The 2016-17 Schedules Thread

[hockeyplayer1015]

Re: The 2016-17 Schedules Thread

St. Lawrence Schedule: http://www.saintsathletics.com/news/...-schedule.aspx

10/6 @Penn St
10/7 @Penn St
10/13 UNH
10/14 Merrimack
10/21 @UML
10/22 @Providence
10/28 Wisconsin
10/29 Minnesota

12/9 Clarkson

1/3 @UVM
1/6 @Canisius
1/7 @Canisius

2/4 @Clarkson

The dates I'm assuming the article lists the teams in the order they'll be played. They don't have the schedule in list form on the website yet.

[FlagDUDE08]

Re: The 2016-17 Schedules Thread

St. Lawrence Schedule: http://www.saintsathletics.com/news/...-schedule.aspx

10/6 @Penn St
10/7 @Penn St
10/13 UNH
10/14 Merrimack
10/21 @UML
10/22 @Providence
10/28 Wisconsin
10/29 Minnesota

12/9 Clarkson

1/3 @UVM
1/6 @Canisius
1/7 @Canisius

2/4 @Clarkson

The dates I'm assuming the article lists the teams in the order they'll be played. They don't have the schedule in list form on the website yet.

Since they say "the following weekend", I'm going to assume you meant 14-15 October. Penn State is probably only 6-7 in order to accommodate handegg. Also, a wild guess CCT will have said weekend as well but reversed. Would it be safe to say they're also playing Providence?

[FlagDUDE08]

Re: The 2016-17 Schedules Thread

In trying to figure out Atlantic's conference opponents, I am going to put forth a hypothesis, based on the number of teams, that each team will play the other four times twice over the course of five years.

AIC: (USMA, AFA, CC, RMU), (BU, CHC, NU, RIT): None found
Army: (AIC, BU, CC, MU), (BU, SHU, MU, RMU): Bentley and Mercyhurst
Bentley: (USMA, CHC, SHU, MU), (AIC, USMA, MU, RIT): Army and Mercyhurst
Holy Cross: (BU, SHU, NU, RIT), (AIC, SHU, AFA, CC): Sacred Heart
Sacred Heart: (BU, CHC, MU, RIT), (USMA, CHC, CC, RMU): Holy Cross
Air Force: (AIC, CC, NU, RMU), (CHC, CC, NU, RMU): Canisius, Niagara, and Robert Morris
Canisius: (AIC, USMA, AFA, MU), (CHC, SHU, AFA, RMU): Air Force
Mercyhurst: (USMA, BU, SHU, CC), (USMA, BU, NU, RIT): Army, Bentley
Niagara: (CHC, AFA, RMU, RIT), (AIC, AFA, MU, RIT): Air Force, RIT
Robert Morris: (AIC, AFA, NU, RIT), (USMA, SHU, AFA, CC): Air Force
RIT: (CHC, SHU, NU, RMU), (AIC, BU, MU, NU): Niagara

We don't have enough information from this to determine who will play each other four times for sure, but would it be a safe assumption that any teams listed at the end would only play each other twice? Obviously I see no other pattern in who plays who, similar to the WCHA.

[joecct]

Since they say "the following weekend", I'm going to assume you meant 14-15 October. Penn State is probably only 6-7 in order to accommodate handegg. Also, a wild guess CCT will have said weekend as well but reversed. Would it be safe to say they're also playing Providence?

UNH/Merrimack, PC/UML & Wisc/Minny are on CCT schedule. Just reverse the dates.

[hockeyplayer1015]

Since they say "the following weekend", I'm going to assume you meant 14-15 October. Penn State is probably only 6-7 in order to accommodate handegg. Also, a wild guess CCT will have said weekend as well but reversed. Would it be safe to say they're also playing Providence?

/didn't look at a calender, just wanted to get it in here.

Yes, I've seen it mentioned that Clarkson is making the @PC/@UML trip as well.

[ticapnews]

Re: The 2016-17 Schedules Thread

The Hockey East schedule just went all to Hell.

BC, BU, PC, UMass, UConn, UNH, Northeastern and Maine are now expected to play at Frozen Fenway. Opponents have not been named, but the format will be four games over two Saturdays. Schools that have already released schedules will see movement, but we don't know which teams. That is per Mike McMahon.

It is also being reported that one of the two Maine home games vs Boston College is being moved from Orono to Portland. Odds are it will be the game on Saturday, November 5 since the football team will host Villanova that day and parking would be a headache.

[LSSULaker889294]

Re: The 2016-17 Schedules Thread

The WCHA composite schedule will be released this Thursday at 2pm EST.

[MavHockey14]

So Michigan is going to Phoenix for 1 game only? really? and it's going to be at the nhl arena on a friday night?

Somebody can read!

[FlagDUDE08]

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WCHA getting a new playoff format: http://www.sbncollegehockey.com/wcha...playoff-format

Perhaps this means the "final week" will be pushed to the week prior in order to make room for three weekends of playoff hockey, similar to the schedule the three "eastern" leagues have now?

[bgbill1]

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"The WCHA schedule will remain at 28 league games for the 2016-17 campaign, with the regular season concluding the weekend of Feb. 24-25."
from WCHA.com

[FlagDUDE08]

Re: The 2016-17 Schedules Thread

"The WCHA schedule will remain at 28 league games for the 2016-17 campaign, with the regular season concluding the weekend of Feb. 24-25."
from WCHA.com

Something tells me, with this, we're going to see a few more "short of full allotment" schedules this year. Not really from unwillingness to play, but when the heck are they going to fit it in?

[ticapnews]

Re: The 2016-17 Schedules Thread

Not sure how the will impact home/away splits yet, but Frozen Fenway will be
BC-PC, BU-UMA on January 7
Maine-UConn, UNH-NU January 14

Even though schedules have already been released, Hockey East is asking other conference teams to reschedule games on those dates to highlight the games at Fenway. That might be possible on the 7th, but good luck getting Notre Dame to reschedule the series at Merrimack. BC-BU and UVM-PC are also scheduled for series that weekend. The only dates that would fit for a reschedule would be 12/16-17. The Lowell-UMA game scheduled for the 14th will likely be rescheduled to the 13th (both teams are off).

None of this is official yet.

What is official is that the second UNH-Maine non-conference game planned for Portland has been canceled, so you can take that off the schedule. Maine now has Brown and Quinnipiac (2) to host and two unknown NC games.
Also, one of the Boston College games will be moved to Portland. They have not announced which.

[FlagDUDE08]

Re: The 2016-17 Schedules Thread

Not sure how the will impact home/away splits yet, but Frozen Fenway will be
BC-PC, BU-UMA on January 7
Maine-UConn, UNH-NU January 14

Even though schedules have already been released, Hockey East is asking other conference teams to reschedule games on those dates to highlight the games at Fenway. That might be possible on the 7th, but good luck getting Notre Dame to reschedule the series at Merrimack. BC-BU and UVM-PC are also scheduled for series that weekend. The only dates that would fit for a reschedule would be 12/16-17. The Lowell-UMA game scheduled for the 14th will likely be rescheduled to the 13th (both teams are off).

None of this is official yet.

What is official is that the second UNH-Maine non-conference game planned for Portland has been canceled, so you can take that off the schedule. Maine now has Brown and Quinnipiac (2) to host and two unknown NC games.
Also, one of the Boston College games will be moved to Portland. They have not announced which.

I thought I read, from another poster's Facebook page, that it would be the Saturday game in order to account for handegg (more the traffic than the game itself)?

[ticapnews]

Re: The 2016-17 Schedules Thread

I thought I read, from another poster's Facebook page, that it would be the Saturday game in order to account for handegg (more the traffic than the game itself)?

That was my thought as well. However, a source up at Orono says the athletic department resources would be stretched if they hosted a football game in Orono and a hockey game in Portland. Many people staff both teams when they play home games.

[John J. MacInnes]

Re: The 2016-17 Schedules Thread

Something tells me, with this, we're going to see a few more "short of full allotment" schedules this year. Not really from unwillingness to play, but when the heck are they going to fit it in?

Looks like the Christmas break will be one week shorter.