Frozen Four at Ford Field?
Posted by nyc94
Re: Frozen Four at Ford Field?
Posted by: DeltaOne81 (---.bu.edu)
Date: July 01, 2005 06:57PM
If I had to guess, I'd guess Sacred Heart, which would make a whole lotta sense.
However, I'd be wrong - [yalebulldogs.collegesports.com]
However, I'd be wrong - [yalebulldogs.collegesports.com]
Re: Frozen Four at Ford Field?
Posted by: cbuckser (---.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net)
Date: July 01, 2005 07:03PM
[Q]nyc94 Wrote:
Does anyone know who the host institution is for the Bridgeport regionals? I don't recall seeing it mentioned in the USCHO article.[/q]
Yale is the host.
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Edit: Sorry, Fred, for the redundant post.
Does anyone know who the host institution is for the Bridgeport regionals? I don't recall seeing it mentioned in the USCHO article.[/q]
Yale is the host.
[www.ecachockeyleague.com]
Edit: Sorry, Fred, for the redundant post.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/01/2005 07:05PM by cbuckser.
Re: Frozen Four at Ford Field?
Posted by: DeltaOne81 (---.bu.edu)
Date: July 01, 2005 07:09PM
No problem. And not just Yale, but Yale and Fairfield. Gotta wonder if the bid goes back to when FF had DI hockey, or if they're just doing it for the heck of it.
Re: Frozen Four at Ford Field?
Posted by: jtwcornell91 (---.no.no.cox.net)
Date: July 01, 2005 08:39PM
[Q]KeithK Wrote:
I think John is making the point that it's unfair to play any NCAA games on a team's home ice, regardless of the size of the ice. Michigan plays on NA ice and it's plenty unfair that they have hosted many regionals through the years.[/q]
Actually, my point is that both ice sizes (and anything in between) are allowed by the rules (and in fact Olympic is still officially preferred), so ice size shouldn't be a dermining factor in the acceptability of a regional site. It would be like saying it's unfair to hold the all-star game at Fenway because NL players are unfamiliar with its angles, or claiming that a National League team playing on astroturf has an unfair advantage in the World Series because their home field's playing surface is less familiar to the AL team than vice versa.
The unfairness of neutral site playoff games being held at non-neutral sites is a separate question from the size of the playing surface. It may be a disadvantage for our style of play if a regional is held on Olympic ice, but as long as it's not the home rink of one of our opponents in the regional, claiming unfairness makes us look like crybabies. We already get enough unwarranted accusations of whining; let's not give Western fans a legitimate case on that front.
Imagine the following scenario: we host a lacrosse regional at Schoellkopf, Syracuse gets sent to that regional, it rains that day, and we win. How do you think we would respond to the inevitable Orange whining?
I think John is making the point that it's unfair to play any NCAA games on a team's home ice, regardless of the size of the ice. Michigan plays on NA ice and it's plenty unfair that they have hosted many regionals through the years.[/q]
Actually, my point is that both ice sizes (and anything in between) are allowed by the rules (and in fact Olympic is still officially preferred), so ice size shouldn't be a dermining factor in the acceptability of a regional site. It would be like saying it's unfair to hold the all-star game at Fenway because NL players are unfamiliar with its angles, or claiming that a National League team playing on astroturf has an unfair advantage in the World Series because their home field's playing surface is less familiar to the AL team than vice versa.
The unfairness of neutral site playoff games being held at non-neutral sites is a separate question from the size of the playing surface. It may be a disadvantage for our style of play if a regional is held on Olympic ice, but as long as it's not the home rink of one of our opponents in the regional, claiming unfairness makes us look like crybabies. We already get enough unwarranted accusations of whining; let's not give Western fans a legitimate case on that front.
Imagine the following scenario: we host a lacrosse regional at Schoellkopf, Syracuse gets sent to that regional, it rains that day, and we win. How do you think we would respond to the inevitable Orange whining?
Re: Frozen Four at Ford Field?
Posted by: Jim Hyla (---.twcny.res.rr.com)
Date: July 02, 2005 08:54AM
[Q]jtwcornell91 Wrote:
KeithK Wrote:
I think John is making the point that it's unfair to play any NCAA games on a team's home ice, regardless of the size of the ice. Michigan plays on NA ice and it's plenty unfair that they have hosted many regionals through the years.[/Q]Actually, my point is that both ice sizes (and anything in between) are allowed by the rules (and in fact Olympic is still officially preferred), so ice size shouldn't be a dermining factor in the acceptability of a regional site. It would be like saying it's unfair to hold the all-star game at Fenway because NL players are unfamiliar with its angles, or claiming that a National League team playing on astroturf has an unfair advantage in the World Series because their home field's playing surface is less familiar to the AL team than vice versa.
The unfairness of neutral site playoff games being held at non-neutral sites is a separate question from the size of the playing surface. It may be a disadvantage for our style of play if a regional is held on Olympic ice, but as long as it's not the home rink of one of our opponents in the regional, claiming unfairness makes us look like crybabies. We already get enough unwarranted accusations of whining; let's not give Western fans a legitimate case on that front.
Imagine the following scenario: we host a lacrosse regional at Schoellkopf, Syracuse gets sent to that regional, it rains that day, and we win. How do you think we would respond to the inevitable Orange whining?[/q]Well, I still think it's more unfair.Not illegal, just unfair. Baseball players play at all kinds of parks, with all kinds of angles and surfaces (yes I know that too many of them are cookie cutter the same), and those angles and surfaces do not generally effect virtually every minute of the game, like rink size does. SU, while favored by its style of play in their indoor "field", practices and plays outside on a regular basis (and yeah, I do think it would be unfair for us to host a lax regional and play in it, but much less unfair than in hockey, considering all of the above and the fact that ticket availability would not be a problem).
So, I stick by unfair, not illegal.
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Re: Frozen Four at Ford Field?
Posted by: DeltaOne81 (---.bu.edu)
Date: July 02, 2005 11:52AM
The World Series is a non-issue because the series is played in both parks. Unless you want to claim that the way home field advantage is chosen isn't fair, and while right now it's kinda stupid, it's hard to say it's unfair, essentially a flip of a coin.
The All-Star game is a non-issue because it's essentially meaningless, except for the aforementioned issue.
Oh, and Syracuse fans would whine if the sun were too bright, so I'm not gonna put too much weight into that
The All-Star game is a non-issue because it's essentially meaningless, except for the aforementioned issue.
Oh, and Syracuse fans would whine if the sun were too bright, so I'm not gonna put too much weight into that
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