southpaw Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago Not surprising Canadian fans don't want to attend events in the US right now. 2 Quote
Johnny Five Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 2 hours ago, MafiaMan said: Late to the party here as I attended all 5 games at GCA this past weekend while keeping an eye on Mariucci. My two cents so far… I don’t want to EVER hear someone tell me that Minnesota is the “State of Hockey” again. Ever. 500 people in the stands at Mariucci to watch Czechia vs Canada? Maybe 3,000 for the opener at GCA between Sweden and Slovakia. What a total embarrassment. Admittedly a Gopher fan living in Central ND. Never understood the obsession with Hockey attendance...if only that was the deciding factor in what defines the state of hockey, which is in itself a marketing phrase established when the Wild returned. But if you're gonna say ND or any other state in the country wouldn't trade the hockey experience with Minnesota from Youth, to HS to JR to D3 to D1 to professional men's and women's leagues all the way into beer league, coaching and paying it back to the game....well I got news for ya. 1 Quote
Johnny Five Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 10 minutes ago, southpaw said: Not surprising Canadian fans don't want to attend events in the US right now. Yeah we are so mean to Canadians in the US, lol. Quote
Dustin Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 1 minute ago, Johnny Five said: Admittedly a Gopher fan living in Central ND. Never understood the obsession with Hockey attendance...if only that was the deciding factor in what defines the state of hockey, which is in itself a marketing phrase established when the Wild returned. But if you're gonna say ND or any other state in the country wouldn't trade the hockey experience with Minnesota from Youth, to HS to JR to D3 to D1 to professional men's and women's leagues all the way into beer league, coaching and paying it back to the game....well I got news for ya. Yep, no doubt. Quote
The Sicatoka Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 17 minutes ago, Dustin said: I was told by someone that the event has gotten too large for Grand Forks to be the primary host, so I figured a city with an NHL arena and fan base (Winnipeg) would help make the case. But perhaps Fargo and Grand Forks would do, too. Yeah, ... MSP, they're packin' the 'oochi. Quote
cberkas Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 25 minutes ago, Dustin said: I was told by someone that the event has gotten too large for Grand Forks to be the primary host, so I figured a city with an NHL arena and fan base (Winnipeg) would help make the case. But perhaps Fargo and Grand Forks would do, too. I think this has more to do with Canada using NHL arenas and the US wanting to be the same. 2024 (Sweden), 2023 (Canada), 2020 (Czechia), 2016 (Finland), 2014 (Sweden), and 2013 (Russia) all had arenas smaller or about the same as the Ralph except in 2016 and 2017 there was 13,000 seat arenas used. Most Euro arenas are smaller or about the same as the Ralph. I left off all but the one in Canada since they are at NHL arenas most of the time (since 2006 for how far I went back). Quote
The Sicatoka Posted 51 minutes ago Posted 51 minutes ago The politics ends now. Next time I have to clean up, I'll clean up more than just posts. 3 Quote
The Sicatoka Posted 23 minutes ago Posted 23 minutes ago 3 minutes ago, cberkas said: Verhoeff registered by Canada Are they admitting their existing D group is underwhelming? 1 Quote
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