2022-23 ND High School Hockey

[Siouxperfan7]

On 2/18/2023 at 9:43 PM, sioux rube said:

Wait.....where is GFC and GPR?  Did they get rid of their hockey programs? 

[The Sicatoka]

4 minutes ago, Siouxperfan7 said:

Wait.....where is GFC and GPR?  Did they get rid of their hockey programs? 

They're with Bismarck High. 

[fightingsioux4life]

17 minutes ago, Siouxperfan7 said:

Wait.....where is GFC and GPR?  Did they get rid of their hockey programs? 

Enjoy it while you can son. The Knights will ride again. 

[sioux rube]

2 hours ago, Wilbur said:

Ya know, years ago when I was playing high school hockey all the teams would come in Wednesday and practice and then attend a banquet on Wednesday night for all the teams.  

What has happened to the state tournament experience for these kids?  It's sad that what was once a four day celebration has become what it has.  

I dunno, I get the "teachers in the classroom" argument, but one day extra as an incentive if your team makes the state tournament is a nice way to end the year.

Remember that well and we always had a good speaker or two. Too bad it isn’t like that anymore 

[gfhockey]

I remember when I played had Gino speak every kid was in awe and listened passionately 

[fightingsioux4life]

3 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

I remember when I played had Gino speak every kid was in awe and listened passionately 

Gino can give a great speech, that is for sure.

[ChadR]

15 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

I remember when I played had Gino speak every kid was in awe and listened passionately 

Who'd you play for?

[sioux rube]

1 hour ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Gino can give a great speech, that is for sure.

Now that his name was mentioned he did talk to us at the 77-78 state tournament 

[Wilbur]

From the sounds of it it looks like some teams will be getting to Grand Forks early with the expected weather forecast now being blizzard conditions.  

[SiouxFan100]

5 hours ago, Clark17 said:

Westward Ho

I had some fun there back in the day - late 70’s early 80’s

miss that place

[The Sicatoka]

13 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

From the sounds of it it looks like some teams will be getting to Grand Forks early with the expected weather forecast now being blizzard conditions.  

Is this where @sioux rube enthralls us with tales of ...

" ... back in (his) day they took took mush teams in 70 below, and that was air, not wind, across open ground for miles on end to get to Grand Forks and when they got there they didn't even warm up, they just strapped on skates, changed gloves and played. Not even helmets. And we liked it that way." 

[The Sicatoka]

4 minutes ago, SiouxFan100 said:

I had some fun there back in the day - late 70’s early 80’s

miss that place

Two words: Fish. Bowl. 

[gfhockey]

57 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

From the sounds of it it looks like some teams will be getting to Grand Forks early with the expected weather forecast now being blizzard conditions.  

Just gotta drive north and not thru Fargo 

[sioux rube]

1 hour ago, The Sicatoka said:

Is this where @sioux rube enthralls us with tales of ...

" ... back in (his) day they took took mush teams in 70 below, and that was air, not wind, across open ground for miles on end to get to Grand Forks and when they got there they didn't even warm up, they just strapped on skates, changed gloves and played. Not even helmets. And we liked it that way." 

How did you know 

[sioux rube]

1 hour ago, SiouxFan100 said:

I had some fun there back in the day - late 70’s early 80’s

miss that place

Stayed there many times. Loved the old western style rooms. Plus they were cheap 

[Frozen4sioux]

8 hours ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Based on the forecast I saw, ND isn't supposed to be affected at all. But I guess that might have changed since yesterday morning.

This was a terribly misinformed take.

[Frozen4sioux]

Devil is in the details on the "coverage" once again..

Sam Goetzinger will handle play-by-play. Former Fargo South coach Dean Wilson will be the analyst and former St. Cloud State defender Rachel Herzog will be the rinkside reporter.

All of the consolation games, including the third- and fifth-place contests, will be streamed on Forum Communications websites,

but will not have announcers calling the action.

Just an absolute embarrassing situation for NDHSAA and WDAY to put out there.

Not only do you have to pay for most games they don't even bother with Play by play.

What a disrespectful joke to ND High school hockey.

But those fuktwats at NDHSAA will just cash the check without even worring about what this word "hockey" means in the memo line and sign on again for another year.

[petey23]

3 hours ago, sioux rube said:

Stayed there many times. Loved the old western style rooms. Plus they were cheap 

Always thought the phone in the shitter was a nice touch.

[gfhockey]

Used to broadcast the 3rd place game too

 

wday a huge step back from kvly

 

inremeber the late night Friday nights. Best Friday nights ever. Semi final staying at 6:30 and next game at nine 

 

loved it

 

 

[Wilbur]

At the end of their reign the KVLY coverage was abysmal.  You had Jamal Franklin (bless his heart, he tried) calling the games with zero idea what was going on because he wasn't a hockey guy, and former Spud coach Morinville trying to cover for him.  

When you had whomever with O'Keefe it wasn't ever terrible because O'Keefe can just fill space with the best of them.

[Frozen4sioux]

2 hours ago, Wilbur said:

At the end of their reign the KVLY coverage was abysmal.  You had Jamal Franklin (bless his heart, he tried) calling the games with zero idea what was going on because he wasn't a hockey guy, and former Spud coach Morinville trying to cover for him.  

When you had whomever with O'Keefe it wasn't ever terrible because O'Keefe can just fill space with the best of them.

It's just a shame cause there's outfits now that do a spectacular job.

PSP does a spectacular job, BEK does a good job, I'd bet Midco can pull it off as well. Heck, the Fargo South/Shanley student game feed is better.  

Although, The SCAM that NFHS pulled on the NDHSAA is a horrendous product.

The real advantage to these other outlets is the stream to the YouTube channels that allow such ease of use on smart TVs, Roku, Firesticks and Apple TVs.

State wide TV (for 3 games) on a marginal network  is "neat" in a 1989 type way but it's completely disrespectful to the student athletes and nothing but a money grab for NDHSAA.

The static cam no announcers BS from WDAY is atrocious and embarrassing.

[Johnny Five]

PSP or BEK streaming it would be the best product we could have, but WDAY comes in with their big dick money and bends them over at the table.  It’s unfortunate hockey has to be apart of the entire package.

[The Sicatoka]

PSP and BEK are surprisingly good outlets that not enough folks know about. 

If you have Midco cable you probably have WDAY-Xtra (check the channel guide). 

It doesn't let ForumComm (parent of WDAY) off the hook, no PxP is low-bid weak-sause, but I'd probably have the volume off anyway. 

[Blackheart]

28 minutes ago, Johnny Five said:

PSP or BEK streaming it would be the best product we could have, but WDAY comes in with their big dick money and bends them over at the table.  It’s unfortunate hockey has to be apart of the entire package.

Similar to ESPN getting NCAA hockey playoffs every year.  They don’t give a crap about it and trot out the same old clueless announcers for the Frozen Four.

[Sodbuster]

I know this isn't on topic, but does anyone know if Warroad girls' game at 6:00 is televised in this (RRV) area on anything?