"Fighting Sioux"??!! The only reason they are allowed to even play in the tournament is they gave up that name. Good names die hard. It has been four years since the name was stripped. It was a very sad day. We are cautiously awaiting their new name. The search has begun.

Gave it up, eh? So, that makes them, what, a bunch of wusses?

Good names die hard.

Not nearly as hard as the real fighting Sioux did. Most especially when the US tried to completely erase any trace of the people, let alone the name.

Good names, you say? Really? Real live Sioux don't think so, don't like the way it's being used, at all.

A sad day? Sad for who? The insensitive yahoos who insisted that using a name that offended ACTUAL Sioux was stupid?

Here's an idea. If someone says they are offended, take them at their word.

If a whole nation of people are offended, trust they know what they feel.

Even more irony...using Bison as a point of State pride. lol

An animal that real Indian tribes considered sacred and an integral part of their culture and their very survival was used against them in the US Government led genocide. They knew they could hasten the demise of the Sioux and break their will if they eliminated such an important cultural icon.

But, by all means, "honor" the very animal that the great State of North and South Dakota once went out of their way to decimate to hurt the real natives of ND and SD, simply out of spite.

4 teams, two from Hockey East where real hockey is played. Would love to see BU and Providence playing in the finals in the Garden.

REAL Hockey? Thought for certain that was played in the Dakota's & Minnesota...;-)
Kinda like FCS-Football..........;-)
BISON-Style!

And what is the ECAC - chopped liver?! :)

The whole east vs. west hockey thing is pretty funny, actually. And then once you narrow it down to just the east coast, you get into Hockey East and the ECAC.

It's all good. :)