(11-07-2014 09:56 AM)billetingman1 Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 09:30 AM)uconnwhaler Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 09:21 AM)billetingman1 Wrote:  

(11-05-2014 09:48 PM)uconnwhaler Wrote:  Just took out #3 BC and handed them their first shut - out in 2.5 years. It just feels so good to beat those clowns at "their sport,"

That is all, thank you for your attention :)

What is hockey? Is that a type of wood or what? Or is it a sport I have never heard of?

I know this is blasphemous in Texas, but there are sports other than football that are fun to watch and attend.

I know! I'm just messing with ya. I actually like hockey if I can watch it in person. Its not very entertaining on TV though.

I hear that a lot. For me football and baseball are toughest to watch on TV due to all the commercial breaks. I find soccer and hockey the easiet to watch due to the lack of commercials.

(11-07-2014 10:19 AM)Hank Schrader Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 09:56 AM)billetingman1 Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 09:30 AM)uconnwhaler Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 09:21 AM)billetingman1 Wrote:  

(11-05-2014 09:48 PM)uconnwhaler Wrote:  Just took out #3 BC and handed them their first shut - out in 2.5 years. It just feels so good to beat those clowns at "their sport,"

That is all, thank you for your attention :)

What is hockey? Is that a type of wood or what? Or is it a sport I have never heard of?

I know this is blasphemous in Texas, but there are sports other than football that are fun to watch and attend.

I know! I'm just messing with ya. I actually like hockey if I can watch it in person. Its not very entertaining on TV though.

I hear that a lot. For me football and baseball are toughest to watch on TV due to all the commercial breaks. I find soccer and hockey the easiet to watch due to the lack of commercials.

For me it's just the monotony of watching them go back and forth and nothing happening. Unless it's a game I have money or interest in I can't watch a soccer or hockey game all the way through.

(11-07-2014 09:32 AM)Hank Schrader Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 09:21 AM)billetingman1 Wrote:  

(11-05-2014 09:48 PM)uconnwhaler Wrote:  Just took out #3 BC and handed them their first shut - out in 2.5 years. It just feels so good to beat those clowns at "their sport,"

That is all, thank you for your attention :)

What is hockey? Is that a type of wood or what? Or is it a sport I have never heard of?

Exhibit A - why Dallas and other Southern markets (Raleigh, Tampa, Miami) have no business having an NHL team.

Half of Tampa and Miami's markets are probably made up of people from the North, especially during the winter. The hurricanes have decent attendance when they're doing good. This year hasn't been good because of the rough start, but it should be better tonight on a 3 game win streak.

(11-07-2014 10:19 AM)Hank Schrader Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 09:56 AM)billetingman1 Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 09:30 AM)uconnwhaler Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 09:21 AM)billetingman1 Wrote:  

(11-05-2014 09:48 PM)uconnwhaler Wrote:  Just took out #3 BC and handed them their first shut - out in 2.5 years. It just feels so good to beat those clowns at "their sport,"

That is all, thank you for your attention :)

What is hockey? Is that a type of wood or what? Or is it a sport I have never heard of?

I know this is blasphemous in Texas, but there are sports other than football that are fun to watch and attend.

I know! I'm just messing with ya. I actually like hockey if I can watch it in person. Its not very entertaining on TV though.

I hear that a lot. For me football and baseball are toughest to watch on TV due to all the commercial breaks. I find soccer and hockey the easiet to watch due to the lack of commercials.

Exactly how I feel. Basketball (which I love), is somewhere in between on the "I can't stand all these commercials" o-meter.

(11-07-2014 09:56 AM)billetingman1 Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 09:30 AM)uconnwhaler Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 09:21 AM)billetingman1 Wrote:  

(11-05-2014 09:48 PM)uconnwhaler Wrote:  Just took out #3 BC and handed them their first shut - out in 2.5 years. It just feels so good to beat those clowns at "their sport,"

That is all, thank you for your attention :)

What is hockey? Is that a type of wood or what? Or is it a sport I have never heard of?

I know this is blasphemous in Texas, but there are sports other than football that are fun to watch and attend.

I know! I'm just messing with ya. I actually like hockey if I can watch it in person. Its not very entertaining on TV though.

(11-07-2014 08:29 AM)upstater1 Wrote:  

(11-05-2014 10:18 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  

(11-05-2014 10:08 PM)uconnwhaler Wrote:  

(11-05-2014 10:01 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  

(11-05-2014 09:48 PM)uconnwhaler Wrote:  Just took out #3 BC and handed them their first shut - out in 2.5 years. It just feels so good to beat those clowns at "their sport,"

That is all, thank you for your attention :)

UCONN is not a hockey power! They have never made a run in the national tournament and, to my knowledge, has never won their conference tourney. Quinnipiac and Yale are hockey powers, UCONN is not!

Tongue in cheek dude. But the foundation is there. CT produces a ton of Hockey talent, we have the brand, we have the fans (sold out 8,000 tonight and expect that to continue), and we have and will build the facilities.

I'm not hating on UCONN hockey. I was just trying to correct the "record". Fun fact: I'm a Quinnipiac fan in men's hockey.

Be prepared for your run to obsolescence.

UConn attracted over 8,000 fans in its first ever Hockey East home game with a roster of scholarship players.

The top teams in the best conference in America struggle to attract 4,000 a game, while the other do 2,000 if they're lucky. We'll see if fans keep coming as the losses pile up and the novelty wears off, but the thing that gives UConn a lot of potential is that it is centered in a population base (lots of hockey is played in Conn. and the tri-state area) and there are no top teams (other than Yale and Quinnipiac, that found an acorn in the last couple years) south of I-90 until you hit Ohio State. There are lots of good teams in upstate NY, but the talent outside Buffalo/Rochester is sparse. New York City, Conn., Long Island, New Jersey, Philly. Lots of talent in these areas. But where are the schools? Rutgers? No. PSU? Just started their program, like UConn.

So, because UCONN beat BC in front of 8k, you're now saying Quinnipiac is going to be irrelevant? I hate to break it to you pal, but Qunnipiac is a national power now in hockey. What's more, they have a decades long head start on UCONN. They have their most hated rival (2013 National Champion Yale) a few miles down the road and are within 100 square miles of the best hockey conference in the nation. With all that they still made the National title game in 2013 and was a top-10 team the following year. Last I checked, UCONN has only 2 wins this season. Some national power they are!!!

(11-07-2014 12:13 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 08:29 AM)upstater1 Wrote:  

(11-05-2014 10:18 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  

(11-05-2014 10:08 PM)uconnwhaler Wrote:  

(11-05-2014 10:01 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  UCONN is not a hockey power! They have never made a run in the national tournament and, to my knowledge, has never won their conference tourney. Quinnipiac and Yale are hockey powers, UCONN is not!

Tongue in cheek dude. But the foundation is there. CT produces a ton of Hockey talent, we have the brand, we have the fans (sold out 8,000 tonight and expect that to continue), and we have and will build the facilities.

I'm not hating on UCONN hockey. I was just trying to correct the "record". Fun fact: I'm a Quinnipiac fan in men's hockey.

Be prepared for your run to obsolescence.

UConn attracted over 8,000 fans in its first ever Hockey East home game with a roster of scholarship players.

The top teams in the best conference in America struggle to attract 4,000 a game, while the other do 2,000 if they're lucky. We'll see if fans keep coming as the losses pile up and the novelty wears off, but the thing that gives UConn a lot of potential is that it is centered in a population base (lots of hockey is played in Conn. and the tri-state area) and there are no top teams (other than Yale and Quinnipiac, that found an acorn in the last couple years) south of I-90 until you hit Ohio State. There are lots of good teams in upstate NY, but the talent outside Buffalo/Rochester is sparse. New York City, Conn., Long Island, New Jersey, Philly. Lots of talent in these areas. But where are the schools? Rutgers? No. PSU? Just started their program, like UConn.

So, because UCONN beat BC in front of 8k, you're now saying Quinnipiac is going to be irrelevant? I hate to break it to you pal, but Qunnipiac is a national power now in hockey. What's more, they have a decades long head start on UCONN. They have their most hated rival (2013 National Champion Yale) a few miles down the road and are within 100 square miles of the best hockey conference in the nation. With all that they still made the National title game in 2013 and was a top-10 team the following year. Last I checked, UCONN has only 2 wins this season. Some national power they are!!!

For the sake of Connecticut sports and college hockey, I'd like to see all 3 as "Powers" going forward, similarly to how (in addition to UCONN) I support a powerful SCSU basketball program...

Watch out Massachusetts hockey...

I wouldn't say that Quinnipiac will become irrelevant, but the reality is that UConn will quickly overtake them in hockey. In addition to the advantage of being in Hockey East, UConn has the advantage of being the main team in the State of CT in all sports. There are no pro sports teams in CT. If you are raised in CT, then UConn is in your blood. UConn is our "pro" team.

This column sums it all up nicely:
http://sportzedge.com/2014/10/21/with-ho...yet-again/

(11-07-2014 12:13 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 08:29 AM)upstater1 Wrote:  

(11-05-2014 10:18 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  

(11-05-2014 10:08 PM)uconnwhaler Wrote:  

(11-05-2014 10:01 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  UCONN is not a hockey power! They have never made a run in the national tournament and, to my knowledge, has never won their conference tourney. Quinnipiac and Yale are hockey powers, UCONN is not!

Tongue in cheek dude. But the foundation is there. CT produces a ton of Hockey talent, we have the brand, we have the fans (sold out 8,000 tonight and expect that to continue), and we have and will build the facilities.

I'm not hating on UCONN hockey. I was just trying to correct the "record". Fun fact: I'm a Quinnipiac fan in men's hockey.

Be prepared for your run to obsolescence.

UConn attracted over 8,000 fans in its first ever Hockey East home game with a roster of scholarship players.

The top teams in the best conference in America struggle to attract 4,000 a game, while the other do 2,000 if they're lucky. We'll see if fans keep coming as the losses pile up and the novelty wears off, but the thing that gives UConn a lot of potential is that it is centered in a population base (lots of hockey is played in Conn. and the tri-state area) and there are no top teams (other than Yale and Quinnipiac, that found an acorn in the last couple years) south of I-90 until you hit Ohio State. There are lots of good teams in upstate NY, but the talent outside Buffalo/Rochester is sparse. New York City, Conn., Long Island, New Jersey, Philly. Lots of talent in these areas. But where are the schools? Rutgers? No. PSU? Just started their program, like UConn.

So, because UCONN beat BC in front of 8k, you're now saying Quinnipiac is going to be irrelevant? I hate to break it to you pal, but Qunnipiac is a national power now in hockey. What's more, they have a decades long head start on UCONN. They have their most hated rival (2013 National Champion Yale) a few miles down the road and are within 100 square miles of the best hockey conference in the nation. With all that they still made the National title game in 2013 and was a top-10 team the following year. Last I checked, UCONN has only 2 wins this season. Some national power they are!!!

QU will not become irrelevant, they have had too much success for that. But, within the state of Connecticut UConn will over-shadow QU regardless of QU's headstart. None of the below is meant to dimish QU, but they are the reasons that I think UConn will be the premier hockey team in the state from a fan perspective (if they aren't already).

First, QU is a small private school that doesn't necessarily connect with the community at large (maybe within Hamden). In contract, UConn is State U with supporters regardless of where they got their undergraduate degress. Even putting that aside, UConn is 4x the size of QU, which makes building a large fanbase much easier.

Second, UConn's "brand" dwarfs QU's and is associated with national championships and big-time athletics.

Third, UConn is in a much better conference than QU.

Fourth, UConn's athletic department has resources for facilities and coaching that QU will never be able to match.

Fifth (building off the fourth), UConn already has a better facility in the upgraded XL Center (new seating, bars, scoreboard, ribbons, etc). And our new hockey arena will be larger, with more amenities, than QU's when it is built in two years (plus we will continue playing the large games in Hartford).

(11-07-2014 12:13 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 08:29 AM)upstater1 Wrote:  

(11-05-2014 10:18 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  

(11-05-2014 10:08 PM)uconnwhaler Wrote:  

(11-05-2014 10:01 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  UCONN is not a hockey power! They have never made a run in the national tournament and, to my knowledge, has never won their conference tourney. Quinnipiac and Yale are hockey powers, UCONN is not!

Tongue in cheek dude. But the foundation is there. CT produces a ton of Hockey talent, we have the brand, we have the fans (sold out 8,000 tonight and expect that to continue), and we have and will build the facilities.

I'm not hating on UCONN hockey. I was just trying to correct the "record". Fun fact: I'm a Quinnipiac fan in men's hockey.

Be prepared for your run to obsolescence.

UConn attracted over 8,000 fans in its first ever Hockey East home game with a roster of scholarship players.

The top teams in the best conference in America struggle to attract 4,000 a game, while the other do 2,000 if they're lucky. We'll see if fans keep coming as the losses pile up and the novelty wears off, but the thing that gives UConn a lot of potential is that it is centered in a population base (lots of hockey is played in Conn. and the tri-state area) and there are no top teams (other than Yale and Quinnipiac, that found an acorn in the last couple years) south of I-90 until you hit Ohio State. There are lots of good teams in upstate NY, but the talent outside Buffalo/Rochester is sparse. New York City, Conn., Long Island, New Jersey, Philly. Lots of talent in these areas. But where are the schools? Rutgers? No. PSU? Just started their program, like UConn.

So, because UCONN beat BC in front of 8k, you're now saying Quinnipiac is going to be irrelevant? I hate to break it to you pal, but Qunnipiac is a national power now in hockey. What's more, they have a decades long head start on UCONN. They have their most hated rival (2013 National Champion Yale) a few miles down the road and are within 100 square miles of the best hockey conference in the nation. With all that they still made the National title game in 2013 and was a top-10 team the following year. Last I checked, UCONN has only 2 wins this season. Some national power they are!!!

Unreal. Yes, they will become irrelevant to the extent that UConn is going to be the place the Conn. and NY kids go to rather than Quinnipiac. Better conference, more fans, bigger and better school.

We're not a hockey power yet. But it's nice to have yet another revenue producing sport in our collection.

(11-07-2014 09:21 AM)billetingman1 Wrote:  

(11-05-2014 09:48 PM)uconnwhaler Wrote:  Just took out #3 BC and handed them their first shut - out in 2.5 years. It just feels so good to beat those clowns at "their sport,"

That is all, thank you for your attention :)

What is hockey? Is that a type of wood or what? Or is it a sport I have never heard of?

I knew nothing about hockey until the Predators came to Nashville, and now I'm big fan.

The Preds are tearing it up this year too.

(11-07-2014 10:19 AM)Hank Schrader Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 09:56 AM)billetingman1 Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 09:30 AM)uconnwhaler Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 09:21 AM)billetingman1 Wrote:  

(11-05-2014 09:48 PM)uconnwhaler Wrote:  Just took out #3 BC and handed them their first shut - out in 2.5 years. It just feels so good to beat those clowns at "their sport,"

That is all, thank you for your attention :)

What is hockey? Is that a type of wood or what? Or is it a sport I have never heard of?

I know this is blasphemous in Texas, but there are sports other than football that are fun to watch and attend.

I know! I'm just messing with ya. I actually like hockey if I can watch it in person. Its not very entertaining on TV though.

I hear that a lot. For me football and baseball are toughest to watch on TV due to all the commercial breaks. I find soccer and hockey the easiet to watch due to the lack of commercials.

It's basically the same game. I love both sports and enjoy watching them on TV. Fast games. With that said, a live Predators game is incredible.....especially the playoffs.

After beating #3 Boston College earlier this week, UConn tied #5 Boston University last night (4-4).

We are very competitive in our first year in the nation's top conference.

A record of 2-4-3 just screams powerhouse

(11-05-2014 10:01 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  

(11-05-2014 09:48 PM)uconnwhaler Wrote:  Just took out #3 BC and handed them their first shut - out in 2.5 years. It just feels so good to beat those clowns at "their sport,"

That is all, thank you for your attention :)

UCONN is not a hockey power! They have never made a run in the national tournament and, to my knowledge, has never won their conference tourney. Quinnipiac and Yale are hockey powers, UCONN is not!

Not yet, bull all the ingredients to become one.

(11-09-2014 01:23 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  

(11-09-2014 01:17 PM)leapinggazelle Wrote:  A record of 2-4-3 just screams powerhouse

You should worry about your own club hockey team...assuming they don't get cut by the university too.

He's a Villanova troll, buddy...

(11-09-2014 04:37 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  

(11-09-2014 01:23 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  

(11-09-2014 01:17 PM)leapinggazelle Wrote:  A record of 2-4-3 just screams powerhouse

You should worry about your own club hockey team...assuming they don't get cut by the university too.

He's a Villanova troll, buddy...

My apologies then.

(11-07-2014 06:19 PM)tnzazz Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 10:19 AM)Hank Schrader Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 09:56 AM)billetingman1 Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 09:30 AM)uconnwhaler Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 09:21 AM)billetingman1 Wrote:  What is hockey? Is that a type of wood or what? Or is it a sport I have never heard of?

I know this is blasphemous in Texas, but there are sports other than football that are fun to watch and attend.

I know! I'm just messing with ya. I actually like hockey if I can watch it in person. Its not very entertaining on TV though.

I hear that a lot. For me football and baseball are toughest to watch on TV due to all the commercial breaks. I find soccer and hockey the easiet to watch due to the lack of commercials.

It's basically the same game. I love both sports and enjoy watching them on TV. Fast games. With that said, a live Predators game is incredible.....especially the playoffs.

Live games are great. I got to go to one of the Stanley Cup games when the Hurricanes won it, it was insane.

(11-09-2014 04:37 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  

(11-09-2014 01:23 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  

(11-09-2014 01:17 PM)leapinggazelle Wrote:  A record of 2-4-3 just screams powerhouse

You should worry about your own club hockey team...assuming they don't get cut by the university too.

He's a Villanova troll, buddy...

Villanova? HAHAHAHA