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Purely anecdotal but following the UND hockey Facebook page, there sure seems like a lot of UND fans are trying to unload their tickets. Any general reason why? At the time tickets went on sale, I had the impression it was the hottest ticket but now it seems like many folks don’t want, or cannot go.

Yah, you’re right-I forgot to mention that about the high top seating in the concourse. If I didn’t have a little one, I definitely would’ve gotten seats there. Totally unobstructed view of the ice from those seats! I haven’t heard that talk about the DU and UND series being played at WA but yah, they definitely could get more fans that way and more revenue.

Thank god they won’t have fifty participation banners hanging from the rafters.

I attended the CC Ed Robson Arena open house tonight. I have some mixed feelings about it. First off, the good… 1. Nice, open concourse on-campus facility that’s walking distance for students so the atmosphere should be a lot better than at World Arena which was a 20 minute car ride from campus. Plus, it’s within a 5 minute drive from downtown Colorado Springs which has a lot of good breweries, restaurants, etc. 2. A building that’s all CC’s. No longer a tenant of someone else’s building so you actually feel like you’re in CC’s barn. Over the years, it felt as if World Arena’s primary tenant-CC-was a second class citizen and taken for granted. 3. About 3,400 seats which is more appropriate for CC given their size. The atmosphere during games should be electric (assuming CC’s competitive). I would imagine the sight lines for television as well as the acoustics will be much better and more up to date than the terrible camera angles and sound at WA was. The negatives… 1. The seating is tight and very cramped. Contrary to what the CC brass kept telling us before the new arena was built, there is actually much less leg room than there was at WA. If you are six feet tall or over, my condolences-you’re not going to enjoy sitting for an hour and a half in those seats. 2. Much less opportunity for UND fans to attend games as there won’t be nearly as many visiting fan seats available. This, of course, is a positive if you’re a CC fan but I know there’s a lot of people out in Colorado with UND ties that like to attend games against CC and DU and there just won’t be as much opportunity to get tickets for the CC series going forward. 3. Little to no acknowledgment to CC’s past and history like you get at the Ralph out in the concourses. There’s a tiny little mural dedicated to our two Hobey Baker winners, Marty Sertich and Peter Sejna, along with something for Peggy Fleming, that’s it. I would’ve thought there’d be old pictures of CC legends, achievements, Pikes Peak trophies, Gold Pan trophies, etc. Literally nothing of the sort in the arena which is surprising. 4. The goal horn. If you plan to attend games, bring ear defenders. They blew the horn tonight and if its any indication of things to come, you’re going to go deaf during games (again, that’s assuming we can actually put the puck in the back of the net this year).

The only spots I feel sure about at 1 and 8. 2-6 is kindof a toss up for me.

Yah, I kinda had to pick and choose too. The boss (aka, my wife) would probably divorce me if I went to every road series. I’m trying to get to every college hockey arena in the country for a game and haven’t made it way out to Connecticut before so figured this was as good a time as any.

Single game tickets for Quinnipiac hockey went on sale starting yesterday. The series against UND is considered a premium series so the tickets are a few bucks more but only $25 each which is pretty darn affordable.

https://www.njtitansnahl.com/forward-evan-werner-makes-ncaa-d1-commitment-to-colorado-college?fbclid=IwAR31wkN_deCbrA3zbcpcnEedGjTUDDuLY2RXusYW_CrvVD9kRTFemueNRN0

https://gazette.com/sports/ice-unveiled-at-colorado-colleges-ed-robson-arena/article_8e1a43ba-052f-11ec-8c1b-0f466e57ff7c.html?fbclid=IwAR3MybjY03rcjRTiUV9qllvHoXrkp76sNDJqH_eniaIJQSqE58KLayTC070 https://krdo.com/news/2021/08/24/ed-robson-arena-the-new-home-of-the-colorado-college-hockey-team-is-taking-shape/?fbclid=IwAR3y_f5W65MvbjKT7-HrysuR2yjWdWqEr-tK3cLs8q9VKdlnFtQJUOo2KGk An article in the Gazette and a video on KRDO sports about the new Ed Robson Arena at CC.

So will Berry fill the vacancy or are there already more than enough existing players to cover? There seems to be some variance from one team to another regarding # of roster spots.

Team defense, goaltending, and discipline (too many penalties) have always seemed to plague Western Michigan under Murray. Given the kind of offensive talent he would bring in, trying to win 6-5 type horse races never seemed like a recipe for success IMO.

A fun, insightful interview with new CC Tigers coach, Kris Mayotte. https://icetimehockeysw.com/college-hockey-sw-live/

Tentative plan is to take the following road trips from Colorado Springs: 1) UND at Quinnipiac 2) A home series at Arizona State (doesn’t matter which one, will be going out there to see some buddies) 3) A Michigan Wolverines home series (don’t know which one yet but a friend’s kid just transferred there from RPI and hopefully he will be seeing a lot of ice time).

Me neither! I thought when I scored a 13 on the ACTs that was the high score?!

Is it odd that Michigan hasn’t released their 2021-2022 schedule yet?

How do just two people have the power to make a decision this big to end two athletic programs??

https://www.rmu.edu/about/news/hockey-info?fbclid=IwAR1ftPtCNAHCpem0D_th9KO-uyOl-05rK1jYovtaK7Mhskk9Epcsn1k8ZnM Robert Morris discontinuing men’s and women’s ice hockey.

This could potentially be a good get for Coach Mayotte and the CC Tigers. Danny Weight, son of former NHL player Doug Weight, is transferring from Boston College to CC. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bcinterruption.com/platform/amp/2021/5/12/22432719/danny-weight-to-transfer-to-colorado-college

https://cctigers.com/news/2021/5/14/mens-ice-hockey-peter-mannino-named-assistant-hockey-coach.aspx?fbclid=IwAR1N1THMF7n_hAfL2ereePanTzWllRxXseAZhsB79dXRLIpEH-7bFm-7ExU Former DU goalie star Peter Mannino rounds out the new CC Tiger coaching staff.

Former UND President Mark Kennedy announces he’s stepping down as the University of Colorado’s President after a couple of very contentious years in Boulder. https://www.denverpost.com/2021/05/10/mark-kennedy-cu-president-stepping-down/

Class guy. I remember him congratulating North Dakota in 2016 after winning the national championship. Glad to hear he’s turning his life around.

I heard a rumor Brink was thinking about transferring to team Trainwreck of the South Suburban Adult Hockey League. Any truth to those rumors?

Noah Prokop transferring from UNO to CC. He’s from Highlands Ranch, CO.

I wonder what the Don’s stance on older players will be now that he’s the new commish of a conference full of smaller schools who rely on getting older players than, say, schools like “the U”?

I think he’s got a good thing going at AF and is quite content.