2023-24 University of North Dakota Hockey Season

[siouxfaninseattle]

  On 2/29/2024 at 3:43 PM, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said:

I think we've beat Michigan and Quinnipiac in the NCAAs in the same year... just struggling to remember which year

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2016. Michigan in the regional and QU in the FF.

[1972]

  On 2/29/2024 at 12:49 AM, bcblues said:

Hobey Baker voting: Neither my wife or I can log into the hobeybaker.com website to vote. Anybody else have issues?

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yup..set up a log in, and wont allow me to vote either...not that it matters that much

[stoneySIOUX]

  On 2/29/2024 at 4:39 PM, siouxfaninseattle said:

2016. Michigan in the regional and QU in the FF.

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Lol he was being sarcastic. In your defense, he didn't use the emoji 

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

  On 2/29/2024 at 5:17 PM, stoneySIOUX said:

Lol he was being sarcastic. In your defense, he didn't use the emoji 

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I've only re-watched every tournament game in its entirety a dozen or more times 

[krustyklown]

  On 2/29/2024 at 7:17 AM, Esoteric said:

Maybe it is time a North Dakota team should not have to have another NCHC team in their bracket.  If four teams are in a league affiliation they should be separated.

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Fixed your post.

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That likely will never happen - at least one regional tournament will likely NOT have a NCHC rep, so as to prevent what happened in 2005 (all WCHA teams in Frozen Four)

Although, at some point IF the NCHC has a down year, only two teams qualify

 

[stoneySIOUX]

  On 2/29/2024 at 6:14 PM, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said:

I've only re-watched every tournament game in its entirety a dozen or more times 

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Get those numbers up, amateur 

[fargosioux]

  On 2/29/2024 at 4:38 PM, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:

St Cloud at a regional that we are hosting never goes well for them...

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Omaha is the host of the Sioux Falls regional this year.

[scpa0305]

  On 2/29/2024 at 8:00 PM, fargosioux said:

Omaha is the host of the Sioux Falls regional this year.

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…sure they are  

[fargosioux]

  On 2/29/2024 at 8:02 PM, scpa0305 said:

…sure they are  

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Just saying .. no guarantee UND plays in Sioux Falls. UMass or Omaha could mess up our plans.

[scpa0305]

  On 2/29/2024 at 8:08 PM, fargosioux said:

Just saying .. no guarantee UND plays in Sioux Falls. UMass or Omaha could mess up our plans.

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I’ll bet my youngest kids college fund the boys are in SF 

[siouxfaninseattle]

  On 2/29/2024 at 5:17 PM, stoneySIOUX said:

Lol he was being sarcastic. In your defense, he didn't use the emoji 

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Oops. 

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

  On 2/29/2024 at 8:08 PM, fargosioux said:

Just saying .. no guarantee UND plays in Sioux Falls. UMass or Omaha could mess up our plans.

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Don't make us laugh

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

  On 2/29/2024 at 8:00 PM, fargosioux said:

Omaha is the host of the Sioux Falls regional this year.

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That's true, if I'm going to cite instances where we hosted and weren't there then this one won't count. 

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

  On 2/29/2024 at 8:44 PM, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said:

Don't make us laugh

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This could be the year they make it past the first round of the NCHC tournament!

[Goon]

 

[Blackheart]

  On 2/29/2024 at 8:10 PM, scpa0305 said:

I’ll bet my youngest kids college fund the boys are in SF 

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That's pretty brave when it's only $100.

[Goon]

  On 2/29/2024 at 8:10 PM, scpa0305 said:

I’ll bet my youngest kids college fund the boys are in SF 

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I am agreeing with @scpa0305 on this one too. 

[fightingsioux4life]

  On 2/29/2024 at 8:52 PM, Goon said:

 

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Thanks for posting this. Powerful stuff! 

[Dustin]

  On 2/29/2024 at 4:55 AM, brianvf said:

Latest bracketology from USCHO:

https://www.uscho.com/2024/02/28/bracketology-some-movement-in-the-pairwise-makes-this-weeks-bracektology-that-much-more-difficult-to-handle/

Holy region of death in South Dakota.  Any of those four teams could advance.
Hoping that the final brackets don't look like this for UND.

Providence, R.I.
1. Boston College
8. Minnesota
9. Maine
16. Bemidji State

Maryland Heights, Mo.
2. Boston University
6. Denver
10. Providence
15. RIT

Sioux Falls, S.D.
3. North Dakota
7. Quinnipiac
11. St. Cloud State
14. Michigan

Springfield, Mass.
4. Wisconsin
5. Michigan State
12. Western Michigan
13. Massachusetts

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I'd be pissed if I were BU in this situation.  Get sent out west because you can't play UMass in the first round.  I'd be a little perturbed to be Wisco when you've got two Midwestern based regions and you don't get either of them.  Hosts and venues can't be too happy about those far flung travels, either.  I hope the pairwise sorts itself out before selection Sunday.

[tnt]

  On 2/29/2024 at 11:15 PM, Dustin said:

I'd be pissed if I were BU in this situation.  Get sent out west because you can't play UMass in the first round.  I'd be a little perturbed to be Wisco when you've got two Midwestern based regions and you don't get either of them.  Hosts and venues can't be too happy about those far flung travels, either.  I hope the pairwise sorts itself out before selection Sunday.

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Remember Maine was a top 4 seed not too long ago. If UND drops, Wisconsin could very well be the top seed in Sioux Falls.

[petey23]

  On 2/29/2024 at 6:26 PM, krustyklown said:

Fixed your post.

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That likely will never happen - at least one regional tournament will likely NOT have a NCHC rep, so as to prevent what happened in 2005 (all WCHA teams in Frozen Four)

Although, at some point IF the NCHC has a down year, only two teams qualify

 

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Yeah, the NCAA will never allow that to happen again after what happened in 2005.

Except when it happened in 2008 and 2009 and 2015 and 2016 and 2021 and 2022.....other than those though, it will never happen again.

[Kevin G]

If either or both Omaha and UMass make the tournament as host #4 seeds, will the committee set aside the intra-conference matchup prohibition to help boost attendance in an effort to fend off the supporters of on-campus regionals? 

[Frozen4sioux]

  On 3/1/2024 at 7:53 PM, Kevin G said:

If either or both Omaha and UMass make the tournament as host #4 seeds, will the committee set aside the intra-conference matchup prohibition to help boost attendance in an effort to fend off the supporters of on-campus regionals? 

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That logic is using an assumption the NCAA actually cares in any way.

[Blackheart]

  On 3/1/2024 at 7:59 PM, Frozen4sioux said:

That logic is using an assumption the NCAA actually cares in any way.

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I think we already know the answer to that...

[brianvf]

Nice article on Gaber:

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/from-a-gilbert-plains-farm-riese-gaber-has-become-one-of-college-hockeys-elite

He could pass Guch and Cags this weekend in career points if he gets 3 pts:

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No active player in the country has scored as many college hockey goals as Gaber's 62.

He's climbing UND's career point chart, too.

Gaber has 125. With his next point, he'll match Jordan Kawaguchi's career total. With two points, he'll match Drake Caggiula. With three points, he'll be the highest-scoring UND player in the last decade.

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Although Gaber could use his free COVID-impacted season to come back, he will likely turn pro at the end of this season.

"Anything can happen, but I've been saying this is my last year," Gaber said. "It's something I've been set on now. It's time for me to move on and I'm ready for the next level. I think I'm at peace with that decision now."

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