2004 - 2005 CU Schedule

[Jim Hyla]

For those who plan ahead, here's the ECAC portion of CU's schedule for next year, 2004-2005. Sue Detzer sent it to me and the ECAC states it's good as written (by them, not if I transposed anything::nut:: ). We still need what out of conference games there will be.

I have a copy of the full (all teams) ECAC schedule. If anyone wants it I can email it, or if everyone wants it I could post it, but it didn't seem necessary.

The   2004-2005   CU Schedule
Fri   Oct 22,04    ?
Sat   Oct 23,04    Ex?
Fri   Oct 29,04    OOC?
Sat   Oct 30,04    OOC?
Fri   Nov 5,04    Harvard
Sat   Nov 5,04    Brown
Fri   Nov 12,04    OOC?
Sat   Nov 13,04    OOC?
Fri   Nov 19,04    @Vermont
Sat   Nov 20,04    @Dartmouth
Sat   Nov 27,04    OOC?
Fri   Dec 3,04    Yale
Sat   Dec 4,04    Princeton
?   ?    Florida?
Fri   Jan 7,05    @Brown
Sat   Jan 8,05    @Harvard
Fri   Jan 14,05    @Union
Sat   Jan 15,05    @RPI
Fri   Jan 21,05    Dartmouth
Sat   Jan 22,05    Vermont
Fri   Jan 28,05    Clarkson
Sat   Jan 29,05    St. Lawrence
Fri   Feb 4,05    OOC?
Sat   Feb 5,05    OOC?
Fri   Feb 11,05    @Princeton
Sat   Feb 12,05    @Yale
Fri   Feb 18,05    RPI
Sat   Feb 19,05    Union
Fri   Feb 25,05    @St. Lawrence
Sat   Feb 26,05    @Clarkson
Fri   Mar 4,05    ECAC
Sat   Mar 5,05    ECAC
Fri   Mar 11,05    ECAC
Sat   Mar 12,05    ECAC
Fri   Mar 18,05    ECAC
Sat   Mar 19,05    ECAC
Fri   Mar 25,05    NCAA
Sun   Mar 27,05    NCAA
Thur   Apr 7,05    NCAA
Sat   Apr 9,05    NCAA

   OOC = Out of Conference

Here's hoping I did it right.

[ugarte]

I can't decide if opening the conference schedule is a good thing or not.  I know that I can't wait for the Harvard game every year, but I still feel like there isn't enough in-season buildup.

[jy3]

u know the hahvahd game is finally on a saturday and it is, of course, during my intern year - guess i wont be going to that game (probably not many games

are there any teams from this year OOC who CU did not play last year? that is usually the way to figure out the OOC games since CU usually trades and says " we will play in your barn this year, you come to our barn next year"

ohio state

bgsu

mercyhurst

WMUx2


plus US U18 ex

plus notre dame in florida



Post Edited (11-20-03 23:19)

[jtwcornell91]

I heard a rumor at some point we were supposed to be in a three year rotation with BU: away, home, off.  If true (pleasepleaseplease) we should have a pair in Boston, possibly even the last games at WBA.  (Hey, if I were Parker, I'd want to do something special like a Cornell series for the Walter Brown finale.)

[jy3]

 last year

 at Ohio State NC

 BU NC
 BU NC

 at Western Michigan NC
 at Western Michigan 1ot

 vs Maine NC: Everblades Classic, Estero
 vs Ohio State NC: Everblades Classic, Estero

ok so since CU played 2 at BU 2 years ago that is "satisfied"

WMU was satisfied this year (i dont think CU played them in 2001 - CU didnt)

maine and OSU were florida
 
OSU is satisfied this year

SO, it looks like cornell may have @ mercyhurst and @ BGSU plus a tourney which totals 4 games -> 3 games open for new OOC unless cornell did a 2-1 like some other *cough* teams do

any ideas?

[Dave]

FYI... 2 of those OOC spots should be Colgate and @Colgate, cause the current version doesn't have them listed... unless of course they're pullin some secret conference swtich no one knows about.  ::nut::

Harvard as the first ECAC home game seems like a bad idea to me... gotta have that game later in the season when it can be very pivotal... I know attendance will never be a problem, but you gotta have it generate some excitement.

[Big Ben 03]

I'm guessing the ones in early february would be colgate and @colgate.  How many NC games have we ever played in early Feb?

[rhovorka]

Dave wrote:
Harvard as the first ECAC home game seems like a bad idea to me... gotta have that game later in the season when it can be very pivotal... I know attendance will never be a problem, but you gotta have it generate some excitement.

They've done that several times in the past, and I've always liked to think that Harvard tries to make it that way in order to curb that excitement, and also to get that trip to Lynah out of the way...given our um..."hospitality."   Looking back through the last 10 years, the Harvard-Brown @ Lynah weekend has been the first ECAC home games in '94, '96, '98, '00, and '01 (being a result of the odd-even alternating home-away scheduling).  

One plus of this scheduling is that it's pretty likely to get a football weekend for all the out-of-towners coming in as a bonus.  (Well, it used to be a bonus.)  Many Faithful use that weekend as another Homecoming (see other thread).  Anyway, the last time that Cornell hadn't played a game vs. Harvard by Thanksgiving was 1993.



Post Edited (11-21-03 00:55)

[Section A]

damn it; why does the Harvard away game have to be over winter break again? :-(

[Keith K \'93]

With Harvard's exam schedule we almost have to play them during the Fall semester.  Since there are basically three pre-Thanksgiving weekends and one post it'll usually be pre-Thanksgiving.

Avash - would you rather the home Harvard game be in January?

[Section A]

>>Avash - would you rather the home Harvard game be in January?



No, of course not. I was just looking forward to making the road trip like I did last year, that's all. Not as likely it will work now, since southwest Ohio is a little further away from Boston than Ithaca :-).....but you're right. It's better that it's the away game that's over break, and not the home game. I remember when THIS season's schedule came out, a lot of people thought that, since the away game is over break this year, it would be the home game that would be over break next year.

As for the OOC games, I really hope we get a team like New Hampshire or one of the big WCHA schools (Minnesota, North Dakota, even St. Cloud maybe...) to come to Lynah, if not next year, then at least in the near future. Anyone think that's remotely possible?

[jeh25]

Rich H '96 wrote:
  Many Faithful use that weekend as another Homecoming (see other thread).  )

Wait. You mean the Harvard @ Lynah weekend *isn't* homecoming? I'm confused... ;-)

[dsr11]

[Q]Author: Avash '05

As for the OOC games, I really hope we get a team like New Hampshire or one of the big WCHA schools (Minnesota, North Dakota, even St. Cloud maybe...) to come to Lynah, if not next year, then at least in the near future. Anyone think that's remotely possible?
[/Q]

I agree with Avash, it would be GREAT to see one of the perenial WCHA powerhouses come into Lynah for a game.  Other good OOC schools to consider would be UNH or BC, or if you're looking 2nd tier, how about Merrimack College or UMass (ok, so UMass is doing very well this year)?  Hockey East has some potential for good OOC matchups.



Post Edited (11-21-03 12:16)

[Keith K \'93]

Aside from anything else, it's tough to get the WCHA teams to come out for one game since they play mostly weekend sets.  A Cornell-Colgate pairing is always possible though.  Not that I'd have a problem with a game set at Lynah with NoDak or St. Cloud - I'm just clarifying.

[Will]

Dan '01 wrote:

I agree with Avash, it would be GREAT to see one of the perenial WCHA powerhouses come into Lynah for a game.  Other good OOC schools to consider would be UNH or BC, or if you're looking 2nd tier, how about Merrimack College or UMass (ok, so UMass is doing very well this year)?  Hockey East has some potential for good OOC matchups.

Michigan would be good as well.  And let's get Maine back to Lynah, even if we play them nearly every year in Estero.