2005-06 College Hockey Thread

DeToxRox · 10-14-2005, 08:42 PM

I know guys like St. Cronin and RPI Fan will be viewing so I felt I'd start a thread.

I am watching Michigan vs Boston College tonight. Amazing game. Watching Jack Johnson is something to see. Such a damn solid defensemen, I can't say enough good things about him.

This game has been excellent.

Anyways, Michigan and BC are two young, talented teams, but I still suspect a Frozen Four of Colorado College and Minnesota in the finals.

PS .. How has Kessel done so far?

st.cronin · 10-14-2005, 08:45 PM

Fuck Kessel

DeToxRox · 10-14-2005, 08:48 PM

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Fuck Kessel

Haha. Care to elab?

st.cronin · 10-14-2005, 08:55 PM

I was a season ticket holder at the Kohl Center the last 4 years. 'Nuff said.

I think the Badgers have a chance to make some serious noise this year ... they've been quietly building the last two years, and, other than their superstar goalie, didn't lose anybody significant from last year's top 10 squad.

DeToxRox · 10-14-2005, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by st.cronin

I was a season ticket holder at the Kohl Center the last 4 years. 'Nuff said.

I think the Badgers have a chance to make some serious noise this year ... they've been quietly building the last two years, and, other than their superstar goalie, didn't lose anybody significant from last year's top 10 squad.

Bah I knew this. My fault. I forgot you were a Badger fan.

Wisconsin should be solid though.

Jack Johnson just knocked BC's goalies helmet off with a shot. Amazing.

Cogliano is playing so much. He's looking damn impressive.

st.cronin · 10-14-2005, 08:59 PM

I don't know anything at all about east coast hockey. I don't think I could name a single player in any of those conferences. Having said that, I think anything less than a championship for Minnesota has to be considered a disappointment. They were the most talented team I saw last year, and everybody good is back, plus Kessel. Briggs is a solid goalie. They're like the Yankees of NCAA hockey.

DeToxRox · 10-14-2005, 09:09 PM

Michigan beats BC 3-2 in an exciting game.

The big three freshman for Michigan (Johnson, Cogliano, Sauer) all played well as Michigan improves to 3-0.

Awesome game.

RPI-Fan · 10-14-2005, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by st.cronin

I don't know anything at all about east coast hockey. I don't think I could name a single player in any of those conferences. Having said that, I think anything less than a championship for Minnesota has to be considered a disappointment. They were the most talented team I saw last year, and everybody good is back, plus Kessel. Briggs is a solid goalie. They're like the Yankees of NCAA hockey.

Probably ought to figure out how to name David McKee, who would have to underperform to NOT win the Hobey this year.

sovereignstar · 10-14-2005, 09:38 PM

Gophers just lost in OT to a scrappy Alaska-Fairbanks team. Only played for one period while the Nanooks played hard throughout the whole game. Nice little wakeup call to start the season. Hopefully tomorrow night is a different story.

sovereignstar · 10-14-2005, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by DeToxRoxDVHStyle

PS .. How has Kessel done so far?

He looked okay. Kind of seemed like he was pressing for his first goal tonight as he looked a little too aggressive in some situations when he probably should have pulled it back. I'd put money on him burying one tomorrow night.

DeToxRox · 10-14-2005, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by sovereignstar

He looked okay. Kind of seemed like he was pressing for his first goal tonight as he looked a little too aggressive in some situations when he probably should have pulled it back. I'd put money on him burying one tomorrow night.

Thanks for the update, Sov.

Cards4ever · 10-15-2005, 09:51 AM

Gophers looked like a team that knew they should win and played like it. Too many guys standing around and watching UAF skate around them. They scored in the last minute short handed to tie the game and then proceeded to get caught on a 2 on 1 and UAF buried it. I thought Kessel looked good, his skating ability definitely pressed UAF to the max and almost caught the goalie napping on a rebound from behind the net.

Here's a great article about Kessel from yesterdays Star Trib

http://www.startribune.com/stories/503/5668415.html

Sublime 2 · 10-15-2005, 10:01 AM

Going to the BU season opener tonight against UMass-Lowell. Should be a good game between two top-5 Hockey East teams. Hopefully Johnny Curry can keep up his solid goalie play from last year. Also Looking forward to seeing how BU's PP is this year with the loss of Chris Bourque. All in all I'm amped for the start of the season, hopefully an early conference win tonight!!

Cards4ever · 10-16-2005, 12:30 AM

Gophers get another late goal to tie, this time on a non-call by the ref allowing them said score. UAF played the Gophers tough and probably deserved to sweep them. 3-3 tie, no goals by Kessel. Another horrid night defensively by the U of M.

Blade6119 · 10-16-2005, 01:02 AM

Hows wheeler doing at minn? He is prob in kessel, frazee, and the frosh's shadows, but we was a top 5 pick a year or two ago(i confuse the last two sometimes)

Cards4ever · 10-16-2005, 10:36 AM

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Hows wheeler doing at minn? He is prob in kessel, frazee, and the frosh's shadows, but we was a top 5 pick a year or two ago(i confuse the last two sometimes)

Wheeler is doing well so far with 2 goals. If you are a Coyotes fan, their is quite the Minnesota connection with Taffe, Ballard and Wheeler. Also Tanabe is a Minnesota product via University of Wisco.

Sublime 2 · 10-16-2005, 11:10 AM

BU knocked off UMass-Lowell 3-1 to start the season. The frosh all looked pretty good. The refs are definetly enforcing the "hit from behind rule" as a 5 minute penalty. Happened once for each team. The PP looked looked pretty crappy i thought but all in all a dominating performance by the Terriers against a team that is supposed to be an Elite Team in Hockey East.

DeToxRox · 10-16-2005, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Sublime 2

BU knocked off UMass-Lowell 3-1 to start the season. The frosh all looked pretty good. The refs are definetly enforcing the "hit from behind rule" as a 5 minute penalty. Happened once for each team. The PP looked looked pretty crappy i thought but all in all a dominating performance by the Terriers against a team that is supposed to be an Elite Team in Hockey East.

Ditto thought I'd add in Michigan/BC each team lost a player to the check from behind. During the intermission BC's assisstant coach said both penalties were legit and it's great to see them taking a stance against it.

BishopMVP · 10-16-2005, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Sublime 2

BU knocked off UMass-Lowell 3-1 to start the season. The frosh all looked pretty good. The refs are definetly enforcing the "hit from behind rule" as a 5 minute penalty. Happened once for each team. The PP looked looked pretty crappy i thought but all in all a dominating performance by the Terriers against a team that is supposed to be an Elite Team in Hockey East.

UM-L is the most overrated team in hockey east. At least before Walter left, UM-L fans were talking about winning Hockey East, but now that he's gone they won't even get home-ice for the playoffs.

Sublime 2 · 10-16-2005, 03:47 PM

The way they looked last night, Vetri is their only chance at staying out of the cellar of HE. He's on an island on that team. If Vetri wasn't in net last night the score would have easily been 8-1.

UML had a 5 minute PP and had ZERO shots on goal. That's incredible and it's definetly not all BU's PK. The only thing i can see is that they started out incredibly slow last year and ended the reg. season as the hottest team in HE. I think they were 11-2 down the stretch last year.

DeToxRox · 10-16-2005, 04:34 PM

Michigan is up 9-2 on Merrimack with 50 seconds left.

Another impressive win.

bronconick · 10-16-2005, 09:47 PM

Western lost 5-2 to Robert fucking Morris.

We won't win more then 5 games this year. Fucking Culhane.

CHEMICAL SOLDIER · 10-16-2005, 10:56 PM

Will FSN or ESPN show collegiate hockey or is it with regional sports channels? I am really interested to watch but if the product isnt being shown...

AZSpeechCoach · 10-16-2005, 11:17 PM

I have been disappointed with the U of Arizona hockey team the past two years. From 21 straight years of making nationals, they have been shut out the last two years. Is this the year for the Icecats?

RPI-Fan · 10-16-2005, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by CHEMICAL SOLDIER

Will FSN or ESPN show collegiate hockey or is it with regional sports channels? I am really interested to watch but if the product isnt being shown...

If you have the FSN College Sports package (<$2/mo for me), they show a handful of games each weekend.

sovereignstar · 10-16-2005, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by CHEMICAL SOLDIER

Will FSN or ESPN show collegiate hockey or is it with regional sports channels? I am really interested to watch but if the product isnt being shown...

Gophers games are on FSN North all the time.

sovereignstar · 10-21-2005, 08:26 PM

Kessel just scored his first collegiate goal on a penalty shot. Gophers up 4-2 against MSU-Mankato. w00t

Cards4ever · 10-21-2005, 09:44 PM

Minnesota wins 5-2, Kessel's line(which includes Wheeler) has 3 goals and 3 assists, Mankato was 0-10 on the PP.

st.cronin · 10-21-2005, 10:06 PM

Badgers off to a middling start, 1-1-1. They have a superstar goalie, but don't score enough goals, blah blah blah.

Cards4ever · 10-21-2005, 10:10 PM

Superstar goalie?! That's a good one!

st.cronin · 10-21-2005, 10:13 PM

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Superstar goalie?! That's a good one!

Brian Elliot has had one bad game in his career, unless I forgot about one. Every time he's had a chance to play, he's played great. He's got better physical tools than Bruckler, and is thought by most scouts to be a better pro prospect.

vtbub · 10-21-2005, 10:14 PM

UVM 5-2 over Minn-Duluth.

Cards4ever · 10-21-2005, 10:19 PM

I think Superstar goalie is a stretch, the system that Wisco plays makes him look better then what he is.

st.cronin · 10-21-2005, 10:22 PM

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I think Superstar goalie is a stretch, the system that Wisco plays makes him look better then what he is.

Fine, we'll take Elliot, you keep Briggs, we'll all be happy

Cards4ever · 10-21-2005, 10:26 PM

Fine, not only will we take Briggs, we'll also take Frazee and Kessel to boot. Hmmm, when is the last time Wisco was in a Frozen 4 again???

DeToxRox · 10-21-2005, 10:29 PM

What's the bigger rivalry?

Min/ND or Min/Wis?

I've met a couple players through some hockey tournaments I helped with (Stafford at Shattacks is one guy I talked too) and it seems like ND/MIN is much bigger between the schools then Wis/Min but am I wrong?

st.cronin · 10-21-2005, 10:29 PM

Sometime in the Ming Dynasty, I think. But that's why it's better to be a Badger fan than a Gopher fan. When they do finally reach those glorious heights, it is all the sweeter for having waited so long... Gopher fans are expecting a championship this year. Anything less will be disappointing.

Cards4ever · 10-21-2005, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by DeToxRoxDVHStyle

What's the bigger rivalry?

Min/ND or Min/Wis?

I've met a couple players through some hockey tournaments I helped with (Stafford at Shattacks is one guy I talked too) and it seems like ND/MIN is much bigger between the schools then Wis/Min but am I wrong?

If Wisco could be a better team, that would help.

If you look over the entire history and the fact that MN plays Wisco in many more sports, then it's Wisco. In hockey, because UND is better then Wisco, it's UND-MN.

It's also amazing how much st.cronin knows MN hockey and it's fans, especially living all the way down in New Mexico.

st.cronin · 10-21-2005, 10:37 PM

Min/Wis covers multiple sports, and is a very intense rivalry for the fans, because most students/alumni have close friends/relatives with ties to the other school. I don't know much about Min/ND.

st.cronin · 10-21-2005, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Cards4ever

It's also amazing how much st.cronin knows MN hockey and it's fans, especially living all the way down in New Mexico.

I lived in Madison for 4 years. My fiancee is a UW grad.

sovereignstar · 10-21-2005, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Cards4ever

In hockey, because UND is better then Wisco, it's UND-MN.

Yep.

Cards4ever · 10-21-2005, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by st.cronin

Min/Wis covers multiple sports, and is a very intense rivalry for the fans, because most students/alumni have close friends/relatives with ties to the other school. I don't know much about Min/ND.

I think this proves my point about not knowing much about MN hockey and it's fans. Having had season tickets the last few years, Mariucci is electric when UND comes to town, Wisco, eh. I think it's more alive when SCSU comes to town.

I'm also referring to the remark about anything less is a disappointment, a championship is the expected goal at Minnesota, that's why Lucia was brought here and that is what he is aiming for, year after year.

sovereignstar · 10-21-2005, 10:42 PM

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I think it's more alive when SCSU comes to town.

Yeah, St. Cloud is another good one. GOPHER REJECTS CH-CH-CH-CH-CH!

Hell, I was a Gopher reject who ended up going to SCSU.

st.cronin · 10-21-2005, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Cards4ever

I think this proves my point about not knowing much about MN hockey and it's fans. Having had season tickets the last few years, Mariucci is electric when UND comes to town, Wisco, eh. I think it's more alive when SCSU comes to town.

Well I don't think I have ever suggested that I was an expert. I was merely posting my perspective. FWIW, the craziest crowd in recent memory at the Kohl center was for the UND games two seasons ago, when UND came in ranked #1. So, I don't know what your point is.

Cards4ever · 10-21-2005, 10:44 PM

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Yeah, St. Cloud is another good one. GOPHER REJECTS CH-CH-CH-CH-CH!

Hell, I was a Gopher reject who ended up going to SCSU.

And you live in Moorhead, man, you've got issues!

I take it you are a Gopher fan? Even with Lee going to UND?

Cards4ever · 10-21-2005, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by st.cronin

Well I don't think I have ever suggested that I was an expert. I was merely posting my perspective. FWIW, the craziest crowd in recent memory at the Kohl center was for the UND games two seasons ago, when UND came in ranked #1. So, I don't know what your point is.

Well, you are the one touting "Superstars", I'd like to think you know something if you start throwing that label around.

My point is, people get fired up big time when the Flickertails come to town a lot more then when the red cheese come here.

st.cronin · 10-21-2005, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Cards4ever

Well, you are the one touting "Superstars", I'd like to think you know something if you start throwing that label around.

My point is, people get fired up big time when the Flickertails come to town a lot more then when the red cheese come here.

And if you knew anything about BADGER hockey you would realize I was pointing out it's the same old same old in Madison.

sovereignstar · 10-21-2005, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Cards4ever

And you live in Moorhead, man, you've got issues!

I take it you are a Gopher fan? Even with Lee going to UND?

I grew up disliking the Sioux, since I'm from Fargo (and therefore root for the NDSU Bison). But I've grown to respect the hockey program they've got up there, so I'll root for them when I'm not cheering on the Gophers. It's nice though; I get to watch both teams on TV each weekend.

Cards4ever · 10-21-2005, 10:53 PM

Yeah, I know that they don't sell out unless Minnesota or UND come to town.

Cards4ever · 10-21-2005, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by sovereignstar

I grew up disliking the Sioux, since I'm from Fargo (and therefore root for the NDSU Bison). But I've grown to respect the hockey program they've got up there, so I'll root for them when I'm not cheering on the Gophers. It's nice though; I get to watch both teams on TV each weekend.

Can't bring myself to cheer for UND, but even I have to admit that I've never seen teams work harder then them. Especially when Blais was there.

10-15-2005, 09:51 AM	#12
Cards4ever College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Eagan, MN	Gophers looked like a team that knew they should win and played like it. Too many guys standing around and watching UAF skate around them. They scored in the last minute short handed to tie the game and then proceeded to get caught on a 2 on 1 and UAF buried it. I thought Kessel looked good, his skating ability definitely pressed UAF to the max and almost caught the goalie napping on a rebound from behind the net. Here's a great article about Kessel from yesterdays Star Trib http://www.startribune.com/stories/503/5668415.html __________________ Cardinal Baseball & Gopher Hockey, what else do you need?

10-16-2005, 12:30 AM	#14
Cards4ever College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Eagan, MN	Gophers get another late goal to tie, this time on a non-call by the ref allowing them said score. UAF played the Gophers tough and probably deserved to sweep them. 3-3 tie, no goals by Kessel. Another horrid night defensively by the U of M. __________________ Cardinal Baseball & Gopher Hockey, what else do you need?

10-16-2005, 01:02 AM	#15
Blade6119 Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona	Hows wheeler doing at minn? He is prob in kessel, frazee, and the frosh's shadows, but we was a top 5 pick a year or two ago(i confuse the last two sometimes) __________________ *Underachievement* The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the lawnmower. *Despair* It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black. *Demotivation* Sometimes the best solution to morale problems is just to fire all of the unhappy people. http://www.despair.com/viewall.html

10-16-2005, 03:47 PM	#20
Sublime 2 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New Hampshire	The way they looked last night, Vetri is their only chance at staying out of the cellar of HE. He's on an island on that team. If Vetri wasn't in net last night the score would have easily been 8-1. UML had a 5 minute PP and had ZERO shots on goal. That's incredible and it's definetly not all BU's PK. The only thing i can see is that they started out incredibly slow last year and ended the reg. season as the hottest team in HE. I think they were 11-2 down the stretch last year. Last edited by Sublime 2 : 10-16-2005 at 03:47 PM.

10-16-2005, 10:56 PM	#23
CHEMICAL SOLDIER College Starter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Henderson, Nevada	Will FSN or ESPN show collegiate hockey or is it with regional sports channels? I am really interested to watch but if the product isnt being shown... __________________ Toujour Pret

10-14-2005, 08:45 PM	#2
st.cronin General Manager Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New Mexico	Fuck Kessel

10-14-2005, 08:55 PM	#4
st.cronin General Manager Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New Mexico	I was a season ticket holder at the Kohl Center the last 4 years. 'Nuff said. I think the Badgers have a chance to make some serious noise this year ... they've been quietly building the last two years, and, other than their superstar goalie, didn't lose anybody significant from last year's top 10 squad.

10-14-2005, 08:59 PM	#6
st.cronin General Manager Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New Mexico	I don't know anything at all about east coast hockey. I don't think I could name a single player in any of those conferences. Having said that, I think anything less than a championship for Minnesota has to be considered a disappointment. They were the most talented team I saw last year, and everybody good is back, plus Kessel. Briggs is a solid goalie. They're like the Yankees of NCAA hockey.

10-14-2005, 09:09 PM	#7
DeToxRox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	Michigan beats BC 3-2 in an exciting game. The big three freshman for Michigan (Johnson, Cogliano, Sauer) all played well as Michigan improves to 3-0. Awesome game.

10-14-2005, 09:38 PM	#9
sovereignstar Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004	Gophers just lost in OT to a scrappy Alaska-Fairbanks team. Only played for one period while the Nanooks played hard throughout the whole game. Nice little wakeup call to start the season. Hopefully tomorrow night is a different story.

10-15-2005, 10:01 AM	#13
Sublime 2 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New Hampshire	Going to the BU season opener tonight against UMass-Lowell. Should be a good game between two top-5 Hockey East teams. Hopefully Johnny Curry can keep up his solid goalie play from last year. Also Looking forward to seeing how BU's PP is this year with the loss of Chris Bourque. All in all I'm amped for the start of the season, hopefully an early conference win tonight!!

10-16-2005, 11:10 AM	#17
Sublime 2 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New Hampshire	BU knocked off UMass-Lowell 3-1 to start the season. The frosh all looked pretty good. The refs are definetly enforcing the "hit from behind rule" as a 5 minute penalty. Happened once for each team. The PP looked looked pretty crappy i thought but all in all a dominating performance by the Terriers against a team that is supposed to be an Elite Team in Hockey East.

10-16-2005, 04:34 PM	#21
DeToxRox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	Michigan is up 9-2 on Merrimack with 50 seconds left. Another impressive win.

10-16-2005, 09:47 PM	#22
bronconick College Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kalamazoo, MI	Western lost 5-2 to Robert fucking Morris. We won't win more then 5 games this year. Fucking Culhane.

10-16-2005, 11:17 PM	#24
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10-21-2005, 08:26 PM	#27
sovereignstar Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004	Kessel just scored his first collegiate goal on a penalty shot. Gophers up 4-2 against MSU-Mankato. w00t

10-21-2005, 09:44 PM	#28
Cards4ever College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Eagan, MN	Minnesota wins 5-2, Kessel's line(which includes Wheeler) has 3 goals and 3 assists, Mankato was 0-10 on the PP. __________________ Cardinal Baseball & Gopher Hockey, what else do you need?

10-21-2005, 10:06 PM	#29
st.cronin General Manager Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New Mexico	Badgers off to a middling start, 1-1-1. They have a superstar goalie, but don't score enough goals, blah blah blah.

10-21-2005, 10:10 PM	#30
Cards4ever College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Eagan, MN	Superstar goalie?! That's a good one! __________________ Cardinal Baseball & Gopher Hockey, what else do you need?

10-21-2005, 10:14 PM	#32
vtbub College Starter Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Burlington, VT USA	UVM 5-2 over Minn-Duluth. __________________

10-21-2005, 10:19 PM	#33
Cards4ever College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Eagan, MN	I think Superstar goalie is a stretch, the system that Wisco plays makes him look better then what he is. __________________ Cardinal Baseball & Gopher Hockey, what else do you need?

10-21-2005, 10:26 PM	#35
Cards4ever College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Eagan, MN	Fine, not only will we take Briggs, we'll also take Frazee and Kessel to boot. Hmmm, when is the last time Wisco was in a Frozen 4 again??? __________________ Cardinal Baseball & Gopher Hockey, what else do you need?

10-21-2005, 10:29 PM	#36
DeToxRox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	What's the bigger rivalry? Min/ND or Min/Wis? I've met a couple players through some hockey tournaments I helped with (Stafford at Shattacks is one guy I talked too) and it seems like ND/MIN is much bigger between the schools then Wis/Min but am I wrong?

10-21-2005, 10:37 PM	#39
st.cronin General Manager Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New Mexico	Min/Wis covers multiple sports, and is a very intense rivalry for the fans, because most students/alumni have close friends/relatives with ties to the other school. I don't know much about Min/ND.

10-21-2005, 10:53 PM	#49
Cards4ever College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Eagan, MN	Yeah, I know that they don't sell out unless Minnesota or UND come to town. __________________ Cardinal Baseball & Gopher Hockey, what else do you need?

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