Congrats to BC, another dominating year for you guys. I was thinking of starting a thread about HE is now composed of BC and a bunch of dubs. Without a doubt the class of Hockey East, good luck in the NCAAs, I expect another banner
Merrimack's not too shabby, but I agree BC is the best team in the country.
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Re: Boston College Hockey 2010-2011, Part III - Championship Season Has Begun
Having to go to St Louis is ridiculous. Since BC doesn't give a **** about hockey, the fans that set an attendance record this year are lucky to have this game on TV (and not have to watch on ESPN3). I know the team doesn't care but this is really ridiculous for the fanbase.
I'm encouraging everyone to leave a note on their Facebook page or call the office at 617-552-4681. Not that they'll care, but it will show that someone out there is paying attention and supporting the team, even if the athletic dept won't.
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I was thinking, sheesh CC is a tough draw. Then I saw that they were 4 games over .500.
That could be deceiving. Heck NU had a losing record but was a tough draw for BC. But I'm confident they can survive this bracket with the Wolverines, Mavericks, and Tigers.
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Re: Boston College Hockey 2010-2011, Part III - Championship Season Has Begun
I fully support the idea of BC (or BU or Northeastern) bidding to host a regional, but just out of curiosity, where would you guys want it to take place? I know BU hosted in Worcester before. Would you want to see that, or would you want to see a bid to have it at Conte? Obviously the NCAA likes to avoid campus sites whenever possible, but it seems like the regionals are on campus out west every year or two. I don't think they've been on campus in the east since Mullins hosted 5 or 6 years ago, though.
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I fully support the idea of BC (or BU or Northeastern) bidding to host a regional, but just out of curiosity, where would you guys want it to take place? I know BU hosted in Worcester before. Would you want to see that, or would you want to see a bid to have it at Conte? Obviously the NCAA likes to avoid campus sites whenever possible, but it seems like the regionals are on campus out west every year or two. I don't think they've been on campus in the east since Mullins hosted 5 or 6 years ago, though.
Used to happen out west, but it created some god-awful controversies -- like a higher seeded team having to play Michigan at Yost. I think they'd like to avoid it, but for a long time out west there weren't very many suitable venues, and there weren't enough places that submitted bids. Don't have a good answer for you though. Holy Cross has been the host the last couple of times in Worcester and Providence is a more logical host for Providence.
Re: Boston College Hockey 2010-2011, Part III - Championship Season Has Begun
Assuming they can't do Worcester for fear of stepping on Jack's toes, Providence is the obvious answer. But PC might put up a stink. Same problem with the Portland Civic Center and Maine or Hartford and UConn.
Mohegan Sun Arena is probably a bad option, I don't know if it's big enough or if it can host hockey. Plus BC wants nothing to do with anything remotely tied to gambling.
URI is building a new rink so that may be a possibility but I don't know how big it would be. Technically not a "campus" arena since they don't have an NCAA team (yet).
This leaves the two viable options as FleetCenter, which may be too big or too expensive but if ScottTrade Center can do it, we can too. The other option is MassMutual Center in Springfield which seems to host a lot of NCAA events.
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