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upnorthkid said:
Miss those years when the red wings were a wagon year after year
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I don't miss the lack of salary cap that seemingly always meant 2 teams in the west were far and away the best teams and they just crushed the eastern team in the final haha. But that team was stacked and played a beautiful version of hockey. That said if your team was the super team I get it :D
 

trixR4kids said:
I don't miss the lack of salary cap that seemingly always meant 2 teams in the west were far and away the best teams and they just crushed the eastern team in the final haha. But that team was stacked and played a beautiful version of hockey. That said if your team was the super team I get it :D
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Grew up watching them so became a fan. Been some rough years recently between being a wings and wild fan
 


So glad I got to miss 5 goals. Thanks espn for the sterling coverage. You are certainly helping grow your hockey audience
 

Hey the good thing is our coach got a good word from the best coach in college hockey
 


Duluth scores 30 seconds into the third to make it 3-1. We have a game
 



Duluth makes it 4-3 with 3:04 to go
 



Challenge for goalie interference
 


All blue blood frozen 4? IDK if Wisconsin is considered that anymore but they were once upon a time.
 

TeamNumberYears Won
101958, 1960, 1961, 1968, 1969, 2004, 2005, 2017, 2022, 2024
91948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1964, 1996, 1998
81959, 1963, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1997, 2000, 2016
61973, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1990, 2006


SchoolFrozen Four AppearancesFrozen Four YearsWinsLossesWin%Titles
28 now 291948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1977, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2011, 2018, 2022, 2023, 20242618.5919
261948, 1949, 1950, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1985, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 20242025.4445
251950, 1951, 1953, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2009, 2015, 2023, 2024, 20252223.4895
231953, 1954, 1961, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2022, 20232119.5255
22 now 231958, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 20162315.6058
20 now 211958, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973†, 1986, 2004, 2005, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2024, 20252211.66710
131955, 1957, 1958, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1994, 2017618.2501
111988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007810.4442
111959, 1966, 1967, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1999, 2001, 2007109.5263
11 now 121970, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1990, 1992†, 2006, 2010166.7276
 



trixR4kids said:
All blue blood frozen 4? IDK if Wisconsin is considered that anymore but they were once upon a time.
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We discussed it yesterday. They will enter tier 1 with the other three if they win it.
 

Wisconsin is absolutely in the blue blood category if Michigan is (and Wisco has won one more recently). Trying to argue they are but wisco isn't because Michigan won 7 titles before 1965 would be like trying to argue Gopher football is a blue blood for winning a bunch of titles before 1960.

There's 63 D1 teams. Would mean about 6-7 are considered blue bloods. DU, Mich, UND, MN, WI, BC, BU.

this isn't rocket science.
 

Wisconsin is the lowest of the group of bluebloods by a good margin but they are a blue blood.
 

Gophers1992 said:
Wisconsin is the lowest of the group of bluebloods by a good margin but they are a blue blood.
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They are very very close to Minnesota in Tier 2 and will completely separate themselves if they make it 7 to 5.

But yes, they are one of seven blue bloods

The race to become the 8th blue blood will be very interesting
 

separating Wisconsin into a different tier is silly. It's fun and good to compare titles before 1970 (again like that would make Gopher football in the discussion).

Since then, there have been 55 seasons.
UND has 6
WI has 6
DU has 5
BU has 5
MN has 5
BC has 4
UMD has 3
Mich has 2

Michigan made no FFs in the 80s and hasn't won a title since 98. DU made no FFs in the 90s. Why do we hold it against WI because there struggle session was more recent?

Note, I hate the Badgers but they have plenty of history
 

I dont care who is blue blood. I just can't think of a worse scenario than these 4 teans being in FF. Awful. Horrible. Disgusting. Terrible.
 

upnorthkid said:
separating Wisconsin into a different tier is silly. It's fun and good to compare titles before 1970 (again like that would make Gopher football in the discussion).

Since then, there have been 55 seasons.
UND has 6
WI has 6
DU has 5
BU has 5
MN has 5
BC has 4
UMD has 3
Mich has 2

Michigan made no FFs in the 80s and hasn't won a title since 98. DU made no FFs in the 90s. Why do we hold it against WI because there struggle session was more recent?

Note, I hate the Badgers but they have plenty of history
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So you think uw is already clearly ahead of UMN?
 

bonin21 said:
They are very very close to Minnesota in Tier 2 and will completely separate themselves if they make it 7 to 5.

But yes, they are one of seven blue bloods

The race to become the 8th blue blood will be very interesting
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They really aren’t. Minnesota blows them away in every other category besides titles.
 

bonin21 said:
So you think uw is already clearly ahead of UMN?
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i dont split blue bloods into dumb categories. either you are or you aren't. there's no "lite" category in any other sport, why would I add it in hockey?

would you put michigan behind them both then? And behind Duluth while we're at it?
 

upnorthkid said:
i dont split blue bloods into dumb categories. either you are or you aren't. there's no "lite" category in any other sport, why would I add it in hockey?

would you put michigan behind them both then? And behind Duluth while we're at it?
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For years and years USCHO used to rank the best programs of all time. It's inevitable to do it mentally. I just simplified into two tiers instead of doing a full ranking which is crazy hard to do.
 

Gophers1992 said:
They really aren’t. Minnesota blows them away in every other category besides titles.
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Titles are worth TONS of conference titles and FF appearances.

Right now the Gophers are one behind but probably would have won 1980. But if it's 7 to 5 then it's trouble.

Same reason 7 to 5 with UND wasn't bad cuz one of theirs the Gophers were busy shocking the world.
 

bonin21 said:
For years and years USCHO used to rank the best programs of all time. It's inevitable to do it mentally. I just simplified into two tiers instead of doing a full ranking which is crazy hard to do.
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same as I wouldn't try to pick hairs doing one in college football, i wouldn't in college hockey either. I don't put Michigan ahead of anyone because they won 6 titles before multiple teams even had college hockey programs. I feel pretty comfortable putting all 7 of those together and historic recruiting, brand recognition, and success would say that continues to be the case.

Same reason why WI ends up lower in a lot of lists as their team didn't form until later. Again I hate WI, but they've been good. Ditto the rest mentioned. Gopher hockey would get a ton of points for Olympic success (and 1980 particularly) on any listing but doesn't really get credit for it in any college ranking
 
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Nightmare Frozen Four.
Maybe we should’ve hired the dance coach to be the hockey coach.
 

I'm pulling for Michigan... Rather have 10 and 10 than 11 and 9. Also as mentioned they don't have many since 1970 to be that impressive from that view.

After Michigan, DU.

After that, kill me.
 


I’ve had one wrong so far. I had Michigan St over Bucky. Nice choke job. Got Michigan winning it all
 

bonin21 said:
I'm pulling for Michigan... Rather have 10 and 10 than 11 and 9. Also as mentioned they don't have many since 1970 to be that impressive from that view.

After Michigan, DU.

After that, kill me.
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I'm already at this stage personally. DU is the least objectionable by a small margin but nothing will leave me happy.
 

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