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>>> RIT Tigers 2018/2019 - Time For The Tigers to Roar <<<

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blazer777 said:
I'm taking Tom's route tonight, going to be a good game if both teams come out firing. 3rd period was a little rough to listen to.

There's video of all ten goals on the school's website.
https://www.ritathletics.com/news/2...terfinal-series-with-7-3-win-in-game-two.aspx
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After all this scoring in the first two games, this can only mean that tonight's game will be scoreless into quadruple overtime... :eek:
 
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SHE scores first, and the Tigers already lookin a little flat.
 
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*Phew* Buffalo here we come.

Wonder if AHA is going to end up regretting moving the final weekend there now that RIT has qualified. Sure RIT will provide a contingent, but almost certainly not as many as if the games were in Rochester.

(All this assuming Air Force takes care of Niagara of course)
 
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jflory81 said:
Wonder if AHA is going to end up regretting moving the final weekend there now that RIT has qualified. Sure RIT will provide a contingent, but almost certainly not as many as if the games were in Rochester.
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In Buffalo they will get Niagara fans (or Canisius fans in future years) if either qualifies. RIT fans will travel. They may even get some Mercyhurst fans. In Rochester, it was just RIT and a handful of veterans who root for Air Force or Army.


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LtPowers said:
In Buffalo they will get Niagara fans (or Canisius fans in future years) if either qualifies. RIT fans will travel. They may even get some Mercyhurst fans. In Rochester, it was just RIT and a handful of veterans who root for Air Force or Army.


Powers &8^]
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You might want to look at the attendance the Niagara/Canisius rivalry series drew last week.............


(hint: Niagara and Canisius are not contributing meaningfully to attendance)
 
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RIT Winters said:
You might want to look at the attendance the Niagara/Canisius rivalry series drew last week.............


(hint: Niagara and Canisius are not contributing meaningfully to attendance)
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Agree with this, however if those two schools spring breaks coincide with RIT's they probably lost the 'casual' student fan which may have played a part in the dismal attendance numbers.

Was somewhat surprised to see Niagara beat AF in OT last night.
 
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This was a big win in Program history. After this two year slump it's big to get back to the AHA final four. I agree and am disappointed with Wayne Wilson that RIT doesn't seem to match up well with SHU. But they fought hard and got a big road series win. See you in my hometown of Buffalo!
 
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The notion of Campus Site final four helping attendance is dead, at least in the Atlantic. If you take all 3 "Eastern" sites that played a quarterfinal game last night the combined paid attendance was 2,083, not even a sale out at the old Ritter. The average is just below 700. I really think HarborCenter and Blur Cross are the only two real choices. Maybe the Erie Insurance Arena would work if Mercyhurst or RMU was in it. Air Force could draw, not sure what arena are out there other than their own, but the cost to send 3 teams out there would out weigh the attendance benefits.
 
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Tom Naeger said:
This was a big win in Program history. After this two year slump it's big to get back to the AHA final four. I agree and am disappointed with Wayne Wilson that RIT doesn't seem to match up well with SHU. But they fought hard and got a big road series win. See you in my hometown of Buffalo!
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Found it interesting that he admitted in the post game comments that the Tigers didn't match up that well with SHU. For this series at least, the Pioneers seemed to have better team speed. Even in the two wins, the Tigers looked to be doing an awful lot of chasing. Not like that speed is going to graduate either, as the look to be freshman and sophmore lead.
 
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Downstate_RIT_Fan said:
Agree with this, however if those two schools spring breaks coincide with RIT's they probably lost the 'casual' student fan which may have played a part in the dismal attendance numbers.

Was somewhat surprised to see Niagara beat AF in OT last night.
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It's not going to matter. Niagara and Canisius only care about basketball. And even with that it's secondary to UB.

The advantage of HarborCenter is for the families and players with the hotels attached and sure costs less...

Filling the arena really will depend on RIT being there. I don't think I've seen any advertising here in Buffalo for it. The league fails in more than just officiating...
 
Tom Naeger said:
The notion of Campus Site final four helping attendance is dead, at least in the Atlantic. If you take all 3 "Eastern" sites that played a quarterfinal game last night the combined paid attendance was 2,083, not even a sale out at the old Ritter. The average is just below 700. I really think HarborCenter and Blur Cross are the only two real choices. Maybe the Erie Insurance Arena would work if Mercyhurst or RMU was in it. Air Force could draw, not sure what arena are out there other than their own, but the cost to send 3 teams out there would out weigh the attendance benefits.
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Imagine if the top four seeds had held serve and all advanced to the finals this year, in Buffalo. Would have had the atmosphere of a public free skate.

Your data point also lacks the detail that two of those three schools were on Spring break, which isn't the case during finals.
 
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schiegs said:
Imagine if the top four seeds had held serve and all advanced to the finals this year, in Buffalo. Would have had the atmosphere of a public free skate.

Your data point also lacks the detail that two of those three schools were on Spring break, which isn't the case during finals.
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The three eastern sites combine to average 2,198 through the regular season, with Bentley contributing over half of that, so it's not like the low crowds this weekend were an outlier. 5 of the 6 NCAA schools who average less than 1000 fans a game hail from Atlantic Hockey, and Canisius just barely snuck over at 1,022.
 
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