WCHA Season Thread 2017-18: In Which We Try For Two Bids

[walktheline]

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I used to have season tickets for Northern, and I would be upset if I got screwed out of my tickets for this game. If it was under the guise of screwing Tech fans, well, then I could live with it. Not much better than a bunch of angry disappointed Tech fans.
Time to take the gloves off boys. Game time can't come soon enough.

I simply wanted to take my wife to a great hockey game. Site down Sunday night, tickets in-person only, sold out in 2 hours. It's simply want vs. need at this point. If all tickets were sold to passionate fans who will enjoy the game, I'm happy. If not, then something is stinky. It's clear that many fans, including NMU die hards, are questioning how the situation was handled.

[giwan]

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They call themselves Hockeyville and can't fill their barn for non-Tech and non-championship games? Please tell me this is a bad attempt at a marketing game.[/QUOTE]

Oh I would fully buy that it was poor marketing. Not prepared, no foresight.

[Lost_Husky]

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Admit it davyd83. NMU knowingly and purposefully screwed Tech fans. That's quite obvious. Stop making excuses.

They have that inferiority complex running wild these days. Just because they can only fill an average of 53% of Berry seats with a 2nd place team that was at or near the top of the conference for the whole year while Big Brother in Houghton does a much better gate with a smaller school in a smaller market while they admittedly struggled for a lot of the year. Just another example of how MTU > NMU.

(Sorry, since you are an NMU fan, I will explain that the ">" symbol means "greater than" )

Forget Tech fans for a moment. NMU screwed their non-local alumni and current season ticket holders.

Add on apparently not being prepared for selling tickets, a middle of the night change to how the tickets would be sold, not allowing phone ticket sales, along with people able to jump back in line and get additional tickets,... It is hard to give NMU the benefit of a doubt.

[beaverhockeyfan]

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Anyone know how the cut goes for the league? WCHA gets all ticket revenue, arena gets concessions and...?

The WCHA gets a set amount for the game. I believe last year it was around the $25,000 mark for each series/championship game. Anything above and beyond that the host school can pull in goes in their pocket.

[Shirtless Guy]

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Forget Tech fans for a moment. NMU screwed their non-local alumni and current season ticket holders.

Add on apparently not being prepared for selling tickets, a middle of the night change to how the tickets would be sold, not allowing phone ticket sales, along with people able to jump back in line and get additional tickets,... It is hard to give NMU the benefit of a doubt.

I don't know how you can say they screwed current season ticket holders other than the one case we reported...that was definitely a screw up but its far from something blatant like screwing current season ticket holders.

[giwan]

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The WCHA gets a set amount for the game. I believe last year it was around the $25,000 mark for each series/championship game. Anything above and beyond that the host school can pull in goes in their pocket.

Then it does surprise me that 1,200 tickets went to students at $10, thats 35% of the tickets. I can see reasons why to offer more to the students of course though if you were to try boost $$$ for the school more should have been allocated to adults at $22. Add to that most students are not buying beer and probably not buying food.

[manurespreader]

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Regardless of whether it's Tech Or NMU in, I was able to get both UND and Minnesota out with the following. Canisius wins AH, BU wins HE, UND loses to Duluth and wins the consolation game.. OSU wins the big.Wouldn't that be a kick in the pants.
The team I'd be most afraid of: Cornell.

[beaverhockeyfan]

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Then it does surprise me that 1,200 tickets went to students at $10, thats 35% of the tickets. I can see reasons why to offer more to the students of course though if you were to try boost $$$ for the school more should have been allocated to adults at $22. Add to that most students are not buying beer and probably not buying food.

But 1200 tickets at $10 is $12000, so you are almost halfway to covering your fees. For a league championship, I think most schools would be able to get 1200 students as long as they are not on break.

Plus, you can set a deadline on those tickets, say Thursday, and then make any remaining available to the public.

[davyd83]

Admit it davyd83. NMU knowingly and purposefully screwed Tech fans. That's quite obvious. Stop making excuses.

They have that inferiority complex running wild these days. Just because they can only fill an average of 53% of Berry seats with a 2nd place team that was at or near the top of the conference for the whole year while Big Brother in Houghton does a much better gate with a smaller school in a smaller market while they admittedly struggled for a lot of the year. Just another example of how MTU > NMU.

(Sorry, since you are an NMU fan, I will explain that the ">" symbol means "greater than" )

It’s a pretty common practice in pro and college sports today. If Tech were hosting, I’d expect that they would try to maximize their home ice advantage. And by the way, there have been times when Tech has limited NMU tickets and denied the band the opportunity to play.
I certainly understand the disappointment of people on both sides that couldn’t get tickets. But one thing I do know for sure, no matter what system was put in place, a lot of people would still be upset. On both sides.

[NMU Fan]

I thought 1,200 was the usual student allocation at the BEC.

[gfmorris]

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Regardless of whether it's Tech Or NMU in, I was able to get both UND and Minnesota out with the following. Canisius wins AH, BU wins HE, UND loses to Duluth and wins the consolation game.. OSU wins the big.Wouldn't that be a kick in the pants.
The team I'd be most afraid of: Cornell.

But were you able to get Tech in via the AQ and NMU in as an at-large?

GFM <— is being lazy and outsourcing PWP tasks

[Shirtless Guy]

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But were you able to get Tech in via the AQ and NMU in as an at-large?

GFM <— is being lazy and outsourcing PWP tasks

According to CHN that’s not possible.

[SCSUBlackandRed]

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Regardless of whether it's Tech Or NMU in, I was able to get both UND and Minnesota out with the following. Canisius wins AH, BU wins HE, UND loses to Duluth and wins the consolation game.. OSU wins the big.Wouldn't that be a kick in the pants.
The team I'd be most afraid of: Cornell.

I'm not getting to the same result. Can you post your PWP result? Anybody know of the last time both UND and Minnesota missed the tourney?

[Shirtless Guy]

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I'm not getting to the same result. Can you post your PWP result? Anybody know of the last time both UND and Minnesota missed the tourney?

1978?

[gfmorris]

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According to CHN that’s not possible.

That doesn't surprise me.

GFM