2006-7 Schedule

[billhoward]

[quote ursaminor][quote billhoward][quote Trotsky][quote DeltaOne81][quote ursaminor]RPI has released its schedule http://www.rpiathletics.com/schedules.asp?path=hockey RPI is playing SLU, not Cornell, in the Freakout![/quote]

Well we *are* there the second to last Saturday, which was the basis for the speculation. Whats the reason for changing the Freakout timing?!? I know... they're just chicken :-P[/quote]

It's tempting to make a snotty comment about them not wa nting to break their whatever-year-long unbeaten streak, but it isn't as if Cornell would have busted it up last year, at least.  :`(

Edit: Ursa beat me to it. ;-)[/quote]

There's little mystery to it:
a) Cornell is the tougher opponent in most years, recent results notwithstanding
b) Freakout more or less fills the RPI blimp hangar and so does Cornell, so RPI makes them separate events[/quote] The first statement is true, but how does one explain recent Freakout! games vs. Clarkson if the reason is to increase attendance at poorly attended games?


Just for the record, although it is widely rumored that the HFH was once a blimp hangar, indeed that is what I heard when I was a student, it actually had a more mundane first life as a Navy warehouse in Rhode Island  http://www.lib.rpi.edu/dept/library/html/Archives/buildings/houston_fieldhouse.html.[/quote]

Right. The shape is wrong for everything except low-rider blimps. Some people who've heard of its origin expect to see a huge corrugated aluminum half-tube, since Davisville, RI, from whence it came, is also the nearest town to the Quonset Point Naval Air Station.

(Boy, are we grasping at straws waiting for the red-white game. Or is white-red game? Maybe that merits its own thread ... )

[Ben Rocky '04]

Have the OOC games been announced?

[Pete Godenschwager]

There's info about who we're playing in this thread:
http://elf.elynah.com/read.php?1,94948,94948#msg-94948

I haven't seen actual dates for the games.

[ithacat]

RIT announced their schedule and a trip to Ithaca is listed for October 28th. Oddly, in the press release there is no mention of Cornell being one of the Tigers' OOC opponents.

http://www.ritathletics.com/News/mhock/2006/7/10/mhock071006.asp?path=mhock

[schoaff]

Will the iCal calendar be updated to reflect this year's schedule?

[las224]

Does anyone know when the Florida games will be? I want to start looking for flights now so I don't have to pay ridiculous prices like last year when I waited till late November to get them.

[Chris \'03]

[quote las224]Does anyone know when the Florida games will be? I want to start looking for flights now so I don't have to pay ridiculous prices like last year when I waited till late November to get them.[/quote]

CHN says its the 29th and 30th: http://www.collegehockeynews.com/schedules/?date=20061201&de=20061231

[DeltaOne81]

[quote Chris '03][quote las224]Does anyone know when the Florida games will be? I want to start looking for flights now so I don't have to pay ridiculous prices like last year when I waited till late November to get them.[/quote]

CHN says its the 29th and 30th: http://www.collegehockeynews.com/schedules/?date=20061201&de=20061231[/quote]

That's what the season schedule Greg posted says too. I hope so as I already bought my tickes


Btw, for hotels I'm usually a big fan of Priceline's bidding, but for Florida in December it hasn't worked so great.

However, Hotwire, which doesn't show the name of the hotel until you buy, had a great deal on their 2.5 star (on a 1-->5 scale) category in Ft Myers for that time frame.

[las224]

That's weird that it's on a Friday/Saturday, isn't it?

[Lauren '06]

[quote las224]That's weird that it's on a Friday/Saturday, isn't it?[/quote]
If I recall, they try to have it on the weekend every year unless it directly overlaps the holiday, in which case it gets moved to the middle of the week.  Personally I prefer it on the weekend.

[ebilmes]

They've usually had it on Sat-Sun when it's been on the weekend, not Fri-Sat. I can't see them getting great attendance for the Friday day game. (Not that the attendance is ever "great")

[las224]

Just annoying b/c this year it's so close to New Year's that if I go, I'd prob be spending New Year's in Florida, which wouldn't be that much fun. We'll see, I suppose.

[DeltaOne81]

[Q]Just annoying b/c this year it's so close to New Year's that if I go, I'd prob be spending New Year's in Florida, which wouldn't be that much fun. We'll see, I suppose.[/Q]

Ummm... your IP lookup says you're in Tampa.

[ugarte]

[quote DeltaOne81][Q]Just annoying b/c this year it's so close to New Year's that if I go, I'd prob be spending New Year's in Florida, which wouldn't be that much fun. We'll see, I suppose.[/Q]

Ummm... your IP lookup says you're in Tampa.[/quote]Who says las224 is having fun right now?

[las224]

I'm finishing up an internship in Sarasota for the summer. The nice thing is, my work has offered me a beachfront condo for a week if I want to come on vacation down here this winter. However, for New Year's, I'd prefer to be up north with all my closest friends.

Maybe I can drag them all down here for a beach party?