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  • Originally posted by rdf8585 View Post
    From Ken Schott's DailyGazette.com blog:



    For the full read of Schott's blog, check out: http://www.dailygazette.com/weblogs/...eek-23-atlant/
    Utca's building is a dump and seats about 3,000. Plus, you would be in Utica. Very bad choice.

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    • Re: For ECAC Fans: Where Should Our Tournament Be Held?

      Originally posted by Eph72 View Post
      I found this "geographic mid-point selector" on the new WCHA thread (they are discussing where their tournament should be held...) and entered the location of our 12 teams to find the geographic midpoint of the ECAC.

      Result here: http://www.geomidpoint.com/?ml=42.59...=0&p=1&r=1&w=0

      Interesting, but not surprising, result...
      Looks like Coxsackie, NY gets next year's tournament
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        Originally posted by Jasma View Post
        Utca's building is a dump and seats about 3,000. Plus, you would be in Utica. Very bad choice.
        Oh, but it's good enough for the NYSPHSAA hockey tournament!

        Complete agreement. I go through it as quickly as possible on my way to Troy. And I still don't like taking the Thruway out there. Too expensive. It's getting close to (but not yet at) the expense level of the Penna Pike.

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        • Re: For ECAC Fans: Where Should Our Tournament Be Held?

          Originally posted by ColSkate65 View Post
          Looks like Coxsackie, NY gets next year's tournament
          I'm not sure there is a rink in Coxsackie, but that doesn't necessarily disqualify it. There's no way that this tournament would have drawn less than 5,000 in Albany, Syracuse, or even Bridgeport or Binghamton.
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          • Re: For ECAC Fans: Where Should Our Tournament Be Held?

            Utica Aud seats 4000.
            It all starts with the goaltending.

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              Originally posted by ColSkate65 View Post
              Looks like Coxsackie, NY gets next year's tournament
              There is only one more apt place.
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              • Re: For ECAC Fans: Where Should Our Tournament Be Held?

                I went to AC and loved the fact that they sold beer at the games. Calmed my nerves was also delighted that the Cornell varsity went to the casinos and they played the jayvees against my beloved crimson. other than than that it's a demonstrably awful place for the tourney i have a seven and five year old and didnt take them as AC could scarcely be less family friendly and it's distant . Upztate NY is the obvious place with six teams and some of the strongest fan bases. Albany is a nice arena and is more centrally located for non NY teams lake placid is a long haul for harvard princeton and brown

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                  Originally posted by rdf8585 View Post

                  Yes, GF loves this tournament, as it should, however, I think that with GF trying to lure an AHL team there on a full-time basis, that if the ECAC was seriously considering the city, the Civic Center may be more than willing to not bid on the basketball tournament. It's a hockey town first and foremost, so I think you would get the casual fans walking up to buy tickets. Plus, you would have the added benefit of not having RPI and Union make it there, as I believe that alot of RPI fans (I can think of at least 10 that I personally know) would travel the 45 minutes to watch this. This should be a real possibility that I think the city and the ECAC should have discussions. Yes, it's not Lake Placid, but you still have the skiing, the shops, the restaurants, hotel rooms, etc... Plus you have an indoor waterpark ten minutes away for the families, and Barry Melrose owns a home in GF, so he can actually know what he's talking about if he announces a tournament game involving an ECAC team.
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                  • Originally posted by jericho View Post
                    Yes, GF loves this tournament, as it should, however, I think that with GF trying to lure an AHL team there on a full-time basis, that if the ECAC was seriously considering the city, the Civic Center may be more than willing to not bid on the basketball tournament. It's a hockey town first and foremost, so I think you would get the casual fans walking up to buy tickets. Plus, you would have the added benefit of not having RPI and Union make it there, as I believe that alot of RPI fans (I can think of at least 10 that I personally know) would travel the 45 minutes to watch this. This should be a real possibility that I think the city and the ECAC should have discussions. Yes, it's not Lake Placid, but you still have the skiing, the shops, the restaurants, hotel rooms, etc... Plus you have an indoor waterpark ten minutes away for the families, and Barry Melrose owns a home in GF, so he can actually know what he's talking about if he announces a tournament game involving an ECAC team.
                    Make that 12 fans as both my wife and I would definitely go!
                    For those with somewhat long term memories, they used to play an annual tournament in Glens Falls each year called the Empire Cup which featured RPI, Clarkson, St. Lawrence and Cornell (and I believe Colgate played in it one year replacing St. Lawrence). It was very well attended, not only by reps of the 4 schools, but by the hockey fans of Glens Falls. I would love to see them bring back this tournament which could also have Union and possibly RIT or Canisius or Niagara as fellow NYS schools as replacements. That being said, they could easily move the HS hoops tourney to Albany or Syracuse leaving the GFCC available. And yes, the sight lines are great there and they have just finished renovating the seats there. Sounds good to me...

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                    • Re: For ECAC Fans: Where Should Our Tournament Be Held?

                      Originally posted by Jasma View Post
                      Utca's building is a dump and seats about 3,000. Plus, you would be in Utica. Very bad choice.
                      Do they still make Utica Club beer?

                      I have had reoccurring nightmare from that stuff and its been 20 years...

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                      • Re: For ECAC Fans: Where Should Our Tournament Be Held?

                        The Frozen Four in Tampa makes even less sense than AC does for the ECAC. There's only one D1 college hockey team within 800 miles of Tampa (Alabama-Huntsville). Talk about a geographical nightmare.

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                          Originally posted by uniontrack View Post
                          Do they still make Utica Club beer?

                          I have had reoccurring nightmare from that stuff and its been 20 years...

                          Keith.
                          Yes, they do. There's one place in Liverpool that sells it (I think Nichols') and I know people that actually enjoy it.

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                          • Re: For ECAC Fans: Where Should Our Tournament Be Held?

                            After this past weekend, I'd have to consider Bridgeport as viable... suitable facility, passable downtown, and it has the main feature that its not Atlantic City and is available from both Metro North (NYC alums) and Amtrak (Ralph Baer)
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                            • Originally posted by Patman View Post
                              After this past weekend, I'd have to consider Bridgeport as viable... suitable facility, passable downtown, and it has the main feature that its not Atlantic City and is available from both Metro North (NYC alums) and Amtrak (Ralph Baer)
                              The ice sucked. In this day and age the weather is no excuse. Either the equipment is subpar or the staff is.

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                              • Re: For ECAC Fans: Where Should Our Tournament Be Held?

                                It should be Bridgeport. Better ice than Atlantic City, better arena, hour and a bit train ride from NYC. And it's also a hockey community so local people would show up.
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