If the Orangemen had a varsity program there would be people in the seats.
If you don't have college hockey all year round, why should any locals care
about it during a holiday weekend?  I could not for the life of me imagine a
group of college kids or families home for Thanksgiving making a point to
catch that Colgate vs. Merrimack barn burner.
 
The recipe for success of any tournament (although not a guarantee) is for
local representation.  Why else would the NC$$ arrange the seedings of the
Western regionals in past years other than to protect the gate?
 
This just begs the question I've been asking for years.  Why doesn't
Syracuse have a varsity hockey program?
 
Edward N. Moller
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: The College Hockey Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Joseph LaCour
> Sent: Monday, November 29, 1999 1:44 PM
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> Subject: Time to end the SIT??
>
>
> With 1,200 fannies in the seats the first night and less than 1,000 the
> second night, is it time to pull the plug on the Syracuse
> Invitational?  Or,
> does it belong on campus like most of the other Thanksgiving tournaments?
>
> Some sample attendance figures (courtesy of the ECAC and USCHO):
> Wisc @ Mich State                         6,708
> Minn @ Mich State                            6,512
> Minn @ Mich                                   6,329
> Wisc @ Mich                                    6,407
> Diamond Anniv. @ UNH                6,266 & 6,266
> Primelink (D3) @ Plattsburgh       2,060 & 2,316
> Festival of Lights @ Lowell            2,220  & 1,967
> SIT                                                        1,280 & 917
> Findlay Classic                                    419 & 413
>
> It seems like if you keep it on campus, there is some local
> interest and you
> get fannies.   The SIT looks like it has turned to <deleted>.
>
> Joe LaCour
> Clarkson '77/78
>
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