NCAA stuff

^^awesome Dan. I'm glad I asked you. GREAT STUFF !!!!

Since Matty played NCAA Hockey, I hope he answers as it would be cool to see what barn he thinks is the best venue as he's seen so many.

 

Dartmouth has a nice venue (Thompson Arena). Its the only college hockey game I've attended live. Holds about 3500, has a barrel-vaulted roof. Good vistas throughout.

 

I've seen 3 NCAA games in my life - 2 at the Wells Fargo Center for the NCAA Frozen 4 and Finals and one on the US Naval Academy Campus when I lived in Annapolis, MD for a 6 month job assignment. The Frozen 4 atmosphere was awesome, but it was the Flyers rink and multi-facilitated building. The US Naval Academy one was more old an old practice arena. It wasn't the real arena, but cool seeing the college kids up close. I saw in row 1 as no one was there. haha. Pucks went into the crowd and no one went after them. When they did, they gave them back to the refs. lol.

 

I like the smaller venues personally.
Would like to get to every ECAC rink- Cornell, Dartmouth, etc....
Bright Center (Harvard) is a dump but a great place to see some college hockey. I’ve been to every Hockey East rink, some nice ones some blehhh.
Matthews Arena (NU) is one of the oldest, maybe the actual oldest, rinks in the country. The old Whittemore Aeena (UNH) was great, Alfond (UMaine) is a great place to watch a game too. I played at the UMinnesota rink when I was younger and that was cool but I’ve never seen a game there, have to assume the Gophers would be a great take.
I’d love to see St. Cloud State, tiny school but an elite program. They just hosted and crushed my Eagles a few weeks ago.
In terms of new ones Agganis (BU) is really nice and comfortable. I’d also like to see Engelstadt one day.
Not sure if it still happens but the ECAC playoffs used to be at the ‘80 rink at Lake Placid, that rink will still give you the chills, something real special there.

 

Matty-not poking fun at your age but rather the age of the areana - how many did you play in for college that are still standing today ?

 

Most of the rinks are still around cat. Unless it’s a money generating big time program the rinks all stay the same, more or less. Maybe a facelift every generation or so but the rinks are the same.

 

thanks Matty-i didn't know if any were really old when you played and were replaced. I think Notre Dame is moving into a new facility soon for hockey and hoops. it's one massive building like MSG where each floor is a ice rink, basketball court and locker rooms etc.

 

I don't get a chance to visit college hockey arenas, but I do watch. Denver took it to St. Cloud in game 2. Now the WHL I do watch and the Calgary Hitmen just signed 17 yr old Orca Wiesblatt. This kid should be a Canuck.

 

• USCHO.com
• RPI
• USA TODAY/USA Hockey Magazine

RANK SCHOOL RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS
1 Denver (43) 6-2-2 992 3
2 St. Cloud State (1) 7-2-0 914 1
3 North Dakota (2) 7-2-3 913 2
4 Notre Dame 8-3-1 809 6
5 Minnesota State 8-3-0 710 10
6 Cornell (4) 6-0-0 709 14
7 Minnesota 7-4-1 699 4
8 Clarkson 8-3-1 670 11
9 Wisconsin 7-5-1 542 7
10 Providence 6-4-0 507 8
11 New Hampshire 6-3-1 434 9
12 Northeastern 6-3-1 432 13
13 Harvard 2-3-0 422 5
14 Minnesota Duluth 5-5-2 327 12
15 Western Michigan 6-4-1 259 18
16 Ohio State 6-3-3 256 17
17 Michigan 6-3-1 230 NR
18 Boston University 5-6-1 208 15
19 Colgate 6-2-4 165 NR
20 Northern Michigan 6-4-0 74 20

Cornell 6th!!!!!

 

Go Big Red!

 

Notre Dame #4. Not bad for a football school.

 

RANK SCHOOL RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS
1 Denver (30) 7-3-2 976 1
2 St. Cloud State (18) 9-2-0 953 2
3 North Dakota (2) 8-3-3 903 3
4 Notre Dame 10-3-1 836 4
5 Clarkson 10-3-1 759 8
6 Minnesota 9-4-1 745 7
7 Cornell 7-1-0 686 6
8 Minnesota State 9-4-0 653 5
9 Wisconsin 8-5-2 572 9
10 Providence 7-4-1 531 10
11 Western Michigan 8-4-1 489 15
12 Northeastern 7-4-1 408 12
13 New Hampshire 6-4-1 363 11
14 Boston College 8-5-1 333 NR
15 Ohio State 6-3-3 272 16
16 Minnesota Duluth 6-6-2 257 14
17 Michigan 6-4-2 208 17
18 Colgate 7-3-4 164 19
19 Boston University 6-7-1 80 18
19 UMass Lowell 8-6-0 80 NR
Others receiving votes: Harvard 68, Northern Michigan 54, Bowling Green 43,
Michigan State 12, Quinnipiac 11, Holy Cross 9, Penn State 8, Niagara 7,
Union 5, Yale 5, Army 4, Bemidji State 3, RIT 2, Colorado College 1.

Big jump for BC. Matty building a woll.

 

Ya the Eagles are rolling and its a beautiful thing. Have to be realistic though, they dont have the squad this year.
they started from square one with 6 freshmen, 13 sophs, 5 Jrs, 0 Srs and one post grad kid that doesnt dress.

getting mollywhopped by SCSU and Denver actually helped this team I think. Really brought the kids back to earth and showed them their deficiencies.........in no uncertain terms.

Hockey LEast this year.

 

RANK SCHOOL RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS
1 Denver (39) 7-3-2 984 1
2 St. Cloud State (9) 9-2-0 946 2
3 Clarkson (1) 12-3-1 862 5
4 Notre Dame (1) 12-3-1 860 4
5 Cornell 9-1-0 793 7
6 North Dakota 8-4-4 714 3
7 Minnesota 9-6-1 676 6
8 Minnesota State 9-5-0 568 8
9 Providence 8-5-1 512 10
10 Western Michigan 9-5-1 501 11
11 Ohio State 8-3-3 465 15
12 Northeastern 7-4-1 425 12
13 New Hampshire 7-4-1 386 13
14 Wisconsin 9-6-2 382 9
15 Boston College 8-5-2 375 14
16 Minnesota Duluth 7-6-2 300 16
17 Colgate 8-4-4 260 18
18 UMass-Lowell 8-6-0 142 19
19 Union 8-6-1 130 NR
20 Omaha 6-5-1 65 NR
Others receiving votes: Michigan 48, Boston University 22,
Niagara 19, Michigan State 14, Canisius 11, Penn State 11,
Bemidji State 3, Bowling Green 3, Harvard 3, Holy Cross 3,
Miami 3, Colorado College 2, Massachusetts 1.

Whomever voted for UMass needs to be banned. Hahvahd, see previous sentence and conjugate your arse. 7 of the top 10 are Midwest. L(east) we forget.

 

Go Big Red! And f^©# Hahvahd!

Clarkson? Whaaaaa?

Pio, piiioooo, pioneers and huskies looking legit. North Dakota needs to put their fightin' Sioux on.

Uhh, red u r, better check yer map. Denver is in the West, and not the Midwest.

 

Denver probably looks like the middle of the country... from the PacNW.

 

Denver is 672 miles from Des Moines, San Francisco is 1249 miles away. Mid would be between 1000 and 2000. I give! Uncle!

 

Rankings - USCHO.com
Last Updated - December 4, 2017
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RANK TEAM RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS
1 Denver (39) 9-3-2 987 1
2 St. Cloud State (9) 11-2-0 947 2
3 Clarkson (1) 13-3-1 879 3
4 Notre Dame (1) 14-3-1 874 4
5 North Dakota 10-4-4 792 6
6 Cornell 10-2-0 756 5
7 Minnesota 10-7-1 667 7
8 Minnesota State 9-5-0 643 8
9 Providence 9-6-1 571 9
10 Northeastern 9-5-1 467 12
11 Western Michigan 9-7-1 450 10
12 Wisconsin 10-7-2 432 14
13 New Hampshire 8-5-1 412 13
14 Boston College 9-6-2 396 15
15 Ohio State 8-4-4 388 11
16 Colgate 8-5-4 176 17
17 Minnesota Duluth 7-8-2 160 16
18 Penn State 9-7-2 138 NR
19 Union 9-7-1 115 19
20 Niagara 9-5-1 62 NR
Others receiving votes: UMass Lowell 36, Omaha 32, Bowling
Green 30, Michigan 29, Boston University 28, Miami 13,
Massachusetts 6, Canisius 5, Harvard 5, Army 3, Colorado
College 1.