2025 Frozen Four

[SIOUXFAN97]

2 minutes ago, Dustin said:

Yep.  They'll become a Country Club crowd, like what happened here.

Yep... The no fun police will take over

[sioux rube]

 

[Esoteric]

26 minutes ago, farce poobah said:

BU catching up to Minnesota.

Title game losses:  Minnesota 8, BU 7, BC 7.

Interesting stat 🤣

[cberkas]

25 minutes ago, sioux rube said:

Then he goes and posts the 0.6 game winner on his account. What a salty loser 

He doesn't understand Hockey East has two big schools in BC and UConn and thinks that B1G and Hockey East will separate from everyone with NIL.

[Godsmack]

23 minutes ago, Dustin said:

Yep.  They'll become a Country Club crowd, like what happened here.

When I was out there, several Broncos fans expressed their displeasure to moving games off campus and away from Lawson arena. They are loud, crude, obnoxious and I say all of this in the most positive way. They rock the house there. 
 

Yah, Lawson is kinda dumpy by today’s standards but man, what an amazing atmosphere! Reason I got out there this season was word they were building a fancy new barn and I just had to experience the Lunatics first hand and it lived up to my expectations 100%! My wife gave me a hall pass to get out there as Lawson has been on my short list of arenas I’ve been wanting to visit. 

[SiouxperDave]

56 minutes ago, cberkas said:

Its ok, we know you don't understand

Gotta agree with Gophin’ Around on this.

[hockey1]

1 hour ago, cberkas said:

Hockey East fans are against BU lol

As they should be. IMO you never root for a rival even though they are in your own conference. Rival>Conference allegiance 

[Dustin]

5 minutes ago, SiouxperDave said:

Gotta agree with Gophin’ Around on this.

The thing is, Western Michigan isn't really a rival of UND's.  Yet.  Maybe that comes later.  I feel it's always right to cheer for a program to win their first.  I was happy for Duluth when they won their first couple, but after that I got sick of them.

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

44 minutes ago, SiouxperDave said:

Gotta agree with Gophin’ Around on this.

The thing you miss in this is, all of this success benefits UND. It makes us better throughout the season, it helps with recruiting for all NCHC teams, and it makes a huge difference in post-season success(7 of the last 9 titles). If conference success didn’t matter, we may as well be in the AHA right?

[tnt]

37 minutes ago, Dustin said:

The thing is, Western Michigan isn't really a rival of UND's.  Yet.  Maybe that comes later.  I feel it's always right to cheer for a program to win their first.  I was happy for Duluth when they won their first couple, but after that I got sick of them.

Not only that, but a lot of it is who they are playing against.  BU, BC, Michigan, Minnesota, and other elite bigger schools are already getting most of the super elite players, and if they start winning championships it might get even harder to pull some of them away from the top schools.  

[.357]

From someone on X who was quoting Herb Brooks:

"Not looking for the best players, looking for the right players." 

The right players adhering to their system trumps a team full of 1st rounders who rely more on individual players, as demonstrated yet again by Western tonight. The NCHC is the model that the HEA & B10 should be emulating, but their coaches are stuck in the mindset that a team full of mercenaries is more important than a well-structered team with the right players. And Ferschweiler & Carle know this too.

Ferschweiler put on a masterclass tonight about how a coach should act in his most pressure-filled game of the year: laughing & joking with his players before the game; exuding total confidence & belief that his team would win. Cool Hand Luke he was in their biggest game of the year.

 

 

[.357]

The HEA & B10 may have more elite players overall, but the NCHC has the better coaches. Pandolfo & Co. got taken behind the woodshed tonight by Ferschweiler & Herter.

And if anyone's wondering what all that weird noise coming from Boston is, it's the sound of hundreds of thousands of NIL money being flushed down the toilet on Commonwealth Ave.

[Cratter]

2 hours ago, Kab said:

Schloss does his homework

if he ever goes somewhere else people 0n here will complain  then too

It's all the Herald.

The guy before brad was good too.

The guy after Brad will be just as good if not better.

Virg, Brad, and the next guy get paid a full time salary to just talk and research UND hockey....thanks to UND fans who pay for the Herald.

UND hockey fans can thank UND hockey fans for the great coverage.

[Cratter]

2 hours ago, crb1 said:

I mean that is getting into Football US Bank stadium territory. 

It would cost $200+ Million to build Engelstad Arena today.

And US Bank over $1.4 Billion

So I don't think $500 million is "US Bank stadium territory."

[Cratter]

NCHC had the top two teams in the country yet again.

Sad reality is no other college hockey conference is even close to competing with the NCHC.

[BroncoMinor]

3 hours ago, Dustin said:

Congrats to WMU!!  Way to do the NCHC proud (Note: I would NOT be saying this about Denver). Thank you for knocking off Denver and BU on your way to the Natty.  Now let's get Herter to Grand Forks.

I like everything you said except the part about Herter going to Grand Forks. Let's keep him in Kalamazoo.

[BroncoMinor]

4 hours ago, cberkas said:

Its ok, we know you don't understand

I love that we support each other. And this is from someone who's team didn't win a gosh darn thing the first 10 years. I was rooting for you guys, Denver, Duluth, & St. Cloud when they made their runs. I really appreciate you guys being happy for us when we had our moment in the sun.

I do like it when Miami sucks though.

[BroncoMinor]

3 hours ago, crb1 said:

Cohen said WMU’s new hockey arena is 600 million dollars. There is absolutely no way that is even close to true. 

$550M. Pretty close.

[Blackheart]

5 minutes ago, BroncoMinor said:

I love that we support each other. And this is speaking from someone who's team didn't want a gosh darn thing the first 10 years. I was rooting for you guys, Denver, Duluth, & St. Cloud when they made their runs. I really appreciate you guys being happy for us when we had our moment in the sun.

I do like it when Miami sucks though.

I root for the conference...but not for Denver.  When the Sioux were in the WCHA I rooted for the conference...but not for Minnesota.  It's a little wonky, but I think most diehards understand.

[BroncoMinor]

2 hours ago, Godsmack said:

When I was out there, several Broncos fans expressed their displeasure to moving games off campus and away from Lawson arena. They are loud, crude, obnoxious and I say all of this in the most positive way. They rock the house there. 
 

Yah, Lawson is kinda dumpy by today’s standards but man, what an amazing atmosphere! Reason I got out there this season was word they were building a fancy new barn and I just had to experience the Lunatics first hand and it lived up to my expectations 100%! My wife gave me a hall pass to get out there as Lawson has been on my short list of arenas I’ve been wanting to visit. 

I was initially a very vocal critic of moving out of Lawson for the reasons you've talked about. I'm a bit skeptical that we can recreate that atmosphere in a new building. We've seen it with new arenas in college hockey. It's just not the same as the old barns.

Maybe, Fersch is selling me on something that isn't reality, but he's talked about how he wants to keep the good parts of Lawson: low ceiling & not going overboard with capacity. They've been flying to all the college arenas in the donor's private jet trying to capture the best things. I'm now pretty excited. And let's be honest, after what just happened on the ice, I'll run through a wall for Fersch. So, new arena it is!!

[BroncoMinor]

7 minutes ago, Blackheart said:

I root for the conference...but not for Denver.  When the Sioux were in the WCHA I rooted for the conference...but not for Minnesota.  It's a little wonky, but I think most diehards understand.

Yeah, I get it. I don't have any of that baggage with the old WCHA teams. Our only historical rival in the conference is Miami and they SUUUUCK.

[Blackheart]

Just now, BroncoMinor said:

Yeah, I get it. I don't have any of that baggage with the old WCHA teams. Our only historical rival in the conference is Miami and they SUUUUCK.

Miami?  Sure, I can get on board with that.

[JohnboyND7]

4 hours ago, cberkas said:

He doesn't understand Hockey East has two big schools in BC and UConn and thinks that B1G and Hockey East will separate from everyone with NIL.

UConn is not a big school by many definitions.

Its a small state school that has a great basketball team for whatever reason 

[ubish]

9 hours ago, Wilbur said:

Congrats to Western!  Very well deserved.  Their fans that visit the forum are good guys.  Well done Broncos. 

Thanks guys! Still can't believe it is true. Felt like a home game last night, I knew once I felt the energy in there we weren't going to let BU beat us. 

[burd]

4 minutes ago, ubish said:

Thanks guys! Still can't believe it is true. Felt like a home game last night, I knew once I felt the energy in there we weren't going to let BU beat us. 

You deserve to feel proud.   Just keep in mind that when the puck drops this fall, you're trash.