2006-7 Schedule

Will · September 27, 2006, 11:34:33 AM

[quote Trotsky][quote krose]If they're doing it in an attempt to reduce Colgate fan drunkenness at the game, it will fail: don't these administrators know that the weekend starts on Thursday night? ;-) [/quote]

I haven't been to Starr for about 15 years; is it really an exceptionally bad / drunken atmosphere? I used to go to games there in the early 90's, and in fact went to a few non-Cornell games with a Colgate friend. Sat in the student sections. The fans were really loud and pretty lewd, but they weren't any drunker than the crowds at say the Gut or Thompson.[/quote]

Absolutely. The Colgate student fans present for the Cornell @ Colgate games for the past three years have to be the worst I've seen in ECACHL hockey. (Admittedly, this is only over seven years of watching ECAC[HL] hockey, so your mileage may vary.) They have absolutely no problems with throwing things, like slices of pizza, at the Cornell fans. Their cheers are at best boring and at worst, at least in one instance, borderline homophobic. Colgate's student fans on that night are the worst college hockey has to offer.

Ben Rocky '04 · September 27, 2006, 12:28:22 PM

Hello kettle, this is pot.

Most of our cheers are borderline homophobic as well, for the record. I'm not sure if thats a valid reason to criticize anyone else's fans.

French Rage · September 27, 2006, 01:37:41 PM

[quote Ben Rocky 04]Hello kettle, this is pot.

Most of our cheers are borderline homophobic as well, for the record. I'm not sure if thats a valid reason to criticize anyone else's fans.[/quote]

The difference being even if we're a little crude, we're still there for the teams and the game, and can let things drop once the game is over. The Colgate fans, for the most part, probly dont give two shits about their team and are just there to cause trouble.

Trotsky · September 27, 2006, 03:22:38 PM

[quote French Rage]The Colgate fans, for the most part, probly dont give two shits about their team and are just there to cause trouble.[/quote]

The students, perhaps. There used to be a huge townie contingent (the "woodchuck" -- a sort of snowy redneck) who were great fans, and really knew and appreciated the history of their team and the game. In the 80's, if you saw a Colgate hat at the ECACs 9 times out of 10 it was a townie fan who at least claimed to have hoisted brews with Terry Slater.

French Rage · September 27, 2006, 09:12:14 PM

[quote Trotsky][quote French Rage]The Colgate fans, for the most part, probly dont give two shits about their team and are just there to cause trouble.[/quote]

The students, perhaps. There used to be a huge townie contingent (the "woodchuck" -- a sort of snowy redneck) who were great fans, and really knew and appreciated the history of their team and the game. In the 80's, if you saw a Colgate hat at the ECACs 9 times out of 10 it was a townie fan who at least claimed to have hoisted brews with Terry Slater.[/quote]

Yes, I should have prefaced my comments with that, I meant just the students.

David Harding · September 28, 2006, 11:49:57 PM

Earlier messages did not explicitly point out that the schedule has officially been released.
Press release http://cornellbigred.cstv.com/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/092606aaa.html
Listing http://cornellbigred.cstv.com/sports/m-hockey/sched/corn-m-hockey-sched.html

redhair34 · October 04, 2006, 10:29:35 PM

I don't think it's been mentioned here but CSTV will again carry the home game against Harvard...let's just hope history doesn't completely repeat itself::uhoh::

http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-hockey/stories/100406aae.html

ursusminor · October 17, 2006, 07:03:32 AM

[quote ursaminor][quote KeithK][quote nyc94][quote David Harding]Hockey does go to Florida over winter break. And it's one of the few teams that has to at least consider the possibility of multiple post-season games.[/quote]

For some reason I had temporarily forgotten about Florida. Probably because we go every year it doesn't stand out. Are we locked into this thing in perpetuity?[/quote]We are the co-host, so yes we're "locked" into it. I don't know if there's a contract or anything but I suspect we will continue as long as it's somewhat successful and continues to attract good teams.[/quote]
I heard a rumor about two years ago that RPI will be at the Florida tourney in 07-08, however these things have a habit of changing over a period of several years. If RPI is going, there goes the run of "good teams". :-/[/quote]

To set the record straight, it looks like RPI is going to a different Florida tourney. From the RPI Alumni website:

QuoteRPI to Participate in the College Hockey Classic Tournament in Tampa Bay, Fla., Dec. 29-30, 2007
Participants for next year's tournament are scheduled to be RPI, Notre Dame, Colorado College, and UMASS-Amherst. The NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning has begun hosting an NCAA tournament at the St. Pete Times Forum in anticipation of hosting the 2012 Frozen Four. Mark your calendars for next year and plan to join us!

jtwcornell91 · October 17, 2006, 11:43:05 AM

[quote ursaminor]To set the record straight, it looks like RPI is going to a different Florida tourney. From the RPI Alumni website:

QuoteRPI to Participate in the College Hockey Classic Tournament in Tampa Bay, Fla., Dec. 29-30, 2007
Participants for next year's tournament are scheduled to be RPI, Notre Dame, Colorado College, and UMASS-Amherst. The NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning has begun hosting an NCAA tournament at the St. Pete Times Forum in anticipation of hosting the 2012 Frozen Four. Mark your calendars for next year and plan to join us!

[/quote]

So, does this mean there will be two college hockey tournaments on the West Coast of Florida at the same time? ::screwy::

RichH · October 17, 2006, 12:12:32 PM

[quote jtwcornell91][quote ursaminor]To set the record straight, it looks like RPI is going to a different Florida tourney. From the RPI Alumni website:

QuoteRPI to Participate in the College Hockey Classic Tournament in Tampa Bay, Fla., Dec. 29-30, 2007
Participants for next year's tournament are scheduled to be RPI, Notre Dame, Colorado College, and UMASS-Amherst. The NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning has begun hosting an NCAA tournament at the St. Pete Times Forum in anticipation of hosting the 2012 Frozen Four. Mark your calendars for next year and plan to join us!

[/quote]

So, does this mean there will be two college hockey tournaments on the West Coast of Florida at the same time? ::screwy::[/quote]

With the NHL venue and marketing, I'm sure the one that we're involved with will be viewed by the media as the "undercard." Also, I bet Notre Dame will be seen as the heavy favorites, followed by UMass.

Josh '99 · October 17, 2006, 12:21:57 PM

[quote RichH][quote jtwcornell91][quote ursaminor]To set the record straight, it looks like RPI is going to a different Florida tourney. From the RPI Alumni website:

QuoteRPI to Participate in the College Hockey Classic Tournament in Tampa Bay, Fla., Dec. 29-30, 2007
Participants for next year's tournament are scheduled to be RPI, Notre Dame, Colorado College, and UMASS-Amherst. The NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning has begun hosting an NCAA tournament at the St. Pete Times Forum in anticipation of hosting the 2012 Frozen Four. Mark your calendars for next year and plan to join us!

[/quote]

So, does this mean there will be two college hockey tournaments on the West Coast of Florida at the same time? ::screwy::[/quote]

With the NHL venue and marketing, I'm sure the one that we're involved with will be viewed by the media as the "undercard." Also, I bet Notre Dame will be seen as the heavy favorites, followed by UMass.[/quote]What, you mean the numerous members of the Florida hockey media?

Lauren '06 · October 17, 2006, 12:35:37 PM

[quote jmh30][quote RichH][quote jtwcornell91][quote ursaminor]To set the record straight, it looks like RPI is going to a different Florida tourney. From the RPI Alumni website:

QuoteRPI to Participate in the College Hockey Classic Tournament in Tampa Bay, Fla., Dec. 29-30, 2007
Participants for next year's tournament are scheduled to be RPI, Notre Dame, Colorado College, and UMASS-Amherst. The NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning has begun hosting an NCAA tournament at the St. Pete Times Forum in anticipation of hosting the 2012 Frozen Four. Mark your calendars for next year and plan to join us!

[/quote]

So, does this mean there will be two college hockey tournaments on the West Coast of Florida at the same time? ::screwy::[/quote]

With the NHL venue and marketing, I'm sure the one that we're involved with will be viewed by the media as the "undercard." Also, I bet Notre Dame will be seen as the heavy favorites, followed by UMass.[/quote]What, you mean the numerous members of the Florida hockey media?[/quote]
Bizarrely enough, the most diligent Florida hockey media I've seen has been in Ft. Myers/Estero. Their sports page is almost entirely dedicated to hockey, or has been the few times in December I've looked at it. The truth is there isn't much sportsish going on down there except that Everblades team.

ursusminor · October 17, 2006, 01:03:00 PM

[quote jtwcornell91][quote ursaminor]To set the record straight, it looks like RPI is going to a different Florida tourney. From the RPI Alumni website:

QuoteRPI to Participate in the College Hockey Classic Tournament in Tampa Bay, Fla., Dec. 29-30, 2007
Participants for next year's tournament are scheduled to be RPI, Notre Dame, Colorado College, and UMASS-Amherst. The NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning has begun hosting an NCAA tournament at the St. Pete Times Forum in anticipation of hosting the 2012 Frozen Four. Mark your calendars for next year and plan to join us!

[/quote]

So, does this mean there will be two college hockey tournaments on the West Coast of Florida at the same time? ::screwy::[/quote] It did sound weird to me also.

The other thing is that I originally heard that RPI would be going to Florida in 07-08 during the summer of 2004. At that time, Tampa Bay had not yet been awarded the Frozen Four, so it would seem odd that a tourney would be scheduled there.

Beeeej · October 30, 2006, 04:06:42 PM

I'm just now noticing that the Wayne State games are listed as 8pm Saturday and 4pm Sunday, not 8pm Friday and 4pm Saturday as the Google Calendar someone prepared has been indicating all this time. I'm going to assume that the official website listing that says Saturday/Sunday is correct, but I'm also contacting the ticket office to be certain.

Did anybody ever actually own up to creating the Google Calendar?

JasonN95 · October 31, 2006, 11:29:10 AM

[quote Beeeej]I'm just now noticing that the Wayne State games are listed as 8pm Saturday and 4pm Sunday, not 8pm Friday and 4pm Saturday ...[/quote]
Well that's annoying to say the least since I've been planning all along as though it was Fri and Sat. USCHO had it as Fri and Sat (which is the schedule that I had been relying on), but I see that Athletics website has it Sat and Sun. I'll have to check the tickets at home --although those things have their share of typos, so maybe a call to the ticket office is in order. If I get a moment later in the day I'll call and post what I'm told.