 minutes ago, MattC said:

Not much for seated tickets for the Gopher Series. All I'm seeing is singles and standing room tickets for Saturday. Disappointing!

Honestly for $100-130 per ticket, I'm not attending the game. That's insane.

UofM is gouging fans and I'll wait to see if I can pick up some last second SRO.

I remember the last Sioux/Gopher game of the WCHA era and I couldn't even sell my SRO ticket for $30 outside Mariucci.

[MattC]

I'm thinking I'll wait and see how the market goes for these tickets. I checked StubHub but the additional $100 in fees made it not worth it. Funny how UMN states that Wisconsin is their biggest rival yet these tickets are $50-100 more each.

[sioux rube]

13 minutes ago, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said:

Honestly for $100-130 per ticket, I'm not attending the game. That's insane.

UofM is gouging fans and I'll wait to see if I can pick up some last second SRO.

I remember the last Sioux/Gopher game of the WCHA era and I couldn't even sell my SRO ticket for $30 outside Mariucci.

That is insane. 

[siouxforce19]

57 minutes ago, MattC said:

Not much for seated tickets for the Gopher Series. All I'm seeing is singles and standing room tickets for Saturday. Disappointing!

That's not new, though. Been like that as long as I've been buying to this series. 

Glad I am declining this year. 

[siouxjoy]

I bought tickets for Friday night.  I had to really debate spending the money, but since I am already going to be in the Cities, I decided to splurge.  It's my first trip to the John.  Can't wait! 

 

[siouxforce19]

I'm not paying that money for a regular season game. My ticket to the national championship game was less than 70 bucks, for comparison sakes. 

If you have money and are willing to shell it out, I applaud you, but I'd rather keep that for things like... Regionals or Frozen Fours. 

[Brucesky02]

6 minutes ago, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said:

Honestly for $100-130 per ticket, I'm not attending the game. That's insane.

UofM is gouging fans and I'll wait to see if I can pick up some last second SRO.

I remember the last Sioux/Gopher game of the WCHA era and I couldn't even sell my SRO ticket for $30 outside Mariucci.

The $100 price tag is aggressive. From their perspective, I can't blame them for trying it out though. I don't know what their single game ticket quantity available is, but if it was 2,000 seats per game, you're talking about $200,000 in extra revenue on the weekend.

That said...IMO - the UND athletic dept. should address this sort of pricing behavior in any future agreements with schools. Either a cap on the % increase allowed or a revenue share on any increase over the average ticket price that school charges. For conference games, the NCHC should exercise some muscle in stopping the similar behavior like we saw with the package requirements in Denver.

While these high ticket prices and package requirements make short-term economical sense for the schools, I believe they represent a long-term loss for college hockey. I witnessed a similar behavior in NASCAR. (grew up in NC) They had huge demand - the waiting list for tickets to the night race at Bristol was 84,000 people when I signed up in 1998. There were certainly some other factors like overbuilding grandstands (supply) and the poor economy, but when I started going to races in 1997, tickets were generally $20-$60. By the mid-2000s when their decline started, tickets were $75-$200. As people stopped coming, they lost interest.

I can't remember if there are any proven theories on this, but what I'm getting at is that sports economics is not a standard supply and demand chart. You can't just drop prices later and have demand increase at the same level. As you increase price, you reduce demand, and that reduction has a continued effect in the future as fans lose interest in the sport. 

[Emerald joker]

28 minutes ago, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said:

Honestly for $100-130 per ticket, I'm not attending the game. That's insane.

UofM is gouging fans and I'll wait to see if I can pick up some last second SRO.

I remember the last Sioux/Gopher game of the WCHA era and I couldn't even sell my SRO ticket for $30 outside Mariucci.

I thought it costs that much cuz you're buying 2 other series with it, you know how they're trying to keep Sioux fans out of Mariucci 

[siouxjoy]

3 minutes ago, siouxforce19 said:

I'm not paying that money for a regular season game. My ticket to the national championship game was less than 70 bucks, for comparison sakes. 

If you have money and are willing to shell it out, I applaud you, but I'd rather keep that for things like... Regionals or Frozen Fours. 

The team's record at Frozen Fours I have attended is 0-2, so I decided to stop attending high stakes games.  I don't necessarily believe in jinxing teams, but I don't want to take the chance, either! 

[dden3]

Purchased tickets by phone last week to the Omaha series.  They are much less proud of their tickets this year than last, when they were ranked highly and were opening up a new facility.  Basically got as many tickets as I wanted in the upper deck in the shoot twice zone for $20 a piece.  Hope to see a lot of Hawks/Sioux fans there this year.

[Ice Arena Man]

3 minutes ago, Emerald joker said:

I thought it costs that much cuz you're buying 2 other series with it, you know how they're trying to keep Sioux fans out of Mariucci 

Just got my tickets for Goofs series for Friday and Saturday. Single game SRO are $90. Also purchases St Cloud for the series $35. Single game tickets for the Goofs series are now on sale.