(04-09-2017 05:37 PM)Sparty84 Wrote:  Here's rooting for ND to crush the other opponents in the Frozen Four.

I also welcome Notre Dame and the Fighting Irish ICEMEN to the BIG. The Irish have always been and always will be a part of the BIG in my book. Although they have apparently excommunicated themselves from the BIG and their natural longstanding BIG rivals. Or maybe from some of the Notre Dame faithfuls point of view, they have exorcised the BIG from Notre Dame.

On a side note. I hope Harvard hockey is crushed in the Frozen Four. When i was a student in East Lansing, my roommates and I went on a road trip to see Michigan State take on Harvard in hockey at Harvard. They were the most arrogant fans that i have ever encountered. I know that it is a hard concept to believe, but they make Michigan fans not seem like the arrogant ******** that they are.

A little late. Denver won the title yesterday after crushing Notre Dame 6-1 in the semifinals. Harvard was beaten in the semis by a Minnesota-Duluth goal with 27 seconds left.

(04-09-2017 01:45 AM)NoDak Wrote:  

(03-28-2017 04:04 PM)TerryD Wrote:  

(03-28-2017 01:26 PM)Minutemen429 Wrote:  

(03-28-2017 11:18 AM)TerryD Wrote:  

(03-28-2017 11:12 AM)Policiious Wrote:  Interest in the Frozen 4 will be large in Chicago with both Notre Dame and Harvard in it. Both programs have significant alumni bases in the region. Happy that the Irish reached the Frozen 4 and even more interesting that they will be a Big 10 member in Ice Hockey Next season.

That will end my ND hockey fandom. It has been fun. I have been a huge anti-Big 10 guy for fifty plus years, so that kills my interest in the program.

So for you - hating the Big 10 is above rooting for Notre Dame?

It is above lots of things.

It is a personal preference. Some people dislike Brussel Sprouts, some dislike immigrants, I dislike the Big Ten.

The Big Ten has always been the enemy to me, so I have no interest in watching ND hockey play in that league.

Notre Dame had an open invitation to the NCHC for years. That would have been a stronger league and may nave had a future Ariz St if ND joined. ND's coach, Jeff Jackson was outspoken in favor of a western league rather than Hockey East. Apparently, his opinion means more than yours.

Well, sure it does.

But, I own my opinion. It is mine. It is all that matters to me. :)

I am/was no Hockey East fan. I am a fan of exactly zero conferences in America..

My objection has nothing to do with a "western" hockey conference. It has everything to do with the Big Ten.

(04-08-2017 11:59 PM)nzmorange Wrote:  

(03-28-2017 04:04 PM)TerryD Wrote:  

(03-28-2017 01:26 PM)Minutemen429 Wrote:  

(03-28-2017 11:18 AM)TerryD Wrote:  

(03-28-2017 11:12 AM)Policiious Wrote:  Interest in the Frozen 4 will be large in Chicago with both Notre Dame and Harvard in it. Both programs have significant alumni bases in the region. Happy that the Irish reached the Frozen 4 and even more interesting that they will be a Big 10 member in Ice Hockey Next season.

That will end my ND hockey fandom. It has been fun. I have been a huge anti-Big 10 guy for fifty plus years, so that kills my interest in the program.

So for you - hating the Big 10 is above rooting for Notre Dame?

It is above lots of things.

It is a personal preference. Some people dislike Brussel Sprouts, some dislike immigrants, I dislike the Big Ten.

The Big Ten has always been the enemy to me, so I have no interest in watching ND hockey play in that league.

What's your stance on brussel sprout-eating B1G fans who are immigrants?

I don't mind immigrants at all.