ECAC back to Lake Placid 2014

[French Rage]

Nah. It should be at the Shark Tank in San Jose. That would be the easiest for me. And Cornell would still have the most fans in the arena (but that's a given).

Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the Bay Area and you pick San Jose?!

That's like visiting Paris and eating at Wendy's.

OK, then in SF at the Cow Palace.

[KeithK]

Nah. It should be at the Shark Tank in San Jose. That would be the easiest for me. And Cornell would still have the most fans in the arena (but that's a given).

Meh. What is there to do in San Jose?

Pretty much nothing.

[jtn27]

Nah. It should be at the Shark Tank in San Jose. That would be the easiest for me. And Cornell would still have the most fans in the arena (but that's a given).

Meh. What is there to do in San Jose?

Pretty much nothing.

So is that more or less than in Lake Placid?

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Well if we're voting for silly locations, I think it should be here in Allentown.  That is if the big hole in the ground downtown actually gets turned into an area.

Well, first they'd have to multiply the hole's radius squared by pi.

Oops.  ::doh::

[adamw]

Pretty much nothing.

That should give everyone a good chance to complain again when the NCAA hockey committee awards San Jose a Frozen Four bid.

[ursusminor]

MSG was reportedly considered -- but only for the Final, not the Semis: http://nhrcollegehockey.blogspot.com/.

[adamw]

MSG was reportedly considered -- but only for the Final, not the Semis: http://nhrcollegehockeyb.blogspot.com/.

My understanding is, even the final alone would've been cost prohibitive. So when it came time to vote, MSG wasn't even included. Instead it was between the other 4 mentioned.

[ursusminor]

MSG was reportedly considered -- but only for the Final, not the Semis: http://nhrcollegehockeyb.blogspot.com/.

My understanding is, even the final alone would've been cost prohibitive. So when it came time to vote, MSG wasn't even included. Instead it was between the other 4 mentioned.

But yet Cornell vs. Michigan or BU works?

[scoop85]

MSG was reportedly considered -- but only for the Final, not the Semis: http://nhrcollegehockeyb.blogspot.com/.

My understanding is, even the final alone would've been cost prohibitive. So when it came time to vote, MSG wasn't even included. Instead it was between the other 4 mentioned.

But yet Cornell vs. Michigan or BU works?

An inherent issue is that with a post season tournament, you're uncertain until the week before if your team is going to the semifinals, so you'll never get the casual crowd.  With the Thanksgiving games, these have become "events" that even casual fans can plan for months in advance.

[ugarte]

MSG was reportedly considered -- but only for the Final, not the Semis: http://nhrcollegehockeyb.blogspot.com/.

My understanding is, even the final alone would've been cost prohibitive. So when it came time to vote, MSG wasn't even included. Instead it was between the other 4 mentioned.

But yet Cornell vs. Michigan or BU works?

Speculation but I'll give you two reasons:

1) The Universities have more free cash flow than the league.
2) Cornell, BU and Michigan know that they will sell out. The ECAC doesn't know that if Brown is facing St. Lawrence they will fill the building. Higher drawing teams didn't fill the Pepsi Center.

[Jim Hyla]

MSG was reportedly considered -- but only for the Final, not the Semis: http://nhrcollegehockeyb.blogspot.com/.

My understanding is, even the final alone would've been cost prohibitive. So when it came time to vote, MSG wasn't even included. Instead it was between the other 4 mentioned.

But yet Cornell vs. Michigan or BU works?

And if Cornell's not there, how are they going to sell it? Imagine we lost in the semis to SLU, what kind of crowd for Union-SLU?

[Aaron M. Griffin]

MSG was reportedly considered -- but only for the Final, not the Semis: http://nhrcollegehockeyb.blogspot.com/.

My understanding is, even the final alone would've been cost prohibitive. So when it came time to vote, MSG wasn't even included. Instead it was between the other 4 mentioned.

But yet Cornell vs. Michigan or BU works?

And if Cornell's not there, how are they going to sell it? Imagine we lost in the semis to SLU, what kind of crowd for Union-SLU?

The Messa Faithful would sell out The Garden. They are the best fans in college hockey. We, well, we are just "disgusting" as I was informed in AC.

[French Rage]

Well if we're voting for silly locations, I think it should be here in Allentown.  That is if the big hole in the ground downtown actually gets turned into an arena.

People can kill time between the games by filling out forms and standing in line.

[KeithK]

MSG was reportedly considered -- but only for the Final, not the Semis: http://nhrcollegehockeyb.blogspot.com/.

My understanding is, even the final alone would've been cost prohibitive. So when it came time to vote, MSG wasn't even included. Instead it was between the other 4 mentioned.

But yet Cornell vs. Michigan or BU works?

The solution is obvious. Guarantee Cornell a spot inthe finals every year.

[BMac]

OK, so I'm not the only one who googled "Al DeFlorio" to find out what it is he does?