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5 hours ago, gfhockey said:

Ok there we go again. Conference titles > nattys

 

im in disagreement. I’d rather have nattys.   

Learn another trick, gf.   You can do it.  

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1 hour ago, Frozen4sioux said:

There is in no possible way that these two things have any oppositional relationship.

 

or in gfhockey speak

 

Natty door not close

when

conference tittle door open

no reason to be big mad at door

Not gonna lie, I spit up the coffee a little bit at this one.....:lol:

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Man, couldn't have asked for a much better weekend.   Now finish strong next weekend and get ready to try and do something special.   Was so awesome to see Ludvig hoist that cup....well deserved

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So on the topic of #2 vs #3 overall seed, are people excited about potentially getting to #2 so the first game is a much lower pairwise opponent? Right now, St. Cloud State is #14, but with them a NCHC team, would the committee flip to #13 Michigan??  it would be the difference between playing one of them and RIT (#22). I was initially pretty indifferent about being #3 vs #2 but I can see a clear advantage to being #2 so count me in on wanting that as well. One downside of Denver sweeping SCSU which allowed us to win the Cup, is that Denver is now top 4 pairwise right behind UND. I could see them sneaking ahead of us before selection Sunday with all the games yet to be played. In that case, would they steal our spot in Sioux Falls??  Denver is 2 hours closer to SF than Maryland Heights, but still a long ways. I would hope the committee would honor the attendance potential of UND in Sioux falls.

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4 minutes ago, Dustin said:

So on the topic of #2 vs #3 overall seed, are people excited about potentially getting to #2 so the first game is a much lower pairwise opponent? Right now, St. Cloud State is #14, but with them a NCHC team, would the committee flip to #13 Michigan??  it would be the difference between playing one of them and RIT (#22). I was initially pretty indifferent about being #3 vs #2 but I can see a clear advantage to being #2 so count me in on wanting that as well. One downside of Denver sweeping SCSU which allowed us to win the Cup, is that Denver is now top 4 pairwise right behind UND. I could see them sneaking ahead of us before selection Sunday with all the games yet to be played. In that case, would they steal our spot in Sioux Falls??  Denver is 2 hours closer to SF than Maryland Heights, but still a long ways. I would hope the committee would honor the attendance potential of UND in Sioux falls.

Being 14 may not get you in the tourney....hang on, it's gonna be a crazy couple weeks...just glad we are in and not wondering

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43 minutes ago, Dustin said:

So on the topic of #2 vs #3 overall seed, are people excited about potentially getting to #2 so the first game is a much lower pairwise opponent? Right now, St. Cloud State is #14, but with them a NCHC team, would the committee flip to #13 Michigan??  it would be the difference between playing one of them and RIT (#22). I was initially pretty indifferent about being #3 vs #2 but I can see a clear advantage to being #2 so count me in on wanting that as well. One downside of Denver sweeping SCSU which allowed us to win the Cup, is that Denver is now top 4 pairwise right behind UND. I could see them sneaking ahead of us before selection Sunday with all the games yet to be played. In that case, would they steal our spot in Sioux Falls??  Denver is 2 hours closer to SF than Maryland Heights, but still a long ways. I would hope the committee would honor the attendance potential of UND in Sioux falls.

I am definitely hoping we can jump BU to get the 2 seed. There are no guaranteed wins but a regional semifinal against either the Atlantic or CCHA auto-bid would be ideal.

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56 minutes ago, Dustin said:

So on the topic of #2 vs #3 overall seed, are people excited about potentially getting to #2 so the first game is a much lower pairwise opponent? Right now, St. Cloud State is #14, but with them a NCHC team, would the committee flip to #13 Michigan??  it would be the difference between playing one of them and RIT (#22). I was initially pretty indifferent about being #3 vs #2 but I can see a clear advantage to being #2 so count me in on wanting that as well. One downside of Denver sweeping SCSU which allowed us to win the Cup, is that Denver is now top 4 pairwise right behind UND. I could see them sneaking ahead of us before selection Sunday with all the games yet to be played. In that case, would they steal our spot in Sioux Falls??  Denver is 2 hours closer to SF than Maryland Heights, but still a long ways. I would hope the committee would honor the attendance potential of UND in Sioux falls.

This could have changed but I believe in the past the committee takes the approach that “a flight is a flight”. So because DU would have to get on a plane it doesn’t matter that SF is closer. 

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1 hour ago, Dustin said:

So on the topic of #2 vs #3 overall seed, are people excited about potentially getting to #2 so the first game is a much lower pairwise opponent? Right now, St. Cloud State is #14, but with them a NCHC team, would the committee flip to #13 Michigan??  it would be the difference between playing one of them and RIT (#22). I was initially pretty indifferent about being #3 vs #2 but I can see a clear advantage to being #2 so count me in on wanting that as well. One downside of Denver sweeping SCSU which allowed us to win the Cup, is that Denver is now top 4 pairwise right behind UND. I could see them sneaking ahead of us before selection Sunday with all the games yet to be played. In that case, would they steal our spot in Sioux Falls??  Denver is 2 hours closer to SF than Maryland Heights, but still a long ways. I would hope the committee would honor the attendance potential of UND in Sioux falls.

Denver is a full >.01 behind us, that's a lot of ground to make up this late in the season. Fluctuation is at most .005 per game, and that's bad losses/upset wins. It's possible, but we would need to faceplant.

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5 minutes ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:

Denver is a full >.01 behind us, that's a lot of ground to make up this late in the season. Fluctuation is at most .005 per game, and that's bad losses/upset wins. It's possible, but we would need to faceplant.

Ok, wasn’t sure what those numbers mean and how games affect them. My rationale was that we will play Miami for (hopefully) 2 games. No pairwise gained there. Then we could end playing Denver in the NCHC finals or semifinals, which could be a loss. 

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13 hours ago, Oldguy said:

Happy to eat a little crow here.  After the Saturday loss at CC, I said "this is not a special team."  

While that was in a game day thread, which I always maintain is reserved and should be understood to be for single day reactions (not higher level discussions), I would have to say that yes, they did look special tonight.  Congrats on winning the Penne, and for crying out loud dont' stop at this!

It may turn out that getting swept at CC is exactly what this team needed. 

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13 hours ago, fightingsioux4life said:

We seemed to flip a switch midway through the 3rd and put it away.

In my years of watching hockey, how teams play in the third period is a good indicator of their championship mettle. 

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1 hour ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Let's wait and see what happens in the playoffs before assuming the worst.

gf needs the worst to preserve the only identity he's ever had here.

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9 hours ago, gfhockey said:

Ok there we go again. Conference titles > nattys

 

im in disagreement. I’d rather have nattys

UND has typically won its nattys by knocking on the front door as a conference champ vs sneaking in the back by just getting lucky and banking on 2 good weekends. 

Fun fact, UND is last independent to win a natty. 

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12 minutes ago, nodakvindy said:

UND has typically won its nattys by knocking on the front door as a conference champ vs sneaking in the back by just getting lucky and banking on 2 good weekends. 

Fun fact, UND is last independent to win a natty. 

That must have been during the period between the WIHL and WCHA. I believe the WIHL folded over teams using overage Canadians. And I believe Minnesota was the driving force behind that. I guess some things truly never change.

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4 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

That must have been during the period between the WIHL and WCHA. I believe the WIHL folded over teams using overage Canadians. And I believe Minnesota was the driving force behind that. I guess some things truly never change.

Yes. 1959. UNDs first title. 

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