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  • #211
    Re: Has UND lost in conference realignment?

    Let's just agree that UND will never get another blue chipper because everyone will forget that they exist when they no longer play the Gophers. Jeez.
    the state of hockey is good

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    • #212
      Re: Has UND lost in conference realignment?

      Originally posted by 5mn_Major View Post
      Not being on any TV sets in Minnesota could well be a faar bigger problem than you make it out to be. Ask the CHL...whereas its a huge threat in other parts of the country...its nonexistent in Minnesota. If you want to take that chance on that...good luck to you. Yet, your post seems to downplay the importance of having a healthy stable of Minnesota kids....hmm...

      There are fewer Minnesotans on NCHC rosters this year than years past. But do keep in mind that right now if the tourney was being held today...of the WCHA only UND would make it in. Oh..and Minnesota and SCSU which happen to have a considerable number of Minnesotans on their roster. Not a glowing review for a conference short on Minnesota players.

      Beyond that, five of the WCHA's top 8 scorers are from Minnesota. That includes the scoring leader at 3 NCHC teams. If you include #2 UND scorer Kristo, half of the teams have a top two scoring leader from Minnesota (both UNOs top scorers are from Minnesota). So even here, Minnesota players are doing what they can for NCHC teams.

      Maybe the WCHA is down this year, but talent ebbs and flows. Not too long ago (2005) the WCHA indeed was doing about as well as it has in a generation ...4 teams in the frozen four. And the players in that frozen 4?

      Minnesota 46
      Colorado 14
      Alberta 8
      North Dakota 8
      Manitoba 4
      Saskatchewan 4
      Alaska 3
      California 3
      Michigan 3
      British Columbia 2
      Illinois 2
      New York 2
      Wisconsin 2
      Finland 1
      Maryland 1
      Missouri 1
      New Hampshire 1
      Nova Scotia 1
      Ontario 1
      Pennsylvania 1
      Slovakia 1
      UND's games have been broadcast on the fox sports channels for what, a handful of years tops? Maybe 2008 or 2009? What did they do to recruit before then? I've followed UND hockey for a long time, and to be candid, I do not recall ever hearing a recruit say, or reading a quote from a recruit who said, that he came to UND because of all those fond memories he had of watching them on tv.
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      • #213
        Re: Has UND lost in conference realignment?

        Originally posted by SJHovey View Post
        UND's games have been broadcast on the fox sports channels for what, a handful of years tops? Maybe 2008 or 2009? What did they do to recruit before then? I've followed UND hockey for a long time, and to be candid, I do not recall ever hearing a recruit say, or reading a quote from a recruit who said, that he came to UND because of all those fond memories he had of watching them on tv.
        The larger issue is 'out of sight, out of mind'. After 5 years...why would anyone in the state care about the league if it consisted of Miami, Colorado College, UND, Western Michigan, Denver, and UNO. Its simple...they wouldn't. It would be the B1G and the WCHA (or whever else 4 other MN schools ended up). I love the non MN NCHC schools but the state's relationship to half of the remaining schools is slim to nonextistent (Miami, Western and UNO)...and the Colorado schools are as close as future B1G schools (with whom the state already has extensive relationships). SCSU and UMD make the difference in both state fanbase and recruiting...the conference tournament didn't end up in the cities by accident.
        Go Gophers!

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        • #214
          Re: Has UND lost in conference realignment?

          Originally posted by state of hockey View Post
          Let's just agree that UND will never get another blue chipper because everyone will forget that they exist when they no longer play the Gophers. Jeez.
          I believe soh may have found us a new name: North Dakota Grinders.

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          • #215
            Originally posted by Biddco View Post
            Cue someone calling this all BS...in...3...2....1

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            • #216
              Re: Has UND lost in conference realignment?

              Originally posted by huskyfan View Post
              the Super 8 then the Motel 6.
              Tech fan making fun of the quality of teams in the NCHC? Hmmmm...

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              • #217
                Re: Has UND lost in conference realignment?

                Originally posted by huskyfan View Post
                the Super 8 then the Motel 6.
                And back to the Super 8!
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                • #218
                  Originally posted by willythekid View Post
                  Tech fan making fun of the quality of teams in the NCHC? Hmmmm...
                  Hey, Tech makes the Final Five once every 6 years. Lay off.
                  Originally posted by SJHovey
                  Pretty sure this post, made on January 3, 2016, when UNO was 14-3-1 and #2 in the pairwise, will go down in USCHO lore as The Curse of Tipsy McStagger.
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                  • #219
                    Re: Has UND lost in conference realignment?

                    Originally posted by Tipsy McStagger View Post
                    Hey, Tech makes the Final Five once every 6 years. Lay off.
                    True, they do have that.

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                    • #220
                      Re: Has UND lost in conference realignment?

                      Originally posted by Tipsy McStagger View Post
                      Hey, Tech makes the Final Five once every 6 years. Lay off.
                      Yeah but the band is there every year, and isn't that what's most important?
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                      • #221
                        Re: Has UND lost in conference realignment?

                        UND may not have lost anything as a program, but some of their fans seem to have lost their sense by continuing to argue with JDUBBS.

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                        • #222
                          Re: Has UND lost in conference realignment?

                          Originally posted by Slap Shot View Post
                          UND may not have lost anything as a program, but some of their fans seem to have lost their sense by continuing to argue with JDUBBS.
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                          • #223
                            Originally posted by Slap Shot View Post
                            UND may not have lost anything as a program, but some of their fans seem to have lost their sense by continuing to argue with JDUBBS.
                            A few are just as bad as he is.
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                            • #224
                              Re: Has UND lost in conference realignment?

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                              • #225
                                Re: Has UND lost in conference realignment?

                                Originally posted by Mike Rane View Post
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