ECAC back to Lake Placid 2014

[BMac]

I'm surprised there hasn't been discussion yet... Adam Wodon posted it a few hours ago!

I've never been to Lake Placid. Looking forward to attempting to drive there- you guys made it seem pretty difficult!

[KeithK]

I'm surprised there hasn't been discussion yet... Adam Wodon posted it a few hours ago!

Someone needs to start reading the "Generic Offseason Thread"...

[BMac]

There's like 500 THOUSAND MESSAGES there. About ties, breaking ties, Harvard ties, Joe Louis, Brown commits, Northeastern's coach, the summer varsity banquet, .....

Can't you all snipe at the ECAC on MY thread instead?!

[RichH]

There's like 500 THOUSAND MESSAGES there. About ties, breaking ties, Harvard ties, Joe Louis, Brown commits, Northeastern's coach, the summer varsity banquet, .....

Can't you all snipe at the ECAC on MY thread instead?!

I agree. News this big deserves its own thread. And now that it's official...

[jtn27]

From the generic thread:

You're a sweet guy Al.

As for what's there to do? It's all in the eye of the beholder. Depends on what you want to do. Suggesting there's nothing to do in LP however, is completely ridiculous. There's more to do there than Providence and Albany, as far as I'm concerned. And unless you're gambling, more than A.C. too.

Like what?  Besides the bobsled and ski jump?  Golf?  Horseback riding?  In March?  A spa?  How many hockey fans go to a spa?  It's a one-street town with nothing to offer but overpriced hotels and restaurants, and a hockey rink that's the wrong size and not nearly as comfortable as the ones in Albany and Providence.  Then, of course, there's the weather.

1) Who cares what there is to do other than watch the games? You'll be there to see Cornell win the ECAC Championship, not see the sights. Price, distance, hotel reservations, and scheduling conflicts are all legitimate reasons not to go but "I'll be bored" is not.

2) You probably won't be bored. I spent a few days in Lake Placid two summers ago and while the main thing I did (swimming in Mirror Lake) isn't really an option in March, the town struck me as a nice place to spend a weekend regardless of the time of year. If you can't fill up two days, you're not trying hard enough. Visit the Olympic museum. Check out the speed skating track where Eric Heiden swept all the events. Peruse the numerous shops. Go for a run. Swim in your hotel's indoor heated pool. Brave the cold water and take a quick dip in the lake. Enjoy the nice restaurants. Go skiing, snowboarding, and/or tubing at Whiteface Mountain. Drive or hike through the Adirondacks. Take a boat tour or go on a fishing expedition. Worst comes to worst, you can always go on ELF and complain about how much Lake Placid sucks. That seems to be what some of you do in your free time anyway.

[Beeeej]

1) Who cares what there is to do other than watch the games? You'll be there to see Cornell win the ECAC Championship, not see the sights. Price, distance, hotel reservations, and scheduling conflicts are all legitimate reasons not to go but "I'll be bored" is not.

Congratulations on deciding for everyone here what should and should not be important to us.  If you'd ever had to kill a Sunday in Troy waiting for the third game of a three-game series, you might feel differently.

[jtn27]

1) Who cares what there is to do other than watch the games? You'll be there to see Cornell win the ECAC Championship, not see the sights. Price, distance, hotel reservations, and scheduling conflicts are all legitimate reasons not to go but "I'll be bored" is not.

Congratulations on deciding for everyone here what should and should not be important to us.  If you'd ever had to kill a Sunday in Troy waiting for the third game of a three-game series, you might feel differently.

I think that a regular season game against RPI is a little different than the ECAC championship game.

[adamw]

Congratulations on deciding for everyone here what should and should not be important to us.  If you'd ever had to kill a Sunday in Troy waiting for the third game of a three-game series, you might feel differently.

I think as a response to Al deciding for everyone that there was nothing to do, it was appropriate.

[jtn27]

1) Who cares what there is to do other than watch the games? You'll be there to see Cornell win the ECAC Championship, not see the sights. Price, distance, hotel reservations, and scheduling conflicts are all legitimate reasons not to go but "I'll be bored" is not.

Congratulations on deciding for everyone here what should and should not be important to us.  If you'd ever had to kill a Sunday in Troy waiting for the third game of a three-game series, you might feel differently.

I think that a regular season game against RPI is a little different than the ECAC championship game.

Also, I don't believe for a second that anyone who posts here regularly (and thus probably considers themselves a die-hard Cornell hockey fan) would skip going to Lake Placid to see the team play simply because of a perceived lack of things to do.

[KeithK]

1) Who cares what there is to do other than watch the games? You'll be there to see Cornell win the ECAC Championship, not see the sights. Price, distance, hotel reservations, and scheduling conflicts are all legitimate reasons not to go but "I'll be bored" is not.

Congratulations on deciding for everyone here what should and should not be important to us.  If you'd ever had to kill a Sunday in Troy waiting for the third game of a three-game series, you might feel differently.

I think that a regular season game against RPI is a little different than the ECAC championship game.

He's talking about a quarterfinal... er, quintafinal playoff series.  And playing cards on the stage in the Field House while watching little kids play hockey was kind of fun. Sort of.

[KeithK]

1) Who cares what there is to do other than watch the games? You'll be there to see Cornell win the ECAC Championship, not see the sights. Price, distance, hotel reservations, and scheduling conflicts are all legitimate reasons not to go but "I'll be bored" is not.

Congratulations on deciding for everyone here what should and should not be important to us.  If you'd ever had to kill a Sunday in Troy waiting for the third game of a three-game series, you might feel differently.

I think that a regular season game against RPI is a little different than the ECAC championship game.

Also, I don't believe for a second that anyone who posts here regularly (and thus probably considers themselves a die-hard Cornell hockey fan) would skip going to Lake Placid to see the team play simply because of a perceived lack of things to do.

That depends. I suspect that statement might be right for the younger part of the eLF crowd or the rest when they were younger and (more importantly) didn't have families. If you're bringing spouses and families who aren't quite so die hard the other things to do probably become a littlemore important.

[Trotsky]

The student part of the crowd is just going to be drinking and screwing anyway.  At least I would hope so.

[Aaron M. Griffin]

If you're bringing spouses and families who aren't quite so die hard the other things to do probably become a littlemore important.

Don't blame us for your poor life choices.

[Beeeej]

I don't believe for a second that anyone who posts here regularly (and thus probably considers themselves a die-hard Cornell hockey fan) would skip going to Lake Placid to see the team play simply because of a perceived lack of things to do.

If you're bringing spouses...who aren't quite so die hard the other things to do probably become a little more important.

I don't understand.  ::banana::

[Scersk '97]

The student part of the crowd is just going to be drinking and screwing anyway.  At least I would hope so.

This!  ::banana::