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They need to work on scheduling, too, and stop the goofy Friday afternoon games when students are in class and people are at work. Find a way to schedule Saturday/Sunday series, when a crowd is available, and make it work around men's and women's hockey - stop making the women's schedule have to...
In the PWHL draft top three, Harvey, yes...Murphy, yes...but Edwards? Over Janecke? Edwards has a good shot, and that's about the end of her game. The PWHL is full of players with a good shot - and a 200-foot game. Why do you think Team USA put her at defense?
I do have to agree with this. I don't think many people consider Janecke's complete game - they only look at goals and assists. If she was a more selfish player she could've logged a lot more points, but Penn State wouldn't be any better for it. What she's done is make the players around her...
It's kind of funny, but I remember not liking Mark Johnson in college when he played for Wisconsin, because when they would come to Duluth he'd usually be a pain in the arse to UMD. But I do respect him as a coach, and always have.
If you're going to the 4:30 Wisconsin fan gathering at Brothers Bar and Grill downtown, there's a parking deck on Fraser Street a block away (you won't find a spot downtown).
Still crazy at $225 a night, but here's an event rental five minutes from campus: https://pennstate.craigslist.org/vac/d/university-park-penn-state-nittany/7912760936.html
Back when they first announced that a new 6000-seat hockey arena was being built, I assumed the plans would include a parking deck for a crowd like that, but nope, and that's been my biggest gripe since the arena was built.
Tru by Hilton in Bellefonte (about 15 minutes from campus) is showing $500something for two nights, which is still insane. That's how it goes around here, thanks to the football crowd who is more than happy to come to town and throw money around.
That's probably accurate - when they hosted the Frozen Four in 2022 (and Penn State wasn't playing), they had just over 3,600 show up for the semifinals, but for the championship game only 2,008 showed up.
Being sixth in average attendance isn't an accomplishment - it's just better than 39 other teams, so "not high enough" attendance isn't exclusively a Penn State thing.
According to USCHO (https://www.uscho.com/stats/attendance/division-i-women), Penn State's average crowd is #6 out of the 45 D-1 women's hockey teams. "No fan base" isn't a very good dig.
They've only used one side of the arena for women's hockey since the arena first opened - same as many others do, because it makes $en$e to them: fewer ushers, fewer security, fewer janitorial staff, etc etc. And obviously the atmosphere on TV/streaming looks better, but that's secondary.
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