2025 Frozen Four

[cberkas]

UND should put in for Seattle, Nashville, and other places

[78 und grad]

5 hours ago, cberkas said:

The funny thing is you always see the picture of the lines for the BC/BU games “Battle of Common Ave” and the crowd there but outside those games nobody shows up to see them play unless it’s at the Garden. These people that say we need campus sites, need to show teams in the West who can fill their areas all the time not the BC/BU one time games. 
 

If they want to have the games on campus then bid on it. Which is how they should have been doing it, but you can’t bid if you haven’t been in the NCAA Tournament in the last 5 years, don’t have the Locker rooms (4), and not 5k. (I’d have the REA a permanent host since it’s the crown jewel of college hockey) 
 

BC never hosts any regionals, the regionals in the East should never have problems when most of the schools are 3 to 5 hour drives, and regionals in Hockey East are 2 to 3 hour drives.
 

Yost can’t host since they only have 2 lockers which I was surprised by. CC needs Broadmoor World Arena to go with the plan to make the ice sheet NHL size. Would they allow Minnesota host with a hybrid sheet? Hastings wants the Kohl Center to be NHL size (I’m sure that hasn’t happened yet, but could be wrong).

One thing that irritated me with Arizona State, make playoff tickets for the students FREE. ASU had free tickets for the students all year but NCHC Playoffs they were $10 (I know it’s only $10, but everything in Mullet Arena is over priced). Give students Free tickets and put them in a section on the glass in the NCAAs that’s way better then the upper level. 

The NCAA and NHL should be advertising the NCAA Tournament once it’s January. During games, online ads, social media ads, and billboards/ads locally where the regionals are at. That will help get casual/new hockey fans to see the college game. Also to stop the secondary market prices. Put regional tickets on sale two weeks (right before conference title games) start. That will help fans get tickets to the right regional. 
 

Just some thoughts on what should be done. 
 

Good take  go sioux

[TwamleyShuffle]

When’s the last time the Hobey Baker winner came back for another season of college hockey? 

[brianvf]

14 minutes ago, TwamleyShuffle said:

When’s the last time the Hobey Baker winner came back for another season of college hockey? 

Duncan if I'm not mistaken.

[cowboys5xsbs]

6 hours ago, cberkas said:

UND should put in for Seattle, Nashville, and other places

Dallas 

[Sweethockey]

18 hours ago, cberkas said:

UND should put in for Seattle, Nashville, and other places

Tampa, Tampa, and maybe Tampa. Such a great place to be this time of year. They do the sport of hockey proud. And it’s the strangest thing to go to a hockey game in shorts and flip flops.

[siouxfaninseattle]

I have one good memory and one great memory of the FF in Tampa. In 2012 BC beat the goofs 6-1 (and no one needs to think about another 6-1 game involving BC) and the looks on the goofs fans was priceless. You all know what the great memory was.

[Dustin]

3 hours ago, siouxfaninseattle said:

I have one good memory and one great memory of the FF in Tampa. In 2012 BC beat the goofs 6-1 (and no one needs to think about another 6-1 game involving BC) and the looks on the goofs fans was priceless. You all know what the great memory was.

The Quinnipiac OT winner was also in Tampa.

I've been an advocate for a few years of rotating "destination" warm weather Frozen Four host cities, like Tampa and possibly Vegas, if things go well next year.  I think Nashville would go over well as a Frozen Four site, and is pretty centrally located east/west-wise for the majority of college hockey fan bases.

[Blackheart]

Score prediction fot tonight...Western 27  BU 2.  NCHC dominates!  Alright, probably more like 3-2.

[burd]

26 minutes ago, Blackheart said:

Score prediction fot tonight...Western 27  BU 2.  NCHC dominates!  Alright, probably more like 3-2.

24 goals waved off in a classic case of east coast bias.  

[cberkas]

Next year Bucci and ESPN does the player announcements like the Minnesota State High School Tournament. 

[TwamleyShuffle]

The WMU fans are in full force tonight!!

 

[Dustin]

Just now, TwamleyShuffle said:

The WMU fans are in full force tonight!!

 

Good for them.

[cberkas]

1-0 WMU

Beautiful tip

[Dustin]

There we go!

[cberkas]

Western please stop these UND passes 

[farce poobah]

If Western can hold BU to 1 SOG every 5 minutes, I like their chances.

 

[cberkas]

Should have been blown dead

[Dustin]

Just now, cberkas said:

Should have been blown dead

I'm on the fence.  Could see both points of view.

[Dustin]

WMU PP coming up.

[JohnboyND7]

On a delayed penalty call, what happens if the team scores? Do they still get a power play?

[Dustin]

Weak call?  Or legit?

[Dustin]

Just now, JohnboyND7 said:

On a delayed penalty call, what happens if the team scores? Do they still get a power play?

Not anymore.

[Dustin]

Beautiful tic tac toe but the save made.

[cberkas]

Just now, Dustin said:

Weak call?  Or legit?

Looked like he was draped over him