Re: 2017 Pairwise thread
It's not the number, it's the noise. These are some of the biggest die-hard North Dakota fans in the country going to the game where they either got lucky and got tickets as soon as they went on sale or paid BIG BUCKS for them. The game will be a lot louder than if it was at the Ralph, BC, Lowell, or UNH. It's about the most hostile environment for an opposing team there is.I think that people here are over reacting to the potential home ice advantage for North Dakota. There will probably be more Lowell fans in Manchester than PC fans in Providence and even North Dakota fans in Fargo. Let's say North Dakota gets 4000 of those 5000 seats. That is far less than BU is used to playing against if at BC or Lowell or UNH for that matter.