I was there last year and it was mostly green. They don’t make it I’m sure a few will still go but yeah it will look like a Gopher home game at the Mooch
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Big Ten > NCHC
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I was there last year and it was mostly green. They don’t make it I’m sure a few will still go but yeah it will look like a Gopher home game at the Mooch
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Re: Big Ten > NCHC
Surprisingly there are a few intelligent UND fans that left ND and migrated to an actual livable area such as the Twin Cities so they're already there. You can differentiate them when they look on with bewilderment toward trees residing in close proximity to other trees.
Surprisingly there are a few intelligent UND fans that left ND and migrated to an actual livable area such as the Twin Cities so they're already there. You can differentiate them when they look on with bewilderment toward trees residing in close proximity to other trees.
How original. Really never heard that one before. Pick your game up SS
Hockeybuckeye
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Re: Big Ten > NCHC
Ohio state does NOT want Penn State in. If Penn State gets the conference berth then as the host school they get the Midwest Allentown regional. Even though they were both placed there last season OSU can't risk themselves being placed elsewhere. We want the Midwest (if you can believe it's anywhere near the Midwest) Regional.
The B1G tournament will be brutal with everybody besides Ohio State playing for their season not to end.
Ohio state does NOT want Penn State in. If Penn State gets the conference berth then as the host school they get the Midwest Allentown regional. Even though they were both placed there last season OSU can't risk themselves being placed elsewhere. We want the Midwest (if you can believe it's anywhere near the Midwest) Regional.
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Having talked to Denver, COS, Grand Forks, and Twin Cities UND fans....after UND? The fans usually transfer to two places (b/c jobs): Twin Cities, or CO. Plain and simple.
Having talked to Denver, COS, Grand Forks, and Twin Cities UND fans....after UND? The fans usually transfer to two places (b/c jobs): Twin Cities, or CO. Plain and simple.
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Got one!!
The Exiled One
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Re: Big Ten > NCHC
Although, my preferred alternative is on campus regionals.
Still wish somebody could find a way to host the Midwest regional in St. Paul and the West regional in Minneapolis at the same time. Regional attendance in the Twin Cities has always been the best. Assuming the gophers return to relevancy, the buzz around town would be incredible. Gophers on one side of town and UND/SCSU/UMD/MSUM on the other side of town.
Although, my preferred alternative is on campus regionals.
ThePowerConference
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Re: Big Ten > NCHC
They did that. The NCHC tourney was at Target Center and the BIG tourney was at Xcel. No one showed up for the BIG.
Large NHL venues are too big for a regional. They are only going to get used for the Frozen Four.
Let's be honest. The only fan base that has proven to show up in large numbers regardless of the venue or location is the green army of Sioux nation.
They did that. The NCHC tourney was at Target Center and the BIG tourney was at Xcel. No one showed up for the BIG.
Large NHL venues are too big for a regional. They are only going to get used for the Frozen Four.
Let's be honest. The only fan base that has proven to show up in large numbers regardless of the venue or location is the green army of Sioux nation.
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The Exiled One
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Re: Big Ten > NCHC
Point is, regional attendance on neutral sites ALWAYS sucks, but it sucks the least in the Twin Cities.
That's conference tournaments, not regionals. Also, I never specified Xcel and Target Center, but I admit I can't think of any suitable alternatives.
Point is, regional attendance on neutral sites ALWAYS sucks, but it sucks the least in the Twin Cities.
Hockeybuckeye
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Re: Big Ten > NCHC
Since our home ice seats as many as an NHL arena playing at Nationwide the size is not an issue but what is an issue is how demeaning and insulting it is that our university kicks their own team out of their own building to bring in some extra bucks!
Because Ohio State rents out our arena for State high school wrestling and basketball tournaments in March we have to sometimes schedule conference playoff games at Nationwide Arena, home of the Blue Jackets!
Since our home ice seats as many as an NHL arena playing at Nationwide the size is not an issue but what is an issue is how demeaning and insulting it is that our university kicks their own team out of their own building to bring in some extra bucks!
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dxmnkd316
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Re: Big Ten > NCHC
I want to go to regionals, but the price is just so offputting. Final Five was a can't miss due to the price and fanbases. If they dropped prices to get fans in the doors, they might actually find that the regionals become bigger events. Especially in the Twin Cities area. Lots of college hockey fans, but who wants to pay that much for three games?
I want to go to regionals, but the price is just so offputting. Final Five was a can't miss due to the price and fanbases. If they dropped prices to get fans in the doors, they might actually find that the regionals become bigger events. Especially in the Twin Cities area. Lots of college hockey fans, but who wants to pay that much for three games?
The Exiled One
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Re: Big Ten > NCHC
The old WCHA Final Five was a blast... best college hockey atmosphere ever. The NCHC isn't the same, but they do a good job. I tend to go every year for at least one day.
Yeah, regionals are not exactly hot tickets. I only go when it's local and then only to the SCSU games. For me, that's three times now, but I would never attend if it's not my team. I didn't even go out to Sioux Falls last year because I didn't want to be too far from home if disaster struck (which it did). I won't be going out to Fargo either if that's where the Huskies are placed.
The old WCHA Final Five was a blast... best college hockey atmosphere ever. The NCHC isn't the same, but they do a good job. I tend to go every year for at least one day.
purpleinnebraska
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Re: Big Ten > NCHC
And I think it consistently sucks the most in the "Midwest" regional, which is rarely ever in what any of us would consider the Midwest. Can't we just go to 2 Western regionals and rotate them among Sioux Falls, Fargo, Omaha, and the Cities?
And I think it consistently sucks the most in the "Midwest" regional, which is rarely ever in what any of us would consider the Midwest. Can't we just go to 2 Western regionals and rotate them among Sioux Falls, Fargo, Omaha, and the Cities?
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Yep, high cost of tickets, plus the cost of parking/transport there, plus the $11 beer sales (they sell beer at the regional's right? if not, even worse, no beer). Or I could relax at home, watch the game in HD and drink better beer (at about a quarter of the cost).
Yep, high cost of tickets, plus the cost of parking/transport there, plus the $11 beer sales (they sell beer at the regional's right? if not, even worse, no beer). Or I could relax at home, watch the game in HD and drink better beer (at about a quarter of the cost).
SCSUBlackandRed
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Re: Big Ten > NCHC
Yep. Saw a lot of green there last year. It's just more fun with UND in town. Of course it was one of the two weekends St. Paul celebrates St. Patrick's Day...
I was there last year and it was mostly green. They don’t make it I’m sure a few will still go but yeah it will look like a Gopher home game at the Mooch
Yep. Saw a lot of green there last year. It's just more fun with UND in town. Of course it was one of the two weekends St. Paul celebrates St. Patrick's Day...
St Paul definitely knows how to throw a St Patty’s Day parade and party. We had a blast last year
Hockeybuckeye
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Re: Big Ten > NCHC
We were at the B1G conference championship game last season on St. Patrick's Day - at Notre Dame!
SCSU BlackandRed
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Re: Big Ten > NCHC
Yeah, the bars on campus at Notre Dame are awesome. Or wait, no. Sorry, St Paul for the win on this one.
Yeah, the bars on campus at Notre Dame are awesome. Or wait, no. Sorry, St Paul for the win on this one.