WCHA Final Five/NCHC Frozen Faceoff: Share your memories here!

[Dave Berger]

Working on a WCHA Final Five/NCHC Frozen Faceoff article, and I need your help...

Please reply with your favorite memories and highlights. Best responses will appear online before the Last Call in St. Paul. 

Thank you! 

Dave

[Wilbur]

Definitely the first NCHC league tournament ever held at the beautiful Target Center, and there was a large rat running right down the middle of the concourse.  I looked at an employee and asked if anyone was going to do something?  The reply, "Nah bro, that's one of the small ones." 

[Snake]

For me it was taking over the Embassy Suites in St. Paul for the weekend. The happy hour memories are too many to count!

[Benny Baker]

The 2010-2012 era.

[Emerald joker]

For me it was the Sioux down 3-0 to Minnesota going into the 3rd, then coming back scoring 6 goals in a row to win their 3rd WCHA Final Five championship in a row! Awesome night of hockey! 

[ChrisUND1]

McGoverns and beer tents. 

[Wilbur]

41 minutes ago, Snake said:

For me it was taking over the Embassy Suites in St. Paul for the weekend. The happy hour memories are too many to count!

The ducks.....those poor ducks...

[Blackheart]

52 minutes ago, Benny Baker said:

The 2010-2012 era.

The Broadmoor Bullies!

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

Frattin's overtime goal in 2011. His redemption story after getting kicked off the team remains my favorite article about the team published outside of the Herald.

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/03/sports/03frattin.html

[Dave Berger]

I could still use a few more stories!

Discuss. 

Dave

[Dustin]

On 2/9/2025 at 9:37 AM, Emerald joker said:

For me it was the Sioux down 3-0 to Minnesota going into the 3rd, then coming back scoring 6 goals in a row to win their 3rd WCHA Final Five championship in a row! Awesome night of hockey! 

Without taking the time to watch the highlights (which would be a fun idea, acutally), I think UND's first goal was about 6-7 minutes left in the 2nd period.

[Sweethockey]

The "Timeout game". Prior to the game walking in the concourse yelling SIOUX YEH YEH!!, then hearing the response FILL the arena like a sleeping giant just woke up. The arena was filled to capacity. Riding a City bus back to Minneapolis and listen to one of the Suite attendants complain that we were too loud of fans and smiling because he had never been tipped so well by any other group as he did that night by UND fans. 

[gfhockey]

Gotta be drinking the embassy suites manager hour out of beer

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

On 2/9/2025 at 9:51 AM, ChrisUND1 said:

McGoverns and beer tents. 

Gonna make me shed a tear, also partying in the back of Eagle Street after winning the Double OT Title vs Denver on Matt Frattin's rebound goal

[Emerald joker]

2 hours ago, Dustin said:

Without taking the time to watch the highlights (which would be a fun idea, acutally), I think UND's first goal was about 6-7 minutes left in the 2nd period.

I could be wrong 😁

[SuhakiYeahYeah]

With me being 9 years at the time I couldn't do much pre and post game stuff with the adults, but at least the games were great. This one stuck with me the most, because there were these two guys from Denver sitting near us and whenever a certain player that I can't remember touched the puck, they would scream at the top of their lungs "THE DYNAMOOOOO!!!!!!!"

 

[sioux rube]

On 2/9/2025 at 9:20 AM, Snake said:

For me it was taking over the Embassy Suites in St. Paul for the weekend. The happy hour memories are too many to count!

And those omelettes they made were to die for them over to Gopher Bar a few blocks away for some pre game beers and of course a coney dog or 2 

[ChrisUND1]

On 3/14/2025 at 1:00 PM, Dave Berger said:

I could still use a few more stories!

Discuss. 

Dave

Hammershlagen. 

[ChrisUND1]

On 3/14/2025 at 2:12 PM, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said:

Gonna make me shed a tear, also partying in the back of Eagle Street after winning the Double OT Title vs Denver on Matt Frattin's rebound goal

That after party was insane.  

[Vegas_Sioux]

Going with my dad, the band and now my group of friends. 

[Blackheart]

9 minutes ago, ChrisUND1 said:

On 3/14/2025 at 2:12 PM, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said:

Gonna make me shed a tear, also partying in the back of Eagle Street after winning the Double OT Title vs Denver on Matt Frattin's rebound goal

 

[gfhockey]

Q boy

taking a 65 dolla cab ride to augies

[tnt]

 

[MGsioux]

20 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

Q boy

taking a 65 dolla cab ride to augies

Gf it's ok if you stay home.  Save your money.  Enjoy mommies basement buddy 

[gordwiser]

2001... first year the Final Five is at the X.  Sioux were down 5-2 to St. Cloud with less than 6 minutes left.  People were starting to stream out.  Blais pulls the goalie and sure enough, the Sioux score and the exodus slows... then they score again... then again to tie it up.  The place was going nuts.  St. Cloud won in overtime, but it was the start of something grand with the Final Five and it was an amazing era for the WCHA.  I sat in the same seats with the same group with the same people surrounding us year after year, every year until the Final Five ended.  Didn't miss a game for 13 years... too many memories to name, but that game really sticks out for me.

 

*edited the the time of the comeback because I looked up the details!