Bring On The Red Cows NCHC First Round - UNO @ UND

[cberkas]

4 hours ago, Dustin said:

I've been looking at the formats for the other conference tournaments:

As aforementioned, the Big Ten plays another weekend of regular season series, then single-game quarterfinals mid-week, then the semi-finals and championship are at home sites of the higher seeds.

The CCHA uses the same format and schedule as the NCHC.

Atlantic Hockey actually starts their playoffs this upcoming Wednesday, which serve as play-in games to the quarterfinals, so they have 4 rounds of playoffs.  Games are played at home sites of higher seeds.

The ECAC is similar to AHA in that they have play-in games to the quarterfinals, but those games are next weekend, not mid-week.  They accomplish this by hosting the semi-finals and championship on the same weekend at a neutral site (Lake Placid), much like all conferences used to do.

And lastly, Hockey East still has another weekend of the regular season, then mid-week play-in games to the quarterfinals, then single-game quarterfinals at home sites, then the semi-finals and championship at the TD Garden in Boston.

I don't know if any one of these formats is inherently better than any other.  A lot of it has to do with how many teams are in the conference and their proximity to a good neutral site venue.  It would be nice to whittle down the conference playoffs to 2 weekends.  It just seems odd that a conference tournament needs to take longer than the NCAA tournament.  Maybe reduce the number of teams that make the conference tournaments?  It would place more emphasis on the regular season if only semi-finals and championship games were played.

 

I'm for going to single elimination for the conference tournament like B1G and Hockey East did to match the NCAA tournament. 

 

[nodakvindy]

35 minutes ago, cberkas said:

I'm for going to single elimination for the conference tournament like B1G and Hockey East did to match the NCAA tournament. 

 

Conference tourney is a money maker so dont expect that to happen. This year should have pretty solid attendance in big arenas. Best of three means box office.

Im not crazy about stretching out the semis and the championship.  Just let the high seed host the semis and the final. 

Don't think midweek games are realistic with geography of the NCHC. Much easier for HEA and B1G. 

[Sweethockey]

1 hour ago, nodakvindy said:

Conference tourney is a money maker so dont expect that to happen. This year should have pretty solid attendance in big arenas. Best of three means box office.

Im not crazy about stretching out the semis and the championship.  Just let the high seed host the semis and the final. 

Don't think midweek games are realistic with geography of the NCHC. Much easier for HEA and B1G. 

I’ll say, the cost of tickets to see the semi-final AND the championship games are more than what the ticket package was at the X. $62 for semi and $78 for final….. $140 is a bit spendy 

[cowboys5xsbs]

1 hour ago, Sweethockey said:

I’ll say, the cost of tickets to see the semi-final AND the championship games are more than what the ticket package was at the X. $62 for semi and $78 for final….. $140 is a bit spendy 

Good for the schools that they get that money now although those prices seem steep for sure.

[Big Green]

29 minutes ago, cowboys5xsbs said:

Good for the schools that they get that money now although those prices seem steep for sure.

Anyone know what the cost is for students?  They are definitely taking a big risk charging that much for tickets.  I don’t think they will sell out.  

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

21 hours ago, TwamleyShuffle said:

Thank you!! So basically if my math is correct, we have an 89% chance of getting top three seed. Thats awesome

Not to be pedantic, but my job involves a decent amount of math, probabilities, statistics, etc. and checking everyone else's work. With all of the numbers rounded, my message to the board/clients would be 90% since that involves subtracting one number from 100% rather than adding up three.

[fightingsioux4life]

We need to break their spirit early in both games. Put it out of reach early. Leave no doubt. And I don't care if they have Patrick Roy in net, we need to do this.

[cberkas]

So, is UND wearing green for all the playoff games with the new ad out?

[Und Princess]

7 hours ago, cberkas said:

So, is UND wearing green for all the playoff games with the new ad out?

Yes! They want the fans to wear green! I assume that includes the players.  @cberkas 

[Und Princess]

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[Dustin]

11 hours ago, cberkas said:

So, is UND wearing green for all the playoff games with the new ad out?

Where did you see this?

[cberkas]

6 minutes ago, Dustin said:

Where did you see this?

It’s on their twitter page about wearing green

[Dustin]

Can UND just request to wear green for any game, regardless of home/away/seed?  The other team has a say about agreeing to it, right?  How about when NCAA time comes?  I am trying to think of a time when a team wore a jersey that was the opposite of their seed (higher seed = home, lower seed = away) in the NCAA.

[90siouxfan]

Is there a definitive puck drop time out there?

[TNF]

16 minutes ago, 90siouxfan said:

Is there a definitive puck drop time out there?

7:07/6:07/6:07 (if necessary)

[brianvf]

4 hours ago, Dustin said:

Where did you see this?

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/und-plans-green-out-for-playoff-games

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UND and Ralph Engelstad Arena are asking fans to wear green to all the home playoff games.

The Fighting Hawks, who hosted a white-out earlier this season, are attempting a green-out for playoff games.

Confused by this though...if planning a green-out...shouldn't the towels be green?   

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For Friday's series opener, UND and The Ralph will leave a white rally towel on every seat in the bowl, club and suites.

 

[Dustin]

1 minute ago, brianvf said:

Confused by this though...if planning a green-out...shouldn't the towels be green?

I had the same thought.

[nodakvindy]

2 hours ago, brianvf said:

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/und-plans-green-out-for-playoff-games

Confused by this though...if planning a green-out...shouldn't the towels be green?   

 

The white towels will stand out against the green if people are waving all at once for a good visual would be my guess. 

[108498]

Part of me would like to see UND loss in the seond or third round of the NCHC tournament. It is very hard to win a string of post season conference and national games. If they loss right before the national tournament, they would get a recharged and be at 100 percent going into the national tournament. 

[Green Banner]

10 hours ago, Dustin said:

Can UND just request to wear green for any game, regardless of home/away/seed?  The other team has a say about agreeing to it, right?  How about when NCAA time comes?  I am trying to think of a time when a team wore a jersey that was the opposite of their seed (higher seed = home, lower seed = away) in the NCAA.

UND wore green in the NC in 2016

[ND_Texan]

3 minutes ago, 108498 said:

Part of me would like to see UND loss in the seond or third round of the NCHC tournament. It is very hard to win a string of post season conference and national games. If they loss right before the national tournament, they would get a recharged and be at 100 percent going into the national tournament. 

Yeah, like Western last year....oh, wait....

[Dustin]

8 minutes ago, Green Banner said:

UND wore green in the NC in 2016

They were the lower seed (#3).  Quinnipiac was #1 overall.

[108498]

Considering how many times UND has made the frozen four the last 9 years, I would consider it a successful outing if they made it to the frozen four.

[nodakvindy]

13 minutes ago, 108498 said:

Part of me would like to see UND loss in the seond or third round of the NCHC tournament. It is very hard to win a string of post season conference and national games. If they loss right before the national tournament, they would get a recharged and be at 100 percent going into the national tournament. 

They already did that in tanking Saturday. I want to go in with momentum, not a loss at home. I'd also like that top seed and a game against Atlantic hockey to start the tourney. 

[tnt]

15 minutes ago, 108498 said:

Part of me would like to see UND loss in the seond or third round of the NCHC tournament. It is very hard to win a string of post season conference and national games. If they loss right before the national tournament, they would get a recharged and be at 100 percent going into the national tournament. 

Not our last national championship, but our 3 championships before that, we won both the conference and national championships.   Sometimes it is about momentum and confidence.  It is a fine line getting guys to realize your season can be over in an instance with one bad period, but sometimes a loss can hurt your confidence heading into the tournament as well.