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B1G Championship in Detroit

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Always had the fans before or after their team's hockey game down into the Olympia Club watching bouncy ball, I suppose that will still be the same.
 
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ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
Michigan will finally end this ****ing season for us. Is it too late to make that the early Thursday game so it can happen sooner?
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I wouldn't be too upset if Michigan's season ended on Thursday as opposed to Friday against the broomheads or worse--on Saturday in the championship when it's another win-and-you're in scenario.

My thing is do not go to the championship game if you're going to lose and let everyone down (again).

I remember when Hockey games used to be fun. Now it seems like we're just waiting for the other shoe to drop. That's the reason I wasn't getting excited over that January win streak. It was fool's gold.
 
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Hockeybuckeye said:
Well, if one is going to Detroit to see a hockey game then basketball is irrelevant. Besides we know the B ball team will advance past the first game.
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Dont be to sure about the basketball team winning a game. Ill have my ipad so i can keep an eye on that game while watching the hockey game.
 
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klbaum1077 said:
Dont be to sure about the basketball team winning a game. Ill have my ipad so i can keep an eye on that game while watching the hockey game.
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How did you make it past the USCHO filters? I thought anyone who gave the slightest crapp about bouncyball was supposed to be banned? I can't watch that game. If MN made it to the NCAA championship game one year, I MIGHT tune in for the last couple minutes of regulation, but no more, since I wouldn't really want to waste more than an hour of my life watching that 'sport'.
 
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Koho said:
How did you make it past the USCHO filters? I thought anyone who gave the slightest crapp about bouncyball was supposed to be banned? I can't watch that game. If MN made it to the NCAA championship game one year, I MIGHT tune in for the last couple minutes of regulation, but no more, since I wouldn't really want to waste more than an hour of my life watching that 'sport'.
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I am a fan of Ohio state i watch every game they play
 
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Big Ten Awards are out:

Freshman of the Year: Dylan Larkin of Michigan
Scoring Champion: Zach Hyman of Michigan
Defenseman of the Year: Mike Reilly of Minnesota
Goalie of the Year: Jake Hildebrand of Michigan State
Player of the Year: Jake Hildebrand of Michigan State
Coach of the Year: Guy Gadowsky of Penn State

Thought Anastos might be able to steal Coach of the Year, but I have no issues with Gadowsky receiving it.
 
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Last year's attendance, if you believe the box scores here at USCHO:

Thursday:
OSU-MSU 7,408
PSU-Mich 7,333

Friday:
OSU-Minn 9,753
Wisc-PSU 7,963

Saturday:
Wisc-OSU 10,153

That's a lot lower than the WCHA used to draw there, isn't it?

I'll be curious to see how Detroit draws this weekend. It used to be that Michigan-MSU at the Joe in the CCHA tournament was a sellout or very near. But even if Michigan wins on Thursday (don't count on it), it will be only 24 hours' notice for the matchup, and the tournament has not received much promotion around here, and I think that a lot of the Michigan fan base is disillusioned at the moment, so I don't see them selling out. I bet that it will be better than 10,000. Saturday should be decent if one of those teams is in the final, also. But Thursday afternoon? Or even the final if Wisconsin somehow beats Michigan and MSU? Probably under 5,000.
 
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The WCHA drew very well, almost sold out for most games.
The BIG will never draw well, the conference is too spread out (compare to the CCHA & WCHA) and let's face it, neither Detroit nor MSP is a garden spring break destination for the $$$ it cost to get to either location.
 
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MichFan said:
Last year's attendance, if you believe the box scores here at USCHO:

Thursday:
OSU-MSU 7,408
PSU-Mich 7,333
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Those totals for the Thursday games last year were complete fabrications. They weren't tickets sold, or tickets distributed, and they certainly weren't turnstile counts. Drop the "7" from each figure and you would literally be closer to the actual attendance. My guess is it will be just as bad in Detroit. The last few CCHA tournaments suffered from an attendance standpoint, and that was with the all the teams generally fairly close and tickets that were much less expensive. And no hotel deals like we used to see at the Marriot? Even less incentive for people to show up. Didn't someone post earlier in this thread that neutral site college hockey short of the Frozen Four should be a thing of the past? I would agree. I'd like to see the day when all conference tournaments in hockey are scrapped. Just make the regular season a week or two longer and give all auto-bids to the team that proves it is best over 5 months and a couple dozen (at least) games. I could see the things continue if they were all like the old Final Five in the WCHA and you had most sessions packed. Playing before 16 or 17,000 empty seats is ridiculous.
 
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MichFan said:
Last year's attendance, if you believe the box scores here at USCHO:

Thursday:
OSU-MSU 7,408
PSU-Mich 7,333

Friday:
OSU-Minn 9,753
Wisc-PSU 7,963

Saturday:
Wisc-OSU 10,153

That's a lot lower than the WCHA used to draw there, isn't it?
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No way there were 10,000 actually attending the Saturday championship game. I would have guessed 10-11 for the Friday MN game - but the MN fans did not show for the other games (nor did they ever in the WCHA either, once they lost).
 
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Biddco said:
Yup. I always chuckle when people say they "travel well" when I bet most of those fans didn't travel very far. Many Minnesota and Twin City kids go to UND and end up back where they grew up (the cities or somewhere else in MN).
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I realize this. However, my comments on the Sioux traveling well are based on what I've seen from the frozen four in Milwaukee, the old holidays tournaments there, # of visiting fans at Madison regular season games, and what I've heard from friends who have travelled to regionals. Also, my perception has been that at the old WCHA tournament, there were A LOT more Sioux fans at tournament games their team was not involved in than Gopher fans. Now, maybe, it's just that the ND fans living in the TC happen to be bigger overall hockey fans than the gopher fans living around the TC; but my guess is that the cause of that was a sizable contingent of ND fans who made the drive, purchased the whole package of tickets, and decided to attend anyway (as opposed to simply scalping/being able to stay home).

Others have probably travelled to more venues than I have; but, from what I've seen, North Dakota fans do travel as well as, if not better than, any fan base.
 
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LordofBrewtown said:
I realize this. However, my comments on the Sioux traveling well are based on what I've seen from the frozen four in Milwaukee, the old holidays tournaments there, # of visiting fans at Madison regular season games, and what I've heard from friends who have travelled to regionals. Also, my perception has been that at the old WCHA tournament, there were A LOT more Sioux fans at tournament games their team was not involved in than Gopher fans. Now, maybe, it's just that the ND fans living in the TC happen to be bigger overall hockey fans than the gopher fans living around the TC; but my guess is that the cause of that was a sizable contingent of ND fans who made the drive, purchased the whole package of tickets, and decided to attend anyway (as opposed to simply scalping/being able to stay home).

Others have probably travelled to more venues than I have; but, from what I've seen, North Dakota fans do travel as well as, if not better than, any fan base.
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Final Five always seemed to bring the fairweather Gopher fans out of the woodwork. For several years, if I bought a ticket package, I went to all the games. I always enjoyed the Thursday night play in game.

As for the UND fans, I don't know how well they travel as a fanbase on the whole, but it seems that no matter where I go, there's always at least one. There was one at the Friday night MN @ aOSU game.
 
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We all know the B1G is all about the money.
If this playoff format they have tanks badly financially do you think they'll stay with this initial 5 year plan or scrap it and come up with something else quick as they can?
 
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