Quarterfinals at Q

[Greenberg '97]

Online ticketing system appears to show that Friday's game is sold out.  Anyone with any insight into this?

Edited to add: Stubhub has a few available for each game.

[BearLover]

Cornell outnumbers Q with 8 drafted players to 3.  There should be little, if any, talent advantage for Q.  Let's see if the boys can pull it together.

[billhoward]

Call the ticket office, ask about standing room. With Q on break, are there really 3500 faculty and townspeople, plus students livng nearby and not sunning in Panama City, to fill the place? 'course, being ranked #1 may have a bandwagon effect on potential fans.

[semsox]

FWIW, the Quinnipiac thread on USCHO mentioned that the games on both Friday and Saturday were already either sold out or SRO, likely excluding whatever allotment Cornell gets.

[Trotsky]

I would expect a tough atmosphere at (First Against the Wall Come the Revolution) Arena.  They drew 101% for the year, there's a jock culture there that's much more reminiscent of a Hockey East school, and they've been great all year to allow the snowball of "the in thing on campus" to build.  Plus if the RS game on NBCS is any indicator, they flood the building with thunder sticks, piped-in derp music, and the other geegaws of the contrived "atmosphere" of a pro game.

The way to handle that is to come out hard early and take the facetimers out of it.

[dbilmes]

The best way to get tickets is through the Cornell ticket office. I just spoke with them and they haven't received the tickets yet from Q, but expect to have them available to purchase online later in the day.
As for the atmosphere at Q, it's terrible. They blast loud music before the game, during the game and between periods. The thundersticks they give out are annoying. Their fans don't know that much about hockey. I've been to several games there listed as sellouts where there were hundreds of empty seats. The parking situation stinks since there's only one access road to and from the parking area.

[French Rage]

FWIW, the Quinnipiac thread on USCHO mentioned that the games on both Friday and Saturday were already either sold out or SRO, likely excluding whatever allotment Cornell gets.

Plus remember they've known when/where these games will be for two weeks (well for even more given how early they clinched the RS), so they've had plenty of time to sell the tickets.

[RichH]

Plus if the RS game on NBCS is any indicator, they flood the building with thunder sticks, piped-in derp music, and the other geegaws of the contrived "atmosphere" of a pro game.

Spot on. I wonder if they'll dig out the giant inflatable bobcat head that their team skated through on their way onto the ice several years ago.  The general M.O. for the managment of the concrete bunker is to provide the residents of Hamden, CT with the best ECHL atmosphere they can.  

I'm not sure if the dorms they were building up on that hill are done, but I'm sure the drunk bus that they provide to cart a lot of them to and from the arena (and as I learned after the Yale game, to the bars of New Haven) will be running.

[RichH]

Cornell outnumbers Q with 8 drafted players to 3.  There should be little, if any, talent advantage for Q.  Let's see if the boys can pull it together.

As Harvard has proven time and time and time again, the number of draft picks you sport amounts to approximately bupkis on the ice.

[css228]

Cornell outnumbers Q with 8 drafted players to 3.  There should be little, if any, talent advantage for Q.  Let's see if the boys can pull it together.

As Harvard has proven time and time and time again, the number of draft picks you sport amounts to approximately bupkis on the ice.

Exactly, I'm sure there are some organizations that want those picks back.

[Josh '99]

Cornell outnumbers Q with 8 drafted players to 3.  There should be little, if any, talent advantage for Q.  Let's see if the boys can pull it together.

As Harvard has proven time and time and time again, the number of draft picks you sport amounts to approximately bupkis on the ice.

Exactly, I'm sure there are some organizations that want those picks back.

If you're talking about our current guys rather than Harvard's sucky alumni, it seems awfully soon to say that any of them are wasted draft picks.

[Josh '99]

For those planning to attend hockey games at Q who might be unaware, the lacrosse team plays at Yale Saturday afternoon at 1.

[css228]

Cornell outnumbers Q with 8 drafted players to 3.  There should be little, if any, talent advantage for Q.  Let's see if the boys can pull it together.

As Harvard has proven time and time and time again, the number of draft picks you sport amounts to approximately bupkis on the ice.

Exactly, I'm sure there are some organizations that want those picks back.

If you're talking about our current guys rather than Harvard's sucky alumni, it seems awfully soon to say that any of them are wasted draft picks.

Talking in general, that there have been many busts in NHL draft picks, though there is one Pennsylvania organization which I'm sure wants its pick back, not that I particularly care because this kind of thing never gets old

[Josh '99]

Tickets just went live on the CU Athletics website:

https://cornellbigredtickets.universitytickets.com/user_pages/event_listings.asp

[Jim Hyla]

Tickets just went live on the CU Athletics website:

https://cornellbigredtickets.universitytickets.com/user_pages/event_listings.asp

Thanks, I just called them 15 min before your post and was told to not expect anything till Tuesday AM.::twak::