fightingsioux4life Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 52 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said: They will basically be home games for UND in the Sioux Falls regional. That needs to be the objective moving forward. Get a #1 seed. Winning the NCHC tournament is secondary IMO. Denver and North Dakota do not need to win the NCHC tournament. Omaha probably wants to win at least one game to secure an at-large bid. St. Cloud probably needs to win the tournament for the auto-bid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodak651 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 When 5 teams of the same conference make the tournament, conf vs conf matchups are allowed in the first round. They should give UND the option if this situation arises, imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skateshattrick Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 1 minute ago, fightingsioux4life said: Denver and North Dakota do not need to win the NCHC tournament. Omaha probably wants to win at least one game to secure an at-large bid. St. Cloud probably needs to win the tournament for the auto-bid. Omaha is already in the tournament and is a 3 seed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jk Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Just now, fightingsioux4life said: Denver and North Dakota do not need to win the NCHC tournament. Omaha probably wants to win at least one game to secure an at-large bid. St. Cloud probably needs to win the tournament for the auto-bid. Omaha is 100% in the tournament. They actually have the least to play for. My question is that if DU is the higher seed, and Omaha and perhaps another area team (MN?) is there, do they not need UND's money and can they put Denver, who earned it, there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxweet Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 I could see a scenario in Sioux Falls of UND, Omaha and CC all there with there being 5 NCHC teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneySIOUX Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 15 minutes ago, jk said: Omaha is 100% in the tournament. They actually have the least to play for. My question is that if DU is the higher seed, and Omaha and perhaps another area team (MN?) is there, do they not need UND's money and can they put Denver, who earned it, there. A flight is a flight. DU flying to St. Louis or Sioux Falls is about a half hour of flight time difference. The committee will put UND in Sioux Falls if UNO and UND aren't aligned to play in the first round. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 My bracket prediction? Somebody ain't gonna be happy. Most likely cause of great consternation and trepidation? UMass as a regional host and the region's four-seed gets (likely) BU shipped west and 3 or 4 overall shipped east. Next most likely is Omaha as a regional three and host. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxbow6 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 10 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said: My bracket prediction? Somebody ain't gonna be happy. Most likely cause of great consternation and trepidation? UMass as a regional host and the region's four-seed gets (likely) BU shipped west and 3 or 4 overall shipped east. Next most likely is Omaha as a regional three and host. All of this is why top 4 seeds need to host. The nonsense that we possibly see like above is just another nail in the coffin to these type of regionals.....hopefully. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brianvf Posted March 19 Popular Post Share Posted March 19 47 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said: My bracket prediction? Somebody ain't gonna be happy. Most likely cause of great consternation and trepidation? UMass as a regional host and the region's four-seed gets (likely) BU shipped west and 3 or 4 overall shipped east. Next most likely is Omaha as a regional three and host. 35 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said: All of this is why top 4 seeds need to host. The nonsense that we possibly see like above is just another nail in the coffin to these type of regionals.....hopefully. If BU gets sent west because of UMass hosting, maybe some of those eastern hockey writers will change their tune about wanting to keep the regional format as it is now. 3 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianvf Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Every player practiced at the Ralph today, including Albrecht & Persson. Still no word on which goalie will take the start on Friday. https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/und-not-expecting-to-announce-starting-goaltender-until-friday-afternoon?fbclid=IwAR0ioQFYDoTzCPUFeDpNskIeCzOK628xK8WqhM__QssrW4I0yIbmV1FjDPc Quote An illness made its way through some UND hockey players last week. But there was a bit of good news Tuesday. Every player was on the ice for practice. That included senior forward Carson Albrecht, who was one of the ill players. Albrecht missed both games of UND's sweep of Miami. It also included goaltender Ludvig Persson. Quote "We're going to go through the week here, and when you get close to the weekend, we'll make a decision on who that is," Berry said. "Ludvig Persson has been our goaltender for the majority of the year here. Hobie Hedquist came in and played three games during the regular season and he won them all. He came in for two games this weekend and won his first two playoff games, so he's 5-0." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin G Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 4 hours ago, brianvf said: If BU gets sent west because of UMass hosting, maybe some of those eastern hockey writers will change their tune about wanting to keep the regional format as it is now. Maybe but some of those guys really believe that on-campus regionals are inherently unfair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Baker Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 I thought the perennial powers were in favor of onsite regionals (im thinking UND, Minny, Michigan, BU, BC, etc) but it’s the other 50 or so schools who are against it? For example, the Yale’s, Union’s, and Providence’s of the college hockey world probably don’t win national championships the last decade if they have to go into Grand Forks to win national tournament games. They have better odds beating UND in Toledo, OH in front of 1,166 generic fans instead 11,667 Sioux fans in Grand Forks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farce poobah Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 6 hours ago, brianvf said: If BU gets sent west because of UMass hosting, maybe some of those eastern hockey writers will change their tune about wanting to keep the regional format as it is now. If BU gets sent west, its possible that UND gets sent east. That would trigger a LOT of discussion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianvf Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 1 hour ago, farce poobah said: If BU gets sent west, its possible that UND gets sent east. That would trigger a LOT of discussion. I feel like that has a pretty good shot at happening. Even if UND beats UNO. It's either that, or the committee puts three NCHC teams in one regional, which would suck as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thUNDer Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 On 3/15/2024 at 10:33 AM, 90siouxfan said: I always hope for a play by play guy that calls the action and a color guy that only speaks when the puck is not moving. So it’s not just me then who thinks Alex’s preparedness, professionalism & personality detracts from him doing more pxp. His knowledge is impressive to listen to though as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneySIOUX Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 13 hours ago, farce poobah said: If BU gets sent west, its possible that UND gets sent east. That would trigger a LOT of discussion. And all of it will be annoying. Our fanbase is whiny and often conspiratorial lol. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 #hobeyblaker 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneySIOUX Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 11 minutes ago, Wilbur said: #hobeyblaker AWESOME. I know we all felt this was coming, but it's very cool to see. #HobeyBlaker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farce poobah Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Must be a typo in that Hobey Baker list … no Gophers! And no UMD! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post burd Posted March 20 Popular Post Share Posted March 20 1 minute ago, farce poobah said: Must be a typo in that Hobey Baker list … no Gophers! And no UMD! UMD didn't want any. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneySIOUX Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 1 minute ago, burd said: UMD didn't want any. HA! Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackheart Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 12 minutes ago, burd said: UMD didn't want any. No blue chippahs? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackheart Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 41 minutes ago, Wilbur said: #hobeyblaker Four guys from Boston schools; 6 from the East. Maybe they'll split all their votes and Blake will slide into the Hobey Hat Trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackheart Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 17 minutes ago, burd said: UMD didn't want any. Sandy only recruits grindaz. #redpepper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneySIOUX Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 24 minutes ago, Blackheart said: Four guys from Boston schools; 6 from the East. Maybe they'll split all their votes and Blake will slide into the Hobey Hat Trick. I think Blake should definitely get in the hat trick. Could even win if the vote split happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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