2025 Frozen Four

[ubish]

15 minutes ago, burd said:

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

You as well lol. Thanks for the support. 

[BusinessSiouxt]

9 hours ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

Yep... The no fun police will take over

To be honest, I went to Clarkson University from 1976 to 1980. They played in Walker Arena, small facility with wood benches and wood floors in the stands. The place was absolutely electric. After I graduated, I returned for the Clarkson St. Lawrence game at the Cheel arena. Everything was concrete and it absorbed every sound. I was so disappointed in the event, time marches on.

[BusinessSiouxt]

9 hours 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.

You got sick of their fans, not of the hockey they played. They were a force there for a while.

[Kevin G]

10 hours ago, dden3 said:

I'll bet those Lunatics will

miss their old barn. 

 

10 hours ago, Dustin said:

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

“We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.” —W Churchill 

[Clark17]

On 4/11/2025 at 9:57 AM, Dustin said:

Wouldn't they wear white again as the higher seed?

Ya I was wrong - was thinking BU was higher seed 

[cberkas]

7 hours ago, BroncoMinor said:

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!!

It was going to be 8k but he said no make it 5k to be more like Lawson. He has a ton of input on what he wants to the donor. 

[cberkas]

6 hours ago, JohnboyND7 said:

UConn is not a big school by many definitions.

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

That was the only reason I put them. With the ACC BC is one I’ll forget is in that conference.

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

1 hour ago, BusinessSiouxt said:

You got sick of their fans, not of the hockey they played. They were a force there for a while.

I got sick of their deliberate attempts to injure our players and diving. Our fanbase is far more reviled than theirs. 

[SiouxFanatic]

8 hours 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.

I’d personally add Duluth to said list. No way I could ever root for them. For as annoying as St. Cloud and Omaha fans can be, I’d be as happy for them as I was for WMU winning their first championship. Zero issues with CC and Miami.

[cberkas]

 

[burd]

Many of us suffer from fragile egos.   

[Dustin]

One thing I noticed different this year (maybe it happened earlier but I didn't catch it) is ESPN's commitment to covering the NCAA Hockey tournament. During the regionals and Frozen Four, they kept the studio team on during the period breaks and between games talking about the tournament, rather than send it back to Sportscenter (hardly any of which would be college hockey).  Last night, they had a 30-minute pre-game, which I don't remember from before.  Yes, John is pretty bad when it comes to play-by-play, and Colby just hits an annoying nerve, but at least they follow the season, unlike Barry Melrose.  The regionals had pretty solid broadcast teams, I thought, too.  It would be great to get the Championship game elevated beyond ESPN2 (pretty sure it used to be the flagship, at least some of the time), but overall, a solid effort from the ESPN networks.  

[Godsmack]

5 minutes ago, Dustin said:

One thing I noticed different this year (maybe it happened earlier but I didn't catch it) is ESPN's commitment to covering the NCAA Hockey tournament. During the regionals and Frozen Four, they kept the studio team on during the period breaks and between games talking about the tournament, rather than send it back to Sportscenter (hardly any of which would be college hockey).  Last night, they had a 30-minute pre-game, which I don't remember from before.  Yes, John is pretty bad when it comes to play-by-play, and Colby just hits an annoying nerve, but at least they follow the season, unlike Barry Melrose.  The regionals had pretty solid broadcast teams, I thought, too.  It would be great to get the Championship game elevated beyond ESPN2 (pretty sure it used to be the flagship, at least some of the time), but overall, a solid effort from the ESPN networks.  

I was quite satisfied with the coverage too. Wished they’d have Dave Starman on either the broadcast team or in the studio offering up analysis. 

[SIOUXFAN97]

4 minutes ago, Godsmack said:

I was quite satisfied with the coverage too. Wished they’d have Dave Starman on either the broadcast team or in the studio offering up analysis. 

pipe dream...but sean mcdonough would be elite.

[sioux rube]

 

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

Is Holden still freelancing?

[SIOUXFAN97]

6 minutes ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:

Is Holden still freelancing?

he just pops up in random places...hard to believe some league or network can't lock him up....he's awesome

[Godsmack]

2 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

he just pops up in random places...hard to believe some league or network can't lock him up....he's awesome

Holden has a pretty good podcast called Nothing But Hockey. I stumbled upon it last week when Schlossman was the guest. 

[Dustin]

22 minutes ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:

Is Holden still freelancing?

 

15 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

he just pops up in random places...hard to believe some league or network can't lock him up....he's awesome

Does hockey broadcasts on B1G network. Not sure what else. 

[Dustin]

41 minutes ago, Godsmack said:

I was quite satisfied with the coverage too. Wished they’d have Dave Starman on either the broadcast team or in the studio offering up analysis. 

Starman and Saski did color and interviews for Westwood One radio coverage of the Frozen Four.

[Blackheart]

10 hours ago, burd said:

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

Yeah, we all are rooting against you after this.

[Blackheart]

5 hours ago, Dustin said:

One thing I noticed different this year (maybe it happened earlier but I didn't catch it) is ESPN's commitment to covering the NCAA Hockey tournament. During the regionals and Frozen Four, they kept the studio team on during the period breaks and between games talking about the tournament, rather than send it back to Sportscenter (hardly any of which would be college hockey).  Last night, they had a 30-minute pre-game, which I don't remember from before.  Yes, John is pretty bad when it comes to play-by-play, and Colby just hits an annoying nerve, but at least they follow the season, unlike Barry Melrose.  The regionals had pretty solid broadcast teams, I thought, too.  It would be great to get the Championship game elevated beyond ESPN2 (pretty sure it used to be the flagship, at least some of the time), but overall, a solid effort from the ESPN networks.  

Yeah, can’t listen to Bucci and Colby…just have the volume turned way down.  Holden would be awesome.

[MafiaMan]

On 4/11/2025 at 1:50 PM, Godsmack said:

Just read a story in Sports Illustrated that Buium logged 51:41 minutes of ice time last night, which was approximately 64% of total game time and 15 more minutes played than the player logging the second highest amount of ice time. 

Meh.  Gotta play a full 60.

[Godsmack]

31 minutes ago, MafiaMan said:

Meh.  Gotta play a full 60.

I agree. That Buium is a total Sally! 

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

19 minutes ago, Godsmack said:

I agree. That Buium is a total Sally! 

He's going to look like a Sally when someone in the N doesn't take kindly to his taunting. For his sake, I hope he wises up in a similar fashion to Blake.