MICHIGAN TECH HUSKIES...2016-17 season. 96th season of hockey (continued, part 2)

[MaizeRage]

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That's categorically false. If you were in the building - and dollars to donuts says that wasn't the case - you wouldn't have said that. Bowling Green actually had a decent number there, and if any school brought the most fans it was Tech.

So put a number on it. How many fans would Michigan Tech be bringing to Cincinnati?

 

[lawdoggies]

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So put a number on it. How many fans would Michigan Tech be bringing to Cincinnati?

... yawn ... zzzzzz ...

 

[John J. MacInnes]

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Let's get them in the tournament first, slappy. Not really an argument otherwise.

 

[JohnsonsJerseys]

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It's a 14,000-seat arena in Cincy and you're talking about [BGSU / MTU] that couldn't bring 2500 fans if the game was played in their home rink.

Well... except for the fact that Tech averaged 3000+ per home game this season and 4000+ for all games. Nothing like facts to wreck a good argument...
http://wcha.com/men/statistics/1617/oaattend.php

I think it is also pretty obviously that your home fan base are not the folks that are going to fill the seats at an NCAA regional. Yes, some die-hard fans are going to travel regardless of location, but most are alumni/fans that are local to the regional site. But hey, since we're talking attendance, kudos to Michigan for packing Yost with an average of 1600 more fans per game than Tech. I mean the population of Ann Arbor is only what, 10x that of the Houghton / Hancock metroplex? DU is the #1 team in the nation with a million people in their back yard and they only draw just over 5300, so I think anyone who is being honest would say the Huskies are doing darn well to draw 3000 at home.
http://www.uscho.com/stats/attendance/division-i-men/2016-2017/

Ryan

 

[MaizeRage]

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Well... except for the fact that Tech averaged 3000+ per home game this season and 4000+ for all games.

And in a playoff series last weekend...?

 

[Shirtless Guy]

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And in a playoff series last weekend...?

why are you obsessed with digging on MTU?

No one in the WCHA had a great weekend for attendance. Spring Break is probably the biggest culprit for MTU with going from 750 free tickets to students to having to pay for tickets AND choose hockey over spring break...seems unlikely...MTU actually outperformed Average Attendance (3049) less the free student tickets (750).

 

[Broseph Stalin]

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And in a playoff series last weekend...?

Triggered.

Multiple choice quiz:

Hockey is king in which of the following towns:

A. Ann Arbor
B. Hancock
C. Houghton
D. Calumet
E. Painesdale
F. B, C, D, and E

The correct answer is?

 

[MaizeRage]

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The correct answer is?

And that's fantastic for them. The point of the discussion was the NCAA putting Tech in Cincinnati for "attendance reasons," and I've asked multiple times for someone to give a ballpark figure on how many fans Tech would bring. The fact that so many refuse to do so is a pretty good indication of how small that number would be.

 

[Shirtless Guy]

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And that's fantastic for them. The point of the discussion was the NCAA putting Tech in Cincinnati for "attendance reasons," and I've asked multiple times for someone to give a ballpark figure on how many fans Tech would bring. The fact that so many refuse to do so is a pretty good indication of how small that number would be.

Well what number is enough to push the needle? Do I need to say 5k to satisfy you? The point would be that MTU to Cincinnati makes sense over many other teams. Maybe it wouldn't push the needle enough to matter to the NCAA, but would expect at least 500 and 1000 came to mind.

The Huskies filled their allotment for Fargo a couple years ago...granted most of us didn't stick around for the Championship after the way that thing ended...

 

[manurespreader]

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And that's fantastic for them. The point of the discussion was the NCAA putting Tech in Cincinnati for "attendance reasons," and I've asked multiple times for someone to give a ballpark figure on how many fans Tech would bring. The fact that so many refuse to do so is a pretty good indication of how small that number would be.

ok, sigh, just to make you happy. Look at how many Tech fans went to the games that were down state this year. 6000 at each gli game, 1800 at each game at Munn, about 1200 at Yost,About 800 at compton, I've seen about 1000 at all the bgsu games, so a wild guess would be 2500 maybe a bit more because some of the students would go, I don't think anyone else would exceed that, not even OSU. Certainly not denver.
And another thing while I'm on my high horse here. all these idiots who are talking about how they want this super atmosphere at the regionals and want super regionals etc to boost attendance. it's a myth. no one brings all that many fans. 2500 is a lot anywhere. And even if all 8 schools brought that many most people are taking off after their teams games are over, so there will never be this so called big time atmosphere anywhere.
even in basketball the regionals are not well attended.

 

[gfmorris]

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So I missed that a second thread popped up.

Two things:

1. Goodness gracious, Tech fans don't appear to know much about mental health. Some people do, in fact, take metal for their bipolar disorder. [hi]
2. While I think that Tech-Mankato is a toss-up, I hope for an expect Tech to win. Nerd schools must stick together.

GFM <— has strong opinions on WCHA.TV and the gong show that is the UAH broadcast, too

 

[eye4talent]

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Triggered.

Multiple choice quiz:

Hockey is king in which of the following towns:

A. Ann Arbor
B. Hancock
C. Houghton
D. Calumet
E. Painesdale
F. B, C, D, and E

The correct answer is?

D. Calumet obviously. Right JJM? Every hockey fan should experience a game at the Calumet Colosseum. The Copper Kings are in the semi's tomorrow vs Flint Powers.

 

[lawdoggies]

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All WCHA 1st Team - Matt Roy
All WCHA 2nd Team - Shane Hanna
All WCHA Rookie Team - Mitch Reinke and Angus Redmond

 

[Broseph Stalin]

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And that's fantastic for them. The point of the discussion was the NCAA putting Tech in Cincinnati for "attendance reasons," and I've asked multiple times for someone to give a ballpark figure on how many fans Tech would bring. The fact that so many refuse to do so is a pretty good indication of how small that number would be.

You were criticizing Tech's home attendance. 3000+ townsfolk (no kids as they were on break) to a game is pretty impressive in a small town. As far as how many Tech draws to a regional game, it's probably 3000 if it's near the footprint of our alumni base. Looking at how Michigan hockey draws is interesting when you look at the population within walking distance alone, and the fact that they are playing in an old basketball gym. Too bad Michigan's Admin and their alums don't take hockey seriously. It's a great game. You should watch!

 

[purpleinnebraska]

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And that's fantastic for them. The point of the discussion was the NCAA putting Tech in Cincinnati for "attendance reasons," and I've asked multiple times for someone to give a ballpark figure on how many fans Tech would bring. The fact that so many refuse to do so is a pretty good indication of how small that number would be.

I sort of agree with your point, but I think your point is true almost regardless of school. The regionals are an attendance wasteland for a lot of reasons, not least of which is that it's the second travel week (following conference finals, for those conferences that play at "neutral" sites) of a possible 3 travel weeks (if you make the Frozen Four). But I think once you get outside of a 3 hour drive or so, no one is going to move the attendance needle. I wish the NCAA would quit even considering it, because it usually just results in one team getting really screwed (Hey, a flight's a flight! Trust us, Mankato people, Manchester's a lovely town!) just to make sure another school gets assigned to a regional where none of their fans will show up anyway.

 

[JohnsonsJerseys]

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And that's fantastic for them. The point of the discussion was the NCAA putting Tech in Cincinnati for "attendance reasons," and I've asked multiple times for someone to give a ballpark figure on how many fans Tech would bring. The fact that so many refuse to do so is a pretty good indication of how small that number would be.

I just talked to the Tech sports marketing staff. Tech has committed to bring 20,000 fans to what ever venue they get assigned so the other teams' fans need not even bother applying for tickets. It will be 100% Huskies fans, standing room only.
Ryan J

 

[bigblue_dl]

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He's a smart guy. No one is suggesting though that the rink will be full, far from it, but I would think that either Bg or Tech would draw as much in cincy as anyone else, except maybe OSU and even then it would be roughly the same. We all know Denver doesn't draw and no one from the east will bring many fans. Personally Cincy is a terrible place for a regional. I would have much preferred it to be in Green bay, or Milwaukee.

He's not. He's not a smart person. I work with marketing majors daily that are smarter than this state of Michigan embarrassment.

 

[bigblue_dl]

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Jesus. After reading this Dilks is more mentally challenged than I thought. I hope he finds a good group home that caters to his specific type of stupidity. Its too bad that some people just are not born with adequate reasoning skills. Which is why stupid people like Dilks should always be in our thoughts. He can't help himself, so the rest of us should help him.

 

[JohnsonsJerseys]

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Game Day - Go Huskies!

 

[ATC Trainer]

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Game Day - Go Huskies!

Oh thank goodness! Reading most of this page I thought the game was off and this forum had devolved into an attendance counting firm. Looking forward to following the games from Mavs country. I always like when these two clubs play. Always entertaining and Tech has the best fans in the league!