farce poobah Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 https://nchchockey.com/news/2023/12/18/mens-ice-hockey-nchc-announces-new-playoff-format-starting-in-2026.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 12 minutes ago, farce poobah said: https://nchchockey.com/news/2023/12/18/mens-ice-hockey-nchc-announces-new-playoff-format-starting-in-2026.aspx This is the trend for college hockey conferences. Not sure why 3 weekends are needed, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIOUXFAN97 Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 theres fenton....he likes my ideas on here! great move Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneySIOUX Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Such a bummer, IMO. I get why they did it, but it was always such a good time. Too many good memories from this tournament to be happy about it being gone. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn-O Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 The halcyon days of the WCHA Final Five at the X are long gone and have been for a long time. Great move. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfhockey Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 So what happens if the finals end up staying in a place like Miami or for example, Western Michigan where those stadiums can’t see more than 4000 people we are going to lose quite a bit of money because of this decision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfhockey Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Did the final face off or whatever they call it get more than 5000 fans on average just wondering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIOUXFAN97 Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 3 minutes ago, gfhockey said: So what happens if the finals end up staying in a place like Miami or for example, Western Michigan where those stadiums can’t see more than 4000 people we are going to lose quite a bit of money because of this decision Minneapolis is too dangerous now.... Cost benefit analysis.... Eat choice... Wanna see attendance go down.... Wait for a fan to get murdered 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 13 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said: Minneapolis is too dangerous now.... Cost benefit analysis.... Eat choice... Wanna see attendance go down.... Wait for a fan to get murdered Just a point of order, St Paul is where the Xcel Energy Center is located. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIOUXFAN97 Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 4 minutes ago, Goon said: Just a point of order, St Paul is where the Xcel Energy Center is located. final five has been at both the x and tcenter..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGreyAnt41 Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Well this is disappointing. Living in the south Twin Cities metro, I always looked forward to the conference tournament because it was an easy drive to get there, and low cost, since I didn't need to drive 5 hours and get a hotel room. And that's if I'll be able to get a ticket. Also much less likely I can convince my family to come. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneySIOUX Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 4 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said: final five has been at both the x and tcenter..... It was never going back to the Target Center. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIOUXFAN97 Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Just now, stoneySIOUX said: It was is never going back to the Target Center or the X fixed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post stoneySIOUX Posted December 19, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 19, 2023 24 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said: Minneapolis is too dangerous now.... Cost benefit analysis.... Eat choice... Wanna see attendance go down.... Wait for a fan to get murdered I'm from the area and it's just not true. I'd be very, very surprised to hear this had anything to do with the decision. Plus, it's at the X and was never going back to the TC. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfhockey Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 I think it Hass to go down to Financial mostly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfhockey Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Plus, if you were a student athlete, would you rather play in an empty pixel energy center or a packed house Duluth with the crowd crowd roaring 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneySIOUX Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Just now, gfhockey said: I think it Hass to go down to Financial mostly Definitely. It wasn't a profitable event anymore. It was only UND fans going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CMSioux Posted December 19, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 19, 2023 14 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said: I'm from the area and it's just not true. I'd be very, very surprised to hear this had anything to do with the decision. Plus, it's at the X and was never going back to the TC. Those who say they are "scared for their safety" usually have a political agenda and haven't been in a city that has more than one gas station in years. 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbone Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Can you imagine, as a fan, trying to get excited for a big weekend of playoff hockey in Stearns county? Gross And the tv coverage? Worse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIOUXFAN97 Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 this shoukd be a reason why scsu should get the boot,,,,,were supposed ti bring tc market into play 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweethockey Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 35 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said: Minneapolis is too dangerous now.... Cost benefit analysis.... Eat choice... Wanna see attendance go down.... Wait for a fan to get murdered I have been going to this tournament for the last 15 years. Stayed in Minneapolis most of times, rode the light rail during the last 10 years. Been staying in St. Paul since it moved back to the X. I still would take the light rail to downtown or out to the mall. Never have I felt threatened, ever. There's a lot more scarier places in this world than the Twin Cities. I do miss the WCHA and the Final Five, those are some great memories I have of the Finest college hockey games ever played. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMSioux Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 I supposed they considered this but what happens when the school's arena has an event scheduled for one of those weekends (concert etc)? For example does this mean The Ralph will need to black out the arena for those three Saturdays? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxFanatic Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 1 hour ago, stoneySIOUX said: Such a bummer, IMO. I get why they did it, but it was always such a good time. Too many good memories from this tournament to be happy about it being gone. At least UND will have a chance at winning the Final Faceoff tournament again. It'd sure be nice to be able to see UND win it at the Xcel before the change happens though. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farce poobah Posted December 19, 2023 Author Share Posted December 19, 2023 29 minutes ago, gfhockey said: Plus, if you were a student athlete, would you rather play in an empty pixel energy center or a packed house Duluth with the crowd crowd roaring Trick question, since Amsoily Arena is never full. I hope that as part of moving to home ice for semis and final, that ticket allocations for travelling fans are increased to multiples of their regular season allocations. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEagle Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 1 hour ago, CMSioux said: Those who say they are "scared for their safety" usually have a political agenda and haven't been in a city that has more than one gas station in years. I'm not sure about that. I lived in the Twin Cities for 30 years before moving in 2019. In the early to mid 90s I took the bus every night from the U of M to downtown to Brooklyn Center, and I felt safe. However, I didn't go to downtown Minneapolis at night for the last 5 years I lived there. Sure, most of the time it was relatively safe (especially with big crowds), but there were too many moments of discomfort for my taste. Seeing bus drivers got a bottle smashed over their head, addicts on public transit, the number of crazies increase. There were a lot of people up to no good in recent years. I got tired of being in a place where I had to watch my back all of the time. My cousin ventured to downtown Minneapolis earlier this year for the first time in ages and got his Toyota Tundra stolen. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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