Running College Hockey Thread

zizzer · Feb 11, 2007

JR said:

And what the hell is Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute?
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Don't be hatin' on the school that produced Joe Juneau and Adam Oates, not to mention the greatest college hockey coach of all time - Ned Harkness (too bad he sucked with the Red Wings when he left Cornell). Plus, they've got the dumbest logo in sports history - Puckman
<img src="http://www.rpiathletics.com/images/hockey/2007/1/19/Puckman1.jpg">

In all seriousness, RPI's got a pair of NCAA titles under its belt, even one as recently as 1985 - not bad for a school that plays with the big boys only in ice hockey, and is D3 (small school) in everything else.

slappy4428 · Feb 11, 2007

Ned Harkness... rah, rah.

Ordered the sports tier on cable last night solely to watch Michigan-Michigan State (stations on the tier otherwise suck -- three Fox stations, a soccer stationESPNNews and a couple of other worthless things).
Going to ditch it after college hockey season , but for now -- gotta love a 3-3 tie with a team scoring with 1:51 left to tie it...

wickedwritah · Feb 11, 2007

Michael_ Gee said:

The Boston-New Yorkcentric world view from Bristol, Conn. has been mentioned on so many threads on this board I'm surprised anyone wonders why if ESPN shows a hockey tournament, it'll be the Beanpot.
The Beanpot, while still a big deal here, is on a gentle decline that should become steeper. My son is a BU student, and he and his peers by and large see the tourney as a sideshow in their endless rivalry with BC. It's a poor fourth behind regular season games with BC, the Hockey East tournament, and the NCAAs.
The Beanpot is for alumni fund-raising. It's a non-BCS bowl game.
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For whoever asked, big chunks of the BC and Harvard campuses are in Boston proper. Harvard's arena is in Boston (Allston), not Cambridge.

I think leaving the old Garden has diminished The Beanpot's luster.

Speaking of old barns ... now that BU is out of Walter Brown Arena, I can't think of any true bandboxes in Hockey East anymore. Merrimack, maybe? Never been up there. The old Tully Forum, which last I checked still is in use for high school games, was similar.

And KP is right. Merrimack has no place being in Hockey East.

cougargirl · Feb 11, 2007

wicked said:

Michael_ Gee said:

The Boston-New Yorkcentric world view from Bristol, Conn. has been mentioned on so many threads on this board I'm surprised anyone wonders why if ESPN shows a hockey tournament, it'll be the Beanpot.
The Beanpot, while still a big deal here, is on a gentle decline that should become steeper. My son is a BU student, and he and his peers by and large see the tourney as a sideshow in their endless rivalry with BC. It's a poor fourth behind regular season games with BC, the Hockey East tournament, and the NCAAs.
The Beanpot is for alumni fund-raising. It's a non-BCS bowl game.
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For whoever asked, big chunks of the BC and Harvard campuses are in Boston proper. Harvard's arena is in Boston (Allston), not Cambridge.

I think leaving the old Garden has diminished The Beanpot's luster.

Speaking of old barns ... now that BU is out of Walter Brown Arena, I can't think of any true bandboxes in Hockey East anymore. Merrimack, maybe? Never been up there. The old Tully Forum, which last I checked still is in use for high school games, was similar.

And KP is right. Merrimack has no place being in Hockey East.
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Merrimack does have a place in HE - hell, each conference needs a perennial doormat that can boast a one-time NHLer. As for the arena, it's on par with a typical high school arena. At one point this season Merrimack played at the nearby Chelmsford Forum. (Both arenas also host the annual Hockey Night In Boston summer showcase.)

As far as the barns go, gotta love the Alfond in Orono.

As for RPI, don't go overlooking Mike Addesa. (that means you, zizzer )

slappy4428 · Feb 11, 2007

Zeke12 said:

I love the coverage of the Beanpot, but I'd rather have complete coverage of the midseason college hockey showcase with Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Michigan State.

That's four teams that are good every year, and who don't play each other otherwise.
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Good luck getting college hockey on relatively mainstream TV over Thanksgiving weekend...

wickedwritah · Feb 11, 2007

It's still weird seeing Vermont in the Hockey East standings.

zizzer · Feb 11, 2007

cougargirl said:

wicked said:

Michael_ Gee said:

The Boston-New Yorkcentric world view from Bristol, Conn. has been mentioned on so many threads on this board I'm surprised anyone wonders why if ESPN shows a hockey tournament, it'll be the Beanpot.
The Beanpot, while still a big deal here, is on a gentle decline that should become steeper. My son is a BU student, and he and his peers by and large see the tourney as a sideshow in their endless rivalry with BC. It's a poor fourth behind regular season games with BC, the Hockey East tournament, and the NCAAs.
The Beanpot is for alumni fund-raising. It's a non-BCS bowl game.
Click to expand...

For whoever asked, big chunks of the BC and Harvard campuses are in Boston proper. Harvard's arena is in Boston (Allston), not Cambridge.

I think leaving the old Garden has diminished The Beanpot's luster.

Speaking of old barns ... now that BU is out of Walter Brown Arena, I can't think of any true bandboxes in Hockey East anymore. Merrimack, maybe? Never been up there. The old Tully Forum, which last I checked still is in use for high school games, was similar.

And KP is right. Merrimack has no place being in Hockey East.
Click to expand...

Merrimack does have a place in HE - hell, each conference needs a perennial doormat that can boast a one-time NHLer. As for the arena, it's on par with a typical high school arena. At one point this season Merrimack played at the nearby Chelmsford Forum. (Both arenas also host the annual Hockey Night In Boston summer showcase.)
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I first read that as: Merrimack has a place in HE - hell.

Sorry about the omission, cougs.... was just at RPI this weekend and sadly enough, they didn't have any banners of your boy....

Oz · Feb 11, 2007

cougargirl said:

As far as the barns go, gotta love the Alfond in Orono.
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Good call, I heard that place has an amazing atmosphere.

cougargirl · Feb 11, 2007

zizzer said:

cougargirl said:

wicked said:

Michael_ Gee said:

The Boston-New Yorkcentric world view from Bristol, Conn. has been mentioned on so many threads on this board I'm surprised anyone wonders why if ESPN shows a hockey tournament, it'll be the Beanpot.
The Beanpot, while still a big deal here, is on a gentle decline that should become steeper. My son is a BU student, and he and his peers by and large see the tourney as a sideshow in their endless rivalry with BC. It's a poor fourth behind regular season games with BC, the Hockey East tournament, and the NCAAs.
The Beanpot is for alumni fund-raising. It's a non-BCS bowl game.
Click to expand...

For whoever asked, big chunks of the BC and Harvard campuses are in Boston proper. Harvard's arena is in Boston (Allston), not Cambridge.

I think leaving the old Garden has diminished The Beanpot's luster.

Speaking of old barns ... now that BU is out of Walter Brown Arena, I can't think of any true bandboxes in Hockey East anymore. Merrimack, maybe? Never been up there. The old Tully Forum, which last I checked still is in use for high school games, was similar.

And KP is right. Merrimack has no place being in Hockey East.
Click to expand...

Merrimack does have a place in HE - hell, each conference needs a perennial doormat that can boast a one-time NHLer. As for the arena, it's on par with a typical high school arena. At one point this season Merrimack played at the nearby Chelmsford Forum. (Both arenas also host the annual Hockey Night In Boston summer showcase.)
Click to expand...

I first read that as: Merrimack has a place in HE - hell.

Sorry about the omission, cougs.... was just at RPI this weekend and sadly enough, they didn't have any banners of your boy....
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Do you know who that is?

zizzer · Feb 11, 2007

I know he's the coach from the team that won the 85 title.... that's about it.... is there more?

cougargirl · Feb 11, 2007

zizzer said:

I know he's the coach from the team that won the 85 title.... that's about it.... is there more?
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Did you have to google that?

zizzer · Feb 11, 2007

nope, found it in the RPI media guide! ;D

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