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Originally posted by Ralph Baer View Post
Mundinger is a grad transfer. So he definitely can play.
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Well, looks like games at the Coliseum may be out of the question for this year. I still think, with their Brooklyn campus around the corner, that games at Barclays may happen against some of the bigger names down the line. https://twitter.com/jimbaumbach/stat...972011522?s=21
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Originally posted by sezenack View PostLIU just picked up former RPI d-man Mat Harris. Harris had been cut after the 2018-19 season but stayed this year to graduate from the school. He will have 2 years of eligibilityLast edited by rpi82; 06-16-2020, 09:40 PM.
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Originally posted by HofstraHockey View PostWell, looks like games at the Coliseum may be out of the question for this year. I still think, with their Brooklyn campus around the corner, that games at Barclays may happen against some of the bigger names down the line. https://twitter.com/jimbaumbach/stat...972011522?s=21
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Originally posted by HofstraHockey View PostWell, looks like games at the Coliseum may be out of the question for this year. I still think, with their Brooklyn campus around the corner, that games at Barclays may happen against some of the bigger names down the line. https://twitter.com/jimbaumbach/stat...972011522?s=21"The use of common sense and logic will not be tolerated and may result in fine and/or suspension."- Western Professional Hockey League By-laws. 1999-2000.
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Originally posted by rpi82 View Post
Perhaps, but Barclay's management considered the Islanders an annoyance, much less a college team. The building was designed without any consideration for hockey and then they jury-rigged an ice arrangement for the Islanders, which resulted in nearly unanimous complaints about the ice. Once the Belmont arena opens I think it might be a more natural facility for a game or two per year. It's 1/2 way between LIU's two campuses and it's designed for hockey so it will have ice in place without special conversion and, perhaps, more friendly management.
And how are they going to pay for it? The same way that a college basketball weekend featuring Wisconsin, Auburn, Richmond, and New Mexico does (currently scheduled for this Nov)- sell some tickets to alumni and people in town for a vacation. This obviously isn't for when they're playing Niagra or AIC, this is when Michigan or BU or Cornell comes to town. Unless, of course, you think this LIU-St. Peters game there was a big time money maker https://www.barclayscenter.com/event...eters-20191204 (the announced attendance, by the way, was 681)Last edited by HofstraHockey; 06-16-2020, 11:27 PM.
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Originally posted by HofstraHockey View Post
The ice plant at Barclays with built with college hockey (and ice shows) in mind. 41 games, absolutely not. Special event hockey games- why else would they have put it in?
And how are they going to pay for it? The same way that a college basketball weekend featuring Wisconsin, Auburn, Richmond, and New Mexico does (currently scheduled for this Nov)- sell some tickets to alumni and people in town for a vacation. This obviously isn't for when they're playing Niagra or AIC, this is when Michigan or BU or Cornell comes to town. Unless, of course, you think this LIU-St. Peters game there was a big time money maker https://www.barclayscenter.com/event...eters-20191204 (the announced attendance, by the way, was 681)
Barclay's, or any part of it, wasn't designed with college hockey in mind. If the awful hockey layout that was created for the Islanders wasn't a clue (pushed to one side with most seats remaining at that end obstructed view or just not sold), here is the description from the Barclay's Center website when they started construction:
"The 850,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art sports and entertainment venue will be home to the professional basketball team the Brooklyn Nets. For the first time since the Dodgers left in 1957, Brooklyn will have a major league sports team to call its own. The Barclays Center will welcome some of the most exciting sports and entertainment events in the world: concerts, fine arts performances, circuses, college basketball games, ice shows, and music award shows are just some of the possibilities."
Note what was missing - any mention of hockey (not even an NHL exhibition game). That's why they installed a PVC-based system for their primary use - ice shows. Below is another article which cites the developer's own plan for the arena schedule. Once again, it doesn't mention hockey, much less college hockey.
https://www.netsdaily.com/2007/8/26/...about-brooklyn
They need to field a team and get competitive before inviting Michigan, Cornell or any other program to play at a major arena and, even then, they'd be better served using one whose design and cost structure give them a chance for success.Last edited by rpi82; 06-17-2020, 12:47 AM.
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Originally posted by rpi82 View Post
You are comparing apples and oranges. There's relatively little cost to hosting a college basketball game, particularly one using the Nets floor as LIU and St. Peter's did. In fact, the same floor was used for a Net's game the night before and a high school hoops festival the next day. It's something else to have to pull up the floor, make ice (they aren't going to keep ice under the basketball floor with no hockey tenant), install boards and then reverse the process for another basketball game in subsequent days.
Barclay's, or any part of it, wasn't designed with college hockey in mind. If the awful hockey layout that was created for the Islanders wasn't a clue (pushed to one side with most seats remaining at that end obstructed view or just not sold), here is the description from the Barclay's Center website when they started construction:
"The 850,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art sports and entertainment venue will be home to the professional basketball team the Brooklyn Nets. For the first time since the Dodgers left in 1957, Brooklyn will have a major league sports team to call its own. The Barclays Center will welcome some of the most exciting sports and entertainment events in the world: concerts, fine arts performances, circuses, college basketball games, ice shows, and music award shows are just some of the possibilities."
Note what was missing - any mention of hockey (not even an NHL exhibition game). That's why they installed a PVC-based system for their primary use - ice shows. Below is another article which cites the developer's own plan for the arena schedule. Once again, it doesn't mention hockey, much less college hockey.
https://www.netsdaily.com/2007/8/26/...about-brooklyn
They need to field a team and get competitive before inviting Michigan, Cornell or any other program to play at a major arena and, even then, they'd be better served using one whose design and cost structure give them a chance for success.
Their women's team got Wisconsin to show up last year, and I can't imagine all 18 of the DI games they already have scheduled are on the road. The Islanders will be in Brooklyn next year, unless someone comes and drops a cool $100 mil in debt payments to pick up the lease on an empty building. Ice will be there.
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Fine. The women's team lost 12-0 at the Coliseum before an announced crowd of 83 (roughly 1/3 of what they drew the night before in Syosset) for an early season date between Islanders games so they didn't have to pay to convert the now bankrupt arena. If they want to lose 12-0 with their first year men's team during the last year there may be regular ice at Barclays go for it. Then again, the Islanders have been back at Barclays for about 24 hours and the NHL/NBA schedules for next season are, at best, guesses as they try to figure out how to finish this season, so it's highly unlikely they even know when the ice will be available. After this season Barclays will be out of the hockey business and it will be Belmont or bust if they have dreams of playing an occasional arena game.Last edited by rpi82; 06-17-2020, 10:15 AM.
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LIU is on a list of NY schools which may go out of business. https://www.syracuse.com/coronavirus...ysis-says.html. SLU is also on that list.
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Well that sure would be a twistIf you want to be a BADGER, just come along with me
BRING BACK PAT RICHTER!!!
At his graduation ceremony from the U of Minnesota, my cousin got a keychain. When asked what UW gave her for graduation, my sister said, "A degree from a University that matters."
Canned music is a pathetic waste of your time.
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