2012-13 Schedule

[Trotsky]

Next year's OOC schedule gets even better according to a player's family  - we're playing at Denver in the '12-'13 season.

Hopefully this means they come to Lynah the next year.

Would we go all the way out there for 1?  Because if not, then the NC schedule would be:

Michigan
Colorado College x 2
Denver x 2
Estero (Ferris, Maine, Minn-Duluth)

which sounds... implausible.

Not implausible, just more exciting than we're used to.

Don't get me wrong, I love the idea.  We've just never had a schedule even remotely that challenging.

I would think it's a lot more likely that Denver is a rumor and those last two slots will be our usual Niagara / RIT / Mercyhurst games.  Going out west first thing to play a team with a half dozen game under its belt is  un-Schafery.

[Aaron M. Griffin]

Next year's OOC schedule gets even better according to a player's family  - we're playing at Denver in the '12-'13 season.

Hopefully this means they come to Lynah the next year.

Would we go all the way out there for 1?  Because if not, then the NC schedule would be:

Michigan
Colorado College x 2
Denver x 2
Estero (Ferris, Maine, Minn-Duluth)

which sounds... implausible.

Not implausible, just more exciting than we're used to.

Don't get me wrong, I love the idea.  We've just never had a schedule even remotely that challenging.

I would think it's a lot more likely that Denver is a rumor and those last two slots will be our usual Niagara / RIT / Mercyhurst games.  Going out west first thing to play a team with a half dozen game under its belt is  un-Schafery.

I'm hoping that Atlantic Hockey slot goes to playing Penn State during its first year at the NCAA Division I level.

Also, I thought the adjective forms were Schaferian and unSchaferian.

[jkahn]

Next year's OOC schedule gets even better according to a player's family  - we're playing at Denver in the '12-'13 season.

Hopefully this means they come to Lynah the next year.

Would we go all the way out there for 1?  Because if not, then the NC schedule would be:

Michigan
Colorado College x 2
Denver x 2
Estero (Ferris, Maine, Minn-Duluth)

which sounds... implausible.

Not implausible, just more exciting than we're used to.

Don't get me wrong, I love the idea.  We've just never had a schedule even remotely that challenging.

I would think it's a lot more likely that Denver is a rumor and those last two slots will be our usual Niagara / RIT / Mercyhurst games.  Going out west first thing to play a team with a half dozen game under its belt is  un-Schafery.

I trust my source - I'll bet you a beer it's Denver.  Probably more likely we'd have CC at Lynah early and be at Denver in January.  Either way, we'd open vs. someone with several games under their belt - that's the Ivy/ECAC disadvantage that's hard to overcome unless the Ivy's increase from 29 games.  That late start, with OOC games coming early, works against our whole league when it comes to PWR (or even KRACH).

[Rita]

Next year's OOC schedule gets even better according to a player's family  - we're playing at Denver in the '12-'13 season.

Hopefully this means they come to Lynah the next year.

Would we go all the way out there for 1?  Because if not, then the NC schedule would be:

Michigan
Colorado College x 2
Denver x 2
Estero (Ferris, Maine, Minn-Duluth)

which sounds... implausible.

Not implausible, just more exciting than we're used to.

Don't get me wrong, I love the idea.  We've just never had a schedule even remotely that challenging.

I would think it's a lot more likely that Denver is a rumor and those last two slots will be our usual Niagara / RIT / Mercyhurst games.  Going out west first thing to play a team with a half dozen game under its belt is  un-Schafery.

I trust my source - I'll bet you a beer it's Denver.  Probably more likely we'd have CC at Lynah early and be at Denver in January.  Either way, we'd open vs. someone with several games under their belt - that's the Ivy/ECAC disadvantage that's hard to overcome unless the Ivy's increase from 29 games.  That late start, with OOC games coming early, works against our whole league when it comes to PWR (or even KRACH).

Actually, I think the Ivies late start date for official team practices (October 15th correct?) is just as bad as the 29 game limit.

Assuming Michigan over Thanksgiving weekend and Denver right after the Estero games, let's hope CC's visit is November 2/3 so we can have at least 2 solid weeks of practice (and an exhibition game) before that.

[French Rage]

Next year's OOC schedule gets even better according to a player's family  - we're playing at Denver in the '12-'13 season.

Hopefully this means they come to Lynah the next year.

Would we go all the way out there for 1?  Because if not, then the NC schedule would be:

Michigan
Colorado College x 2
Denver x 2
Estero (Ferris, Maine, Minn-Duluth)

which sounds... implausible.

Not implausible, just more exciting than we're used to.

Don't get me wrong, I love the idea.  We've just never had a schedule even remotely that challenging.

I would think it's a lot more likely that Denver is a rumor and those last two slots will be our usual Niagara / RIT / Mercyhurst games.  Going out west first thing to play a team with a half dozen game under its belt is  un-Schafery.

I think in '02-03 we immediately went out to OSU to kick things off.  It's not the easiest way to start, but great teams like that one still get it done, so it would say something about next year's team if they do the same.

[Aaron M. Griffin]

Next year's OOC schedule gets even better according to a player's family  - we're playing at Denver in the '12-'13 season.

Hopefully this means they come to Lynah the next year.

Would we go all the way out there for 1?  Because if not, then the NC schedule would be:

Michigan
Colorado College x 2
Denver x 2
Estero (Ferris, Maine, Minn-Duluth)

which sounds... implausible.

Not implausible, just more exciting than we're used to.

Don't get me wrong, I love the idea.  We've just never had a schedule even remotely that challenging.

I would think it's a lot more likely that Denver is a rumor and those last two slots will be our usual Niagara / RIT / Mercyhurst games.  Going out west first thing to play a team with a half dozen game under its belt is  un-Schafery.

I think in '02-03 we immediately went out to OSU to kick things off.  It's not the easiest way to start, but great teams like that one still get it done, so it would say something about next year's team if they do the same.

I don't put Ohio and Denver in the same class of programs.

[Jim Hyla]

Next year's OOC schedule gets even better according to a player's family  - we're playing at Denver in the '12-'13 season.

Hopefully this means they come to Lynah the next year.

Would we go all the way out there for 1?  Because if not, then the NC schedule would be:

Michigan
Colorado College x 2
Denver x 2
Estero (Ferris, Maine, Minn-Duluth)

which sounds... implausible.

Not implausible, just more exciting than we're used to.

Don't get me wrong, I love the idea.  We've just never had a schedule even remotely that challenging.

I would think it's a lot more likely that Denver is a rumor and those last two slots will be our usual Niagara / RIT / Mercyhurst games.  Going out west first thing to play a team with a half dozen game under its belt is  un-Schafery.

I think in '02-03 we immediately went out to OSU to kick things off.  It's not the easiest way to start, but great teams like that one still get it done, so it would say something about next year's team if they do the same.

I don't put Ohio and Denver in the same class of programs.

I went to that game. At that time "the" OSU had a nationally ranked program. They ended up the season with an NCAA bid, and it was one tough game. Now they aren't much, but then it indeed was a challenge.

[jtn27]

Next year's OOC schedule gets even better according to a player's family  - we're playing at Denver in the '12-'13 season.

Hopefully this means they come to Lynah the next year.

Would we go all the way out there for 1?  Because if not, then the NC schedule would be:

Michigan
Colorado College x 2
Denver x 2
Estero (Ferris, Maine, Minn-Duluth)

which sounds... implausible.

Not implausible, just more exciting than we're used to.

Don't get me wrong, I love the idea.  We've just never had a schedule even remotely that challenging.

I would think it's a lot more likely that Denver is a rumor and those last two slots will be our usual Niagara / RIT / Mercyhurst games.  Going out west first thing to play a team with a half dozen game under its belt is  un-Schafery.

I think in '02-03 we immediately went out to OSU to kick things off.  It's not the easiest way to start, but great teams like that one still get it done, so it would say something about next year's team if they do the same.

I don't put Ohio and Denver in the same class of programs.

I went to that game. At that time "the" OSU had a nationally ranked program. They ended up the season with an NCAA bid, and it was one tough game. Now they aren't much, but then it indeed was a challenge.

I prefer to write it as THE Ohio State University but quotes works well too.

[Chris '03]

Next year's OOC schedule gets even better according to a player's family  - we're playing at Denver in the '12-'13 season.

Hopefully this means they come to Lynah the next year.

Would we go all the way out there for 1?  Because if not, then the NC schedule would be:

Michigan
Colorado College x 2
Denver x 2
Estero (Ferris, Maine, Minn-Duluth)

which sounds... implausible.

Not implausible, just more exciting than we're used to.

Don't get me wrong, I love the idea.  We've just never had a schedule even remotely that challenging.

I would think it's a lot more likely that Denver is a rumor and those last two slots will be our usual Niagara / RIT / Mercyhurst games.  Going out west first thing to play a team with a half dozen game under its belt is  un-Schafery.

I think in '02-03 we immediately went out to OSU to kick things off.  It's not the easiest way to start, but great teams like that one still get it done, so it would say something about next year's team if they do the same.

I don't put Ohio and Denver in the same class of programs.

I went to that game. At that time "the" OSU had a nationally ranked program. They ended up the season with an NCAA bid, and it was one tough game. Now they aren't much, but then it indeed was a challenge.

At the time OSU was good at making the tournament and not scoring. I recall driving out to Ohio and passing Jim on the road somewhere in PA. That year OSU was in the east regional with CU. Their band had their mouthpieces confiscated by TSA at the airport.

It was a very tough game too, among the closest of the season. IIRC, Lenny stood on his head.

[Jim Hyla]

Next year's OOC schedule gets even better according to a player's family  - we're playing at Denver in the '12-'13 season.

Hopefully this means they come to Lynah the next year.

Would we go all the way out there for 1?  Because if not, then the NC schedule would be:

Michigan
Colorado College x 2
Denver x 2
Estero (Ferris, Maine, Minn-Duluth)

which sounds... implausible.

Not implausible, just more exciting than we're used to.

Don't get me wrong, I love the idea.  We've just never had a schedule even remotely that challenging.

I would think it's a lot more likely that Denver is a rumor and those last two slots will be our usual Niagara / RIT / Mercyhurst games.  Going out west first thing to play a team with a half dozen game under its belt is  un-Schafery.

I think in '02-03 we immediately went out to OSU to kick things off.  It's not the easiest way to start, but great teams like that one still get it done, so it would say something about next year's team if they do the same.

I don't put Ohio and Denver in the same class of programs.

I went to that game. At that time "the" OSU had a nationally ranked program. They ended up the season with an NCAA bid, and it was one tough game. Now they aren't much, but then it indeed was a challenge.

At the time OSU was good at making the tournament and not scoring. I recall driving out to Ohio and passing Jim on the road somewhere in PA. That year OSU was in the east regional with CU. Their band had their mouthpieces confiscated by TSA at the airport.

It was a very tough game too, among the closest of the season. IIRC, Lenny stood on his head.

You are correct about Lenny, but I had to go to Cleveland first.::drive::

[Aaron M. Griffin]

Next year's OOC schedule gets even better according to a player's family  - we're playing at Denver in the '12-'13 season.

Hopefully this means they come to Lynah the next year.

Would we go all the way out there for 1?  Because if not, then the NC schedule would be:

Michigan
Colorado College x 2
Denver x 2
Estero (Ferris, Maine, Minn-Duluth)

which sounds... implausible.

Not implausible, just more exciting than we're used to.

Don't get me wrong, I love the idea.  We've just never had a schedule even remotely that challenging.

I would think it's a lot more likely that Denver is a rumor and those last two slots will be our usual Niagara / RIT / Mercyhurst games.  Going out west first thing to play a team with a half dozen game under its belt is  un-Schafery.

I think in '02-03 we immediately went out to OSU to kick things off.  It's not the easiest way to start, but great teams like that one still get it done, so it would say something about next year's team if they do the same.

I don't put Ohio and Denver in the same class of programs.

I went to that game. At that time "the" OSU had a nationally ranked program. They ended up the season with an NCAA bid, and it was one tough game. Now they aren't much, but then it indeed was a challenge.

Ah I knew that Ohio had a brief period during which it was not the joke of the CCHA. I didn't check the dates. I still contend that there is a difference in the aura surrounding a game between games against historic programs, like Denver, and those against programs that have no such history, like Ohio. The 2002-03 season was when Ohio still had Ryan Kesler (for some reason when I made my comment I thought he graduated earlier than 2002-03) on its roster and a certain Cornellian assistant coach who recruited Kesler.

I find it interesting that no one on here as noted the effect that losing Casey Jones might have on Cornell recruiting. Who has replaced him in his role as the primary recruiter at Cornell?

[cbuckser]

I find it interesting that no one on here as noted the effect that losing Casey Jones might have on Cornell recruiting. Who has replaced him in his role as the primary recruiter at Cornell?

Ben Syer is the primary recruiter, and he has done well so far. He was a highly regarded recruiter at Quinnipiac before Mike Schafer hired him.

[Beeeej]

Ah I knew that Ohio had a brief period during which it was not the joke of the CCHA. I didn't check the dates. I still contend that there is a difference in the aura surrounding a game between games against historic programs, like Denver, and those against programs that have no such history, like Ohio. The 2002-03 season was when Ohio still had Ryan Kesler (for some reason when I made my comment I thought he graduated earlier than 2002-03) on its roster and a certain Cornellian assistant coach who recruited Kesler.

I appreciate the effort to leave the definite article out of Ohio State's name, but there's also an Ohio University - they don't play hockey, but it's probably worth throwing the "State" in there just to be clear.

[Aaron M. Griffin]

Ah I knew that Ohio had a brief period during which it was not the joke of the CCHA. I didn't check the dates. I still contend that there is a difference in the aura surrounding a game between games against historic programs, like Denver, and those against programs that have no such history, like Ohio. The 2002-03 season was when Ohio still had Ryan Kesler (for some reason when I made my comment I thought he graduated earlier than 2002-03) on its roster and a certain Cornellian assistant coach who recruited Kesler.

I appreciate the effort to leave the definite article out of Ohio State's name, but there's also an Ohio University - they don't play hockey, but it's probably worth throwing the "State" in there just to be clear.

I am aware. Ohio University does play hockey at the ACHA Division I level. It is one of the two most successful programs in the ACHA. Penn State is the other. I have developed the tendency to refer to Ohio State as simply "Ohio" because Ohio State loathes being referred to as anything that confuses it with Ohio University. Ohio State views Ohio University as inferior. Most of Ohio State's rivals in the Big Ten have taken to referring to it as "Ohio" in passing as a subtle form of needling. I can abandon this practice on non-Big Ten fora, but why abandon a practice that annoys clearly the Buckeyes?

Why the emphasis upon the article of "the" in the name of Ohio State? The same jokes could be leveled at Cornell as Cornell was chartered as "the Cornell University."

[Jim Hyla]

Ah I knew that Ohio had a brief period during which it was not the joke of the CCHA. I didn't check the dates. I still contend that there is a difference in the aura surrounding a game between games against historic programs, like Denver, and those against programs that have no such history, like Ohio. The 2002-03 season was when Ohio still had Ryan Kesler (for some reason when I made my comment I thought he graduated earlier than 2002-03) on its roster and a certain Cornellian assistant coach who recruited Kesler.

I appreciate the effort to leave the definite article out of Ohio State's name, but there's also an Ohio University - they don't play hockey, but it's probably worth throwing the "State" in there just to be clear.

I am aware. Ohio University does play hockey at the ACHA Division I level. It is one of the two most successful programs in the ACHA. Penn State is the other. I have developed the tendency to refer to Ohio State as simply "Ohio" because Ohio State loathes being referred to as anything that confuses it with Ohio University. Ohio State views Ohio University as inferior. Most of Ohio State's rivals in the Big Ten have taken to referring to it as "Ohio" in passing as a subtle form of needling. I can abandon this practice on non-Big Ten fora, but why abandon a practice that annoys clearly the Buckeyes?

Why the emphasis upon the article of "the" in the name of Ohio State? The same jokes could be leveled at Cornell as Cornell was chartered as "the Cornell University."

No those jokes wouldn't work, as we don't refer to ourselves as the Cornell university, and even in the charter "the" was not capitalized. To my mind that means it is not part of our name.