The New WCHA 3, Revenge of the Sieve (2013-14)

[MavHockey14]

Re: The New WCHA 3, Revenge of the Sieve (2013-14)

Due to an unfortunate medical condition, Minnesota State's fourth leading scorer from a year ago, senior Zach Lehrke will not play his final season in Mankato. This is a very unfortunate set if circumstances for one of the toughest kids to play the game. All the best, Zach. Thanks for your commitment to Maverick Hockey.

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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If you're expecting to get a feed from your team's exhibition games this weekend, don't bet on it. Looks like the America One deal only covers WCHA league games.

EDIT: On second thought, this BC/UAA game is not being held at the Sully. Might be why America One isn't showing it.

[AKJD]

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Nice! I don't know if it's an oversight, or if this is actually what they intend, but it looks like the WCHA package is working for exhibition games. I'm watching NMU and the USNDP U-18 right now, for no extra charge! And it actually looks pretty good too, dunno about "full HD", but it's definitely not bad, and smooth too.

[stuckinwi]

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Nice! I don't know if it's an oversight, or if this is actually what they intend, but it looks like the WCHA package is working for exhibition games. I'm watching NMU and the USNDP U-18 right now, for no extra charge! And it actually looks pretty good too, dunno about "full HD", but it's definitely not bad, and smooth too.

We are also watching BG warmup as well... The PnP is awesome. Switching feeds is quick and easy. This is leaps and bounds above Tech's old crap.

[AKJD]

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Yeah, I've got all three going. Whatever reservations I had about this setup, are gone. Sure, free would be better, but if the whole season works like this, I'll consider it well worth the cost.

[aygwm2]

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NMU only has one home non-con game, but do you think the showing of these ex-games means the package will be showing home WCHA non-con games? I wasn't expecting that in the package.

I caught the tail end of the NMU vs USA D-Team 1st period and it looks good.

[AKJD]

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I guess we'll find out for sure when it happens, but it looks like it. I was expecting to have to buy at least 7 non-league games separately, since there weren't any month(team) or tournament packages available like there used to be. But with it working now, I'm hoping that they're showing all WCHA teams' home games, league or otherwise.

Unless this is just a warm up weekend, making sure everything works right. I suppose that's a possibility since they're exhibition games, but I hope not.

[stuckinwi]

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NMU only has one home non-con game, but do you think the showing of these ex-games means the package will be showing home WCHA non-con games? I wasn't expecting that in the package.

I caught the tail end of the NMU vs USA D-Team 1st period and it looks good.

Sure seems that way. We bought as Tech fans. And are watching them all.

[gfmorris]

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The BG feed looked HD; the UA_ feed did not.

GFM <— going upstairs to the bigger monitor to watch that game.

[gfmorris]

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Also, this answers the "will A1 accept radio simulcast" question. I had heard that F1S wanted a two-man crew solely for their broadcasts.

GFM

[gfmorris]

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Good job by the Bulldogs crushing Colgate.

GFM

[MavHockey14]

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If for any reason at all any of you want to read the little preview I put together for Minnesota State, see our season thread.

Best of luck to everyone as the rest of us kick the season off here shortly.

[tunahead08]

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I bought the Mankato vs Lethbridge game last night on America One Sports. Quality was definitely much better than years past. It's not as nice as what you'd see on ESPN or Big 10's streaming, but it's definitely watchable. I went ahead and ordered the WCHA package after the game.

[moose97]

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With college hockey season starting to ramp up, that makes this the perfect time to make official what seemed likely 3-4 months ago - the death of College Hockey Tonight/The Hockey Show.

Scott Williams and I have co-hosted the radio program for the last 14 years, and had hoped that we could find a way to continue despite my move to Traverse City this past June. Unfortunately, we just couldn't find a workable solution. It certainly wasn't a lack of interest in doing the show on either of our parts. I will certainly miss being associated with Bemidji State University Athletics and talking with all the coaches around the sport.

It's been a great run. Thanks for the memories.

[bigblue_dl]

Re: The New WCHA 3, Revenge of the Sieve (2013-14)

With college hockey season starting to ramp up, that makes this the perfect time to make official what seemed likely 3-4 months ago - the death of College Hockey Tonight/The Hockey Show.

Scott Williams and I have co-hosted the radio program for the last 14 years, and had hoped that we could find a way to continue despite my move to Traverse City this past June. Unfortunately, we just couldn't find a workable solution. It certainly wasn't a lack of interest in doing the show on either of our parts. I will certainly miss being associated with Bemidji State University Athletics and talking with all the coaches around the sport.

It's been a great run. Thanks for the memories.

That is too bad. I completely missed that you moved to Michigan.