My vote would be for a brunch or lunch on Thursday before the first  
game.

As Nathan said, it is just really sad that they don't ask us  
"regulars" as to the best times.

Kathy
Go Gophers!

On Feb 20, 2007, at 1:41 PM, Pamela Sweeney wrote:

> If it is the case that the games are going to be basically back-to- 
> back, what should we do about it?
> Have a hockey-l lunch prior to the first game on Thursday?
> Move the dinner to Saturday before the championship game?
>
> Thoughts?
> -Pam
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NE Hampton <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Feb 20, 2007 12:15 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Frozen Four semifinal start times
>>
>> Karen,
>>
>> It seems to me the early game was always at 12 or 1 PM local time  
>> with the
>> second semi around 7 PM. There were a number of frozen fours I  
>> wanted to fly
>> into Thursday morning, but the connections never arrived on time  
>> (e.g.
>> Albany), which necessitated an extra night's drinking on Wednesday.
>>
>> My guess would be the contract is now handled by ESPNU rather than  
>> ESPN 2,
>> and though ESPN 2 could put all sorts of basketball or other  
>> events between
>> the two games, ESPNU is less endowed, so they want the games shown
>> practically back-to-back. Of course, they never asked the Hockey-L  
>> cruise
>> director about the timing.
>>
>> Nathan Hampton
>>
>>
>> On 2/19/07 5:30 PM, "Karen Shadwick" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> I am working on getting the dinner organized, and looking at a few
>>> different sites (ESPN, St. Louis Frozen Four site, and Scottrade  
>>> Center's
>>> site), they all say that the games are at 3pm and 7pm CT. Have  
>>> they been
>>> scheduled this close together before? I looked up the last few  
>>> years, and
>>> they have always been 5 or 6 hours apart, not just 4. Makes me  
>>> wonder who
>>> all is involved in scheduling, and if they are trying to get  
>>> people to buy
>>> overpriced concessions rather than leaving the rink to get  
>>> something for
>>> dinner.
>>>
>>> Karen Shadwick
>>> Colorado College '95
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>
>>>