Popular Post InHeavenThereIsNoBeer Posted March 27, 2017 Popular Post Posted March 27, 2017 4 hours ago, John W. said: Go Dawgs....or Pioneers...NCHC pride!!!!! Prefer UMD, my daughter went to school there and tells that Brett Hull used to return to his alma mater and party with the kids...said he had a pretty good 'ego'!!!! ABD is my motto for the Frozen Four... Anyone but Duluth 6 Quote
George M. Bluth Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 2 minutes ago, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said: ABD is my motto for the Frozen Four... Anyone but Duluth Would be sort of funny to have Notre Dame win and then have Big Ten fans claim it as a Big Ten title next year. 1 Quote
InHeavenThereIsNoBeer Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 Just now, George M. Bluth said: Would be sort of funny to have Notre Dame win and then have Big Ten fans claim it as a Big Ten title next year. It's funny you say that because I was thinking the exact same thing watching their game last night. Quote
Ray77 Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 6 minutes ago, George M. Bluth said: Would be sort of funny to have Notre Dame win and then have Big Ten fans claim it as a Big Ten title next year. 4 minutes ago, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said: It's funny you say that because I was thinking the exact same thing watching their game last night. HA - I thought the same thing. You KNOW DaveK and others would include that in their totals for sure. Heck, he's already told us that the B-one-G conference has 23 national championships, or something along those lines. 2 Quote
Popular Post InHeavenThereIsNoBeer Posted March 27, 2017 Popular Post Posted March 27, 2017 5 minutes ago, Ray77 said: HA - I thought the same thing. You KNOW DaveK and others would include that in their totals for sure. Heck, he's already told us that the B-one-G conference has 23 national championships, or something along those lines. Only a conference as great as the Big6 could win 23 national championships in 4 years. Incredible! 8 Quote
cberkas Posted March 27, 2017 Author Posted March 27, 2017 17 minutes ago, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said: Only a conference as great as the Big6 could win 23 national championships in 4 years. Incredible! And only one played in the Frozen Four as the B1G team. Quote
MafiaMan Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 1 hour ago, cberkas said: Lou Nanne retires from hockey. No more "family visits" to committed recruits of other schools, eh? Quote
Popular Post SJHovey Posted March 27, 2017 Popular Post Posted March 27, 2017 14 hours ago, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said: While I'm not trying to join this bickering, 7 NCHC Frozen Four berths in 4 years. Do people seriously want to go to the Big 10? As much as the term is made fun of, the formula for like-minded institutions that put hockey first is working. Why change a great thing? I know there are still some people out there, Chris Dilks among them, who still like to yank the chain of NCHC fans by teasing about lack of television exposure and the like, but anyone who is honest about it has to agree that the NCHC has been an unmitigated success, and probably beyond what the member institutions could have hoped for in just the first four seasons. As Brad noted in his blog, seven of the total of sixteen spots in the Frozen Four since conference realignment have belonged to NCHC teams. Four different NCHC programs have made the Frozen Four. One national championship, and decent chance at a second this year. Seven of the eight programs have made the NCAAs since realignment. Seven of eight have hosted a first round conference playoff series. Four different conference tournament winners in four years. Three different conference regular season winners in four years. The only conference that's managed to hold its conference tournament together. All that said, if (and it's a huge and unlikely "if") the B1G were to ever come calling for UND, the school would have to take a pretty serious look at it. It is hard to compete with size and money in college athletics, and the B1G schools have pretty much every advantage you can think of over the rest of college hockey. I don't really worry about how much they've underachieved to date (a considerable amount, imho). They won't always be terrible. Furthermore, and this may sound a bit arrogant, but I think that whatever conference UND joins is going to be very successful just because of the commitment made by both the school and the fans to the program. Just my two cents. 5 Quote
BigGreyAnt41 Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 2 hours ago, cberkas said: Lou Nanne retires from hockey. Source? Quote
cberkas Posted March 27, 2017 Author Posted March 27, 2017 1 minute ago, BigGreyAnt41 said: Source? He tweeted it. Quote
Cratter Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 1 hour ago, iluvdebbies said: So your telling me the Big Ten is one step above Atlantic Hockey. 3 Quote
cberkas Posted March 29, 2017 Author Posted March 29, 2017 Mankato negotiating a new 10 year contract with Mike Hastings. Looks like they think he's going to Omaha, so better try to keep him. Quote
cberkas Posted March 29, 2017 Author Posted March 29, 2017 Brad E. Schlossman @SchlossmanGF 4m4 minutes ago Hastings confirmed he had contact with another institution (cough, Omaha, cough) last week. Quote
BigGreyAnt41 Posted March 29, 2017 Posted March 29, 2017 On 3/27/2017 at 11:50 AM, cberkas said: He tweeted it. Oh, you're talking about the grandkid Lou, not grandpa Lou. That's quite a difference. I assumed "the" Lou Nanne was stepping away from all things hockey, and that didn't make sense to me. Quote
cberkas Posted March 29, 2017 Author Posted March 29, 2017 20 minutes ago, BigGreyAnt41 said: Oh, you're talking about the grandkid Lou, not grandpa Lou. That's quite a difference. I assumed "the" Lou Nanne was stepping away from all things hockey, and that didn't make sense to me. Yes the grandson, Tyler hasn't played in two years so he might be next to retire. I was on my phone at the time so I couldn't copy the tweet. Quote
bale31 Posted March 29, 2017 Posted March 29, 2017 While I don't doubt the Omaha opening prompted them to announce this now, I highly doubt that it is the sole reason for this. Hastings only has 1 year left on his contract and we all know how coaches use that to leverage new contracts. Also, 10 year contracts are almost unheard of. There is no way that they just started talking about this in the last week. Lastly, this is coming along with additional investments in the program including total cost of attendance, bigger recruiting budgets, and more facility upgrades. Reading the tea leaves...id guess this has been in the works for months in an effort to bolster the case to join the nchc. My understanding is the administration was caught very off guard when they didn't get approved. In my opinion they understand that apathy is starting to set on and they need to get with umd, scsu, and und as soon as possible to stem the tide. That's just my thought though. Quote
cberkas Posted March 30, 2017 Author Posted March 30, 2017 Who was the last school to host a Frozen Four without having a NCAA hockey team? I want to say it was Navy. http://www.omaha.com/uno/hockey/university-of-nebraska-athletic-department-bids-to-host-frozen-four/article_52cc8926-25fb-5f0e-9341-50f1b8dabf15.html Quote
cberkas Posted March 30, 2017 Author Posted March 30, 2017 On 3/29/2017 at 0:52 PM, bale31 said: While I don't doubt the Omaha opening prompted them to announce this now, I highly doubt that it is the sole reason for this. Hastings only has 1 year left on his contract and we all know how coaches use that to leverage new contracts. Also, 10 year contracts are almost unheard of. There is no way that they just started talking about this in the last week. Lastly, this is coming along with additional investments in the program including total cost of attendance, bigger recruiting budgets, and more facility upgrades. Reading the tea leaves...id guess this has been in the works for months in an effort to bolster the case to join the nchc. My understanding is the administration was caught very off guard when they didn't get approved. In my opinion they understand that apathy is starting to set on and they need to get with umd, scsu, and und as soon as possible to stem the tide. That's just my thought though. I'll say Omaha is a better job then Mankato is. You can make an argument that the 10 year contract is to help get Mankato into the NCHC. I think it's to keep Hasting from getting poached by other schools like Omaha and Minnesota when Lucia finally retires. Quote
MafiaMan Posted March 31, 2017 Posted March 31, 2017 4 hours ago, cberkas said: I'll say Omaha is a better job then Mankato is. You can make an argument that the 10 year contract is to help get Mankato into the NCHC. I think it's to keep Hasting from getting poached by other schools like Omaha and Minnesota when Lucia finally retires. No worry about Minnesota...Mike Guentzel is the coach-in-waiting and will take over as the head guy when Don Lucia retires in 2057. 3 Quote
cberkas Posted March 31, 2017 Author Posted March 31, 2017 RPI hockey alumni not happy with how the school runs the hockey program. http://www.troyrecord.com/general-news/20170330/rpi-hockey-alumni-express-dismay-over-state-of-current-program Quote
MafiaMan Posted March 31, 2017 Posted March 31, 2017 6 hours ago, cberkas said: RPI hockey alumni not happy with how the school runs the hockey program. http://www.troyrecord.com/general-news/20170330/rpi-hockey-alumni-express-dismay-over-state-of-current-program They shouldn't be happy - RPI has a great hockey history and proud tradition. They deserve better. Quote
The Sicatoka Posted March 31, 2017 Posted March 31, 2017 It really has to hurt the RPI guys in the NY Capital District to see their Route 7 rivals Union College doing as well as they are while RPI Hockey degrades. RPI won NCAA DI titles in 1954 and 1985. Quote
MafiaMan Posted April 1, 2017 Posted April 1, 2017 10 hours ago, The Sicatoka said: It really has to hurt the RPI guys in the NY Capital District to see their Route 7 rivals Union College doing as well as they are while RPI Hockey degrades. RPI won NCAA DI titles in 1954 and 1985. The skating gear...one of the great jerseys of all-time. Quote
Blackheart Posted April 1, 2017 Posted April 1, 2017 2 hours ago, MafiaMan said: The skating gear...one of the great jerseys of all-time. That's a gear? I always thought it was a puck... Quote
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