PSUChamps2001
Member of the REAL Zoo Crew
Re: St. Norbert College, 2014-15 - The Drive for Five
Just a few thoughts...
Umm no. You are allowed an international and or developmental team scrimmage/exhibition at your home rink the weekend before opening night that DOES NOT count towards your 25 game schedule (see Plattsburgh vs. Quebec All Star and Oswego vs. USDT (gives both 26 total games).So no, they don't all count the same.
I'm only seeing 24 games still. Maybe its just me or is Coghlin beating around the bush and avoiding simply saying "UW needed a game but was to afraid we would beat them so they don't want the public and their fans to be embarrassed being beaten by a lowly DIII team, so its closed"....being swept in Alaska is embarrassing enough....
I hope for the SNC fans sake and the teams sake that they don't need another DIII win come selection time. Giving up a potential W to a DIII team to play a closed door scrimmage that no one will even know happened could come back to bite them. Nothing bad against SNC, but how can you not laugh at UW talk about being skeered.
Couple comments from both coaches about Saturday's scrimmage in Madison:
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com...ockey-badgers-square-rare-scrimmage/17680213/
Just a few thoughts...
KFC called, they want their CHICKEN back.....Wisconsin and St. Norbert will compete in a closed scrimmage at LeBahn Arena in Madison at 7 p.m. Saturday. The decision to close the event to the public was made by the Badgers.
Although it's being classified as a scrimmage, Coghlin said, the meeting between the squads will consist of three 20-minute periods, like a game.
"Our rule books are different," Coghlin said about DI and DIII scheduling procedures. "If you look at it from St. Norbert's perspective, (DIII rules) state an outside scrimmage, an exhibition game, a nonconference game and a conference game all count the same. We have no additional games above our 25.
Umm no. You are allowed an international and or developmental team scrimmage/exhibition at your home rink the weekend before opening night that DOES NOT count towards your 25 game schedule (see Plattsburgh vs. Quebec All Star and Oswego vs. USDT (gives both 26 total games).So no, they don't all count the same.
"So, whatever outside competition we have is accounted on our schedule. The bottom line is we are replacing our intrasquad scrimmage with the scrimmage down there against them. It goes as one of our 25 (games)."
I'm only seeing 24 games still. Maybe its just me or is Coghlin beating around the bush and avoiding simply saying "UW needed a game but was to afraid we would beat them so they don't want the public and their fans to be embarrassed being beaten by a lowly DIII team, so its closed"....being swept in Alaska is embarrassing enough....
I hope for the SNC fans sake and the teams sake that they don't need another DIII win come selection time. Giving up a potential W to a DIII team to play a closed door scrimmage that no one will even know happened could come back to bite them. Nothing bad against SNC, but how can you not laugh at UW talk about being skeered.