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2020 NCAA Hockey Tournament - What If: A Simulation of the 2019-2020 Postseason

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Here's hoping there will be one more update for The Belt this season.
 
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Fighting Sioux 23 said:
Frozen Four Semifinal - Detroit

#1 – North Dakota v. #4 – Ohio State
Both sides came out in the third period desperate for the next goal. Ohio State’s Matt Miller unleashed a bomb from the point early in the period that deflected off a UND defender’s body and bounced towards the net, but it hit the far post and went back under Scheel’s leg pad to keep the game at 2-1. North Dakota then got its opportunity on the powerplay, and Kawaguchi found the puck with some space at the far circle, and lifted a wrister that had top shelf written on it, but Nappier showed that his glove had some magic in it as well, snagging the puck at the last second. As the third period wore on, both sides tightened down the grade A opportunities, and the crowd tensed. Nappier stopped all six shots fired on net in the middle eight minutes of the third period, and Scheel was his equal, thwarting each of OSU’s seven chances. As the clock ticked down, Ohio State pushed for to knot the game. However, it was not meant to be for the Buckeyes, as Scheel kept OSU off the board in the final frame. When the horn sounded, and the clock struck midnight for the Cinderella Ohio State Buckeyes, the scoreboard showed the North Dakota Fighting Hawks earning a spot against Minnesota State in the National Championship on Saturday evening with a 2-1 victory over Ohio State.
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Time to go out and have a simulated celebration with fellow Sioux fans!
 
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You would think that if USCHO is trying to make this their idea, they might want to actually read the "results" of the game and who scored. Kawaguchi (Hobey! Hobey! Hobey!) didn't score - he passed to Mismash who scored.
 
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SiouxFanatic said:
The series in Mankato was awesome despite the outcome of course. I was really hoping UND would get another chance to play the Mavs! The simulation will have to do. :)
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We kept Kawaguchi off the score sheet that weekend, with no SOGs. If we had met a third time, I think he would have changed those numbers.
 
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Tomorrow's Simulated Game

All Times Eastern

NCAA National Championship - Detroit

#1 North Dakota Fighting Hawks v. #1 Minnesota State Mavericks: Puck Drop - 7:00 p.m.

I'll be doing a "game thread" style update during the game in this thread starting about 15 minutes before puck drop. Hopefully people will join in so it's not just me talking with myself!
 
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Fighting Sioux 23 said:
Tomorrow's Simulated Game

All Times Eastern

NCAA National Championship - Detroit

#1 North Dakota Fighting Hawks v. #1 Minnesota State Mavericks: Puck Drop - 7:00 p.m.

I'll be doing a "game thread" style update during the game in this thread starting about 15 minutes before puck drop. Hopefully people will join in so it's not just me talking with myself!
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<3
 
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FS 23,
I'll be following and commenting. Berry has to follow the hot goalie but I'm concerned that Scheel is due for one of his lapses. The Sioux will be ****ed that the purple cows stopped the unbeaten streak. I always felt Cornell was over-rated.
Let's go Sioux!
 
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jersey sioux said:
FS 23,
I'll be following and commenting. Berry has to follow the hot goalie but I'm concerned that Scheel is due for one of his lapses. The Sioux will be ****ed that the purple cows stopped the unbeaten streak. I always felt Cornell was over-rated.
Let's go Sioux!
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even in a simulation, you're all stuck in the past. Go Minnesota State, take down those Fighting Hawks.
 
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Shirtless Guy said:
even in a simulation, you're all stuck in the past. Go Minnesota State, take down those Fighting Hawks.
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Hey now! :p:D:D

Should be a really good game. These squads played two great, evenly matched, games earlier this season in Mankato. I have to imagine tonight will be an instant classic. Go Hawks! :)
 
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Shirtless guy,
Purple cows are a great team and should have been number one over Cornell when the Sioux weren't number one. I think what is significant is that the old WCHA was the best in the land. What is the future of the WCHA? I for one, would welcome the cows to NCHC. I saw the cows in Princeton a few years back. My friend reffed the game. Princeton still plays in the Hobey Baker arena. See it if you can! The Sioux are destined to win after not making the tournament the last two years. I'm betting the game will have 70 percent green in the stands.
Carry on
Go Sioux!
 
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jersey sioux said:
Shirtless guy,
Purple cows are a great team and should have been number one over Cornell when the Sioux weren't number one. I think what is significant is that the old WCHA was the best in the land. What is the future of the WCHA? I for one, would welcome the cows to NCHC. I saw the cows in Princeton a few years back. My friend reffed the game. Princeton still plays in the Hobey Baker arena. See it if you can! The Sioux are destined to win after not making the tournament the last two years. I'm betting the game will have 70 percent green in the stands.
Carry on
Go Sioux!
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My comment was for the fact that they are the Fighting Hawks now and have been for how long now?
 
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Shirtless Guy said:
My comment was for the fact that they are the Fighting Hawks now and have been for how long now?
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It's like Tech fans who are still butt hurt over the NCHC (despite the Huskies being the biggest conference changing divas in the history of college hockey), or Mel Pearson going back home to the Wolverines...it takes time to move on. ;)
 
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Fighting Sioux 23 said:
It's like Tech fans who are still butt hurt over the NCHC (despite the Huskies being the biggest conference changing divas in the history of college hockey), or Mel Pearson going back home to the Wolverines...it takes time to move on. ;)
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you're right there are plenty that are still butt hurt over both and we deserve that criticism. I'm over it.
 
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Shirtless Guy said:
you're right there are plenty that are still butt hurt over both and we deserve that criticism. I'm over it.
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That's good. And there are a lot of North Dakota fans who will cheer for the Hawks and wear Hawks gear, and have accepted that we are no longer called the Sioux. I have accepted it, and generally refer to the team as the Hawks. However, it is important to remember that: (1) the Sioux nickname was a part of North Dakota's (both the state's and the school's) hockey culture for its entire existence up until the last decade; (2) the Sioux logo/jersey was arguably the greatest in the history of the sport; and (3) a lot of fans grew up with and developed a love for that culture/logo/jersey. Now, I don't join in the "Sioux Forever" chants because I think it is important to move forward and not be stuck in the past. However, I also don't get mad at people chanting it or referring to the team as the Sioux. The Sioux name is and will always be a part of the program's history and culture, and, for the reasons discussed above (and I'm sure several others that I am not mentioning here) there will be a segment of the fanbase that will always refer to the team as the Sioux.

But if you want to take pot shots at those people, have fun. Just remember that those people had something very special taken away from them, and just because you might not understand what that meant, doesn't mean that it wasn't real.
 
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Fighting Sioux 23 said:
That's good. And there are a lot of North Dakota fans who will cheer for the Hawks and wear Hawks gear, and have accepted that we are no longer called the Sioux. I have accepted it, and generally refer to the team as the Hawks. However, it is important to remember that: (1) the Sioux nickname was a part of North Dakota's (both the state's and the school's) hockey culture for its entire existence up until the last decade; (2) the Sioux logo/jersey was arguably the greatest in the history of the sport; and (3) a lot of fans grew up with and developed a love for that culture/logo/jersey. Now, I don't join in the "Sioux Forever" chants because I think it is important to move forward and not be stuck in the past. However, I also don't get mad at people chanting it or referring to the team as the Sioux. The Sioux name is and will always be a part of the program's history and culture, and, for the reasons discussed above (and I'm sure several others that I am not mentioning here) there will be a segment of the fanbase that will always refer to the team as the Sioux.

But if you want to take pot shots at those people, have fun. Just remember that those people had something very special taken away from them, and just because you might not understand what that meant, doesn't mean that it wasn't real.
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It will eventually go away.

Way way back when I was attending then MSC, we were known as the Indians. Nobody refers to us as the Indians anymore. I have kept my Intramural MSC Softball championship trophy which has the Indian in fighting mode with the hatchet.

Now! GO MAVS
 
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Iwearpurple said:
It will eventually go away.

Way way back when I was attending then MSC, we were known as the Indians. Nobody refers to us as the Indians anymore. I have kept my Intramural MSC Softball championship trophy which has the Indian in fighting mode with the hatchet.

Now! GO MAVS
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Eventually...but probably not for multiple decades. Again, the Sioux nickname was not simply a nickname. I admittedly do not know enough about Mankato's history with the Indians nickname. However, as stated previously, the Sioux nickname was a part of the state's and the school's hockey culture for 60+ years. North Dakota won a ton of hockey games, including conference titles, tournament titles, and national championships, under that nickname, and playing "Sioux Hockey." There is a reason why most of the players currently on the team still refer to it as playing Sioux hockey. Don't get me wrong, I understand that most fans of other programs simply can't understand the significance of the name/culture to the state and school, but, I would just reiterate that the people who loved it the most had something very special taken away from them.

That being said...we have bigger fish to fry tonight!

NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
#1 North Dakota Fighting Hawks vs. #1 Minnesota State Mavericks

Puck drop in about 15 minutes. Live updates beginning...NOW!!
 
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No surprise for the Mavericks. Coach Hastings has tabbed Hobey Baker finalist Dryden McKay to man the pipes for Minnesota State.

North Dakota's Brad Berry had a big decision to make, but ultimately gave the nod to Adam Scheel to start for the Fighting Hawks.

Both sides finished up their warm-ups, and looked very sharp. Crowd looks about 50/50 split, with most of the neutrals in the building pulling for the Mavs. Lots of green though.
 
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Coach Hastings just spoke with our on-ice reporter. Said the Mavericks had success back in October by limiting Jordan Kawaguchi, and they will focus on that once again tonight. Hastings also said he thinks the top line of Tuomie-Michaelis-Sowder will need to keep up their strong play and put pressure on Scheel tonight if Minnesota State is going to have success. He also stressed that the game will likely come down to which team can take advantage of the powerplay. We wished the coach good luck and he went back to the Mavs locker room to give the boys in purple one last pre-game speech this season.
 
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