Some factors
by Nodakirish (2019-03-16 00:30:05)

In reply to: A story about our competition this weekend  posted by DakotaDomer

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The Minnesota High School Tournament is huge and was particularly interesting this year. Also the weather was horrible Saturday.
I believe parking has become a problem at the UofM also.
No doubt, the breakup of the WCHA has hurt Minnesota, losing games with North Dakota, St. Cloud State and UMD.
Big city- other things happening. Lack of success hurts a lot

Locals said to me weather was fine on Friday though
by wearendhockey  (2019-03-16 11:51:58)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

and the announced "attendance" was even smaller. The high school tournament has ALWAYS been a big deal and has for years gone up against Gopher playoff hockey. During the last year of the WCHA, Minnesota played before full houses during the opening round and even in bad seasons, like 2011, Minnesota managed to attract 18,600 people to Mariucci to watch them get swept on home ice. I think it is quite possible the formation of the Big Ten hockey conference has knocked the Minnesota program for a loop it will be difficult to recover from.