On Tue, 6 Jan 1998 12:14:01 -0500 (EST) Jim Love <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
>> (1)    An Eastern GLI over the Christmas break?  Face it, there are no
>>        "outstanding" Eastern Holiday Tournys.  RPI's has really come
>>        down since the 70's&80's.
>
>  I have it on good authority that that's it - a Holiday Tournament in
>New York City with two teams each from ECAC and HEA.  What a potential
>disaster IMHO - hotel rooms now average $212 per night in NYC, and
there's no
>history/tradition of college hockey anywhere near the city.  What can
Joe
>Bertagna be thinking ??  This tournament won't draw flies ....
===
Actually Jim, there is a tradition of college hockey in NYC.  From 1962
or so through the late 1970's there was an ECAC holiday festival at
Madison Squarte Garden.  It was there in 1972 that I saw my first
Clarkson hockey game (we beat SLU in the cosolation.  St. Louis beat
Notre Dame in the final).  There were 10,000 plus fans there.
 
If you get the right 4 teams, you will pack the joint.  Alumni will come
in droves.
My picks for the 1st tourny are:
Clarkson & Cornell from the ECAC   <- both schools have great alumni
support.
BC & Providence from HEA   <- BC is the "national" draw and Leapin Louie
is just across the river in New Jersey.
 
Games will be broadcast on SportChannel-NY (wishful thinking).
 
Joe
 
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