Godsmack Posted April 9, 2017 Posted April 9, 2017 A former co-worker of mine is a Duluth alum and a few months ago, he told me that this year was the year the Dogs needed to win it all because next season will be tough for them personnel wise. Just one guy's opinion but he's a Duluth alum and close follower of Bulldog hockey so I tend to believe him. Quote
cberkas Posted April 9, 2017 Posted April 9, 2017 3 minutes ago, Godsmack said: A former co-worker of mine is a Duluth alum and a few months ago, he told me that this year was the year the Dogs needed to win it all because next season will be tough for them personnel wise. Just one guy's opinion but he's a Duluth alum and close follower of Bulldog hockey so I tend to believe him. This was the year for both them and Denver. 1 Quote
MafiaMan Posted April 9, 2017 Posted April 9, 2017 Yup, this was the last year for either of these teams to have a shot. Expect 4 teams from the B1G at next year's Frozen Four. It's just a matter of which ones! 2 Quote
The Sicatoka Posted April 9, 2017 Posted April 9, 2017 Just now, MafiaMan said: Yup, this was the last year for either of these teams to have a shot. Expect 4 teams from the B1G at next year's Frozen Four. It's just a matter of which ones! Didn't you hear? It'll be all of them at the Four because they're so good none could be left behind. Quote
cberkas Posted April 9, 2017 Posted April 9, 2017 3 minutes ago, MafiaMan said: Yup, this was the last year for either of these teams to have a shot. Expect 4 teams from the B1G at next year's Frozen Four. It's just a matter of which ones! Pre-season Frozen Four. Quote
ringneck28 Posted April 9, 2017 Posted April 9, 2017 2 minutes ago, cberkas said: This was the year for both them and Denver. Because, our guys feel that there is unfinished business. IMHO the loss of Tucker for the NCAA's sat wrong in a lot of players heads. They knew that they had a special thing going and had to wonder what he would have meant in that BU game. I guess this team learned, albeit late in the season, what it took to win night in and night out. Next year is going to be special, 180 days till puck drop. 1 Quote
cberkas Posted April 9, 2017 Posted April 9, 2017 1 minute ago, ringneck28 said: Because, our guys feel that there is unfinished business. IMHO the loss of Tucker for the NCAA's sat wrong in a lot of players heads. They knew that they had a special thing going and had to wonder what he would have meant in that BU game. I guess this team learned, albeit late in the season, what it took to win night in and night out. Next year is going to be special, 180 days till puck drop. UND could have made it to the Frozen Four just didn't get a bounce to go their way. Quote
MafiaMan Posted April 9, 2017 Posted April 9, 2017 3 minutes ago, ringneck28 said: Because, our guys feel that there is unfinished business. IMHO the loss of Tucker for the NCAA's sat wrong in a lot of players heads. They knew that they had a special thing going and had to wonder what he would have meant in that BU game. I guess this team learned, albeit late in the season, what it took to win night in and night out. Next year is going to be special, 180 days till puck drop. To be fair, lots of teams wind up with the "unfinished business" slogan. Quinnipiac has unfinished business...so does Harvard...UMass-Lowell...Michigan would like to win one for Red...BU...Miami since they lost the title game...most teams never get a second chance. Quote
Godsmack Posted April 9, 2017 Posted April 9, 2017 I wonder if DU might be a potential target of the B1G as their 8th member. Large market, known brand, good academics, large endowment. Wouldn't shock me in the least if they were to fail grabbing UND, they went after DU. Quote
The Sicatoka Posted April 9, 2017 Posted April 9, 2017 If the B1G makes a move it'll be to restore fan interest and historic rivals. Quote
MafiaMan Posted April 9, 2017 Posted April 9, 2017 1 hour ago, The Sicatoka said: If the B1G makes a move it'll be to restore fan interest and historic rivals. According to Bucci, Northwestern and/or Illinois are adding men's hockey any day now... Quote
The Sicatoka Posted April 9, 2017 Posted April 9, 2017 53 minutes ago, MafiaMan said: According to Bucci, Northwestern and/or Illinois are adding men's hockey any day now... See. Told ya so. Quote
terbele Posted April 9, 2017 Posted April 9, 2017 For anyone at the UC, how was the atmosphere, was it full? How about pregame bars, street activity? Quote
Fetch Posted April 10, 2017 Posted April 10, 2017 Congrats Denver thanks for putting UMD in their place - I can care less about Denver getting to tie us for Championships 3 Quote
Cratter Posted April 10, 2017 Posted April 10, 2017 Guess Denver was never much of a rival after all. Quote
Blackheart Posted April 10, 2017 Posted April 10, 2017 5 hours ago, MafiaMan said: According to Bucci, Northwestern and/or Illinois are adding men's hockey any day now... You mean Thin Mints? Bar down? Senior Leadership? Quote
AlphaMikeFoxtrot Posted April 10, 2017 Posted April 10, 2017 6 hours ago, Cratter said: Guess Denver was never much of a rival after all. Separate but equal Quote
Dustin Posted April 10, 2017 Posted April 10, 2017 12 hours ago, terbele said: For anyone at the UC, how was the atmosphere, was it full? How about pregame bars, street activity? Not sure about atmosphere, but according to the box score, attendance was 19,783, which I'm guessing is one of the highest ever. Quote
geaux_sioux Posted April 10, 2017 Posted April 10, 2017 11 hours ago, Cratter said: Guess Denver was never much of a rival after all. Literally one "dirty" play by them and they will be public enemey number one all over again. Quote
Dustin Posted April 10, 2017 Posted April 10, 2017 10 minutes ago, Dustin said: Not sure about atmosphere, but according to the box score, attendance was 19,783, which I'm guessing is one of the highest ever. Appears to be the largest crowd ever for a hockey venue (Ford Field has an attendance record that will never be broken). http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/frozen_4/2016-17/007-Attendance.pdf Quote
TNF Posted April 10, 2017 Posted April 10, 2017 They announced the largest Frozen Four crowd at an NHL venue (see Ford Field note above). Disclosure- we sat upper deck and on an end so I'm not sure if that had an impact but Thursday was a bit lacking for atmostophere. Notre Dame seemed have the most fans but not much to cheer for during their game. Saturday was better and lots of Duluth fans made the trip for the championship game. They were the more vocal group throughout the game but more Pios fans were there than I expected. It was one of the best non-UND championships I've seen live. The UC had an atrium attached and served beer in there which should be a requirement for all potentially cold weather frozen fours going forward. Quote
tnt Posted April 10, 2017 Posted April 10, 2017 18 hours ago, MafiaMan said: To be fair, lots of teams wind up with the "unfinished business" slogan. Quinnipiac has unfinished business...so does Harvard...UMass-Lowell...Michigan would like to win one for Red...BU...Miami since they lost the title game...most teams never get a second chance. Yeah, and teams like St. Cloud who haven't lost many players have a little determination not to have us end their season again. Bottom line is to be playing your best at that time of year like we were this year, and hope that the cards fall right. Quote
The Sicatoka Posted April 10, 2017 Posted April 10, 2017 Tell me if you've heard this one before: Tournament championship game. Duluth in attack zone. Hard, questionable contact in corner. Opponent defenseman left in agony. Defenseman clearly in distress with orthopedic issue. Defenseman does not return to game. 1 Quote
SJHovey Posted April 10, 2017 Posted April 10, 2017 1 hour ago, The Sicatoka said: Tell me if you've heard this one before: Tournament championship game. Duluth in attack zone. Hard, questionable contact in corner. Opponent defenseman left in agony. Defenseman clearly in distress with orthopedic issue. Defenseman does not return to game. If you're talking about the broken leg, I didn't think that was a particularly terrible hit. Duluth plays up to a line, and over. But we sometimes play that way as well. We dodged some bullets last year with a couple of the hits, the Olson one in particular. 1 Quote
The Sicatoka Posted April 10, 2017 Posted April 10, 2017 16 minutes ago, SJHovey said: If you're talking about the broken leg, I didn't think that was a particularly terrible hit. I didn't like the little high tug by the left hand on the left shoulder to throw the man off balance as he went into the boards. Quote
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