Re: UNH Wildcats 2019/2020 Ready to Rock and Roll!!
Dan, last year I got to the arena one night relatively early with a couple of friends. This was about the time that we had first heard rumors of downsizing the rink. We walked around the rink and tried to make some rudimentary calculations. We came to the conclusion that Knocking off 15 feet, 7 1/2 on each side, appears to be a lot of work. Not only do you have to reduce the ice size and, with it, the refrigeration system, but you also have to move the boards and glass and reconfigure seating. How much is this going to cost and how long is it going to take? Plus, if HR’s comments are correct, there would have to be a capital campaign to get this done. If so, in my mind that means that everything else related to hockey would be on hold. So what good would that do? It would take a few years to raise the money, at least another year to get the work done, and for what? If the University is going to spend additional money on the hockey program, spend it on something that will make it more competitive - larger recruiting budget, the stipends Dan mentions, upgraded weight room. Thinking that reducing the size of the rink is automatically going to make UNH more competitive is ridiculous. There’s only one thing that does that and it’s the product on the ice.
Dan, last year I got to the arena one night relatively early with a couple of friends. This was about the time that we had first heard rumors of downsizing the rink. We walked around the rink and tried to make some rudimentary calculations. We came to the conclusion that Knocking off 15 feet, 7 1/2 on each side, appears to be a lot of work. Not only do you have to reduce the ice size and, with it, the refrigeration system, but you also have to move the boards and glass and reconfigure seating. How much is this going to cost and how long is it going to take? Plus, if HR’s comments are correct, there would have to be a capital campaign to get this done. If so, in my mind that means that everything else related to hockey would be on hold. So what good would that do? It would take a few years to raise the money, at least another year to get the work done, and for what? If the University is going to spend additional money on the hockey program, spend it on something that will make it more competitive - larger recruiting budget, the stipends Dan mentions, upgraded weight room. Thinking that reducing the size of the rink is automatically going to make UNH more competitive is ridiculous. There’s only one thing that does that and it’s the product on the ice.
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