MikeAnderson
Heavyweight Champion of My House
Re: UAH Dog Days of Summer 2010: All By Myself....
My understanding is that the games will be in Pelham.
My understanding is that the games will be in Pelham.
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UAH Dog Days of Summer 2010: All By Myself....
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Re: UAH Dog Days of Summer 2010: All By Myself....
Too bad its not at the BJCC. Even if you just open the lower bowl, its a great place to watch a hockey game. Pelham is decent, and likely far less expensive.
Too bad its not at the BJCC. Even if you just open the lower bowl, its a great place to watch a hockey game. Pelham is decent, and likely far less expensive.
gfmorris
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Re: UAH Dog Days of Summer 2010: All By Myself....
Two years ago, I bought six season tickets and never sat in a one of the seats. Always gave them away to co-workers. I guess that since I no longer am a NASA contractor, I can give them to anyone I like in town without worrying about it being a gratuity.
It's my understanding that those of us with connections are using "It's my understanding" a lot. It's amusing me.
GFM
Supporting the Chargers means ALWAYS buying season tickets. You can always give any you can't use to potential new fans as I have done for years with the EXTRA reserved seats I always buy. Come on... you can do it!!!
Two years ago, I bought six season tickets and never sat in a one of the seats. Always gave them away to co-workers. I guess that since I no longer am a NASA contractor, I can give them to anyone I like in town without worrying about it being a gratuity.
It's my understanding that those of us with connections are using "It's my understanding" a lot. It's amusing me.
GFM
Re: UAH Dog Days of Summer 2010: All By Myself....
Its well worth a shot, Might be worth trying to set something up with some of the other school clubs in the area, Bama, Auburn, heck, does UAB have a club team?? They might be just happy to tag along for a weekend series in a bigger venue perhaps.
amen to that. Season tickets are the best way to support the team.It's my understanding the Nashville games WILL NOT be part of the season ticket package. I'm not sure of the Bham games since they were originally scheduled for the IcePlex but I'll let you know as soon as I find out.
Supporting the Chargers means ALWAYS buying season tickets. You can always give any you can't use to potential new fans as I have done for years with the EXTRA reserved seats I always buy. Come on... you can do it!!!
Re: UAH Dog Days of Summer 2010: All By Myself....
Um, no. I know you're being a silly here, but it's touching a bit of a nerve. I'd love to be flush enough with money to be able to do what you do, and I think it's a great idea to share the enjoyment of hockey, but I don't have the luxury. We're near enough to broke as it is, and hockey is our only major entertainment expenditure right now (we see about 3 movies a year by comparison), so if we're not using the tickets then we can't afford to buy them. Now, if you want to help me find a paying job, I'll quit belly aching about it and pony up the cash without complaint. But until then, we're already giving as much as we reasonably can.
Supporting the team can't just be a strict consideration of monetary sums allocated. It has to include the actual emotional support for the program. That we can give in spades, but until our finances shore up, I have to consider the practicalities.
The trip to Nashville? Parent's condo. Trip to Michigan? My best friend is an MSU grad. I got my dad to pick up half the trip to Indiana last year. We'll pull as many strings as necessary to make it work on a tight budget, but not sitting our backsides in those seats isn't going to be one of those options.
Such as it is, we're annually budgeted for 1 NHL game (usually when Detroit is in Atlanta or Nashville), a pair of season tickets to the Chargers, and a small donation to the Blue Line Club. We're also still waiting to hear from Geof on those road blues. We've put aside money from our Anniversary to buy a pair of them. This is what we can do.
Supporting the Chargers means ALWAYS buying season tickets. You can always give any you can't use to potential new fans as I have done for years with the EXTRA reserved seats I always buy. Come on... you can do it!!!
Um, no. I know you're being a silly here, but it's touching a bit of a nerve. I'd love to be flush enough with money to be able to do what you do, and I think it's a great idea to share the enjoyment of hockey, but I don't have the luxury. We're near enough to broke as it is, and hockey is our only major entertainment expenditure right now (we see about 3 movies a year by comparison), so if we're not using the tickets then we can't afford to buy them. Now, if you want to help me find a paying job, I'll quit belly aching about it and pony up the cash without complaint. But until then, we're already giving as much as we reasonably can.
Supporting the team can't just be a strict consideration of monetary sums allocated. It has to include the actual emotional support for the program. That we can give in spades, but until our finances shore up, I have to consider the practicalities.
The trip to Nashville? Parent's condo. Trip to Michigan? My best friend is an MSU grad. I got my dad to pick up half the trip to Indiana last year. We'll pull as many strings as necessary to make it work on a tight budget, but not sitting our backsides in those seats isn't going to be one of those options.
Such as it is, we're annually budgeted for 1 NHL game (usually when Detroit is in Atlanta or Nashville), a pair of season tickets to the Chargers, and a small donation to the Blue Line Club. We're also still waiting to hear from Geof on those road blues. We've put aside money from our Anniversary to buy a pair of them. This is what we can do.
Re: UAH Dog Days of Summer 2010: All By Myself....
Mercyhurst dates and times have been added to the list.
http://www.uscho.com/schedules/team...hockey/season,20102011/team,uah/gender,m.html
Mercyhurst dates and times have been added to the list.
http://www.uscho.com/schedules/team...hockey/season,20102011/team,uah/gender,m.html
Douglas
Veteran - Army
Re: UAH Dog Days of Summer 2010: All By Myself....
Let's face it, until the VBC renovations are complete, no one knows exactly when we can guarantee games in the VBC as needed. The fact that we have more home games this year (Translation = other teams are coming to us!) is something to be celebrated even if I have to drive 80 - 100 miles to see them.
Keep supporting the Chargers in any way you can... just keep supporting them!
My statement of "Supporting the Chargers means ALWAYS buying season tickets." always has an implied "if you can afford it" attached. I mean't no disrespect to anyone but more a nudge in the direction of maintaining past support, if at all possible. In fact, my main thrust was not at you at all but more at the fan that can no longer drive "distances" and further assumed the Nashville games were included in the season ticket package and thus was not going to buy season tickets this year because he/she couldn't make it to the away "home" games and possibly thinking they would be much more expensive. I'm expecting the season tickets to be as reasonable as always and the Nashville games to be optional extras. Haven't found out about the Bham games yet. I always encourage ticket holders to give their tickets away to potential new fans whenever they cannot use them, especially since scalping them may be an iffy proposition...
Let's face it, until the VBC renovations are complete, no one knows exactly when we can guarantee games in the VBC as needed. The fact that we have more home games this year (Translation = other teams are coming to us!) is something to be celebrated even if I have to drive 80 - 100 miles to see them.
Keep supporting the Chargers in any way you can... just keep supporting them!
MikeAnderson
Heavyweight Champion of My House
Re: UAH Dog Days of Summer 2010: All By Myself....
I just give to the BLC. And, quite honestly, I'd rather see people who have no intention of attending game give that money to the BLC and allow a fan who's gonna scream his or her head off at games sit in that seat.
JMHO.
Supporting the Chargers means ALWAYS buying season tickets. You can always give any you can't use to potential new fans as I have done for years with the EXTRA reserved seats I always buy. Come on... you can do it!!!
I just give to the BLC. And, quite honestly, I'd rather see people who have no intention of attending game give that money to the BLC and allow a fan who's gonna scream his or her head off at games sit in that seat.
JMHO.
MikeAnderson
Heavyweight Champion of My House
Re: UAH Dog Days of Summer 2010: All By Myself....
Again. We shut them down the last time back in the 80s after posting a 27-0 victory.
Again. We shut them down the last time back in the 80s after posting a 27-0 victory.
ChargerBlue
Bleeds Blue and White
Re: UAH Dog Days of Summer 2010: All By Myself....
Heard Fuddruckers closed in Nashville. They aren't listed on the Fudd's website anymore either.
It was a deal Coach Cole put together over the last year with the Preds. He wanted to do it for some time. Too bad he won't be around to enjoy it. I'll enjoy it though!!!
Heard Fuddruckers closed in Nashville. They aren't listed on the Fudd's website anymore either.
Re: UAH Dog Days of Summer 2010: All By Myself....
Last year, there were 12 home games. This year there are 8 home games plus 4 neutral-ice games within a 100 miles. The last home game is 8 Jan., and the regular season ends 12 Feb. Given this, simple survival is the thing to be celebrated.
Re: UAH Dog Days of Summer 2010: All By Myself....
Heck, I live in Colorado and have four tickets! I maybe go to a weekend series a year. Maybe. I used to travel more to Huntsville but these last few years have been sparse. For most of the season I have given to some guys I know professionally, and I rely on them to pass them on to their colleagues.
I may have to try to see about Nashville, that would be cool.
Supporting the Chargers means ALWAYS buying season tickets. You can always give any you can't use to potential new fans as I have done for years with the EXTRA reserved seats I always buy. Come on... you can do it!!!
Heck, I live in Colorado and have four tickets! I maybe go to a weekend series a year. Maybe. I used to travel more to Huntsville but these last few years have been sparse. For most of the season I have given to some guys I know professionally, and I rely on them to pass them on to their colleagues.
I may have to try to see about Nashville, that would be cool.
gfmorris
New member
Re: UAH Dog Days of Summer 2010: All By Myself....
In terms of dollar-for-dollar support of the program, that helps more than buying tickets for a game, yes. In terms of how people view the success of the program from outside, not so much. We'd have to be crazy to think that two of the CCHA's concerns about admitting our beloved team is that 1) our arena shafts us on dates and 2) they're concerned about how well we draw.
In my mind, it's quite simple: previously, you could argue that crap attendance was because we were in a crap league. I mean, does anyone really get all that excited about Robert Morris coming to Huntsville, other than the 50 kids who still love that YouTube clip of Troy Maney going at it with Rob Cowan and think that the Colonials are UAH's big rival because of it? Not really.
Ferris. PC. RPI. Bemidji. If you can't draw for that schedule, just when the **** are you going to draw? When Notre Dame comes to town? Great---now you have the exact argument that every one of the Small Six in the CCHA have---we can only draw when we play Mich/Sparty/tOSU/NtD/Miami. [Okay, so Miami doesn't often get play in that discussion, but their national standing in the last half-decade takes them out of the little sister division.]
I'm not going to tell any of you how to spend your money. I will tell you, however, that this year is put up or shut up when it turns to ticket sales and attendance, especially season ticket sales. Now, we all know that the VBC eats a lot of the money that goes into that revenue stream, but if we struggle to draw 16,000 fans for those eight Huntsville home games ...
GFM
In terms of dollar-for-dollar support of the program, that helps more than buying tickets for a game, yes. In terms of how people view the success of the program from outside, not so much. We'd have to be crazy to think that two of the CCHA's concerns about admitting our beloved team is that 1) our arena shafts us on dates and 2) they're concerned about how well we draw.
In my mind, it's quite simple: previously, you could argue that crap attendance was because we were in a crap league. I mean, does anyone really get all that excited about Robert Morris coming to Huntsville, other than the 50 kids who still love that YouTube clip of Troy Maney going at it with Rob Cowan and think that the Colonials are UAH's big rival because of it? Not really.
Ferris. PC. RPI. Bemidji. If you can't draw for that schedule, just when the **** are you going to draw? When Notre Dame comes to town? Great---now you have the exact argument that every one of the Small Six in the CCHA have---we can only draw when we play Mich/Sparty/tOSU/NtD/Miami. [Okay, so Miami doesn't often get play in that discussion, but their national standing in the last half-decade takes them out of the little sister division.]
I'm not going to tell any of you how to spend your money. I will tell you, however, that this year is put up or shut up when it turns to ticket sales and attendance, especially season ticket sales. Now, we all know that the VBC eats a lot of the money that goes into that revenue stream, but if we struggle to draw 16,000 fans for those eight Huntsville home games ...
GFM
Douglas
Veteran - Army
Re: UAH Dog Days of Summer 2010: All By Myself....
PS-Terry. Richard Smith at the Flying Monkey this Friday night. I'm going to count his fingers... I think he has more than the usual guitar player...
There are actually 10 home games plus the 4 neutral ice games... You're missing one weekend.
PS-Terry. Richard Smith at the Flying Monkey this Friday night.
I'm going to count his fingers... I think he has more than the usual guitar player...Re: UAH Dog Days of Summer 2010: All By Myself....
Yes, Richard and Julie are a great pair/act!
I'd like to see Richard teamed with Hazelgreen's Shane Adkins ( http://www.shaneadkins.com/ ).
Walker Street Opry (on the back dock Friday) is always worth seeing, especially if Tony Robertson of IronHorse (http://ironhorsebluegrass.com/the-band/) is with them.
"The skill and ability of Iron Horse to transpose metal to bluegrass while maintaining the identity of the originals is exceptional. The versatility of Iron Horse is demonstrated by the more traditional flavor of their first CD, “Ridin’ Out the Storm”. This versatility enables Iron Horse to perform such standards as “Rocky Top” and “Man of Constant Sorrow” with little effort, while entertaining “metal-heads” with the familiarity of the compositions of metal and pop icons – all on the same stage"
Ok, I'm just counting D-1 games. Is Danton bringing his U.S. National Under-17 team to Huntsville at the end of the season?There are actually 10 home games plus the 4 neutral ice games... You're missing one weekend.
PS-Terry. Richard Smith at the Flying Monkey this Friday night.
Yes, Richard and Julie are a great pair/act!
I'd like to see Richard teamed with Hazelgreen's Shane Adkins ( http://www.shaneadkins.com/ ).
Walker Street Opry (on the back dock Friday) is always worth seeing, especially if Tony Robertson of IronHorse (http://ironhorsebluegrass.com/the-band/) is with them.
"The skill and ability of Iron Horse to transpose metal to bluegrass while maintaining the identity of the originals is exceptional. The versatility of Iron Horse is demonstrated by the more traditional flavor of their first CD, “Ridin’ Out the Storm”. This versatility enables Iron Horse to perform such standards as “Rocky Top” and “Man of Constant Sorrow” with little effort, while entertaining “metal-heads” with the familiarity of the compositions of metal and pop icons – all on the same stage"
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Re: UAH Dog Days of Summer 2010: All By Myself....
So I noted that the schedule has been updated just a bit more. Moo U and Bobby Mo decided to finally confirm some dates. The only interesting thing is that the dates for Bobby are a Sat/Sun combo. Not entirely sure why but the games are after Final Exams, so they won't affect our players and might mean we can convince a few of our B'ham based students to show up at the game. There's also the plus of not fighting traffic and food issues in B'ham on a Friday night. I've spoken to my father and he thinks he might want to make both the the Bobby Mo and Merrimack series so we'll drag and extra fan or two with us.
Looks like we're just waiting to hear about the folks at Cornell and from Cole's NTDP. Anyway, updated schedule:
Thu 10/07/2010 Ferris State 7:05 CT
Fri 10/08/2010 Ferris State 7:05 CT
Fri 10/15/2010 @ Wisconsin 7:05 CT
Sun 10/17/2010 @ Wisconsin 1:05 CT
Fri 10/22/2010 @ Bowling Green 7:05 ET
Sat 10/23/2010 @ Bowling Green 7:05 ET
Fri 10/29/2010 @ Michigan State 7:05 ET
Sat 10/30/2010 @ Michigan State 7:05 ET
Fri 11/05/2010 @ Ohio State 7:05 ET
Sat 11/06/2010 @ Ohio State 7:05 ET
Fri 11/12/2010 Providence College 7:05 CT
Sat 11/13/2010 Providence College 7:05 CT
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament @ Troy, NY
Fri 11/26/2010 vs Bowling Green 4:00 ET
Sat 11/27/2010 vs UConn / RPI 4:00 / 7:30 ET
@ Cornell (Projected: Fri 12/3/2010)
@ Cornell (Projected: Sat 12/4/2010)
Sat 12/11/2010 Robert Morris (Birmingham, AL) 7:05 CT
Sun 12/12/2010 Robert Morris (Birmingham, AL) 2:05 CT
Thu 12/16/2010 @ Mercyhurst (nc) 7:05 ET
Fri 12/17/2010 @ Mercyhurst (nc) 7:05 ET
Thu 12/30/2010 Rensselaer 7:05 CT
Fri 12/31/2010 Rensselaer 7:05 CT
Fri 01/07/2011 Bemidji State 7:05 CT
Sat 01/08/2011 Bemidji State 7:05 CT
Fri 01/14/2011 Merrimack 7:00 CT (Nashville, TN)
Sat 01/15/2011 Merrimack 1:00 CT (Nashville, TN) + NHL: Chicago @ Nashville
Fri 01/21/2011 @ Colorado College 7:35 MT
Sat 01/22/2011 @ Colorado College 7:05 MT
Fri 01/28/2011 @ Nebraska-Omaha 7:35 CT
Sat 01/29/2011 @ Nebraska-Omaha 7:05 CT
Fri 02/11/2011 @ Ferris State 7:05 ET
Sat 02/12/2011 @ Ferris State 7:05 ET
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So I noted that the schedule has been updated just a bit more. Moo U and Bobby Mo decided to finally confirm some dates. The only interesting thing is that the dates for Bobby are a Sat/Sun combo. Not entirely sure why but the games are after Final Exams, so they won't affect our players and might mean we can convince a few of our B'ham based students to show up at the game. There's also the plus of not fighting traffic and food issues in B'ham on a Friday night. I've spoken to my father and he thinks he might want to make both the the Bobby Mo and Merrimack series so we'll drag and extra fan or two with us.
Looks like we're just waiting to hear about the folks at Cornell and from Cole's NTDP. Anyway, updated schedule:
Thu 10/07/2010 Ferris State 7:05 CT
Fri 10/08/2010 Ferris State 7:05 CT
Fri 10/15/2010 @ Wisconsin 7:05 CT
Sun 10/17/2010 @ Wisconsin 1:05 CT
Fri 10/22/2010 @ Bowling Green 7:05 ET
Sat 10/23/2010 @ Bowling Green 7:05 ET
Fri 10/29/2010 @ Michigan State 7:05 ET
Sat 10/30/2010 @ Michigan State 7:05 ET
Fri 11/05/2010 @ Ohio State 7:05 ET
Sat 11/06/2010 @ Ohio State 7:05 ET
Fri 11/12/2010 Providence College 7:05 CT
Sat 11/13/2010 Providence College 7:05 CT
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament @ Troy, NY
Fri 11/26/2010 vs Bowling Green 4:00 ET
Sat 11/27/2010 vs UConn / RPI 4:00 / 7:30 ET
@ Cornell (Projected: Fri 12/3/2010)
@ Cornell (Projected: Sat 12/4/2010)
Sat 12/11/2010 Robert Morris (Birmingham, AL) 7:05 CT
Sun 12/12/2010 Robert Morris (Birmingham, AL) 2:05 CT
Thu 12/16/2010 @ Mercyhurst (nc) 7:05 ET
Fri 12/17/2010 @ Mercyhurst (nc) 7:05 ET
Thu 12/30/2010 Rensselaer 7:05 CT
Fri 12/31/2010 Rensselaer 7:05 CT
Fri 01/07/2011 Bemidji State 7:05 CT
Sat 01/08/2011 Bemidji State 7:05 CT
Fri 01/14/2011 Merrimack 7:00 CT (Nashville, TN)
Sat 01/15/2011 Merrimack 1:00 CT (Nashville, TN) + NHL: Chicago @ Nashville
Fri 01/21/2011 @ Colorado College 7:35 MT
Sat 01/22/2011 @ Colorado College 7:05 MT
Fri 01/28/2011 @ Nebraska-Omaha 7:35 CT
Sat 01/29/2011 @ Nebraska-Omaha 7:05 CT
Fri 02/11/2011 @ Ferris State 7:05 ET
Sat 02/12/2011 @ Ferris State 7:05 ET
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gfmorris
New member
Re: UAH Dog Days of Summer 2010: All By Myself....
Is it the U-17 team that plays the college kids?
GFM
Is it the U-17 team that plays the college kids?
GFM
Re: UAH Dog Days of Summer 2010: All By Myself....
No. They play in the USHL. The U18 NDTP team is the one that plays a lot of college teams. Also the U20 Junior team will play RPI in a tune up for the World Juniors. The Swedish Junior team has several college games lined up as well. The US junior team is only together from December 16 until the completion of the tournament at Buffalo and Niagara on January 5 so they have only a week to schedule exhibitions and besides RPI they play the Czech Republic and Norway Junior teams.