ECAC back to Lake Placid 2014

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Might as well post it here, rather than a new thread. Ken Schott reports on selection of NCAA Regionals for 2014.

Parting Schotts
NCAA hockey tournament 2014 regional sites selected
By Ken Schott
Thursday, November 1, 2012

The sites have been selected for the 2014 NCAA men's hockey tournament regionals, it was announced Thursday.

The East Regional will be at the Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Conn. The Northeast Regional is at the DCU Center in Worcester, Mass. The Midwest Regional takes place at the U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati. The Xcel Energy Center in Minneapolis will host the West Regional.

The 2014 Frozen Four is at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.

The 2014 NCAA women's tournament Final Four will be held at the TD Bank Sports Center, home of Quinnipiac, in Hamden, Conn.

Have their been any NCAA hockey games in Cincinnati since that mess in 1996?

According to the article on USCHO, no.

[Jim Hyla]

Might as well post it here, rather than a new thread. Ken Schott reports on selection of NCAA Regionals for 2014.

Parting Schotts
NCAA hockey tournament 2014 regional sites selected
By Ken Schott
Thursday, November 1, 2012

The sites have been selected for the 2014 NCAA men's hockey tournament regionals, it was announced Thursday.

The East Regional will be at the Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Conn. The Northeast Regional is at the DCU Center in Worcester, Mass. The Midwest Regional takes place at the U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati. The Xcel Energy Center in Minneapolis will host the West Regional.

The 2014 Frozen Four is at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.

The 2014 NCAA women's tournament Final Four will be held at the TD Bank Sports Center, home of Quinnipiac, in Hamden, Conn.

Have their been any NCAA hockey games in Cincinnati since that mess in 1996?

According to the article on USCHO, no.

And also from the USCHO article the dates are:  The East and Midwest regionals will take place March 28-29, 2014, while the Northeast and West regionals are March 29-30.

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/2012/11/01/ncaa-gives-2014-mens-regionals-to-worcester-bridgeport-st-paul-cincinnati/#ixzz2B0URId3m

[Rosey]

Have their been any NCAA hockey games in Cincinnati since that mess in 1996?

To what does this refer?

[Rita]

Have their been any NCAA hockey games in Cincinnati since that mess in 1996?

To what does this refer?

A broken pipe during the semi-final game between Vermont and CC that cause really bad ice and IIRC a very long delay.

[Rosey]

Have their been any NCAA hockey games in Cincinnati since that mess in 1996?

To what does this refer?

A broken pipe during the semi-final game between Vermont and CC that cause really bad ice and IIRC a very long delay.

Sounds like the typical rink I play at. ;-)  Thanks for the link: Google had nothing to say about "1996 cincinnati ncaa hockey mess". Shocking.

[ursusminor]

Have their been any NCAA hockey games in Cincinnati since that mess in 1996?

To what does this refer?

Sorry that I wasn't more specific.

[KeithK]

Have their been any NCAA hockey games in Cincinnati since that mess in 1996?

To what does this refer?

A broken pipe during the semi-final game between Vermont and CC that cause really bad ice and IIRC a very long delay.

Sounds like the typical rink I play at. ;-)  Thanks for the link: Google had nothing to say about "1996 cincinnati ncaa hockey mess". Shocking.

I was there (my first FF) and it was impressive.  Impressively bad.  They played the second semi with half the rink looking like a lake. IIRC the ice wasn't muhc better on Saturday for the final.

[Rosey]

Have their been any NCAA hockey games in Cincinnati since that mess in 1996?

To what does this refer?

Sorry that I wasn't more specific.

Wrong response: you should instead be rolling your eyes at me for not having been there in 1996 and not knowing first-hand. :-)

[Trotsky]

Have their been any NCAA hockey games in Cincinnati since that mess in 1996?

To what does this refer?

Sorry that I wasn't more specific.

Wrong response: you should instead be rolling your eyes at me for not having been there in 1996 and not knowing first-hand. :-)

Typical.

[scoop85]

Have their been any NCAA hockey games in Cincinnati since that mess in 1996?

To what does this refer?

Sorry that I wasn't more specific.

Wrong response: you should instead be rolling your eyes at me for not having been there in 1996 and not knowing first-hand. :-)

Typical.

Uh oh ...

[RichH]

Might as well post it here, rather than a new thread.

Yeah, that.

Quinnipiac to host 2014 Women's Frozen Four

Women's FF comes back East, to a venue we're familiar with.

"Quinnipiac might not have the biggest building in college sports, but we have by far the best," Director of Athletics and Recreation Jack McDonald said.

By far. Especially if you enjoy concrete bunkers.

[Trotsky]

"Quinnipiac might not have the biggest building in college sports, but we have by far the best," Director of Athletics and Recreation Jack McDonald said.

By far. Especially if you enjoy concrete bunkers.

You know who else enjoyed concrete bunkers?

[RichH]

"Quinnipiac might not have the biggest building in college sports, but we have by far the best," Director of Athletics and Recreation Jack McDonald said.

By far. Especially if you enjoy concrete bunkers.

You know who else enjoyed concrete bunkers?

Heh, excellent.

But really, I've been thinking about the above quote, because there's more humor to be mined. They might not have the biggest building in college sports, but what if they DID? What if Quinnipiac University randomly had a 115,000 seat venue? I think the Deertick Bobcat fans should demand that. Maybe THEN they would build more than one traffic-riddled access road to get to it.

[billhoward]

Interesting that AC or the ECAC perhaps could have cited physical problems and backed out of year 3. Either the Albany Civic Center had a booking that weekend, or AC believed that no matter how soft the turnout, it  beat having nothing at all.

[Trotsky]

Interesting that AC or the ECAC perhaps could have cited physical problems and backed out of year 3. Either the Albany Civic Center had a booking that weekend, or AC believed that no matter how soft the turnout, it  beat having nothing at all.

The ECAC probably did not want to jump to Albany for only a single year.  If the tourney did poorly that would be no benefit, and if it did well then it would be awkward to immediately move on to LP.

Boardwalk Hall may have contracts with food and merchandise vendors, marketing firms, security companies, cleaners etc which they are still on the hook for if they cancel an event.