Michigan Tech 2011-12 Season Thread, Part II: You're gonna need a bigger bandwagon.

[crazytechfan]

Weak, when we had a snow day my freshman year MEg, Twitch, Boosh, some others and I drove to Minnesota to watch hockey

They fly to CC though.

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Re: Michigan Tech 2011-12 Season Thread, Part II: You're gonna need a bigger bandwago

More likely they fly to DIA, then bus down to the Springs.

EDIT: Forgot that they also bus to MSP. Stephen Anderson confirms via Twitter that they practiced at the Mooch today, and fly out tomorrow.

[JOHN SCOTT ROCKS]

Re: Michigan Tech 2011-12 Season Thread, Part II: You're gonna need a bigger bandwago

Phillips could still come in 2012. It's still up in the air. Kinda depends on whether Phillips is willing to play another year or juniors. Not really much more to say.

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I see Sturos is listed as a 2013 recruit on THG. Is this confirmed?

[crazytechfan]

More likely they fly to DIA, then bus down to the Springs.

EDIT: Forgot that they also bus to MSP. Stephen Anderson confirms via Twitter that they practiced at the Mooch today, and fly out tomorrow.

Yeah, I was thinking they fly out of here, as they do for some games.

[Shirtless Guy]

Re: Michigan Tech 2011-12 Season Thread, Part II: You're gonna need a bigger bandwago

Spoke with Damon and Mel tonight. They were at the Minnetonka vs Benilde-St Margaret hockey game scouting players after the huskies practice. Huskies came down here so they could practice on big ice before flying to CC, I highly doubt they fly to denver since flights can be booked in advance.

As for Sturos he is a 2013 or beyond as are all the "2013" recruits on Tech Hockey Guide.

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Re: Michigan Tech 2011-12 Season Thread, Part II: You're gonna need a bigger bandwago

I was always told that flying into KCOS is expensive. Maybe it's not, or maybe the "I'm feeling richer because Mel Pearson is our coach" effect got the department to cough up the extra money.

[Flashy Man]

I was always told that flying into KCOS is expensive. Maybe it's not, or maybe the "I'm feeling richer because Mel Pearson is our coach" effect got the department to cough up the extra money.

I've looked at flights before to Denver. In one instance it was cheaper to book a flight to COS with a layover in DEN and walk out of the airport in Denver than book just the first leg.

[The Rube]

Re: Michigan Tech 2011-12 Season Thread, Part II: You're gonna need a bigger bandwago

Flights are fairly cheap to COS (layover in DIA) from MSP. I may have made that flight a few times.

[mtu_huskies]

Re: Michigan Tech 2011-12 Season Thread, Part II: You're gonna need a bigger bandwago

I really like the idea of getting to Mariucci to get a practice in on the big ice sheet, I think we did that before the Mankato weekend too. It's like having an olympic size practice rink!

[manurespreader]

Re: Michigan Tech 2011-12 Season Thread, Part II: You're gonna need a bigger bandwago

Direct flights to the springs are slightly more money on both United out of o hare and delta out of msp, however it's not enough to justify the ground transportation costs from denver airport which is out in the boonies. There are however fewer flights, and they are on RJ aircraft and not main line. meaning less reliable, more lost bags, smaller seats if you are tall, and the window is for midgets.
If you buy one well ahead, Cos is sometimes slightly less than Den. For instance right now den is 296, cheapest out of msp and cos is 286, however the number of these seats is limited, the more normal cost is 520 or so. The airlines do not like to sell a bunch of seats to one entity at the discount fare.
Out of Houghton on united is two flights and the costs is almost 800 per person to cos while Den is 502. However the 502 is misleading as once again they won't sell 30 tickets to anyone at this price. Also don't forget out of msp you had to hire a bus from Houghton, for quite a bit, so the cheap flight isn't so cheap any more..

I could go on in great detail but you get the idea.

[Shirtless Guy]

Re: Michigan Tech 2011-12 Season Thread, Part II: You're gonna need a bigger bandwago

Direct flights to the springs are slightly more money on both United out of o hare and delta out of msp, however it's not enough to justify the ground transportation costs from denver airport which is out in the boonies. There are however fewer flights, and they are on RJ aircraft and not main line. meaning less reliable, more lost bags, smaller seats if you are tall, and the window is for midgets.
If you buy one well ahead, Cos is sometimes slightly less than Den. For instance right now den is 296, cheapest out of msp and cos is 286, however the number of these seats is limited, the more normal cost is 520 or so. The airlines do not like to sell a bunch of seats to one entity at the discount fare.
Out of Houghton on united is two flights and the costs is almost 800 per person to cos while Den is 502. However the 502 is misleading as once again they won't sell 30 tickets to anyone at this price. Also don't forget out of msp you had to hire a bus from Houghton, for quite a bit, so the cheap flight isn't so cheap any more..

I could go on in great detail but you get the idea.

Question for you, when I buy a ticket, I have to declare that it's for me when I buy it, so how exactly does Michigan Tech buy 30 tickets way in advance for this weekend when they don't know who is making the trip?