Utica Home Game and NYS High Shcool Final Four...

[radiox]

If anyone has that the Utica College was awarded a home game in the NCAA tournament the same weekend as the NS High School Final four....the last semi-final for the high schools is 5pm..Utia game at 7pm....this is a time crunch becasue NCAA protocol says you have to be on the ice 37 minutes before the game but the hig school game.. especially the other three games go into OT..does the NCAA budge or NYS

There probably wont be any hotels either...ncaa does not like that...slu men's soccer got a home playoff game stripped from them by the ncaa becuase there were not enough hotels when alot of stuff was going on....could Utica get stripped of an NCAA this late in the game or early this week

there are four games for high schools beginning at 9:30, 12pm, 2:30, 5pm...Utica gamea t 7pm...major issues

[Pioneerfan11]

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If anyone has that the Utica College was awarded a home game in the NCAA tournament the same weekend as the NS High School Final four....the last semi-final for the high schools is 5pm..Utia game at 7pm....this is a time crunch becasue NCAA protocol says you have to be on the ice 37 minutes before the game but the hig school game.. especially the other three games go into OT..does the NCAA budge or NYS

There probably wont be any hotels either...ncaa does not like that...slu men's soccer got a home playoff game stripped from them by the ncaa becuase there were not enough hotels when alot of stuff was going on....could Utica get stripped of an NCAA this late in the game or early this week

there are four games for high schools beginning at 9:30, 12pm, 2:30, 5pm...Utica gamea t 7pm...major issues

The game is not scheduled to start until 8:30

[PSUChamps2001]

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I guess the biggest question is practice time and locker rooms. I wonder what would happen if Bowdoin and or U MASS DARTMOUTH put up a fuss about the "late" start time when the NCAA states all games should be at 7:00pm. Or the potential for a much later start then 8:30pm. Can you imagine a 9:45 or 10:00pm START its very possible. Not sure how tbey are fitting in practice times either. Would love to hear from Bowdoin staff or U MASS DARTMOUTH how they feel about it....

[norm1909]

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I guess the biggest question is practice time and locker rooms. I wonder what would happen if Bowdoin and or U MASS DARTMOUTH put up a fuss about the "late" start time when the NCAA states all games should be at 7:00pm. Or the potential for a much later start then 8:30pm. Can you imagine a 9:45 or 10:00pm START its very possible. Not sure how tbey are fitting in practice times either. Would love to hear from Bowdoin staff or U MASS DARTMOUTH how they feel about it....

Times and sequence of games are tentative and may be changed by the Division III Men’s Ice Hockey Committee.

[sshablak]

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I detect some "sour grapes here"!!

[UCBadger]

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8:30 works for me, as I have to go to a girls HS bouncy ball game in Syracuse at 4:00 on Saturday!

[polarbearfan]

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As a Bowdoin fan, I would rather see the boys play on a nice clean sheet of ice but it really isn't a huge deal since Utica is going to be playing under the same circumstances. If the full practice time is not at the Aud however, I would be a little peeved that the boys didn't get a chance to get a feel for the sheet size/boards.

Of course, gotta get there first!

[Russell Jaslow]

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The game is not scheduled to start until 8:30

Hold on a second. The Utica game starts at 8:30? Where did I miss that?

Crap. I think I'm staying home...

[Russell Jaslow]

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I detect some "sour grapes here"!!

The person who started this thread is from Potsdam. I don't think he cares where the game is. From his experience concerning a SLU soccer playoff game, he raised a legitimate concern.

[Russell Jaslow]

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There probably wont be any hotels either...ncaa does not like that...slu men's soccer got a home playoff game stripped from them by the ncaa becuase there were not enough hotels when alot of stuff was going on....could Utica get stripped of an NCAA this late in the game or early this week

There is a wee bit more hotel space in Utica (which can include Rome, Whitesboro, Westmoreland, New Hartford) than in Canton (which can include what ... Potsdam?). I can't see that being an issue.

[norm1909]

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There is a wee bit more hotel space in Utica (which can include Rome, Whitesboro, Westmoreland, New Hartford) than in Canton (which can include what ... Potsdam?). I can't see that being an issue.

Hey if Massena was good enough for the Bears, fans could stay there too (or here)

[UCBadger]

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There is a wee bit more hotel space in Utica (which can include Rome, Whitesboro, Westmoreland, New Hartford) than in Canton (which can include what ... Potsdam?). I can't see that being an issue.

Plus there are three new hotels in the area in the past few years (two just opened this fall), two Hamptons and a Holiday Inn Express.

[Saints17]

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Wait did you guys say " a Bears fan" OR "THE Bears fan", since I don't recall mentioning anything about Utica's game.

[joecct]

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Plus there are three new hotels in the area in the past few years (two just opened this fall), two Hamptons and a Holiday Inn Express.

If they had a Holiday Inn Express when I was there, I would have graduated summa cum laude.

[Russell Jaslow]

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If they had a Holiday Inn Express when I was there, I would have graduated summa cum laude.

Ummm, Joe, he was talking about new hotels in Utica. I don't think a Holiday Inn Express would have even been able to help you...