1/10 game vs Massachusetts delayed to 7:30pm

[Trotsky]

Make the ticket stub free entry for Fish and Fowl.  Fuck the fire codes -- get 8000 in for it.

[The Rancor]

how can there be no make up date?

[upprdeck]

70K loss for the dept..

[Jim Hyla]

how can there be no make up date?

Because UMass doesn't want to come back to Lynah in the middle of the week sometime. Both schools have pretty full weekend schedules, so when? They have a Sun eve home game, so I doubt they wanted to stay over and play today.

[redice]

how can there be no make up date?

Because UMass doesn't want to come back to Lynah in the middle of the week sometime. Both schools have pretty full weekend schedules, so when? They have a Sun eve home game, so I doubt they wanted to stay over and play today.

I wouldn't have been shocked to get up this morning & read that the compressor started working after the game was called last evening and the two teams decided to play a late evening game, sans the full crowd.

Remember, when the crowd was behaving really poorly for the Hahvahd @ CU game, the administration held out the possibility that the game could be played in a locked down, fanless Lynah Rink.   Their point was that the crowd is not essential to holding a hockey game at Lynah.

If that philosophy still holds and the ice improved last evening, it could have happened.   Obviously, it didn't.    There would have been a lot of bitching.   But, the adminstration is immune to that.

[Jim Hyla]

how can there be no make up date?

Because UMass doesn't want to come back to Lynah in the middle of the week sometime. Both schools have pretty full weekend schedules, so when? They have a Sun eve home game, so I doubt they wanted to stay over and play today.

I wouldn't have been shocked to get up this morning & read that the compressor started working after the game was called last evening and the two teams decided to play a late evening game, sans the full crowd.

Remember, when the crowd was behaving really poorly for the Hahvahd @ CU game, the administration held out the possibility that the game could be played in a locked down, fanless Lynah Rink.   Their point was that the crowd is not essential to holding a hockey game at Lynah.

If that philosophy still holds and the ice improved last evening, it could have happened.   Obviously, it didn't.    There would have been a lot of bitching.   But, the adminstration is immune to that.

There was really no good reason for either team to play the game like that. It had no impact upon either league standings, and minimal on Pairwise (unless CU loses, then some); without a crowd, CU already had lost the money; they probably had to pay UMass something anyway (but I don't know the contract); and I'd guess UMass was going home right after the game, so wouldn't want to wait to start a game at 10PM. Just my thoughts, and yes I know they could have played the game, there just wasn't any compelling reason to do it.

As an aside, those of us who hung around a while got to see the team come out in full gear, sans helmets, and raise their sticks to the crowd. I wish I had been smart enough to get a picture.

[BMac]

Don't worry, the Ithaca Journal did.

Scroll to the fourth picture:
http://www.ithacajournal.com/article/20140110/SPORTS03/301100085/Cornell-men-s-hockey-game-against-UMass-canceled

[Jim Hyla]

Don't worry, the Ithaca Journal did.

Scroll to the fourth picture:
http://www.ithacajournal.com/article/20140110/SPORTS03/301100085/Cornell-men-s-hockey-game-against-UMass-canceled

Thanks

[upprdeck]

stay tuned..

[RichH]

Here's my question: when exactly did the compressor start seeing issues? Because if it was anytime before mid-afternoon on Friday, somebody has to answer for this.

This is, frankly, Cincinatti 1997 Frozen Four embarrassing. Do you think any top-tier program would have similar issues if it wasn't a last-minute failure??

UMass is playing an exhibition on Sunday. One would think a 1pm Saturday game would be doable.

This is, along with not being able to submit an NCAA Hockey hosting bid, failures of Lacrosse NCAA hosting and needing the strength of the BU A.D. to turn in MSG success, a recurring problem with our Athletic Department. I'm sure I'll have more to say, but I continually feel like Cornell has a Mickey Mouse A.D. when it comes to National stature.

[dbilmes]

Here's my question: when exactly did the compressor start seeing issues? Because if it was anytime before mid-afternoon on Friday, somebody has to answer for this.

This is, frankly, Cincinatti 1997 Frozen Four embarrassing. Do you think any top-tier program would have similar issues if it wasn't a last-minute failure??

I'm not defending Cornell's administration, but I do recall going to a Cornell at Yale game many years ago and the compressor wasn't working at the Yale Whale. The game was moved to the New Haven Coliseum (which obviously at that point was still standing!), which fortunately already had the ice down and didn't have an event scheduled for that night. Everyone at the Yale Whale drove the mile or so to the Coliseum, and after a moderate delay, the game was played there. Unfortunately, Cornell doesn't have a backup rink nearby like Yale did at the time.

[Tcl123]

Sure we do......Cass Park Rink. Couldn't be any worse then any of the outside nhl or college games.

[redice]

Speculation being what it is, I'm sure there are a lot of things they could have done Friday evening.   But, the truth is, they would have been criticized for any choice they made, including calling the game.   I'm thinking the made the right choice.

I've been attending Cornell Hockey games since before Ken Dryden played his first varsity game.   This is only the second one that I can recall being cancelled/postponed.   Maybe there was another 1-2 that I cannot recall (but I don't think so).   That's a pretty good track record of dependability.

[billhoward]

Sure we do......Cass Park Rink. Couldn't be any worse then any of the outside nhl or college games.

I was thinking the same thing: Cass Park would be passable backup and would have accommodated a couple hundred die-hard fans. Although if Cornell got Cass Park to toss 2 or 3 youth league (or Ithaca HS?) games, you'd be hearing about the Big Bad Big Red tossing its weight around.

[Trotsky]

Although if Cornell got Cass Park to toss 2 or 3 youth league (or Ithaca HS?) games, you'd be hearing about the Big Bad Big Red tossing its weight around.

Not if Cornell comped them the makeups at Lynah.

The Ithaca Stars womens team used to play at Cass Park.  It was really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really cold.