NCAA Hockey Tournament

[cberkas]

Just now, hawksfan12 said:

Goes to show you how much ESPN sees the "Michigan brand" as the golden child of this tournament in Vegas.

And maybe they are right to casuals who are scanning ESPN. Just feels like to core hockey fans, UND vs Wisconsin would have a bigger following.

I'd say more to do with #1 overall 

[Shawn-O]

1 minute ago, cowboys5xsbs said:

They get another Plante as well

I wonder if Sandelin says one more run with three Plantes next season and calls it a career after that 

[fargosioux]

1 minute ago, cberkas said:

And a Cullen?

Max Cullen was a junior at Moorhead this year.

[sioux rube]

 

[JakeLove]

1 minute ago, cowboys5xsbs said:

 

Or a Beanpot school, or a HEA school, or an ECAC school. Tough to throw shade when your own back yard looks like the dog has crapped in it all winter and your kids won’t pick up (wait, that’s my back yard)

[Dustin]

4 minutes ago, hawksfan12 said:

Just feels like to core hockey fans, UND vs Wisconsin would have a bigger following.

Could be why that game is early, and hoping for Michigan’s brand to attract a casual audience for prime time. I honestly think the Michigan/Denver game will be more entertaining.  I’ll say we go 5-2 over the Badgers. 

[cberkas]

10 minutes ago, Bin said:

Cutting down on drinking time significantly.

Start drinking earlier 

[thUNDer]

14 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

And for the 18th.....maybe, year in a row, I put the kiss of death on a team by picking them in the bracket challenge.....

I feel bad for Duluth as they'll never win again as long as I'm around....shoot. 

[JakeLove]

We heard it earlier, “Can’t drink all day if you don’t start in the morning “; so LFG 

[Bin]

1 minute ago, cberkas said:

Start drinking earlier 

"Can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning!"

[cowboys5xsbs]

Just now, Bin said:

"Can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning!"

And the day before heck turn it into a bender

[nascar99]

7 minutes ago, Dustin said:

Could be why that game is early, and hoping for Michigan’s brand to attract a casual audience for prime time. I honestly think the Michigan/Denver game will be more entertaining.  I’ll say we go 5-2 over the Badgers. 

5-2 North Dakota

4-3 Denver OT win

I do think Michigan wins if they get more PPs (presuming Hage is healthier). Denver is favored if it stays 5v5 IMHO

[Wildfan]

28 minutes ago, hawksfan12 said:

Goes to show you how much ESPN sees the "Michigan brand" as the golden child of this tournament in Vegas since UND isn't the late game.

And maybe they are right to casuals who are scanning ESPN. Just feels like to core hockey fans, UND vs Wisconsin would have a bigger following.

more butt in seats as UND fans for sure travel well and won't be out pre-gaming outside of the rink. And after UND win fans are more apt to stay and watch their next opponent and buy all T-Mobile arena beer

[hawksfan12]

24 minutes ago, Wildfan said:

more butt in seats as UND fans for sure travel well and won't be out pre-gaming outside of the rink. And after UND win fans are more apt to stay and watch their next opponent and buy all T-Mobile arena beer

UND has a great hockey fanbase day in and day out but don't discount big ten teams for big games. Yes they have a lot of casuals. But when Michigan / Wisconsin / Penn State / Michigan State / Indiana etc. make it in any sport to a big game, the alums come out of nowhere. It wouldn't shock me if Michigan has 10,000+ at the game on Thursday. These alumni bases are huge and everywhere in the USA. Half of them may not even know who is the roster but they will show up. 

As for game times, the decision was 100% made by ESPN. They looked at the 4 teams and said that Michigan will sell to a national audience most thus give them the late game. Its as simple as that.

[WiSioux]

23 minutes ago, hawksfan12 said:

UND has a great hockey fanbase day in and day out but don't discount big ten teams for big games. Yes they have a lot of casuals. But when Michigan / Wisconsin / Penn State / Michigan State / Indiana etc. make it in any sport to a big game, the alums come out of nowhere. It wouldn't shock me if Michigan has 10,000+ at the game on Thursday. These alumni bases are huge and everywhere in the USA. Half of them may not even know who is the roster but they will show up. 

As for game times, the decision was 100% made by ESPN. They looked at the 4 teams and said that Michigan will sell to a national audience most thus give them the late game. Its as simple as that.

There isn't even 10,000 tickets left for Michigan fans...

[108498]

That Michigan/Denver game will be insane

[cowboys5xsbs]

7 minutes ago, WiSioux said:

There isn't even 10,000 tickets left for Michigan fans...

Pretty sure they have tickets set aside for each school 

[sioux rube]

 

[WiSioux]

14 minutes ago, cowboys5xsbs said:

Pretty sure they have tickets set aside for each school 

Capacity for hockey is 17,500... and they don't just divide the rink into quarters and give each team those tickets... they get far less than that.

[SIOUXFAN97]

1 hour ago, JakeLove said:

We heard it earlier, “Can’t drink all day if you don’t start in the morning “; so LFG 

anyone heard from gfhockey still?  getting worried.  those rapids on the river in SF aren't like the red river where you just float into the coulee and end up at wilkerson

[Dustin]

I’m trying to think of a time when UND’s semifinal game was the early window.  Anybody got some insight?

[fightingsioux4life]

21 minutes ago, Dustin said:

I’m trying to think of a time when UND’s semifinal game was the early window.  Anybody got some insight?

1987 vs. Harvard 

1997 vs. CC

2000 vs. Maine

2001 vs. Michigan State

2006 & 2008 vs. BC

[Dustin]

12 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

2006, 2007, 2008 vs. BC

2006 and 2008 make sense, but 2007 was late game. I was at the St Louis F4 that year and I know I didn’t sit through a second game after UND lost. 

[Dustin]

14 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

2005 vs. Minnesota

This one surprises me. That would be like putting Duke vs North Carolina in the early window of the final four. 

[WiSioux]

1 minute ago, Dustin said:

2006 and 2008 make sense, but 2007 was late game. I was at the St Louis F4 that year and I know I didn’t sit through a second game after UND lost. 

St. Louis we were definitely the second game.... because we road tripped and didn't get to town until that morning and napped at the hotel and skipped part of the first game. But ugh, as an 08 grad, screw BC.