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WCHA Season Thread 2017-18: In Which We Try For Two Bids

Re: WCHA Season Thread 2017-18: In Which We Try For Two Bids

All I wanted would have been an opportunity to get tickets as an out-of-town alum. The wee hours in the morning sudden switch to in-person only was a shi**y move. It wouldn't have been difficult to block off a couple hundred seats for (as an example) the alumni office to consign. Have them contact the alumni office to purchase tickets. Or email the alumni office by noon Monday to get on a first come first serve list. Verify names with registered alums (because we all know they have that database). Worst case, the alumni office returns tickets to the box office and they're made available for sale BY Wednesday (when season seat holders have their time limit to purchase their seat).

Also, why was *every* farking ticket immediately sold Monday morning (except for Student tickets)? Standing Room Only seats should have been made available later in the week (ie: Today or Wednesday).

A controlled release would make much more sense, but no, NMU had to ensure that every goddammed seat sold out asap just for bragging rights.


And now, the University is once again in "Quick Put Out The Fires!" mode; another reactionary move instead of predictive moves.
 
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aparch said:
Why was the Box office closed following the MTU/MSU game and people told to buy tickets online after people waited at the BEC *for* those tickets just like the last two rounds?
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Ok I can understand the servers went down (not really) but why not continue with phone sales? Also why 1200 tickets for students? They did all go but at $10 while adult tickets went for $22. Anyone know how the cut goes for the league? WCHA gets all ticket revenue, arena gets concessions and...?
 
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MTUHuskies said:
Admit it davyd83. NMU knowingly and purposefully screwed Tech fans. That's quite obvious. Stop making excuses.

They have that inferiority complex running wild these days. Just because they can only fill an average of 53% of Berry seats with a 2nd place team that was at or near the top of the conference for the whole year while Big Brother in Houghton does a much better gate with a smaller school in a smaller market while they admittedly struggled for a lot of the year. Just another example of how MTU > NMU.

(Sorry, since you are an NMU fan, I will explain that the ">" symbol means "greater than" ;) )
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I used to have season tickets for Northern, and I would be upset if I got screwed out of my tickets for this game. If it was under the guise of screwing Tech fans, well, then I could live with it. Nothing much better than a bunch of angry disappointed Tech fans.
Time to take the gloves off boys. Game time can't come soon enough.
 
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No tickets should have been sold until season ticket holders had the first chance to get their tickets showing a valid ID. Limit it to the number of seat you had as a season ticket holder. Give them until Tuesday at a certain time to pick them up. Then sell tickets to the general public the rest of the week (phone, online, or walk up till all tickets are sold.) That would give the general public 4 days to purchase the remaining tickets.Season ticket holders could then reapply to purchase more if they so choose. Plenty of time for out-of-towners to make whatever travel arrangements to get to the Berry for Saturday if they really wanted to go. Set a limit of six max for a one time purchase and enforce it,( to the back of the line if you plan on buying more), (10 is way too many) which leads to scalping tickets. They knew if they were playing Tech it would for sure be a sellout. Locals would have a better shot at purchasing most of them I would think.This would be fair for all who would want to attend.
 
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MTUHuskies said:
It is clear that NMU does not want Tech fans in the building and they did it that way to put undue hardship on as many Tech fans as possible. I cannot find another plausible reason for selling 1st and 2nd round tickets over the phone and internet then changing it for this game. Starting sales 9 hours after the teams were decided and allowing up to 10 tickets per transaction also ensured the tickets would go to local people before most fans could get to Marquette from the Copper Country.

That is a pretty chicken-**** way to operate for a 2nd place team that could only fill 53% of their building this year hosting a team that travels as well as Tech does. Hockeyville, my ***!

I will enjoy watching the Sauer Trophy presentation (in front of 150 people left in the stands) from my living room. I will be happy if I never spend another dime for tickets, food and beer at the Berry ever again.

They may have had a better record and finished 2nd in the league, and they may even win on Saturday, but I am so glad I am not an NMU fan and especially glad I am not an NMU alumnus.

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They call themselves Hockeyville and can't fill their barn for non-Tech and non-championship games? Please tell me this is a bad attempt at a marketing game.
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devildog said:
I used to have season tickets for Northern, and I would be upset if I got screwed out of my tickets for this game. If it was under the guise of screwing Tech fans, well, then I could live with it. Not much better than a bunch of angry disappointed Tech fans.
Time to take the gloves off boys. Game time can't come soon enough.
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I simply wanted to take my wife to a great hockey game. Site down Sunday night, tickets in-person only, sold out in 2 hours. It's simply want vs. need at this point. If all tickets were sold to passionate fans who will enjoy the game, I'm happy. If not, then something is stinky. It's clear that many fans, including NMU die hards, are questioning how the situation was handled.
 
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They call themselves Hockeyville and can't fill their barn for non-Tech and non-championship games? Please tell me this is a bad attempt at a marketing game.[/QUOTE]

Oh I would fully buy that it was poor marketing. Not prepared, no foresight.
 
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MTUHuskies said:
Admit it davyd83. NMU knowingly and purposefully screwed Tech fans. That's quite obvious. Stop making excuses.

They have that inferiority complex running wild these days. Just because they can only fill an average of 53% of Berry seats with a 2nd place team that was at or near the top of the conference for the whole year while Big Brother in Houghton does a much better gate with a smaller school in a smaller market while they admittedly struggled for a lot of the year. Just another example of how MTU > NMU.

(Sorry, since you are an NMU fan, I will explain that the ">" symbol means "greater than" ;) )
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Forget Tech fans for a moment. NMU screwed their non-local alumni and current season ticket holders.

Add on apparently not being prepared for selling tickets, a middle of the night change to how the tickets would be sold, not allowing phone ticket sales, along with people able to jump back in line and get additional tickets,... It is hard to give NMU the benefit of a doubt.
 
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giwan said:
Anyone know how the cut goes for the league? WCHA gets all ticket revenue, arena gets concessions and...?
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The WCHA gets a set amount for the game. I believe last year it was around the $25,000 mark for each series/championship game. Anything above and beyond that the host school can pull in goes in their pocket.
 
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Lost_Husky said:
Forget Tech fans for a moment. NMU screwed their non-local alumni and current season ticket holders.

Add on apparently not being prepared for selling tickets, a middle of the night change to how the tickets would be sold, not allowing phone ticket sales, along with people able to jump back in line and get additional tickets,... It is hard to give NMU the benefit of a doubt.
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I don't know how you can say they screwed current season ticket holders other than the one case we reported...that was definitely a screw up but its far from something blatant like screwing current season ticket holders.
 
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beaverhockeyfan said:
The WCHA gets a set amount for the game. I believe last year it was around the $25,000 mark for each series/championship game. Anything above and beyond that the host school can pull in goes in their pocket.
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Then it does surprise me that 1,200 tickets went to students at $10, thats 35% of the tickets. I can see reasons why to offer more to the students of course though if you were to try boost $$$ for the school more should have been allocated to adults at $22. Add to that most students are not buying beer and probably not buying food.
 
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Regardless of whether it's Tech Or NMU in, I was able to get both UND and Minnesota out with the following. Canisius wins AH, BU wins HE, UND loses to Duluth and wins the consolation game.. OSU wins the big.Wouldn't that be a kick in the pants.
The team I'd be most afraid of: Cornell.
 
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giwan said:
Then it does surprise me that 1,200 tickets went to students at $10, thats 35% of the tickets. I can see reasons why to offer more to the students of course though if you were to try boost $$$ for the school more should have been allocated to adults at $22. Add to that most students are not buying beer and probably not buying food.
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But 1200 tickets at $10 is $12000, so you are almost halfway to covering your fees. For a league championship, I think most schools would be able to get 1200 students as long as they are not on break.

Plus, you can set a deadline on those tickets, say Thursday, and then make any remaining available to the public.
 
MTUHuskies said:
Admit it davyd83. NMU knowingly and purposefully screwed Tech fans. That's quite obvious. Stop making excuses.

They have that inferiority complex running wild these days. Just because they can only fill an average of 53% of Berry seats with a 2nd place team that was at or near the top of the conference for the whole year while Big Brother in Houghton does a much better gate with a smaller school in a smaller market while they admittedly struggled for a lot of the year. Just another example of how MTU > NMU.

(Sorry, since you are an NMU fan, I will explain that the ">" symbol means "greater than" ;) )
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It’s a pretty common practice in pro and college sports today. If Tech were hosting, I’d expect that they would try to maximize their home ice advantage. And by the way, there have been times when Tech has limited NMU tickets and denied the band the opportunity to play.
I certainly understand the disappointment of people on both sides that couldn’t get tickets. But one thing I do know for sure, no matter what system was put in place, a lot of people would still be upset. On both sides.
 
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manurespreader said:
Regardless of whether it's Tech Or NMU in, I was able to get both UND and Minnesota out with the following. Canisius wins AH, BU wins HE, UND loses to Duluth and wins the consolation game.. OSU wins the big.Wouldn't that be a kick in the pants.
The team I'd be most afraid of: Cornell.
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But were you able to get Tech in via the AQ and NMU in as an at-large?

GFM <— is being lazy and outsourcing PWP tasks
 
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manurespreader said:
Regardless of whether it's Tech Or NMU in, I was able to get both UND and Minnesota out with the following. Canisius wins AH, BU wins HE, UND loses to Duluth and wins the consolation game.. OSU wins the big.Wouldn't that be a kick in the pants.
The team I'd be most afraid of: Cornell.
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I'm not getting to the same result. Can you post your PWP result? Anybody know of the last time both UND and Minnesota missed the tourney?
 
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