2012-13 Schedule

[ursusminor]

I know that this thread is about the Cornell 12-13, not 13-14, schedule, but has anyone heard anything about the possibility of RPI playing BC in addition to Cornell playing BU at MSG over Thanksgiving in 2013? BC-RPI seems like a very odd combination to me. It was posted on the RPI thread on USCHO by an RPI fan who has a connection to BC.

It sounds like the "rivalry renewal" day they had at Boston Garden in the early 90's with (going from memory here) BU, BC, Cornell and Vermont.  Maybe MSG thinks that RPI/Cornell fans and BU/BC fans will cross-pollinate.  If so, they are going to be very disappointed.

To me it sounds quite similar to the second day of the December 1969 ECAC Holiday Festival at MSG with BU subbing for SLU. That was the only time that RPI has been at MSG. A rather forgettable two days for me. :-(

[Jim Hyla]

I know that this thread is about the Cornell 12-13, not 13-14, schedule, but has anyone heard anything about the possibility of RPI playing BC in addition to Cornell playing BU at MSG over Thanksgiving in 2013? BC-RPI seems like a very odd combination to me. It was posted on the RPI thread on USCHO by an RPI fan who has a connection to BC.

I have no way of knowing one way or the other if this is true or not, but it seems unlikely to me that there would be two college hockey games the same weekend at MSG. That would likely mean that both the Rangers and Knicks would have be on the road that weekend. In 2011, the Rangers had an afternoon home game on Saturday and the Knicks were still locked out. Unless one college game is Friday and one Saturday, they wouldn't be able to have an afternoon Knicks or Rangers game.

The rumor is that both NCAA games would be on the same day.

I assume two different games, two different tickets. It wouldn't make sense to have two games on one ticket since CU-BU does well enough by themselves. I can't imagine RP-BC drawing that well, unless RPI does very well next year. And I agree with Greg, not much cross-pollinating.

[ursusminor]

I know that this thread is about the Cornell 12-13, not 13-14, schedule, but has anyone heard anything about the possibility of RPI playing BC in addition to Cornell playing BU at MSG over Thanksgiving in 2013? BC-RPI seems like a very odd combination to me. It was posted on the RPI thread on USCHO by an RPI fan who has a connection to BC.

I have no way of knowing one way or the other if this is true or not, but it seems unlikely to me that there would be two college hockey games the same weekend at MSG. That would likely mean that both the Rangers and Knicks would have be on the road that weekend. In 2011, the Rangers had an afternoon home game on Saturday and the Knicks were still locked out. Unless one college game is Friday and one Saturday, they wouldn't be able to have an afternoon Knicks or Rangers game.

The rumor is that both NCAA games would be on the same day.

I assume two different games, two different tickets. It wouldn't make sense to have two games on one ticket since CU-BU does well enough by themselves. I can't imagine RP-BC drawing that well, unless RPI does very well next year. And I agree with Greg, not much cross-pollinating.

Here is the link back to the BC forum http://bostoncollege.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=1312&tid=172785951&mid=172785951&sid=1007&style=2.

I doubt that attendance by BC and RPI fans will be that linked to how well RPI does. The novelty should attract fans/alums from both schools in the NYC area. It would however help if the game wasn't a monumental blowout, as would probably have happened if RPI and BC played this season. My crystal ball says that RPI will be improved next season since the only area that we are losing anything of consequence is on the penalty kill. It's difficult to speculate on 2013-14 now. The message didn't consider the possibility of UConn joining the HEA leading to a 22-game HEA season.

[billhoward]

A single-ticket doubleheader would certainly sell out. Cornell alumni who aren't rabid hockey fans may find yearly MSG hockey events too much to gear up for. Plus the even-number years have Cornell playing at Columbia in football just 2-3 weeks earlier and this has traditionally been Alumni House's big push for Cornell involvement in NYC (class receptions, tailgate such as it is at Columbia, game, Big Red Band march down Fifth Avenue). Recall how little effort went into promoting Cornell basketball's participation in the Madison Square Garden hoops tournament just a couple weeks after Red Hot Hockey Round II in 2009. Playing a doubleheader would probably eliminate the ability of the Knicks or Rangers to play a 1 pm game at the Garden, though.

[Trotsky]

A single-ticket doubleheader would certainly sell out.

I thought the CU-BU games sold out on their own?

[Robb]

A single-ticket doubleheader would certainly sell out.

I thought the CU-BU games sold out on their own?

Yeah, but would it if it were a doubleheader at 2x (or even 1.6x) the price?

[Scersk '97]

According to Denver, we're there 01/04/2013 and 01/05/2013.

[Aaron M. Griffin]

According to Denver, we're there 01/04/2013 and 01/05/2013.

So, one slot that we think is for the Michigan game at MSG is left formally.

[nyc94]

According to Denver, we're there 01/04/2013 and 01/05/2013.

I vote that the team go directly from Florida to Denver to acclimate rather than spend the week at sea level again. :-)

[Jim Hyla]

According to Denver, we're there 01/04/2013 and 01/05/2013.

Thanks, I added it, tentative. So Colgate 11/1,2,3 or 1/10,11,12?

[Jim Hyla]

According to Denver, we're there 01/04/2013 and 01/05/2013.

Thanks, I added it, tentative. So Colgate 11/1,2,3 or 1/10,11,12?

I just checked Colgate site and they list us as 11/2 @ Starr and 11/3 @ Lynah. They have UVM 1/12, so it seems secure.

[billhoward]

Fri-Sun 3/08-3/10 ECAC Prelims
Fri-Sun 3/15-3/17 ECAC Quarters
Fri-Sat 3/22-3/23 ECAC Semi & Finals

Fri-Sun 3/29-3/31 NCAA Regionals
Thu-Sat 4/11-4/13 NCAA Semi & Finals
[/code]

The NCAA title game is Saturday, April 13, which seems late. This year it was April 7. But the NCAA basketball title game is also pushing back, to April 8, 2013; this year it was April 2. In checking dates, I found this item from Wikipedia about basketball. Can't tell if it's oddly written or just business as usual with the NCAA: "This year will also mark the 75th edition of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament (the actual 75th anniversary will come a year later)." Edition vs. anniversary?

[jtn27]

Fri-Sun 3/08-3/10 ECAC Prelims
Fri-Sun 3/15-3/17 ECAC Quarters
Fri-Sat 3/22-3/23 ECAC Semi & Finals

Fri-Sun 3/29-3/31 NCAA Regionals
Thu-Sat 4/11-4/13 NCAA Semi & Finals
[/code]

The NCAA title game is Saturday, April 13, which seems late. This year it was April 7. But the NCAA basketball title game is also pushing back, to April 8, 2013; this year it was April 2. In checking dates, I found this item from Wikipedia about basketball. Can't tell if it's oddly written or just business as usual with the NCAA: "This year will also mark the 75th edition of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament (the actual 75th anniversary will come a year later)." Edition vs. anniversary?

My guess is that's just Wikipedia being Wikipedia.

[Trotsky]

I just checked Colgate site and they list us as 11/2 @ Starr and 11/3 @ Lynah.

Wowie.  Can never recall us opening the conference slate with the 'Gate pair, ever.

[Al DeFlorio]

Fri-Sun 3/08-3/10 ECAC Prelims
Fri-Sun 3/15-3/17 ECAC Quarters
Fri-Sat 3/22-3/23 ECAC Semi & Finals

Fri-Sun 3/29-3/31 NCAA Regionals
Thu-Sat 4/11-4/13 NCAA Semi & Finals
[/code]

The NCAA title game is Saturday, April 13, which seems late. This year it was April 7. But the NCAA basketball title game is also pushing back, to April 8, 2013; this year it was April 2. In checking dates, I found this item from Wikipedia about basketball. Can't tell if it's oddly written or just business as usual with the NCAA: "This year will also mark the 75th edition of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament (the actual 75th anniversary will come a year later)." Edition vs. anniversary?

If this Sunday  you held the First Annual Bill Howard Invitational Cribbage Championship, next year's would be the second "edition" held on the first anniversary  of the inaugural.