Fortress Invitational

[ugarte]

$5.29/month for ESPN+ and $29.22/month for Flo

something wrong with this picture....

Economies of scale and all that

more like it's easier to squeeze people with narrower interests. i doubt the relative price of kosher meat is strictly proportional to the difference in slaughterhouse expenses.

[upprdeck]

just the fact that someone already is looking for cheaper way to watch a game shows that the price pt ESPN+ uses works better for someone watching 1-2 games a month.    Why FLO doesnt have a one off game prices is crazy though for people who really only want to see 1 game OC,,

Still the $30 price is really for 2 Cornell games and at $15 a game thats about what most places charge for a single game.  Its the price of a movie ticket so if you want to watch both games its not a real bad deal.

[RichH]

For the historians: is this the furthest from Ithaca Cornell has played a hockey game? I know we've been to Colorado many times. I guess it's possible there was some special CA trip decades ago like Harvard just did, and we haven't done the "Friendship Four" tournament in Ireland the ECAC is involved in.

I mean, we are getting closer to Vladivostok, and I'm still here, after all.

[Chris H82]

They played a winter break tourney at least once in Vancouver BC, I think in the 90s.  That's about 400 miles further than Vegas.

I'm hoping that the new NHL team coming into Seattle sponsors a tourney like this and invites us to play. 20 minute bus ride for me.

[marty]

i think flo only does 1 month thing but they might give you back some if you opt out early?

flo does not do month to month, I don't think. it's all annual iirc. I'm a subscriber already so I haven't looked at the T&C in a while. I once signed up and they let me off the hook with a prorated rebate but I don't know if they're always that forgiving.

They seem to have a plan that includes a month for $29.99: https://www.flohockey.tv/plans?redirect=%2Flive%2F19071-2020-fortress-invitational

Although their site does not mention it, there's also a Flo app for Android available on Amazon that apparently loads into Amazon Fire TV's.

Flo has 2 plans $29.22/mo & $150.00/yr. The latter says it auto renews on the anniversary of the subscription or until the subscription is cancelled. It's not clear about cancelling after only one month.

I just bought a month and installed the FLO ROKU app and I am watching period 2 of the UNH at PSU women's hockey game.  When I was in the payment process it warned me about auto-renewal.

They offer plenty of games to watch before the 8 PM start in Las Vegas.

[RichH]

They played a winter break tourney at least once in Vancouver BC, I think in the 90s.  That's about 400 miles further than Vegas.

Yes, took a little bit playing with the TBRW generator, but Jan 3-5, 1986 they beat British Columbia, Seibu-Japan, and Yale in Vancouver. Good call, thanks. Probably only Yale wasn't an exhibition

[andyw2100]

I also just purchased a month of Flo access. I then immediately looked for a way to prevent the next monthly charge. The way to accomplish this is to cancel your subscription. On the last screen before cancellation it warns that you will lose access after February 3, which is fine. (I just wanted to make sure I wouldn't lose access immediately.)

There's no reason not to cancel immediately. If for some reason you change your mind and want to continue after a month you can just subscribe again. It's a better approach than forgetting about it and being hit with a $30 charge because you forgot you had started a recurring payment subscription.

[KenP]

How best to follow the game if I do not want to pay for Flo?  Is anyone going to be on slack-chat tonight?

[Swampy]

How best to follow the game if I do not want to pay for Flo?  Is anyone going to be on slack-chat tonight?

I believe WHCU is covering it: http://player.listenlive.co/41391. Wait until the Cornell game starts (~ 11:30 ET), because I doubt WHCU is covering the Army/PC game. If you start listening now, you're liable to get reactionary talk radio, like Rush Lame-O.

[pfibiger]

Great article on the invitational but really about Darren Eliot:

https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/sports-columns/ron-kantowski/cornells-arrival-brings-back-memories-for-knights-eliot-1927800/

[Trotsky]

Looks like barring some sort of military miracle Providence will advance to the final.

[marty]

Warm-ups? Maybe it was worth $30.

[Chris '03]

Warm-ups? Maybe it was worth $30.

Yeah but you're missing the crazy country western dance competition that's also live. It's really... Something.

[ugarte]

The Berard goal was so goddamn good. Locke should get a tertiary assist. Three perfect passes and a clean finish.

Steinburg had a really pretty toe drag that he almost covered with 20 seconds left.

Galajda looks great. Buckeyes had a lot more jump as the period wore on but Cornell was playing solid positional defense and kept disrupting OSU's passing. Solid first period against a good team.

[ugarte]

Note to self: watch the replay for Beeeej and friends reaction shot after the second goal.