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WCHA Final 5 (6) ((5)) - You Know (I Think) What I Mean

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ecbrevik said:
How great or crappy someplace happens to be is very much in the eyes of the beholder. For some people, North Dakota is the crappiest place in the country to live, no doubt. But for others that distinction goes to California, New York, Alaska, Hawaii, or any number of other places. Each of our nation's 50 states holds that distinction for someone. It all comes down to just exactly what someone likes to see in the place they live.

I've lived on both coasts and both borders of the lower 48, in a total of 8 different states. I've visited just about every state I haven't lived in. I can say good things about every place I've been too or lived in, but in the end I returned to North Dakota very much by choice. There is no place else in the nation I would rather live, and I feel very fortunate to live here. Will that statement change your opinion of North Dakota? I certainly don't expect it to, and really don't care if it does. The opinions of others had absolutely nothing to do with my choice of place to live.

Now, how about some hockey talk as we head into tomorrow's games?
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We don't have trees, but nice rocks? :D I'm hoping to watch Sioux hockey on Saturday as well.
 
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Question from an outsider...if the WCHA is so concerned with putting Minnesota in the late game, why then would they not put two competing Minnesota schools in the late game tonight?
 
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J.D. said:
Question from an outsider...if the WCHA is so concerned with putting Minnesota in the late game, why then would they not put two competing Minnesota schools in the late game tonight?
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Good question and good thought. That game would draw more than the CC vs. AA.
 
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J.D. said:
Question from an outsider...if the WCHA is so concerned with putting Minnesota in the late game, why then would they not put two competing Minnesota schools in the late game tonight?
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It's not that complicated.

Minnesota, when participating in the Final Five always gets the Friday night game. When they are not there, the night game goes to the top seed. The WCHA doesn't want any team playing a night game and turning around to play an afternoon game the next day (though I'm not sure why because under the old format, the loser of the Friday night game had to play the afternoon 3rd place game anyways). And this year the winner of UMD-Bemidji is not playing the top seed on Friday, so they don't get the night game with the pre-set brackets.
 
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sfo19 said:
It's not that complicated.

Minnesota, when participating in the Final Five always gets the Friday night game. When they are not there, the night game goes to the top seed. The WCHA doesn't want any team playing a night game and turning around to play an afternoon game the next day (though I'm not sure why because under the old format, the loser of the Friday night game had to play the afternoon 3rd place game anyways). And this year the winner of UMD-Bemidji is not playing the top seed on Friday, so they don't get the night game with the pre-set brackets.
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What has always gotten me is this. Why doesn't the number one seed get the Friday afternoon game? I mean, if you are the number one seed and are suppose to have the benefits associated with that, then shouldn't you get the longer rest period between your semifinal game and the championship game?

Now yes, I understand that the number one seed probably would be a bigger prime time draw, but you miss out on the benefit of the longer rest period.

If it was done this way, CC and UAA would play the afternoon game with the winner taking on UND Friday afternoon. BSU and UMD would play the night game with the winner getting Denver in the Friday night game. Winners meet, and the #1 seed has the longer rest period over the #2 seed.
 
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sfo19 said:
It's not that complicated.

Minnesota, when participating in the Final Five always gets the Friday night game. When they are not there, the night game goes to the top seed. The WCHA doesn't want any team playing a night game and turning around to play an afternoon game the next day (though I'm not sure why because under the old format, the loser of the Friday night game had to play the afternoon 3rd place game anyways). And this year the winner of UMD-Bemidji is not playing the top seed on Friday, so they don't get the night game with the pre-set brackets.
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Huh? I understand how it works. I'm questioning it. Like I said, if they are so concerned with giving Minnesota the night game, I figured they'd want to do the same thing with competing Minnesota schools rather than CC vs. UAA.
 
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Do they let you out in between sessions at the X? I can't remember

Thanks
 
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I don't believe they will let you out today between games as the games are at 3:30 and 7:00 and only one ticket. Friday, yes, as the games are at 2:00 and 7:00 and seperate tickets.

But this is the first year of this type of format, so we will see........
 
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beaverhockeyfan said:
I don't believe they will let you out today between games as the games are at 3:30 and 7:00 and only one ticket. Friday, yes, as the games are at 2:00 and 7:00 and seperate tickets.

But this is the first year of this type of format, so we will see........
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Good point. I guess I will find out when I get there.
 
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darker98 said:
We don't have trees, but nice rocks? :D I'm hoping to watch Sioux hockey on Saturday as well.
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That you do, they are all over the place. What gets me you folks and rocks are like dog mushers and their dogs; every rock is named and put in their place. Don’t lay a hand on a rock in Dak Rat country since they are all “pet rocks” to them.
 
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Seems to me they let people out to smoke---at least at some entrances.
 
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Is there a webcast for the Thurs/Fri games available somewhere?
 
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It looks like the CCHA Tournament at the X...
 
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