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RPI MMXI III: Overanalyzing The Iron Men and Other Uses of Internet Bandwidth

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Ken Schott has the opportunity to take in 2 games on saturday due to the early start.Im sure he won't want to miss a nationaly televised game between 2 nationally ranked teams.
 
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TuteScrooge said:
Interesting article in the WSJ about college hockey, focusing on the 'Big Freeze'. Case of some of the main stream media coming to the party.

Interesting quote: "Michigan expects its hockey program to bring in more ticket revenue than basketball this season by a margin of more than $1 million."
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I don't know about anyone else, but that little piece of news gave me the biggest kick...it feels like hockey at every level is getting more attention...
 
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DrDemento said:
Of course that is sensible and correct. But normally most hockey games are decided by at most 1 or 2 goals and many of these occur because of special teams play brought about by a penalty call or in some cases a double penalty call giving rise to a 5 on 3 situation. Referees are human and make mistakes. They are also susceptible to human foibles-like holding a grudge or having preconceptions of how a team should perform. In a perfect situation-a team could play well enough to overcome any of these 'errors' made by an official. But the truth is, these games are often decided by these calls. I sure would like to think that these situations where a bad call affects the outcome is rare, but after a lot of years of following hockey at all levels-I am just somewhat suspicious at times. I would be even more suspicious if hockey was a big betting and point spread sport like football and basketball. In those 2 sports the temptations must be great since they are such big betting sports. I still feel the great majority of calls in hockey (both college level and professional) are legitimate. But there are a few instances which make me blink a bit. Just my opinion.
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I think this is the most reasoned post that I have ever read on this thread. Well done, DrD.
 
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babo said:
I don't know about anyone else, but that little piece of news gave me the biggest kick...it feels like hockey at every level is getting more attention...
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OTOH, I just read an article in The Hockey News that a lower percentage of children are playing youth hockey in Canada than in the past.
 
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Ralph Baer said:
OTOH, I just read an article in THN that a lower percentage of children are playing youth hcokey in Canada than in the past.
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Probably because they're now becoming accustomed to other sports, even some of the ones that have commonly been with the USA, like basketball or baseball. I think maybe more of it has to do with that the Canadian leagues have really been opening up to Americans (though they probably already were, I'm not sure), and with more competition, it may be detracting young Canadians.
 
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FlagDUDE08 said:
Probably because they're now becoming accustomed to other sports, even some of the ones that have commonly been with the USA, like basketball or baseball. I think maybe more of it has to do with that the Canadian leagues have really been opening up to Americans (though they probably already were, I'm not sure), and with more competition, it may be detracting young Canadians.
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Also there are a lot of immigrants who would rather play cricket.
 
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Will there be tickets available at the door for Saturday's game ? Students gone ? Thinking about coming ! Have to give up Gate-Niagara though...lol.
 
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Ralph Baer said:
Also there are a lot of immigrants who would rather play cricket.
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Touché. Although given we're seeing players from Florida, Texas, and California playing hockey, I wouldn't be surprised if vice versa is happening. Look at Toronto, they have the Raptors for the NBA, the Blue Jays for the MLB, even the Bills in the NFL are using one of their home games to play up there.
 
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sshablak said:
Will there be tickets available at the door for Saturday's game ? Students gone ? Thinking about coming ! Have to give up Gate-Niagara though...lol.
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The students will not be gone, as I believe final exams take place next week. You never know, though, given the exam schedules, a decent amount could be gone. As for tickets being available, I would suggest calling 518-276-6262 (the Field House Box Office), and they should be able to give you information on whether or not tickets are still available.

I might also add that, although students may not be around, they still receive tickets for all of these games, including the ones during winter break.
 
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Ralph Baer said:
Also there are a lot of immigrants who would rather play cricket.
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That is exactly why it would be important to know absolute numbers of kids playing hockey. Canada has had a large influx of immigrants just like the US and most of these are not exactly hockey players.
 
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Thank you Flagdude !
 
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for what it's worth....Saturday is the Birthday of both, Burgdoerfer & Leboeuf....Sun. is BD of Bailen & Foss....now, what would be a great BD present.....??????
 
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sshablak said:
Will there be tickets available at the door for Saturday's game ? Students gone ? Thinking about coming ! Have to give up Gate-Niagara though...lol.
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We'd love to have you, but Colgate shouldn't take Niagara lightly...RPI barely beat them this year (OT), and was blown out by them last year.
 
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Wicked Slappaahs said:
We'd love to have you, but Colgate shouldn't take Niagara lightly...RPI barely beat them this year (OT), and was blown out by them last year.
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Given how Colgate has been doing thus far, assumed jest in sshablak's words, and the result of November 23rd's game against the same team, Colgate would probably be lucky to pick up a win. Granted this time it's with "The Ultimate Home Ice Advantage", but it still seems to be a re-building year.
 
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FlagDUDE08 said:
Given how Colgate has been doing thus far, assumed jest in sshablak's words, and the result of November 23rd's game against the same team, Colgate would probably be lucky to pick up a win. Granted this time it's with "The Ultimate Home Ice Advantage", but it still seems to be a re-building year.
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It is obvious you have not seen Colgate play this year and you are commenting based on their record.
 
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Saw the second and third periods...what a great win. Complete game. Well done.:)
 
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