2006-7 Schedule

[cbuckser]

Robb's 4-20-2 statistic omits two wins over future tournament teams in 2003-04. At the Everblades College Classic, Cornell beat tournament-bound Notre Dame and Ohio State.

6 wins is a little better than 4.

[David Harding]

My memories of Cornell hockey actually go back earlier than my class suggests.  As a townie, I attended occasional games from about the second season in Lynah and listened to Sam Woodside and Don Martin broadcast the games on WHCU-FM.

[Robb]

Craig,

I assume you're right - the spreadsheet where I tabulated it is at work, however, so I'm not sure how I missed those.

Thanks,

Robb

[ursusminor]

The following is extracted from a message from the RPI Alumni Cooordinator a while back. It shows that Cornell will indeed by the BRF! opponent next year. I don't know how likely it is that the game will actually be on ESPN-U, but at least it's being looked into.[q]We are working with ESPN-U, the new university sports channel from ESPN, to carrying the 30th Anniversary of the Big Red Freakout game against Cornell in February 2007.  We have also asked ESPN-U to hold the RPI vs. Clarkson game on Friday, January 19, 2007.[/q]

[mikee293]

when do we find out who are Non Conference games are against?

[A-19]

any new info?

[Josh '99]

This is speculation, not information, but if the first scheduled conference game is Friday 11/3, and there's typically a game or two (nonconference or exhibition) the weekend before that, I'm guessing we're looking at Red/White on Saturday, 10/21.  (It can't be before the 10/15 official start date, right?  Because Saturday, 10/14 is Homecoming and football against Toothpaste, which would be good for R/W attendance; 10/21 the football team is at Brown.)

Anyway, assuming Red/White is Saturday, 10/21, that's only 209 days away.  *sigh*

[MINIteam8s]

The other big question - Where will this take place?

[Townie]

[quote miniteam8s]The other big question - Where will this take place?[/quote]

The building may be ready by season's start, but I wouldn't think that's likely.  Lynah should be ready by January.  The fall semester games will probably be played in a "nearby" rink, like Elmira, Binghamton or Syracuse.

[RatushnyFan]

I wonder if some of the second tier Hockey East teams (no disrespect intended) would be reasonable candidates to beef up schedule strength at least somewhat.  Vermont?  Mass-Lowell (most years, not always)?  Providence?  Schafer worked with Colgate's coach, right?  I think it's more exciting when you play different teams each night, so maybe partnering with them is a possibility down the line.  That said, Schafer has done a pretty good job of preparing the team for the tourney (and getting into the tourney) so although I've been an advocate of moving towards a tougher OOC schedule where possible, it's hard to argue with the results.

[DeltaOne81]

I think that's a good idea. If nothing else just to be interesting. If we can't get a schedule with the western powerhouses (ND, Minn, Wisc, Mich, MSU, etc) or the eastern ones (BU, BC, UNH, Maine, etc) in some years, then I certainly wouldn't object to a home and home agreement with a 'mid-level' team. Heck, we may even catch a Providence, UVM, Ferris, UNO, etc on an up year or two. We've done it before (Western Mich, although I realize there were deeper connections there).

You're right, we can't argue with the results. But it'd be fun to see the different matchups. Especially if it was PC or some away series I could make .

[Trotsky]

Looking forward, now would be a good time to try to angle for games against Wisconsin.  After that NCAA game, we would be a great draw out there, and it would be a much-anticipated rematch.  A pair there for a pair here would be best, but I'd even take just a pair there.  Cornell's proven themselves to be tier one.  The more tier one teams they can get on the schedule, the better.

[nyc94]

[quote Trotsky]Looking forward, now would be a good time to try to angle for games against Wisconsin.  After that NCAA game, we would be a great draw out there, and it would be a much-anticipated rematch.  A pair there for a pair here would be best, but I'd even take just a pair there.  Cornell's proven themselves to be tier one.  The more tier one teams they can get on the schedule, the better.[/quote]

I think we should suck it up and go west without reciprocity at least once even if only to have ammunition with other fans.  Hell, we might just get the road bonus in RPI.  With Lynah under construction we have to hit the road anyway although it's too late to do much scheduling now.

[Trotsky]

[quote nyc94]I think we should suck it up and go west without reciprocity at least once even if only to have ammunition with other fans.  Hell, we might just get the road bonus in RPI.  With Lynah under construction we have to hit the road anyway although it's too late to do much scheduling now.[/quote]

Yep, it's almost certainly too late to get on any tier one schedule for 06-07, and maybe even for 07-08.  I'd love to see Cornell and Colgate do a traveling pair to Denver/CC, for example.  If there's any way of making any of this happen within budget, Schafer will work it.

[nyc94]

[quote Trotsky]Yep, it's almost certainly too late to get on any tier one schedule for 06-07, and maybe even for 07-08.  I'd love to see Cornell and Colgate do a traveling pair to Denver/CC, for example.  If there's any way of making any of this happen within budget, Schafer will work it.[/quote]

Get SC Johnson to donate the corporate jet again (I think it was '02 that they used the jet to ferry recruiters to the Johnson school).