uaa @ UAF March 4 & 5 … Why? …Because it really is never too early.

[Hal9K]

Re: uaa @ UAF March 4 & 5 … Why? …Because it really is never too early.

Re: uaa @ UAF March 4 & 5 … Why? …Because it really is never too early.

Safe travels to all that are headed north.

 

[UAFHockeyFan314]

Safe travels to all that are headed north.

And don't forget to leave a breadcrumb trail to find your way back...

 

[Hal9K]

And don't forget to leave a breadcrumb trail to find your way back...

It's easy to find your way back to civilization.

 

[UAFHockeyFan314]

It's easy to find your way back to civilization.

If you didn't leave to begin with, it wouldn't be an issue at all.

 

[Alaska Hockey]

Re: uaa @ UAF March 4 & 5 … Why? …Because it really is never too early.

Re: uaa @ UAF March 4 & 5 … Why? …Because it really is never too early.

Best wishes to both teams on rivalry weekend. Really wish I could be in all five rinks to see how the various rivalries play out.

You are in the know so clue me in .....
What is up with the Alaska teams have to buy all hotel rooms for visiting teams as well as the almost 15 grand they have to provide for travel.

 

[UAFIceAngel]

You are in the know so clue me in .....
What is up with the Alaska teams have to buy all hotel rooms for visiting teams as well as the almost 15 grand they have to provide for travel.

UAF, UAA and UAH all have to front the costs for that as it was the stipulation for being allowed in the league for at least the first few years. Not sure the full reason for UAA then since they've been in the league for much longer but that's the reason I've been told.

 

[Squarebanks]

You are in the know so clue me in .....
What is up with the Alaska teams have to buy all hotel rooms for visiting teams as well as the almost 15 grand they have to provide for travel.

Because us and UAH aren't smart enough to be located in the upper Midwest.

 

[Suze]

Safe travels to all that are headed north.

Just left Healy. We were dining there and in walked 3 more UAA fans!

 

[Seawolf Fan]

Re: uaa @ UAF March 4 & 5 … Why? …Because it really is never too early.

Re: uaa @ UAF March 4 & 5 … Why? …Because it really is never too early.

You are in the know so clue me in .....
What is up with the Alaska teams have to buy all hotel rooms for visiting teams as well as the almost 15 grand they have to provide for travel.

It's not "almost 15 grand".
We have been giving them $15,450 and they want more cash in addition to hotel rooms.
They also get all the revenue from the additional home games the NCAA gives them as a reward for coming to Alaska.
And not having sat in on the meetings I don't know what else they are demanding.
Just wondering if "greedy ********" has entered anyones thoughts?

 

[Squarebanks]

It's not "almost 15 grand".
We have been giving them $15,450 and they want more cash in addition to hotel rooms.
They also get all the revenue from the additional home games the NCAA gives them as a reward for coming to Alaska.
And not having sat in on the meetings I don't know what else they are demanding.
Just wondering if "greedy ********" has entered anyones thoughts?

Not only that, you're putting them up at the nicest hotel in Anchorage (although I'm sure the rooms are an in-kind donation).
We used to put teams at the Westmark. Now we have the wisdom to stick our opponents at the airport La Quinta.

 

[Suze]

Not only that, you're putting them up at the nicest hotel in Anchorage (although I'm sure the rooms are an in-kind donation).
We used to put teams at the Westmark. Now we have the wisdom to stick our opponents at the airport La Quinta.

We could stick em all at the Black Angus! They could walk to the Sully, lol

 

[gfmorris]

Re: uaa @ UAF March 4 & 5 … Why? …Because it really is never too early.

Re: uaa @ UAF March 4 & 5 … Why? …Because it really is never too early.

It's not "almost 15 grand".
We have been giving them $15,450 and they want more cash in addition to hotel rooms.
They also get all the revenue from the additional home games the NCAA gives them as a reward for coming to Alaska.
And not having sat in on the meetings I don't know what else they are demanding.
Just wondering if "greedy ********" has entered anyones thoughts?

These are the concessions that we three schools make to be in a league that would otherwise be a Minnesota-Michigan-Ohio bus league. Each school has to ask, "Am I getting the benefit for the cost that I'm putting into it?" I think that you re-evaluate that every few years or so. The question really comes in how you quantify "benefit". For UAH, it's about being unique in the South and getting our name out there as a non-football nerd school. That has value for us, especially for the fact that we're a two-hour flight from half the country's population (although few fly direct to HSV).

As all the sad crap that's floated about UAA and UAF for the last two weeks has come up, I've asked myself, "Would we stay in the WCHA if they both drop?" But that's really, "Would we stay in Division I?" There is no path forward for anyone else, and I rather doubt that anyone is going to chuck us out of the league to drop to 7. (This isn't 'Nam. This is hockey. There are rules.) Because having hockey at UAH is of a value. If intercollegiate athletics really wasn't the way for UAH, we wouldn't have added MLAX and WLAX.

I hope that the money is there to keep your programs going. WE all three have a history back to the 80s and 90s of roaring independent life, and it's great to have a winter sport in what's definitely a winter state.

GFM

 

[Squarebanks]

Re: uaa @ UAF March 4 & 5 … Why? …Because it really is never too early.

Re: uaa @ UAF March 4 & 5 … Why? …Because it really is never too early.

USCHO guys are hedging their bets and picking alternate splits, although a split either way sends UAA on.

 

[Squarebanks]

These are the concessions that we three schools make to be in a league that would otherwise be a Minnesota-Michigan-Ohio bus league. Each school has to ask, "Am I getting the benefit for the cost that I'm putting into it?" I think that you re-evaluate that every few years or so. The question really comes in how you quantify "benefit". For UAH, it's about being unique in the South and getting our name out there as a non-football nerd school. That has value for us, especially for the fact that we're a two-hour flight from half the country's population (although few fly direct to HSV).

As all the sad crap that's floated about UAA and UAF for the last two weeks has come up, I've asked myself, "Would we stay in the WCHA if they both drop?" But that's really, "Would we stay in Division I?" There is no path forward for anyone else, and I rather doubt that anyone is going to chuck us out of the league to drop to 7. (This isn't 'Nam. This is hockey. There are rules.) Because having hockey at UAH is of a value. If intercollegiate athletics really wasn't the way for UAH, we wouldn't have added MLAX and WLAX.

I hope that the money is there to keep your programs going. WE all three have a history back to the 80s and 90s of roaring independent life, and it's great to have a winter sport in what's definitely a winter state.

GFM

While it wouldn't really apply to Huntsville, it'd be nice to see the Alaska schools partner with the WCHA office and work out some kind of a deal with Alaska Airlines in exchange for getting Alaska Airlines some extra publicity in all of these Midwestern markets they now fly to.

 

[Alaska Hockey]

Re: uaa @ UAF March 4 & 5 … Why? …Because it really is never too early.

Re: uaa @ UAF March 4 & 5 … Why? …Because it really is never too early.

We could stick em all at the Black Angus! They could walk to the Sully, lol

nope put them in dorm rooms on campus ........

 

[Alaska Hockey]

Re: uaa @ UAF March 4 & 5 … Why? …Because it really is never too early.

Re: uaa @ UAF March 4 & 5 … Why? …Because it really is never too early.

While it wouldn't really apply to Huntsville, it'd be nice to see the Alaska schools partner with the WCHA office and work out some kind of a deal with Alaska Airlines in exchange for getting Alaska Airlines some extra publicity in all of these Midwestern markets they now fly to.

the WCHA office has us where they want us.......bent over and will ratchet up the cost of doing business until we can't.

Then they will say with pride we didn't run them out........ they quit.

 

[UAFHockeyFan314]

Re: uaa @ UAF March 4 & 5 … Why? …Because it really is never too early.

Re: uaa @ UAF March 4 & 5 … Why? …Because it really is never too early.

UAF fronts $21,400/series to road teams for travel up here, in addition to supplying hotel rooms once they're here. UAA and UAH are both paying $15,500. There is a group looking at these numbers now internally. The MI/OH/MN schools want more.

Those figures are based right now on the difference between the average cost bus trip and the cost of flying to our 3 schools. The league is wanting a more fair allocation of a dollar figure difference between the highest cost bus trip and the cost of traveling here. Currently, UAF is paying too much, UAA and UAH aren't paying enough. The balance seems to be around $19,500, which may change for 2017-18 season. Maybe...

 

[UAFHockeyFan314]

Re: uaa @ UAF March 4 & 5 … Why? …Because it really is never too early.

Re: uaa @ UAF March 4 & 5 … Why? …Because it really is never too early.

Back on topic...


Tyler Morley will play tonight.


That is all...

 

[Hal9K]

Just left Healy. We were dining there and in walked 3 more UAA fans!

Ha! Excellent...cheer em on!

 

[Squarebanks]

Re: uaa @ UAF March 4 & 5 … Why? …Because it really is never too early.

Re: uaa @ UAF March 4 & 5 … Why? …Because it really is never too early.

Lines are out. Tyler Morley centering the top line and Davis Jones in net for the Nooks.