New Colgate Arena

[RichH]

In a weirdly written fund-raising announcement:

http://www.gocolgateraiders.com/news/2012/8/14/GEN_0814121930.aspx

In response to these realities, the Board of Trustees has approved an initiative to raise $37 million toward a new 97,000-square foot hockey arena, complete with locker, shower, and office space for men's and women's hockey, lacrosse, and soccer. The initiative will be funded completely by the support of Colgate community members...

As far as I'm concerned, they can't knock down Starr fast enough. I may even go to games in Hamilton again someday.

I wonder if they'll have a special "shoot a laser-pointer into the visiting goalie's face" perch, or a pizza-launching apparatus for the home fans.

[RichH]

https://twitter.com/ELynah/status/236100310597263360

[jtn27]

https://twitter.com/ELynah/status/236100310597263360

Just out of curiosity, who runs the ELynah Twitter account?

[Aaron M. Griffin]

https://twitter.com/ELynah/status/236100310597263360

Just out of curiosity, who runs the ELynah Twitter account?

The spirit of Ned Harkness.

[CowbellGuy]

Just out of curiosity, who runs the ELynah Twitter account?

The spirit of Ned Harkness.

That was supposed to be a secret.

[French Rage]

- It will be funded based on the support of Colgate hockey fans.  So get ready for an awesome 17 seat rink.

- 97000 sq ft?!  How much free pizza will it take to fill that rink?

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

- It will be funded based on the support of Colgate hockey fans.  So get ready for an awesome 17 seat rink.

- 97000 sq ft?!  How much free pizza will it take to fill that rink?

Well, I'd use Sicilian pies since there'd be less need for overlap than with round Neapolitan pies.  So assuming a 24" x 18" pie, you'd need 32.333 of them to create a roughly 1" thick monolayer on the whole surface.

Sorry, engineer humor.  ::whistle::

[jtn27]

- It will be funded based on the support of Colgate hockey fans.  So get ready for an awesome 17 seat rink.

- 97000 sq ft?!  How much free pizza will it take to fill that rink?

Most of that 97,000 sq ft is the ice itself. Colgate is recruiting guys with tons of stamina in order to create the ultimate home ice advantage.

[billhoward]

This is good for Cornell. We need an ECAC with worthier (still beatable) opponents and better facilities. Quinnipiac would be the role model.

This sentence had me wondering if Colgate is building an indoor field: "Help Colgate Athletics by carving your love in stone for the new home of Raider hockey, lacrosse and soccer in a state-of-the-art athletic facility that will feature locker rooms, office space and a new hockey rink." Is the home the field or the place where they shower? A 100-yard field and end zones (no stands, but then what fans?) takes up about 50,000 square feet. Probably not.

No mention of hockey arena seating capacity. Do they want something big enough for concerts and graduation if it rains?

[RatushnyFan]

A Q facility/Union program strength (over last 5 years) would be ideal.  The Q still hasn't made the NCAAs yet.

[Beeeej]

A Q facility/Union program strength (over last 5 years) would be ideal.  The Q still hasn't made the NCAAs yet.

Well, they have, just not since they joined the ECAC.

We beat them in 2002.

[RatushnyFan]

It doesn't count when you're outshot 35-14, your team name is the Braves, your conference is gone and you last made the NCAAs 10 years ago. Just being flippant of course, thank you for reminding me of this tune-up game!

[RichH]

A Q facility/Union program strength (over last 5 years) would be ideal.  The Q still hasn't made the NCAAs yet.

Well, they have, just not since they joined the ECAC.

We beat them in 2002.

But they do boast in their media ads for the upcoming season about being the only team in the league to have won a playoff series in each of the past 7 seasons, which is true.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

A Q facility/Union program strength (over last 5 years) would be ideal.  The Q still hasn't made the NCAAs yet.

Well, they have, just not since they joined the ECAC.

We beat them in 2002.

But they do boast in their media ads for the upcoming season about being the only team in the league to have won a playoff series in each of the past 7 seasons, which is true.

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Neglecting the fact that we tend to play fewer playoff series than they do, so they get more chances to win?

[RichH]

A Q facility/Union program strength (over last 5 years) would be ideal.  The Q still hasn't made the NCAAs yet.

Well, they have, just not since they joined the ECAC.

We beat them in 2002.

But they do boast in their media ads for the upcoming season about being the only team in the league to have won a playoff series in each of the past 7 seasons, which is true.

, ,
Neglecting the fact that we tend to play fewer playoff series than they do, so they get more chances to win?

Yes. That's neglecting a lot of things (which was in a sense my sarcastic point), like they've never finished the regular season with a bye, so they often face the dregs of the league in the first round, and they've only won a QF series once (*cough* we won't mention where that was *cough*) to advance to the championship weekend. Considering it took Union 18 seasons to win a single playoff round, advancing every year they've been a member is somewhat of an interesting quirk for Quinnipiac, I guess.