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2013-2014 Minnesota Gophers Future Schedule and Beyond

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4four4

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Nothing is in concrete but here is the future Minnesota Gophers hockey schedule.

10 BTHC Home Games
10 BTHC Away Games

10 NC Home Games (10 Minimum Home Games)
2 NC Away Games
2 NC Neutral Site Games (State of Hockey Classic?) Rotate 1 of the 5 MN D1 teams out each year.

Including the neutral site game it looks like the Gophers will be on the road a maximum of 4 road games per year. There are going to be plenty of unhappy people with this schedule.
 
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And I am guessing those two NC Away games will probably be in-state most years.
 
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Would you think that if you want a quality NC opponent you are going to have to return games?
 
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darker98 said:
Would you think that if you want a quality NC opponent you are going to have to return games?
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The Big Ten schools don't really think that way. IMO, you either play by their rules or you don't them.
 
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4four4 said:
You are correct.
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I guess if you pay enough they will come. I still don't see UND coming a lot because I don't think the pay will be enough. Do you think I would be wrong?
 
darker98 said:
I guess if you pay enough they will come. I still don't see UND coming a lot because I don't think the pay will be enough. Do you think I would be wrong?
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Not sure. Though I think the Gophers would probably still make the occasional trip to the Ralph. Just not often.
 
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JDUBBS1280 said:
Not sure. Though I think the Gophers would probably still make the occasional trip to the Ralph. Just not often.
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Tickets alone for the Ralph at $50 x 11,000 is a lot to give up. I guess I can hope for Penn State and Ohio State to give up on their programs, but I guess with sharing profits they have noting to lose.
 
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JDUBBS1280 said:
With the $$ they'll pay teams to play at Mariucci, I don't think they will have any problems getting quality opponents to visit.
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I don't believe it. In case you have not noticed, the quality of NC foes - home or away - has declined over the years as Maturi made the mandate that the Gophs have X minimum home NC games. The high end programs don't need to travel to get good opponents and they won't travel without a reciprocal agreement. I don't think the B1G is going to provide that much additional revenue to where the Gophs can afford to draw in big names without a return game gaurantee.
 
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Home or Away it really doesn't pay for Minnesota to play that many difficult opponents. Because they will be in a fairly strong league PWR wise they would want to fill the rest of the schedule with 'wins', not high quality opponents.

Maybe one quality series a year.
 
goldy_331 said:
I don't believe it. In case you have not noticed, the quality of NC foes - home or away - has declined over the years as Maturi made the mandate that the Gophs have X minimum home NC games. The high end programs don't need to travel to get good opponents and they won't travel without a reciprocal agreement. I don't think the B1G is going to provide that much additional revenue to where the Gophs can afford to draw in big names without a return game gaurantee.
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We are only talking 2-3 available home series after you factor in that we'll be playing some of the other MN schools on a yearly basis.

Then, factor in that the opening series is usual an easier matchup, like it is now, and we are now only talking 1-2 home series to fill.

It's not like we'll never play in North Dakota, Denver, Nebraska, etc.. again. And we wouldn't be able to schedule them all on a yearly basis anyways. There will be a pool of 5-6 non-conference opponents that we'll schedule at home every 2-3 years and visit every 4-6 years.
 
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JDUBBS1280 said:
With the $$ they'll pay teams to play at Mariucci, I don't think they will have any problems getting quality opponents to visit.
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How much are they paying Sacred Heart?

Okay, I know, that was a cheap shot.

I think scheduling will be real interesting in a couple of years, and people are right when they say fans may end up being upset.

I am afraid this will be the approach many of the top programs will take. No matter how much money is thrown around I fear I'm likely to see a pretty steady stream of teams like Sacred Heart make their appearance at the home non-conference games.
 
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JDUBBS1280 said:
We are only talking 2-3 available home series after you factor in that we'll be playing some of the other MN schools on a yearly basis.

Then, factor in that the opening series is usual an easier matchup, like it is now, and we are now only talking 1-2 home series to fill.

It's not like we'll never play in North Dakota, Denver, Nebraska, etc.. again. And we wouldn't be able to schedule them all on a yearly basis anyways. There will be a pool of 5-6 non-conference opponents that we'll schedule at home every 2-3 years and visit every 4-6 years.
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Of the three you listed, perhaps Omaha. North Dakota isn't going to play unless it is a 2 for 2, and I just don't see Minnesota using their one road series on a flight to Denver. The next two years will be fun, but at least as far as the North Dakota - Minnesota rivalry is concerned, it is over after that. It's been on a downhill trend the last few years as it is, and I just don't see Minnesota willing to take an equal deal to continue the rivalry.
 
Fighting Sioux 23 said:
Of the three you listed, perhaps Omaha. North Dakota isn't going to play unless it is a 2 for 2, and I just don't see Minnesota using their one road series on a flight to Denver. The next two years will be fun, but at least as far as the North Dakota - Minnesota rivalry is concerned, it is over after that. It's been on a downhill trend the last few years as it is, and I just don't see Minnesota willing to take an equal deal to continue the rivalry.
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You are correct. If North Dakota isn't willing to come to Minny more than the Gophers go there, then they probably won't see much of each other in the future.
 
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JDUBBS1280 said:
We are only talking 2-3 available home series after you factor in that we'll be playing some of the other MN schools on a yearly basis.

Then, factor in that the opening series is usual an easier matchup, like it is now, and we are now only talking 1-2 home series to fill.

It's not like we'll never play in North Dakota, Denver, Nebraska, etc.. again. And we wouldn't be able to schedule them all on a yearly basis anyways. There will be a pool of 5-6 non-conference opponents that we'll schedule at home every 2-3 years and visit every 4-6 years.
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I doubt Minnesota will ever play Denver again except in the NCAA's. After Michigan left the WCHA in 1981, they have never played DU in the regular season.
 
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JF_Gophers said:
Because they will be in a fairly strong league PWR wise they would want to fill the rest of the schedule with 'wins', not high quality opponents.

Maybe one quality series a year.
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I wonder about this. I don't have the Pairwsie handy from last season, but Michigan State & Ohio State must have been pretty low. Factor in Penn State and that's 60% of your conference schedule.

And what about Notre Dame? They seem to be pretty confident that they will be getting home & home's with the B1G. If Michigan & Minnesota won't play on the road, where does that leave the Irish? Basically a bunch of teams in the midwest that need to have teams visit.
 
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Re: 2013-2014 Minnesota Gophers Future Schedule and Beyond

4four4 said:
http://twitter.com/#!/hammyhockey

Nothing is in concrete but here is the future Minnesota Gophers hockey schedule.

10 BTHC Home Games
10 BTHC Away Games

10 NC Home Games (10 Minimum Home Games)
2 NC Away Games
2 NC Neutral Site Games (State of Hockey Classic?) Rotate 1 of the 5 MN D1 teams out each year.

Including the neutral site game it looks like the Gophers will be on the road a maximum of 4 road games per year. There are going to be plenty of unhappy people with this schedule.
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Does this mean they have more home games than now? More home games than other teams will have?
 
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