WCHA...start your engines!

[yakfisher]

I'm orginally from East Grand Forks and have been to the Ralph many times. My dad has season tickets for the sue that he calls expensive Gopher tickets. We are both big Gopher fans. The atmosphere at the Ralph is not the same as it used to be in the old rink. Now games are more like a social event with many fans in the seats have no idea how the game is played. Just my two cents.

I couldn't agree more about the atmosphere. The old rink seated just over 5000 fans and 2500 of the tickets went to students who had to wait outside in line to get a seat. The bigger the match-up, the earlier one had to show up to get a seat. I describe the new rink this way. The nicest place I have ever watched a hockey game, the worst place I have watched Sioux hockey. Although during the West Regionals, when the Gophers choked to Holy Cross, that place was pretty raucous. Otherwise the crowd can go flat pretty fast, that didn't happen all that often in the old tin Ralph. It is a rink to see though, not a bad seat in the place and leather and marble everywhere. It's like a casino without the slot machines.

[so haaad]

Back to the topic of hockey...Gophers get a win and a tie at Wisconsin. They looked a little sluggish at times on Friday night, but looked really well on Saturday.

[so haaad]

Gophers looked really good this weekend. I'm a little surprised at how well they are playing together.

[ole]

The Gophs look good so far. Now if everybody sticks around for a while we might have a shot at the title again.

ole

[so haaad]

Three more points for the Gophs.

[PierBridge]

Haven't heard much from the 20th ranked Fighting Sioux Fans of late......?....

http://www.uscho.com/rankings/

[jwhjr]

LOL! I see the Gophers are #1 this week. Hopefully they can keep it up.

[8-Ball]

Nice Pier! LOL.

[so haaad]

Uh-oh! Looks like Pier put the hex on the Gophs!

[PierBridge]

I like to do that early in the season and get it out of the way.

NoDak.... Hollar if ya hear ME!.....

[Bryce]

Sioux will still be there at the end of the season. Even if it's just enough to Holy Cross the rodents, they'll be there.

Good looking team the rodents have so far but haven't we seen late season fizzles in the past? Repeatedly?

[PierBridge]

Sioux will still be there at the end of the season. Even if it's just enough to Holy Cross the rodents, they'll be there.

Good looking team the rodents have so far but haven't we seen late season fizzles in the past? Repeatedly?

I think the Souix will be there in the end. They seem to start slow some years and really start to peak at the end of the season.

It's way to early to make any predictions on how things will go but it's a good start for the Gophs to this point!

[Wellesy]

Yup, the Sioux do start slow but really get going the second half of the season...hope they don't wait too long this season!

[so haaad]

The term I've used for them is "grinders".

[yakfisher]

We're here, just waiting for Chokers eventual January slump. Looks like it might get to start up in the Forks this year

[so haaad]

You see Pier, you made the Gophs lose!

[ole]

It's never good to lose, But I do think this will get them more focused now.

ole

[so haaad]

Michigan and Michigan State for the Gophs, always fun to watch these games.

[Bryce]

Anyone wanna wager that this thread ends up exactly where the rodent football thread ended up? (Rosebowl to Toiletbowl) History repeats itself they say.

[PierBridge]

Are you seriously trying to draw parallels between the Gopher Hockey and Football programs?

LOL>

[so haaad]

History repeats itself they say.

Sweet!!! Looks like another national championship for the Gophs!

[ole]

Looked to me that the Gophs were stuffed with TURKEY!!

Michigan ran em all over the place, speed and physical. I think they could of used a little blue line to blue line sprint warm-up before the game.

Seems every time a Gophers team (and I mean all of them) gets ranked, It falls on it's face.

ole

[PierBridge]

Quote:

Seems every time a Gophers team (and I mean all of them) gets ranked, It falls on it's face.

Not hardly but nice try anyway. At least your here attempting something unlike the rest of the Gophers Hate-Aid crowd who are in hiding! hehe!

[ole]

Quote:

Seems every time a Gophers team (and I mean all of them) gets ranked, It falls on it's face.

Not hardly but nice try anyway. At least your here attempting something unlike the rest of the Gophers Hate-Aid crowd who are in hiding! hehe!

Well most of them lately, Don't get me wrong, I am a huge hockey fan, just get dissapointed when they come out playing LAZY HOCKEY

Pier, who ya got in the Frozen Four in D.C. ?

[so haaad]

I think Kangas had too much turkey.