"This Week in ECAC Hockey"

Section A · February 06, 2003, 12:09:48 PM

- and I came back to my room specifically to watch it, as opposed to eating lunch in the Ivy Room. Oh well - it's still scheduled to be on at 1:30am tonight.

Al DeFlorio · February 06, 2003, 12:11:34 PM

Interesting that when you click the "info" button on DirecTV, it says we're watching "This Week in the ECAC.":-(

curoadkill · February 06, 2003, 12:18:52 PM

The programming listings on yesmetowrk.com has magically changed to "What's it Worth." Digital cable still says ECAC....

You can try calling to complain at 646-487-3600 but I just got bounced around from person to person til I got a weird voicemail message....

If they end up only showing it at 6:30 on Friday's I'll be pretty angry....

rhovorka · February 06, 2003, 12:41:33 PM

They have a feedback page, you can try sending an email.
http://www.yesnetwork.com/fans/index.cfm?cont_id=97452

Al DeFlorio · February 06, 2003, 12:48:10 PM

Chris Parkin '03 wrote:

QuoteIf they end up only showing it at 6:30 on Friday's I'll be pretty angry....

That really would be just about the ultimate in thoughtlessness.
::rolleyes::

Tub(a) · February 06, 2003, 02:50:39 PM

The only reason I can think of for showing it at 6:30 on Fridays is that it would make a logical lead-in to their televised ECAC games when they start.

jason · February 06, 2003, 03:15:36 PM

Last night I scanned the tv listing on my Tivo in an attempt to set it to record the program and it did show up at all (and I scanned through the upcoming two weeks).

EDIT: that should have been "did not show up"

marty · February 06, 2003, 05:32:59 PM

I thought that the comment was concerning writing ability - which he inherited from his mom. But his devotion to the Big Red before the fall of '02 was primarily due to seeing his dad's anguish and delight at games he has attended since approximately 1990. This included a yearly trip to Ithaca that coincided with Coach Schafer's first season.

His comment at the end of game two versus Yale in the first round last year was "I sure won't be getting any of this at Yale" or words to that effect. Very astute.

marty · February 06, 2003, 05:35:44 PM

Maybe we can get Age to start harassing them..... ::nut::

marty · February 07, 2003, 01:34:26 AM

It's on at 1:30 eastern - YES.

bigred apple · February 07, 2003, 02:17:51 AM

Tuned in at 1:45. Commercials until 1:48 A 3 minute Higgins profile. More commercials. "Now we turn to women's hockey." I nearly killed myself.

The host appears to know nothing about ECAC hockey and was constantly looking down to read off of the page. Somebody get that man a teleprompter. And his 1970's era host-guy delivery was driving me batty.

Finally, he gave the preseason poll results for the women, and the results were an on-screen graphic, noting that Harvard was the overwhelming favorite. He then said "That was then, THIS IS NOW. . . St. Lawrence is leading the way . . ." When the standings showed that SLU is 8-3-1 (or something like that) and Harvard was sitting in third at 7-0! A little perspective, please!

And if you are wondering why it is so hard to get ECAC hockey on the air, I say to you "This Week in ECAC Hockey, brought to you by ECAC Hockey." That is a show that can't sell ads.

That said, they showed some great Cornell-Colgate clips right before the credits, and I would rather have a bad ECAC hockey show than none at all.

rhovorka · February 07, 2003, 02:22:21 AM

OK little show.

The first 5 minutes was spent reminding us of the ending of last year's ECAC Tournament :-( and they also went over the preseason rankings before showing the current standings and recapping last week's games. Highlights from most games were good, including some from both Starr and Lynah. A short interview with Chris Higgins about his WJC experience and draft was followed by an identical rundown of the women's league as the men, but abbreviated.

While doing the obligatory pimping for the TV contract and postseason tickets in Albany and Meehan, they showed a good amount of Cornell highlights, in what looked to be the semi vs. RPI last year.

I had a problem with the sound. It sounded like the host was talking under a waterfall, but I have a feeling that this was more of a problem with my cable service. Anyone else experience this problem?

A lack of sponsors is obvious as I think that commercial for naso.org aired about 6 times. "Officiating isn't for everyone, but it might be for you." Also, it was funny to hear "'This Week In ECAC Hockey' is brought to you by ECAC Hockey."

But I'm glad we have this, even if it is for only 4 weeks. It'll be nice to actually see highlights from around the league as we return to a full slate of games. I remember "This Week in the CCHA" which aired around 1997, and being jealous. "College Hockey USA" on the old Prime Network around the same time was a great thing to have, even if I felt it put a CCHA slant on things.

They're also marketing the web address "ecachockey.org" now instead of "hockey.ecac.org" or whatever it is.

kingpin248 · February 07, 2003, 09:37:15 AM

At least the web address isn't "spfldcol.edu" followed by a bunch of unintelligible garbage. :-)

nyc94 · February 07, 2003, 10:53:29 AM

I knew you were referring to Cornell heritage which is why I changed my subject to "Way OT".:-) I was just curious when Marty mentioned Armenia because I think outside of my own family I haven't randomly encountered too many: One guy in high school and Prof. Terzian's daughter in my class at Cornell.

jtwcornell91 · February 07, 2003, 12:16:55 PM

Huh. I had one passing acquaintance and one good friend at Cornell who were both Armenian on their fathers' sides. And my impression is that California has a pretty significant Armenian population.

"This Week in ECAC Hockey"

bigred apple