Minnesota Gophers 2024-25

[ARM]

WCHA quarterfinal tickets are included in a season ticket package at Ridder? Boy, not at LaBahn.

I mean sure, it's likely the game will get played. But just assuming so sure is tempting fate.

That's my recollection, but consider the source on that one. Back when I had season tickets, I remember like they weren't, and then they were added at some point. It wasn't like it was a guaranteed thing -- more like, "Purchase of season ticket includes complimentary tickets to any first-round WCHA playoff games." There were years were there wasn't a quarterfinal, either because of the playoff format, or later, because UND had decided women's hockey wasn't worth their time and the league champ drew "Bye."

If someone comes back with "ARM doesn't know what he's talking about," don't be shocked!

[robertearle]

That's my recollection, but consider the source on that one. Back when I had season tickets, I remember like they weren't, and then they were added at some point. It wasn't like it was a guaranteed thing -- more like, "Purchase of season ticket includes complimentary tickets to any first-round WCHA playoff games." There were years were there wasn't a quarterfinal, either because of the playoff format, or later, because UND had decided women's hockey wasn't worth their time and the league champ drew "Bye."

If someone comes back with "ARM doesn't know what he's talking about," don't be shocked!

So what you're saying is one of the perks of writing for USCHO was/is you don't have to actually buy your own tickets.

[StPaulSam]

WCHA quarterfinal tickets are included in a season ticket package at Ridder? Boy, not at LaBahn.

And our season tickets are still pretty cheap. $79 for general admission, $99 for reserved chairbacks, $199 for the rarefied air of the club area. Though they do get free soda and snacks up there.

Everyone can rest assured that while I prefer being on the glass in the corner in my general admission seat, I more than make up the difference of my university faculty/staff discount with payroll deduction to the athletics department.

[ManBehindTheCurtain]

Primerano out?

[FiveHoleFrenzy]

Primerano out?

Was not in either game. Did Canada have their rivalry team get together early otherwise I don't know why? Also didn't see Vetter or Kaiser this weekend. However, the tunneler brain trust did put Sophia Johnson out for the last few minutes of today's game.

It was nice of the tunnelers to play a period of hockey (the first) in each game this weekend. It allowed them to coast the other two periods of each game.

[ManBehindTheCurtain]

I agree that their first periods were the periods to see.

[ARM]

Primerano out?

As FHF surmised, she was off bonding with other Canadians prior to meeting the hated Americans.

[FiveHoleFrenzy]

Having to dodge tumbleweeds and listen to a lot of the sound of crickets to revive this thread...

Maybe the tunnelers best game they have played this year tonight at Amsoil areana? My wife commented to me that she didn't hear any cuss words coming from me tonight as I watched the game. She says that is normally not the case. I would agree.

Hey and btw...Maybe someone should point out to tonight's officiating crew what an interference penalty is.

[ManBehindTheCurtain]

I watched on TV and as usual you can't tell much on TV. Anyone actually at the game care to comment on how much Bouveng was playing down the stretch?

[ARM]

Maybe the tunnelers best game they have played this year tonight at Amsoil areana?

Other than the very notable exception in the 2022 NCAAs, the Gophers have mostly performed pretty well versus their sister school in the 2020s. Kind of a mirror image of their performance versus tOSU, where other than the WCHA title game in 2023, there haven't been many recent Gopher victories to savor.

I spent the past week plus in an area of the country where both women's college hockey and internet access are hard to find, so I have nothing to add regarding the most recent series.

[StPaulSam]

I watched on TV and as usual you can't tell much on TV. Anyone actually at the game care to comment on how much Bouveng was playing down the stretch?

IIRC she had a few short shifts. Maggie Nicholson didn't play after she got probably concussed but she did return to the bench.

I'm really curious (and everyone is mum) about what's happening with Skylar Vetter. A few of our scratches were sitting near me Saturday and I wanted to ask but figured it might have been awkward, so I did not.

[Moosefan1]

I'm really curious (and everyone is mum) about what's happening with Skylar Vetter. A few of our scratches were sitting near me Saturday and I wanted to ask but figured it might have been awkward, so I did not.

I've heard, unofficially, that Vetter has an injury and will be out for an extended period. Weeks, at least. It's admittedly fourth-hand info, but I certainly haven't seen anything to indicate that it's incorrect.

[ManBehindTheCurtain]

Feels like crunch time, if they truly are a top 3 team they should be able to handle Saint Cloud at home. Saturday on the Herb Brooks big ice?

[StPaulSam]

Feels like crunch time, if they truly are a top 3 team they should be able to handle Saint Cloud at home. Saturday on the Herb Brooks big ice?

after watching them in Duluth, I'm feeling pretty optimistic about them in Ridder and up in Granite City. They are starting to jell really well.

[ManBehindTheCurtain]

Saint Cloud is a very good team, especially sound defensively. They stay in position on the forecheck and on the backcheck, they are always there. You have to be better than they are if you are going to beat them.

At least for tonight the Gophers were better.

Saint Cloud doesn't have Abbey Murphy and the Gophers do.

A great game by a great player.