Kurt Stutt wrote:
> What alumni are going to head out on a Tuesday??
 
...grad student alumni with nothing better to do?
 
> So you were never going to get a lot of people.  Therefore, 3 months
> before the games, you suddenly get surprised by the low ticket sales
> and switch the location to . . . Hartford??
>
> Better for the UNH fans.  That's about it.
 
...grad student alumni with nothing better to do who live in western NH? :)
 
It would be nice if college hockey got more exposure in the New York
metro area, but methinks efforts would be best spent convincing teams
to form there (Columbia, Rutgers, Fordham...hell, that's just a start)
rather than dragging down moderate upstate and unknown New England
draws and letting them play in a cavernous/empty MSG.
 
I also think Hartford deserves a chance.  It could turn out to be
a terrific future holiday tourny site for schools with large CT
alumni/student bases, which is what neutral-site shindigs such
as the Syracuse Invitational thrive on.
 
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