2007-2008 Schedule

Josh '99 · October 24, 2006, 11:57:21 AM

[quote redhair34][quote Jim Hyla]Scrimmages don't have to be complete games. You may play Red Zone offense-defense, practice punts and kickoffs, 4 on 4, PP and PK, etc..[/quote]

If las224 is asking about what distinguishes scrimmages from exhibition games, this is it. Both don't "count" but exhibitions take on the appearance/rules of real games.[/quote]And scrimmages are typically not open to the public, right?

derry22 · October 24, 2006, 05:41:31 PM

Is the BU game at MSG part of a two-fer and if so who else will we see?

Jim Hyla · October 24, 2006, 05:50:10 PM

[quote derry22]Is the BU game at MSG part of a two-fer and if so who else will we see?[/quote]At this point we don't know.

Jim Hyla · October 24, 2006, 05:51:57 PM

[quote Josh '99][quote redhair34][quote Jim Hyla]Scrimmages don't have to be complete games. You may play Red Zone offense-defense, practice punts and kickoffs, 4 on 4, PP and PK, etc..[/quote]

If las224 is asking about what distinguishes scrimmages from exhibition games, this is it. Both don't "count" but exhibitions take on the appearance/rules of real games.[/quote]And scrimmages are typically not open to the public, right?[/quote]No, many scrimmages are open. I think the IC-CU football scrimmages are open, as were some past lacrosse ones. Red-White has certainly been open.

Jim Hyla · October 24, 2006, 05:53:31 PM

[quote David Harding]Thanks for reporting the status.
Is it my browser, or are there two blanks lines after each game in the listing? Maybe the formatting could be tightened up.

EDIT: Now I see that you noticed the same effect http://elf.elynah.com/read.php?1,99428,99617#msg-99617. I'm looking with Netscape 6.2.3[/quote]Yeah, as you noted I've got this with Firefox, so it may be their issue. Do any other Firefox users have the same problem?

Rosey · October 24, 2006, 05:56:38 PM

[quote Jim Hyla]Do any other Firefox users have the same problem?[/quote]
Yes. The issue is the line breaks ("
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Kyle

Josh '99 · October 24, 2006, 06:21:04 PM

[quote Jim Hyla][quote Josh '99][quote redhair34][quote Jim Hyla]Scrimmages don't have to be complete games. You may play Red Zone offense-defense, practice punts and kickoffs, 4 on 4, PP and PK, etc..[/quote]

If las224 is asking about what distinguishes scrimmages from exhibition games, this is it. Both don't "count" but exhibitions take on the appearance/rules of real games.[/quote]And scrimmages are typically not open to the public, right?[/quote]No, many scrimmages are open. I think the IC-CU football scrimmages are open, as were some past lacrosse ones. Red-White has certainly been open.[/quote]Yeah, I guess that's a good point. Never mind. ::screwy::

je08 · February 08, 2007, 12:43:08 AM

I don't know if anyone pointed this out yet, but the 2008 ECAC Quarterfinals weekend conflicts with the first weekend of Cornell's spring break and the semis in Albany coincide with the second weekend of spring break. The playoff weekends are one week later (compared to Cornell's academic calendar) than they have been since at least 2005.

ursusminor · February 08, 2007, 02:19:12 AM

There is a USCHO Extra article from a couple of days ago about various interconference matchups for next season. http://www.uscho.com/news/id,13660/WaitTillNextYear.html

Relevant to Cornell:

QuoteAs for the Terriers' Thanksgiving plans, they are not as settled as some might expect. There has been speculation about a BU-Cornell game at Madison Square Garden, but this remains unconfirmed for now. "We're playing Cornell Thanksgiving weekend; we're not sure where," Terrier coach Jack Parker said.

QuoteAmong coaches we spoke to, there was some confusion about where BC will play its holiday tournament. One report had BC joining Maine, Cornell, and Clarkson at the Florida College Classic, but several others believed that BC would be accompany Air Force and RIT to the Dodge Holiday Classic, with the Golden Gophers hosting as usual.

Jacob '06 · February 08, 2007, 02:21:24 AM

[quote ursusminor]There is a USCHO Extra article about various interconferences matchups next season. http://www.uscho.com/news/id,13660/WaitTillNextYear.html

For Cornell:

QuoteAs for the Terriers' Thanksgiving plans, they are not as settled as some might expect. There has been speculation about a BU-Cornell game at Madison Square Garden, but this remains unconfirmed for now. "We're playing Cornell Thanksgiving weekend; we're not sure where," Terrier coach Jack Parker said.

QuoteAmong coaches we spoke to, there was some confusion about where BC will play its holiday tournament. One report had BC joining Maine, Cornell, and Clarkson at the Florida College Classic, but several others believed that BC would be accompany Air Force and RIT to the Dodge Holiday Classic, with the Golden Gophers hosting as usual.

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Minnesota wouldn't add a tough team like BC to their annual cupcake classic, so I expect to see them in Florida.

ursusminor · February 08, 2007, 02:26:27 AM

[quote Jacob '06][quote ursusminor]There is a USCHO Extra article about various interconferences matchups next season. http://www.uscho.com/news/id,13660/WaitTillNextYear.html

For Cornell:

QuoteAs for the Terriers' Thanksgiving plans, they are not as settled as some might expect. There has been speculation about a BU-Cornell game at Madison Square Garden, but this remains unconfirmed for now. "We're playing Cornell Thanksgiving weekend; we're not sure where," Terrier coach Jack Parker said.

QuoteAmong coaches we spoke to, there was some confusion about where BC will play its holiday tournament. One report had BC joining Maine, Cornell, and Clarkson at the Florida College Classic, but several others believed that BC would be accompany Air Force and RIT to the Dodge Holiday Classic, with the Golden Gophers hosting as usual.

[/quote]

Minnesota wouldn't add a tough team like BC to their annual cupcake classic, so I expect to see them in Florida.[/quote]
I would agree but for a different reason. BC will be playing in the Icebreaker at Minnesota along with Michigan and RPI. I suspect that someone mixed up when BC was going there. (I won't comment upon who the designated cupcake in the Ice Breaker will be. ::rolleyes:

ajec1 · February 08, 2007, 11:08:50 AM

The tentative document that I have seen says Florida will consist of us, Maine, UMass-Lowell and Clarkson (I wonder what song Estero will play after a Clarkson goal, what with no real fight song...). IIRC, the director of the Mariucci Holiday Classic did mention BC when talking about next year's field.

billhoward · February 09, 2007, 02:43:18 PM

With apologlies to Rich-you-know-who, Cornell-Maine plus UMass-Lowell plus Clarkson is not a great field for filling the place. Bringing in a powerhouse team with a big alumni base really makes the place rock the first night. Ohio State and Notre Dame were great for the tournament. UNH, too, for that matter. The bigger the school, the more likely you are to have alumni in the area or alumni interested in a nice late-December trip.

Problem may be that having Cornell and Maine as hosts represents a tough mountain for some teams to climb.

Trotsky · February 09, 2007, 05:38:49 PM

[quote billhoward]With apologlies to Rich-you-know-who, Cornell-Maine plus UMass-Lowell plus Clarkson is not a great field for filling the place. Bringing in a powerhouse team with a big alumni base really makes the place rock the first night. Ohio State and Notre Dame were great for the tournament. UNH, too, for that matter. The bigger the school, the more likely you are to have alumni in the area or alumni interested in a nice late-December trip.

Problem may be that having Cornell and Maine as hosts represents a tough mountain for some teams to climb.[/quote]

I think the problem here is that the big alumni schools are already tied to tourny obligations.

Here are the largest schools by enrollment in the US (probably an indicator of alumni numbers). Top D-1 hockey schools among them:

03 Ohio State
04 Minnesota
08 Michigan State
15 Wisconsin
18 Michigan
41 Wayne State
54 BU
68 Western Michigan
106 Harvard (?)

redGrinch · February 16, 2007, 12:42:08 AM

This quote is in this week's USCHO's ECACHL column. Grand Forks!?!

Schafer agreed, noting successful arrangements with BU, North Dakota and New Hampshire in the next few years.

"We could [buy home games], but we attempt to reciprocate," he said, referring to the commonly practiced art of paying smaller programs to play at your rink.

Schafer feels that Cornell requires "a minimum of 15 or 16 home games" to meet budget requirements, leaving only two or three games open for non-conference road trips.