Opponents and Others 2023-24

[Iceberg]

Fogarty out at Princeton

[Scersk '97]

Denver wins, so still a shot at a #3 seed.

[upprdeck]

I wonder what combo does it? I played with variations and couldnt find it

[Scersk '97]

Denver has to win. Michigan has to lose.

[upprdeck]

YUP. MSU/DENVER

After that the RIT/AIC and the BU/BC gane didnt seem to matter

[VIEWfromK]

https://www.prohockeyrumors.com/2024/03/stars-to-sign-ben-kraws-to-entry-level-deal.html

[sah67]

For those worried about how "small time" the ECACs in LP felt, here's what the St. Louis NCAA regional (Michigan, Michigan State, North Dakota and Western Michigan) site looks like:

"The center features four rinks: a "feature" rink with 2,500 tip-up seats and a four-sided HD video scoreboard..."

[Al DeFlorio]

Sounded like they didn't have another option for a "western" site.

[Iceberg]

I find it crazy that the committee or whoever is responsible couldn't find another site in the midwestern US. There has to be a ton of better arenas willing to do this event at a tolerable cost.

[jtwcornell91]

I find it crazy that the committee or whoever is responsible couldn't find another site in the midwestern US. There has to be a ton of better arenas willing to do this event at a tolerable cost.

Now that they're doing the regionals on Thursday-Saturday and Friday-Sunday, couldn't one site bid to host both regionals?  The Eastern sites are close enough that dedicated fans could commute between Soringfield and Providence to see all six games, but not in the West, but if they were all in one place, it might improve the attendance of both sets of games.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Some AHL sites in the Midwest:  Chicago, Cleveland, Grand Rapids, Des Moines, Milwaukee, Rockford.  

ECHL rinks in the area are in Kalamazoo, Toledo, Cincinnati, Iowa City, Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, and Kansas City.

FWIW al lot of the ECHL rinks are pretty small (5000 seats).

[Swampy]

I find it crazy that the committee or whoever is responsible couldn't find another site in the midwestern US. There has to be a ton of better arenas willing to do this event at a tolerable cost.

I think it has to do with who the host(s) is (are). In this case, the Midwest Regional is hosted by Lindenwood University and the St. Louis Sports Commission.

What's even more surprising is that the St. Louis Sports Commission has partnered with the University of Vermont to host the 2025 Frozen Four in St. Louis. In large part, this is because UVM has "connections to the St. Louis Blues President, and UVM alum, Chris Zimmerman."

I bet there are lots of Vermont citizens who would be shocked to learn their state university chose Missouri as the place to host a tournament.::scream::

[ugarte]

I find it crazy that the committee or whoever is responsible couldn't find another site in the midwestern US. There has to be a ton of better arenas willing to do this event at a tolerable cost.

I think it has to do with who the host(s) is (are). In this case, the Midwest Regional is hosted by Lindenwood University and the St. Louis Sports Commission.

What's even more surprising is that the St. Louis Sports Commission has partnered with the University of Vermont to host the 2025 Frozen Four in St. Louis. In large part, this is because UVM has "connections to the St. Louis Blues President, and UVM alum, Chris Zimmerman."

I bet there are lots of Vermont citizens who would be shocked to learn their state university chose Missouri as the place to host a tournament.::scream::

vermont home game in st. louis has real extreme weather event vibes

[Chris '03]

I find it crazy that the committee or whoever is responsible couldn't find another site in the midwestern US. There has to be a ton of better arenas willing to do this event at a tolerable cost.

Now that they're doing the regionals on Thursday-Saturday and Friday-Sunday, couldn't one site bid to host both regionals?  The Eastern sites are close enough that dedicated fans could commute between Soringfield and Providence to see all six games, but not in the West, but if they were all in one place, it might improve the attendance of both sets of games.

I wish. And think the the attendance griping would be resolved in part by having one east and one west regional like the 12 team days.

[RichH]

I find it crazy that the committee or whoever is responsible couldn't find another site in the midwestern US. There has to be a ton of better arenas willing to do this event at a tolerable cost.

I think it has to do with who the host(s) is (are). In this case, the Midwest Regional is hosted by Lindenwood University and the St. Louis Sports Commission.

What's even more surprising is that the St. Louis Sports Commission has partnered with the University of Vermont to host the 2025 Frozen Four in St. Louis. In large part, this is because UVM has "connections to the St. Louis Blues President, and UVM alum, Chris Zimmerman."

I bet there are lots of Vermont citizens who would be shocked to learn their state university chose Missouri as the place to host a tournament.::scream::

vermont home game in st. louis has real extreme weather event vibes

The 1999 Frozen Four in Anaheim was hosted by Alaska-Anchorage.

There's some joke to be made about UVM getting tricked into thinking it was hosting Martin St. Louis.