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Post by sader1970 on Oct 14, 2022 8:01:35 GMT -5
HC Club of RI (graphics get eliminated in translation):
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Post by cruskater31 on Oct 14, 2022 20:59:11 GMT -5
Love the Thanksgiving weekend games and discounted tickets. Nice work HC.
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Post by bfoley82 on Oct 15, 2022 22:11:39 GMT -5
Love the Thanksgiving weekend games and discounted tickets. Nice work HC. Should be noted that Brown athletics are very poorly attended....
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Post by sader1970 on Oct 16, 2022 6:12:46 GMT -5
Thanks for your usual positive spin on any and all subjects.
FYI, The Holy Cross Club of RI has precious few events as I am told is true of many other regional clubs (Boston and Worcester possible exceptions) so this is something to celebrate. And if Brown athletic events are sparsely populated, the greater chance that the Crusaders will have more fans than Brown and give our teams less of an away disadvantage.
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Post by sader1970 on Oct 16, 2022 8:45:38 GMT -5
And NAD can probably be admitted safely as I believe the "Watch Out For This Guy" poster is only put up for men's basketball games.
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Post by longsuffering on Oct 16, 2022 9:47:23 GMT -5
HC doesn't have an in-city D-1 rival to siphon fans away like Brown does. In Worcester, HC is the show. Let's Go!
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Post by bfoley82 on Oct 16, 2022 23:11:55 GMT -5
HC doesn't have an in-city D-1 rival to siphon fans away like Brown does. In Worcester, HC is the show. Let's Go! yet....Assumption will be an in-city rival next year in Women's Hockey.
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Post by bfoley82 on Oct 16, 2022 23:15:07 GMT -5
Thanks for your usual positive spin on any and all subjects. FYI, The Holy Cross Club of RI has precious few events as I am told is true of many other regional clubs (Boston and Worcester possible exceptions) so this is something to celebrate. And if Brown athletic events are sparsely populated, the greater chance that the Crusaders will have more fans than Brown and give our teams less of an away disadvantage. In 2019-2020, Brown had the second lowest attendance in College Hockey www.uscho.com/stats/attendance/division-i-men/2019-2020/21-22 (COVID WAS A MESS SEASON), Brown was 54th www.uscho.com/stats/attendance/division-i-men/2021-2022/
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Post by longsuffering on Oct 17, 2022 0:07:17 GMT -5
HC was ahead of AIC 888-706 in 2019-20. Two years later AIC was ahead by one 305-304. The Yellow Jackets are riding a three-peat but HC banged out the Hart for an exhibition vs BC. Who will draw more this year, HC or AIC?
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Oct 17, 2022 3:43:07 GMT -5
AIC has had too strong of a team and too nice of an arena to not get more fans at games. I brought my wife and then four-month old daughter to see us play there in February 2020 and I thought it was a great place to see a game. I guess not too many others feel that way.
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Post by longsuffering on Oct 17, 2022 9:41:59 GMT -5
AIC has had too strong of a team and too nice of an arena to not get more fans at games. I brought my wife and then four-month old daughter to see us play there in February 2020 and I thought it was a great place to see a game. I guess not too many others feel that way. In Iceland, babies are napped outside on the porch or balcony as it is believed the cold air strengthens their lungs. So the cool air of a hockey arena is healthy for babies and better than baking in the sun at a baseball game.
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Oct 17, 2022 10:27:25 GMT -5
^
Wut?
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Post by Tom on Oct 17, 2022 11:03:30 GMT -5
HC doesn't have an in-city D-1 rival to siphon fans away like Brown does. In Worcester, HC is the show. Let's Go! yet....Assumption will be an in-city rival next year in Women's Hockey. Is Assumption making a jump to D-I for women's hockey only? I know hockey has some exceptions for non D-I playing up for one sport. Even if Assumption jumps up for women's hockey only, I don't see the Greyhounds siphoning off a ton of fans. I don't know how big the casual non-school affiliated women's hockey fan base is in Worcester. I'm going to take a wild guess that it isn't a huge percentage of the HC gate
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Post by longsuffering on Oct 17, 2022 11:57:26 GMT -5
I wonder which school will get to the D-1 NCAA tournament first. The Assumption league gives them an advantage. Is continued losing in H.E. worth the perceived prestige of who we are losing to?
Women's hockey is a sport where Holy Cross can affirmatively choose the league it feels is best for the program and the school with less complication than other sports.
I certainly think W.H. deserves a good long attempt to become competitive in H.E. but I also think there is no prestige in losing no matter who it is to.
Men's hockey has no options to move to a D-1 league that is a better competitive fit. They have to shelter in place.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Oct 17, 2022 12:21:19 GMT -5
yet....Assumption will be an in-city rival next year in Women's Hockey. Is Assumption making a jump to D-I for women's hockey only? I know hockey has some exceptions for non D-I playing up for one sport. Even if Assumption jumps up for women's hockey only, I don't see the Greyhounds siphoning off a ton of fans. I don't know how big the casual non-school affiliated women's hockey fan base is in Worcester. I'm going to take a wild guess that it isn't a huge percentage of the HC gate Probably an accurate guess.
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Post by bfoley82 on Oct 17, 2022 15:47:44 GMT -5
yet....Assumption will be an in-city rival next year in Women's Hockey. Is Assumption making a jump to D-I for women's hockey only? I know hockey has some exceptions for non D-I playing up for one sport. Even if Assumption jumps up for women's hockey only, I don't see the Greyhounds siphoning off a ton of fans. I don't know how big the casual non-school affiliated women's hockey fan base is in Worcester. I'm going to take a wild guess that it isn't a huge percentage of the HC gate There is no D-2 NCAA Hockey Tournament in the women's or men's level so they are allowed to play up if they want. Franklin Pierce, St. Anselm's, Post, and St. Michaels all play in that conference and are D-2 schools.
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Post by Tom on Oct 18, 2022 9:38:35 GMT -5
Is Assumption making a jump to D-I for women's hockey only? I know hockey has some exceptions for non D-I playing up for one sport. Even if Assumption jumps up for women's hockey only, I don't see the Greyhounds siphoning off a ton of fans. I don't know how big the casual non-school affiliated women's hockey fan base is in Worcester. I'm going to take a wild guess that it isn't a huge percentage of the HC gate There is no D-2 NCAA Hockey Tournament in the women's or men's level so they are allowed to play up if they want. Franklin Pierce, St. Anselm's, Post, and St. Michaels all play in that conference and are D-2 schools. I didn't think D-II hockey was even a thing. The schools you mention all play D-III hockey. There's also something that lets D-iii schools (like St Lawrence or Merrimac in the olden days) play D-I hockey
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Post by bfoley82 on Oct 18, 2022 12:48:52 GMT -5
There is no D-2 NCAA Hockey Tournament in the women's or men's level so they are allowed to play up if they want. Franklin Pierce, St. Anselm's, Post, and St. Michaels all play in that conference and are D-2 schools. I didn't think D-II hockey was even a thing. The schools you mention all play D-III hockey. There's also something that lets D-iii schools (like St Lawrence or Merrimac in the olden days) play D-I hockey Those schools play D-2 Men's hockey in the Northeast-10 conference which ends the season with a conference championship as the end all be all. They are NOT ALLOWED to play in the D-3 NCAA Tournament. They have the option to play up like AIC does. All the Women's Teams at those schools play D-1 Hockey in the NEWHA. Assumption Women join next year.
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Post by longsuffering on Oct 18, 2022 13:29:43 GMT -5
I read somewhere that lower division schools can pick one non-BB/FB sport to play in D-1. But I never saw that specifically confirmed on Crossports by experts like Foley or Bison 137 so I'm not sure it is exactly correct.
It would explain why schools like Union and Clarkson play D-1 Hockey and Hobart (5-0-0 vs HC all time) plays D-1 LaCrosse.
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Post by bfoley82 on Oct 18, 2022 14:48:50 GMT -5
I read somewhere that lower division schools can pick one non-BB/FB sport to play in D-1. But I never saw that specifically confirmed on Crossports by experts like Foley or Bison 137 so I'm not sure it is exactly correct. It would explain why schools like Union and Clarkson play D-1 Hockey and Hobart (5-0-0 vs HC all time) plays D-1 LaCrosse. Here is a bitter article about Johns Hopkins dominance in the conference for track and field which talks about the differences in enrollment between D-1 and D-3. thedickinsonian.com/opinion/2022/04/17/johns-hopkins-track-field-and-its-unfair-dominance-in-the-centennial-conference/
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