Everblades Tourney

[CW406]

Hi, I'm a CU freshman and am new to the forum. I was wondering if anyone could fill me in on the details of the Everblades tournament later this month. I am from central Florida and would thus be interested in driving down to see the games, but I can't seem to find any details regarding the specifics of the tournament. All I can find are past results, etc. Any information regarding this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[rita]

The games are played at the germain arena (nee teco arena)
http://www.tecoarena.com/index.html

It is a very nice rink to see a game in. Tickets are not hard to come by, but i'm not sure on the price. The link above will have more info on tix and may connect you to ticket scalper (oops, ticket master). My tickets have been found in my stocking christmas morning (mr and mrs claus, aka my parents live five minutes from the rink...).

the arena is located right off I-75 in Estero, the town just south of fort myers (and before bonita springs). It is in the same plaza as a outlet mall, so very easy to find.

this year the games are on dec 28th/29th. Bc-cornell and maine-st.cloud. game times are 4:00 and 7:30pm but i don't know off-hand what time cornell plays. I'll be there for all 4 games, so it doesn't much matter to me.  

quite a few cornellians are there and it is some great hockey!

Let's go Red!
Rita

[CW406]

Thanks very much Rita! That's just what I was looking for.

[Kaaren]

As a followup to your last post Rita, can you recommend a decent rather inexpensive hotel/motel within a 30 mile radius of the arena?  

[billhoward]

If you look for tickets online it might indicate a sellout (and it was announced as such last year) but last year there seemed to be ~1,000 seats available the first day (nobody sitting in them) and a bit more the second b/c of the fans who didn't come for the consolation.

[rita]

ah, as my mother says, "it's *season*" down there. meaning that traffic on rte 41 gets backed up quite frequently due to the snowbirds from up north (and don't want to drive on I-75), and all the hotels, restaurants get busy because this is when they make their $$$$.

my family hasn't driven me *that* crazy to search out a hotel. If you want to stay on beach (either fort myers, bonita  or naples) you will pay $$. but if scenery is not a priority, there is a best western on US 41 in south fort myers/san carlos park. that is about 10 min or so to the arena. there are also several hotel by the fort myers airport (RSW), again about 10-20 min to the rink.

there are also several hotels in bonita springs on us rte 41 (i recall a holiday inn and/ or hampton inn). on the map, that should be a 15 min drive, but rte 41 has many of the restaurants/strip malls,  is 2-3 lanes in each direction and has a traffic light every 1/2 mile (or so it seems).

sorry i don't have more info on rates, but i would just call around and check the web (expedia etc.).
rita

[Chris 02]

I went looking for game times and found conflicting information.

USCHO lists the Cornell-BC game as 4pm.

http://www.uscho.com/news/tvsked.php
http://www.uscho.com/m/?team=28

Both the Cornell and BC websites list the game time as 7pm.

http://cornellbigred.collegesports.com/sports/m-hockey/sched/corn-m-hockey-sched.html
http://bceagles.collegesports.com/sports/m-hockey/sched/bc-m-hockey-sched.html

[Tom14850]

Here's a question... Will 870 AM be broadcasting the games from Florida? Here's another question, one much less likely to get an affirmative answer.... Are there any people in Salt Lake City reading this who have CSTV who want to have me and my girlfriend over?

[Jacob '06]

Or on that note, is someone in the nyc area gonna watch the game ;-)

[Larry72]

Yes, WHCU 870khz will be broadcasting both CU games

[atb9]

It wouldn't be the first time USCHO has screwed up the game times...remember Michigan State?

[Bio '04]

Getting a place in DC to watch the games would be great as well! :-)

[billhoward]

Same thing as last year: USCHO, individual schools, CSTV all seemed to list different times. That was a concern when we went last year b/c it's one thing to take in-laws to a 4pm faceoff and another to a 7pm faceoff. I think if you check each college's individual web site and if 3 of the 4 agree as to who's first and who's second, that's the likely starting time.

[rita]

and the arena staff  doesn't know either!! for the past couple of years, the box office staff at teco couldn't tell me game times for the match-ups until the day before.  very frustrating.
rita

[Josh '99]

If you're looking to stay someplace where there's fun stuff to do after the games, I recommend trying to find something in downtown Fort Myers.  Not the absolute cheapest you'll find, but certainly cheaper than the resorts on the beach, and walking distance to bars and the like.