If you've got $11k lying around: https://bubblehockeytable.com/collections/ncaa-tables
Quote from: Trotsky on April 21, 2026, 12:33:04 PMIf you've got $11k lying around: https://bubblehockeytable.com/collections/ncaa-tables
I'm amused that the licensed examples have one that reads "The University of Michigan" and another that reads "Ohio State University" which is pretty great trolling if you know the culture.
It says that only 8 schools are available. The seven Big 10 schools and who else?
Quote from: Jeff Hopkins '82 on April 21, 2026, 03:50:26 PMIt says that only 8 schools are available. The seven Big 10 schools and who else?
https://bubblehockeytable.com/collections/ncaa-tables shows Ohio State, Illinois (yes!), Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, and 3 not mentioned.
Quote from: ursusminor on April 21, 2026, 04:19:27 PMQuote from: Jeff Hopkins '82 on April 21, 2026, 03:50:26 PMIt says that only 8 schools are available. The seven Big 10 schools and who else?
https://bubblehockeytable.com/collections/ncaa-tables shows Ohio State, Illinois (yes!), Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, and 3 not mentioned.
Then my guesses for the missing 3 are Penn State, Norte Dame, and Wisconsin. 8)
Quote from: Jeff Hopkins '82 on April 21, 2026, 04:43:30 PMQuote from: ursusminor on April 21, 2026, 04:19:27 PMQuote from: Jeff Hopkins '82 on April 21, 2026, 03:50:26 PMIt says that only 8 schools are available. The seven Big 10 schools and who else?
https://bubblehockeytable.com/collections/ncaa-tables shows Ohio State, Illinois (yes!), Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, and 3 not mentioned.
Then my guesses for the missing 3 are Penn State, Norte Dame, and Wisconsin. 8)
it coud also be Indiana, Iowa, and Northwestern among others. ;)
Quote from: Trotsky on April 21, 2026, 12:33:04 PMIf you've got $11k lying around: https://bubblehockeytable.com/collections/ncaa-tables
Makes more $ense to buy a Michigan table for less than $7K and then a year later a Wisconsin.
;D
Quote from: Jeff Hopkins '82 on April 21, 2026, 03:50:26 PMIt says that only 8 schools are available. The seven Big 10 schools and who else?
I had a nice talk with them on email. They are based in the midwest.
Michigan State, Army, Wisconsin, Penn State, Illinois, Ohio State, Minnesota, and Michigan.
Here is what I sent them:
QuoteA suggestion for expanding your reach. There are several other schools with large hockey fan alumni groups and/or the level of disposable income required for the product. Roughly in order of sales opportunity:
North Dakota
Boston University
Boston College
Cornell
Notre Dame
Maine
New Hampshire
Harvard
Yale
Arizona State
Quinnipiac
Princeton
Dartmouth
Getting the product in front of those fans by advertising on sites with comprehensive visibility to those customer bases is essential too: USCHO, CHN, the individual conferences, Ivy-adjacent up-market sites, etc.
You might want to talk to the ADs/SIDs of the schools themselves — many have co-located their rink inside of/near a entertainment center that includes hockey-related arcade games. You'd fit in well and those entities won't blink at the price.
Good luck with your products! I hope to see them crop up everywhere from Lake Placid to Tempe.
Quote from: Trotsky on April 22, 2026, 01:29:44 PMQuote from: Jeff Hopkins '82 on April 21, 2026, 03:50:26 PMIt says that only 8 schools are available. The seven Big 10 schools and who else?
I had a nice talk with them on email. They are based in the midwest.
Michigan State, Army, Wisconsin, Penn State, Illinois, Ohio State, Minnesota, and Michigan.
Here is what I sent them:
QuoteA suggestion for expanding your reach. There are several other schools with large hockey fan alumni groups and/or the level of disposable income required for the product. Roughly in order of sales opportunity:
North Dakota
Boston University
Boston College
Cornell
Notre Dame
Maine
New Hampshire
Harvard
Yale
Arizona State
Quinnipiac
Princeton
Dartmouth
Getting the product in front of those fans by advertising on sites with comprehensive visibility to those customer bases is essential too: USCHO, CHN, the individual conferences, Ivy-adjacent up-market sites, etc.
You might want to talk to the ADs/SIDs of the schools themselves — many have co-located their rink inside of/near a entertainment center that includes hockey-related arcade games. You'd fit in well and those entities won't blink at the price.
Good luck with your products! I hope to see them crop up everywhere from Lake Placid to Tempe.
If I'm running a bar in Lake Placid, I want the teams to be Clarkson and St. Lawrence.
Quote from: jtwcornell91 on April 23, 2026, 02:27:10 PMQuote from: Trotsky on April 22, 2026, 01:29:44 PMQuote from: Jeff Hopkins '82 on April 21, 2026, 03:50:26 PMIt says that only 8 schools are available. The seven Big 10 schools and who else?
I had a nice talk with them on email. They are based in the midwest.
Michigan State, Army, Wisconsin, Penn State, Illinois, Ohio State, Minnesota, and Michigan.
Here is what I sent them:
QuoteA suggestion for expanding your reach. There are several other schools with large hockey fan alumni groups and/or the level of disposable income required for the product. Roughly in order of sales opportunity:
North Dakota
Boston University
Boston College
Cornell
Notre Dame
Maine
New Hampshire
Harvard
Yale
Arizona State
Quinnipiac
Princeton
Dartmouth
Getting the product in front of those fans by advertising on sites with comprehensive visibility to those customer bases is essential too: USCHO, CHN, the individual conferences, Ivy-adjacent up-market sites, etc.
You might want to talk to the ADs/SIDs of the schools themselves — many have co-located their rink inside of/near a entertainment center that includes hockey-related arcade games. You'd fit in well and those entities won't blink at the price.
Good luck with your products! I hope to see them crop up everywhere from Lake Placid to Tempe.
If I'm running a bar in Lake Placid, I want the teams to be Clarkson and St. Lawrence.
I think Union would get a sale at LP... iykyk ;)
Quote from: stereax on April 23, 2026, 05:40:12 PMQuote from: jtwcornell91 on April 23, 2026, 02:27:10 PMQuote from: Trotsky on April 22, 2026, 01:29:44 PMQuote from: Jeff Hopkins '82 on April 21, 2026, 03:50:26 PMIt says that only 8 schools are available. The seven Big 10 schools and who else?
I had a nice talk with them on email. They are based in the midwest.
Michigan State, Army, Wisconsin, Penn State, Illinois, Ohio State, Minnesota, and Michigan.
Here is what I sent them:
QuoteA suggestion for expanding your reach. There are several other schools with large hockey fan alumni groups and/or the level of disposable income required for the product. Roughly in order of sales opportunity:
North Dakota
Boston University
Boston College
Cornell
Notre Dame
Maine
New Hampshire
Harvard
Yale
Arizona State
Quinnipiac
Princeton
Dartmouth
Getting the product in front of those fans by advertising on sites with comprehensive visibility to those customer bases is essential too: USCHO, CHN, the individual conferences, Ivy-adjacent up-market sites, etc.
You might want to talk to the ADs/SIDs of the schools themselves — many have co-located their rink inside of/near a entertainment center that includes hockey-related arcade games. You'd fit in well and those entities won't blink at the price.
Good luck with your products! I hope to see them crop up everywhere from Lake Placid to Tempe.
If I'm running a bar in Lake Placid, I want the teams to be Clarkson and St. Lawrence.
I think Union would get a sale at LP... iykyk ;)
RPI too, if they ever get there again.
Quote from: ursusminor on April 24, 2026, 12:45:14 AMQuote from: stereax on April 23, 2026, 05:40:12 PMQuote from: jtwcornell91 on April 23, 2026, 02:27:10 PMQuote from: Trotsky on April 22, 2026, 01:29:44 PMQuote from: Jeff Hopkins '82 on April 21, 2026, 03:50:26 PMIt says that only 8 schools are available. The seven Big 10 schools and who else?
I had a nice talk with them on email. They are based in the midwest.
Michigan State, Army, Wisconsin, Penn State, Illinois, Ohio State, Minnesota, and Michigan.
Here is what I sent them:
QuoteA suggestion for expanding your reach. There are several other schools with large hockey fan alumni groups and/or the level of disposable income required for the product. Roughly in order of sales opportunity:
North Dakota
Boston University
Boston College
Cornell
Notre Dame
Maine
New Hampshire
Harvard
Yale
Arizona State
Quinnipiac
Princeton
Dartmouth
Getting the product in front of those fans by advertising on sites with comprehensive visibility to those customer bases is essential too: USCHO, CHN, the individual conferences, Ivy-adjacent up-market sites, etc.
You might want to talk to the ADs/SIDs of the schools themselves — many have co-located their rink inside of/near a entertainment center that includes hockey-related arcade games. You'd fit in well and those entities won't blink at the price.
Good luck with your products! I hope to see them crop up everywhere from Lake Placid to Tempe.
If I'm running a bar in Lake Placid, I want the teams to be Clarkson and St. Lawrence.
I think Union would get a sale at LP... iykyk ;)
RPI too, if they ever get there again.
In the 70's RPI would have bought one for the Student Union. Hell, some of the frats would have bought one.