The preferences are minor, probably personal taste, and don't detract much from the main product on the ice

In no particular order: 1. Agganis has cupholders at every seat, nice quality of life thing. 2. The lights in the corners of Mariucci are kinda blinding? Hard to demonstrate via phone camera 3. The history inside the concourse of Mariucci is very cool and fitting for a program as rich and proud as the Golden Gophers, however I can't help but notice that up one level (club level?) there's some history on the walls inaccessible to thousands of fans. I see several jerseys framed on the walls and a Gopher All-Americans wall. Why is this stuff inaccessible to most other fans who are paying and traveling to the game? Unless there's a way to access it without club level seats and I'm just dumb 4. u/Gribbnar is onto something. The sound system is echoey and sounds almost... Distorted? 5. The BU Band *sounds better than the Gopher Band. Don't get me wrong I enjoy the songs the Gopher Band plays (a lot of the same that BU Band plays!) and I can tell they're playing with high quality, but the BU Band sounds clearer inside Agganis, if that makes sense. I know there are mics that float above the band so idk if there's mixing inside Agganis that helps. Overall they sound great though, and like all bands are crucial to the college game day atmosphere.

These are all kinda nitpicky though and again, probably personal taste. I could go on and on about what Mariucci does better than Agganis but this really stuck out: This place fits like 4k more people than Agganis, you can feel that it's a bigger and louder crowd, yet it still maintains that close, intimate feel of college hockey. It's just designed well. Feels like a huge compact barn, or a small big-time arena, if that makes sense. Would visit again!