The Frozen Four-Viva Las Vegas!

[nd jg]

22 hours ago, SJHovey said:

I was. 1980-1987. And, as I’ve posted here before, I have the original 1982 championship banner from when they auctioned them off following the 1997 flood. Still my favorite team.

I was 9 at the time.  Went to the meet the sioux preseason deal.  I won a hockey stick signed be the '81, '82 season team.  Still have it today.

[Blackheart]

3 hours ago, TwamleyShuffle said:

Mike Hastings was interviewed by the NHL tonight show and re raked he called Sandlin about UND 

Re raked?

[TwamleyShuffle]

25 minutes ago, Blackheart said:

Re raked?

Typo on my behalf it seems 

[Wilbur]

I think the film says a lot about Wisconsin games.  Shaky goaltending, and they are a huge momentum type team.  They give up goals in bunches at times but also score in bunches like Michigan State learned the hard way on Saturday.  Youth hockey philosophy here, but get the puck behind their defense like we did against the Q and we will have success.  A ton of respect for their coaching staff.  Getting their team to Vegas after the layoff they had isn't an easy task.

If the same group that showed up against the Q on Saturday shows up Thursday we will be playing on Saturday night.

*If Spunar is the Frozen Four MVP we have a good chance as well. 

[Blackheart]

4 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

If the same group that showed up against the Q on Saturday shows up Thursday we will be playing on Saturday night.

*If Spunar is the Frozen Four MVP we have a good chance as well. 

Not possible.  Gavin McKenna and Trey Augustine already named co-MVPs.

[Goon]

On 3/30/2026 at 9:48 PM, SJHovey said:

I was. 1980-1987. And, as I’ve posted here before, I have the original 1982 championship banner from when they auctioned them off following the 1997 flood. Still my favorite team.

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to see the 1987 team win it all, I was in Germany serving in the US Army and AFN didn't have college hockey on it at the time. 

[mattim]

16 hours ago, TwamleyShuffle said:

Mike Hastings was interviewed by the NHL tonight show and re raked he called Sandlin about UND 

?

[runaroundsioux]

[cowboys5xsbs]

[Shawn-O]

4 hours ago, Goon said:

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to see the 1987 team win it all, I was in Germany serving in the US Army and AFN didn't have college hockey on it at the time. 

Thank you for your service. 

[Oxbow6]

Per the Champions Club, UND got an allotment of 500 tickets for the F4. Arena holds 18K. UND is the host school. 

[SIOUXFAN97]

funny to see how much offseason football newz coming out of imperial cass still.......it's almost like they are purposely not covering the biggest athletic story in the state in the last ten years....puzzlin'

[iramurphy]

5 hours ago, Goon said:

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to see the 1987 team win it all, I was in Germany serving in the US Army and AFN didn't have college hockey on it at the time. 

Where were you in Germany? I was at Giebelstadt Army Airfield outside of Wurzburg. I filled in for Dr. Jim Leigh a few times as one of team physicians early that season before leaving for Germany at the end of November 86. 

[Sioux90]

Is this the biggest Frozen Four ever? Has there ever been more hype in college hockey, than right now?

[SIOUXFAN97]

14 minutes ago, Sioux90 said:

Is this the biggest Frozen Four ever? Has there ever been more hype in college hockey, than right now?

4 great hockey programs in LV....i'd say it's up there.

[fightingsioux4life]

48 minutes ago, Sioux90 said:

Is this the biggest Frozen Four ever? Has there ever been more hype in college hockey, than right now?

This would be a great time to reassert ourselves on the national stage by winning #9. Just think of the positive press and the impression we could make on prospective recruits. 

[brianvf]

11 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

This would be a great time to reassert ourselves on the national stage by winning #9. Just think of the positive press and the impression we could make on prospective recruits. 

I have to think that just getting back to the Frozen Four is a huge help with pitching to recruits.
Good to be back, for sure.

Now that they're already there, might as well win the whole thing for good measure.    

[siouxfaninseattle]

1 hour ago, Sioux90 said:

Is this the biggest Frozen Four ever? Has there ever been more hype in college hockey, than right now?

Based on ticket prices I would say biggest ever. UND, UM and UW will bring boatloads of fans and DU will bring both of theirs.

[burd]

1 hour ago, Sioux90 said:

Is this the biggest Frozen Four ever? Has there ever been more hype in college hockey, than right now?

It may very well be, and most of us fans are really looking forward to it.  Still, it’s always cool to have an “outsider” there as a Cinderella/dark horse.  Someone for the boys in green to beat for #9.  The romantic in me, I guess, though beating Michigan’s arse would feel pretty good. 

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

40 minutes ago, siouxfaninseattle said:

Based on ticket prices I would say biggest ever. UND, UM and UW will bring boatloads of fans and DU will bring both of theirs.

Walking by their pregame party in 2024, they and many more showed up in St Paul. Fairweather frozen four

[Wilbur]

I personally love that the furthest east a Frozen four teams calls home is Ann Arbor.  Had Duluth beaten Michigan it would've been Madison.

And now there is a ton of bickering between the Hockey East people and the ECAC about which conference is better.  

What a time to be alive. 

[SiouxFan100]

4 hours ago, Oxbow6 said:

Per the Champions Club, UND got an allotment of 500 tickets for the F4. Arena holds 18K. UND is the host school. 

Idk but I am disappointed we didn’t get more than 500

[nascar99]

Random fun fact of the day: Rieger Lorenz (2024), Austin Poganski (2016), Jeff Rohrkemper (2011), and Tom Gilbert (2006) are the last goal scorers in National Championship Games for Denver, North Dakota, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Wisconsin was shut out in 2010 by Boston College, hence needing to go back to 2006 for their last National Championship Game goal.

Denver is Denver, but to quote Staind, it's been awhile for North Dakota, Michigan, and Wisconsin in terms of getting to the National Championship Game.

[nodakgirl93]

10 minutes ago, SiouxFan100 said:

Idk but I am disappointed we didn’t get more than 500

I think each school gets a section .

[forksandspoons]

13 hours ago, brianvf said:

I have to think that just getting back to the Frozen Four is a huge help with pitching to recruits.
Good to be back, for sure.

Now that they're already there, might as well win the whole thing for good measure.    

Good opportunity here for UND to raise some NIL money and market itself to prospective students for sure. Momentum keeps growing!