2021-22 Men's Schedule

Note game times are 7PM EST unless otherwise noted. Especially, the game at Colgate is 7:30 & January western away games are MT or CT.

I'm assuming the Regionals and Frozen Four will be at sites previously picked, but due to COVID cancellations, that might change.
Also, the Regionals are now over 3 days. I'm not sure which Regionals are Thu-Sat & which are Fri-Sun. They are just listed as place holders.

As in the past, if you have info about errors or additions, post it and I’ll update this.

Attached is the ECAC schedule, minus the traveling partners.


Cornell 2021-22 Schedule

Fri Oct 15 Red/White
Sat Oct 16 (Ex)Princeton
Sat Oct 23 (Ex)US Under-18
Fri Oct 29 Alaska Fairbanks
Sat Oct 30 Alaska Fairbanks
Fri Nov  5 @ Harvard
Sat Nov  6 @ Dartmouth
Fri Nov 12 Union
Sat Nov 13 RPI
Fri Nov 19 Brown
Sat Nov 20 Yale
Sat Nov 27 BU @ MSG 8:00 
Fri Dec  3 @ SLU
Sat Dec  4 @ Clarkson

Sat Jan  1 @ ASU 7:05 MT
Sun Jan  2 @ ASU 7:05 MT
Fri Jan  7 @ U North Dakota 7:07 CT
Sat Jan  8 @ U North Dakota 6:07 CT
Fri Jan 14 @ Yale
Sat Jan 15 @ Brown
Fri Jan 21 Princeton
Sat Jan 22 Quinnipiac
Fri Jan 28 Dartmouth
Sat Jan 29 Harvard
Fri Feb  4 @ Colgate 7:30
Sat Feb  5 Colgate
Fri Feb 11 @ RPI
Sat Feb 12 @ Union
Fri Feb 18 SLU 
Sat Feb 19 Clarkson
Fri Feb 25 @ Quinnipiac
Sat Feb 26 @ Princeton

Fri-Sun Mar 4-6 ECAC Prelims
Fri-Sun Mar 11-13 ECAC Quarters
Fri Mar 18 ECAC Semis @ Lake Placid
Sat Mar 19 ECAC Finals @ Lake Placid

Thu-Sat Mar 24-26 Regionals E @ TU Center, Albany & MW @ PPL Center, Allentown 
Fri-Sun Mar 25-27 Regionals NE @ DCU Center, Worcester & W @ Budweiser Event Center, Loveland         

Thu Apr  7 NCAA Semis @ TD Garden, Boston
Sat Apr  9 NCAA Finals @ TD Garden, Boston

Below is the graphic view of the ECAC schedule from the ECAC site. (First posted by Trotsky in the ECAC General Thread)

Thanks

Any chance the @ASU weekend will still be there?

French Rage
Any chance the @ASU weekend will still be there?

Hard to think of it as "still" - it's not like they took the 2020-21 schedule and just slapped "2021-22" on it. You'd have to have the same teams interested in and available for participating in the tournament. Keep in mind also, UNO is actually playing this season, though I'm not exactly sure what impact that would have on it. I'd love for it to happen, especially since we'll probably all actually be able to travel by then, but I wouldn't count on it.

Especially in the case of ASU who uses a professional barn for their games. It isn't sitting idle the way a campus rink would.

Fixed the formatting in the schedule. No one complained.

Speaking of which, did they even put ice down at Lynah this year? Are they using the time to remedy some of the remaining longstanding problems?

AFAIK, the roof is no longer one slight breeze from collapsing, but I imagine a 60-year old building has a ton of issues just from wear and tear. I'm 58 and I sure as hell do.

Yes, they did put down ice at Lynah. What happened to that ice after the Ivy League cancelled winter sports, I do not know.

redice
Yes, they did put down ice at Lynah. What happened to that ice after the Ivy League cancelled winter sports, I do not know.

I just got confirmation from Phil Graham that there is still ice at Lynah.

According to an article in the July 8th, 2020 Grand Forks ND Herald, Cornell is contracted to play at North Dakota on Jan. 7 and 8, 2022.

dfbeech
According to an article in the July 8th, 2020 Grand Forks ND Herald, Cornell is contracted to play at North Dakota on Jan. 7 and 8, 2022.

IIRC, the last time at UND, the team flew via Winnipeg 140 miles away and that caused paperwork issues for non-US/Canada players. Maybe UND could loan us the team jet.

On the webinar, didn’ t Schaf mention an ASU trip over New Years?

arugula
On the webinar, didn’ t Schaf mention an ASU trip over New Years?

Yeah, he mentioned the whiplash of playing at ASU one weekend and at North Dakota the next.

billhoward

dfbeech
According to an article in the July 8th, 2020 Grand Forks ND Herald, Cornell is contracted to play at North Dakota on Jan. 7 and 8, 2022.

IIRC, the last time at UND, the team flew via Winnipeg 140 miles away and that caused paperwork issues for non-US/Canada players. Maybe UND could loan us the team jet.

What did we do with "Above It All"?

Weder

arugula
On the webinar, didn’ t Schaf mention an ASU trip over New Years?

Yeah, he mentioned the whiplash of playing at ASU one weekend and at North Dakota the next.

Why bother returning to Ithaca? Wonder if it's be too expensive to remain out west somewhere for the week and turn it into a team building retreat

abmarks

Weder

arugula
On the webinar, didn’ t Schaf mention an ASU trip over New Years?

Yeah, he mentioned the whiplash of playing at ASU one weekend and at North Dakota the next.

Why bother returning to Ithaca? Wonder if it's be too expensive to remain out west somewhere for the week and turn it into a team building retreat

He was just referring to the difference in expected January weather and didn’t say anything about whether they’d be going back to Ithaca between the series.

abmarks

Weder

arugula
On the webinar, didn’ t Schaf mention an ASU trip over New Years?

Yeah, he mentioned the whiplash of playing at ASU one weekend and at North Dakota the next.

Why bother returning to Ithaca? Wonder if it's be too expensive to remain out west somewhere for the week and turn it into a team building retreat

Moonlite BunnyRanch is right on the way.

Team building.

(Works for the women's team too...)

Trotsky

abmarks

Weder

arugula
On the webinar, didn’ t Schaf mention an ASU trip over New Years?

Yeah, he mentioned the whiplash of playing at ASU one weekend and at North Dakota the next.

Why bother returning to Ithaca? Wonder if it's be too expensive to remain out west somewhere for the week and turn it into a team building retreat

Moonlite BunnyRanch is right on the way.

Team building.

(Works for the women's team too...)

Class of '44.

Old Ez said "I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any subject." Presumably this applies to ice hockey as well as other endeavors - and Cornell's words conspicuously do NOT specify a venue?

UND's schedule agrees with your schedule for 1/7-8. [fanforum.uscho.com]

UND in Jan.. that will be fun. guess no classes so they can take the 3 day bus trip

upprdeck
UND in Jan.. that will be fun. guess no classes so they can take the 3 day bus trip

I've already committed on USCHO as long as my NoDak friends give me alcohol and a place to be unconscious.

C'mon. Who's with me?

Trotsky

upprdeck
UND in Jan.. that will be fun. guess no classes so they can take the 3 day bus trip

I've already committed on USCHO as long as my NoDak friends give me alcohol and a place to be unconscious.

C'mon. Who's with me?

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I've been meaning to go to this series since it was announced way back when, since I'm in South Dakota. I caught Cornell @UNO a while back. But we'll see if I'm willing to do indoor crowds by January.

If we aren't back to normal by January that means something really bad has happened, like a COVID-21 that needs a completely new vaccine.

Trotsky
If we aren't back to normal by January that means something really bad has happened, like a COVID-21 that needs a completely new vaccine.

It's going to take a long time for an indoor crowd to sound like fun to me.

Dafatone

Trotsky
If we aren't back to normal by January that means something really bad has happened, like a COVID-21 that needs a completely new vaccine.

It's going to take a long time for an indoor crowd to sound like fun to me.

I am ultra careful but my I assume utterly absurd and unscientific hope was:

(1) Reach herd immunity in, let's say, July.

(2) Some period of time passes in which the infection rate begins to decline, first slowly, then precipitously.

(3) By October or so we reach the point where the disease is now restricted to Republican enclaves, like drug addiction and teen pregnancy. And we with a prefrontal cortex are safe as houses to go back to normal.

The GOPers probably continue to get sick and die, but... win/win.

Trotsky

Dafatone

Trotsky
If we aren't back to normal by January that means something really bad has happened, like a COVID-21 that needs a completely new vaccine.

It's going to take a long time for an indoor crowd to sound like fun to me.

I am ultra careful but my I assume utterly absurd and unscientific hope was:

(1) Reach herd immunity in, let's say, July.

(2) Some period of time passes in which the infection rates begins to decline, first slowly, then precipitously.

(3) By October or so we reach the point where the disease is now restricted to Republican enclaves, like drug addiction and teen pregnancy. And we with a prefrontal cortex are safe as houses to go back to normal.

The GOPers probably continue to get sick and die, but... win/win.

I think that's a reasonable timeline. Is North Dakota one of those enclaves? Probably, right?

Dafatone

Trotsky

Dafatone

Trotsky
If we aren't back to normal by January that means something really bad has happened, like a COVID-21 that needs a completely new vaccine.

It's going to take a long time for an indoor crowd to sound like fun to me.

I am ultra careful but my I assume utterly absurd and unscientific hope was:

(1) Reach herd immunity in, let's say, July.

(2) Some period of time passes in which the infection rates begins to decline, first slowly, then precipitously.

(3) By October or so we reach the point where the disease is now restricted to Republican enclaves, like drug addiction and teen pregnancy. And we with a prefrontal cortex are safe as houses to go back to normal.

The GOPers probably continue to get sick and die, but... win/win.

I think that's a reasonable timeline. Is North Dakota one of those enclaves? Probably, right?

Well, "everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth."

A few comments:

I grew up about 2 miles from that -35 degree sign. Ya, it's cold, dontcha know. However, it doesn't really matter if it is +20 or -20. In either case, the only time you spend outside is from the car to the house. And, in some ways, the colder the better - once you get below zero, it is very unlikely to snow.

If you haven't been to a game at UND, you should go. The arena is a sight to see, and the town is filled with college hockey fans (there is nothing else to do there). Wear your Cornell hockey shirts around town and you will have conversations with lots of nice people. The whole Red River Valley area is unlike anywhere else in the world, both geographically (perhaps the flattest land you will ever see) and culturally. While you can fly into Grand Forks, there are probably more options for Fargo, which is just a little over an hour down the road, and it gives you the opportunity to see even more of that flat land (seriously, the only hills that you will see on I-29 are the freeway exits/overpasses every 10 miles or so).

The team will be in Arizona (where I live now) the weekend before this series, so I doubt there will be a three day bus trip. There are direct flights from Mesa to both Grand Forks and Fargo, I would assume they will be flying. Now the only question is if I join them on that flight and get to see Cornell hockey two weekends in a row!

Todd R
I grew up about 2 miles from that -35 degree sign.

I assume that picture was taken in August.

Trotsky

Todd R
I grew up about 2 miles from that -35 degree sign.

I assume that picture was taken in August.

I'm in Montana these days, where it's similar to NoDak:


I'll try to make it to GF if the pandemic recedes as hoped....

Trotsky
I am ultra careful but my I assume utterly absurd and unscientific hope was:

(1) Reach herd immunity in, let's say, July.

National herd immunity? I'd need to be getting around 3:1 on my money to book that wager.

Hi<your name here>

Well, spring has sprung, I think! The calendar says so, and we’re looking forward to some outside activity.

I’d like to start out with some exciting news about next season. Cornell expects to compete in all athletic events in 2021-22, and that is certainly wonderful news. Our players are being awarded for being extremely strict when abiding with the COVID-19 regulations.

As I mentioned to the Coach’s Club, men’s hockey won the unofficial self proclaimed COVID Cup, as no one on the team contracted this horrible disease. That fact is amazing with all the interaction that our players were involved in every day. This involved a little bit of luck and a lot of commitment.

Morgan Barron also played his first NHL game last night with the New York Rangers, congrats to him and all his hard work.

Shortly, we will be announcing our schedule and our roster for next season. With 14 freshmen and 10 sophomores, obviously, we will be quite young. And you can count on us being extremely enthusiastic with a tremendous work ethic.

Look for the schedule announcement and the roster for the 2021-22 season. We are excited about getting started.

Mike Schafer

mcs14@cornell.edu

607-327-1069

David Harding
Hi<your name here>

Well, spring has sprung, I think! The calendar says so, and we’re looking forward to some outside activity.

I’d like to start out with some exciting news about next season. Cornell expects to compete in all athletic events in 2021-22, and that is certainly wonderful news. Our players are being awarded for being extremely strict when abiding with the COVID-19 regulations.

As I mentioned to the Coach’s Club, men’s hockey won the unofficial self proclaimed COVID Cup, as no one on the team contracted this horrible disease. That fact is amazing with all the interaction that our players were involved in every day. This involved a little bit of luck and a lot of commitment.

Morgan Barron also played his first NHL game last night with the New York Rangers, congrats to him and all his hard work.

Shortly, we will be announcing our schedule and our roster for next season. With 14 freshmen and 10 sophomores, obviously, we will be quite young. And you can count on us being extremely enthusiastic with a tremendous work ethic.

Look for the schedule announcement and the roster for the 2021-22 season. We are excited about getting started.

Mike Schafer

mcs14@cornell.edu

607-327-1069

24 underclassmen—uncharted waters I would imagine.

on top of the whole multiple class of guys who havent played in a full year.. how much growth will any of them show.

upprdeck
on top of the whole multiple class of guys who havent played in a full year.. how much growth will any of them show.

Is this true or have all those guys found ways to ply their trade more or less legitimately during the gap?

Trotsky

upprdeck
on top of the whole multiple class of guys who havent played in a full year.. how much growth will any of them show.

Is this true or have all those guys found ways to ply their trade more or less legitimately during the gap?

yeah they've been barnstorming

ugarte

Trotsky

upprdeck
on top of the whole multiple class of guys who havent played in a full year.. how much growth will any of them show.

Is this true or have all those guys found ways to ply their trade more or less legitimately during the gap?

yeah they've been barnstorming

The mean streets of illegal hockey: Mississauga Drift.

Trotsky

ugarte

Trotsky

upprdeck
on top of the whole multiple class of guys who haven't played in a full year.. how much growth will any of them show.

Is this true or have all those guys found ways to ply their trade more or less legitimately during the gap?

yeah they've been barnstorming

The mean streets of illegal hockey: Mississauga Drift.

Toronto Drift. It's at least phonetically closer to Tokyo.

Jeff Hopkins '82

Trotsky

ugarte

Trotsky

upprdeck
on top of the whole multiple class of guys who haven't played in a full year.. how much growth will any of them show.

Is this true or have all those guys found ways to ply their trade more or less legitimately during the gap?

yeah they've been barnstorming

The mean streets of illegal hockey: Mississauga Drift.

Toronto Drift. It's at least phonetically closer to Tokyo.

Mississauga has better meter, and is a naturally ridiculous word to say, like "Bootsy Collins" or "conservative intellectual."

Cornell vs Alaska Fairbanks Oct.29 and 30th at Lynah per Fairbanks schedule release.

ClarksonHockey
Cornell vs Alaska Fairbanks Oct.29 and 30th at Lynah per Fairbanks schedule release.

Very cool.

Trotsky

ClarksonHockey
Cornell vs Alaska Fairbanks Oct.29 and 30th at Lynah per Fairbanks schedule release.

Very cool.

Extremely cold for the return series the following year.

ClarksonHockey
Cornell vs Alaska Fairbanks Oct.29 and 30th at Lynah per Fairbanks schedule release.

Thanks, looking like Colgate Feb. 4 & 5.

Jeff Hopkins '82

Trotsky

ClarksonHockey
Cornell vs Alaska Fairbanks Oct.29 and 30th at Lynah per Fairbanks schedule release.

Very cool.

Extremely cold for the return series the following year.

Are we doing that? If so I am going and some of you assholes are coming with me.

Trotsky

Jeff Hopkins '82

Trotsky

ClarksonHockey
Cornell vs Alaska Fairbanks Oct.29 and 30th at Lynah per Fairbanks schedule release.

Very cool.

Extremely cold for the return series the following year.

Are we doing that? If so I am going and some of you assholes are coming with me.

Are Ivies allowed to play the extra games you get as credit for visiting the Alaska schools?

Trotsky

Jeff Hopkins '82

Trotsky

ClarksonHockey
Cornell vs Alaska Fairbanks Oct.29 and 30th at Lynah per Fairbanks schedule release.

Very cool.

Extremely cold for the return series the following year.

Are we doing that? If so I am going and some of you assholes are coming with me.

It's technically a west coast game, so maybe I might talk my wife into it.

Weder
Are Ivies allowed to play the extra games you get as credit for visiting the Alaska schools?

The last I heard, and this was several years ago, requests to exceed the Ivies' self-imposed limit have to be voted on by the Ivies. At one point Yale wanted to schedule two games in Alaska, beyond the limit of 29, and had to get approval from the league/Ivies to do so (they were successful).

EDIT: Link to schedule


Cornell Men’s Hockey Reveals 2021-22 Schedule



ITHACA, N.Y. — The Cornell men’s hockey team announced today the schedule for its highly anticipated return to play in the 2021-22 season. The regular-season slate of 29 games is highlighted by a first-time visit from an opponent, a pair of lengthy non-league road trips, the eighth edition of Red Hot Hockey at Madison Square Garden in New York and the perennial rigors of league play in ECAC Hockey.



In what will prove to be its first regular-season action in 608 days, Cornell returns to Lynah Rink ice Oct. 29-30 for a two-game visit from Alaska. The non-league contests will mark the first visit to Ithaca for the Nanooks, who will be competing as an independent team for the first time since the 1992-93 season. The programs’ only previous meeting came on Jan. 3, 1987 in the championship game of the Phoenix Mutual Tournament in Hartford, Conn. – a 5-2 victory for the Big Red.



ECAC Hockey play commences the following week, with Cornell opening on the road against Ivy League opponents. Up first is a date with rival Harvard on Friday, Nov. 5, followed by a trip to Dartmouth on Saturday, Nov. 6 to conclude the team’s lone road games for the entire month. Four consecutive league games at Lynah Rink ensue, with the first two featuring arrivals from the circuit’s Capital District teams – Union on Friday, Nov. 12 and Rensselaer on Saturday, Nov. 13. Cornell then hosts its first two games within the Ivy subset Friday, Nov. 19 against Brown and Saturday, Nov. 20 against Yale.



All eyes then turn to The World’s Most Famous Arena, where Cornell and Boston University face off at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 27. The Big Red will attempt to retain the Kelley-Harkness Cup, laying claim to Red Hot Hockey’s prize after a 2-0 victory over the Terriers in front of a crowd exceeding 15,000 fans.



The fall semester’s portion of the schedule closes with the Big Red’s first ECAC Hockey games against some of the four teams that competed during the abbreviated 2020-21 season. Cornell visits Clarkson on Friday, Dec. 3 before shuttling down Route 11 on Saturday, Dec. 4 to take on defending league tournament champion St. Lawrence.



After a four-week hiatus for final exams and the semester break, the Big Red will embark on the program’s first trip to the Grand Canyon State for a pair of games Jan. 1-2 at Arizona State. The trip reciprocates a Sun Devils visit to Ithaca in January 2019 that resulted in victories of 6-1 and 3-2 for the hosts. Cornell’s lengthy travels continue the following weekend at North Dakota, where the two teams atop the national rankings when the 2019-20 season abruptly concluded will square off in a pair of games Jan. 7-8.



Cornell’s attention will then turn exclusively to ECAC Hockey play for the balance of the regular season. A stretch of eight straight road games comes to a close with a swing through New England to take on Yale on Friday, Jan. 14 and Brown on Saturday, Jan. 15.



A season-high five-game home stand awaits the Big Red as the undergraduate population returns to campus for the spring semester. The string starts Friday, Jan. 21 against Princeton and Saturday, Jan. 22 against Quinnipiac. The most anticipated home weekend of the season then starts with Dartmouth’s arrival on Friday, Jan. 28 before the penultimate game of the Ivy League portion of the schedule sees Harvard in town on Saturday, Jan. 29.



The first weekend of February features the annual home-and-home series with Colgate. The teams meet in Ithaca on Friday, Feb. 4 before the stage shifts northeast to Hamilton for the rematch on Saturday, Feb. 5 to start a Cornell home stretch in which five of its final seven games are on the road. A visit to Rensselaer (Feb. 11) and Union (Feb. 12) follows.



The Big Red’s final home weekend of the regular season features the same visitors it had to close out the 2019-20 campaign – ECAC Hockey’s North Country foes. St. Lawrence arrives for a Friday, Feb. 18 date at Lynah before Cornell’s annual Senior Night game on Saturday, Feb. 19 against Clarkson. The regular season then wraps up with a trip to Quinnipiac (Feb. 25) and Princeton (Feb. 26).



As usual, Cornell will tune up with the annual Red/White Game and a pair of exhibitions before the start of the regular season. Red/White is slated for Friday, Oct. 15, with an exhibition against the University of Ottawa shortly thereafter on Sunday, Oct. 17. The final tune-up comes against the U.S. National Team Development Program’s Under-18 team on Saturday, Oct. 23.

Weder
Cornell Men’s Hockey Reveals 2021-22 Schedule

Link?

Did they actually have the schedule or did they just describe it to us?

Trotsky

Weder
Cornell Men’s Hockey Reveals 2021-22 Schedule

Link?

Did they actually have the schedule or did they just describe it to us?

Doesn't seem to be on the Cornell site yet. The above was an email from Schafer.
Schedule link added to post above.

What, no video from MSG, UND, or ASU? I hope that changes.

redice
What, no video from MSG, UND, or ASU? I hope that changes.

UND streams all of their home games, IIRC, but it's the conference subscription service.

redice
What, no video from MSG, UND, or ASU? I hope that changes.

Assume they just don't have deals in place, yet.

Weder

Trotsky

Weder
Cornell Men’s Hockey Reveals 2021-22 Schedule

Link?

Did they actually have the schedule or did they just describe it to us?

Doesn't seem to be on the Cornell site yet. The above was an email from Schafer.
Schedule link added to post above.

THANKS!!!

I finally updated the schedule on the first post. So anyone who copies it for a compact listing, it's ready.

And let me know of errors, or if we get more definitive game times and whether the BU game will really be at MSG.

Jim Hyla
..... and whether the BU game will really be at MSG.

Oh Hell! Let's just invite them to Ithaca. I think it would be a ball to have the CU-BU game at Lynah. Besides, with the crime increase in NYC, who wants to go there? Not me, even for Big Red Hockey.

redice
Besides, with the crime increase in NYC, who wants to go there? Not me, even for Big Red Hockey.

Just stay clear of Wall Street.

Yes, that makes sense. Why would you want to play in New York City, at Madison Square Garden, particularly when a recent alum is playing for the Rangers, when you can play at Lynah Rink on a holiday weekend when no students are in town. Sure, good idea....

If the game can't be played at MSG because of a conflict with the Rangers/Knicks/etc., would folks prefer:
* Play game in Newark/Brooklyn/new Islanders arena
* Play game in some other city (saying this because it's being described by CU as a neutral-site game)
* Skip the game this year (a.k.a. MSG or nothing)

I also would love if they could find a way to do a men's and women's doubleheader one of these years.

I'd love to see us play a game in Philly like Penn State does.

There won't be a conflict. MSG always keeps the Saturday evening after Thanksgiving open for Cornell hockey. 15 years now. We played Colgate in Newark once. Disastrously low turnout. MSG is a destination. The other places are not.

arugula
There won't be a conflict. MSG always keeps the Saturday evening after Thanksgiving open for Cornell hockey. 15 years now. We played Colgate in Newark once. Disastrously low turnout. MSG is a destination. The other places are not.

How dare you insult the fine city of Newark.

No insult here. I would love Newark. The Ironbound is fantastic and the arena's ok and easily accessible. Just stating the fact that our brethren didn't show up.

Jim Hyla
I finally updated the schedule on the first post. So anyone who copies it for a compact listing, it's ready.

And let me know of errors, or if we get more definitive game times and whether the BU game will really be at MSG.

Schafer's email of 6/3/2021 said

All eyes then turn to The World’s Most Famous Arena, where Cornell and Boston University face off at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 27. The Big Red will attempt to retain the Kelley-Harkness Cup, laying claim to Red Hot Hockey’s prize after a 2-0 victory over the Terriers in front of a crowd exceeding 15,000 fans.

redice

Jim Hyla
..... and whether the BU game will really be at MSG.

Oh Hell! Let's just invite them to Ithaca. I think it would be a ball to have the CU-BU game at Lynah. Besides, with the crime increase in NYC, who wants to go there? Not me, even for Big Red Hockey.

Playing at MSG is cool (I'm wearing the t-shirt as I type this), and we'd been looking forward to something like that being arranged for years, but it is a shame that Cornell and BU don't play each other on campus any more. We did two-game series in 2001 at Walter Brown and 2002 at Lynah, and they were a lot of fun, and also key milestones in the development of the 2002-2003 team. (Jack Parker described the 2002 series as men vs boys, but the Big Red were the men for once.) We have never played BU at their new rink, which opened in 2005.

David Harding

Jim Hyla
I finally updated the schedule on the first post. So anyone who copies it for a compact listing, it's ready.

And let me know of errors, or if we get more definitive game times and whether the BU game will really be at MSG.

Schafer's email of 6/3/2021 said

All eyes then turn to The World’s Most Famous Arena, where Cornell and Boston University face off at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 27. The Big Red will attempt to retain the Kelley-Harkness Cup, laying claim to Red Hot Hockey’s prize after a 2-0 victory over the Terriers in front of a crowd exceeding 15,000 fans.

Almost for sure it's MSG, but they still haven't put it on the schedule, and I won't make it definite till they do. Also they've usually offered tickets by now. Suspect it's just because of all the prior COVID restrictions, which are now lifted. Let's keep it that way, so everybody get vaccinated.

You're certainly right. The posted press release just says "neutral site".

we might start to see more info on things after july 1st as the hiring freeze will be over and parts of campus will be back to work soon in a much more efficient way.

Dafatone

arugula
There won't be a conflict. MSG always keeps the Saturday evening after Thanksgiving open for Cornell hockey. 15 years now. We played Colgate in Newark once. Disastrously low turnout. MSG is a destination. The other places are not.

How dare you insult the fine city of Newark.

I've heard Newark is actually a pretty cool place these days.

I think a periodic rivalry game with LIU at the new Islanders arena could be cool and get a good turnout. Also could be viewed as helping their program establish itself.

CU2007
I think a periodic rivalry game with LIU at the new Islanders arena could be cool and get a good turnout. Also could be viewed as helping their program establish itself.

Yes.

still interesting that we are now closing in on 2 months later than normal for renewal and still no updates on tickets or fans at games yet. wouldnt shock me if they play with no fans or no fans until after xmas.. maybe they go he fans and masks but no food route?

Nix the fans one more year to be safe. We'll live. Literally.

Trotsky
Nix the fans one more year to be safe. We'll live. Literally.

Only if I can pay for a cardboard version of me to go in my old section B seats.

French Rage

Trotsky
Nix the fans one more year to be safe. We'll live. Literally.

Only if I can pay for a cardboard version of me to go in my old section B seats.

I am so for this. We could finally have students back in C.

Trotsky

French Rage

Trotsky
Nix the fans one more year to be safe. We'll live. Literally.

Only if I can pay for a cardboard version of me to go in my old section B seats.

I am so for this. We could finally have students back in C.

That means you could put one of me in C, D, and/or G.

But does anyone really want three of me?

Jeff Hopkins '82

Trotsky

French Rage

Trotsky
Nix the fans one more year to be safe. We'll live. Literally.

Only if I can pay for a cardboard version of me to go in my old section B seats.

I am so for this. We could finally have students back in C.

That means you could put one of me in C, D, and/or G.

But does anyone really want three of me?

Now I imagine row upon row of Age. Or Art.

Cornell Big Red @CornellSports

Schedule update for @CornellMHockey
: Swap the opponents for the @ecachockey
North Country trip. The Big Red now opens the weekend Dec. 3 at St. Lawrence, then play Dec. 4 at Clarkson. #YellCornell

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#YellCornell

Whom do we beg to stop with this? It is so embarrassing.

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Schedule update for @CornellMHockey
: Swap the opponents for the @ecachockey
North Country trip. The Big Red now opens the weekend Dec. 3 at St. Lawrence, then play Dec. 4 at Clarkson. #YellCornell

Strange that they didn't also flip the February weekend, reason?

The NCAA has added an off day between the first- and second-round tournament games, so the regionals will take place over 3 days starting this season.
[www.ncaa.com]

Weder
The NCAA has added an off day between the first- and second-round tournament games, so the regionals will take place over 3 days starting this season.
[www.ncaa.com]

And it has nothing to do with more money being spent on an extra night of hotels, dining, rental cars, etc.

Jeff Hopkins '82

Weder
The NCAA has added an off day between the first- and second-round tournament games, so the regionals will take place over 3 days starting this season.
[www.ncaa.com]

And it has nothing to do with more money being spent on an extra night of hotels, dining, rental cars, etc.

Seems like it will drive down attendance at regional finals, though.

basketball has had the off day for ever and it hasnt caused much of an attendance issue.. roughly 1/2 the people leave after a loss for the most part and who knows what part of the crowd is actually traveling to see these games vs lives locally.

jtwcornell91

Jeff Hopkins '82

Weder
The NCAA has added an off day between the first- and second-round tournament games, so the regionals will take place over 3 days starting this season.
[www.ncaa.com]

And it has nothing to do with more money being spent on an extra night of hotels, dining, rental cars, etc.

Seems like it will drive down attendance at regional finals, though.

Everybody is going to stay away for the first round, meaning the home advantage teams will get an even more brutal advantage.

The NC$$ really sucks.

why do people think thats true? you think Cornell fans are not showing up the first game or Wisc/Mich fans? The teams with fans that travel wont care.

I think it’s a valid point. I’d be much more likely to go to a regional if it required 2 nights in a hotel rather than 3. Also potentially fewer days off from work etc.

Especially with all of the games on tv now…

upprdeck
why do people think thats true? you think Cornell fans are not showing up the first game or Wisc/Mich fans? The teams with fans that travel wont care.

It will certainly impact more "casual" travel attendance. I don't understand why, but I would go to a playoff game if it were on Olympus Mons.

If nothing else, spreading it out to a 3-day event now eats work days on both ends for distant travelers, making it more difficulty logistically.

Trotsky

upprdeck
why do people think thats true? you think Cornell fans are not showing up the first game or Wisc/Mich fans? The teams with fans that travel wont care.

It will certainly impact more "casual" travel attendance. I don't understand why, but I would go to a playoff game if it were on Olympus Mons.

If nothing else, spreading it out to a 3-day event now eats work days on both ends for distant travelers, making it more difficulty logistically.

Maybe they should go back to having two regional sites like in the days of the 12-team tournament. They could do two semis each on Friday and Saturday, and have the finals on Sunday and Monday. (Of course the more sensible thing would be to have the winners of the Saturday games play the late game on Sunday and get everybody out of there in one long weekend, but then not everyone gets a day off between games.)

Trotsky

upprdeck
why do people think thats true? you think Cornell fans are not showing up the first game or Wisc/Mich fans? The teams with fans that travel wont care.

I don't understand why, but I would go to a playoff game if it were on Olympus Mons.

We'd have home ice advantage there. It is the "Red Planet."

Although it would be CO2 ice.

The venues will have something to do with attendance, with both a pull (great cities) and push (high hotel prices). The format change will interact with such things.

Jeff Hopkins '82

Trotsky

upprdeck
why do people think thats true? you think Cornell fans are not showing up the first game or Wisc/Mich fans? The teams with fans that travel wont care.

I don't understand why, but I would go to a playoff game if it were on Olympus Mons.

We'd have home ice advantage there. It is the "Red Planet."

Although it would be CO2 ice.

It's -81 F. Advantage: the North Country and UP teams.

jtwcornell91

Trotsky

upprdeck
why do people think thats true? you think Cornell fans are not showing up the first game or Wisc/Mich fans? The teams with fans that travel wont care.

It will certainly impact more "casual" travel attendance. I don't understand why, but I would go to a playoff game if it were on Olympus Mons.

If nothing else, spreading it out to a 3-day event now eats work days on both ends for distant travelers, making it more difficulty logistically.

Maybe they should go back to having two regional sites like in the days of the 12-team tournament. They could do two semis each on Friday and Saturday, and have the finals on Sunday and Monday. (Of course the more sensible thing would be to have the winners of the Saturday games play the late game on Sunday and get everybody out of there in one long weekend, but then not everyone gets a day off between games.)

I loved the old format. It was great to see 2 of the 6 teams advance and seeing half the tournament field made it a a big draw.

Chances of this happening are miniscule.

in a perfect world we go best of 3 for the whole deal. more games more money and 2 extra weekends.

upprdeck
in a perfect world we go best of 3 for the whole deal. more games more money and 2 extra weekends.

In a perfect world it's best of 3 at home sites first 2 rounds then F4.

Trotsky

Jeff Hopkins '82

Trotsky

upprdeck
why do people think thats true? you think Cornell fans are not showing up the first game or Wisc/Mich fans? The teams with fans that travel wont care.

I don't understand why, but I would go to a playoff game if it were on Olympus Mons.

We'd have home ice advantage there. It is the "Red Planet."

Although it would be CO2 ice.

It's -81 F. Advantage: the North Country and UP teams.

Now I know why Cornell was so involved in the Mars rover programs: making sure we had fans sent ahead to scope out the best bars and restaurants.

Trotsky

Jeff Hopkins '82

Trotsky

upprdeck
why do people think thats true? you think Cornell fans are not showing up the first game or Wisc/Mich fans? The teams with fans that travel wont care.

I don't understand why, but I would go to a playoff game if it were on Olympus Mons.

We'd have home ice advantage there. It is the "Red Planet."

Although it would be CO2 ice.

It's -81 F. Advantage: the North Country and UP teams.

Although IIRC when Opportunity landed, it was warmer at the landing site than it was in Ithaca.

gonna be interesting to see just how much hockey we actually get to attend in person this yr. might be easier to watch road games the way its going

when did the ex game get changed to Princeton on the 16th? perhaps the canadian team couldnt get into the country?