Re: Utica College Pioneers '13-'14 = Lewiston or Bust
The hockey gods are surely pleased. Utica College gets the first home win in the "new and improved" Aud (as apposed to that other "Utica" team).
The Aud did seem cleaner than in the past. I must be honest, things were much better than I expected from the new management group. If you don't already know, the "new" team's management group has been given the contract for the running of the Aud. Is that normal operating procedure--that the main, but not exclusive, tenant run the facility for the governmental body who is ultimately responsible for said facility?
Not a fan of every vertical surface having sponsorship, however. Of course some of that displeasure is the knowledge that 100% of those "sponsorships" went to the new tenants, and none to the organization who has been tenants of the Aud longer than any major team. Any. Ever.
I found the changing of the light intensity of the video board bothersome. It often seemed that someone had turned out some lights off to the side when the board went from bright to dark.
Do we in fact know that the ice making capabilities were improved? If so, how? New chill plant? Pretty sure that the floor of the Aud was not touched, that no additional cooling tube were installed. Or is it just that there is now someone at the Aud (or consulting with the Aud) who knows how to make and maintain ice?
Huge test this weekend with Elmira on Friday (sorry about that Mr. Connor...I know you would prefer a Saturday game at Utica) and Hobart on Saturday. Also, was it just me, or is the new freshman goalie huge?
The hockey gods are surely pleased. Utica College gets the first home win in the "new and improved" Aud (as apposed to that other "Utica" team).
The Aud did seem cleaner than in the past. I must be honest, things were much better than I expected from the new management group. If you don't already know, the "new" team's management group has been given the contract for the running of the Aud. Is that normal operating procedure--that the main, but not exclusive, tenant run the facility for the governmental body who is ultimately responsible for said facility?
Not a fan of every vertical surface having sponsorship, however. Of course some of that displeasure is the knowledge that 100% of those "sponsorships" went to the new tenants, and none to the organization who has been tenants of the Aud longer than any major team. Any. Ever.
I found the changing of the light intensity of the video board bothersome. It often seemed that someone had turned out some lights off to the side when the board went from bright to dark.
Do we in fact know that the ice making capabilities were improved? If so, how? New chill plant? Pretty sure that the floor of the Aud was not touched, that no additional cooling tube were installed. Or is it just that there is now someone at the Aud (or consulting with the Aud) who knows how to make and maintain ice?
Huge test this weekend with Elmira on Friday (sorry about that Mr. Connor...I know you would prefer a Saturday game at Utica) and Hobart on Saturday. Also, was it just me, or is the new freshman goalie huge?
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