Cornell to play two @ North Dakota

The Grand Forks Herald is reporting that the Big Red will travel to North Dakota to play a two game series over Thanksgiving weekend.

From the Grand Forks Herald article:

Besides the Ice Breaker and GLI, the Sioux have nonconference series lined up against Cornell (at home), Harvard (in Boston) and Bemidji State (one game in Grand Forks, one in Bemidji).



[theithacajournal.com]

Link to The Grand Forks Herald itself.
[www.grandforksherald.com]

Any advice or suggestions on where to stay in Grand Forks?

Outstanding. I'm so there.

Sign me up for the CHA bus...

count me in

Raise your hand if you just spent an hour looking at travel options online...

RichH
Raise your hand if you just spent an hour looking at travel options online...

Roadtrip!!!

I wonder what the over/under is on the number of calls that the Hockey office receives on Monday for people wanting to be put on the ticket list.

RichH
Raise your hand if you just spent an hour looking at travel options online...

yes. i delayed bedtime to look at flights.

someone please tell me that i don't have to fly a prop plane...

judy

RichH
Raise your hand if you just spent an hour looking at travel options online...

yes. i delayed bedtime to look at flights.

someone please tell me that i don't have to fly a prop plane...

Fly to Winnipeg and drive down.

Another choice is the Amtrak "Empire Builder"

Beeeej

RichH
Raise your hand if you just spent an hour looking at travel options online...

Roadtrip!!!

Quick thoughts... It might be cheaper to fly out on Thursday, Thanksgiving day (or, not according to Expedia) and that would also provide a buffer for bad weather. It would suck to be trapped in Chicago or Minneapolis and miss the games.

Yikes! Right now it is looking like at least $800 from either IND or BDL.

If you fly into Fargo (~ 75 miles from Grand Forks), it gets down to around $500 and you now have the option of flying on United or Northwest.

Maybe it might be cheaper to rent a bus with pick-ups along I90-I94?

David Harding
Another choice is the Amtrak "Empire Builder"

At nearly 48 hours from NYC to Grand Forks, that doesn't seem like a terribly attractive option, even for only $170.

Seriously, I might just drive.

*raises hand*

From what I saw, flying to Minneapolis and driving the rest of the way to GF seems like a decent plan.

Josh '99
*raises hand*

From what I saw, flying to Minneapolis and driving the rest of the way to GF seems like a decent plan.

Yeah, that seemed to be the consensus on USCHO once for the best way to get there. When it gets closer we may want to arrange some groups driving together from there to save gas money. I think the fly to MSP drive the rest of the way plan is what I'll do.

Rita

Beeeej

RichH
Raise your hand if you just spent an hour looking at travel options online...

Roadtrip!!!

Yikes! Right now it is looking like at least $800 from either IND or BDL.

If you fly into Fargo (~ 75 miles from Grand Forks), it gets down to around $500 and you now have the option of flying on United or Northwest.

Heck, I just found $910 from Heathrow to Grand Forks, $890 to Fargo, and $780 to MSP. For that price difference, I'll just fly to Grand Forks.

I so want to do this...

Waaaaaay too early to book a flight, but I am so there.

This is great. And I see that ND will be traveling to Harvard. Maybe Harvard will visit North Dakota next year? They better be planning a return trip to Ithaca next year, too.

djk26
This is great. And I see that ND will be traveling to Harvard. Maybe Harvard will visit North Dakota next year? They better be planning a return trip to Ithaca next year, too.

NoDak seems to travel eeast more than any of the other WCHA teams So I wouldn't be surprised to see the Sioux come to Lynah. Here's hoping.

djk26
This is great. And I see that ND will be traveling to Harvard. Maybe Harvard will visit North Dakota next year? They better be planning a return trip to Ithaca next year, too.

The UND trip to Harvard is the second half of a "home-home" series. The Crimson visited Grand Forks during the 2005-2006 season.

UND is very good about going east of the Mississippi for non-conference games. A quick look at their schedule since the 1999-2000 seasons have the following games (not including holiday tournaments):

99-00 2 @ Clarkson, 2 in Durham, NH (Univ. Vermont, UNH)
00-01 2 @ Maine
01-02 2 @ St. Lawrence
02-03 1 @ Princeton, 1 @ Yale
04-05 2 @ Maine, 2 in Boston (BC, NU)
05-06 2 @ UNH
07-08 2 in Boston (BC, NU)

So given this track record, I think it is safe to say that the Sioux will be visiting Lynah sometime in the next 2-3 seasons.

So it looks like I really should be warning the fam that I won't be cooking thanksgiving dinner for a couple of years

You'd think I'd have them trained by now but apparently my bosses are easier to train on the hockey travel.

KeithK
Waaaaaay too early to book a flight, but I am so there.

Hopefully, we'll try to pick an airline for this trip that is still financially solvent by the time we have to fly.

I guess we won't be playing BU at MSG again this year on Thanksgiving weekend. That's an easier road trip than going to North Dakota.
If you do go, dress warmly. I recently was chatting with someone who spent two years in North Dakota and he told me the best advice he got when he moved out there was the only way he would survive the winter would be to get a dog and/or a girlfriend. He told me he got both, but the dog (16 years) lasted a lot longer than the girlfriend!

I'd just like to give props to both Cornell and Schafer for geting this done. I know I have rubbed their noses in bad scheduling in the past, but this is a HUGE step in the right direction.

Thumbs up all the way around!!

Beeeej on 4/18/08:

Beeeej
Outstanding. I'm so there.

Beeeej 8/19/08:

Beeeej

Josh '99

ugarte

Beeeej

mha
Thanks for the compliment. That's one of the shots I'm especially happy with, but I've been lucky enough to take quite a few hockey pictures.

It's not Cornell-related, but if I ask nicely, will you post a link here to your great photo of that goal from the Devils-Islanders game we saw at the Rock earlier this year?

ETA: Later that same day we drove down to Princeton for the Cornell @ Princeton game, so I guess it's vaguely related anyway.

Are the two of you no longer speaking? You really should mend fences before Thanksgiving.

That's a good idea, it'll be important to present a unified front at UND.

Ohhh, you meant the other part of Thanksgiving weekend.

I'm actually probably not going to UND... I'll have just gotten back from another 109-mile bike ride in Tucson the previous weekend (thus missing Fish & Fowl at home for the first time since 1995, alas). I know it's a horrifying thought, but maybe there's a time when it's okay not to spend an absurd amount of money, time, and effort to go see a college hockey game.

Unless of course someone else offers to pay my way.

Sorry, I couldn't resist .

Has anyone made travel plans for the UND weekend? Quick searching on Expedia gets me a flight from IND to Fargo for less than $500. Anyone else flying into/out of Fargo and willing to share rental car expenses? I will probably try and finalize travel plans in early September, but if I can co-ordinate with someone, that would be great.

Rita
Beeeej on 4/18/08:

Beeeej
Outstanding. I'm so there.

Beeeej 8/19/08:

Beeeej

Josh '99

ugarte

Beeeej

mha
Thanks for the compliment. That's one of the shots I'm especially happy with, but I've been lucky enough to take quite a few hockey pictures.

It's not Cornell-related, but if I ask nicely, will you post a link here to your great photo of that goal from the Devils-Islanders game we saw at the Rock earlier this year?

ETA: Later that same day we drove down to Princeton for the Cornell @ Princeton game, so I guess it's vaguely related anyway.

Are the two of you no longer speaking? You really should mend fences before Thanksgiving.

That's a good idea, it'll be important to present a unified front at UND.

Ohhh, you meant the other part of Thanksgiving weekend.

I'm actually probably not going to UND... I'll have just gotten back from another 109-mile bike ride in Tucson the previous weekend (thus missing Fish & Fowl at home for the first time since 1995, alas). I know it's a horrifying thought, but maybe there's a time when it's okay not to spend an absurd amount of money, time, and effort to go see a college hockey game.

Unless of course someone else offers to pay my way.

Sorry, I couldn't resist .

I think you could've. Anyway, I never said I didn't want to be there. I just don't think it's smart this time. If I change my mind again between now and whenever it's too late to book flights, etc., I'll be there.

Unfortunately, I'm out. Between a cousin from Taiwan who has been saying for 25 years that he's going to come visit me in the US and a father who wants to go vacation in Hawaii at that time, family obligations are forcing me to not be in North Dakota. No, I won't complain about Hawaii

Bump.

Given the economic woes of late, anyone still have money in their hockey fund to roadtrip to ND?

I'm now in the undecided group. If I go, I would like to share expenses (i.e. rental car from Minneapolis or Fargo) and hotel. Has anyone else set up their travel plans?

Rita
Bump.

Given the economic woes of late, anyone still have money in their hockey fund to roadtrip to ND?

I'm now in the undecided group. If I go, I would like to share expenses (i.e. rental car from Minneapolis or Fargo) and hotel. Has anyone else set up their travel plans?

Tanya and I used frequent flier miles for flights directly to Grand Forks, but still haven't figured out hotels or tickets yet. I'm guessing we'd like to end up at a hotel where other Cornellians are since we didn't plan on renting a car. We'd be happy to split gas for getting to and from the games if we end up at a hotel that is too far away for walking.

Amtrak may be looking like a better and better travel option (referencing David's and Beeeej's post from way back when).

Rita
Bump.

Given the economic woes of late, anyone still have money in their hockey fund to roadtrip to ND?

I'm now in the undecided group. If I go, I would like to share expenses (i.e. rental car from Minneapolis or Fargo) and hotel. Has anyone else set up their travel plans?

Argh! I feel like it would really be a shame to not go, and the cost of a flight to Fargo is just enough to make me seriously consider it...

Kate and I are strongly considering, but it looks like it will mean travel to MSP on Thanksgiving. We'd be up for carpooling from MSP. Anybody else want to do an eLynah T-giving in MSP or Grand Forks?

It isn't finalized whether I've scored leave or not for that Friday, but I plan on getting there Friday evening at the latest. I have a hotel (Super8 I think) near the rink, and I'm just waiting for NoDak to send the tickets to Cornell so they will charge my card for two each night.

My plan is to leave Iowa late Thursday or early Friday, get to MSP and meet a friend who will join me for the rest of the ride west.

Cornell ticket office has tickets to the 2 NoDak games. Cornell got 120 tickets/game (not including comps) and all tickets (including comps) are in section 311, rows F-H.

Wouldn't you know that when Cornell finally gets a couple of games scheduled with them the Sioux start off 0-3.

To anyone who is going, have you gotten your tickets yet? I placed a request through the Cornell ticket office, but they said NoDak was stalling on sending the tickets and wouldn't be able to process orders until they receive them. I have yet to see a charge on my account for the tickets, and the games will be here soon enough.

oceanst41
To anyone who is going, have you gotten your tickets yet? I placed a request through the Cornell ticket office, but they said NoDak was stalling on sending the tickets and wouldn't be able to process orders until they receive them. I have yet to see a charge on my account for the tickets, and the games will be here soon enough.

I ordered them Thursday on the phone after JDeafv's post above. It sounded like they had them on hand and were mailing them to me soon, although I haven't checked to see if my credit card was charged yet.

Jacob '06

oceanst41
To anyone who is going, have you gotten your tickets yet? I placed a request through the Cornell ticket office, but they said NoDak was stalling on sending the tickets and wouldn't be able to process orders until they receive them. I have yet to see a charge on my account for the tickets, and the games will be here soon enough.

I ordered them Thursday on the phone after JDeafv's post above. It sounded like they had them on hand and were mailing them to me soon, although I haven't checked to see if my credit card was charged yet.

I was told I wasn't going to have a problem getting them, it was just a matter of when they received the shipment. Some confirmation would've been nice though.

I watched the ticket office personnel actually open the envelope from NoDak.

We just got our tickets in the mail today. What hotels are people staying at? It seems like a lot of stuff is already booked up that weekend and I'm trying to figure out where we should stay.

Jacob '06
We just got our tickets in the mail today. What hotels are people staying at? It seems like a lot of stuff is already booked up that weekend and I'm trying to figure out where we should stay.

I splurged and went for the Super8 . But it seems to be within walking distance to the rink and to bars, so I'll call it even. I reserved about a month ago and found a lot of places booked up too.

oceanst41

Jacob '06
We just got our tickets in the mail today. What hotels are people staying at? It seems like a lot of stuff is already booked up that weekend and I'm trying to figure out where we should stay.

I splurged and went for the Super8 . But it seems to be within walking distance to the rink and to bars, so I'll call it even. I reserved about a month ago and found a lot of places booked up too.

Yeah, I was actually planning on going for the super8 also, but it is booked fully now according to the website. I'll probably give them a call and see if they have any rooms left one of these days.

Seen on the streets of Troy. You make the call:

Well the team has one game left that they should not overlook tomorrow night, but for the rest of us it's one week left until game one at UND.

I have Friday through Monday off from work, and plan on leaving Davenport, IA around 1-2 on Thanksgiving for Minneapolis. After spending the night there, a friend and I will make the rest of the 4.5 hr drive to Grand Forks, check into the Super8, then head back out for dinner and some pregame beers.

What is the status of the rest of the traveling Faithful?

oceanst41
Well the team has one game left that they should not overlook tomorrow night, but for the rest of us it's one week left until game one at UND.

Where by "the rest of us" you mean you. Dartmouth's in first place in the conference.

8pm Thursday: Play concert in Vancouver
11pm Thursday: Hope concert ends early enough to catch last bus to airport
5:30am Friday: Take airport shuttle to Seattle
10:30am Friday: Fly to Minneapolis
4:30pm Friday: Fly to Fargo
6:15pm Friday: Get picked up and driven to Grand Forks (thanks Jason!)
7:37pm Friday: Game Time (why :37?)
10:00pm Friday: Pass out from exhaustion

Trotsky

oceanst41
Well the team has one game left that they should not overlook tomorrow night, but for the rest of us it's one week left until game one at UND.

Where by "the rest of us" you mean you. Dartmouth's in first place in the conference.

Seeing as we don't play the games, I more was bumping the thread the weekend before seeing as people might have holiday plans and a busy week if they are traveling to Grank Forks.

I'm sorry that I won't be home to be on eLynah tomorrow night in order to see who else is going.

Flying from JFK to Minneapolis Friday morning, driving to Grand Forks from there.

Any word on whether NoDak is going to play a return series at Lynah in the coming years?

We fly to minneapolis in the morning friday and then in the afternoon from there to grand forks. We are staying at the best western (its not actually called the best western but I forget the name) on friday and the super 8 saturday and sunday.

Section A Banshee
8pm Thursday: Play concert in Vancouver
11pm Thursday: Hope concert ends early enough to catch last bus to airport
5:30am Friday: Take airport shuttle to Seattle
10:30am Friday: Fly to Minneapolis
4:30pm Friday: Fly to Fargo
6:15pm Friday: Get picked up and driven to Grand Forks (thanks Jason!)
7:37pm Friday: Game Time (why :37?)
10:00pm Friday: Party like we're not actually in Grand Forks

FYP

JDeafv

Section A Banshee
8pm Thursday: Play concert in Vancouver
11pm Thursday: Hope concert ends early enough to catch last bus to airport
5:30am Friday: Take airport shuttle to Seattle
10:30am Friday: Fly to Minneapolis
4:30pm Friday: Fly to Fargo
6:15pm Friday: Get picked up and driven to Grand Forks (thanks Jason!)
7:37pm Friday: Game Time (why :37?)
10:00pm Friday: Party like we're not actually in Grand Forks

FYP

I don't see anything wrong with partying like we're in Grand Forks. The way I figure, in Grand Forks they don't have anything to do BUT drink.

It is possible The Sioux are playing at Harvard this years as well and played Harvard in 2005-2006 in Grand Forks, ND. So this could be the return trip, UND is one of the bigger WCHA schools that travels out east almost once every season.

Nice that The Ralph is, like Lynah, 200x85...unlike many WCHA rinks.

Yep, UMN, SCSU, C.C., Wisconsin have Olympic sheets of ice.

Al DeFlorio
Nice that The Ralph is, like Lynah, 200x85...unlike many WCHA rinks.

I don't think Schafer would agree to go play on "big ice." NoDak / Cornell are negotiating the return trip to Lynah, it will happen in the next 2 years.

Al DeFlorio
Nice that The Ralph is, like Lynah, 200x85...unlike many WCHA rinks.

I agree - it's a good thing for us. Personally, I don't understand how the NCAA allows it. They don't allow schools to play football on a lacrosse field or a Canadian football field. Even if they allow it for the regular season, they certainly shouldn't for the playoffs. I always thought that was very very unfair.

CUontheslopes
Personally, I don't understand how the NCAA allows it. They don't allow schools to play football on a lacrosse field or a Canadian football field.

For some sports the playing surface must be uniform in size, for others not so. The old wooden basketball court in Barton used for intercollegiate games was, I believe, the maximum size allowed. Playing intramural games on that court was brutal.

Josh '99
I don't see anything wrong with partying like we're in Grand Forks. The way I figure, in Grand Forks they don't have anything to do BUT drink.

Yep.

[www.bismarcktribune.com]

RichH

Josh '99
I don't see anything wrong with partying like we're in Grand Forks. The way I figure, in Grand Forks they don't have anything to do BUT drink.

Yep.

[www.bismarcktribune.com]

That's awesome.

I also thought the NCAA had a "no big ice" policy for regional sites starting in 2010.

Goon
Yep, UMN, SCSU, C.C., Wisconsin have Olympic sheets of ice.

certainly not a western school, but UNH also has an olympic sheet.

Dpperk29

Goon
Yep, UMN, SCSU, C.C., Wisconsin have Olympic sheets of ice.

certainly not a western school, but UNH also has an olympic sheet.

And it would be nice not to have NCAA regionals held there any more.

Al DeFlorio
Nice that The Ralph is, like Lynah, 200x85...unlike many WCHA rinks.

I dunno. We actually look pretty fast this year. Although it may just be relative.

Josh '99
Flying from JFK to Minneapolis Friday morning, driving to Grand Forks from there.

Oh, since this is now the de facto UND Roll Call thread, yeah...what Josh said.

Trotsky

Al DeFlorio
Nice that The Ralph is, like Lynah, 200x85...unlike many WCHA rinks.

I dunno. We actually look pretty fast this year. Although it may just be relative.

I hope you're right about the "fast" observation, but there's still the familiarity issue.

Gotta love this time of year. It seems that NoDak's RPI will increase even when they lose to us are forced to kneel before Zod.

[siouxsports.com]

See Sioux? By losing to us, everybody wins!

RichH
Gotta love this time of year. It seems that NoDak's RPI will increase even when they lose to us.

You mean "if" they lose to us, right? No woofing.

Josh '99

RichH
Gotta love this time of year. It seems that NoDak's RPI will increase even when they lose to us.

You mean "if" they lose to us, right? No woofing.

Oh come now. You should know I'm being snarky. Designed as a joke, I'll fix it.

Is anybody posting on siouxsports.com? Just curious if we can get some friendly chatter before making the trip out to Grand Forks.

Is NoDak really as bad as the posters on siouxsports are making it out to be, or is it just a case of injuries to key guys (Finley) and a bunch of bad luck?

RichH

Josh '99

RichH
Gotta love this time of year. It seems that NoDak's RPI will increase even when they lose to us.

You mean "if" they lose to us, right? No woofing.

Oh come now. You should know I'm being snarky. Designed as a joke, I'll fix it.

Sorry, guess it's time for me to recalibrate the ol' .

JDeafv
Is anybody posting on siouxsports.com? Just curious if we can get some friendly chatter before making the trip out to Grand Forks.

No, not yet, but this description of their PA guy makes me scared. Scared of how annoyed I'll get.

Are there any plans to set up some sort of viewing in NYC? I know there have been some in the past but I don't really know enough about the usual arrangement to set something up.

nr53
Are there any plans to set up some sort of viewing in NYC? I know there have been some in the past but I don't really know enough about the usual arrangement to set something up.

Yes. I'll post about it in a separate thread.

A quick search didn't come up with anything about audio. Sorry if it's been posted.
[www.nmnathletics.com]

Apparently we got bumped from the schedule and UND is now playing a small liberal arts school in Iowa.

Quality reporting.

JDeafv
Apparently we got bumped from the schedule and UND is now playing a small liberal arts school in Iowa.

Quality reporting.

That reminds me: "Welcome to Grand Forks Community College"

Completely random question:

When's the last time Cornell played a regular season game in the Central Time Zone? We've done it plenty in the NCAAs because of our annoying habit of getting sent to western regionals. I remember playing CC in the mid-90s in Colorado (an 11-0 drubbing in early 1995-96 IIRC, which was the basis for western teams to not taking us seriously) but that's the Mountain Time Zone.

Edit: the 11-0 loss to CC was at the Denver Tournament, Dec 27-28, 1995. We beat Air Force 6-2 the next day.

RichH
Completely random question:

When's the last time Cornell played a regular season game in the Central Time Zone?

Badger Showdown in Dec. '98?

JDeafv
Apparently we got bumped from the schedule and UND is now playing a small liberal arts school in Iowa.

Quality reporting.

I'll be driving through Cedar Rapids tomorrow on my way to Minneapolis, so I'll be sure to let them know they need to get a team to Grand Forks on the double.

Chris '03

RichH
Completely random question:

When's the last time Cornell played a regular season game in the Central Time Zone?

Badger Showdown in Dec. '98?

Correct. Closest we've come since is those games in Kalamazoo. I think the sun set at about 11pm those nights when we were out there.

Trivia: By my reckoning, WMU is the fourth-furthest-west place in the Eastern Time Zone to play a road D-I hockey game, after Michigan Tech and Northern Michigan (which are in the part of the Upper Peninsula that is on Eastern Time) and Notre Dame (which is in the part of Indiana that is on Eastern Time; South Bend appears to be about 25 miles west of Kalamazoo). Huntsville, Alabama, slightly further west again than South Bend, is in the Central Time Zone. Ferris State, in Big Rapids, Michigan, is just slightly east of WMU.

Josh '99

Chris '03

RichH
Completely random question:

When's the last time Cornell played a regular season game in the Central Time Zone?

Badger Showdown in Dec. '98?

Correct. Closest we've come since is those games in Kalamazoo. I think the sun set at about 11pm those nights when we were out there.

Trivia: By my reckoning, WMU is the fourth-furthest-west place in the Eastern Time Zone to play a road D-I hockey game, after Michigan Tech and Northern Michigan (which are in the part of the Upper Peninsula that is on Eastern Time) and Notre Dame (which is in the part of Indiana that is on Eastern Time; South Bend appears to be about 25 miles west of Kalamazoo). Huntsville, Alabama, slightly further west again than South Bend, is in the Central Time Zone. Ferris State, in Big Rapids, Michigan, is just slightly east of WMU.

Yes, South Bend (Notre Dame) is on Central time is on Eastern time (when I first moved here, it was on Central time). The big outlet mall 20 miles away is on Central time.
Indianapolis, Bloomington, Lafayette are on Eastern time.
I think the Evansville area is also on Central time.

The times zones in Indiana are very confusing (as indicated by the above edits) and changing them is debated every year. (and that is just from living here 4.5 years!). It makes flying into/out of O'Hare complicated because you need to factor in traffic and time changes.

JDeafv
Apparently we got bumped from the schedule and UND is now playing a small liberal arts school in Iowa.

Quality reporting.

The Sioux hope there offense returns when they return to their home this weekend to host Cornell College.

I guess we know where the Sun alumni are working now.

We haven't even left for Grand Forks, and a comment on siouxsports says NoDak is coming to Lynah next season for a two game series in mid Jan. for a Fri-Sat set.

JDeafv
We haven't even left for Grand Forks, and a comment on siouxsports says NoDak is coming to Lynah next season for a two game series in mid Jan. for a Fri-Sat set.

Mid January sounds like a good time for the return visit; we should have our post-exam legs back by then. It would suck if UND comes in the fall with an almost 4 week practice/game edge on us.

Rita

JDeafv
We haven't even left for Grand Forks, and a comment on siouxsports says NoDak is coming to Lynah next season for a two game series in mid Jan. for a Fri-Sat set.

Mid January sounds like a good time for the return visit; we should have our post-exam legs back by then. It would suck if UND comes in the fall with an almost 4 week practice/game edge on us.

Wonder if that means Colgate will be in the fall again next season. Hope that "mid-Jan." is when students are back.

ebilmes

JDeafv
Apparently we got bumped from the schedule and UND is now playing a small liberal arts school in Iowa.

Quality reporting.

The Sioux hope there offense returns when they return to their home this weekend to host Cornell College.

I guess we know where the Sun alumni are working now.

Ouch!! Even I thought that was uncalled for.

Another report from siouxsports : The sioux had 2 tough practices this week as a result of the coaching staff being unhappy with the effort on the road this past weekend:

MILLER SAID - not happy with the showing last weekend and have had 2 hard days of practicing and working out. we arent getting bounces but that isnt why things arent going right. that they are getting outworked in specific areas and they have to create their own bounces to get good things going.

I was told by people who were in the arena this week that the practices were closed to the public. All the curtains were closed from the concourse to the ice. Employees were told not to look in. I was told that this is not normally the case. One guy did peek in and said it was a lot of back and forth skating and not much else.

I can't wait for this trip!

LGR!!!!

JDeafv
We haven't even left for Grand Forks, and a comment on siouxsports says NoDak is coming to Lynah next season for a two game series in mid Jan. for a Fri-Sat set.

UND at Lynah and BU at MSG sounds like the makings of a pretty good non-conference schedule.

RichH
Completely random question:

When's the last time Cornell played a regular season game in the Central Time Zone? We've done it plenty in the NCAAs because of our annoying habit of getting sent to western regionals. I remember playing CC in the mid-90s in Colorado (an 11-0 drubbing in early 1995-96 IIRC, which was the basis for western teams to not taking us seriously) but that's the Mountain Time Zone.

Edit: the 11-0 loss to CC was at the Denver Tournament, Dec 27-28, 1995. We beat Air Force 6-2 the next day.

Actually Denver is in Mountain Time.

JDeafv
We haven't even left for Grand Forks, and a comment on siouxsports says NoDak is coming to Lynah next season for a two game series in mid Jan. for a Fri-Sat set.

The Grand Forks Herald, in it's article yesterday, reported that they are coming to Lynah Jan 22-23, 2010.

I'm glad the team took my suggestion on travel

Re: Cornell to play two @ North Dakota
Posted by: Jim Hyla (---.twcny.res.rr.com)
Date: April 18, 10:49PM

Fly to Winnipeg and drive down.

Jim Hyla

JDeafv
We haven't even left for Grand Forks, and a comment on siouxsports says NoDak is coming to Lynah next season for a two game series in mid Jan. for a Fri-Sat set.

The Grand Forks Herald, in it's article yesterday, reported that they are coming to Lynah Jan 22-23, 2010.

We just picked up the paper copy here in Grand Forks, very exciting to read. Now onto this weekend's games!

We passed a prius with NY plates on I-29, the folks inside were wearing red, awesome somebody made the drive.

LGR!

Josh '99

Chris '03

RichH
Completely random question:

When's the last time Cornell played a regular season game in the Central Time Zone?

Badger Showdown in Dec. '98?

Correct. Closest we've come since is those games in Kalamazoo. I think the sun set at about 11pm those nights when we were out there.

Trivia: By my reckoning, WMU is the fourth-furthest-west place in the Eastern Time Zone to play a road D-I hockey game, after Michigan Tech and Northern Michigan (which are in the part of the Upper Peninsula that is on Eastern Time) and Notre Dame (which is in the part of Indiana that is on Eastern Time; South Bend appears to be about 25 miles west of Kalamazoo). Huntsville, Alabama, slightly further west again than South Bend, is in the Central Time Zone. Ferris State, in Big Rapids, Michigan, is just slightly east of WMU.

A map of Cornell's home and away games, by site, rs and ps, for existing D-1 teams, through last this weekend.

The comparison to the trip to BU Nov 24-25, 2001 holds up.

Trotsky
A map of Cornell's home and away games, by site, rs and ps, for existing D-1 teams, through last this weekend.

That map is fantastic. I never would have thought that we have played more games in Princeton than Cambridge, or more games at BC than BU for that matter.

is it possible that we can play a NC series in jan like that? perhaps it is dec?

upperdeck
is it possible that we can play a NC series in jan like that? perhaps it is dec?

There's no rule about it, it just can't interfere with the firmly scheduled ECAC stretch run that starts in late January. Some recent January NC games:

2008: Niagara (2)
2007: Sacred Heart
2006: RIT
2001: Quinnipiac
2000: @ Maine, @ Ohio State, Western Michigan (2)

Trotsky
A map of Cornell's home and away games, by site, rs and ps, for existing D-1 teams, through last this weekend.

The consensus among RichH, JDeafv, KateWithThe8 and myself here in Minneapolis is that Providence College should not be abbreviated "PRN".

Speaking of which, Providence College is west of Brown, no?